people in Croatia, in Imotski, I hope you are alright.
others not aware, context here on Dnevnik.hr
I have seen the videos out Imotski of the march with symbols and songs of The Ustaše. there is a pattern of flimsy government condemnation of open fascism and fascist apologia, but that does not make every instance any less frightening.
if anyone / any communities in Croatia are in need of support, add on to this post with mutual aid links.
fundraisers for disabled palestinians, who are prevented from accessing care
Belal Abu Sultan, who is a cancer patient and cannot even access pain medication
Abdullah Rawaia, member of Deaf community
Nasrallah family, some of whom are epileptic and have no medication
Al Hamss family, members of whom need chemotherapy and also who are blind and in particular danger
Harouda family, Mohamed Harouda is member of Down Syndrome community
Hassam Al-glzin, wheelchair athlete
Ali Jibril, wheelchair athlete, and his family
thank you all for sharing & donating, support the international disabled community many of us are in so much danger
very very moving work in the UK tonight. people out in the streets in the thousands, completely fucking over planned fash riots. seen videos of like 1 nazi surrounded on all sides, screenshots of the alt right telegram chats "lads be careful we are outnumbered"
seeing this and learning more about bangladesh . Very encouraging.
in all cases, not a complete victory. Incredible things accomplished but work isnt finished. The underlying imbalances remain. In UK, this is already apparent: 5years in prison for climate activists planning a possible nonviolent disruption, vs 2months in prison for one of the nazi rioters. the systems enabling this shit remain in place. Mainstream praising the police for work they didnt do.
but fuck if it aint good to see proof! We keep us safe.
The oppressive systems here are international, folks like Trump and Biden and Elon Musk and Netanyahu and Hasina and Modi and Zuckerberg and Starmer and Farage and John Hagee and (others), they all share their money and resources and the lives of the people they oppress,
but they are few and we are many, and promises of a better life they use to sway people to their side are hollow.
Keep the momentum,
The trauma and pain and loss of life seen in the UK cannot be undone, and must not be allowed to happen again, and the horrors that continue -- like the funding of Israel's genocide against Palestinians -- must be stopped.
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the work continues, and there are people asking for help,
Black & POC Rage, Rest & Recharge Events - Fundraising by Dope Black Queers to create a space in response to the UK hate riots & lynchings
I will share when I find further related collectives asking for contributions :] if you know of any of course add on :]]
There is more love in the world than we know
Shout out to everyone at the counter-protests. Very few fash showed up in most places, and were vastly outnumbered. There was an incident at the one I attended where a racist started squaring up with a black guy, and both got arrested. Thankfully the crowd pressured the police to release the black guy (with chants like Give Him Back) and we successfully got him de-arrested and released!
It's heavily likely that a lot of the 100+ announced attacks were decoys or testing public & police response. That, or the fash got intimidated by the numbers. But I think one of the first is more likely.
However, showing up was not useless! Sending a message in every area that we will not tolerate racist attacks and that we will protect our community. If you can, please turn up to the day of counter-protests on Saturday. Check out the green and black cross website for advice (especially legal advice) to stay safe during protests & counter-protests.
https://greenandblackcross.org/guides/key-advice/
