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The Fifth Issue of the Al Amal (Hope) newsletter, produced by the Anarchist Gathering of Sudan.
Hosted by the French section of the CNT-AIT.
Sudan: The Khartoum Crisis or the Crisis of
Khartoum?
We notice that the proxy war ongoing in Sudan for the past
50 years has largely focused on controlling Khartoum. The
city has appeared as a dream for armed movements seeking
to hold the regime accountable and bring an end to power.
However, the crisis is not about Khartoum as a capital
housing armies and looters, but rather as a state that
complicates the humanitarian situation in Sudan. This is due
to more than half the population crowding into one place to
access basic services such as water, electricity, education,
and healthcare.
The result has been the inability to provide these services to
such a large population in one spot, which in turn led to the
marginalization of all other regions. These areas, by default,
became self-reliant and connected to the state only in terms
of formal authority. This created a deep class divide—not
just between rich and poor, but between residents of small
towns and the so-called national prosperity.
This marginalization continued for many years, eventually
pushing the populations of those regions to become pawns
in the hands of armed movement proxies, used to advance
political or military agendas or to ignite wars that cost
thousands of innocent lives.
Our understanding of class realities and class war is
inseparable from the need to solve our problems and manage
our revolution against authority. The current regime
continues to repeat itself with brutality, crushing every
remaining fragment of hope, and tightening its grip on
everything that could make life possible in this country.
Basic services such as water, electricity, and internet are
unavailable in most parts of Sudan, not to mention
healthcare and education.
This collapsed and fragmented country remains,
astonishingly, a coveted prize for military, Islamist-fascist
powers and their cheap allegiance to imperialist interests.
It is not acceptable for anarchists to propose solutions
through a nationalist lens. However, I express this sorrow as
an elegy for the efforts of workers and the struggles of real
heroes who sought to build a less hostile society. As we
work to expand our liberation project, we strive for it to be
inclusive. Even the social classes in Sudan—those who
know nothing beyond herding, mining, or agriculture—are,
in their own way, engaged in our liberation program,
pushing the boundaries of our emancipatory experiment as
far as possible.
Sudan – A War to Dismantle into Mini-States
After it became clear to the people that the goal of this war
is to divide Sudan into mini-states—just as happened with
South Sudan and North Sudan—in order to seize its
resources, it also became apparent that its aim is to destroy
the Sudanese people themselves, making them more
accepting of new forms of domination and deals over gold,
agricultural land, Nile waters, oil, antiquities, livestock, and
other squandered wealth that ends up in the pockets of
mafias.
This is a land of materialism and fragmentation: thousands
of militias control specific areas, enforcing different laws
and constitutions. The terrorist state has also become
significantly weakened, as reflected in its attempts to seek
international aid and in its division of Khartoum's
reconstruction among foreign powers—airports to Saudi
Arabia, major projects to Egypt, and so on.
While the state has directed all its energy toward crushing
what remains of the people, diseases and epidemics ravage
citizens in Khartoum. The state is unable to even combat
mosquitoes; dengue fever spreads, killing thousands of
Sudanese every day. The staggering death toll is an indicator
of a sharp population decline—migration, wars, and
diseases have conspired to wipe out this region.
The continuation of war in Sudan no longer means its
survival. It is only a matter of time before the country is
broken apart into two states and loses half its population in
the newly born entity. This conflict is directly tied to foreign
imperialist powers and their policies of dismantling the
region—and here we are, witnessing their plans bear fruit.
– Fawaz Murtada
EL FASHER HAS FALLEN TO JANJAWEED MILITIA
"Today, under the eyes of the whole world, we witness the
atrocity of the Sudanese war — how Sudanese people are
being massacred in brutal ways by the Rapid Support Forces
and the government.
Driven by authoritarian deals and the struggle to control the
country’s wealth, with the fall of Al-Fashir and the
extermination of the local population at the hands of the
Janjaweed, Sudan opens a new chapter of a long-term war that
could spread throughout the entire country. Either the fighting
stops immediately, or we stand one step away from a full-scale
civil war. Mercy and forgiveness for the martyrs of the
resistance."
The Future of the Sudan Anarchist
Gathering
It is clear that we operate amidst a multitude of dangers. The
dictatorial military regime represents one of the greatest
threats to the group, in addition to the ongoing conflict,
which directly threatens individual lives. This situation also
provides an opportunity for ideological Islamist groups to
exploit the chaos.
