Article editing guide

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- fixing typos
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Maria fought in the Durruti Column (named after Buenaventura Durruti) in the Spanish civil war...

Ideally this would be edited to:

Maria fought in the Durruti Column (named after Buenaventura Durruti ) in the Spanish civil war...

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glykosymoritis
Jul 3 2012 07:48

Eyewitness from the anarchist movement in Russia - public meetings in Ireland
http://www.anarkismo.net/attachments/jul2012/russiananarchistdublin.jpg

The Irish segments of a European speaking tour with an Anarchist from Moscow who will talk about the anarchist movement in Russia, its successes and failures. Antti Rautiainen lived in Moscow for 13 years, participating in anarchist activities. His residence permit was revoked in March of this year, allegedly because he "called for a violent overthrow of constitutional order, or otherwise endangered the safety of Russian Federation or its citizens". He is member of Autonomous Action and the Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow.

The anarchist movement in Moscow has faced huge challenges in this period, we strongly encourage you to come along and hear Antti's first hand account of these experiences.

In Cork on Sat July 7th, 5pm at Solidarity Books, Douglas St.

In Dublin on Sun, July 8th, 4pm at Seomra Spraoi, 10 Bevedere court D1

In Belfast on Tue, July 10th, 7pm at Na Croisbhealai Workers Co-op cafe

and Derry on Wed, July 11th, 7pm Castlebar Waterloo street