Notices by Anti.:fuck_verify: (antiall3s@kolektiva.social)

In May of 2020 i went to see my MD, about these strange, persistent symptoms i had been experiencing since an unknown (yet suspiciously familiar sounding) infection in early march. First he told me, it's just your asthma that got worse, use more asthma spray. A few weeks later after things got even worse he told me, it's just panic attacks, here have some Benzos. Side note: These Benzos are not at all recommended for use with asthma. But nvm.

Through online contacts i found out that it might have #LongCOVID.

My contacts to medical doctors have not improved much since then, they ~kind of~ believe me. ~But the data does not confirm that anything is wrong with you~.

As a consequence i have stopped expecting anything from medical doctors and instead started avoiding them as best as i can. My only hope is for a test, that at some point will prove my illness. Until then, they can fuck right off and just write me the prescriptions i need.

But when i read about what seems to start happening (or rather keeps happening?) in certain health care settings now, it makes me so sad and angry. More than 3 and half years after LongCOVID has been named by patient groups, they are now telling people to just 're-frame it in their brains'. ~Just start working again and see how this will fix things for you~. As if. There is also a type of person, who was lucky enough to get cured after having LongCOVID, then turns into the worst proponent of preachy self-righteousness out there. Just stfu.

The problem with this illness is that what works for one person might be the worst idea for another. It will require a level of individualized care that the medical establishment simply cannot provide. More urgent than ever do we need to build radical and robust communal care structures. The best possible help will come from there.

https://kolektiva.social/@trekhausen/111019240075423755

"People who are home-bound, bed-bound, or just can’t make it to in-person meetings/hangouts/etc need and deserve community. Who is anyone to say that online spaces cannot exist as community building?"

[⚠️SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/inbox/post/136168318]

@MediaActivist Depends what you use it for. For images pixelfed, for text one of the blogging apps. But maybe wait and see, if Tumblr will indeed implement the Activity Pub protocol as they have announced.

@elizabethveldon The reason i had high hopes for anarchists in such a situation, is, because with mutual aid and social responsibility we at least in theory have the perfect tools to build robust communal care structures independent of the state and also because inclusion of marginalized communities should be our bread and butter.

Anti-statist radical leftists, who are only willing to wear masks (to protect their endangered comrades or actually themselves and their loved ones), when the state mandates them to do so?!

This just leaves me speechless to be honest.

For more than 40 years now i have proudly called myself an anarchist. But i have to admit, i do feel lost now.

Who are my people? Who are my allies? The statist-left has done a much better job during this pandemic, but there is just no way i could join them.

But if these people described above get to call themselves anarchists and even organize an anarchist gathering without COVID protections in place, well, what does that make me then?

#Anarchy2023 #Ableism #Anarchist #Gathering #Anarchism

Tried to work on an English translation for this text, but my brain won't seem to work today. I was also surprised to see how translating a text i have written in German back to English seems somehow very exhausting. Maybe i'll manage at a later stage.

For now, a crude translation ⚠️google alert⚠️ can be found here: https://pieceoplastic-com.translate.goog/2023/03/08/anarchy2023-das-internationale-antiautoritare-treffen-plant-den-superspreader/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

#Anarchy2023 #Ableism #Anarchy #Intersectionality

Ich musste einen schwierigen Artikel schreiben in diesen letzten Tagen, denn eigentlich habe ich weder die Nerven noch den Mut zu sowas. Aber diese Abgrenzung und auch Warnung musste leider sein, denn eine Anarchie, die ihre behinderten und chronisch kranken Kameraden nicht schützt, sie gar vor einer Teilhabe ausschliesst, ist nicht meine Anarchie.

#Anarchy2023 #Ableismus

https://pieceoplastic.com/2023/03/08/anarchy2023-das-internationale-antiautoritare-treffen-plant-den-superspreader/

Nonetheless, we, the radical left, find ourselves in confusing times, especially as anarchists. Consider how in the anarchist spectrum alone there are confusing developments, from anarcho-capitalists (a bad joke) to apparently also anarcho-conspiracynuts (a frightening mix). From both I have to distance myself. Such rifts are not all that new, though. When one reads the biographies of the old anarchists it becomes clear that already around the 1900s there were important differences and discussions between individualistic and communal strands of anarchy. In addition, groups with an affinity for conspiracies such as We Are Change and Zeitgeist tried to infiltrate anarchist circles as early as 2011 during the Occupy movement.

In any case, I am convinced that such differences must be worked out and named so that some form of cooperation is possible again, even if only by setting boundaries. Signs, even of such fundamental differences, can often be subtle, it took me 5 months to finally fully understand them. I don't want to discourage anyone, but anyone who plans to get involved in organising Anarchy2023 should at least know with whom/what they are getting into. Ditto for those attending the July meeting.

