Posts Tagged ‘Interview’
(A-Radio) Greece: The murder of Pavlos Fyssas and the trial against Golden Dawn
Friday, November 6th, 2020
In the end of October 2020 we had the opportunity of talking to a comrade from Greece about the murder of antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas (Killah P) in 2013 and the recent trial against the neonazi party Golden Dawn. Furthermore, she talks to us about the local context, the reactions on different levels to the verdict and what follows for the antifascist struggle.
Length: 34:05 min
You can find other English audios as well as all issues of the monthly anarchist show “Bad News” here.
Tags: Anarchist Radio, Anarchistisches Radio Berlin, Anti-Fascism, Anti-Fascist, Golden Dawn, Greece, Interview, Killah P, Neo-Nazis, Pavlos Fyssas, Radio
Posted in Anti-Fascist
Contrainfo: díalogo/entrevista con el compañero Gustavo Rodríguez (Primera parte).
Sunday, November 1st, 2020
Con la inquietud de dialogar en torno a la Anarquía en nuestros días, desde el blog ContraInfo (C.I) nos animamos a realizarle una entrevista al compañero Gustavo Rodríguez (G.R.), motivados por el reciente llamado internacional de solidaridad con lxs anarquistas que continúan luchando tras las rejas de las prisiones contra la sociedad punitiva, quebrando la normalidad impuesta. El compañero Rodríguez, ha aportado incontables contribuciones al anarquismo insurreccional e informal y al llamado ilegalismo contemporáneo, destacando los agudos análisis de sus últimas aportaciones al debate en curso sobre la “nueva normalidad” impuesta por el “Ciber Leviatán”.
C.I. Hola Gustavo, es un placer que accedas a este intercambio que nos permite dialogar a distancia. Hemos visto que tus contribuciones tienen una enorme aceptación en diferentes latitudes, siendo incluso traducidas a varios idiomas; y lógicamente, también provocan reacciones contrarias, motivando la reflexión y el debate al interior del movimiento. Y es precisamente con esa intención que hemos elaborado esta entrevista, con el fin de provocar un intercambio fraterno de opiniones que sirva de puente para el desarrollo de la lucha anárquica.
Específicamente en el marco de la Semana Internacional de Solidaridad con lxs Anarquistas Presxs (Leer llamamiento aquí) y a propósito del texto que escribiste celebrando esa iniciativa; advertimos en tu crítica a la Cruz Negra Anarquista/Anarchist Black Cross (CNA/ABC), un rechazo fuerte a ciertas posturas caritativas manifiestas en algunos grupos que brindan apoyo a presxs que no provienen de las luchas antiautoritarias. Incluso, llegas a afirmar que hay supuestos “espías” y “líderes religiosxs fundamentalistas” que engrosan las listas de estos grupos. Cuando señalas esto ¿estás denunciando hechos concretos o, digamos, que es una manera genérica de destacar la inclusión de presxs que no son antiautoritarixs propiamente? ¿Crees que es necesario “rasurar” esas listas –para utilizar tus mismas palabras– y concentrar nuestros esfuerzos en lxs compañerxs específicamente antiautoritarixs? ¿Consideras que la CNA/ABC ha abandonado sus principios fundadores y requiere una “reconstrucción” interna que fortalezca esa perspectiva? (more…)
Tags: Albert Meltzer, Analysis, Anti-Prison, Contra Info (Athens), Gustavo Rodriguez, International Solidarity, International Week for Anarchist Prisoners, Interview, Interviews, Stuart Christie
Posted in Interviews
“Andare alla radice” – Marco Camenisch & John Zerzan
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
IT | PDF: “Andare all radice” – Marco Camenisch & John Zerzan
“Andare alla radice”
È uscito l´opuscolo “Andare alla radice” contenente un intervista di John Zerzan a Marco Camenisch.
