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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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. This column is a prequel, covering the first 17 minutes of the 2024 presentation, which is available on YouTube and on Spotify.

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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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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. On August 31, 2022, Danil was having dinner at a restaurant with friends and his partner. When they went out for an evening walk around the city, they were detained and beaten by armed, masked men who turned out to be law enforcement officers.

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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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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.

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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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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 The lawsuit was filed by the acting prosecutor of Zabaykalsky Krai, Stanislav Nemtsov. The defendants were Chita-based anarchists Aleksandr Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova. According to their support group, they were declared the “leaders” of the association. Anarchists took part in the court hearing on January 20 via video link.

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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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 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. As a reminder, the anarchist Ruslan Sidiki is still being held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 2 (SIZO-2) in the city of Ryazhsk, Ryazan Region. He is awaiting consideration of an appeal against a sentence that sentenced him to 29 years in prison.

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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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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. Listen in SoundCloud. The book also explores the stories of other international volunteers, Kyiv amidst the war, death and life, and endless love. The Parents’ Day by Dmitry Petrov is a profound story of our times. It shows the war both on the battlefield map and within the human heart.

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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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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, 2026 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. Fortunately, there is an answer to this, based not only on theory, but also on successful practice, confirming that grassroots Russian anti-Putin activism abroad is an inseparable and necessary part of the struggle against the regime.

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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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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 MC Harakka (FIN / HUN) sings and laughs straight into the faces of those in power. Their lyrics, dripping with satire, touch on themes such as money, power, and LGBTQ+ issues. Behind the rhymes lies an anti-capitalist and anti-fascist worldview, which turns into scorching-hot tracks when spat through the microphone.

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

Repression targets Chita anarchists already jailed for war resistance and anti-regime graffiti The regional prosecutor’s office for the Trans-Baikal region in eastern Siberia has submitted a petition to a local court to recognize the “Trans-Baikal Left Association” as a terrorist organisation. The petition refers to the telegram channel 75zlo, allegedly maintained by jailed anarchists Aleksandr Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova, which the petition asks to declare as “leaders” of this association. The court hearing is scheduled for January 13. Currently the channel has 72 subscribers, and no posts have been published there since the anarchists were detained.

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