Good thing that you wrote a reaction to the postering action. Here's the link to the action in question: https://indymedia.nl/node/56129
I think your reaction is justified, i was wondering why the post went past so silently but didn't realise the comments had been turned off which is a shame. All too often people accept this kind of stuff due to identitarian positioning (which is devouring the autonomous left), which is too bad, as if your ideas don't mean anything anymore.
In my vision the only poster i have a problem with is the one with the saluting Al-Qassam fighter. The other posters depict the targeting of military equipment/personel, and therefor is justified regardless of person/faction/ideology carrying it out (although i cannot read arabic and therefor don't know what the slogan says). The method is one which is essential in all revolutionary struggles.
But lets also analyse the poster in question. We're also quick to chuck around terminology these days, to silence eachother instead of having a debate which could push the struggle forward. As i talked about methods before, let's focus on that. I'll leave the religious-fundamentalist-nationalist ideology and political ambitions of the Al-Qassam Brigades/HAMAS out of this for this reaction as it is besides the point imo. Just as the events of oct 7th are. It's obvious that context and rupturing happenings push our ideas in certain directions on occasion, but they are ideas nonetheless, therefor require consistency.
So what elements does this poster contain?
- militaristic pose + behaviour/salute, a salute in this manner always entails a hierarchy
- the use of children for war propaganda
- patriarchy (all hail the man with the big gun)
- glorification and romanticizing of a (para)military and the devastating war and genocide in Gaza
So these elements combined are enough to make me shudder... I have absolutely no affinity with what the poster is portraying.
Good thing that you wrote a
Good thing that you wrote a reaction to the postering action. Here's the link to the action in question: https://indymedia.nl/node/56129
I think your reaction is justified, i was wondering why the post went past so silently but didn't realise the comments had been turned off which is a shame. All too often people accept this kind of stuff due to identitarian positioning (which is devouring the autonomous left), which is too bad, as if your ideas don't mean anything anymore.
In my vision the only poster i have a problem with is the one with the saluting Al-Qassam fighter. The other posters depict the targeting of military equipment/personel, and therefor is justified regardless of person/faction/ideology carrying it out (although i cannot read arabic and therefor don't know what the slogan says). The method is one which is essential in all revolutionary struggles.
But lets also analyse the poster in question. We're also quick to chuck around terminology these days, to silence eachother instead of having a debate which could push the struggle forward. As i talked about methods before, let's focus on that. I'll leave the religious-fundamentalist-nationalist ideology and political ambitions of the Al-Qassam Brigades/HAMAS out of this for this reaction as it is besides the point imo. Just as the events of oct 7th are. It's obvious that context and rupturing happenings push our ideas in certain directions on occasion, but they are ideas nonetheless, therefor require consistency.
So what elements does this poster contain?
- militaristic pose + behaviour/salute, a salute in this manner always entails a hierarchy
- the use of children for war propaganda
- patriarchy (all hail the man with the big gun)
- glorification and romanticizing of a (para)military and the devastating war and genocide in Gaza
So these elements combined are enough to make me shudder... I have absolutely no affinity with what the poster is portraying.