On the Monday night before the election, four voting locations in so called “Arcata” were redecorated with graffiti and wheat paste.
This action called attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza that both major parties are committed to supporting despite widespread opposition.
It is time that the United States government stops turning a blind eye to this issue and starts listening to the demands of the people.
Support for an ongoing genocide cannot be allowed to become normalized and accepted as business as usual. This demands direct action.
The specter of fascism has been used as a bludgeon to demand support for the democratic party no matter what, as they move further to the right on a wide range of issues.
Demanding voter support for genocide is a disgusting state of affairs that no one should be able to tune out or ignore.
When the political leadership of the United States makes continuing support for a genocide the only acceptable outcome of voting, then it is time to take action outside of the electoral system. We cannot continue to allow the facade of electoralism to divide us any longer, especially in our support of Gaza.
We need to stop looking to politicians for solutions and start looking alongside each other– to friends, neighbors, and comrades.
There is no lesser evil left to vote for. It’s not enough to switch from one track to the other when we are all tied down to the tracks. Do not expect better from the hand that twists the knife, rather know that you are entitled to fight for the liberation of yourself and all the wretched of the earth.
Ask yourself if the people of Gaza negotiate. Can they settle for less? Can we? What do I risk is the wrong question – what do they risk? This is not a call to martyrdom, to burn oneself. We extend our hands to you, to burn the facade down together.
We stand in the camp that rises up and pulls the knives out. We’re not going away.
Now you know. So what will you do?
