Announcements

18th of September in Helsinki, in Kupoli of the New Student House at Mannerheimintie 5B, 7th floor. Food is served at 16:00, the lecture will start at 16:30.

Food served 4PM, lecture 4:15 PM   Only most outrageous agent on bourgeoisie would claim Oscar Wilde, Alexander Berkman or rest of the anarchists lacked style 100 years ago. But since then, anarchist swag has been lost and movement is in a crisis. First anarchosyndicalist and specialist of unionism and stylish outlook Niko Ravattinen will explain basics issues, followed by a shopping tour of second hand clothing, after which a new style will be designed for workshop participators. Time to give up bourgeois tastelesness. Style is a basic right of the proletariat!   FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/282689408774395/   Disturbances is an open series of lectures and discussions at the crossroads of society, philosophy, history, economy and resistance. We are already aware that...

Doors open 6PM, lecture 6:15 PM in Alina-sali (Mannerheimintie 5 A 3rd floor) On saturday 9th of September 2006 police kettled demonstration of Dongzhou coalition against ASEM-summit of European and Asian leaders, and around 500 persons were stuck. More than 120 persons were randomly detained. A record size court process followed record size police operation, more than 70 people were charged with various offences as police attempted to justify their operation. (Useless) court process against police excesses were only finished in year 2015 in European court of human rights. But what was the demonstration about, how did Smas ASEM changed Finnish political culture, and what we may learn from the experience? This is fifth part of a special series of lectures of Finnish anarchist and...

Only most outrageous agent on bourgeoisie would claim Oscar Wilde, Alexander Berkman or rest of the anarchists lacked style 100 years ago. But since then, anarchist swag has been lost and movement is in a crisis.

Vladimir Putin will visit Finland on friday 1th of July 2016. Conflict in Ukraine is still going on, in year 2016 only more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and wounded in ceasefire violations.

Doors open at 4 pm, lecture begins at 4:15 pm At the Disturbances lecture of the end of May, we delve into the historical roots of communization theory and offer some practical coconuts to crack in order to end the capitalist way of being.

When mass civil protests in Russia were defeated in 2011-12 the Putinist police regime started open political repressions against militants of social and political movements, including anarchists and antifascists. Many activists have been sentenced to prison terms in the course of the last 5 years in Russia.   We call on comrades from the whole world to show solidarity with Russian anarchists and antifascists – prisoners of the Putinist police state, and distribute information about the international solidarity decade as widely as possible, maybe organise an event in your own town.

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Food served 4PM, Lecture 4:30PM Eetu Viren represents book Seutu joka ei ole paikka, co-authored with Jussi Vähämäki.

Doors open at 4 pm, Lecture begins at 4:15 pm How were squatting, zines, demonstrations and other civil action executed in the Finland of 1980s and early 1990s and what was accomplished with them? Kaide, a civil activist who was involved at the time, tells about the beginnings of a period of large societal change. Horke Lavento tells what it was like to discover anarchism in Southeast Finland in the 80s and how anarchism started to be perceived as something else in the Finnish 80s than odd behavior or terrorism. How was the Finnish Anarcho-syndicalist Federation founded and how were the first connections established to anarchists abroad? Lecture on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/204029206634787/ Disturbances is an open series of lectures and discussions at the crossroads of...

In Mannerheim-hall of new student house. Food on offer from 4 pm onwards, Lecture begins at 4:30 pm. Emilia Kukkala and Pontus Purokuru tell about their book "Guard Dogs of Class Hegemony: How Finnish Reporters Help the Elite Stay Elite".

Helsinki Anarchist Black Cross and A-ryhmä will organize a prisoner support kitchen on Sunday 20.3. in Kupoli! (Mannerheimintie 5b, 7th floor)

Doors open at 4 pm, Lecture begins at 4:15 pm The anarchist movement in Finland in the 1990s was largely organized by men. The Finnish Anarchist Union, FAU (Suomen anarkistiliitto, SAL), Kapinatyöläinen-magazine ("Rebel Worker"), solidarity demonstrations and panel discussions were dominated by men, and mostly men's voices were heard at anarchist meetings. Red anarchism in Helsinki, especially, leaned heavily on the traditions of the workers' movement which did include lofty speeches about women's rights but whose gender roles were, in practice, quite traditional. In 1995, Peppi, an anarcho-feminist union, was founded to tackle these problems, and the individuals involved wanted to approach feminism as a matter of class and race in addition to opposing...

  Disturbances-lecture has been cancelled as speaker won't be able to make it.    Instead, tortillas and beans will be served.

