Eastern Europe
Third night of anti-government protests in Budapest
Police have blamed ‘the far right and known football hooligans’ for the trouble as the conservative opposition party looks to capitalise on the ongoing demonstrations.
Thousands have been demonstrating outside parliament demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, already unpopular for being a ‘Socialist’ millionaire and his program of neoliberal austerity, he was caught out in a leaked tape recording admitting that his party “lied morning, noon and night” to get elected.
Berkman, Alexander, 1870-1936
A short biography of Alexander Berkman, a Russian anarchist who lived for many years in the United States, where he was a leading member of the anarchist movement. He was closely associated with anarcha-feminist Emma Goldman.
Alexander Berkman
Aka Sasha, born 21 November 1870, Vilnius, Lithuania, died 28 June 1936, Nice, France.
Bakunin, Mikhail, 1814-1876
The anarchist movement throws up many men and women, who become famous because of their actions, ideas and writings. Perhaps the best known of them all was the Russian anarchist, Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin
Born May 30, 1814 Pryamukhino, Russia – died June 13, 1876 Bern, Switzerland.
Mett, Ida, 1901-1973
A short biography Ida Mett, Russian anarchist and author of The Kronstadt Commune about the uprising against the new Bolshevik dictatorship following the Russian Revolution.
Ida Mett
Born Ida Gilman, July 1901 - Smorgon’, Russia, died 27 June 1973 - Paris, France
1997: The Albanian insurrection
A little-known uprising in Albania, triggered by International Monetary Fund measures after which the state lost complete control.
The uprising that took Albania to the brink of revolution in 1997 was not supposed to happen – the Albanians, we were told, had shaken off their Stalinist masters and were now enjoying their new found capitalist freedom.
Riots in Budapest demand government's resignation
Clashes have broken out in Budapest after the ‘Socialist’ Hungarian Prime Minister broke convention and admitted lying to get elected.
Thousands of mostly young protesters filled the streets to demand Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s resignation, after a tape was leaked in which he admitted he "lied morning, noon and night" to get elected.
1944-1945: Anarchists in the Hungarian Resistance
The anarchists in WWII Hungary who fought in the Resistance to the Nazis and later the Russian occupiers until their suppression by the Communists.
Following the destruction of the Hungarian anarchist movement by the fascist regime of Admiral Horthy, anarchist groups began to re-emerge around the veteran libertarian called Torockoi, who was 80 years old in 1945. The first libertarian action was against occupying German forces by an anarchist student group.
1903-1981: Anarchism in Poland
An account of anarchist ideas and practice in Poland through the 20th century.
An anarchist movement of Narodnik (Russian anti-capitalist democratic activists of the late 19th century) and anarchist ideas from Russia and Western Europe came into existence at the turn of the 20th century.
1900-1923: Anarchism in Siberia
A history of anarchism in Siberia, until its demise in the Bolshevik counter-revolution. It had many similarities with the Makhnovist movement.
A Siberian Makhnovschina?
Academics like Paul Avrich, along with militants like Voline, Gorelik and Archinov, have given us only a sketch of anarchism in Siberia. The important role of anarchism there has remained obscured.
1890-1924: Anarchism in Hungary
A history of the anarchist movement, and key anarchists in Hungary up until the aftermath of the 1918 Revolution.
In reaction to the pedestrian Hungarian Social-Democratic Party, founded in 1890, which constantly appealed to the bourgeoisie, often forming alliances with its progressive elements, emerged a far more radical anarchist current. Count Ervin Batthany became friends with Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin whilst in London.
