Rozbrat

Rozbrat
Rozbrat
	"Rozbrat not for sale"
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 / 52.41752; 16.91848
Opened	1994 (squatted)
Website
	www.rozbrat.org

Rozbrat is a long-running anarchist self-managed social centre in Jeżyce in Poznań, Poland.

Occupation

Rozbrat 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

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 Polish Anarchist Federation (Federacja Anarchistyczna) is 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-Poland 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

Trade Union 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

^ 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". Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[Piotro-1] 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-2] Blabiush; Al Shami, Leila (8 February 2014). "Interview with comrade from Rozbrat collective, Poznan". Tahrir-ICN. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[Donaghey-3] Donaghey, J (2017). "Punk and Anarchist Squats in Poland" (PDF). Trespass. 1: 4-35.

[4] Jasiewicz, Ewa (22 November 2017). "Poland – this is what neoliberalism looks like". Transnational Institute. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[PoPi-5] Polanska, Dominika V.; Piotrowski, Grzegorz (2016). "Local Differences: The importance of cohesion". Baltic Worlds. 1–2: 46–56. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[6] "Workers' Initiative - Inicjatywa Pracownicza web page".

[7] "Wielkopolskie Stowarzyszenie Lokatorów - Home". wsl-poznan.pl. Retrieved 2022-12-02.

[8] "Members". European Action Coalition. Retrieved 2022-12-02.

[9] Gregorowicz, Daga; Mellor, Richard (2 July 2018). "A local's guide to Poznań, Poland: 10 top tips". Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2019.