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A-Infos
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News from Poland
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Nr. 1 - August '96
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This paper is FREE!
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A-Infos is a bulletin of informations produced by anarchists groups or
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individuals (members of an organization or not). Those who produce it are
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committed to sum-up political, social, ... and anarchist current events of their
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country, in the form of brief news (which can be easily translated) so as to
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take contacts easier and spread information better.
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A-Infos is meant for being published in anarchist papers, magazines... People
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involved in producing A-Infos meet once yearly.
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[List of A-Infos contacts left out - see my other mail / Robert who is typing
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this for the internet list]
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This bulletin is presenting the situation of anarchist groups in Poland. It was
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prepared by Collective "Social-Activity" - Polish Anarchist Federation
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Information Office in co-operation with Anarchist Collective "Black Wave" and
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"RED RAT". Our adresses: Anarchist Collective "Black Wave", P.O. Box 21, 81-040
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Gdynia 25, Poland; "RED RAT", P.O. Box 39, 65-182 Zielona Gora 5, Poland.
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Hi! After two years of pause we decided to publish a bulletin of Polish
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Anarchist Federation (FAP) again. It will contain news about anarchist activity
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in Poland. Int the next issue we will show the situation of polish anarchist
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movement, in this one there are some latest news. This issue is being sent to
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A-Infos adresses, to ABC and to all anarchist groups we know. Because of the
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financial problems we ask You for marking if you want to receive our bulletin.
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We also ask you for help in distributing the bulletins ideas and news contained
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in it. This paper is free, but if you can send us IRC (or SASE) stamps, we would
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be very glad. Please, send us your publications which could be kept in our
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anarchist library.
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What is the FAP?
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Federacja Anarchistyczna (FA, the Anarchist Federation) is an eclectic movement,
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a federation of various anarchist groups and individuals from all Poland. There
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are both individuals and collectivist, both eco-anarchist and
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anarcho-syndicalists, both "right-wing" and "left-wing" anarchists in the FAP.
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Last May, the XIVth Congress of the FAP took place in Slupsk.
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INFO
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1. May 1996
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The all-polish demonstration against system took place in Poznan. 800 people
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came to demo. Tens anarchist transparents were showed, more than 3000 leaflets
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were given to people. Anarchists and other people went to monument of bloody
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victims of workers' rebellion (June 1956), flowers for all people who died in
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fight with communist regime were put down.
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11 - 12 May 1996
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The XIVth Conference of Polish Anarchist Federation was organised in these days
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in Slupsk. Representatives of 29 groups appeared on the conference. In the first
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day all groups had to introduce themselves. After that we discussed problems
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connected with good relation to media. Next subject was green anarchism. We also
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spent a lot of time talking about Anarchist Black Cross which has just been
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brought to being. Than we resolved the anti-Communist Manifesto in which we
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decided not to co-operate with communist party and Marxist groups. On the
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conference we also discussed equipmental and financial problems of Polish
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Anarchist Federation. The next day we were talking about voting "NO" to
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prognosticated constitute referendum. Also an idea of making the network of
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anarchist newspapers for youth was being discussed. We had a talk about
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boycotting planned for the next years pope visit and Eucharist Congress in
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Wroclaw. Next FAP congress will take place in October in Poznan. The adress of
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FAP inquiry office has been changed; Collective "Social Activity" from Slupsk is
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responsible for inquiry office's work. Anarchist Collective "Black Wave" from
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Gydnia is responsible for contacts with abroad (English language) and "RED RAT"
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from Zielona Gora is responsible for contacts with abroad (German language).
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25 May 1996
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The first meeting connected with all-polish help to prisoners took place in
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Cracow. The statute was held down, printing bulletins, problems with base for
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organisation and financial problems were being discussed. Anarchist Black Cross
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was brought to being (however we were making campaigns to free two anarchists
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using ABC's name earlier). We are asking all ABC groups to contact us to quote
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experiences and information.
