PO BOX 43, 15-662 BIALYSTOK POLAND e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial Welcome to next issue of Warhead, first one in this year. Previous year was very busy for many of us here as struggle is intensifying and there are more and more actions. Thanks to everyone that is supporting this paper and remember- struggle continues! PS- This time again no grammar correction as there were not enough time for that. Actions against budget cuts With new government elected nothing is getting better in our country (surprise, surprise) and parasites in parliament seats already forgot about their promises. First thing which they offered were budget cuts in many social services. This caused wave of unrest among students as their benefits (ticket price reduces) were seriously limited. At the same time our government is sending troops to Afghanistan and this operation will costs us lot of money. Right wing students union organised some reformist protests all over Poland to show that they are "against" it. Anarchists in few cities decided to show our own opinion about those events. In Warsaw, Torun and Bialystok students protests were joined by activists with red and black flags and leaflets explaining our view. Of course leaders of students unions were angry as they try to pose as "delegates" of all students and sit near one table with ruling scum. Actions will continue! Abolishing Borders from Below. This is a title of new, English language paper , made by mostly Polish group of activists living in Berlin. It is writing about an anarchist activity in Eastern Europe. First issue is already out. New one should be available soon. You can get copies from WARHEAD address (if you can, add 1$ for postage) Situation of squats, Troubles in Wroclaw- squat attacked Situation of squatting in Poland goes better and better, although there are still serious problems. Recently Wagenburg squat in Wroclaw was attacked with molotov cocktails by group of few nazis. Luckily no one got injured, but one of the buildings near squat was destroyed and police accused squatters of arson(!). One nazi got caught by squatters and was beaten mercilessly. In Bialystok there were again some pathetic attempts by nazis to attack the place, but they were quickly chased off by squatters. Police also recently left place alone (lets see for how long?). Only problem there is really harsh winter. Krzyk squat in Gliwice is still existing, despite of continuous threat of eviction and demolition. Another anti-fascist charged Another anti-fascists activist in Bialystok is charged. 19 years old Slawomir "Lapa" Lapinski is charged for Grevious Body Harm as he was in group of anti-fascists who got attacked in the middle of 2001 on the bus stop by nazis. Antifa crew managed to defends themselves very well and nazis were literally massacred. Later on they accused Lapa of throwing a brick in head of one of them, what damaged his eye. As Lapa has previous sentence for assault on nazi skinhead, he is endangered by 3-12 sentence for this act. Till now we managed to collect most of the money for lawyer, although we think that in future there will be need for more. He needs all our solidarity as he is very stressed by all situation. You can send messages of support in English, which will be translated into Polish for him. For any offers of support contact WARHEAD. Actions against the war There were many actions against US imperial policy and war in Afghanistan recently. In Bialystok activists during Food Not bombs actions distributed leaflets against the war and put posters and signs. In Krakow there were two actions, one outside US consulate (after few minutes participants were attacked without reason by riot police, beaten and then 9 people were detained and charged with "Active resistance to police". Similarly activists sued police for unlawful arrest etc.) and second during Polish president's visit in Krakow. There were also actions in Poznan (also disrupted by police), Warsaw and few other cities. There is also web site in Polish and lots of propaganda on the streets. As Polish government decided to sent troops to Afghanistan in January there will be more actions. Actions in Szczecin Shipyard In Szczecin there was demonstration to commemorate workers rebellion which inflamed whole Polish coast (including Szczecin) in 1970 and caused many days of street battles with army and security forces. This time anarchists wanted to show that present government is no way different from the one which ruled then and that workers of the shipyards should rebel again. There were up to 200 people present on action, mostly from Poland plus small delegation from FAU/Germany. During march there were small scuffles with police all the time, although no people got arrested or injured. Protesters didn't manage to get into shipyard due to high number of police but got good support from people who took part in 1970 rebellion o were witnesses to it. Brussel and solidarity actions Small group of Polish anarchists called "Black Christmas" took part in preparations and demonstrations in Brussel. Unfortunately 5 people were detained during first days of demonstrations after small scuffle provoked by police. 