Марши, митинги, вечера памяти и другие акции солидарности с политзаключенными, а также в память об убитых антифашист_ках Станиславе Маркелове и Анастасии Бабуровой, прошли в Берлине, Вене, Гамбурге, Ереване, Нью-Йорке, Окленде, Париже, Тбилиси, Москве и Санкт-Петербурге.
19 января – день солидарности российских антифашистов. Он отмечается в память о правозащитнике и левом активисте Станиславе Маркелове и журналистке «Новой газеты», анархистке Анастасии Бабуровой, застреленных неонацистами в центре Москвы в 2009 году.
Сегодня, когда путинский режим развязал беспрецедентные репрессии против собственных граждан, дата 19 января обретает новый смысл. Десять лет назад опасность представляли неонацистские группировки, часто действовавшие при попустительстве властей.
Сейчас идеология и практика праворадикалов стали идеологией и практикой самого российского режима. Жестокие репрессии ударили, в том числе, по левому движению: социалистам, анархистам, феминисткам, профсоюзным активистам.
Перед Новым годом арестован и избит самый известный левый политик в России – демократический социалист Михаил Лобанов. С апреля в заключении находится лидер профсоюза «Курьер» и известный левый видеоблогер Кирилл Украинцев.
Длительный тюремный срок грозит феминистке, художнице и антивоенной активистке Александре Скочиленко. Шестеро анархистов: Кирилл Брик, Дениз Айдын, Юрий Незнамов, Никита Олейник, Роман Паклин, Даниил Чертыков, арестованы по так называемому «Тюменскому делу». Их жестоко пытали, добиваясь признаний в подготовке диверсии. Активистку группы «Левое сопротивление» Дарью Полюдову недавно приговорили к девяти (!) годам тюрьмы за «призывы к экстремизму».
Это – далеко не полный список российских левых, находящихся в тюрьме за свои убеждения.
19-24 января по инициативе РСД или при участии активистов движения митинги, марши, вечера памяти и другие акции солидарности с политзаключенными прошли в Берлине, Вене, Гамбурге, Ереване, Нью-Йорке, Окленде, Париже, Тбилиси, а также Москве и Санкт-Петербурге.
Фото: Александр Ануфриев и другие.
English version:
For over a decade, Russian antifascists have commemorated January 19 as their day of solidarity. This is the date when in 2009, in the center of Moscow, the human rights and leftist activist Stanislav Markelov and the journalist and anarchist Anastasia Baburova were gunned down by neo-Nazis.
The murder of Markelov and Baburova marked the culmination of the ultra-right terror of the 2000s, which killed hundreds of migrants and dozens of anti-fascists. For many years, while it was still possible, Russian activists held antifascist demonstrations and rallies on January 19 under the slogan “To remember is to fight!”
Today, when the Putin regime has invaded Ukraine and unleashed unprecedented repression against its own citizens who oppose the war, the date of January 19 takes on a new meaning. Back then the danger was posed by neo-Nazi groups, to whom the authorities often turned a blind eye.
Today, the ideology and practice of right-wing radicals have become the ideology and practice of the Russian regime itself, which is rapidly turning fascist over the course of its invasion of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin is waging war not only against the Ukrainian people, but also against those in Russian civil society who resist his aggression. The brutal repressions hit, among others, the left movement: socialists, anarchists, feminists, and labor unionists.
Before the New Year, the most famous left-wing politician in Russia, the democratic socialist Mikhail Lobanov, was arrested and beaten. The platform “Nomination” he created united the anti-war opposition in the municipal elections in Moscow in September 2022.
Kirill Ukraintsev, the leader of the Courier labor union and a well-known left-wing video blogger, has been in custody since April. The reason for the arrest were the protests and strikes the couriers organized as they sought to improve their working conditions.
Feminist, artist and anti-war activist Alexandra Skochilenko, who distributed anti-war symbols, faces a long prison term.
Six Anarchists – Kirill Brik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov, Nikita Oleinik, Roman Paklin, Daniil Chertykov – were arrested in the so-called “Tyumen case.” They were brutally tortured to extract confessions to plans for sabotage.
Daria Polyudova, an activist of the Left Resistance group, was recently sentenced to nine (!) years in prison for “calls to extremism.” Leftist journalist Igor Kuznetsov has been in prison for a year now, accused of “extremism” for his anti-war and anti-Putin views.
This is a far from exhaustive list of Russian leftists recently imprisoned or persecuted for their beliefs.
Russian Socialist Movement called for international actions of solidarity on January 19-24 in support of anti-fascist, leftist, and anarchist political prisoners. Rallies, pickets and board panels were held in Hamburg, New York, Oakland, Paris, Tbilisi, Vienna, Yerevan in response to our call.
Activists of the Russian Socialist Movement participated in the organization of these events and also took part in other actions in support of political prisoners, Ukrainian resistance as well as resistance in Iran, Syria, Kurdistan, Afghanistan in Berlin,
Vienna and Yerevan which were organized by Russians against War, Feminist Antiwar Movement, Right to Resist and Socialny Rukh.
The objective of the actions was to reconsider the slogan “To remember is to fight” in current circumstances. The participants of the events discussed fascistisation of Putin’s regime and escalation of violence in Russia, conditions of the Russian working class and inequality, the necessity of international solidarity against Putinism as well as possible collective actions against the rise of the far-right politicians and strengthening conservative dictatorships all over the world.
We would like to thank those who responded to our call and participated in our actions. The atmosphere of solidarity is crucial to all political prisoners.
No to wars and dictatorships!