Anarchist Black Cross

The Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) (German: " Anarchist Black Cross " ) is an organization founded in 1900-1906, international. The network was founded as " Anarchist Red Cross " sees its main task in support of imprisoned anarchists and organized solidarity actions for this, but is negative in contrast to other prisoners charities any civil opposite and thus represents abolitionism.

History

During the Russian Civil War (1918-1920), the " Anarchist Red Cross " in Ukraine named in " Anarchist Black Cross " around, this happened to a better definition for religion-based Red Cross allow. After the fascist seizure of power in the 1930s in Italy, its activities expanded the " Anarchist Black Cross" also on the European continent. Later in the 1960s it reached over the ruled by Franco Spain and the UK, from where now sub-organizations have been established worldwide, eg In the early 1980s, the section of North America, which divides itself into the ABC network and the ABC Federation.

Publications

The Anarchist Black Cross Federation publishes the formerly "Update" quarterly magazine called "Plain Words". The ABC Berlin and the ABC hurricane publish every three months together, the magazine " Unleashed ".

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