Short introduction to the Finnish party system

In September 2024, I gave a presentation in Dresden about struggles against the right-wing government in Finland. Freedom published a text based on that presentation last September, but due to character limitations I had to skip an introduction to the Finnish party system. This background is necessary for understanding the emergence of right-wing populism in Finland and why it was accepted into government.

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Congratulate anarchist political prisoner and anarchist Danil Chertykov on his birthday!

On February 8, Danil Chertykov turns 32 years old. He is celebrating his birthday in captivity for 4th time.
Danil Chertykov is an anarchist and antifascist from Yekaterinburg. He worked as a veterinarian, and in his free time devoted himself to music, playing guitar in the riot-folk band Rocker Balboa.

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A new fundraiser to pay for a new lawyer for antifascist Anton Kalakin

Anton is currently being held at Detention Center No. 1 (SIZO-1) in Irkutsk. He needs qualified legal assistance in order to challenge the verdict of the Second District Military Court, which in October sentenced him to six years in prison over two comments posted on Telegram.
Anton left the first comment in the Telegram channel “Irkutsk Blog” in July 2024. Under a post about Governor Igor Kobzev, who considers spending on the war to be a higher priority than repairing schools, Anton wrote:

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"While we were on the ground in the fight, we didn't foresee how the divergent strategic impulses were contrary to the point of fracture. We couldn't maintain cohesion because the processes became mutually exclusionary. Everyone talked about respecting diversity of tactics but the non-profits and respectable Indigenous organizers didn't want to include radical autonomous actions they had no control over."

From pages 86-87, No Spiritual Surrender, Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred by Klee Benally, in the chapter that discusses the movement to prevent "treated" sewage water used to make snow for skiing on a peak sacred to the Diné people.

I don't really know shit about fuck, and maybe there's a warning here that we (people who haven't historically learned from, joined the struggle of, or validated the experience of Black and other Indigenous autonomous people) might do well to actually listen to.

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Russia designates Telegram channel run by teenage anarchists as a terrorist organization

The Zabaykalsky Regional Court has designated the “Zabaykalskoye Left Association” (ZLO) as a terrorist organization and banned its activities in Russia

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Good news in the new year: the fundraising campaign for Ruslan Sidiki’s defense has been completed

In less than two months, you have donated 235,000 rubles (2600 euros) for Ruslan Sidiki’s legal defense. We have already paid the lawyer’s fees for November and December, and the remaining amount will cover expenses through the end of February.

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The Parents’ Day. Dmitry Petrov talks about his book and about his son

November 3 2025 Dmitry Petrov Senior – writer, journalist, and anarchist activist – presented his book The Parents’ Day in Helsinki.
It tells the story of his son, Dmitry Petrov (Leshy) Junior, a Russian anarchist and volunteer who went to fight for Ukraine and went missing while defending Bakhmut.
The book also explores the stories of other international volunteers, Kyiv amidst the war, death and life, and endless love.

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Russian anti-war / anti-Putin activism in emigration: strategies, integration, obstacles and solutions Lecture by Lölja Nordic in Father Frost against Putin festival in Helsinki

4:25 PM - 6:00 PM
January 10, 2025
Oranssi, Kaasutehtaankatu 1, Helsinki
Who needs Russian grassroots activism abroad? What use is there from it and what is its meaning? “Your actions don’t influence anything” is a common
statement not only from the mouthpieces of Russian propaganda, but also, unfortunately, among Russian civil society.

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Father Frost Against Putin Afterparty in Helsinki January 10

At Oranssi, Kaasutehtaankatu 1 
Saturday January 10, 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
10 euro entrance. Cash (preferred) or MobilePay.
Schedule: 
19:30 Doors
20:00 MC Harakka
21:00 Aus Tears
Performers: 
Aus Tears plays raw synth wave with post-punk structures

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Russia plans to declare anti-war Telegram channel a “terrorist organisation”

Repression targets Chita anarchists already jailed for war resistance and anti-regime graffiti

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