In Kupoli, Mannerheimintie 7 b 7th floor. The Porthania squat of September 2015 began the Education Strike movement that also spread to Turku, Tampere, Joensuu and Jyväskylä. On December 1st, there were demonstrations around Finland, in Helsinki the university main building was squatted on, and in Turku, the Porthania squat's record for the the longest-standing university squat in the history of Finland was beaten. For the first time in the history of the student movement in Finland, it would seem, multiple buildings were squatted on simultaneously in several cities. However, the planned education cuts have not been canceled, and in January, the University of Helsinki announced that it would be sacking 570 employees as the result of negotiations. How should the anti-education...

In Mannerheim-hall of new student house Thursday 11th of February 6 PM Suvi Auvinen and Tiina Rosenberg discuss feminism and power. Does the patriarchy have something to do with state and capitalism? Should feminism be compatible or incompatible with the parliamentary system? Can feminists harness the state and the corporate world to drive the feminist agenda? Should feminists establish parties, march on the streets, attack the police do something else? FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1542407146056890/ This panel discussion is a part of A-group's Disturbances lecture series. Disturbances is an open series of lectures and discussions at the crossroads of society, philosophy, history, economy and resistance. We are already aware that we can not live as before, but we do not know...

On Saturday 30th of January In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Doors open at 6pm and the lecture starts at 6.15.

From 9th to 10th of January 2016 third Father Frost against Putin-festival will be organised in Helsinki.

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Food served 4PM, Lecture 4:30PM What kind of effects did the Russian Revolution of March 1917 have in Finland? Why were there riots at the Helsinki Stock Exchange and why did the authorities eventually disperse the people's assemblies in August? This is the story of a year when everything felt possible. The event is the second part in a series of lectures about the history of Finnish anarchism. Disturbances is an open series of lectures and discussions at the crossroads of society, philosophy, history, economy and resistance. We are already aware that we can not live as before, but we do not know what the future holds. Others are stuck in the past, but we only want to understand it. Even a small disturbance of an initial...

Disturbances lecture series 20th of December: Anarchy in Finland of 60's and 70's. In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Food served 4PM, Lecture 4:30PM

In Mannerheim-hall of Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 5th floor Doors open 6 PM, Lecture starts 6:15 PM

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Doors open 6:15 PM, lecture starts 6:15 PM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On Sunday 29th November Helsinki ABC & comrades organise support kitchen for animal rights prisoners from 4pm to 6pm in Kupoli.  

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Food served 4PM, Lecture 4:30PM The lecture focuses on the idea of a world without prisons by examining contemporary projects of transformative justice. These projects are searching an answer to the question: how to organize community-based justice practices and fight violence without the police and punitive state justice system? Through practical examples I will present the concept of transformative justice which functions as a device for several anarchist, queer-, and activist communities in their efforts to solve internal conflicts (e.g. sexual harassment or violence), undermining social structures behind the individual acts of violence. Aino-Marjatta Mäki, who will speak via skype, is a Lacanian doctoral student, who...

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor.     Doors open 6PM, Lecture 6:15PM  

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor.  Doors open 6 PM, Lecture 6:15 PM.

Mannerheimintie 5 B 7. krs.  Food will be served from 4pm and from 4.30 we'll show a new documentary film about Strangeways's prison riot (1h), discussion afterwards. There's also a possibility to write support letters to prisoners. Welcome! Kupoli is unfortunately not very accesible. MENU Pea soup Oven pancake with jam Green salad Coffee, tea, bread etc. Kupoli Blog: https://kupoli.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/kupolin-herkku-vankitukikeittio-sunnuntaina-4-10-prisoner-support-kitchen-on-sun-4-10/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/873598049384445/ Organised by Helsinki ABC and A-ryhmä

In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor. Doors open 4 PM, Lecture 4:30 PM. Antti Rautiainen gives 60 minute TED-style talk on the history of the anarchist movement. Suitable for attention span of the internet generation. No meme pics.   Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/events/1644079332541835/ Disturbances is an open series of lectures and discussions at the crossroads of society, philosophy, history, economy and resistance. We are already aware that we can not live as before, but we do not know what the future holds. Others are stuck in the past, but we only want to understand it. Even a small disturbance of an initial condition can lead a system into a completely different state. Our speakers are Finnish and international anti-authoritarian researchers and...

This year on Sunday, November 15th Telliskivi Loomelinnak is once again hosting the biggest alternative book fair in Estonia.

Food will be served from 4pm. There will be info about the Kolchenko & Sentsov- + Tamara Sol-cases. Also a possibility to write letters to prisoners. Welcome! Kupoli is unfortunately not very accesible. MENU Lentil patties w/ mashed potatoes Green-cabbage salad Apple pie Coffee, tea, bread etc.

Disturbances lecture series 18th of October: Movement against austerity — which way forward? In Kupoli, Uusi ylioppilastalo, Mannerheimintie 5 B 7th floor on September 12th.