Forwarded from Midget memes, broken dreams (Chelle 🐾🖤⛓)
As telegram gets flooded with neo nazis and white supremacists coming in from parler.. I'd like to remind y'all that racists, homophobes, and bigots are not welcome here and never will be.
Forwarded from Info Kanal Ⓐ
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Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
TELEGRAM CENSORS BLM-AFFILIATED CHANNELS
AFTER FAR-RIGHT DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 18 January 2021
In the weeks following the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, various right-wing extremist Telegram channels coordinated a campaign to remove BLM-affiliated and anti-fascist groups from the platform by submitting false reports to Telegram’s moderators. On the morning of Ma¬rtin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, owners of the targeted groups woke up to find that a number of their communities had been shut down over¬night without warning or explanation. These groups were used to share information, resources and community in times of unrest and uncertainty. These groups date back to the George Floyd protests or mutual aid initiatives in the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Their censorship and removal are the result of a deliberate effort by white nationalist groups to silence opposition during a moment of political turmoil.
Telegram did not provide detailed notices of any kind to channel owners, instead replacing all content with a generic message alleging a Terms of Service violation. While BLM-affiliated channels were taken down, many of the extremist groups coordinating the campaign were left in place, including “Proud Boys: Uncensored” (where the Proud Boys retreated after being removed from other platforms for violent activity) and “GypsyCrusader News Network” (a non-stop deluge of racial slurs, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and a man dressed as the Joker giving Nazi salutes) as well as the group "archived1488" which gloated over the TOS announcement on one of these channels.
After several hours most of the targeted channels were brought back online. Telegram has offered no explanation for the initial shutdowns or the reinstatement of these channels. One possibility is that the spurious mass-reporting by right-wing spam accounts triggered an automatic removal violation, but no actual Terms of Service violation was found upon review by content moderators.
Attacks like these targeting non-violent groups on the left exemplify the double-standard used to silence marginalized people and their allies. Activists use Telegram to provide and receive real-time information related to protest actions, to communicate with allies across regional and national boundaries, and to share resources ranging from recipes to first-aid training. Topics of conversation range from heartbreak over news of Black deaths at the hands of police, to coordinating support for unhoused people in their communities, to organizing mutual aid efforts for those affected by the pandemic. These community resources were taken down while multiple channels openly affiliated with far-right hate groups remained online and functional.
As fallout from the Jan 6 Capitol attack continues to be felt, we anticipate increased attacks on leftist social media channels as well as political targeting of leftist activists. We vehemently maintain that there is a fundamental distinction between groups calling for justice, equity, the end of state sanctioned murder, and an end to homelessness and poverty, and groups calling for the murder and abuse of vulnerable populations to aid in the dissolution of our democracy.
That fundamental difference must be recognized by content moderators at Telegram and other social media networks, and freedom of peaceful organization and protest must be maintained. Equating groups advocating for Black Lives or Anti-Fascism with those calling for genocide, murder, and race war to perpetuate systems of white supremacy only serves to assuage a misguided sense of fairness, and lacks both moral and ethical judgement.
JPG: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9806
PDF: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9807
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY TO PRESS & MEDIA!
AFTER FAR-RIGHT DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 18 January 2021
In the weeks following the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, various right-wing extremist Telegram channels coordinated a campaign to remove BLM-affiliated and anti-fascist groups from the platform by submitting false reports to Telegram’s moderators. On the morning of Ma¬rtin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, owners of the targeted groups woke up to find that a number of their communities had been shut down over¬night without warning or explanation. These groups were used to share information, resources and community in times of unrest and uncertainty. These groups date back to the George Floyd protests or mutual aid initiatives in the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Their censorship and removal are the result of a deliberate effort by white nationalist groups to silence opposition during a moment of political turmoil.
Telegram did not provide detailed notices of any kind to channel owners, instead replacing all content with a generic message alleging a Terms of Service violation. While BLM-affiliated channels were taken down, many of the extremist groups coordinating the campaign were left in place, including “Proud Boys: Uncensored” (where the Proud Boys retreated after being removed from other platforms for violent activity) and “GypsyCrusader News Network” (a non-stop deluge of racial slurs, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and a man dressed as the Joker giving Nazi salutes) as well as the group "archived1488" which gloated over the TOS announcement on one of these channels.
