Äppelwoi Komitee is a discussion club for emigrants from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. To date, it has already held nine meetings outside major cities, as well as several events in Berlin and other locations. The program features lectures, workshops, and opportunities to network with comrades from Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, the Baltic countries, France, and Poland.
Äppelwoi Komitee creates the space for expressing concerns, supporting one another, and working collectively to develop solutions and strengthen our community. In discussions, participants explore their identities as political emigrants and clarify their needs.
Our main goal remains the same since September 2023: we aim to build support networks for anti-authoritarian activists in exile, especially those valuing the principles of direct democracy. Isolation may gradually diminish engagement. Through sharing experiences and knowledge, the community can remain connected, continue to grow, and strengthen its resources and influence.
Media about us:
No Future: “The challenge is to unite activists in foreign countries”
Pramen: “An opportunity to meet people with similar views”
Anarchist news: “A small (but fucked up) party: anarcho- and leftist initiatives, punks, journalists, human-rights activists, and activists who had to emigrate to Germany to continue their activities and not sit down on a bottle somewhere in a snowy high-security colony” (IN ENGLISH).
Avtonom: “The program of the meeting was varied. The participants left the meeting with deep and strong impressions” (IN ENGLISH)
Not today: “Isolation leads to the atomization and gradual fading of once active people” (IN ENGLISH)
Delfi: “They were ordinary students, the kind you would find at any university. Most of them are now studying at leading European universities, which they entered on their own, without financial support from wealthy parents. There was no talk of preparing for a world revolution or a dictatorship of the proletariat at the meeting. They discussed the pressing issues of today”
Baikal People: “An emigrant discussion club made by Russian antifascists to find and support like-minded people”
SOTAvision: “A German-based initiative uniting leftists forced to leave their countries”
Valerie Brosch. “Gegen die russische Staatsgewalt Berichte von anarchistischem Widerstand und alternativloser Solidarität”: “They try to bring people with different expertise together so that they can learn from each other. They create a continuous connection between people through regularity, which is important for an organization”
This is the Basis: “The program was intense — several days of participation: They exercised their political imagination, wandered through the woods, and interminably interacted with each other”
Public incitement: “A platform to bring together people seeking to support each other in a foreign land”
The Black Book of Capitalism: “A three-day activist camp was held near Berlin, in which 50 Russian-speaking leftists participated. I would like to mention the excellent organization: a busy schedule of courses and workshops; compliance with safety standards; absence of fights, drunken fights, conflicts; useful courses, interesting speakers”
The Trends of Order and Chaos podcast: “Emigrants across Europe came together to think, argue and build an alternative to the old world. Ideas flared up in the discussions”
Allo Macron: “After three days of discussions and evening bonfires, we are on our way again. We take with us not only backpacks, but also fresh ideas, notes, new contacts, support and, of course, the desire to continue”
Father Frost against Putin Festival: “Challenges of Anti-Authoritarian emigration: what are Russian anarchists, anti-fascists and leftists doing in emigration? What support do they have in the adaptation processes, and what kind of initiatives are they proposing?”
Fire and emigration: “Such events provide good-quality dopamine and the strength to live and fight”
Levoradical: “30 forced-to-emigrate activists discussed ways of living, resisting and caring together in the face of political exile and movement atomization”
The party of the dead: “We held a dead yoga session in the format of a job fair for participants of the leftist gathering near Berlin. We demonstrated a number of tried and tested elements of dead yoga: exercises for stopping breathing, training in post-mortem movements, and searching for a place of rest”
Political prisoner Lev Skoryakin (Rocky Road to Dublin): “Such meetings are useful in helping us take a deep exhale to continue surviving”
Post-Soviet Left: “The informal and friendly format of the event allowed participants to discuss conflicts and contradictions that hinder unity and consolidation in private conversations during cooking, walks, and gatherings around the campfire”
Contact:
appelwoiKomitee(a)riseup(.)net
