true dat! also they shut down the montana portion of the border: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypxnz/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-blocks-canada-us-border?utm_source=VICEWorldNews_twitter&utm_medium=social
On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:06 PM openflows <openfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Comrades! > It has been many years since I have written to you all, via the Nettime > network, however I've been lurking and reading your analysis of the ongoing > resurgence of fascism. Unfortunately I'm writing today to bring your > attention to the current situation in downtown Ottawa, Canada. > A group of fascists, literal white supremacists, have occupied the > downtown core, a mixed commercial residential neighbourhood adjacent to > Parliament Hill, the location of Canada's federal government. > They've done so under the guise of a convoy of truckers protesting > pandemic policies, however their use of trucks as weapons, staging, and > symbolism does not make them representatives of the labour in the logistics > industry. > Rather these extremists are well funded, organized, and part of the larger > international authoritarian movement that is exploiting the pandemic > induced social and public health crisis. > Their occupation began last weekend, and while their numbers have > diminished, reinforcements are expected on the weekend, as other > occupations are expected to spread across the country, including one that > is currently blockading a border crossing in Coutts Alberta. > One of the more disturbing responses to these coordinated fascist actions, > are the passive if not open support coming from law enforcement. In Ottawa, > much to the horror of residents suffering under the occupation, the police > have done nothing to prevent harassment and attacks on residents. > Felix, I'm reminded of an event you and I experienced together in the late > 90s in Toronto that I recall you writing about. It was an occupation of a > bank in Toronto at Bay and King by student radicals. They were holding a > sit in on the ground floor for several hours. The bank issued a press > release saying they supported the students struggle against the government, > and the government issued a press release saying they supported the > students struggle against the bank. > You noted that there was no longer any capital in the physical bank, so > therefore no threat. All were content to leave the students be until they > got tired and hungry. The occupation was useless, because power was no > longer in the bank headquarters, but instead in the bank's computers. > A similarly dynamic is at play in this occupation. The government > continues to function, now largely working remotely. The occupiers can > terrorize local residents, but the government is not directly threatened. > Hence the police and state do nothing to stop these fascists. Even worse, > the police brass and municipal officials openly say they are afraid of > violent confrontation with these fascists who all perceive as being armed. > Without irony, a primary demand of the occupiers is control of government. > This would all be hilarious if it weren't also too real. > And it is a symbolic victory for the international fascist movement. > Hence why I am writing today. > Please look at what is happening in Ottawa. > Do a quick search on Twitter or your preferred social media to see what is > being said. By the occupiers. By their supporters. By the people being > occupied. And those of us who are placing this in a larger global context. > Shit is fucked up and bullshit. > > > > > -- > http://jessehirsh.com/ > http://youtube.com/openflows > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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