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Statements by Movement of Irkutsk Anarchists and Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists, translated by CrimethInc.

In the current situation around the Wagner mutiny, there is no side we can choose but ourselves.

We do not flatter ourselves: the onset of this moment could take some time. From the February revolution (during which the generals participated in removing the Tsar) to the October revolution, nine months passed. From the Kornilov rebellion to October, two months.

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neither the Putin regime nor Prigozhinsky are our friends. In this fight between two cannibals, anarchists should stay away—let them bleed each other as much as possible.

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I find it extremely curious how it's "both sides suck" when it's Putin vs Prigozhinsky, but it's "the Ukrainian state has a right to exist" when it's Putin vs Zelensky. From a previous article where they interviewed one of the same anarchist orgs:

The defeat of Ukraine will bring about the triumph of the most reactionary forces in Russia—finalizing its transformation into a neo-Stalinist concentration camp, with unlimited power concentrated in the FSB [the Federal Security Service, successor to the KGB] and a totalitarian Orthodox imperial ideology. In occupied Ukraine, every sprout of civil society and political freedom will be destroyed and the very existence of Ukrainian culture will be called into question. On the other hand, if Russia is defeated, there will inevitably be a crisis for Putin’s power and a prospect of revolution. For anarchists, the choice between these alternatives seems clear.

So the Putin regime is bad for the transformation of Russia to "a neo-Stalinist concentration camp," Prigozhinsky is bad for being some merc loudmouth who wants to raze Kiev to the ground, but the Zelensky regime is good for wanting to liquidate ethnic Russians living in the Donbas. But then again, crimethinc has always been sus for almost always toeing the Western line.

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Are the stalinists in the room with us right now?

lmao

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