Must be part machine and able to transact - ie ante up
The jerky hints in this text questioning the integrity of ABC Belarus’ intentions are, of course, jokes. We genuinely appreciate all the years of their committed anti-repression work. If the attention generated by their fight against the ‘Western European anarchism’ translates into love and freedom for Belarusian anarchist prisoners, all the better. The reason for their ridiculing language and scandal-mongering is much more likely to be some bruised egos from not being recognised as a desirable speaker for an anarchist event. The only thing that doesn’t fit here for us is that the group picked ACABB as a scapegoat for an older communication breakdown with anti-militarist anarchists. Surely, some anti-militarists are also to blame for that, but, hey, here are some new ones to talk to in person.
As already implied in our invitation text, ACABB aspires to be not a politicised festival for people to just consume ideas and come to watch an explosive discussion, but a space where people actively engage in deliberation on collective solutions (and hopefully build new gangs 🙂 ). We are not interested in deepening the divide between the anarchists defending the participation in state armies and the ones opposing it. It would be far more useful at the moment of such division to sit together as individuals at eye level and try to re-build connections. We have already confirmed such an event at ACABB about the RU-UA war and welcome everyone who seeks conversation, not escalation.
one of the acabb
(https://acabb.noblogs.org/statements/)
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