3 of them were later deported back to Poland, although they didn't receive ban to enter any country of EU. One of deported had been arrested on the airport as he was wanted by police for previous criminal offences in Poland. We don't know anything about his situation yet. There wer also some solidarity action in Poland. On 14th of December about 30 anarchists demonstrated against EU in Warsaw and activists in Bialystok distributed 2000 leaflets during Food Not Bombs etc and also put a lot of posters and stickers against EU. There are serious plans for countrywide campaign against EU by anarchist Federation. Anti-Fascist meeting in Bialystok At the beginning of December there was an anti-fascists meeting between anti-fascists from Bialystok area and from Hrodna in Belarus. It was supposed to be larger event but unfortunately there was poor turn out However meeting was very successful and there is now closer co-operation between anti-fascists from those two areas and antifa web site in Russian and Polish languages will appear soon. Nazi gathering in Bialystok and actions against it In first days of November we had big nazi mobilization in Bialystok, as their group. North-Eastern Land decided to organize big event. They invited bands from Slovakia, Ukraine and (in)famous nazi bands from Poland. About 200 nazis came to our city. Unfortunately this time nazis surprised us with good organization and managed to keep information about exact place of show in secret till the last day. Police panicked heavily and three times officers visited squat trying to obtain information about nazi gathering and posing to be friendly. Squatters didn't buy this trick and refused any co-operation with cops. During day of the show heavy police forces were guarding are surrounding place of the show. Of course they didn't try to stop nazi event. Instead tried to prevent any opposition to come near. Small group of antifas was on city looking for nazis. In one separate incident two nazi boneheads going to show were hassled and humiliated, unfortunately bus driver prevented this action to go more serious. Also there was arson during a show, as anonymous activists burned part of the club which hosted nazi event. As partial response local anti-fascists increased their activity not to let nazis organize themselves more and city is being patrolled by antifa groups very often and nazis are attacked all the time. In last event, group of over 20 nazis was attacked by antifa patrol near charity show which took part on 14th of January. 8 nazis were seriously injured and one taken to hospital . Direct Actions for animal rights There were some direct actions for animal rights during last months all over Poland. In area around Bialystok at least 5 hunting platforms were destroyed and many more damaged and painted with slogans. Also window of hunting shop were broken. In Wroclaw there were few attacks on butcher shops in commemoration of Barry Horne, animal rights activists from UK, who died recently after hunger strike. Commemoration of Krisstalnacht As every year anarchists in Torun commemorated Kristallnacht, pogrom of Jewish people in Nazi Germany by street performance and by distributing anti-fascists leaflets. D2 March for Capitalism and actions against it As capitalists clown decided to make actions to promote their crimes more and even called it D2 anarchists all over Poland decided to take action against it. In Warsaw, group of anarchists dressed as yuppies and managed to infiltrate capitalist demonstration, shouting slogans which made all people around to laugh, such as "Death to all poor" etc. Capitalist scum till the end of demo didn't recognise that they are fooled and even let anarchists to have speech, which was even more comic. Also some pathetic trots and socialists with few anarchist from Leftist Alternative tried to organise counter event. In Lublin capitalists were directly assaulted by group of anarchists. In Poznan only few anarchists appeared, distributing their leaflets. In Torun anarchists came in greater number so capitalist scum didn't manage to hold any kind of action. Similar situation was in Gdansk, where anarchists were far more visible. Riots in Krakow When we finish this issue there are information about riots in Krakow between riot police and participant of charity punk show. According to initial police version some drunken punks tried to rob one volunteer from box with gathered money and then security tried to intervene but were attacked by more angry and drunken punks. Durin next day they changed this version and said that it was "mistake" as two guys were fighting and they thought that someone is being robbed. This resulted in full scale attack of riot police, who shot dozens of rubber bullets from close distance, wounding at least 5 people. There were clashes as punks bombarded police with bottles, rocks and trash cans. 4 cops were injured, including officer leading this action. 44 people were arrested and 9 were charged with "assault on police officer" felony. 7 of them court decided to hold in custody for 3 months till trials will take place. This is another example of police brutality and largely exaggerated use of force. Polish ABC will be trying to obtain information about arrested punks
