Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (Russia)

The Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (KRAS-MAT) is an anarcho-syndicalist, anti-fascist and anarcho-communist confederation that helps organise trade unions in Russia. They were established in 1995 and has been the Russian section of the International Workers' Association in 1996.

History

Background

During Glasnost and Perestroika, anarchists in the USSR began to organise. The Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists (CAS) was formed in 1989, but was seen as too pro-market, anti-communist and pacifist. Leading some more militant members to split and form the KRAS, advocating for revolution and communism. This was at a conference in Moscow on the 5th of August, 1995, the split destroyed the CAS.^[1]

Timeline of Actions

1995: KRAS founded in Moscow on the 5th of August
1995: KRAS supports striking teachers in Moscow and striking workers in Rostselmash and Yasnogorsky factories
1996: KRAS joined the International Workers' Association.
1999: KRAS participates in anti-war demonstrations against the war in Chechnya
2008: KRAS participates in anti-war demonstrations against the war in South Ossetia
2008: Fascists infiltrating the KRAS are exposed and expelled
2009: KRAS protests outside the Ukrainian embassy in solidarity with anarchists arrested in Kiev
2009: KRAS protests outside the Serbian embassy in solidarity with the Serbian Six
2010: KRAS organises protests against cuts to funding public transport
2012: KRAS protests against cuts to healthcare and education across Russia
2018: KRAS participates in protests against pension reforms in Russia, calling for a general strike

Contact

Their website can be found here (in Russian)

References

↑ Wikipedia (Russian) - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D0%9A%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A1-%D0%9C%D0%90%D0%A2)

[1] Wikipedia (Russian) - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D0%9A%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A1-%D0%9C%D0%90%D0%A2)

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