By defending the squats, we defend the movement AGAINST THE ROTTEN #WORLD OF #AUTHORITY
From the ashes of Evros, central #Greece and #Rhodes to the mud of the valley.
"The general antagonistic movement and the self-organized spaces build defences against the destruction, the inexistence and the neglectfulness of the state. Solidarity networks are established, and they dive into the fires and floods. Squats and self-organized spaces coordinate, setting up cooking places and organising the fulfilment of needs of the afflicted. #Resistance against barbarity. The state mechanism blames the afflicted while hitting the #squats to disorient. Uprising now and always. While we drown in mud and fight the fires, the state does not waste any opportunity to attack self-organised structures. Self-organisation is the society we desire, of the elimination of oppression and the exploitation of humans on other humans, animals and the environment. Our lives are constantly in danger of being lost in the fires and floods, in the trains and ships, at the borders and by the uniformed murderers and the useless government funded people within our villages and cities."
via @Freedom_Presshttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/10/25/by-defending-the-squats-we-defend-the-movement-against-the-rotten-world-of-authority/
Destroying Hamas is a political objective, not a military one.
Even if Israel claims success after assassinating senior Hamas figures, destroying their arsenal and tunnels, and dismantling their administration, they have not said what they will do the day after “victory”.
The Gaza strip will still be there, albeit mostly in ruins. The population who survive the war will still be there, mourning new losses of loved ones and their homes. And the poverty and other deprivations that fed Hamas will only have intensified.
The national rage, the massing of military might, looked disturbingly familiar to US president Joe Biden, who warned Israel last week:
“Justice must be done. But I caution this – while you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.”
Even if the #Palestinian#Authority could be pressured or bribed into considering taking control, it is far from clear if they would be accepted, or able to do it.
A government installed by the Israeli military would not be seen as legitimate.
The #PA are already widely resented in the #West#Bank for their weakness in the face of Israeli authorities, for being inefficient, unrepresentative and riddled with corruption.
And though the majority of Gazans were not old enough to vote when #Fatah lost elections to #Hamas in 2007, there is no reason to think they have become more popular.
The only idea floated by Israeli politicians and officers for Gaza’s future, an #international#peacekeeping force, seems rooted more in wishful thinking than reality.
“It seems that the war is going to be very, very #long and we have to take into account the #hostages, the risk of conflict #spreading into the wider region, the #erosion of support and the question to whom we are going to pass #control in Gaza – for example if we have to pass it potentially to some Arab-led #multinational force,” said former prime minister Ehud #Barak.
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#Wisconsin#Republicans vote to fire #elections director, who may not leave the job
The vote creates a dispute over who is in charge of overseeing elections in a state that is expected to play a critical role in next year’s presidential campaign
The #Republicans’ own lawyers, as well as the state’s Democratic AG, told the senators before the vote that they didn’t have the #authority to remove #MeaganWolfe, the dir of the state’s #bipartisan#elections commission. Wolfe has won praise from voting administrators across the country as well as local ofcls in #Wisconsin.