The Äppelwoi Komitee, a discussion club for emigrants from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, has already held seven meetings outside the major cities. The program includes lectures, workshops, and networking with comrades from Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, France, and Poland. It’s a place to talk through issues, support each other, and take action together to find solutions and build a stronger community. In the discussions, participants try to figure out who they are as emigrants and what they want.
The main goal from September 2023 is to build support networks for anti-authoritarian activists forced to emigrate, who value the principles of direct democracy. Isolation can lead to people becoming less active over time. By sharing experiences and knowledge, we can keep the community connected and growing, building 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)
Baikal People: “an emigrant discussion club made by Russian anarchists and anti-fascists 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”.
Public incitement: “A platform to bring together people seeking to support each other in a foreign land”
The Black Book of Capitalism: “The participants of the meeting lived together for several days, cooked, cleaned, washed dishes – in short, they established an everyday life together, which brought them very much closer together”
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”
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?”
Political prisoner Lev Skoryakin (Crooked Road to Dublin): “Such meetings are useful in helping us take a deep exhale to continue surviving”
Political prisoner Denis Kozak (rèvolte): “Good discussions, a great time and new acquaintances, as well as the opportunity to fight on”
Contact:
appelwoiKomitee(a)riseup(.)net