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In the context of the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners (23.-30th of August 2016), we had the opportunity of talking to a comrade from Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) in Czech Republic. The interview gives a short summary of the repression that started in 2015 and explains the singular cases and their current development, but deals also with the problems the movement had in the beginning to show solidarity. Last but not least, you get very good advice on the topic of solidarity and what to do yourselves.

Since the interview, another comrade is in prison. Lukáš Borl, who had been living underground, has been arrested by the police on September 4.

More information (in different languages) on the Antifenix website.

Length: 22:30 min

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If you want to write the two imprisoned comrades, please use these addresses:

Lukáš Borl
1.3.1982
Vazební veznice Litomerice
Veitova 1
412 81 Litomerice

Martin Ignacák
10.8.1986
V.V. Praha – Pankrác
P.O.BOX – 5
Praha 4
140 57
Czech Republic

Here you’ll find information about a recent noise demo.

In cooperation with Crna Luknja, the anarchist radio show on Radio Student in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, we produced the following interview on the ongoing struggle against the attempted eviction of Rog, a former bicycle factory and an active squat for 10 years now. The interview focuses on the resistance against the attempts of eviction by the city as well as Nazi attacks and also on the political framework right now in Slovenia.

Length: 11:55 min

You can download the audio at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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Here is the website of ROG (with information in different languages).

As Anarchist Radio Berlin we are pleased to re-publish the following interview made originally and offered to us by Puko Uckur („Broken Belt“), an antiauthoritarian show on Radio Student in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The interview on Orfanotrofeio, a self-organized refugee squat in Thessaloniki, Greece, was recorded with two activists who at that time (April 2016) were in Ljubljana. The interview covers the beginnings of the squat, the topic of self-organization, migrants and situation on the borders. One of the questions was also how to support that kind of self-organized struggles and the difference to similar squats in Athens.

This audio is part of our ongoing series on anarchism and social movements in the Mediterranean region.

This is Part 5 (Interview with the self-organized refugee squat Orfanotrofeio in Thessaloniki, April 2016).

Length: 13 min

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Part 4 (on the self-managed soap factory Vio.me in Thessaloniki).

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Part 3 (Audio on the self-organized refugee squat Orfanotrofeio in Thessaloniki, January 2016).

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Part 2 (on the anarchists in Slovenia and the refugee Balkan route).

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Part 1 (on the occupied refugee center Notara26 in Athens, Greece).

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to a member of the anarchosyndicalist union FAU in Berlin. Until very recently he was involved in a worker’s struggle concerning the dismissal of two workers from a vegan Pizzeria and tells us about the background of the struggle, the methods they used and the succesful end of the campaign. Further topics are the situation of migrant workers in Berlin and the issue of self-organizing of those workers.

Length: 17:35 min

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to a comrade of the Anarchist Federation in Britain about their Safer Spaces policy. In this interview she tells us about the origins of this concept, the misconceptions and popular defensive strategies and also about the actual practice and constant development of this policy that deals with conflict resolution in political structures and survivor-lead processes in case of physical abuse.

Listen to this fascinating and detailed introduction into the practical side of „Safer Spaces“.

Length: 22:06 min

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to the workers of the self-managed soap factory Vio.me in Thessaloniki, Greece.
In our interview they tell us about the origins of this factory take-over by the workers, what this had to do with experiences in Argentina and they managed to overcome financial problems. Listen to this audio also to know how to show solidarity, as Vio.me is threatened by eviction due to a planned compulsory auction of the premises.

This is Part 4 (on the self-managed soap factory Vio.me in Thessaloniki).

Length: 12:48 min

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Part 3 (on the self-organized refugee squat Orfanotrofeio in Thessaloniki).

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Part 2 (on the anarchists in Slovenia and the refugee Balkan route).

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Part 1 (on the occupied refugee center Notara26 in Athens, Greece).

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The struggle for the right to the city, against the intensification of exploitation and valorization is complex and diverse. May it be people in Berlin stopping an eviction, squatting houses in Amsterdam, taking squares in Greece or fighting for free public transportation in Brazil. A state with a massive territory, huge cities and as in so many places a classist, racist and sexist division of labour that expresses itself among other ways through the public transportation system. As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity to talk with an activist of the Passe Livre movement from Sao Paulo, Brazil, about their struggle.

Length: 17:04 min

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For refugees heading to Central and Northern Europe, the Balkan route has been of upmost importance. As Anarchist Radio Berlin we talked to two anarchists from Slovenia about the situation in the Balkans, their work with the refugees and the perspectives of this struggle beyond humanitarian actions.

Some more interviews with anarchist organizations and anarchist projects will follow soon as part of our new series on anarchism and social struggles in the Mediterranean.

This is Part 2 (on the anarchists in Slovenia and the refugee Balkan route).

Length: 8:06 min

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Part 1 (on the occupied refugee center Notara26 in Athens, Greece).