PREFAZIONE
In una soleggiata cucina del sudest della Svizzera ho preso parte a questa magnifica conversazione con uno dei miei eroi, Marco Camenisch, e un caro amico che gli aveva più volte fatto visita durante i molti anni passati in prigione. Quest’incontro aveva per me un valore importantissimo, soprattutto perché, a differenza di Matteo, avevo conosciuto Marco solo la notte prima. Scriversi è una cosa, per quanto molto preziosa, ma di certo nulla può sostituire la possibilità di sedere faccia a faccia, l’uno di fronte all’altro. La nostra causa comune, per come la vedo io, è quella di eliminare la civilizzazione, la sua marcia funebre, e sostituirla con comunità di rapporti diretti, faccia a faccia. La società di massa ha soppresso la comunità. Ogni volta che ci s’incontra, come nel nostro caso, ci si prepara al suo ritorno. La nostra esplorazione ha ravvivato in ciascuno di noi l’anelito profondo per un nuovo mondo. È presente in ognuno, per quanto soffocato o deformato, nonostante le mastodontiche e onnipresenti forze contrarie. Le ore passate in così buona compagnia mi hanno rigenerato, stando assieme a guerrieri che non si arrendono. Prima di tornare in Italia con Matteo, ho salutato Marco che stava pulendo il pavimento della cucina della casa dove alcuni compagni ci avevano ospitato. Sorrideva e canticchiava, e questo mi ha reso ancor più felice!
John Zerzan
Eugene, Oregon, febbraio 2020
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“Andare alla radice”
The booklet “Going to the root” has been published with an interview by John Zerzan with Marco Camenisch.
PREFACE
In a sunny southeastern Swiss kitchen I took part in this wonderful conversation with one of my heroes, Marco Camenisch, and a dear friend who had visited him several times during his many years in prison. This meeting had a very important value for me, especially because, unlike Matteo, I had met Marco only the night before. Writing is one thing, though very precious, but certainly nothing can stop you from sitting face to face, one in front of the other. Our common cause, as I see it, is to eliminate civilization, its funeral march, and replace it with a community of direct, face-to-face relationships. Mass society has suppressed the community. Every time we meet, as in our case, we prepare for its return. Our exploration has enlivened in each of us the deep yearning for a new world. It is present in each one of us, no matter how stifled or deformed, despite the mastodontic and omnipresent opposing forces. The hours spent in such good company have regenerated me, being together with warriors who do not give up. Before returning to Italy with Matteo, I said goodbye to Marco who was cleaning the kitchen of the house where some of our comrades had hosted us. He was smiling and humming, and that made me even happier!
John Zerzan,
Eugene, Oregon, February 2020
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Tags: Analysis, Anti-Nuclear, Anti-technology, Ecological Destruction, Interview, Italy, John Zerzan, Marco Camenisch, PDF, Repression, Switzerland, TAV, Zine
Posted in Library
Interview with a translator of the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Dear all,
We are now republishing an interview by The Final Straw Radio (TFSR) with a translator of the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran to share perspectives from membership in Iran and abroad about resistance to the regime from within, solidarity from abroad, the impact of US sabre-rattling. This interview is from January 2020.
Length: 52:26 min
You can find other English audios as well as all issues of the monthly anarchist show “Bad News” here: https://www.aradio-berlin.org/en/audios-2/.
More information from the Union can be found here (posts are mostly in Persian) …
Tags: Afghanistan, Anarchist Radio, Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran, Anarchistisches Radio Berlin, Final Straw Radio, Interview, Iran, Radio
Posted in Interviews
Chile: Dirti Lepra – Trap, Anarchism & Revolution
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
The struggle is not only in the streets but in how we represent and inspire each other. In January 2020, the Anarchist Radio Berlin was with Dirti Lepra, a trap artist with whom we talked about why make music for dancing with social critique and revolutionary lyrics, his life experience through music, anarchism and the popular uprising.
Social Media
* Instagram: @dirti_lepra
* Youtube: Dirti Lepra
You can listen to our Spanish original audio here.
