Saturday night, October 28th, in light of the communication blackout in and increased bombing of Gaza, approximately a thousand people assembled in Center City Philadelphia for an emergency call to action in support of Palestinians.
Month: October 2023
10 Anarchist Theses on Palestine Solidarity in the United States
This essay is re-posted from haters cafe. a zine version is available here.
The strategy of solidarity reached its limits long ago. Solidarity today is an industry of conferences, lectures, book talks, and ritualistic protests—symbolic solidarity. The war on Gaza has exposed the clear limits on solidarity movements in the United States. Palestine solidarity is an extreme case in point in a much larger development of solidarity activism and politics.
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The Chaos Star: roses and thorns: queer nihilist enemies conference
the following reportback from BB23 is reproduced with permission from The Chaos Star #31
thorn: no sleep before big drive
rose: our ride is a giant bed
thorn: toll evasions thwarted
Rose: accidental 2am fieldtrip to Jackson (5) family home
Rose: “we miss michicheal jacksom”
Rose: squat is popping, 30 guests
Rose: topless with pajama pants and full pack pacing in festive
environment
rose: emboldened squatting practice in this other city means space is
super useful and full of life, helpful reminder for p-noid new yorkers
rose: connecting between cities on some housing law nerd shit
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middleton, wi: announcing middleton hills trans anarchist collective
“many blame queers for the decline of this society— we take pride in this. some believe that we intend to shred-to-bits this civilization and its moral fabric—they couldn’t be more accurate. we’re often described as depraved, decadent, and revolting—but oh, they ain’t seen nothing yet.” – be gay do crime
about ten minutes from middleton—a suburb of the vaguely neoliberal madison, wi– there is an even more heterosexual suburb of middleton called middleton hills. and two suburbs deep, surrounded by old white people and their dogs, these small-town queers, tranarchists, butches, femmes, riot grrls, edgy middle-schoolers, gender dreamers, theory nerds, outside agitators, and even a few accomplices have had enough. in middleton hills, there are absolutely no queer spaces, and indeed no spaces at all besides suburban homes, largely unused public parks, and a few hierarchically managed local businesses. instead of building queered networks of care, we read emma goldman in the darkness of our suburban homes, wondering if we’re the only soul in this suburb who’s ever dreamed of anything more than hoa violations and manicured lawns. but for all its isolating, perfect, orderly normalcy, middleton hills didn’t feel actively hostile until the terf propaganda showed up. a bigot had been putting up stickers for the hateful and transphobic women’s liberation radio network outside local businesses and apartment buildings—and that was when we all decided to fight back.
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Upper Darby Military Recruitment Office Vandalized
A military recruitment office in Upper Darby was attacked with paint. We wrote slogans and threw red paint on the facade. Born from our love, grief, and rage, this was a letter to Gaza and those in solidarity with the Palestinian uprising against colonial power. This wasn’t done to only send a message to imperialists, consider it an attempt to warm passersby chilled by the cold logic of genocide. In the face of massive non-disruptive protest, we hope we can inspire others to act more directly and confrontationally. Those pushing imperialism and islamophobia are being watche and can expect resistance.
RIP Ganda, killed by the same Amerikkan imperialism that feels entitled to exploit and kill without repercussion.
For Gaza with love
Source: Philly Anti-Capitalist
Appellisme Is Dead: An Obituary In Transcreation
Spite, a bitter herb cultivated in the unseen gardens of the soul, rarely finds its use as the catalyst for translation. Yet, there are moments, hidden in the seams of difference, where one becomes entangled in the shadowy dance of the sentiment, translating not in harmony but in defiance – each word a step, a movement against the original author’s drift. What stirs this rebellion? Perhaps a glimpse of misconduct, some shaking variance, or a yearning to illuminate alternate viewpoints hidden in the prose.
Here, translation metamorphoses; it is no longer a vessel of preservation but a medium to unveil distortions and misconceptions embedded in the original narrative. Satire and caricature become the translator’s brush, painting to reveal the folly embedded in the source. Transcreation, a delicate mixture of translation with creation, forms a canvas for political commentary, a mirror reflecting accountability, and a testament to linguistic transcendence. It’s an intimate embrace of the original’s heartbeat, ensuring its pulse remains, sounding in the intricacies of another cultural landscape. Like a memory recollected in a dream, it feels familiar but is painted with the hues of a different world, speaking softly to its new audience.
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Chicago, IL: Military Recruiters’ Office Attacked in Memory of Jennifer Laude
We smashed out windows and knocked over furniture at a military recruiters’ office in a suburb of Chicago last night.
In solidarity with Filipino/a/x anarchists’ calls to commemorate Ganda, we swarmed on a miserable little strip mall where black and brown youth are targeted for induction into the imperial machine. Our intention was to slow down this violent routine, even if just for a couple of hours.
We swung our hammers invoking Jennifer Laude’s life, remembering the deeds of Michele Angiolillo and Leon Czolgosz, and channeling our rage against the transmisogyny and white impunity of neo-colonial occupation (A).
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Daly City, CA: Miitary Recruiters’ Office Smashed for Ganda
On Indigenous People’s Night, we smashed all nine windows at the military recruiters’ office in so-called Daly City, California (Ramaytush Ohlone territory).
We dedicate this action to Jennifer “Ganda” Laude, a Filipina woman who was murdered by transphobic U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton on October 11, 2014. We acted in response to a call by Filipino/a/x comrades asking anarchists in the United States to memorialize Ganda and attack U.S. imperialism. We know that this one action alone is not enough, but we hope that it encourages other anarchists to attack in Ganda’s name as well. For comrades in the Northeast who have the skills to do the research, Pemberton grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts and may have returned there after he was pardoned by Duterte in 2020.
We extend our solidarity to all anti-colonial struggles around the world. Solidarity to Palestinians resisting Zionist settler-colonialism! Solidarity to Haitians resisting yet another U.N. intervention! Solidarity to Weelaunee forest defenders! Death to America!
some anarchists
Source: indybay
Calling on USians to Memorialize Jennifer Laude and call for American withdrawal from the Philippines
An Urgent Plea from the Philippines
To the brave comrades of Turtle Island:
Last year, we asked antifascists in the U.S. to act for us in commemorating our slain sister Jennifer Laude, killed by an American soldier. While there was some commemoration and remembrance of Jennifer Laude, this was done after her death anniversary on October 11 because the initial open letter calling for the commemoration initially fell on deaf ears. Earlier, Filipino/a/x autonomists, anarchists, and abolitionists in the so-called Philippines and its diasporas wrote an open letter asking US anti-fascists to resist the return of the murderer of Jennifer Laude to the United States, but his return was not resisted, and we received no report of any action protesting his return.
Queer Autonomy: Ultraviole(n)t Orange
Entering scenes as a young anarchist in the mid-2010s, the legacy of Bash Back! and its influence on queer insurrectionary & criminal activity deeply influenced my anarchism and my queerness. As such, I was excited about the re-emergence of the convergence and the chance to tap into a tendency and a network that has profoundly influenced me.
I left Bash Back! 23 feeling ecstatic, connected, inspired, and energized; I also left feeling frustrated, annoyed, & exhausted.