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Riots In Our Streets: Antifa and BLM Pt. 1
Using Marx's view that "art is...the secret confession..." its important that we learn about who these people are from the art they produce. Like this piece. Notice the different groups, Belarus, Free Hong Kong, and...YPG(?). Here the artists are comparing Antifa/BLM to them.
The group to really focus on is the YPG. So who are they? Well, how about the military arm of the PKK (which is the Marxist Kurdish group standing against ISIS in Syria.
Why is this important? Because Antifa members and other thought leaders have gone over to Syria to fight with the YPG and train. https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/antifa-ypg-pkk-ties-threaten-national-peace-in-west-3533691
Still not sold. Here is a pic from Syria YPG members with the slogan popular amongst Antifa. And notice the Antifa Flag and symbol on the banner? How about the YPG star on the banner in the lower right corner?
Fire to the Prison online tells you all you need to know about the mindset of Antifa members.
https://firetotheprisons.org/wp-content/uploads/fttp8.pdf
https://firetotheprisons.org/wp-content/uploads/fttp8.pdf
More art to show the solidarity between the PKK (in this case their all women's wing YPJ) and Antifa/BLM.
There is this article from the Nation that downplays the connections, but verifies DHS is looking into the possibility. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dhs-antifa-syria/
And there is this nugget from 2017. To date and in fairness, I have not directly connected Belden to Antifa. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/how-two-us-marxists-wound-up-on-the-front-lines-against-isis/2017/03/30/3c722344-c79e-11e6-acda-59924caa2450_story.html
Though, there are other connections. Like Dr. David Graeber. An American professor at the London School of Economics. Not familiar with LSE? They are big on Fabian Socialism... https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/the-fabian-society-creeping-communism/48293
More on Graeber... https://antifascistnews.net/tag/david-graeber/
Or...how about his trip to Syria to spend time and train with...the PKK and YPG https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/opinion/syria-isis-kurds.html
More on Graeber in Syria
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/no-this-is-a-genuine-revolution/
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/no-this-is-a-genuine-revolution/
@clairlemon covered this controversy on Graeber in 2019. https://quillette.com/2019/09/09/the-anarchist-and-the-anthropology-journal/
By the Way, Graeber is one of the founders of Occupy Wall Street. https://capitalandmain.com/the-anarchy-project-david-graebers-occupy-wall-street
Reminder: the other Co-Founder of Occupy was...Kalle Lasn. His upcoming event is soon to be featured at the White House. https://twitter.com/DunedainRanger9/status/1292473251655036928?s=20
