The Black Guards
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jan 6 2011 23:10
A short account of the Anarchist Black Guards and their suppression by the Bolsheviks in Moscow in 1918
Many Russian anarchists were totally opposed to the institutionalisation of the Red Guards, fighting units that had been created by factory workers in the course of the February and October Revolutions. Indeed Rex A. Wade in his book on the Red Guards points to the strong anarchist input and influence in the Red Guards in the initial phase of the Revolution.
Siberia: interview with a member of the SKT
In connection to the SAC's 100th anniversary in the summer of 2010, Stockholm was visited by a delegation of 4 activists from the SKT, the Siberian Workers' Confederation. The SKT organizes workers in western Siberia and continues to be an independent union in a Russia becoming all the more uniform. Arbetaren Zenit met and had a chat with Valerija Gudz, a 25-year-old syndicalist from Omsk.
How did you come to be interested in union organizing and why did you end up in the SKT?
The unknown revolution, 1917-1921 - Volin
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 12 2010 13:32
Complete text of Volin's extensive work on the Russian Revolution, its usurping by the Bolsheviks and on workers' rebellions against the new dictatorship.
The present work is a complete translation of La Revolution Inconnue, 1917-1921, first published in French in 1947, and re-published in Paris in 1969 by Editions Pierre Belfond. An abridged, two-volume English translate of the work was published in 1954 and 1955 by the Libertarian Book Club (New York City) and Freedom Press (London).
The Left Communist Movement of 1918 - Ronald I. Kowalski
An analysis by academic, Kowalski, on the early internal party opposition in the Bolshevik Party by the communist left, against the signing of Brest Litovsk agreement with Germany.
The anarchist underground in Leningrad
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 14 2010 10:13
A short account of the anarchist underground in Leningrad in the 1920s
Yuri Krinitsky was an 18 year old student when he came from Tashkent to study at the Russian Institute of the History of Art. Back home he had been involved in the setting up of several circles of anarcho-syndicalist youth. He was arrested there in autumn 1922 on the charge of publishing an underground magazine Turkestan Alarm and given a written denunciation.
Garaseva, Anna (1902-1994) and Tatiana (1901-after 1997)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 11 2010 17:45
A short account of the lives of the Russian anarchist sisters, Anna and Tatiana.
Anna Garaseva and her older sister Tatiana were the daughters of a teacher who taught in a gymnasium (high school) in Ryazan. AnTatiana was born in 1901 and Anna on December 7th, 1902. In 1917 Tatiana was admitted to Moscow University, where she attended the lectures of the anarchist professor Alexei Borovoi. Tatiana joined the student anarchist club mostly made up of young women.
Nikiforova, Marusya, 1885-1919
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 4 2010 04:48
Biography of Ukrainian anarchist guerrilla who fought with the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine.
Introduction
The Ukrainian anarchist Maria Nikiforova (1885–1919) has sometimes been compared to Joan of Arc. Like Joan she started from humble origins and, improbably, became a ferocious military commander who was captured and executed by her sworn enemies. And, like Joan, she was a fanatic who pursued her goals in a violent, ruthless fashion.
Volin, 1882-1945 - Rudolf Rocker
A short biography of Russian anarchist, Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eichenbaum, commonly known as Volin, by Rudolph Rocker.
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eichenbaum was born on August 11, 1882, in the district of Voronezh in Great Russia. So far as I know only one of his writings, a small booklet of Russian poems, was published under his real name, while all the others, and certainly his many articles and essays, were signed with his pseudonym. It is much easier to think and speak of him as Volin.
An attempt on life of anarchist anti-fascist in Moscow
Submitted by S2W on Sep 4 2010 08:08
A 25-year old Vladimir Skopincev is registered in Troick, one of the numerous towns of Moscow region. He is an anarchist and known as the member of groups “PolitZek” and “Change the world without taking power”. Both groups have several thousands of fans. His photos and registration address were frequently posted on fascist web-pages, along with demands of execution.
The Black Sea revolt - Tico Jossifort
Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 9 2010 21:07
The history of a 1919 naval mutiny of French troops sent to intervene in Russia against the revolution. Initiated by a group of anarchist sailors, the revolt spread to other ships - so preventing naval intervention against Soviet Russia and achieving the desired demobilisation of the mutineers.
I: Sailors In Revolt Seize the Battleship France
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