For a thoroughly anti-nationalist critique of Zionism

critiquing Israeli nationalism and colonialism is no more inherently antisemitic than critiquing the Chinese Communist Party is inherently anti-Chinese. Believing that to be the case is in itself racist because that belief is rooted in the idea that people and states are the same thing

A “people” is quite simply a group of individuals that have associated together and have over time formed cultural similarities. It is an organic network of affinity groups with a culture that developed freely and naturally, and that will change and evolve over time. A people have no innate “essence” that exists out in the ether, and there is no force involved to maintain a people. A nation state on the other hand is a group of elites that has forced many people under one despotic military regime with the goal of creating and maintaining an artificial and unified identity

https://c4ss.org/content/59230

#Zionism #nationalism #anarchism

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Enough.

We Must Oppose Nationalism in All Forms. In today’s cynical and dishonest political climate every critique of Zionism is smeared as antisemitic by the right wing and moderate liberal media.

^{Center for a Stateless Society}

Slackbastard: **Neo-Nazis attack anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury, Friday September 15**

"TLDR: On Friday night, a small group of neo-Nazis armed with knives attempted to disrupt an anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury. Happily, the cowards were chased away by attendees. Currently, while several have previously been identified as belonging to Tom …"

https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=50928

#anarchism #bot

Neo-Nazis attack anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury, Friday September 15

TLDR: On Friday night, a small group of neo-Nazis armed with knives attempted to disrupt an anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury. Happily, the cowards were chased away by attendees. Currently, whi…

^slackbastard

A Man of Action, Netflix, a true story about a Spanish anarchist.

https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81308434?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=cp&vlang=en&clip=81632889

#anarchism #anarchists #film #cinema

Today, someone on #Diaspora called me a troll. It was the second time that happened! And who were the kind people calling me #troll? Well, two kind supporters of #Russian mother land! Two #communists!

I have to thank the first Russian #propagandist because, after having had the first dialogue, I ended up reading some more information about #communism, which strengthened my anti- communism position and led me to discover #anarchism!

Today, this fellow, called me troll because I didn't agree with him and his propaganda discourse! He said that I had to prove everything I said. I don't have the time to write a treaty every time I say something. Nor do I want to bother myself with blindfolded communists!

He blocked me! Wow! Great argument!

It's interesting that all the sources they cite are good, but any that I mention isn't!

Well, I'll just say this here: it's an honour for me to be called a troll by #communists, #capitalists, #fascists, #racists, etc! They are all the same!

I'm just an #anarchist and I have dedicated my life to contribute for a better world, not for killing people!

Freedom News: **Israeli government interfere in prosecutions of Palestine actionists**

"The disclosures, made under the Freedom of Information Act, show the Israeli Embassy in London attempting to exert diplomatic influence on the prosecution of Palestine Action activists. …"

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/08/22/israeli-government-interfere-in-prosecutions-of-palestine-actionists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-government-interfere-in-prosecutions-of-palestine-actionists

#anarchism #bot

Israeli government interfere in prosecutions of Palestine actionists - Freedom News

^{Si Tex (Freedom Press)}

Conhecem Noam Chomsky?

Ele é um dos mais importantes linguistas a nível mundial e é também um anarquista!

Have you ever heard about Noam Chomsky?

He is one of the world's most prominent linguists, and he is also an anarchist!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

#linguistas #anarquismo #anarquistas #linguists #anarchism #anarchists

File:Noam Chomsky portrait 2017.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Content warning: Police Brutality; Vigilantes Click to open/close

Today in Labor History February 1, 1912: The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) started the San Diego Free Speech Fight in response to a city ordinance preventing public speaking in and around the Stingaree neighborhood (now known as the Gaslamp Quarter). The authorities were trying to squelch labor and radical organizing in the multi-ethnic, working-class neighborhood, infamous for its houses of prostitution, gambling dens, opium dens and Chinese ghetto. Even as late as the 1980s, it still had a skid row feel, with its multitude of tattoo parlors, bars, sailors, junkies and fascination parlors. As a kid, I remember watching the con artists running games of 3-Card Monte on the sidewalks there.

The IWW had been active in San Diego since 1906. They organized timber workers and cigar makers, as well as workers at San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company. Their strike at the power company led to the formation of a public service union, which disbanded in 1911, when many Wobblies flocked to Tijuana to join the anarchist Magonista revolution there.

As the Free Speech fight progressed, anarchists, socialists and liberals joined the struggle, deliberately speaking in the restricted zone so that the jails would overflow. And they all demanded individual trials in order to clog up the legal system. Jail conditions were horrendous. Prisoners were crowded into the drunk tanks and forced to sleep on vermin-infested floors. Beatings were routine. 63-year-old Michael Hoy died from a police beating in jail. The IWW called on members from across the country to ride the rails to San Diego to join the fight. At least 5,000 heeded the call.

The local papers, of course, ran countless editorials attacking the radicals and glorifying the police. This encouraged vigilantes, who’d patrol the rail yards looking for incoming Wobblies. They deported many across county lines where they forced them to kiss the flag and run through gauntlets of men who beat them with pick axe handles. On May 7, the cops killed another Wobbly, Joseph Mikolash. And on May 15, vigilantes kidnapped Emma Goldman and her companion Ben Reitman, who had come to show their support. However, before deporting them, the vigilantes tarred and feathered Reitman and raped him with a cane. Ben Reitman was a physician who focused his practice on providing treatment for tramps, hobos, prostitutes and the most marginalized members of society. The July 11, 1912 edition of the IWW’s “Little Red Songbook” included the song: “We’re Bound for San Diego:”

In that town called San Diego, when the workers try to talk,
The cops will smash them with a sap and tell them “take a walk.”
They throw them in a bull pen and they feed them rotten beans.
And they call that “law and order” in the city, so it seems.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sandiego #freespeech #policebrutality #prison #IWW #anarchism #socialism #strike #magonista #Tijuana #vigilantes #EmmaGoldman