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of making an interview with two members of the new Anarchist Federation in Finland, Alusta. The interview was made during the Anarchist Bookfair in Tallinn, Estonia. The comrades tell us about the idea and the goals of the federation, the recent general strike in Finland and the political and social panorama of the country, including the rise of the far right inmidst of governmental austerity measures.

This is the last audio of this series for now. But stay tuned, we are publishing other series, for instance one on the Mediterranean area.

This is part 3 (on the Anarchist Federation in Finaland – Alusta).

Length: 27:01 min

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Part 2 (on the Anarchist Bookfair in Tallinn, Estonia).

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Part 1 (on the Musta Pispala festival in Finland).

Length: 12:14 min

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We had the opportunity of making an interview with two activists of the occupied and self-organized refugee center Notara26 in Athens, Greece. The comrades tell us about the origins and ideas of their center as well as of the anarchist influence and importance of the Exarchia neighbourhood. They also comment on the topic of governmental (Syriza) policies and the difference of their work to such policies. And they also mention problems encountered in this project.

You can follow them also on twitter.

Some more interviews with anarchist organizations and anarchist projects will follow soon as part of our new series on anarchism and social struggles in the Mediterranean.

This is Part 1 (on the occupied refugee center Notara26 in Athens, Greece).

Length: 12:36 min

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to two comrades from Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) in Warsaw. In this interview they talk about their work and the topic of repression in Poland.

This is the last part of our series on Eastern Europe for now. Nonetheless, it is quite probable that we continue this series in 2016. Watch out for other series coming soon!

This is Part 5 (on Anarchist Black Cross Warsaw).

Length: 20 min

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Part 4 (on anarchists and the tenants struggles in Warsaw).

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Part 3 (on anarchism and the squats in Warsaw).

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Part 2 (on the squatted ROD garden in Warsaw).

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Part 1 (on Poznan and the Rozbrat squat):

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As part of a journey through Eastern Europe a member of the Anarchist Radio Berlin had the opportunity of talking to a comrade of Syrena. The main topics of this interview were the history of re-privatization through ruthless landlords and local autorithies in Warsaw like the case of the murder of the tenants activist Jolanta Brzeska in 2011 as well as the wild tenants struggles against these mechanisms and their cooperation with the anarchist movement regarding soaring rents and a small building of social housing in Warsaw. Additionally, our friend told us some interesting facts about the development of Warsaw’s city structure, especially its rebuilding in terms of communal housing under the Soviet regime.

Some more interviews with anarchist organizations and anarchist projects will follow soon as part of our new series on anarchism and social struggles in Eastern Europe.

This is Part 4 (on anarchists and the tenants struggles in Warsaw).

Length: 35:10 min

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Part 3 (on anarchism and the squats in Warsaw).

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Part 2 (on the squatted ROD garden in Warsaw).

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Part 1 (on Poznan and the Rozbrat squat):

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As part of a journey through Eastern Europe a member of the Anarchist Radio Berlin had the opportunity of talking to a comrade of Syrena. Syrena is a squat in the inner city of Warsaw and has its origins in the tenants movement. In this interview we talk about the huge amount of activities like anti-racist work, social work and anarchist activities that are getting started out of Syrena. Further we talk about the connection to the Przychodnia Squat which is located directly behind Syrena as well as about the comrade’s personal opinion of the controversial selling of the Od:zysk Squat in Poznan, which is quite an current issue in the Polish movement.

Some more interviews with anarchist organizations and anarchist projects will follow soon as part of our new series on anarchism and social struggles in Eastern Europe.

This is Part 3 (on anarchism and the squats in Warsaw).

Length: 18:41 min

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Part 2 (on the squatted ROD garden in Warsaw).

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Part 1 (on Poznan and the Rozbrat squat):

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to an activist who is part of a group of people squatting an allotment garden in Warsaw, Poland. In this interview, we get to know a bit of the origins of this project that started in Spring of this year. The squat itself is based on the Reclaim the fields initiative in Poland and has organized some action days a short while ago.

Some more interviews with anarchist organizations and anarchist projects will follow soon as part of our new series on anarchism and social struggles in Eastern Europe.

This is Part 2.

Length: 7:54 min

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Part 1 (on Poznan and the Rozbrat squat):

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As Anarchist Radio Berlin we had the opportunity of talking to an activist of the Anarchist Federation in Glasgow (Scotland). The interview was about their local activities as well as the Scottish independence referendum and the rise of nationalism in the region.

Length: 18:34 min

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In the following interview we made with an UK-based prisoner support activist, we talk about recent changes in judicial law, especially concerning legal aids and the introduction of so-called „court costs“, showing clearly an ever more class-based judicial system.

Length: 10:50 min

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Enjoy!

As Anarchist Radio Berlin we talked to comrades from Crna Luknja (Ljubljana), Radio Libertaire (Paris) and the Vrje Bond (Netherlands) about anarchist bookfairs in Spring 2015 and other upcoming events.

