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ANARCHIST CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES
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On the 25. and 26. of May (1994) took place the 6th congress
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of the "Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists" (KAS) in Moscow.
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Participants came from Moscow, Omsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk and Donetsk
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(the Sewersk-branch delegated their votes to Omsk). Guests were
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the "Group of revolutionary Anarcho-syndicalists" (GRAS), one
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anarcho-populist and German and French anarchists.
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The congress voted for the expulsion of the groups in Petersburg,
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Twer and Tula (At least one of them cooperating with fascists-DA).
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The participants heared the reports about the local groups
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activities. The Moscow delegate statet that from the the organisation
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in the capital "Only survived a redaction collective". There are
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no real forces for founding a 'Confederation of Labour'".
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The Omsk and Tomsk delegates reported about their local
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syndicalist activities, the Donetsk group about their local
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activities. The information about the founding of a syndicalist
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initiative "Wolja" (initiated by GRAS) and about an ecological
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action in Tscherepowets, about the activities of a inpedent
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medical health care group during the coup-de-etat in October
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1993 have been heard. Questions of information-exchange have been
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discussed.
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Concerning the discussion about the future perspectives the
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differences between the leftists (GRAS, Donetsk), the "centrists"
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(Moscow, Omsk) and the "rightists" (Irkutsk, Tomsk) became
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obvious. The "centrists" propagated their concept of "exploiting-
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less market economy" and rejected libertarian communism, on the
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other hand made a call for the cooperation of all anarchists
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(among them GRAS and IREAN) in order to publish a common magazine;
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the "rightest" were strictly against this idea.
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The "Confederation of Labour" was proclaimed, real syndicalist
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initiatives only exist in Siberia - in Omsk and Tomsk-Sewersk.
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The "Donbass Federation of Anarchists" (FAD), supported by
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GRAS tried to set up a new, revolutionary programm of the KAS,
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this discussion about this topic beeing rejected by the
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"centrists" and the "rightists". The same occured in
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respect to an orientation along the IWA.
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ON THE WAY TOWARDS FOUNDING A SECTION OF THE IWA IN THE EX-USSR
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In May 1994 there was a fusion of the "friends of the IWA" in
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Moscow (the anarcho-syndicalist wing of IREAN and the "group of
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revolutionary anarcho-syndicalists - friends of the IWA" (GRAS)).
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GRAS started systematic propaganda work in favour of anarcho-
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syndicalism. It published two issues of "Pryamoye Deystivye"
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(Direct Action) paper (circulation between 1.000 and 1.500 copies).
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GRAS distributed leaflets calling for the revolutionary
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syndicalist self-organization of workers, against nationalism
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and fascism. It acquaints workers with experiences and methods
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of direct action. Members of the GRAS participated in an
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ecological protest camp in Cherepovets (summer 94) and in the
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activities of the society for defense of human rights "Memorial".
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In October 94 GRAS organizes systematic information pickets
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in front of Moscow factories. It also organized actions within the
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trade union protest days (10-27 and 11-7).
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Members of the GRAS work in an independent syndicalist iniciative
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in the sphere of information, culture and science "Wolya" (Liberty).
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Beeing initiated by members of GRAS it works as an agitation
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group and as society for mutual aid. In autumn 94 Volya put
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forward its 8-point-program (it includes such social-economic
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demands as full compensation for price rising since march 91,
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establishment of the sliding scale of wages and social payments,
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garanties against unemployment, protection of workers right etc.)
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Now Volya propagates these demands among trade-union members,
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workers organizations and collectives.
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The GRAS aims to create a new revolutionary anarco-syndicalist
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organisation as section of the IWA in the Ex-USSR. It is
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negotiating with several local anarchits, syndicalist and
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workers groups in the preparation of a founding congress of
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the future "Confederation of the revolutionary anarcho-
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syndicalists" (CRAS) in 1995. The GRAS and the Gomel group
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of the "Federation of anarchits in Bjelorussia" created the
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organisational comitee of CRAS in september 94. It continues
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the contacts with the "Federation of Anarchists of Donbass"
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(FAD), which left the KAS in october 94 and created the
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Ukrainian RCAS.
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The "AS-INFO" is published as "bulletin of anarcho-syndicalists
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in eastern and central Europe". There is a Russian and English/German
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edition.
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Contact:
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Vadim Damier
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Pereleuk Alymova 13
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KV. 24
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107258 Moscow
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(Please dont mention organisation or bulletins name on the
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envelope).
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An e-mail edition is planned starting in autumn 95.
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