Released eighth newsletter of the "sailor's cap"

Was published in August newsletter of the "sailor's cap" (2 pages, A4), published by the Crimean group of autonomous operation.

Another "hot topic" is devoted to the situation in Sevastopol related

The "Crimean unrest" is about

Download the June issue of "caps" could be right here. Below is a file in pdf-format.

By shooting against a criminal case, because the accused judge untouchable for life

Prosecutors saw no fault of the judges of the court of Kiev Darnytsa Volk in a shooting incident that occurred in the village Bobritsa Kanev district of Cherkasy region. According to local media, the judge gave to the gay riot at a local coffee shop while firing an entire clip in his pistol "Makarov" a local resident, Alexander. The youth was hospitalized with gunshot wounds, he is in intensive care.

Russian state expertise said that words of the late left-wing lawyer Stanislav Markelov are "extremist"

Andrey Kutuzov, Tyumen State University reader and anarchist, who is suspected of public calls for extremist action (felony in Russia), was finally given a copy of expertise of his books and other materials, seized during search at his flat. An expert of criminal lab of Federal Security Service (FSB) in Sverdlovsk region Svetlana Mochalova, in particular, analyzed article "Patriotism as a diagnosis" by Stanislav Markelov and several other articles published in the Avtonom magazine No. 31. Based on this analysis, the expert concludes that the magazine "contains information of extremist orientation - namely, forceful change of  constitutional order and violation of the integrity of the Russian Federation, inciting of social  discord, violation of liberties and legitimate interests of people and citizens according to their social class".

Full text of the expertise.

New project in Moscow Antiracist Initiative "Direct Help"

Antifascist and antiracist movement is growing, and much more often faces with repressions and provocations from the State and neo-Nazis. That's why in the end of March we organized an Antiracist Initiative (further A.I.) "Direct Help", which united not indifferent people from antifascist and human rights movements. We are glad to show you the first activity report inside of a months of our initiative.

Summit in Toronto - an unsuccessful attempt to save capitalism

Today is the next summit of the G-8 \ G-20 in Toronto. The Russian system media disinformation trying to make it important that the alleged serious national leaders are going to solve supervazhnye questions, while some mysterious "anti-globalists" for some reason, wrecking cars and disruptive.

Revolutionary abstraction. A critical essay about a trend in the libertarian movement

Recently, a libertarian movement in Russia has developed a tendency to criticize his colleagues from the position of "correct revolutionary", "a truly proletarian principles" and "the true position of libertarian communism." Moreover, such critics tend to last several years is not involved in active political activities. They assign themselves the role of censors and try to make out that the comrades who spend most of their time to organize actions and other events dealing with something not very necessary and even harmful to the libertarian movement.

Revolutionary abstraction. A critical essay about a trend in motion libertarian

Recently, the libertarian movement in Russia has developed a tendency to criticize his colleagues from the position of the correct revolutionary "," a truly proletarian principles "and" the true position of libertarian communism. " Moreover, such criticism is usually the last few years not engaged in active political activities. They assign themselves the role of censors and submitted the case so that comrades who spend most of their time to organize actions and other events dealing with something not very necessary and even harmful to the libertarian movement.

Tyumen: people fall under the KAMAZ trucks in the fight against the barbaric construction

In Tyumen the confrontation on the street dwellers Logunov and businessmen who supported the city administration decided to build an office building directly on the site of the green zone. Yesterday, 23 June, there took place gathering of tenants who are unhappy with the construction of new office building on-site garden and playground. After listening to the officials who confessed to ban the construction of powerlessness, people realized that the only formal ways nothing will not achieve. And decided atchange more directly.

Tyumen: people fall under the KAMAZ trucks in the fight against the barbaric construction

In Tyumen the confrontation on the street dwellers Logunov and businessmen who supported the city administration decided to build an office building directly on the site of the green zone. Yesterday, 23 June, there took place gathering of tenants who are unhappy with the construction of new office building on-site garden and playground. After listening to the officials who confessed to ban the construction of powerlessness, people realized that the only formal ways nothing will not achieve. And decided atchange more directly.

Antiekstremizm in Magadan

In the distant and cold Magadan virtually no political life. But there is a local center combating political extremism, which needs good indicators in detection. In the struggle for the staff of the Center are often indicators of ingenuity and resourcefulness. Thus, on 23 June, right on the work of Magadan was detained journalist and social activist Eugene Buzev known for its anti-fascist political police attitudes.

You are welcome to the 9th general meeting of Autonomous Action

to be organised from the 1st to the 7th of August in Ukraine

Autonomous Action is an organisation of libertarian communists, founded in 2002. Right now we unite 13 regional organisations in Russia and Ukraine. We publish the journal Avtonom and maintain the avtonom.org portal. 

 The goal of our general meeting is to further develop the projects and campaings of our organisation. The meeting is open for participants and symphatizers of Autonomous Action, as well as for representatives of friendly initiatives and as an opportunity to create a common understanding and connections inside libertarian movement!  

Ska-p in solidarity with us!

June 18, 2010 our friends from Madrid, held a rally of solidarity with the anti-Nazis from Russia by the RF Embassy in Madrid (see http://avtonom.org/node/12528 ).

With Ska-p on its website, made a statement that its members joined the action RASH-Madrid, and express solidarity with the anti-Nazis from Russia in connection with the murder of Dmitry and Bones.

"Long Depression" - Interview with Karl-Heinz Roth on the world crisis

Karl-Heinz Roth, born. 1942, a physician and historian, a longtime activist of the left and one of the leading theoreticians of the "autonomous movement" in Germany. At the present time - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Social History 20 th century. In July 2009, in Hamburg VSA published the first volume of his book "Global Crisis". Currently preparing a second volume.

Tyumen FSB secret from the public examination of the "extremist" leaflets

Tyumen anarchist party "Autonomous Action" Andrey Kutuzov, suspected of spreading "incorrect", an extremist leaflets, and his defender Alex Ladin decided to take on the "public trial" the infamous document, the underlying criminal case Kutuzov. Achieve expert opinion on the leaflet from the FSB lawyer Kutuzov could not, for two months, despite the fact that the investigator submits that this conclusion was made even before the arrest of Andrei Kutuzov.The leaflet, which was in the file, you can see in the picture at the end of this news. From the one that was distributed at the rally against the tyranny of the police and the center of the "E", it has text interspersed, which stylistically totally different from the rest of the text and are recognized by the naked eye.

In Ukraine intend to introduce monetization

In Ukraine, it would be advisable to monetize and unify the benefits. This statement was made at a briefing in Kharkov, First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration, Executive Secretary of the Committee of economic reforms Irina Akimova after an open meeting of the Kharkiv Regional Committee for economic reforms.

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