Patriot Front is also at a crossroads basically as the last extremely visible and semi accessible fascist/neonazi org: they can either give up popular attempts and go even more underground or keep trying to remain visible and risk probable further humiliation. They’ve been outmaneuvered by the Proud Boys as the generic street guardians of the ruling order(PF wouldnt call it that but that’s what it is) and the defenders of “the people” against the encroachments of the Demoncrat controlled state apparatus and unlike the Proud Boys they’ve not been able to massify their white supremacist image to be able to blend with a more massive white male conservative base.
OTAS: operational thinking against the state
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING AND DECEIVING LOOKS CAN DRAW HEAT Throughout the 2010s US “Operators” were routinely outed in Yemen due to their full beards often grown as facial concealment. Yemen being a place where men typically sport mustaches the operators’ beard…
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Forwarded from Seditionist Distribution
Taken from the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" of the CIA (1944)
A lot of comrades do these things without thinking, and they are given space and place by those around them because we value compassion and communication.
We must however remember objective focus. Keep your participation in meetings, cogent and concise.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201220100901/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf
A lot of comrades do these things without thinking, and they are given space and place by those around them because we value compassion and communication.
We must however remember objective focus. Keep your participation in meetings, cogent and concise.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201220100901/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf
OTAS: operational thinking against the state
DECEIVING LOOKS (continued) Protestors, particularly black blocers, who practice outfit changes also have this problem. On their way to or from demos many make the mistake of dressing awkwardly normal, especially in hipper areas, and in combination with awkward…
just a p.s. to this, Tor and TAILS are probably the best bang for your effort privacy tools that exist and we’re not suggesting abandoning them just researching them and downloading and using them in an intentional way and keeping flagging more surveillance on to yourself in mind
Russia! Ukraine! Nazis! Oh my!
Because it’s become topical we thought we’d briefly nuance post about neonazis and their involvement in the Russia-Ukraine border tensions.
Firstly it is evident that the neonazi Azov battalion/movement has incorporated itself into the state, has been boosted by NATO, and have built infrastructure for a thriving neonazi culture at home and also bolstered international nazi networking bringing neonazis from elsewhere there to train. It is also true that the Svaboda Party a party descended from Nazi collaborators and the neonazi group Right Sector were the biggest organized factions of the Euromaidan upheavals in Ukraine and came out on top in a lot of ways. It is also true that NATO has a history of supporting and incorporating nazis into their efforts. However, it is also true that most Ukrainians do not support neonazisms and actively voted for a jewish president seen as a counter weight to the war hungry far right.
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Because it’s become topical we thought we’d briefly nuance post about neonazis and their involvement in the Russia-Ukraine border tensions.
Firstly it is evident that the neonazi Azov battalion/movement has incorporated itself into the state, has been boosted by NATO, and have built infrastructure for a thriving neonazi culture at home and also bolstered international nazi networking bringing neonazis from elsewhere there to train. It is also true that the Svaboda Party a party descended from Nazi collaborators and the neonazi group Right Sector were the biggest organized factions of the Euromaidan upheavals in Ukraine and came out on top in a lot of ways. It is also true that NATO has a history of supporting and incorporating nazis into their efforts. However, it is also true that most Ukrainians do not support neonazisms and actively voted for a jewish president seen as a counter weight to the war hungry far right.
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It is also true that the neonazi infested Russian Imperial Movement has sent fighters to the front on the Russian separatist side of the conflict with Kremlin approval and run a notorious camp that trains European neonazis from elsewhere. It is also true that the Russian mercenary group Wanger is operated by and infested with neonazis. And one of the early casualties of the border conflict was a Russian neonazi murderer, who joined the separatists of a sense of Russian hyper nationalism, killing himself with a grenade on accident.
These facts can often be utilized as shallow whataboutism and miss the boarder geopolitical picture and the specific plight of the common people and marginalized groups. Both Russia and “the west” wish to exploit the Ukrainian people economically and politically. Russia hoped to further economic subjugation of the country particularly in regards to oil logistics while NATO countries today continue to push for a dismantling of worker protections and increased economic exploitation by western corporations and use them as a zombie cold war geopolitical tool. The Ukrainian people are stuck between a rock and a hard place. It is clear that an escalation to a hotter war or an invasion would be a horrific event, so clear that at this point it seems more like saber-rattling than a real threat. Russia of course also won’t release their foothold. Russia has of course in the past invaded their neighbors, but not with this much potential push back. Both NATO and Russia would probably be happy to keep this in the “cold” proxy stages and mutually bolster their political bases and patrons with ‘it's happening’ energy as they economically and political collaborate to maintain the global order on more macro levels. This of course highlights dark violence of partitions around the world the vital need for a workable no state solution.