For me personally, it is very clear that I cannot work with people who took part in demonstrations against the Covid19 protective measures. I need to set a boundary towards people who want me dead. Just as anarchy today takes a stand against racism, sexism, queer- and transphobia, it should also position itself against ableism (and ageism). Anarchist groups, that do not protect their disabled and chronically ill comrades, or even exclude them from participation, are not actually anarchists.

Everyone hopes that the pandemic will be over soon. And at this point in time in the absurd nation state called Switzerland the numbers are looking pretty good. But viruses do not respect borders, so an international meeting could remain a risk. In addition, things can start up here again any time, and we should be prepared for such scenarios. The more people or groups that remain cautious by their own volition, the better the perspective. For many of us, the risk simply is too great.

So this is why unfortunately i had to write this text, as a warning, so that people know what they are getting themselves into.

Once again: As of today, both the meeting itself and the organisation of the meeting are not planned in a covid-safe manner, which excludes all people who still need or want to protect themselves from COVID-19. This, by definition, is ableism. If, like me, you disagree with this strategy, please contact info@anarchy.org. Please help out that anarchy can not be reinterpreted in an immature fashion (no rules or we throw a tantrum) or goes down the conspiratorial rabid hole. If all else fails, warn your international contacts if they plan to attend this meeting.

It is true. I dream of an anarchist meeting for everyone. But anarcho-conspiracynuts want a meeting without people like me, because we would restrict their "freedom". Unfortunately, this (tolerance) paradox cannot be resolved.

Anarchy2023 - Free of conspiracy nuts!

#Anarchy2023 #Anarchy #Ableism

Anarchy is not about not following any rules whatsoever, it is about who decides the rules and how/by whom they are imposed.

I can think of a number of rules and restrictions that will quite naturally be followed, even at an anarchist gathering, simply because there is consensus.

Would someone wearing fascist paraphernalia be tolerated, for instance? Or would people behaving in sexist, racist, queerphobic ways not be told they need to stop or leave? Would it be tolerated to endanger other people with weapons and explosions?

So why should ableism be acceptable? Why should reckless behavior that excludes a number of people be fine?

#Anarchy2023 #Anarchy #Ableism

When “anarchists” fall for state propaganda and participate in a mass disabling event without even protecting their endangered comrades, without a care if more people will get disabled or even die as a result of their actions, can they still call themselves anarchists?

When “anarchists” write to me they decided against mask mandates at their meetings because they did not want to “play the role of police”, have they understood the first thing about pre-figurative practices of creating conditions where policing can be abolished because it is no longer needed by for instance having a consensus in regards to certain rules and restrictions?

No and no.

I think Bakunin would turn in his grave. Wrong. Bakunin has turned in his grave, i recently visited his grave and checked.

#Anarchy2023 #Anarchy #Ableism #MassDisablingEvent #COVID19 #LongCOVID

Do rules or restrictions never ever have a place in an anarchist or anti-authoritarian setting?

Don't be silly. Consider the following situations.

When there is food at our events it very often at the very least has vegan options, trying not to exclude our vegan comrades. So why can't we wear masks in order not to exclude our endangered (immunocompromised, chronically ill, disabled or cautious) comrades?

Do we ever have to discuss smoking is accepted in indoor settings (except possibly in France)? So what's wrong with installing air filters or wearing a mask to keep the virus count low during a pandemic with an airborne virus?

At our meetings and gatherings homophobic, racist, sexist, white supremacist etc. attitudes and gestures are not tolerated, simply because they are wrong. So why should COVID-denialist and therefore ableist attitudes be tolerated?

If people feel uncomfortable with specific technological solutions, be it because of OpSec or other concerns, we try to find solutions that feel safer (encryption, avoiding tracking etc.). So why can't we find solutions that make our endangered comrades feel safer during our events?

#Anarchy2023 #Ableism #Anarchist #Gathering #Anarchism

Finally managed to finish the English translation. Still not quite happy with it, but i guess it's okay. I was surprised to notice how difficult it was for me to translate a text i wrote in German to English, don't understand why that is. When i write in English from the start i seem to think differently or something.

https://pieceoplastic.com/2023/03/08/anarchy2023-das-internationale-antiautoritare-treffen-plant-den-superspreader/

#Anarchy2023 #Anarchy #Ableism #StImier #Anarchist #Gathering

We just found out that a relative of ours also has #LongCOVID. She never contacted me, who has been very open about having it.

Instead she went to the Long COVID polyclinic where she was never informed that:

- she is highly susceptible to re-infections with COVID and other viruses.
- re-infections with COVID in 80% of cases lead to a worsening of existing symptoms.

I am flabbergasted. I mean, this is such basic information, that could have strong repercussions on the way she assesses her risk and safety scenario. As well as that of her circle of trust.

She has a diagnosis for ME/CFS, but keeps working, albeit slightly reduced hours, seeing clients, mask-less, traveling etc. etc.

This is madness. Not even the Long COVID clinic properly informs people in this shite country.