Besides several bookfairs, we also present you an international radio meeting in Slovenia or, for example, the Pinksterlanddagen camp in the Netherlands.

Length: 11:35 min

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After the Greek elections from January 25, 2015 the left party Syriza took over the government in a coalition with the national-conservative party of the Independent Greeks.

As Anarchist Radio Berlin we talked to comrades from Greece in order to learn more about what to expect from this new government, as anarchists but also as part of the autonomous and self-organization movements.

We can present you two audios that cover different aspects of how to look at the Greek situation today. One interview was made with Leonidas from the anarchist hip-hop collective Social Waste, the other with three members of the Athens-based Group of Libertarian Communists.

1) Audio based on an interview with Social Waste

Length: 10:04 min

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2) Interview with members of GLC

Length: 17:33 min

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Enjoy!

We made an interview with a member of the Russian-speaking anarchist publishing cooperative Radical Theory and Practice (RTP). In it we talk about the cooperative, its recent project of translating Emma Goldman’s memoires into Russian and a lot more.

Length: 29:35 min

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In the context of the recent acute increase in repression in Belarus, the Anarchist Radio Berlin talked to Anarchist Black Cross Belarus about their work, the situation in the neighbouring country of Ukraine and the situation of refugees in Belarus. For security reasons we transcribed the original interview and re-recorded it ourselves.

Length: 10:53 min

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We would like to present you an interview we made in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana in September 2013. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the autonomous, cultural and political center Metelkova we had a small exchange of ideas on the topic of „Art and Anarchism“ with a local comrade.

Length: 10:32 min

Enjoy!

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The Anarchist Radio Berlin (aradio.blogsport.de) made this interview in the end of August 2014 on the 80th anniversary of the Pinksterlanddagen Camp, an anarchist camp in the Netherlands that has taken place each year since the 1930s.

This is an English voice-over over the German original version.

Length: 8 min

Here’s the interview at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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Additional links:

* Link to the camp (English)

We present an interview with Bogdan, an activist from Rumania. The main topic is the recent 4th Forum against unnecessary imposed mega-projects, a network of major struggles against infrastructure, mining and fracking projects (in Europe an beyond). The last meeting took place in May in Rosia Montana, Rumania. The preparation, the subject of the involvement of political parties in such movements as well as the future perspective of this particular coordination are at the heart of the interview, but it also gives a quick overview of the development of the local struggle against the proposed biggest open-cast gold mining project in Europe.

This is the English original version.

Length: 21:30 min

Here’s the interview at: archive.org (mp3 | ogg).

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Additional links:

* 3rd European Forum against unnecessary imposed mega-projects (in Stuttgart, Germany)
* 4th Forum against unnecessary imposed mega-projects (in Rosia Montana, Rumania)

We would like to present you an interview we made with a member of the Comité Popular da Copa in Sao Paulo, a coordination of groups and individuals against the FIFA World Cup and its negative effects. The interview goes into different topics, including the historical context of the Brazilian situation, the social protests since 2013 and obviously the World Cup.

This is a Spanish version with English voice-over.

Length: 32:09 min

Here’s the interview at: archive.org (mp3).

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* Here a direct link to the Comité Popular da Copa in Sao Paulo.

We present you an audio based on an interview in Santiago de Chile as well as other information.

The lesbians‘ and women’s collective Linea Aborto Libre in Chile established an information hotline that can be reached daily and they published as well a corresponding handbook in order to support women who wish to perform an abortion at home. Chile is on of those countries where abortion is prohibited in all cases.

You can download the audio (8:27 min) here at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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Links:

* Website of Linea Aborto Libre
* Handbook of Linea Aborto Libre (PDF, in Spanish)
* Pro Familia (PDF, in German)
* WHO handbook (PDF, in English)

Here you’ll find the Spanish original version.
And here you’ll find an German voice-over version of the same audio.

Enjoy!

We present an interview with a member of the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) in Belarus about the anarchist prisoners in the country, the situation in Belarus and the neighbouring countries and the planned infotour through parts of Europe starting in April 2014.

This audio has been re-recorded with a different voice in order to protect the identity of the original speaker.

You can download the interview (9:25 min) here at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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You can find all dates on the infotour of ABC Belarus in German at the webpage of the Federation of German-speaking Anarchists (FdA).

Here you’ll find the interview we made last year on this topic.

This is a ready to send audio interview in an American English translation and recording (from German original). This interview on the topics of the uprising in Turkey, its origins and perspectives as well as on the action form of the „standing man“ has been made with a member of the Swiss-turkish anarchist group „Karakök Autonome„. The interview was conducted at the end of June 2013 and then translated by English speaking comrades.

There are two English language versions:

You can download the English only version (17:53 min) here at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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You can download the German with English voice-over version (21:07 min) here at: archive.org (wav | mp3 | ogg).

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You’ll find the German original version here.