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