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vrijdag 20 mei 2022

#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #US #USA #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update #(en) US, black rose fed: Rights Are Made in the Streets, Not the Courts: BRRN Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The following is a statement and analysis written and endorsed by Locals and at

large members of the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation. ----Introduction ---- We must fight for access to safe, legal, free, and universallyavailable abortion. ---- The people of the United States are in the midst of acritical moment. On May 2nd, 2022, a draft opinion was leaked to the publicdetailing how the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), a body of 9unelected judges, intends to overturn Roe v. Wade. If this draft opinion were tobe codified, it would almost certainly mean the immediate introduction of billscriminalizing abortion in half or more of U.S. states. ---- This assault onbodily autonomy is part of what we call class struggle-and class struggle is thereal history of capitalism. The human as property is inscribed in the veryinception of the white supremacist, settler-colonial, Christian,hetero-normative, patriarchal, capitalist state. It is a core necessity of thecapitalist mode of production to control social reproduction.In the midst of this potential decision, we are once again made aware of the factthat feminism can be co-opted by the dominant class and repurposed to meet itsown goals. For us, this does not mean disengaging with feminism. On the contrary,along with other revolutionary organizations, we want to implement a trulyrevolutionary working-class feminism. A feminist praxis that is transversal,non-exclusionary, and does not re-create oppressive systems of gendercategorizations.We also need to find the best way to resist this assault. Since it is clear thatrevolutionary conditions are not in place right now, we cannot expect to have aradical change that will transform society in the near future. We need to openefficient lines of struggle within our immediate communities while strengtheningmass movements and building popular power.By the same token, we also need to understand the reason for the advent of thisreactionary policy. We cannot forget that the George Floyd uprising of 2020 shookthe status quo. History teaches us that after major rebellions the state alwaystries to re-organize repressive power. This is also a symptom of major crises tocome. These crises may produce revolutionary possibilities. Revolutionaryworking-class feminism will be a major player in leading a successful socialrevolution.How We Got HereThe elimination of Roe would be the culmination of a decades-long campaign wagedby a coalition of right wing religious groups, politicians, and judges. The harshreality is that this campaign has successfully chipped away at Roe through a longterm strategy of targeted violence, coercion, and legislative action. Combined,these efforts have already resulted in de facto bans on abortion in whole regionsof the country.But this far-right minority are not the only ones to blame. While the right wasturning up the heat, the supposed staunchest defenders of reproductive rights-theDemocratic Party and a complex of liberal NGOs-were, in the instance of theformer, cynically using the erosion of Roe as blackmail to turn out voters, andin the latter, prescribing a further consolidation behind the Democrats as theonly "realistic" bulwark against further compromises to abortion access. Whilethe Democratic party has been put in charge of all three branches of governmentmultiple times in the last 30 years, it has categorically refused to legislatefurther federal protections for abortion rights. The fact that we have arrived onthe precipice of a total reversal of Roe should dispel any lingering faith thatthese institutions act in our collective interest.Defending the existing right to abortion, and more importantly, going on theoffensive to extend this right so that abortion is in practice free, safe, legal,and universally available, will require a new strategy-one that does not rely onthe dead ends of the Democratic Party or its extension in the complex ofNon-Profit organizations. Our strategy must be from below and outside, premisedon the understanding that rights are made, defended, and extended in the streets,not the courtsOutlawing Abortion is Patriarchal Domination and Class WarfareThe reversal of Roe is a clear assault on the rights of all people and theirbodily autonomy. However, it has always been the case that those in the rulingclass are not subject to law in the same way that most of us are. Whetherabortion is banned regionally or, in the worst case, nationally, this is nobarrier for the rich who have the resources to travel to areas where abortionwill remain legal. As such, a ban on abortion means that those of us in thedominated classes and social groups will bear the brunt of its violence. Make nomistake: working class women, trans people, and people of color are beingtargeted for further domination in this effort.As well, the intent of a ban goes deeper than just restricting what certainpeople can do with their bodies. It is designed to reaffirm social hierarchiesthat are seen to have been shaken in recent years by mass revolts which havetargeted the capitalist, white supremacist, settler-colonial, heteronormative,patriarchal state. For example, those most invested in a system of patriarchaldomination see the need to stabilize and further subordinate the category of"woman," so that their vision of social reproduction can continue. It is for thissame reason that we are right now also seeing a flurry of anti-trans legislation.Both are attempts at reconsolidating a social order that is perceived to be injeopardy.A Crumbling Liberal Political OrderWhether or not a dramatic erosion of social hierarchies is taking place in theway that the right imagines (we would argue that these hierarchies in fact remainrelatively stable), the legitimacy of foundational U.S. political and judicialinstitutions has no doubt been thrown into question in recent years. But whatdoes this crisis of legitimacy actually mean? What we see is a growing generalrecognition