After several hours most of the targeted channels were brought back online. Telegram has offered no explanation for the initial shutdowns or the reinstatement of these channels. One possibility is that the spurious mass-reporting by right-wing spam accounts triggered an automatic removal violation, but no actual Terms of Service violation was found upon review by content moderators.
Attacks like these targeting non-violent groups on the left exemplify the double-standard used to silence marginalized people and their allies. Activists use Telegram to provide and receive real-time information related to protest actions, to communicate with allies across regional and national boundaries, and to share resources ranging from recipes to first-aid training. Topics of conversation range from heartbreak over news of Black deaths at the hands of police, to coordinating support for unhoused people in their communities, to organizing mutual aid efforts for those affected by the pandemic. These community resources were taken down while multiple channels openly affiliated with far-right hate groups remained online and functional.
As fallout from the Jan 6 Capitol attack continues to be felt, we anticipate increased attacks on leftist social media channels as well as political targeting of leftist activists. We vehemently maintain that there is a fundamental distinction between groups calling for justice, equity, the end of state sanctioned murder, and an end to homelessness and poverty, and groups calling for the murder and abuse of vulnerable populations to aid in the dissolution of our democracy.
That fundamental difference must be recognized by content moderators at Telegram and other social media networks, and freedom of peaceful organization and protest must be maintained. Equating groups advocating for Black Lives or Anti-Fascism with those calling for genocide, murder, and race war to perpetuate systems of white supremacy only serves to assuage a misguided sense of fairness, and lacks both moral and ethical judgement.
JPG: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9806
PDF: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9807
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY TO PRESS & MEDIA!
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The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
Forwarded from BunPile Think-Tank
Media is too big
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Forwarded from BunPile Think-Tank
Three years of occupation - three years of resistance
Today, January 20, marks the third anniversary of the occupation of Efrin.
In January 2018, the fascist Turkish state under Erdogan's government began its so-called "Operation Olive Branch" with the support of thousands of jihadist mercenaries. The ideological alliance of the MHP-AKP government and Islamists was opposed by the People's Protection Units and the Women's protection Units -YPG and YPJ- in a heroic resistance for more than two months.
Efrin was one of the most peaceful areas in all of Syria, largely spared from active warfare until the invasion began. Efrin was also one of the areas where social organization based on the ideas of the kurdish freedom fighter Abdullah Öcalan had made great strides. Grassroots democracy, communal life, ecological projects and the liberation of women were intensively brought to life there.
Efrin also became a place of refuge for hundreds of Yezidis who escaped the genocidal terror of the so-called "Islamic State" and found a new and, above all, safe home there.
Today, Efrin looks like a pile of rubble. The jihadist gangs loot the property of the displaced population and those who have not fled, destroy the environment of Afrin, destroy and desecrate cultural and historical sites, kidnap and rape women, and forcibly marry young women and minors. With NATO's acceptance, Turkey is committing war crimes targetting the local population with its proxy army, the jihadist coalition known as the "Syrian National Army." From the very beginning of "Operation Olive Branch," Turkey not only pursued the plan of a short-term military operation, but also pushed for the annexation of the area to Turkey. Today, in Efrin, children are taught according to the Turkish curriculum and ideology, signs etc. are written in Turkish, the Turkish lira has been introduced as the currency and the Turkish post office is responsible for various logistical tasks. Together with the beginning of the construction of a wall around the occupied territories, we can definitely speak of an annexation attempt.
But Efrin is not only the story of terrible atrocities and oppression, but also the story of hope, struggle and resistance.
Various internationalists also took their place in the resistance of Efrin. From all parts of the world, from the most diverse struggles and ideological currents, our comrades participated in the military and civil defense works. In the process, our friends Kendal Breizh (Olivier François Jean Le Clainche), Şahin Hüseyni (Haukur Hilmarrson), Hêlîn Qereçox (Anna Campbell) and dozens more of our friends fell.
