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U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

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Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

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Wow sounds like a great organization. Any organization on a sanction list from this criminal government is a friend of mine.

The best thing you, the reader, can do us create something like this. Doesn't have to be massive, there just have to be enough copies they can't sanction everyone.

Second best thing is give them money ASAP since they're going to be unable to receive it in two weeks.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#782
post #95

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Palestine Action has been designated a terrorist group in the UK as well after sabotaging military aircraft (the article says they sprayed paint, but does not say it was sprayed inside jet engines, rendering them inoperable). Masar Badil supports "armed struggle". One of the other groups ("hammer") recently designated a terrorist group (and linked to A/I Collective in another article I read ) got its name by attackin…

> Palestine Action has been designated a terrorist group in the UK as well after sabotaging military aircraft (the article says they sprayed paint, but does not say it was sprayed inside jet engines, rendering them inoperable). That pretty much tells you everything you need to know. Definitions of "terrorism" that extend to sabotage against occupying or invading militaries and their allies are meaningless and hollow…

> which means invasion is "war" but resistance is "terrorism"

That's the definition every undemocratic occupying power uses.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#783

I clicked around a bit, read the manifesto, I still have no idea what these people do. I guess they claim to have been around for a while, but a bunch of the links don't work and the manifesto has definitely been updated to reflect 2026 opinions. What is this?

For what it's worth, the people I have known personally who talk like this don't actually do very much except talk like this. Then again, they have never been sanctioned by a government.

These guys provide web hosting and stuff.

If you knew people who actually did actions, they'd be right in not telling you about their actions until they really really trusted you to defend them with your life. Loose lips sink ships when you're going against a government.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

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post #439

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> We support individuals, collectives, communities and groups whose political and social activities fit within this worldview and who share with us some fundamental principles: anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-militarism. On top of that, one has to share our basic attitude towards money and the capitalistic world: a deep feeling of uneasyness and unrest. I don't see anything wrong with that. They make 0 m…

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"radical left" is not an accurate recitation of "anti-racist, anti-sexist"

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#785
post #610

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Opposing fascism and racism is not "radical left". It's centrism. The State Department's words are not A/I's.

Antifa is not centrist

Is antifa in the room with us? Who is he?

If opposition to fascism isn't centrism then what is?

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#786
post #17

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Did you click on https://www.inventati.org/about ? (I also tried reading the manifesto first.) From it: > We support individuals, collectives, communities and groups whose political and social activities fit within this worldview and who share with us some fundamental principles: anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-militarism I suspect they have some "not mainstream" political views; although I think underst…

It’s a sad day when antifascism is considered not mainstream

Fascism is mainstream so it makes sense that its opposite is not.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#787

I clicked around a bit, read the manifesto, I still have no idea what these people do. I guess they claim to have been around for a while, but a bunch of the links don't work and the manifesto has definitely been updated to reflect 2026 opinions. What is this?

Maybe a honeypot?

If it was a honeypot it wouldn't be a sanctioned terrorist organisation.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

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post #670

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> fair No, with these limited elements. The filter may just be "of course I will not provide my (free) service to people that may use it in what I call a repugnant way". When you know Harry is a rogue CEO, say a misinformation spreader or the issuer of unethical products, and you refuse to work for it, to provide it your services: does that make you an "activist"? Many people will call it "just the normal right thing…

> Many people will call it "just the normal right thing to do". It’s absolutely not a normal thing to do for entities that want to use the “we are just infrastructure, our users are responsible for their actions” excuse. In fact, such entities (e.g. power grid, telecom) are often legally prohibited from choosing their clients, and in exchange aren’t held responsible for what their clients do with their services.

The government should pass a law forbidding blog hosts from choosing their clients if that's what they want to happen. Otherwise, blog hosts are allowed to choose which blogs they host.

Re: U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective

#790
post #379

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You're appealing to another proscription decision that is extraordinarily controversial.

Controversial -- particularly amongst those of a particular political persuasion that supports a terrorist state -- doesn’t mean preposterous.

We get it - everyone you disagree with is a terrorist. You can stop commenting now.
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