A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #362 - International - Support Campaign: A Printing Press for Sudanese Anarchists (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In Sudan, anarchist comrades needed international support to create a 
cooperative to support themselves and to print and distribute political 
educational materials. Here, we report on the campaign by Black 
Rose/Rosa Negra, a sister organization of UCL in the United States, 
which explains the challenges. This successful campaign raised the 
necessary funds. Since February 2022, Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) and 
other members of our international network of anarchist political 
organizations have been collaborating with the Sudan Anarchist 
Federation (SAF), which began organizing shortly before the 
revolutionary upheavals that began in 2018. Thanks to the many people 
who donated to our previous fundraising drive, we were able to support 
some SAF comrades to escape dangerous situations and continue their 
work, both inside and outside the country. Tragically, at least one 
comrade, Sarah, died as a result of the deadly deprivation and femicides 
of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). We honor her memory and that of all 
the revolutionary martyrs who died in the struggle for freedom in Sudan.

Today, despite the difficulties, a number of SAF members have managed to 
regroup in a stable region of Sudan and are able to resume their 
clandestine political activities. We request international support to 
help them reestablish these activities and develop businesses capable of 
financially supporting their members, many of whom are internally 
displaced in a region with a destroyed economy. Our comrades in Sudan 
plan to establish a commercial printing press that will be run as a 
workers' cooperative to provide a sustainable livelihood and serve as a 
tool for printing political educational materials. In Sudan, it is 
virtually impossible to import revolutionary texts, and internet 
activity is heavily censored and monitored; therefore, it is important 
to help develop local capacity to print and distribute texts.

Our comrades will only be able to complete this project thanks to 
international solidarity. Its cost is estimated at $15,000. Any 
additional funds raised will be donated to the comrades' general 
treasury and used to cover organizational costs, such as helping 
displaced comrades return home. With the support of friends of freedom 
around the world, we can easily meet these needs and support the 
survival and growth of anarchism as a powerful revolutionary social 
force in Sudan.

Since the publication of this press release, the donation campaign has 
concluded, raising $20,441. Editor's note:

Black Rose/Rosa Negra - International Relations Committee

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Campagne-de-soutien-Une-presse-d-imprimerie-pour-les-anarchistes-du-Soudan
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