In Kurdistan we say "Şehid Namirin" - our martyrs do not die. Our martyrs do not die because we will remember them and continue their struggles and desires. Because remembering means fighting and fighting means remembering. For us, January 20th is a day to remember our fallen friends and the reasons that moved them and move us all to join this revolution, to participate in it, to shape it and to defend it. It is a day to remember and to remind ourselves that it is necessary to draw a clear line between us and the enemy, not to forget what has happened and to gain strength from it for the coming months, years and offensives. To remember that we can all take our place in this revolution and contribute to Rojava and the free Democratic Federation of North-East Syria. It does not matter whether we participate in the military or the social works, because here we can also learn and understand: Society can only succeed with defense, and defense can only succeed with society.
We would like to emphasize once again that Rojava is the revolution of all people who participate in it and contribute here with strength and effort. Rojava is the land of all of us and we can experience and realize here a part of what we have always dreamed of: Building a free life. As our comrades before us have done and are still doing day by day in Ain Isa or Til Temir, it is also our task as internationalists to oppose the enemies of the revolution.
Today, January 20, marks the third anniversary of the occupation of Efrin.
In January 2018, the fascist Turkish state under Erdogan's government began its so-called "Operation Olive Branch" with the support of thousands of jihadist mercenaries. The ideological alliance of the MHP-AKP government and Islamists was opposed by the People's Protection Units and the Women's protection Units -YPG and YPJ- in a heroic resistance for more than two months.
Efrin was one of the most peaceful areas in all of Syria, largely spared from active warfare until the invasion began. Efrin was also one of the areas where social organization based on the ideas of the kurdish freedom fighter Abdullah Öcalan had made great strides. Grassroots democracy, communal life, ecological projects and the liberation of women were intensively brought to life there.
Efrin also became a place of refuge for hundreds of Yezidis who escaped the genocidal terror of the so-called "Islamic State" and found a new and, above all, safe home there.
Today, Efrin looks like a pile of rubble. The jihadist gangs loot the property of the displaced population and those who have not fled, destroy the environment of Afrin, destroy and desecrate cultural and historical sites, kidnap and rape women, and forcibly marry young women and minors. With NATO's acceptance, Turkey is committing war crimes targetting the local population with its proxy army, the jihadist coalition known as the "Syrian National Army." From the very beginning of "Operation Olive Branch," Turkey not only pursued the plan of a short-term military operation, but also pushed for the annexation of the area to Turkey. Today, in Efrin, children are taught according to the Turkish curriculum and ideology, signs etc. are written in Turkish, the Turkish lira has been introduced as the currency and the Turkish post office is responsible for various logistical tasks. Together with the beginning of the construction of a wall around the occupied territories, we can definitely speak of an annexation attempt.
But Efrin is not only the story of terrible atrocities and oppression, but also the story of hope, struggle and resistance.
Various internationalists also took their place in the resistance of Efrin. From all parts of the world, from the most diverse struggles and ideological currents, our comrades participated in the military and civil defense works. In the process, our friends Kendal Breizh (Olivier François Jean Le Clainche), Şahin Hüseyni (Haukur Hilmarrson), Hêlîn Qereçox (Anna Campbell) and dozens more of our friends fell.
In Kurdistan we say "Şehid Namirin" - our martyrs do not die. Our martyrs do not die because we will remember them and continue their struggles and desires. Because remembering means fighting and fighting means remembering. For us, January 20th is a day to remember our fallen friends and the reasons that moved them and move us all to join this revolution, to participate in it, to shape it and to defend it. It is a day to remember and to remind ourselves that it is necessary to draw a clear line between us and the enemy, not to forget what has happened and to gain strength from it for the coming months, years and offensives. To remember that we can all take our place in this revolution and contribute to Rojava and the free Democratic Federation of North-East Syria. It does not matter whether we participate in the military or the social works, because here we can also learn and understand: Society can only succeed with defense, and defense can only succeed with society.
We would like to emphasize once again that Rojava is the revolution of all people who participate in it and contribute here with strength and effort. Rojava is the land of all of us and we can experience and realize here a part of what we have always dreamed of: Building a free life. As our comrades before us have done and are still doing day by day in Ain Isa or Til Temir, it is also our task as internationalists to oppose the enemies of the revolution.