Back in 2010, at the height of the repression, one of our comrades contacted us and proposed setting up a website for our group. At the time, Italian activists from Autistici became our hosters. For a small annual donation, they handled the technical infrastructure, allowing us to focus on our work. Sixteen years later, we find ourselves in a situation where Donald Trump’s fascist politics affect not only collectives in the US or Europe, but also our own struggle.
Even before ABC-Belarus came into existence, the Autistici collective had been a target of the Italian government: they were persecuted for supporting the local Anarchist Black Cross group. At the time, the Italian authorities hacked activists’ servers as part of a criminal investigation. After we began working with Autistici, we learned that unknown hackers from Belarus had also tried to hack the service, but failed. In 2015, through our collaboration with the group, we learned about the hacking of the Italian company Hacking Team’s servers and its possible cooperation with the Belarusian regime.
In August 2026, the Trump administration added the Autistici/Inventati collective to its list of terrorist organizations for providing infrastructure to antifascist and anarchist groups and organizations. This led to the organization’s bank accounts being frozen and further repression against them. In early August, hackers linked to the far-right movement in the US hacked one of the group’s services. Unfortunately, as a result of all the attacks, the collective decided to cease its work, and we completely understand that decision. Today, fascists in the US are using international agreements between various states in an attempt to destroy antifascist and anarchist movements around the world. In this situation, surviving online is becoming increasingly difficult. It is also noteworthy that the collective was shut down not by the Italian fascists from Giorgia Meloni’s party, but by trumpists who gained access to the resources of one of the most aggressive and powerful empires of our time.
With this short message, we want to thank all the members of the Autistici/Inventati collective for their work and for supporting the struggle against Lukashenko’s dictatorship!