Rozbrat is a long-running anarchist self-managed social centre in Jeżyce in Poznań, Poland.
| Rozbrat | |
|---|---|
 "Rozbrat not for sale" | |
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| General information | |
| Status | self-managed social centre, squat |
| Address | Pułaskiego Street 21a, Poznań |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 52°25′03″N 16°55′07″E / 52.41752°N 16.91848°E |
| Opened | 1994 (squatted) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Occupation
editRozbrat is based in a former paint factory squatted in autumn 1994. The name means 'to make peace and get detached from an enemy.'[1]
Activities
editRozbrat 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.[1] The local branch of the Federacja Anarchistyczna has been based at Rozbrat since 1997.[2]
The centre's longevity means that it is well supported in Poznań, although its future remains precarious.[3]
Antifascist
editRozbrat 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.[4]
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.[5]
Related Initiatives
edit- Workers' Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza)[6]
- WSL Wielkopolska Tenants' Association[7] - member of European Action Coalition to the right to housing and to the city[8]
- Anarchist bookstore Zemsta opened as an offshoot of Rozbrat in central Poznań.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Blabiush; Al Shami, Leila (8 February 2014). "Interview with comrade from Rozbrat collective, Poznan". Tahrir-ICN. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Donaghey, J (2017). "Punk and Anarchist Squats in Poland" (PDF). Trespass. 1: 4-35.
- ^ Jasiewicz, Ewa (22 November 2017). "Poland – this is what neoliberalism looks like". Transnational Institute. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ Polanska, Dominika V.; Piotrowski, Grzegorz (2016). "Local Differences: The importance of cohesion". Baltic Worlds. 1–2: 46–56. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Workers' Initiative - Inicjatywa Pracownicza web page".
- ^ "Wielkopolskie Stowarzyszenie Lokatorów - Home". wsl-poznan.pl. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Members". European Action Coalition. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ Gregorowicz, Daga; Mellor, Richard (2 July 2018). "A local's guide to Poznań, Poland: 10 top tips". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2019.