We are convinced that struggle is an integral part of our
position and that it inevitably results in losses, but we are
also deeply committed to protecting the lives of our
comrades. We have witnessed a series of systematic
assassinations targeting the revolutionary community. The
torture of opponents of the regime is nothing new in Sudan;
it is practiced in the most horrific ways: burning, rape,
driving nails into the head, inserting metal rods into the
rectum, and even crushing opponents in grinders. The
Muslim Brotherhood regime—or "Kizan"—the brutal
regime that unleashed the war today, is once again shedding
blood and displacing populations, leaving Sudan like a vast
graveyard where not a glimmer of hope shines. Amidst all
this, the most tragic stories unfold: entire cities under siege,
daily massacres in towns like El Fasher, Dilling, and
Kadugli—cities the world has never heard of. This exposes
the lies and weakness of the global capitalist system in its
handling of humanitarian disasters.
We believe that it is the people who free themselves from
slavery and make revolutions. We also believe that our
greatest duty as anarchists is to raise awareness, resist, rise
up, organize, and denounce the brutality of power to the
world.
Sudan is heading either toward partition or another bloody
conflict; The images broadcast on television and in the
international media are only glimpses of the devastation and
destruction caused by these criminals. However, even these
atrocities represent only a fraction of what is happening
every day.
The continued development of the anarchist group and
network in Sudan depends primarily on resources. Although
the group remains resource-poor, it has made significant
progress thanks to the support of comrades abroad,
particularly in the field of cultural publishing and in its
efforts to achieve economic independence. However, it
needs additional impetus to face all these difficulties.
We continue to strive to build a strong movement in Africa
and around the world. Every day, we face challenges and
dangers that we cannot overcome without strong global
solidarity. This is why we strive every day to resist and
continue to resist.
Long live freedom!
Long live anarchism!
Disclaimer: currently the Sudan anarchist gathering do not have
any facebook page. We are not liable for the information
published on Facebook on our behalf.
TUNISIA: GABES WANTS TO LIVE!
In southern Tunisia, the Gabès region has once again be-
come the heart of the revolt. For decades, this land has been
sacrificed to an industrial complex that poisons the air, the
sea, and its inhabitants in the name of "development."
Cancer has become an everyday word, the sea a dump, and
life itself a negotiation with death.
A new wave of protests has erupted around a single demand:
the right to live, and with it, the immediate closure of the
chemical complex. This demand is not new, but this time it
carries a deeper awareness: there can be no reform or com-
promise where life is denied.
The movement rejects all representation. It does not wait for
the state, the political parties, or the unions. It is organizing
horizontally, from the grassroots up. After decades of lies
and repression, it bears the truth of those who have nothing
left to lose but their poisoned air.
The state clearly reveals its nature: led by the police, it re-
sponds neither with dialogue nor justice, but with surveil-
lance, repression, and intimidation. The machine of power
reactivates its usual arsenal: accusations of treason, manip-
ulation of political forces, and incessant attempts to divide
and discredit the protesters. Yet the message from the resi-
dents remains disarmingly simple: living is not a crime.
What is happening in Gabès goes beyond a simple environ-
mental struggle. It is a confrontation between life and a sys-
tem founded on death. Between the logic of profit and the
dignity of existence. Between the silence imposed from
above and the cry that shatters it.
Gaès is demanding the right to live—and, in doing so, re-
vealing the true face of the State.
MOROCCO: LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE OF YOUTH AND THE
POPULATION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND ARBITRARIZATION
AND FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FREEDOM!
For several weeks now, thousands of young Moroccans have
been taking to the streets, expressing a simple and just cry:
decent hospitals, schools for all, a life worth living, an end
to corruption, freedom, etc.
Rightly so. But how does the Cherifian and Makhzenian,
that is, royalist, state respond? Well, it responds to the
population by unleashing its watchdogs (police, Royal
Gendarmerie, army, etc.) and therefore with sticks,
truncheons, arrests, threats, and intimidation, etc. Moreover,
more than a hundred young people have been arrested in
several major cities of the kingdom: Rabat, Casablanca,
Kenitra, Marrakech, Agadir, Fez, to name only the major
cities. Well, these are the masks that are falling and thus,
here is the true face of the "open" and "moderate" Moroccan
regime, and this confirms as always what can be considered
a historical law, namely that when either the interests of the
State and/or the wallet of the masters are affected or simply
targeted, well the State does not hesitate for a moment to
repress those who dare to claim their rights, even a little.