of the non-neutrality of these governing institutions. The highestcourt has long asserted itself as an impartial arbitrator, when in actuality itis and always has been a site of political contestation and an instrument ofdomination.Recognizing this, we should be careful not to seek recourse in "electing theright people" or pinning our hopes on the exceedingly improbable possibility thatthe Democrats might break with their cherished "norms" and intervene directly bypassing national abortion legislation, packing the court, or abolishing SCOTUSaltogether. The strategy of "getting the right people elected"-the one thatDemocratic Party and its NGO allies consistently propose-clearly does not work,nor is it designed to.The right recognizes this and has, for the most part, dropped any pretense ofmoderation or concern with a majoritarian mandate. This is evident in thedeclaration of its intent to fully dismantle what remains of this country'salready threadbare social programs. Universal public schooling, laborprotections, Medicaid, SNAP, etc. Everything is now on the table.While we must fight to defend the provisions that were hard won by those massmovements that came before us, as social revolutionaries we are not interested insalvaging a liberal political order which cannot guarantee even the most basicsocial goods. Instead, we seek to overcome and go beyond it.The Tasks AheadFaced with all of this, we have several extraordinarily difficult tasks ahead of us.Our first and most immediate task is to register our collective anger by gettingout onto the streets. Though, for this to be meaningful, let alone materiallyeffective, demonstrations must be coupled with deep organizing in our workplaces,our unions, our places of worship, our schools, and our neighborhoods. Bases inthese sites will form the building blocks of class independent, directlydemocratic, and militant social movements that have the potential to takestruggle to the next level.In this same early stage, the revolutionary left must also work to further grounditself in a politics of transversal working class feminism that it can transmitto the social movements in which it is present. This stands in stark contrast tothe class collaborationist liberal feminism that was ascendant during the Trumpyears. Solid ideological foundations are a necessary component in keeping anymass movement self aware, principled, and militant.If we are successful in building a robust, organized, and militant socialmovement focused on securing abortion, its aims should be twofold: theconstruction of interim services and mass disruption.In the U.S. there is a rich history of successful efforts by the feministmovement in building networks of clandestine abortion services, like Jane, in thepre-Roe era. Some contemporary versions of these networks already exist. Weshould work to incorporate them into any broader fighting social movement thatemerges.But stopping at the creation of alternative interim services is not enough. Aslong as there is a legal regime which outlaws abortion, we must fight toeliminate it. Even the most successful underground infrastructure will leave manymillions of people unable to easily or safely access services. At best, theseclandestine networks will work as stop gap measures, providing crucial access tothose most in need while the larger struggle for the restoration and extension ofreproductive rights continues.By mass disruption we refer to long term campaigns of strategically orienteddirect action: labor/student/social/rent strikes, blockades, occupations, andother innovative tactics that apply serious coordinated pressure to the state andthe economy. The ability to carry out this kind of activity on a materiallymeaningful scale will depend on how successful we are in building theaforementioned bases at work, at school, at church, and on our block that canreach beyond the activist milieu and bring everyday working people into socialmovement organizations. For inspiration, we should look to and learn from therecent Green Wave victories in Latin America, the repeal of the 8th Amendment inIreland, and similar movements in South Korea, and Poland.What's been discussed above are short and medium term goals. We face seriousobstacles in achieving them, not the least of which are a lack of social movementconsistency, organization, and strategy in the U.S. However, if we are able tomake real strides in these areas, whole new horizons begin to appear. Massmilitant social movements have the potential to go beyond just extractingconcessions from the state and capital. If powerful enough, they are capable ofbecoming organs of popular power that can openly contest the whole political andeconomic arrangement of our society. If successful, they are means through whicha revolutionary transformation could be made. There is, of course, a long road totravel before we can arrive at such a moment, but through diligent work,organization, and commitment the possibility stands before us.ConclusionAs social conditions continue to disintegrate and hurtle us toward a more nakedauthoritarianism, it's on us to build independent movements capable of bringingthe fight to the state from the outside.We must break the monopoly that the Democratic Party and NGO groups at this pointstill have over narratives and campaigns connected to reproductive rights. Thereis no possibility of voting our way out of this situation, we can only fight ourway out, and social movements are our vehicle for struggle.In building a fighting mass movement we can not only defend reproductivehealthcare, but we can expand it-along the way building our confidence and powerfor struggles in other sectors, subsequently paving the way for a seriousrevolutionary confrontation with the state and capital.We wish you bravery and we hope that you will join us in this struggle.For free, safe, legal, and universally available abortion.For a transversal and revolutionary working class feminism.For libertarian socialism.Up with those who fight!¡Arriba los que luchan!Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation10) https://blackrosefed.org/scotus-roe-draft-statement/_________________________________________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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