Pacifism is not extremism ---- This week the Russian government has been
actively fighting extremism. Who do Russian authorities consider anextremist? For example, artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who was givenseven years for replacing price tags in a store with anti-war leaflets.As Alexandra herself said in her address to the court: "Everyone seesand knows that you are not judging a terrorist. You are not judging anextremist. You are not even judging a political activist. You arejudging a pacifist."Persecution of LGBT peopleWho else does Russian so-called justice consider an extremist? Thisweek, the Russian Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit seekingrecognition of the "international LGBT social movement" as an extremistorganization. This means that the hunt will go not only torepresentatives of the LGBT community, but also to human rightsactivists who help them.A warring aggressor country needs human resources to send to slaughter.And people who do not create opposite-sex couples do not renew thisresource in the eyes of the state; as a result, the state fights againstthem too. At the same time, promoting a patriarchal approach,increasingly reminiscent of the series based on the book "The Handmaid'sTale."Patriarchal dictatorshipIf you open the school textbook "Origins" on the so-called ODNKR("Fundamentals of the Spiritual and Moral Culture of the Peoples ofRussia"), there will be continuous quotes from "Domostroy" on the entirepage. Either religious figures or various kinds of so-called deputiesspeak out on the topic of a woman's place.This week, Senator Margarita Pavlova was quoted a lot, who said that "weneed to stop multiplying the number of young people who get a highereducation, which then, in fact, well... They either start working incompletely different specialties, or something else- then, and thissearch for oneself, it drags on for many years, and as a result, thereproductive function is missed." The function is missing. Childbearing."P'nyatnenko"? As Mr. Mackie said.FemicideNow Irina Alleman's film "Escape from the Caucasus" has appeared onYouTube. About Caucasian women fleeing from the dictatorship of thepatriarchal family and from the dictatorship of the state, which returnsthem to these families for humiliation, slavery and sometimes certaindeath. Anna Rivina, head of the Violence.Net center, says in aninterview for the film: "Understanding that the North Caucasus has itsown specifics, there is no need to live in the myth that Central Russiais a territory free from violence. This is not true... This state isbuilt on violence. It's one language."Well, here is one of the recent examples that hit the media. The priestkilled his wife and, in front of his eight-year-old daughter, put thesevered head in the refrigerator. If you read the stories ofparishioners about the murdered Victoria Zubareva, then she was verykind, and she also tried very hard to be a good wife, as required byreligion, she had to endure humiliation and beatings from her husband.It would seem that the families of priests serve as a model forconservative propaganda, but in such a "quiet pool" there are devils.Who does the state favor?But there is also an iceberg of hidden femicide that we do not knowabout. Moreover, the killers themselves are now considered heroes. Forexample, the parents of the brutally murdered Vera Pekhteleva learnedthat their daughter's killer had been pardoned by Putin for six months.This is the same sensational story when neighbors tried for severalhours to persuade the police to come and save the beaten girl. But thepolice have other important things to do - arrest pacifists.Peskov, Putin's press secretary, commented on the situation that,supposedly, this is how it should be, "... those convicted, includingthose convicted of serious crimes, atone for their crime on thebattlefield with blood." That is, they continue to kill. And the stateitself decides whether the guilt is expiated or not, and the opinion ofthe relatives of the victims is not taken into account.This week, the lawyer for the man convicted of organizing the murder ofAnna Politkovskaya said that his client had also received a pardon forhis participation in the war against Ukraine, or, as he put it, in a"military operation." That is, there is officially no war, but there isa military operation. And if you call the war a war, then you will beimprisoned, and the murderer will be released for even more murderscommitted in this war. By the way, the organizer of Politkovskaya'smurder is a former policeman. I don't think this will surprise anyoneanymore.This is the reality of modern Russia. Murderers are spiritual shepherds,and murderers are heroes. And women, if they are not killed, mustperform the "childbearing function" in order to give birth to soldiersfor an endless war.In this regard, I remember the film "Mad Max", in which women, likefugitives from the Caucasus, fled from the harem, refusing to give birthto new soldiers. In the mass consciousness, anarchism is associated withrealities more similar to the world of Mad Max, but in fact, as we see,it is the state that makes them a reality.What awaits Russia in the near future? The realities of The Handmaid'sTale? "Mad Max?" The realities of Nazi Germany with its yellow stars andpink triangles? Or, on the contrary, will more and more new people jointhe Resistance?Do you know what surprised me most? Among my friends who have supportedthe regime all this time, there are also LGBT people. And they continueto look for explanations and justifications for everything that theauthorities do. Devotion to power, devotion to hierarchy for them turnedout to be stronger than even basic self-preservation. What then,"Comrade Stalin, a monstrous mistake occurred"? But I also know thosewho renounced their empire, realizing that this was a completelydisastrous path.Syndrome is not a death sentenceProbably, many have heard about "learned helplessness syndrome" both inan individual and in an entire society. But not many people know thatnot every dog that was subjected to a cruel experiment stoppedresisting. Every third person continued to try to escape. And subsequentexperiments showed that "learned helplessness" can be cured.So, every third dog continued to resist. And this gives me faith inpeople too.Well that's all for today! We remind you that in Trends in Order andChaos, members of Autonomous Action and other authors give anarchistassessments of current events. 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