On october the 2nd of 2013 2 incendiaries 1.5l of gasoline each were placed at the sawmill situated on the land of a hunting resort under Bryansk (western Russia). Tongues of flames rose up to lick the rags left by unfortunate woodcutters right on the device. A nearby hill offered awesome spot to enjoy the night scene: thick smoke was soon gathering under the roof and coiling around the compound in a mist-like fashion.
We suggest this action to count as our input in PHOENIX project (#7), a project for the revival of direct action acts and anarchist resistance after repressions of 2010-2012. We wholeheartedly support our mates from Moscow cells of CCF and ELF when they state the necessity to resume and widen our attacks on state and capital.
Some thoughts about the recent critique by anonymous comrades from Argentina. Without any second thoughts of being self-referential or posting useless bravado:
Interior debates are not always worth it to publish them in English on international sites. Besides we thought that a series of attacks on similar targets still sparks debates in the anarchist community at least on the local level (we can name anti-police campaign of 2008-2011, Khimki and Butovsky forests, recent protests against mining project in Voronezh). Sometimes things go beyond debates.
We also considered it agreed upon that its very hard to coordinate timed hits at the similar structures on the international level (like fur farms, woodcutter industry, cops, prisons, military objects, industry, banks, gas and oil etc.) as this takes more time and we are communicating on a more or less public level here. So our enemies can get the better of us. It is debatable whether we should risk our freedom during next action for a chance to see a communique about similar action taking place 6 months later somewhere else. Besides, one cannot say we do not coordinate to some extent: notice the series of attacks at power supply lines and electricity industry objects in Belarus, Canada and Inodnesia, actions taken against banking institutions in the UK, Russia, Germany, Italy, Greece, numerous coordinated acts of hunger strikes performed by our imprisoned comrades throughout the planet.
For our collective the whole FAI-IRF thing is more important because of the feeling of being part to some wider community. In the past that was the “social anarchist” organizations’ exclusive domain. Now anarchists of other inclinations can feel camaraderie and support across the globe. Just several years ago in our country if you wanted to get in touch with anarchists you’d have to suffer through established mainstream anarchists organizations. And if some shit happened they were the first to mumble about police provocateurs and stuff. Now people who feel the same, who are edging towards rebellion and actions as no less valid than anarchist theory, can link up outside the pacifist and reformist anarchist framework. And when we read about hundreds of cars burning in one part of the world, banks going in flames in another and construction vehicles sabotaged somewhere else – so much the better. A short trip in memory: recall the heated discussions over the FAI acronym just a little while ago (or early discussions over the support/denouncement of CCF). We believe it is the achievement every group from FAI-IRF that things have changed.
We understand that your concern is lack of streamlined coordination in our attacks, but we have another issue to discuss as well: new groups to be formed, spreading of information, countermeasures against repressions. If one wants to coordinate her attacks more thoroughly, she needs only to read other people’s communiques better. But to fight the still ongoing repression aimed at direct action groups world wide – this is the task we believe should be addressed asap.
– ELF/ FAI, Nestor Makhno Commando
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2. oktobra je prosuto 1,5 litara benzina u svakoj pilani koja se nalazi na zemljištu lovačke kuće u Bryansku (zapadna Rusija). Plamen je došao do prnja nesretnih drvosječa, pravo na uređaje. Obližnje brdo je prelijepo mjesto za opuštanje i uživanje gledajući noćnu scenu: gusti dim koji se ubrzo diže nad krovom i spaja sa maglom, kao moda.
Predlažemo da se ova akcija ubroji u Feniks projekt (#7), za oživljavanje direktnih akcija i anarhističkog otpora nakon represije u razdoblju 2010-2012. Mi svesrdno podržavamo naše prijatelje iz Moskve, ćelije CCF i ELF kada zagovaraju nastavak i širenje naših napada na države i glavni grad.
Neka mišljenja o nedavnoj kritici saboraca iz Argentine. Bez drugih misli o autoreferencijalnosti ili postavljanje beskorisne razmetljivosti:
Interne rasprave se ne isplate uvijek objavljivati na engleskom jeziku i na međunarodnim stranicama. Osim što mislimo da serija napada na slične ciljeve dalje izaziva rasprave u anarho zajednicama, barem na lokalnom nivou (npr. antipolicijske akcije od 2008-2011, Khimki i Butkovsky šume, nedavni protesti protiv rudarskog projekta u Voronezh). Ponekad stvari idu dalje od rasprava.
Također, smatramo da je dogovoreno teško koordinirati tempirano na sličnim strukturama na međunarodnom nivou (farme, drvosječka industrija, policija, zatvori, vojni objekti, industrija, banka…), jer to traje duže vremena, a mi smo komunicirali više ili manje na javnom nivou ovdje. Dakle, naši neprijatelji mogu dobiti bolje od nas. To je sporno da li bismo trebali riskirati našu slobodu tokom sljedeće akcije. Osim toga, niko ne može reći da ne kooridnira donekle: podsjetimo se niza napada na napojne linije i industriju električne enegrije u Bjelorusiji, Kanadi i Indoneziji, akcije poduzeze protiv bankarskih institucija u Velikoj Britaniji, Rusiji, Njemačkoj, Italiji, Grčkoj i brojne koordinirane štrajkove glađu koje su izvodili naši zatvoreni drugovi širom svijeta.
Za naš kolektiv, cijela FAI-IRF stvar je važnija zbog osjećaja da smo dio neke šire zajednice. U prošlosti je to bila ‘socijal-anarhistička’. Sada su anarhisti skloni osjećaju prijateljstva i podršci širom svijeta. Samo prije nekoliko godina, u našoj zemlji, ako ste htjeli doći u dodir sa anarhistima, morali bi trpjeti redovite anarho organizacije. Ako bi se neko sranje dogodilo, bili su prvi ti koji će mrmljati o policijskim provokatorima. Sada se ljudi osjećaju isto, potiskuju pobune i djela, anarho teoriju i mogu se povezati izvan pacifističkog i reformističkog okvira. A kada čitamo o stotinama automobila koji gore u jednom dijelu svijeta, bankama u plamenu i građevinskih sabotiranih vozila – tada je puno bolje. Kratko putovanje u prošlost: sjetite se žestoke rasprave diljem FAI samo malo prije (ili ranijih rasprava oko podržavanja/omalovažavanja CCF). Mi vjerujemo da je uspjeh svake skupine FAI-IRF promijenio neke stvari.
Razumijemo da je vaš problem nedostatak koordinacije u našim napadima, ali imamo još jedan problem za razgovor: formiranje novih skupina, širenje informacija i protumjere protiv represije. Ako neko želi da koordinira svoje temeljite napade, onda treba samo da čita tuđe bolje. No, u borbi protiv represije, još uvijek je u toku cilj direktne akcije grupa širom svijeta – to je zadatak koji vjerujemo da treba da se riješi što prije.
(Received via encrypted mailing oak) — ELF/ FAI, Nestor Makhno Commando
