The Undeclared Condominium The USSR As Partner in a Conservative World Order   Introduction Although the Right has typically framed the Soviet Union and “International Communism” as an aggressive and subversive revolutionary force, the reality is — at the very least — considerably more nuanced. In fact, it would be more accurate to…

Yazar: Logan Yershow. Orijinal makale: Film Review: Bitter Harvest. Yayınlanma Tarihi: 18 Nisan 2017. Tercüman: Tuba. Acı Hasat. Yönetmen: George Mendeluk (Devil’s Harvest Production, 2017). Süre: 103 dakika. Acı Hasat, 1932-33 yılları arasında Ukrayna’da yaşanan ve Holodomor olarak da bilinen devletten kaynaklı kıtlık sırasında geçen, yakın zamanda yayımlanan bir savaş macerasıdır. Ukrayna diasporasının üyeleri tarafından…

A Rally Against Resistance Firstly, I’d like to give my thanks to Dennis Morgan at Counterpunch for stating succinctly the exact fundamental problem with the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally that took place on February 19th, 2023. In Dennis’ own words, “We have to demand that the supply of weapons shipped to Ukraine stop…

Original escrito por Citizen Ilya. Título: 7 Months of War, 7 Months of Hate, del 29 de diciembre de 2022. Traducido al español por Camila Figueroa. * Ten en cuenta que este artículo fue escrito en septiembre de 2022, por lo que refleja la situación en ese momento. Sentir más odio por la imposibilidad de…

To feel more hate because of the impossibility to change anything is one of the worst feelings that you can have. You will hate your enemy that brought death and suffering to others while being unable to stop it; like you are tied to a chair and your mouth is gagged. This is clearly torturous…

Okumak üzere olduğunuz makale, Citizen Ilya tarafından kaleme alınmış ’ye çevrilmiştir. 7 Aralık 2019 tarihinde “Why We Should Fear Kleptocracy and Monopolism” başlığı altında yayınlanmıştır. Kapitalizm Rusya’ya geleli 32 yıl oldu. 5 Şubat 1987’de girişimciliği yasallaştıran Gorbaçov’un reformlarıyla kendini göstermeye başlayan kapitalizm, Putin’in Rusya’sında da vahşice hüküm sürüyor. Bürokrasi vahşi kapitalizme dönüştü ve birçok parti üyesi…

Di Eric Fleischmann. Originale: Don’t Use the LGBTQIA+ Community to Justify U.S. Interventionism del 4 marzo 2022. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Il Gay Times scriveva la settimana scorsa che, stando a “una lettera inviata il 20 febbraio a Michelle Bachelet, alto commissario per i diritti umani dell’Onu”, secondo le autorità statunitensi la Russia avrebbe un…

Host Alex McHugh interviews Salem, one of the founders of the radical humanitarian project Operation Solidarity, which is helping to organize anarchist resistance to the invasion as well as humanitarian support networks. If you’re able to support this vital project with funding or material aid, please click through the linktree below. Support Operation Solidarity (DONATE…

MER host Alex McHugh interviews C4SS Russian translator Citizen Ilya on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, anarchist resistance to war, and what things look like on the ground in Russia.  We intend this to be a two-part series. An interview with some of the folks behind the anarchist humanitarian project for Ukraine, Operation Solidarity, is…

For eight years, Russian state propaganda was always saying that Ukraine and its citizens were our enemies. By implying that all Ukrainians are neo-Nazis and pigs, common people of both countries got divided by the elites. I have some friends from Ukraine, mostly we share the same anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist views. And why the…

Last week, The Gay Times reported that—based on “a leaked letter sent on 20 February to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations’ (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights”—U.S. officials claim there is an official Russian list of “‘journalists, activists and gay rights advocates’ to punish in the event it invades Ukraine.” Would this be in line…

In this special edition of Mutual Exchange Radio, Alex McHugh interviews Ilya, a Russian social anarchist and anti-fascist. Ilya has written for C4SS a couple of times as well as translating some English articles into Russian. In this interview, part of our “Around the World” mini-series with C4SS contributors across the world, we dig into the…

It’s a very difficult time for any person. And this is not war, it is not just an economic crisis, it is not just mass poverty or catastrophe. This is a pandemic, in some ways a cross between all these things. Ordinary people are at great risk, like all the major capitalist companies. The poor…

Di Citizen Ilya. Originale pubblicato il 5 marzo 2020 con il titolo An Interview with Young Russian Activists From Food not Bombs. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Food not Bombs è un movimento internazionale indipendente i cui attivisti praticano l’azione diretta distribuendo alimenti vegani a chiunque. Pensano che la propria attività serva a combattere la povertà,…

Food Not Bombs is an independent international movement whose activists are doing direct action by handing out vegan food to everyone. They believe that their activities help to struggle against poverty, militarism, and violence. Absolutely all existing groups in Russia are decentralized, but they all support the same idea. While the Russian government spends billions…

Di Citizen Ilya. Originale pubblicato il 7 dicembre 2019 con il titolo Why We Should Fear Kleptocracy and Monopolism. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Sono passati trentadue anni da quando il capitalismo è sbarcato in Russia. Partito con le riforme di Gorbaciov, che il cinque febbraio 1987 legalizzarono l’imprenditoria privata, ora nella Russia di Putin il…

It’s been 32 years since capitalism came to Russia. Starting with Gorbachev’s reforms, which legalized entrepreneurship on the 5th of February 1987, capitalism reigns wild in Putin’s Russia. Bureaucracy has evolved into wild capitalism and a lot of party members have become democrats and criminals. In modern Russia, everything that must belong to the people…

In a concerning development for radicals everywhere, Russian officials have been cracking down on journalists with renewed vigor. In particular, journalist Ivan Golunov was recently arrested on fabricated drug charges and help for six days. While Golunov was released on June 11th, following a massive outpouring of support from journalists and citizens alike, there remains…

Di Citizen Ilya. Originale pubblicato il 23 marzo 2019 con il titolo How Putin’s Government Deals With Russian Anarchists. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Se seguite ciò che sta accadendo in Russia, probabilmente sapete cosa stanno passando attivisti politici e persone dell’opposizione. La dittatura putiniana si basa sulla tortura e il carcere per chiunque non condivida…

If you follow the news about Russia, then you probably know what’s happening right now with opposition and political activists. Putin’s dictatorship focuses on torture and imprisonment of everyone who disagrees with authoritarian anti-social politics. If somebody is struggling against total poverty and unfairness, then they will face repression from  government structures such as FSB…