Tags: Anarchist Radio, Anarchistisches Radio Berlin, Berlin, Chile, Dirti Lepra, Germany, Interview, Radio, Santiago, Trap
Posted in Interviews
BAD News #34: Angry Voices From Around The World
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Episode number 34 (05/2020) of “B(A)D NEWS – Angry voices from around the world”, a monthly news program from the international network of anarchist and antiauthoritarian radios, consisting of short news segments from different parts of the world, is now online.
Length: 1:22 h
You’ll also find the audio on A-Radio Berlin’s new website.
In this episode you will hear contributions from:
1. Free social radio 1431AM:
• Hunger strike of V. Dimakis
• 1st of May in Greece
• Some words about Grup Yorum, the hunger strikes and the deaths of 3 comrades.
2. A-Radio Berlin:
• Interview on the film “Radical Resilience” about political burnout and how to avoid it.
3. FrequenzA:
• The audio is from two internationalist, which are based in Rojava at the moment, about their thoughts and analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the society there and why it makes sense to fight the capitalist system worldwide.
4. Radio Fragmata:
• Updates on situation in Greece and coronavirus (May Day 2020, New environment destructive policy, police brutality, refugees struggles and fascists attacks, anarchist and revolutionary prisoners situation, mutual aid actions)
5. Invisible Radio:
• Voices of people from Moria camp and Last incidents in prisons and camps in Greece
Other audios from A-Radio Berlin in English here:
https://www.aradio-berlin.org/en/audios-2
Or visit the anarchist 24/7 online stream from the Channel Zero Network:
http://channelzeronetwork.com/
Enjoy!
A-Radio Berlin
Tags: 1st May, Anarchist Radio, Anarchistisches Radio Berlin, Athens, Coronavirus, Free Social Radio 1431AM, Frequenz(A), Greece, Grup Yorum, Hunger Strike, International Solidarity, Interview, Invisible Radio, Mayday, Migrant Struggle, Moria, Racism, Radio, Radio Fragmata, Repression, Rojava, Syria
Posted in Autonomy
Indonesia / USA: Jurnal Anarki Interview with Anarchist Author Kevin Tucker
Friday, March 6th, 2020
From Anarchists Worldwide: The following interview with self-described primal anarchist advocate, writer, editor, independent researcher, publisher, musician and rewilding human, Kevin Tucker, originally appeared in the first issue of the new Indonesian anarchist journal, Jurnal Anarki. Jurnal Anarki is written entirely in Bahasa Indonesian, and this is the first time content from it has been republished in English. We’d like to thank comrade Eat for making this possible!
1. Looking at the Anarcho-Primitivist Primer by John Moore, he explains that Anarcho-Primitivism has nothing to do with romanticizing the primitivist way of life, or as many people love to accuse Zerzan of, suggesting that we go back to the stone age. What do you think about John Moore’s interpretation of Anprim? Do you have a different interpretation, or perhaps even a critique of the Primer?
I don’t know if I would call it a critique of John Moore’s primer, but the ‘Anarcho-Primitivist Primer’ was admittedly a quick and personal take on anarcho-primitivism (AP). It was really only a few pages long, the kind of thing you hand out to contextualize other pamphlets, zines, and books you might have at the same time. It wasn’t meant to be definitive, even though, I would say, at the time it was still effective.
That said, I have a lot of appreciation for John, but his work was still limited by the time and when he died in 2002 there was a lot that had been kind of left unaddressed, to the point where a pamphlet like his earlier ‘Lovebite’ was dated pretty quickly.