And likewise, even when it is "democratic" or deemed as
such, the State is not a "neutral" arbitration body "above
classes and class interests", and it is nothing other than the
supreme political, economic and social organization of the
power of the capitalist masters, exploiters and their servants.
WHILE STADIUMS ARE BEING BUILT FOR THE BOURGEOISIE
AND A FEW VERY RICH PEOPLE, IT IS POVERTY FOR THE
WORKERS AND THE LACK OF FUTURE FOR THE YOUTH AND
THE REST OF THE POPULATION!
Yes, while the brutal and corrupt regime builds stadiums to
host the 2030 World Cup and other games and devotes itself
to the prestige and spectacle of the bourgeoisie, and while it
spends fortunes to improve its image among its masters in
international big business and imperialism, hospitals are
death traps, because they lack doctors, medical and
paramedical staff, equipment, medicines, and everything
necessary to provide quality care. Similarly, schools are
overwhelmed by the number of students, with teachers who
are underpaid and despised, and families who have to fend
for themselves.
Capitalism and its symbol of power in Morocco, namely the
royalty that represents it, have chosen: to invest in luxury
for the sake of a pseudo-prestige, arrogant and vain in order
to present a beautiful showcase, the true hidden side of
reality, and by definition invests in everything that brings
profit to the bourgeoisie, to what is dedicated to them and
their partners. And meanwhile, the popular and working
classes of the population are dying in the total indifference
of the Makhzen royal regime, if not in contempt on its part.
THE GEN'Z MOVEMENT IS A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT
STRUGGLE THAT COMES NEITHER FROM PARTIES NOR
UNIONS NOR THEIR BUREAUCRATS
This movement is new, fresh, vibrant, and full of hope for
the future. It doesn't come from the old traditional political
parties, which for decades have promised the earth but
delivered nothing in the way of results. It isn't even linked
to them, nor does it have any connection with the
bureaucratized trade unions, which, as always and
everywhere, are mired in "social partnership" and, as a
result, negotiate behind the backs of workers for a few
crumbs and to get the damage done under the best possible
conditions, in addition to being linked to the Makhzen
government.
No, this movement comes directly from the youth, from
those who enter the struggle on their own, and is self-
organized, that is, it organizes and operates without a leader,
without leaders, hierarchy, or any kind of leadership, and
without corrupt apparatuses, even though a perspective to
guide them is lacking. These are groups that organize
themselves, that communicate, that come together, and then
take to the streets together. This is where the spirit of
working-class and popular solidarity lies: the strength that
rises from below, without waiting for a supreme savior. It is
towards this strength that we must orient ourselves and it is
on this that we must bet.
WHAT THIS STRUGGLE TEACH US AND WHAT CAN BE
PROPOSED:
• Healthcare and education are not commodities and
therefore do not have to be paid for. They must be
completely free to be truly accessible to everyone and
managed democratically by those who work for them,
benefit from them, and make them a living (the workers
concerned, users, other staff, etc.) within the framework
of self-management. Access to these amenities must be
a completely inalienable right, regardless of the means
at one's disposal, and it is not up to the "State," much
less to multinationals and corrupt private individuals
interested only in money, to guarantee them.
• Self-organization is the key to deepening the revolution
and its democratic orientation. A perspective and
principles, yes! But no bosses, no leaders, and instead,
make way for popular assemblies, gathering workers,
peasants, and youth, make way for struggle committees,
for horizontal and democratically self-managed
collectives. It is together, through direct action, that we
will win our rights and our freedom.
• Repression will not stop anger! Do not be intimidated
by repression. Therefore, every arrest must meet with a
collective and united response. Solidarity with the
prisoners! For their unconditional release! Mutual
support against police violence! Let us remember that
the power of the state is in the minority, as are our
masters, and that all this is nothing in the face of
organized solidarity.
• Call for the splitting of the sovereign forces (Police,
Royal Gendarmerie, and army) to disarm this regime,
deepen the ongoing revolution, and ensure its success!
Everything is connected: healthcare, education, but also
work, housing, standard of living, and above all... real direct
democracy and the freedom that goes with it. The population's misery is global,
so the fight must be too. We must put an end to this rotten capitalist system and its
dictatorship of money that keeps us on a leash!
