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With the election looming, both the far right and the Democrats will be jockeying to capitalize on the catastrophe that Hurricane Helene inflicted on western North Carolina.

In fact, the bulk of the relief efforts in these communities are being spearheaded by ordinary people who oppose both parties, such as the anarchists who have been stocking this mutual aid depot.

In every crisis like this, the social inequalities that capitalism produces compound the problems, state mercenaries and bureaucracy hinder people from helping each other, and the hatred that fascists promote serves to distract from the real beneficiaries of the tragedy. The fight against capitalism, the state, and fascism really is a struggle for survival.