Anyway we’ll do a more detailed write up eventually with sources but we hope this helps your thinking.
It is also true that the neonazi infested Russian Imperial Movement has sent fighters to the front on the Russian separatist side of the conflict with Kremlin approval and run a notorious camp that trains European neonazis from elsewhere. It is also true that the Russian mercenary group Wanger is operated by and infested with neonazis. And one of the early casualties of the border conflict was a Russian neonazi murderer, who joined the separatists of a sense of Russian hyper nationalism, killing himself with a grenade on accident.
These facts can often be utilized as shallow whataboutism and miss the boarder geopolitical picture and the specific plight of the common people and marginalized groups. Both Russia and “the west” wish to exploit the Ukrainian people economically and politically. Russia hoped to further economic subjugation of the country particularly in regards to oil logistics while NATO countries today continue to push for a dismantling of worker protections and increased economic exploitation by western corporations and use them as a zombie cold war geopolitical tool. The Ukrainian people are stuck between a rock and a hard place. It is clear that an escalation to a hotter war or an invasion would be a horrific event, so clear that at this point it seems more like saber-rattling than a real threat. Russia of course also won’t release their foothold. Russia has of course in the past invaded their neighbors, but not with this much potential push back. Both NATO and Russia would probably be happy to keep this in the “cold” proxy stages and mutually bolster their political bases and patrons with ‘it's happening’ energy as they economically and political collaborate to maintain the global order on more macro levels. This of course highlights dark violence of partitions around the world the vital need for a workable no state solution.
Anyway we’ll do a more detailed write up eventually with sources but we hope this helps your thinking.
Why is it that Boric, the newly elected president of Chile who promised to end neoliberalism, bent the knee to the banks? The same reason SYRIZA did in Greece before him, to be a successful politician you have to fundamentally compromise your radical ambitions.
Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
In Russia, Ukraine, and the US, rulers who won't die in the trenches are preparing to throw away people's lives just to gain leverage in geopolitical competitions.
We should fight those who would make us die on their behalf, not each other.
https://crimethinc.com/posters/against-all-wars
"In response to the machinations of governments, we must identify and resist every effort to turn us against each other. We should build solidarity across national, ethnic, and religious lines while doing everything we can to topple authoritarian governments from Washington, DC to Moscow. Our hope is that revolutionary movements will break out on both sides of every border.
"Escalations in state violence are calculated to make this impossible—to substitute war for revolution. But in a world headed towards ever more diffuse wars, goaded on by nationalist strongmen, our best chance of survival is to build ties between combative social movements. Let us fight those who would make us die on their behalf, not each other."
We should fight those who would make us die on their behalf, not each other.
https://crimethinc.com/posters/against-all-wars
"In response to the machinations of governments, we must identify and resist every effort to turn us against each other. We should build solidarity across national, ethnic, and religious lines while doing everything we can to topple authoritarian governments from Washington, DC to Moscow. Our hope is that revolutionary movements will break out on both sides of every border.
"Escalations in state violence are calculated to make this impossible—to substitute war for revolution. But in a world headed towards ever more diffuse wars, goaded on by nationalist strongmen, our best chance of survival is to build ties between combative social movements. Let us fight those who would make us die on their behalf, not each other."
A point of clarification: Ukraine is ~not~ a formal NATO country and would not have NATO troops deployed on its soil if proper Russian military forces formally move in.
What is ‘brinksmanship’?
Brinksmanship is the art of pushing policy or military/political maneuvering to the edge of war or “to the brink” of some other acute crisis without actually escalating to war or some other acute crisis in order to gain leverage or score other political/economic gains.
Also see: game of chicken, saber rattling, etc.
Brinksmanship is the art of pushing policy or military/political maneuvering to the edge of war or “to the brink” of some other acute crisis without actually escalating to war or some other acute crisis in order to gain leverage or score other political/economic gains.
Also see: game of chicken, saber rattling, etc.
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According to US-based ex spec ops advisers, Kiev loyal troops on the ground in Ukraine’s red zone don’t seem to think a Russian invasion would mean a much greater intensification of the 8 year border war and think this is probably more saber-rattling however they feel generally ready for an uptick in fighting if it does come.
According to US-based ex spec ops advisers, Kiev loyal troops on the ground in Ukraine’s red zone don’t seem to think a Russian invasion would mean a much greater intensification of the 8 year border war and think this is probably more saber-rattling however they feel generally ready for an uptick in fighting if it does come.