Atlanta Antifascists :antifa: on Nostr: 10.16.2023 - Statement by Atlanta Antifascists (atlantaantifa.org) Atlanta ...
10.16.2023 - Statement by Atlanta Antifascists (atlantaantifa.org)
Atlanta Antifascists stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We condemn all targeting of civilians in war, no matter what nationality or religion. We have no sympathy for Hamas, whose original (1988) charter was unambiguously antisemitic, and whose slaughter of civilians is abhorrent. We also broadly believe in the Palestinian right to self-determination. As US citizens, we recognize that many of the weapons currently killing Palestinian children were supplied by our government, and believe that all US citizens have the same moral duty to oppose US-funded state terrorism and war crimes by Israel.
The recent murder of a Palestinian-American 6-year-old by an Islamophobe underlines how important it is to fight against the dehumanization of Palestinians and of the broader Muslim community. Media coverage and misinformation surrounding the war has contributed greatly to this dehumanization. In our long experience fighting fascism and the far right, we have seen how antisemitism and Islamophobia are highly complementary. Both forms of hatred have been stirred by the war. The neo-Nazi side of the spectrum exploits the war to demonize all Jewish people; they use the fight for Palestinian liberation as a ruse to push their antisemitic agenda against those they perceive as the greater threat, in this case the Jewish community. But make no mistake, they privately treat Palestinians as subhuman and plot to murder Arab immigrants. The Christian Zionist side of the spectrum pretends to care about antisemitism, but their vision of Palestinian genocide is connected to a fundamentalist eschatology in which all Jewish people will convert to Christianity or be sentenced to hell.
We believe that both strains of the far right must be fought at the same time, and we will continue to do so. In the short term, we encourage supporting mutual aid efforts for Palestinian civilians. Here is one organization to support right now: HIRN (Hebron International Resource Network) at www.nonviolenceinternational.net/hirn_partner.
Atlanta Antifascists stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We condemn all targeting of civilians in war, no matter what nationality or religion. We have no sympathy for Hamas, whose original (1988) charter was unambiguously antisemitic, and whose slaughter of civilians is abhorrent. We also broadly believe in the Palestinian right to self-determination. As US citizens, we recognize that many of the weapons currently killing Palestinian children were supplied by our government, and believe that all US citizens have the same moral duty to oppose US-funded state terrorism and war crimes by Israel.
The recent murder of a Palestinian-American 6-year-old by an Islamophobe underlines how important it is to fight against the dehumanization of Palestinians and of the broader Muslim community. Media coverage and misinformation surrounding the war has contributed greatly to this dehumanization. In our long experience fighting fascism and the far right, we have seen how antisemitism and Islamophobia are highly complementary. Both forms of hatred have been stirred by the war. The neo-Nazi side of the spectrum exploits the war to demonize all Jewish people; they use the fight for Palestinian liberation as a ruse to push their antisemitic agenda against those they perceive as the greater threat, in this case the Jewish community. But make no mistake, they privately treat Palestinians as subhuman and plot to murder Arab immigrants. The Christian Zionist side of the spectrum pretends to care about antisemitism, but their vision of Palestinian genocide is connected to a fundamentalist eschatology in which all Jewish people will convert to Christianity or be sentenced to hell.
We believe that both strains of the far right must be fought at the same time, and we will continue to do so. In the short term, we encourage supporting mutual aid efforts for Palestinian civilians. Here is one organization to support right now: HIRN (Hebron International Resource Network) at www.nonviolenceinternational.net/hirn_partner.