In this special edition of Mutual Exchange Radio, Alex McHugh interviews Ilya, a Russian social anarchist and anti-fascist. Ilya has written for C4SS a couple of times as well as translating some English articles into Russian. In this interview, part of our "Around the World" mini-series with C4SS contributors across the world, we dig into the current muted nature of Russian political activism, the Russian far-right and the dangers they pose, and antifascist hardcore and anarcho-chanson music.

Get the "Dispatches from Russia" Zine: https://store.c4ss.org/index.php/product/dispatches-from-russia-reports-from-citizen-ilya/ Additional Notes:

• "Coronavirus: Why Mutual Aid is Important": https://c4ss.org/content/52819
• "The Russian Government's Far Right Friends": https://c4ss.org/content/53943
• More on "Male State" (Russian group similar to the Proud Boys): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_State
• Shared equity construction fraud in Russia: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/30/investment-scandal-russia-defrauded-coinvestors
• Russian antifascist music recommendations
  • Проверочная Линейка (Proverochnaya Lineyka): https://soundcloud.com/provierochnaialinieika
  • What We Feel: https://www.last.fm/music/What+We+Feel
  • Moscow Death Brigade: https://moscowdeathbrigade.bandcamp.com/
  • Techno Poetry: https://technopoetry.bandcamp.com/