We are realists. Posing Revolution as the alternative to war is not utopian:
imagining the current system, capitalism, is working and is a viable alternative,is. Change might feel impossible, but survival without it is improbable. ---- Warhas always happened but where it happens now threatens to destroy us all! Itshould come as no surprise though. War has been the reality in Yemen, Syria andAfghanistan most recently with West and East playing their respective parts. Theonly consolation is that it's not going well for one super power.A stalled and confused invasion is threatening not just the regime's prestige butalso it's stability. Putin has been forced to offer £35k bonus to each servingsoldier in Ukraine plus £20k for injury. A high price for failing morale. We haveseen this tactic here before, it is reminiscent of Thatchers' bonus to the policeoccupation forces of the British coalfields in 1984. States waging war is theirstock in trade, whether it be Russia against Ukraine or our government againstthe miners the common target is the same - our class, ordinary people like us,the working class everywhere.The Russian army's experience is in stark contrast to the morale and resilienceof volunteer militias defending their neighbourhoods and communities. To beclear, we shouldn't fall for the illusion of a just war between states. We canhowever despise vicious Russian state imperialism and learn from popularresistance to it, tactically if nothing else. People have joined local defenceforces for many reasons, but chiefly because they think for survival, they haveno choice.History has shown us that a people armed have often developed a mind and momentumof their own. Ideally this would be for those armed on both sides to use theirguns against their masters and for their class! A key task for the success ofthat resistance now is to look to the community and solidarity of defence andmutual aid, beyond the nation and the state and the false, destructive andviolent solutions they relentlessly demand, and will once again attempt to imposeas the final solution. Peace as before is another war against us in waiting. Weare realists, one solution, revolution!https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2022/03/20/be-reasonable-demand-the-impossible/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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