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Title: [Ukraine] Ukrainian Autonomous Workers Union Post by: Lethn on May 13, 2014, 07:42:46 AM Are these guys the real Anarchists? I've been doing some digging around on Ukraine wondering where the real Anarchists are, because the media sure love to paint Neo-Nazi's as Anarchists in an effort to claim those who are against organised government are just racist fascists like they've been doing elsewhere and then I noticed that in photos at the protests there's a guy with the Anarchist symbol and the abbreviation "A.C.A.B"
http://revolution-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/acab.jpg https://libcom.org/news/ukrainian-anarchist-statement-governments-new-anti-protest-laws-24012014 The best information I could find on this group is around here that's in English, are these guys Anarcho-communists? Or am I misunderstanding here? They seem to follow the same style as us and don't seem to give a shit about either side, I'll do some more digging and see if I can find out more, if Ukrainians find any more information in their own language and happen to see this I'd like to know about it. Quote Anarchists ought to participate in demonstrations and pickets which are dedicated to defense of the rights and freedoms usurped by the laws of January 16th. It makes sense to take action at one’s workplace or neighborhood and to help sabotage the dictatorship’s decisions. There’s not much sense in participating in the activities in Grushevskogo street, which were meaningless from the very beginning. These activities only give the government pretty picture for television and enable it to identify radical elements by locating mobile phones and videotaping. This statement in particular convinces me. http://avtonomia.net/2013/12/08/autonomous-workers-union-statements-euromaidan/ Found something else after more digging? Is this their website? Need somebody who understands Ukrainian to confirm, looks like it might be just an Anarchist news site or something on further inspection. Edit: Just realised after more searching A.C.A.B means "All Cops Are Bastards" oops! Didn't know that :D |