Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (Russia)

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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.

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)