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ABC-Poland-Information Office
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ul. Gontyna 1/2, 30-203 Krakow
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8 June 1996
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FAP from Rzeszow made a manifestation in Lancut. There was a meeting of 9
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presidents of Middle-East-Europe countries (for example: Italy, Austria, Czech,
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Ukraine) 20 people were manifesting: "NO for EU, YES for international
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solidarity". Information about this action appeared in official media. UOP
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(political police) was used after manifestation (they were afraid of
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journalists). 5 anarchists were arrested. After some hour, after beating and
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fools they were allowed to go home. They will probably have to pay a lot of
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money.
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19 June 1996
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We made "RIVERS DAY" actions in many cities in Poland against building 7 dams on
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Wisla river. These actions are in some way the continuation of manifestations in
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Czorsztyn. Many people agreed with us.
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13 - 14 July
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Anarchists from Olsztyn decided to stop the Cormorants Race. These car races are
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always being planned accross cormorants areas. Such acts destroy environment and
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it cause bird's death. Last year the action appeared to be very nice. We hope
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the situation will be the same this year.
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Anarchists from Poland help Chechenias
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For two years Polish anarchists are organising help for fighters from Chechenia.
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Two convoys organised in help with Anarchist Federation were the only ones which
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reached the place of fights and gave meal, clothes and medicine to people. All
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other convois organised by UN are stopped by Russians and things are being sent
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to the "black market". Now the third convoi is organised by FA. Polish
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Anarchists are supporting Chechenians who want to be independant, we are
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organising manifestations at Russian consulates in Poland, informing actions. We
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are also gathering signs under the petition to imperialist government in Russia.
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Against Military Service
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For some years Anarchist Federation makes actions gaainst obligated military
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service and violence in army. Now there are many places where one can expect
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help in receiving the replace service; many demonstrations are taking place.
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Discussion List
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The Anarchist Workers Initiative (AIR) from Warsaw started with anarchist
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discussion list. Its adress: Anarchistyczna Inicjatywa Robotnicza, PO Box 71,
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O1-125 Waszawa 102, E-Mail: michaelk@plearn.edu.pl
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Adresses of FAP groups and individuals
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Green Anarchist
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PO Box 21
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15-661 Bialystok 26
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Bogatynia
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c/o Arkadiusz Lipin
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ul. Chopina 16/15
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59-920 Bogatynia
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Ciechanowiec
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c/o Dariusz Kupis
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ul. Ralkowa 19
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18-230 Ciechanowiec
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - Czestochowa
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c/o Tomasz Radecki
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PO Box 1441
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42-200 Czestochowa 9
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - Section Trojmiasto (FAST)
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c/o Jany Waluszko
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ul. Stare Domki 6/9
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80-857 Gdansk
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Poland
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Anarchist Collective Black Wave
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PO Box 21
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81-040 Gdynia 25
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Poland
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Association AN ARCHE
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PO Box 639
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40-958 Katowice 2
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Poland
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E-Mail: jaceks@silesia.ternet.pl
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Collective Social Initiative
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PO Box 27
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66-470 Kostrzyn n. Odra
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Poland
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Anarchist Black Cross
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ul. Gontyna 1/2
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30-203 Krakow
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Krakow
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c/o Marek Kurzyniec
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ul. Mlynska 4/97
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31-469 Krakow
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Kielce
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c/o Maciej Wytrych
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PO Box 1107
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25-520 Kielce 21
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Poland
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Black Banner
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PO Box 40
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90-965 Lodz
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Poland
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Association Social Initiatives Group
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PO Box 1457
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45-716 Opole 7
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Poland
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Collective ROZBRAT
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PO Box 5
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61-966 Poznan 31
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Rzeszow
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c/o Pawel Janda
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ul. Podwislocze 2/56
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35-310 Rzeszow
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Poland
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Polish Anarchist Federation Information Office
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Collective "Social Activity"
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PO Box 65
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76-200 Slupsk 12
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Poland
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Publication AKUKU
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PO Box 20
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96-500 Sochaczew
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Poland
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Collective Samodzielnosc
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PO Box 417
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81-705 Sopot 5
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Poland
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MAC PARIADKA - Monthly Anarchist Magazine
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PO Box 67
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81-806 Sopot 6
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Poland
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Group Social Activity
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PO Box 43
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41-219 Sosnowiec
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Poland
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Polish Anarchist Federation in Germany
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Freidenker
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Siederstr. 3
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59457 Werl
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Germany
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Anarchist Federation - section Wroclaw
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c/o Piotr Zuk
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ul. Niklowa 7/13
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53-435 Wroclaw
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Poland
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Anarchist Federation - section Zielona Gora
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RED RAT
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PO Box 39
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65-182 Zielona Gora 5
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Poland
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THE COMMON STATEMENT OF POLISH ANARCHIST FEDERATION
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Elites
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Politicans like arranging somebodys life, every moment they are devising a new
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plan to save manking (it means to fill their pockets and satisfy their
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ambitions).