A part of that is the terminology and framing. Personally, I’ve been moving towards a framing of “primal anarchy” over the term “anarcho-primitivist” for the last fifteen years now. “Primitive,” as a term, just doesn’t really cut it anymore, but it also reinforces this idea that “primitive” refers to a point in time or place. Like it’s something that has gone or remains in a few places. I think primal is a lot more fitting, which is the direction that Paul Shepard had been leaning in for some time. (more…)
Tags: Analysis, Anti-technology, Climate Chaos, Earth Liberation Front, Eat, Eco-Extremism, Ecological Destruction, Indigenous Struggle, Indonesia, Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), Interview, John Zerzan, Jurnal Anarki, Kevin Tucker, Primal Anarchy, Sabotage, USA
Posted in Interviews
‘Tame Words from a Wild Heart’ by Jean Weir (Elephant Editions)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Preamble
Words. Mere Words. The pages that follow are in part transcriptions of the spoken word—‘the wonder worker that is no more’, as Emma Goldman wrote wistfully over one hundred years ago when referring to the inadequacy of the spoken word to awaken thought and shake people out of their lethargy. Here in the twenty-first century anarchists no longer talk about spoken propaganda to awaken the masses, bemoaning the absence of orators such as Johann Most or Luigi Galleani. In rare encounters organized by comrades today ‘the masses’ are noticeably absent, they don’t even enter the equation. Organized meetings or ‘talks’ as they are dully referred to are well-attended if there are 50–100 comrades. But there is no need for panic. Now all but the most disconnected fossilized anarchists have moved beyond aims of a quantitative growth in a hypothetical anarchist movement—where discourses addressed ‘to the masses’ have degenerated into an insulting populism—to the elaboration of ideas and methods addressed towards immediate action and attack on power in all its forms. Numbers have ceased to be important for anarchists as a prerequisite for attack. The illusion of ‘Le Grand Soir’ was a wonderful dream, it kept the flame flickering and thousands of militants waiting in the wings.
No, lack of numbers is no cause for alarm. They are there, the exploited, all around us—are also ‘us’—and could take us by surprise again at any moment (as could we ourselves). In the realm of the quantitative our task is to experiment and spread an insurrectional method for the self-organization of the necessary destruction of power and subjugation. Small groups with intermediate destructive aims based on affinity that can multiply, spread horizontally and coordinate, without limit. The apparent rift between anarchist theory and practice thus disappears along with the false conflict between individual and mass, and not least the conviction that the tenets of anarchism must be espoused by the exploited before they can fight for their own freedom along with that of others. An informal practice of attack leads to freedom revealing itself qualitatively, in leaps and bounds, far from the straight line of quantity, education, progress and waiting. (more…)
Tags: Alfredo M. Bonanno, Analysis, August 2011 Revolt: Anarchy in the UK, Elephant Editions, Greece, Gustavo Rodriguez, Insurrection, Interview, Jean Weir, Korydallos Prison, Kostas Gournas, London, Mexico, Pola Roupa, Revolutionary Struggle, Riots, Social Insurrection, Tame Words from a Wild Heart, UK, Zine
Posted in Library
Interview of comrade Giorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis (Greece)
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
(The hearing for the appeal of anarchist comrade George Voutsis-Vogiatzis, arrested for bank robbery, was set for June 7th, 2010 but was postponed for May 6th, 2011. Here’s a translated interview he gave to the newspaper “Proto Thema” on May 9th 2010)
-The tragic account of the march last Wednesday counts three deaths, among them a pregnant woman, which with other victims were locked inside Marfin bank. Murders attributed to the anarchists Molotov…
The emotional and political gap in the last hours after the death of the three workers in the bank from asphyxiation can not be described in words or replaced by actions, counterbalancing or convictions. The value of human life when its not jointly responsible for the criminal plans of authority is the purest in the world. Of course, the anarchist movement is not accountable towards this event. Anarchists are not representatives of abstract violence. Anarchists express revolutionary violence. A violence expressed by targeting state and capital. The operation of de-politicizing the anarchist movement will not work for them again. Anarchists are proving, especially in recent years, through carrying out attacks with Molotov cocktails, gas canisters and other means of action against targets of authority that they never turned against the life of the workers since in every case, people involved in those actions first make sure to evacuate the buildings or attacking them at night when they are closed. (more…)
Tags: Appeal, Bank Robbery, Giorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis, Interview, Solidarity
Posted in Interviews, Prison Struggle