Romania

Romanian working class: sitting ducks in open fire of capitalism

An anarchist analysis of the working class in Romania.

There are about 5 million employees in Romania, currently. Some other 3 million people (a quarter of the local work force) work in other countries from the European Union, mostly Spain and Italy. The official unemployed people are said to represent 6.7%, but this is not accurate.

Look forward in anger (film)

Look forward in anger (subtitled in English) is a Romanian film directed by Remus Mărgineanu. The film takes place in Romania after 1989 (the Romanian Revolution).

A shipyard on the banks of the Danube in "the transitional period", uncertain and troubled which confuses, overturns the scale of values not without leaving behind countless victims.

What is the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania?

Statement of ASIR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania)

What is the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania?

The Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania is an anarchist project, more accurately – an anarcho-syndicalist project, initiated in order to promote the principles of revolutionary syndicalism.

Which are our objectives?

IASR interviewed by Radio Libertaire

IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania) interviewed by Radio Libertaire at the International Anarchist Gathering in St. Imier, Switzerland.

IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania) interviewed by Radio Libertaire (the radio station of the French Anarchist Federation). The interview was taken at the International Anarchist Gathering in St. Imier, Switzerland, which took place between 8-12 August 2012. The interview is in English and French.

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The Hajduks of Cotovschi

A short history of The Hajduks of Cotovschi, an anarchist communist partisan organization from Romania, that pursued its activity in Bucharest, between 1939 to 1941.

The name of the organization was chosen to honor the name of Grigory Cotovschi (alternate spelling: Kotovski) and was created by Ion Vetrila in 1939, being active in the period when the legionaries from the "Legion of Archangel Michael" were collaborating with Antonescu government. The Hajduks of Cotovschi were organized according to a classical scheme: basically 5 people in a group.

MASA interviewed by IASR

IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania) interviews MASA (The Network of Anarcho-syndicalists) in Croatia. A very thought provoking interview.

IASR: What is MASA?

Direct Action: An anarcho-syndicalist journal

Direct Action: An Anarcho-Syndicalist Journal, a new anarchist publication from Romania.

Direct Action: An Anarcho-Syndicalist Journal is the publication of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania (IASR), representing the voice of Romanian anarcho-syndicalism. The publication is bimonthly and intends to provide the Romanian public with an accessible introduction to anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism, spreading the influence of such ideas in Romania.

Gheorghiu, Stefan, 1879-1914

A short biography of writer and revolutionary syndicalist from Romania, Stefan Gheorghiu.

89 years ago, on the 19th of March 1914, at the Filaret hospital in Bucharest, the writer and revolutionary unionist Stefan Gheorgiu died at the age of 35.

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”The bad things we suffer from, will not be removed by those above us, but by our will, strength and determination”– Stefan Gheorghiu. </blockquote>

Romanian anti-austerity demonstrations now in eighth day

Romanian anti-austerity demonstrations have now spread across sixty cities, and are now in their eighth day.

Anti-austerity demonstrations in Romania are now into their eighth day. Protests have continued across the country’s biggest cities, with thousands of people demanding the resignation of the President Traian Basescu, and the Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Anti-austerity demonstrations spread across Romania

Romanians have said, 'enough is enough', and have taken to the streets in cities across the country, demanding an end to austerity measures. The police have attempted to 'calm' hostile crowds, by firing tear gas canisters at them. Numerous injuries and arrests followed.

Over the weekend, security forces have clashed with thousands of protestors in Romania’s capital city, Bucharest.