Yes, it’s probably one of those things which people don’t sign with their name and photo - it might burn some bridges and close possibilities for people working under the same label.

In general, it’s my impression that Ukrainian anarchists are materially supportive of like-minded soldiers and morally supportive of draft dodgers.

Thanks, didn’t know about that feature. :) For anyone else - it’s under the “link” button.

Good idea, here it is: :)

https://pads.slrpnk.net/p/r.3c03d80777d34054dfa8e6f4ec9b16ee

I considered the RiseUp Pad, but knowing that pads are editable, I initially decided against - wanted to provide a read-only source.

They want it again? Oh well, predictable as a clockwork.

An article from 2020, when Trump & co wanted it last time:

What Is Antifa, the Movement Trump Wants to Declare a Terror Group?

What they failed to learn last time:

Rather, antifa is more of a loose movement of activists whose followers share some philosophies and tactics.

Sadly, Rojava is incredibly land-locked. It is possible to deliver assistance in various forms (from woolen socks and SDR cards to items one won’t mention on the net) to folks who defend Ukraine… but I don’t know a single organization except Heyva Sor (Red Crescent, humanitarian and medical assistance) that reaches North-Eastern Syria (even Heyva Sor is better than nothing, for all I know they depend on imported antibiotics).

If anyone knows of channels that can get assistance to those people, clues would be welcome.

I hope the HTS and SNA don’t have overlapping interests and listen to different people. They might hold each other in check, at least for a while, and thus prevent restarting of the civil war.

I hope the folks in North-Eastern Syria get a tolerable (or even favourable) political solution - some kind of extended autonomy within Syria.

But the wider context is Erdogan waiting for Trump to make deals with him (and also Israel seems to be trying to ruin its relations with any new government of Syria pre-emptively) - so if I were them, I’d keep drone batteries charged. They have a snowball’s chance in hell.

I did’t cry for the CEO, but also didn’t cheer for the assassin. I don’t know if he was the assassin. Cops seem to think so, but I can’t double-check.

If the assassin’s motive was revenge for someone’s misery or avoidable death, the motive is understandable. People sometimes make such decisions for similar reasons since time unknown.

If the assassin’s political complaint was that the US ranked fourty second in life expectancy among countries, despite ranking first in expense per capita - that is likely true, and should be a big deal as long as it remains so.

(Obviously, it won’t automatically improve from offing a health insurance CEO - many of them are indirectly responsible for many person-years of needless suffering or loss of lives, but there is a socio-economic framework which ensures that their positions get repopulated with their kind of people, so one getting killed can only highlight the problem.)

To any statist wanting to fix their state, I would recommend a tax-based a single-payer healthcare system in an eyeblink.

To other anarchists, I don’t think I’d have to explain the benefits of solidarity and collective bargaining. They’re obvious.

As for the US: not a chance within the next 4 years.

I have had many encounters with cops, and I decide about the extent of cooperating with them on a case-by-case basis.

• landlord is illegally evicting my mother’s neighbour --> I call cops and they prove how useless they are at prevention, but the matter goes to court and the landlord gets convicted later, and it was my only time to testify in court
• cops accuse me of ignoring their lawful order --> sorry, I was listening to music, didn’t hear nothing, no comment, no comment, I admit nothing (nothing came of it)
• cops intrude into the squat yard without knowing it’s a squat --> “the droids drunken people you look for are elsewhere” --> the cops go elsewhere
• cops raid the squat --> refuse to provide documents until threatened, require cops to provide their own ID, contest every statement and discuss the matter publicly in media
• cops try to steal equipment during a demonstration --> pull the equipment back and yell to them a description of what it is (I assume they thought I was planting a bomb instead of packing up)
• cops want to interview me about illegal demonstrations --> I politely tell them to fuck off, then call back and volunteer for the interview to convey the opinion of other anarchists :D
• a new squat is being established --> establish a security perimeter that is watched with attention and never let cops close
• an attempted squat gets burglarized and set on fire -> inform the fire brigade that a bottle of propane could be present (fortunately it was stolen), the fire brigade had better things to do than involve cops
• a new squat gets burglarized --> pepper spray the burglar and take their tools, without involving cops
• a new squat gets burglarized, episode N --> threaten the burglars and take their tools, without involving cops
• cops try to fall into a hole in ground during a stupid training excercise --> tell the cops not to go there, as they might fall in (leave untold: it would be a major embarrasment for squatters to rescue them)
• the squat is suddenly in the security perimeter of a NATO summit --> find some military lurking in the yard and invite them into the squat so they could be reasonably certain we don’t have anything that shoots down planes :P (runway was about 250 m away)
• a drunken person tries to SWAT me at a street party --> fully explain the situation to the SWAT team and later participate in amateur theatre with cops to get the drunken person safely removed from the police station :o
• one drunken neighbour hits their spouse and when I forbid, hits me --> seeing that the neigbour has already paid for his deed since pepper was 100% effective and he’ll feel extremely bad for many hours, I did not file a complaint to cops, although they were called and showed up
• after two geniuses tried to steal my car, but fled after a warning shot --> I did not involve cops
• after some person attacked his partner and hit her on street --> I pepper sprayed him, and since he took out a knife and attempted to come at me (I evaded, no harm occurred to me), I did call cops and make a complaint, as did the woman he had hit
• cops call me about one neigbour’s car --> I don’t remember anything (I did actually remember, but wasn’t in a mood for helping them repress a neighbour)
• my car gets burglarized --> I ask the cops for info, they have none, I don’t involve them beyond that

…etc.