OUR PERSPECTIVE: LIBERTARIAN COMMUNISM,
ANARCHO-SYNDICALISM AS A MILITANT TOOL
For us, revolutionary, anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist
militants, this struggle is not a simple protest. It is a wind of
freedom but it also reveals the total bankruptcy of capitalism
and the State and the royal system, as well as the decadence
of the monetary system, plus its harmfulness. Yes, as long as
the current masters have not been driven from power, as
long as the bourgeoisie is not driven from its positions and
expropriated and as long as wealth, heritage and decisions
remain concentrated in the hands of this ever more parasitic
Royal minority, well we will have only crumbs, despite our
struggles and what is more, which will be taken from us by
another hand at the slightest opportunity, sooner or later.
Because the existence of social gains and democratic rights
and freedoms, even if they can be wrested (with a hard
struggle nonetheless) in capitalism, are not at all compatible
with the existence of capitalism and money, especially in a
country where parliamentary democracy and/or a
constitutional monarchy are the preserve of castles in Spain.
We must gain access to healthcare and education, but at the
same time we must wrest true democracy and our freedom!
It is time to liberate ourselves, whether the State, the King
and his despotic system, and capital more generally, want it
or not. We must expropriate the bourgeoisie, that is,
collectivize all the means of production, confiscate all its
assets, both as capitalists and as a royal family, and in fact,
socialize these tools of production and these goods by
placing them in the hands of workers, peasants, residents,
etc. and ensuring their common ownership by those who
bring them to life and benefit from them, with democratic
self-management ensured through these omnipresent,
federated councils, and destroying/replacing this power.
We must build a community-based social and popular
system functioning without a state, government, or any other
power, as a social system also functioning without masters
or exploiters, truly democratic, direct democracy, in which
those who produce and live will decide collectively and will
have free and open access to all the conveniences of
practical life according to their needs..
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING! THE REVOLUTION IS JUST
BEGINNING! CALL TO OVERTHROW ROYALTY AND DEVELOP
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY!
The struggle of Moroccan youth is ours too. Internationalist
solidarity requires it. What is happening in Rabat or
Casablanca is only the beginning of the breath of the wind
of freedom, which could sound the death knell of this brutal,
corrupt and parasitic royalty and this story could also be
written in Paris, Algiers, Tunis, Madrid and so on, because
on the one hand, everywhere, capitalism has had its day and
on the other hand, it is the WORLD that libertarian
communism has to win. The State, capitalism and money are
not only obsolete and senile but in any case are only useful
to a handful of ultra-minority parasites who have it and who
sacrifice our lives for their profits and their arrogant and
contemptible prestige. Everywhere, youth, workers are
rising up, as also in Nepal, Indonesia, Madagascar, etc….
That said, it should be noted for a country like Morocco that
even if the abolition of the monarchy would be a major and
highly symbolic step forward, it would not be an end in
itself; it would be only a step, just a means, because
fundamentally, it is the entire ruling edifice of this country
that must be brought down and dismantled. Not a single
stone of this edifice must remain. And this revolutionary
approach does not consist of abolishing the royal
domination of the state, but rather abolish the class and
capitalist domination, without forgetting the instruments
that keep us on a leash, such as capitalist property relations,
money, etc. So we call for:
- To relay the voice of these struggles and of freedom
everywhere!
- To denounce and weaken repression and deepen the
ongoing revolution! This is only the beginning! The
revolution must deepen and continue!
- To split the regal and military forces of repression! - To
capture the royal palace in Rabat, not to "take power," but to
bring down the monarchy and dismantle its key positions of
power, and then ultimately to dismantle the state and
government from top to bottom!
- To replace the state and government with a federation of
workers', peasants', and residents' councils, federated,
autonomous, horizontal, and self-managed!
- To forge direct links between our struggles, beyond
borders, starting with neighboring and sister countries
(Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, etc.)!
- To stimulate an African social revolution because workers'
solidarity is international, if we want to see the birth of
freedom!
LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE OF YOUTH AND
WORKERS!
LET'S TRANSFORM THIS STRUGGLE INTO A TRUE
REVOLUTION!
IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF
PRISONERS!
DISMANTLING OF THE REPRESSIVE FORCES OF THE
ROYAL STATE!
DOWN WITH THE MONARCHY, THE STATE, AND
CAPITAL! KING MOHAMMED VI, GET OUT!
FOR THE DISMANTLING OF THIS POWER AND ITS
REPLACEMENT WITH FREE AND FEDERATED
COUNCILS!
WE HAVE A WORLD TO WIN! LONG LIVE
PROLETARIAN INTERNATIONALISM!
LONG LIVE FREEDOM! LONG LIVE LIBERTARIAN
SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY! AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY,
NO BOSS, NO STATE, NO MORAL ORDER!
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