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Post by Bonobo on Nov 25, 2017 19:40:12 GMT 1
I sometimes wonder how Poles position themselves in Europe, in the world and in the Slavic world? Are most Poles Patriots, Nationalists and conservatives, or do you also have a lot of liberals, liberal socialists, libertarians and anarchistic Poles in the positive peaceful libertarian anarchist version of radical individualists who oppose collectivism, centralism, dogmatic, doctrinary and orthodox thinking. Conservative, yes. Patriots - yes. As for nationalists - yes, but I can`t say for sure how many. Other options are also represented - there are organisations/parties/bodies etc which encompass all possible views. I suppose Poland is not different from other developed nations. E.g., when in high school, a few senior students had problems with the law because they were against the communist system and didn`t hide it. We, juniors, respected them a lot because they were tough guys who refused to accept rotten compromises, a great example to follow in those times. Later, I learnt they had set up their own anarchist organisation, still when communism was working. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federacja_AnarchistycznaFederacja Anarchistyczna is a Polish anarchist organization.
In May 1988, the Intercity Anarchist Federation was formed which next spring transformed into the Anarchist Federation after the Warsaw Congress. The Federation meets every half year with the purpose of exchanging information and organizing campaigns and other activity. Members of the Anarchist Federation are active in a wide number of issues ranging from squatting to workers' movements, from publishing to protesting, from housing activism to social centers. Lately Food Not Bombs actions have been carried out in many Polish cities.
While some sections of the FA have a rather detailed program, the Federation as a whole has a basic statement of principles. As this statement was written at the inception of the Federation, when the political structure of Poland was very different, a new statement of principles is currently being worked on.
www.federacja-anarchistyczna.pl/
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Post by pjotr on Nov 27, 2017 3:04:51 GMT 1
The Polish anarchists look like the Duch ones with one large difference. The Polish Anarchists put action into reality with their opposition towards communism. In our democratic and capitalist society the Dutch anarchists opposed and oppose the capitalist system and democratic society that serves the capitalist system. With squating, demonstrations, sometimes anarchist riots and also with Food Not Bombs actions during the nineties and in this century. Ferdinand Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis (31 December 1846 – 18 November 1919) was the Netherlands' first prominent socialist and anarchist. He was a Lutheran preacher who, after he lost his faith, started a political fight for workers. He was the first socialist in the Dutch parliament. In 1881, Nieuwenhuis became the frontman of the Sociaal-Democratische Bond (SDB), a socialist movement from various local movements. It fought for universal suffrage and supported socialist workers' initiatives such as strikes. Under Nieuwenhuis' leadership and propaganda the movement became bigger and bigger. As the movement grew, it began to come under attack. In 1887 Nieuwenhuis was sentenced to one year in prison for insulting royalty in an article even though it was not certain that he wrote the article. Nieuwenhuis moved more and more toward anarchist beliefs. The SDB followed him there but was not free of trouble. Amsterdam workers had a rather anarchistic attitude, and you had many leftwing social-democrats, communists and anarchists amongst the Amsterdam workers during both the first half and second half of the 20th century. Leftwing Workers rebellion in Amsterdam in 1934 during the crisis yearspl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Domela_Nieuwenhuis |
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Post by pjotr on Nov 27, 2017 3:17:19 GMT 1
Anarchist squaters or Autonomen controlled parts of Amsterdam during the late seventies, eighties and nineties.
Coronation riots Amsterdam
Due to the anarchist revolution in Amsterdam during the coronation in 1980 the riot police got assistance of the Dutch army
Today it is illegal to squat in the Netherlands, this video is of 2006. I read about Polish squaters and squathouses in Poznań, Kraków, Wrocław and Warsaw.
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