A-Infos (en) Bez Granits: new anarchist newspaper for the Baltic region

On November 7, 2009 (Nestor Makhno's birthday anniversary) a new anarchist newspaper, Bez 
Granits ("without borders" / "no limits") published its debut issue - 12 black and red 
pages which were prepared by the collective which was at the moment spread between St. 
Petersburg, Russia, and Riga, Latvia. The newspaper contains an article on what we think 
this whole anarchy thing is all about, an overview of protest activity in St. Petersburg 
in September-October, some analysis of protests in the Latvian town of Bauska where the 
local authorities intended to close down the local hospital and in St. --- Petersburg 
where several protests erupted due to controversial construction projects. It is followed 
by a history of early 20th century Latvian anarchist movement (including the Sidney street 
siege where a couple of well-armed revolutionaries faced off hundreds of soldiers, Winston 
Churchill and artillery), some information about St. Petersburg's Street University (a 
free education co-op) and the Stanford Experiment. Finally, there is an interview with an 
anonymous participant in the January 13, 2009 riots in Riga and some information from St. 
Petersburg Anarchist Black Cross - solidarity action with the gaoled Serbian 
anarcho-syndicalists and some stuff on the Russian anarchist Alexei Bychin who is 
imprisoned for self-defense against fascists.

There is also an appeal from the editorial collective:

"We, anarchists and libertarian activists from St. Petersburg and Riga
have decided to publish a newspaper. This is the first issue of our
publication. At present there is not a single periodical meant for a
wide circle of readers that would give an anarchist outlook. We are
going to speak about what is really going on in the region. We are
going to write about protest actions, victories and repressions,
inform you about the events of which neither government nor opposition
media would ever tell you. We are going to remind you about the
history of the struggle of our peoples for freedom against Tsarism,
bourgeois regimes, fascism and Soviet totalitarianism, to write about
the events of “informal” culture, to discuss how we can organise life
without governmental dictate and exploitation. We hope that this
newspaper will promote self-organisation and mutual help, we believe
that during the crisis it is especially important. Many people tend to
think that political parties change but the life does not become any
easier or freer. Luxury on one side and poverty on the other,
destruction of your favourite pieces of nature, hard work for a boss,
bureaucracy and violation of our rights by those in power, noisy
patriotic propaganda and commercial advertising – all this provokes a
natural protest but so many of us feel lonely and desperate. We will
be glad if this newspaper helps us to find friends and get involved in
the struggle. We invite our neighbours - comrades from Estonia,
Lithuania, Belarus and East Prussia to join this project.
Dear readers, please let us know what you think about this edition.
What problems should we cover? Send us your materials, speak about
your experience of struggle.
We have decided to publish the newspaper in Russian because most of
the people in our countries know Russian, but if you prefer to write
in English – feel free to do so, we can publish English materials as
well.
We appeal to all those who believe in ideals of freedom – let us work
at this newspaper together."

Contacts: balticpaper-A-gmail.com

The PDF version of the 1st issue of Bez Granits can be downloaded here -
http://bakunista.nadir.org/downloads/zines/bg1.pdf


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