Auraj
অরাজ | |
| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Website | www |
Auraj (Bengali: অরাজ, romanized: oraj) is a Bangladeshi anarchist and feminist organization. Founded around 2019, it primarily focuses on translating and publishing anarchist texts while supporting other movements.
History
[edit]The group was founded around 2019 in Bangladesh.[1] Its name comes from the corresponding Bengali term, which means "anarchy".[2] By 2019, it was already active, as it was attacked in October 2019 during a long march against gender-based and sexual violence.[3] In 2020, the group organized another march in collaboration with the Bangladeshi Students' Union (BSU) and the Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Centre (GWTUC), which started in Dhaka and went to Noakhali, 150km from there, where a woman had been tortured, stripped, and filmed by her captors.[4]
Although the group is engaged in these social and feminist struggles, its main activity remains the maintenance of its website and the publication of anarchist resources in Bengali, particularly through translations.[1][2] Among the authors translated are Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and Rudolf Rocker.[2]
The group supported and participated in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.[5] While the movement was ongoing, Auraj called for the protection of the country's ethnic and religious minorities.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eine anarchistische Perspektive auf Bangladesch – Radio CORAX". radiocorax.de. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Uri (30 July 2024). "Bangladesh: A people's uprising against an autocratic state". Freedom News. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Express solidarity with feminist movement in Bangladesh". www.anarchistfederation.net. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Long March Against Sexualized Violence Attacked". Global May Day. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b Fonten (5 August 2024). "Anarchists warn against attacks on minorities as Bangladesh government falls". Freedom News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
