🟥 Together against militarism!

Last weekend our organization took part in the anti-war camp Rheinmetall Entwaffen in Cologne. Despite the fact that the authorities are trying to present everything as if the militarization of Europe is supposedly taking place for purely defensive purposes, they continue to finance offensive actions in Gaza and discuss the introduction of compulsory military service in Germany, thereby attacking the rights of workers.

As part of the camp, we took part in a discussion of the anti-war strategy (which should not be limited to NATO countries, but should inevitably include the eastern countries). The main result of this was our participation in the section on the right to conscientious objection to military service in Ukraine and Russia.

The culmination of the anti-war protest was yesterday's demonstration, to which the German state pulled in policemen not only from all over the country, but also from neighboring lands, as well as the federal police. Their actions clearly showed that militarization is just a pretext for tightening the screws and fighting the left opposition. The cosmonauts blocked the anti-war march, finally releasing the participants only in the morning, wearing down the protesters and not allowing some activists to even leave the event. Several people even suffered fractures and lost consciousness from police brutality.

The participation of our organization, as principled internationalists from the post-Soviet space, caused a huge wave of solidarity from the German left. Protesters from various organizations constantly approached our block to express their support for our position: against both Putin's aggression and European militarism, as well as all nationalisms. During both the camp and the demonstration, we made new contacts and found new migrant supporters from our countries.

We hope that the European left and anti-war movement will only grow stronger and become a more powerful pole of resistance.

Solidarity knows no bounds!

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