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CVA: Five Years of Nazi Tears

By on 2023/03/20

If you would like copies of this zine to distribute locally, reach out to us at cvantifa@riseup.net. Print copies of all our zines can be found in the Corvallis Zine Library located in the red room in Interzone.

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Glorify and centralize violence. Sometimes at actions, we've seen people take the phrase "we go where they go" as their singular goal, and put themselves and others in dangerous situations because they didn't take into account the real would considerations of actually fighting fascists (e.g. numbers, cameras ,exit routes, weapons/protective gear, etc). The notion that effective antifascism can only be achieved through repeatedly throwing yourself into violent situations in the streets is damaging to specific actions, and undermines the safety of yourself, your crew, and your community. When you get into fights, be sure to win them. Getting beat up because you wanted to be macho and cool doesn't help anyone and just emboldens fash. Pick fights when you have the means to win them, and use sneakier tactics when you don't. Be limited by ideology. Effective Antifascist organizing requires a unified front. Outright refusing to organize with Antifascists who have slightly different politics than yours isolates your communities and limits your potential as organizers. We cannot afford to be separated by relatively irrelevant differences when there is urgent work to be done. Our crew has had members who have self described as Green Anarchists, Marxists, AnComs, Bookchinites, and Leninists who have been able to work together effectively because we care more about community defense and Antifascism than we do about highfalutin political theory. Maintain an active core group. It's great to have a lot of people involved, as the saying goes "many hands make light work." But it's only true if all those hands are, you know, actually doing the work. We've had members that needed to step back temporarily or permanently because they don't have the time, mental capacity, or motivation to be as actively involved - and that's okay. Check in with your crew, make sure people are okay, and remove inactive folks from the loop. It's good security culture and better for their mental health to not be constantly bombarded by asks that they will always turn down. You can always add them back in once they're in a place where they can be active and involved.

 

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