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(en) Irish anarchist delegation WSM on visit to Poznan anarchist bookfair
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Thu, 17 May 2007 12:58:44 +0300
We flew into Warsaw on Tuesday 1st May and met with members of Polish FA Praga
section. They reported a small Mayday march. The people we met with had
recently formed an Anarcho-Syndicalist grouping called the Polish Syndicalist
Union (we have some copies of the first issue of their paper). They were set up
in opposition to the Workers' Initiative Union, a syndicalist union set up by
anarchists, which is arguably going in a more reformist direction. The Union of
Syndicalists seem to be quite strict anarcho-syndicalists and were being
visited by a member of the Serbian affiliate of the IWA while we were there (he
described WSM as 'reformists'). --- Leaving Warsaw on Wednesday morning, we
came to Rozbrat squat in Poznan. This is the oldest squat in Poland, founded 13
years ago, and is active as an alternative culture social centre as well as
having political activities. It is home to an excellent Anarchist library and
archive and is used as a meeting space for FA Poznan.
We arrived one day after the 3-day Anarchist Bookfair had started and were
pretty unimpressed with the turnout (apparently the biggest turnout had been on
1st May). We sold quite few pamphlets and only one book but we did an exchange
of magazines, pamphlets and books with Troika, the Polish Anarchist publishing
house. Troika is interested in cooperating with WSM bookservice and members
expressed an interest in travelling to our Bookfair next year.
(http://trojka.scenaonline.org)
We also met with some comrades who had split from Polish FA Szczecin branch and
intend to set up the first Polish platformist organisation. We were treated
with enormous hospitality in both Poznan and Warsaw and would like to express
thanks to everyone for the welcome.
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Report from people who went to the anarchist bookfair in Poznan at the start of May
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