New edition of anarchist journal "Abolishing the Borders from Below"

Abolishing the Borders from Below # 30 (October 2007)

New edition of “Abolishing the Borders from Below” – an anarchist journal from Eastern Europe just went out from print and in next days will be available at your local distributors of anarchist press.

ABB#30, October 2007, comes with 80 pages of news, reports, presentations and analyses on anarchist activities and social struggles around Eastern Europe. This issue includes four bigger chapters, “Mental Health in Sick Sociaty”, “No Border”, “Don’t Vote – Organize!” and “Anti-militaristic”, as well as dozens of further articles. Here exact presentation of the content:

"MENTAL HEALTH" part:
-“They just threat the Patients as equals. It works” – an interview with Belarussian activists working in mental hostels in Minsk;
-“Whoever protests is sent to the crazy house” – the Russian law on psychiatry and its consequences;
-“Indymedia vs. Mental Health in a sick society” – attempting to describe Moldovan realities;
-“Symptoms of an anarchist crises after 30 years” – from Russia;
-“Mental Health – a matter of definition”

"NO BORDER" part:
-Interview with organizers of the NoBorder camp in Ukraine;
-“Account of experiences in the detention camp Pavshino, Transcarpathia” – a letter by ex-prisoner of detention camp;
-“Go west… labour and transit migration from and via Transcarpathia, Ukraine”

"DON’T VOTE – ORGANIZE!" part:
-“10 arguments for election boycott” – anti-election campaign in Poland;
-“We are a society of politically homeless. Whoever is in power, we remain on the loser side” – anti-election in Poland;
-“Anarchists Boycott Elections” – Poland;
-Statement of Workers Initiative about upcoming parliamentary elections;
-Elections in Ukraine: Disillusionment in Authority;
-“Parade of Thieves” – local election in Bulgaria 2007;

"ANTI-MILITARISTIC" part:
-“Are we ready for the NATO-Summit?” – a little portrait of Romania in the year 2007 so everybody can imagine how a mobilisation against NATO-summit would look;
-“Polish Dogs of War to stay in Iraq – cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”
-US Military Bases in Poland and Czech Rep. – update and info-materials;

VARIOUS:
-“Providing marks of vitality of east European anarchism…” – Editorial;
-“Autonomous Tribune as an event in the Slovenian student struggle”
-Declaration of the Autonomous Tribune for the autonomy of the university;
-Bus drivers strike in Kielce (Poland);
-The nurses’ tent village in Poland;
-Poland’s health care workers strike: new challenges and old problems;
-“White slaves’ rebellion”
-“McPolandisation: I’m sick of it!”
-Environmental grassroots protests in Bulgaria and the position of anarchists in it;
-Press-conference on the investigations over the assault on the anti-nuclear camp in Angarsk, Siberia (Ilva Borodaenko – We remember!);
-The Roma riots and the national militia of the Bulgarian National Union;
-Ukrainian security service started to press activists in Sevastopol;
-Homophobia in the centre of Kiev;
-4th Queer-Beograd Festival “The Sexual Revolution”
-“The various struggles for a roof over one's head cross national borders” - Anarchists Against the Wall;
-Anarchists Against the Wall – call for support;
-“Five hundred monuments of John Paul II must finally be enough” against catholic hypocrisy; report from … Poland;
-Report from the 3rd Free Festival in Razgrad
-Anti-fascist offensive 2007’ in Czechia;
-Antifascist reports from Russia, Serbia and Belarus;
-Interview on ultra-nationalist, fascist and neo-nazi movement in Russia;
-3rd Gay Parade in Romania – report;
-Reports of ABC groups – Freddom for Pavel, Maxim and Vladislav !!!
-“CIA and the anarchist movement in Poland” – interview with Anarchist Information Portal;
-“LIBER means FREE” – first anarchist squat in Romania;
-Report on 3rd Belarus Social Forum;
-Interview with anarchists from Turkey;
-“Communities in Struggle” and more info;

This since 6 years appearing anarchist publication, a cooperation of many east-european anarchists, faces permanent financial problems. Therefore, donations always welcome! In meanwhile, however not necessary because of financial reasons, ABB turned from “bi-monthly” into “excitingly irregular” journal.