Anarchist Federation

Lecture: Role of anarchists in Egyptian revolution

Praha, 18. března 2014

Od 19:00
Infocentrum Salé (Orebitská 14, Praha 3 – Žižkov)

narychlo domluvená přednáška polského anarchisty, zakládajícího člena Tahrir ICN

"Anarchists participated in the Egyptian revolution since the very beginning. As individuals in bigger youth movements or as smaller collectives. Their quantity and open presenting their own political option grow together with gteneral radicalisation and self-organisation of the Egyptian society, transforming into a significant movement which, on the one side, became one of the most important forces of the street confrontation, and on the other, presented more and more deep programs of decentralisation of the state and moving decision onto local committees and workers' cooperatives. In my presentation i would like to trace develiopment of anarchist groups and their tactics adapted each time to the next stage of the revolution and radicalisation of the society."

Manifesto of Tahrir INC In light of the revolutionary awakening of the North African and Middle Eastern countries and the growing wave of protests in Europe it is extremely important for these movements to work not only in parallel, but to support each other. Unfortunately, the media image of Islamic countries in Europe and European materialism in Muslim regions affects not only the stereotypical image of the majority of society, but also the anti-authoritarian circles. It is therefore necessary to get to know each other, to see points of contact and to understand respective local conditions. It is important, because finally those two movements face similar challenges: the implementation of a liberal economy and the threat from the extreme right, whether Christian or Islamic. They have also similar objectives: the fight for a free and self-governed society based on tolerance, equality and openness, the society in which the social side is placed above the mercantile. It is those common goals which make a fear for the ruling and that is why they generate artificially the conflict of civilizations. And it is up to us whether, in this turning point of the social awakening, that conflict will become a reality, or we start a joint struggle for the common society. Through this network we want to create a platform for discussions, for presenting the issues of struggle and their local conditions and differences, for presenting and explaining undertaken actions and planning joint activities in future. There is one World, and one Struggle.

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