The Äppelwoi Komitee, a discussion club for emigrants from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, has already held 9 meetings outside the major cities and several events in Berlin and other cities. The program includes lectures, workshops, and networking with comrades from Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Baltic countries, 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”.
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”
AlloMacron: “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”
Political prisoner Lev Skoryakin (Crooked Road to Dublin): “Such meetings are useful in helping us take a deep exhale to continue surviving”
Contact:
appelwoiKomitee(a)riseup(.)net
