Anticapitalist Network | Eastern Europe

Belarusian authorities attack the workers´ movement

Apr 9, 2019 | Eastern Europe

In 2019, a year before the elections, the authorities of Belarus decided to permanently crush the independent workers movement. This is about the systematic destruction of the base organization of the Belarusian Independent Union in the potassium salt extraction plant...

Russia: from Moscow to Vavozh, this 8M the RSD defended the social rights of women.

Mar 18, 2019 | Eastern Europe

We re-publish this article by the Russian Socialist Movement (RSD) about actions in Russia on International Women´s Day, originally published on March 9, 2019. Socialists from six regions celebrated International Women’s Day, organizing rallies and protests, filming...

Netflix’s miniseries Trotsky. Historical narrative in times of post-truth (contains spoilers)

Feb 14, 2019 | Asia and Oceania, Debates, Eastern Europe, Latin America

“Vulgar as a lie may be, sirs, do not fear, do not stop slandering. Even after the accused refutes it, the wound will have already be made, and even if it heals, the scar will remain”. Rousseau The phrase “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth” is...

On Trotsky Series and October Revolution in Russia – Emre Güntekin

Jan 26, 2019 | Debates, Eastern Europe

There are many examples of transformations of revolutionary figures into an object of consumption for the popular culture. As in the case of Che Guevara, capitalism puts the popularity of revolutionarist leaders through a brutal commoditization process. However, some...