This marks the sixth time we commemorate this occasion since the birth of our group. We do so while confronting and transcending what we’ve absorbed from the great social struggles of the global libertarian labor movement throughout human and anarchist history.
We draw inspiration from our revolutionary path, which began in the heart of the 2018 uprising aimed at overthrowing the regime — a path that passed through the horrific massacre of the sit-in, the hijacking of the people’s revolution by political parties, their negotiations with the dictatorial military council, their power-sharing agreement, and the internal conflicts that led to the infamous October 25 coup — and most recently, the bloody authoritarian war of April 15, which has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.
Your comrades continue to fight with courage — raising the banner of freedom, rooting anarchist values, and preserving the group during these catastrophic times. We remember our martyrs who fell while rescuing war victims, our comrades who lost their homes, those displaced, and those still fighting steadfastly across Sudan.
Our struggle deserves precise documentation — to be added to the broader libertarian experiences of the world and especially of Africa, this continent entangled in clear and diverse authoritarian conflicts. We have learned that our fight against authority must be comprehensive:
Economically, by resisting capitalism, wage slavery, child labor, and the exploitation of women as cheap labor. Politically, by resisting totalitarian systems, military dictatorships, and fascism.
Culturally, by dismantling the primary support pillars of authoritarian regimes in African states — tribalism and ethnic division.
Globally, by preventing our people from being turned into lab rats for global power struggles.
Sudan, a land rich in culture and ancient history, has been weighed down by traditional and military authorities since British colonialism, which set the stage for dependency politics that continue to this day. Following the new global pattern of dismantling peoples through militia creation, the fascist regime gave birth to the Janjaweed militia — responsible for horrific massacres beyond human comprehension in Khartoum, Al-Jazirah, Wad Al-Noora, Omdurman, Sennar, and Al-Fashir, which is still being bombed and ethnically cleansed to this day
In Al-Fashir, we lost comrade Omar Habbash, a heroic anarchist doctor who insisted on staying to treat the wounded amidst systematic bombing and genocide.
We also remember comrade Sara, who was killed in a bombing in Khartoum — Sara, who always dreamed of a strong, non-authoritarian feminist movement, a true anarchist and liberationist front that rejects imperialism, understands the core of the struggle, and is capable of achieving its goals and freeing the women of our land from the machinery, ideology, and propaganda of power.
As we continue to resist — treating our injured volunteer comrades in dangerous zones, evacuating those trapped in conflict areas, supporting the livelihoods of displaced and homeless comrades abroad, writing, documenting, and building self-sufficiency projects — we deeply appreciate all those who have supported us. Your solidarity alleviates the brutality of death, displacement, and killing. Even the smallest contributions have a tremendous impact — they save the lives of our comrades and uphold their right to exist as human beings.
Today, we speak to you with the hope that this war — which has destroyed the lives of millions, displaced and killed them, and burdened their existence — will end. We promise comrades around the world that we will continue to fight for freedom and anarchism until our last breath.
Support our experience.
Support our struggle.
We fight for a free anarchist society.
1st of May 2025
Anarchist Group in Sudan
