IN THIS ISSUE OF
OBSCHINA:
Р.3. In the editorial: The agents of authority are alwayt trying to
convince people that they are needed but looking around, the positive results
of authoritarian structures are nowhere to be found. What do people need them
for? Resolution taken at KAS meeting: There was a period of activism in our
country but now it is over. Now is the time for concrete work to form
organizations which are independent of the state and protect the interests of
the people. We should establish Independent Information networks, work for
self-management and struggle for decentralization which won't find its
expression in regional nationalist struggles and will not weaken the ties
between different peoples.
P.4 begins the ecological section. The first article
deals with an explosion in a Plutonium plant In Tomsk, its effects and how
officials failed to protect people in its wake. The second article deals with
anti-green articles which have accused green organizations of working with
business in campaigns against certain companies. The last piece is a resolution
by the Social Ecology Union dealing with the explosion in Tomsk.
P.6. This article describes how decentralization is
being undermined by those who campaign to keep Russia a large, powerful state.
P.8-11. A debate on whether or not a constituent
assembly is needed.
P.12. The government, media, even sometimes the trade
unions act as if strikes are the most extreme acts of rebellion but in fact
they are not. If workers are not allowed to strike, they might resort to armed
insurrection, the real extreme act.
Pp.13-24. May 1968 Revolution. An Interview with a
student activist who participated in the May'68 Paris events. A chronicle of
the events In Paris May'68. French situationists and their legacy. Daniel
Cohn-Bendit In 1968. A description of how the events of 1968 inspired one of
the members of the Obschina collective.
P.25. "The Day Before Yuppification",
reprinted from Polish magazine "Rewolta". The realities of the market
economy have reached Poland. The entire English text appeared In
"Anarchy" (USA), No.34, 1002.
P.26-27. Materials describing privatization and how
people have been fighting it.
P.28-20. A debate on the philosophy of anarchism. One
reader writes us that the state is necessary and not so bad... and we explain
how the state is ineffective and unnecessary. We also explain how things
shouldn't be seen in black and white and how we shouldn't support the lesser of
two evils in a power struggle.
Pp.32-33. A chronicle of events In Russia amongst
radical groups.
P. 34. Alternative and anarchist press review.
Back cover. Mathematical calculations which show how
the possibility of president being a drunk is far greater than the possibility
of an alcoholic parliament majority.