In this podcast special, I spoke with Antti, Antti is a member of Moscow Anarchist Black Cross, which does anti-repression work for anarchists and anti-authoritarian antifascists. Many members of Moscow ABC are now living abroad and doing their work from there due to intense repression by the government of Russia and it's client states.

For March 11-18 there has been a call out for international solidarity with Russian anarchists and anti-fascists facing repression, and Moscow ABC has specifically called for solidarity on March 18th, which is the first round of elections for the Russian Presidency. During this hour, Antti will speak about the cases of anarchists repressed in Penza, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Crimea, Sebastopol and elsewhere as well as the situations of imprisoned Russian anarchist and anti-fascists. For more information on the work of Moscow ABC, organizing and resistance in Russia, check out the website avtonom.org

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News sources mentioned in the episode include:

https://therussianreader.com/

https://en-contrainfo.espiv.net/2018/03/06/solidarity-with-russian-anarchists-action-week-on-march-11-2018/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/ https://avtonom.org/en/news/review-repressions-against-anarchists-russia-2017-and-first-months-2018