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Title: Night of Rage Author: Jane’s Revenge Date: 2022-05-30 Language: en Topics: abortion, anarcha-feminism, communique, armed struggle Source: Retrieved on 2022-05-30 from https://janesrevenge.noblogs.org/2022/05/30/night-of-rage/
Within the month we anticipate a verdict will be issued that overturns
Roe v. Wade, setting in motion an evisceration of abortion access across
the so-called United States.
This is an event that should inspire rage in millions of people who can
get pregnant…and yet, the response thus far has been tepid.
We have agonized over this apparent absence of indignation. Why is it
that we are so afraid to unleash hell upon those who are destroying us?
Fear of state repression is valid, but this goes deeper than that.
Your anger has been stolen from you.
To this we say: no more. We need to get angry.
We need the state to feel our full wrath.
We need to express this madness fully and with ferocity. We need to quit
containing ourselves.
We need them to be afraid of us.
Last week, an evil creature slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in
their classroom in Texas. While some may call this horrific act
“senseless” or “random,” we know that’s not the case. We know that this
was an act of male domination and patriarchal violence, meant to make
women, children and teachers live in fear. We know it is deeply
connected to the reproductive violence about to be unleashed on this
land by an illegitimate institution founded in white male supremacy.
We cannot think of a clearer example in this time of the need for
autonomously organized self-defense networks. We cannot think of a
clearer example of the desperate need for those who can get pregnant to
learn how to confront misogynistic violence directly. We also believe
this unlearning of our self-containment can begin in the streets when we
organize alongside one another to confront state forces of evil and
domination.
Several weeks ago, we watched and waited as self-proclaimed “feminist
organizations” and non-profits took the lead on arranging their demure
little rallies for freedom. We were told to let them handle it, and to
defer to the political machinery that has thusfar failed to secure our
liberation. In a world where the news media has an attention span of
about 24 hours on their best day, we knew these hollow gestures would
fail to capture attention. We knew we were witnessing counterinsurgency
in action. We cannot sit idly by anymore while our anger is yet again
channeled into Democratic party fundraisers and peace parades with the
police.
We were even told we must cooperate with them because they work
alongside abortion providers and clinic escorts…a group of people who,
at this moment in time, cannot possibly risk their lives or their
livelihoods any further than they already are. We honor these providers
and their service. We do not honor those who would use them as a shield
against direct and militant action. We believe the greatest honor we
could give them would be to act meaningfully in their name.
The time to act was decades ago. The next best time is now.
Whatever form your fury takes, the first step is feeling it.
The next step is carrying that anger out into the world and expressing
it physically.
Consider this your call to action.
On the night the final ruling is issued——a specific date we cannot yet
predict, but we know is arriving imminently——we are asking for
courageous hearts to come out after dark.
Whoever you are and wherever you are, we are asking for you to do what
you can to make your anger known.
We have selected a time of 8pm for actions nationwide to begin, but know
that this is a general guideline. There may be other considerations
involved in planning time and place. We do not claim to speak for every
community or crew. We are simply calling out to you. And we hope you
answer our cries.
To the cis male allies who would be interested in joining us in the
streets, we say: you are certainly welcome, but you must use your
privilege to shield and support us in a way that also enables us to get
angry. Do not police us. Do not tell us what is and isn’t appropriate.
But do aid us when we are in need.
We must also say: do not wait until the verdict arrives to organize.
Make plans now. Take action now.
It is not enough to share images on Twitter and Instagram (though that
is still important to do). We cannot sustain this movement any longer
with the same few hundred people who have been beaten down over and over
again. We must not only circulate this call on social media, but reach
out to communities who may not be in touch with “radical circles”
online.
Mass action requires mass outreach.
We would not be issuing this call if we did not believe in our bones
that this kind of action is possible. We have witnessed the wom*n of
Argentina, Mexico and Poland organize autonomously for their
reproductive liberation. We know it can be done…but we need every soul
reading this to do their part.
To those who work to oppress us: If abortion isn’t safe, you aren’t
either. We are everywhere.
Signed,
JANE’S REVENGE