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There is no end of their craving for power. Social resistance is the only thing
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that can prevent a government from totalitarianism. Authorities always tend to
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have a monopoly, to control the whole social life.
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It is clearly visible in Poland, where we have had a state-mafia system since a
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long, long time (so called "connections"). Because of passiveness and naivity of
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people, elites are still unpunished. Even if they do a harm to the country and
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the citizens they can be considered national heroes.
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Every authority is born of our passiveness when instead of doing some work
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ourselves, we leave it to the others who mediate between us and the rest of the
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world. They are priests, capitalists, policemen, bureaucrats or soldiers. We
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have to maintain them, in exchange. They can live without working so they try to
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be even more needed. For instance: a soldier multiples wars not peace, a priest
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tangles the truth, a richman takes over our common goods. They pretend to
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relieve us from some duties, for example a soldier defends us against our enemy
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but who will defend us against the soldier?
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Minorities
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In our opinion, freedom and democracy are not administration of majority. In a
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free, open society, where everybody cares for himself, minority groups should
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also have a right to take decisions about their lifes. If they respect a common
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law not trying to impose something on the others, it is inadmissable to impose
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something on them. If we accept discrimination against minorities now, in future
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we may become some minority. The policeman used against a Jewish man or an
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anarchist may be used against "an honest citizen" as well. We cannot demand from
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people from minorities to pay for school or TV, if it is majority who take
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decisions about programmes, not taking account of other people. That is the
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reason why we should make a participation in common undertaking totally free,
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including the right to refuse a participation and choose the other way.
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Methos of Activity
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There are many ways of tearing ourselves away from under state restraint:
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boycotts, straiks, demonstrations, paying no taxes, an objection to military
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service. It is also creating new mechanisms instead of authorities based on
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constraints, what gives a society new possibilities to work in an effective way.
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Every sign of social ativity beyond state structure is one step to free society.
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In a situation right now, we declare non-violent struggle, but we do not exclude
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the right to self-defence.
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POLES DENOUNCE NATIONALISM
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In every country there is a group of people interested in the propagation of
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nationalistic tendencies. In the period between the two wars, Polish merchants
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were very anti-Semitic because they feared Jewish competition. The talk about
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the Polish nation was just a way of maximizing profits.
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The slogan "Let all power be in the hands of the Poles" is the slogan of those
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who are greedy for power and argue that their supposed racial purity gives them
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the right ot be the leaders. This is obviously an absurdity. A government isn't
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good because it is made of Poles. Anarchists don't give a damn about the race of
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their rulers and neither do they care if they are circumcised. We don't want
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Poles or Eskimos to rule us and to steal from us.
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It has lately become fashionable among youth to be a nationalist. It is really
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pathetic that such such an ideal of lobotomized freedom should have so much
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influence on young people who ought to be expressing their independance more
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than anybody else. To be a nationalist is to take part in the dirty game of
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politicians trying to control the population. When you add to this the violence
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displyed by by skinheads, you have a genuine kind of fascism, which certainly
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doesn't serve the nation, but totalitarian power. Anarchist is the struggle
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against authority in the name of individual and collective freedom
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