Rozbrat
Squatted left-wing project in Poland
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Rozbrat is a long-running anarchist self-managed social centre in Jeżyce in Poznań, Poland.
| Rozbrat | |
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"Rozbrat not for sale" | |
 Interactive map of the Rozbrat area | |
| General information | |
| Status | self-managed social centre, squat |
| Location | Pułaskiego Street 21a, Poznań, Poland |
| Coordinates | 52.41752°N 16.91848°E |
| Opened | 1994 (squatted) |
| Website | |
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Occupation
Activities
Rozbrat 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
Rozbrat 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
- 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]