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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rozbrat
Rozbrat is a long-running anarchist self-managed social centre in Jeżyce in Poznań, Poland.

Occupation

Rozbrat is based in a former paint factory squatted in autumn 1994. The name means 'to make peace and get detached from an enemy.'

Activities

Rozbrat hosts many events and discussions. Different groups use the space such as a bicycle workshop, silk-screen printers, anarchist library and infoshop, a gallery, the Breaking (Ear)drums samba band and Food not Bombs. The local branch of the Federacja Anarchistyczna has been based at Rozbrat since 1997.

The centre's longevity means that it is well supported in Poznań, although its future remains precarious.

Antifascist

Rozbrat joined with groups including Stonewall and Poznań Free from Hate to protest when Robert Winnicki, member of the Polish Parliament and then chairman of the far-right All-Polish Youth organization wanted to speak in Poznan in 2017.

Rozbrat has experienced two serious neo-Nazi attacks in 1996 and 2013. The perpetrators of the first attack received jail sentences after seriously wounding a sleeping person.

Rozbrat bicycle workshop
  • Workers' Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza)
  • WSL Wielkopolska Tenants' Association - member of European Action Coalition to the right to housing and to the city
  • Anarchist bookstore Zemsta opened as an offshoot of Rozbrat in central Poznań.

References

  1. ^ Piotrowski, Grzegorz (2014). "Squatting in the East: The Rozbrat squat in Poland, 1994 - 2012". In Katzeff, Ask; van Hoogenhuijze, Leendert; van der Steen, Bart (eds.). The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present. PM Press. ISBN 978-1604866834.
  2. ^ Blabiush; Al Shami, Leila (8 February 2014). "Interview with comrade from Rozbrat collective, Poznan". Tahrir-ICN. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ Donaghey, J (2017). "Punk and Anarchist Squats in Poland" (PDF). Trespass. 1: 4-35.
  4. ^ Jasiewicz, Ewa (22 November 2017). "Poland – this is what neoliberalism looks like". Transnational Institute. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. ^ Polanska, Dominika V.; Piotrowski, Grzegorz (2016). "Local Differences: The importance of cohesion". Baltic Worlds. 1–2: 46–56. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Workers' Initiative - Inicjatywa Pracownicza web page".
  7. ^ "Wielkopolskie Stowarzyszenie Lokatorów - Home". wsl-poznan.pl. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ^ "Members". European Action Coalition. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  9. ^ Gregorowicz, Daga; Mellor, Richard (2 July 2018). "A local's guide to Poznań, Poland: 10 top tips". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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