Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
-- Noam Chomsky
Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸
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Masto Re-Introduction
I'm a Linux Administrator and DevOps Engineer, foss & self-host enthusiast, linux gamer, BSD weirdo, and producer of electronic music. Also have an interest learning more about philosophy, left-wing anarchism/syndicalism/mutualism and decentralized systems (outside of crypto context).
Looking to connect with anyone who regularly posts about or engages in those types of interests.
#introduction #linux #linuxgaming #bsd #electronicmusic #anarchism #decentralization #foss
Andrew (Television Executive)
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"But I NEED my highly processed foodstuffs & circuses!"
Whines the average cis-het white person in the #USA as the police state develops to murder >1/2 of the population, but won't even get off of #twitter 
Fuck them & join me in sky piracy.
https://retro.social/@ajroach42/115890824979881160
#SkyPirates #NewEllijayTV #NETV #Resist #Protest #Anarchism #AnarchoSyndicalism
Masto Re-Introduction
I'm a Linux Administrator and DevOps Engineer, foss & self-host enthusiast, linux gamer, BSD weirdo, and producer of electronic music. Also have an interest learning more about philosophy, left-wing anarchism/syndicalism/mutualism and decentralized systems (outside of crypto context).
Looking to connect with anyone who regularly posts about or engages in those types of interests.
#introduction #linux #linuxgaming #bsd #electronicmusic #anarchism #decentralization #foss
ophiocephalic 🐍
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Highlights
02.02.26 - 03.02.26
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# IMPLEMENTATION OF JAN 30 AGREEMENTS
Following the agreement with SDF a convoy STG personal entered the cities of Hasakah and Qamishlo. They are tasked to coordinate the integration of SDF into the new Syrian army and the political structures of the DAANES into the SYrian State. SDF and other structures of NES proposed . SDF answered the request for nominations for some key postitions with the following candidates:
- Noureddine al Ahmad, former SDF public relations officer, as the Hasakah Province governor.
- Azad Kobani, SDF intelligence chief, as the Syrian assistant defense minister.
- Siamand Afrin, SDF unspecified commander, as the Hasakah Province deputy director of security
Unidentified attackers tried to assault the STG convoy is Qamishlo, with Asayish responding to prevent further conflict, resulting in one Asayish injured.
Syrian authorities report positive start to SDF Agreement.
# INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON JAN 30 AGREEMENT:
Al Majalla, a Saudi-owned, UK-based media outlet, published the full text of the January 30 agreement. Allegedly it includes fourteen clauses and four unspecified phases that will occur over one month, as well as a fifth phase that will result in a permanent agreement
1 The SDF and Syrian Government declared a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire and agreed to stop arrests related to recent fighting. The SDF will continue to protect detention facilities holding ISIS fighters, and the Syrian government pledged to provide full logistical support for the ongoing US-led detainee relocation process.
2 The SDF will withdraw its forces from Hasakah and Qamishli cities to agreed-upon bases, while the Syrian army will withdraw its forces near Hasakah City to al Shadaddi.
3 The Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) agreed to form a three-brigade army division in Hasakah Province made up of SDF fighters.
4 The MoD will integrate SDF forces in Kobani into one brigade subordinate to an unspecified parent division in Aleppo Province.
5 The Ministry of Interior (MoI) will dispatch “15 vehicles” to both Hasakah and Qamishli cities to enhance security and begin the process of integrating SDF internal security forces into the MoI.
6 The SDF will submit proposals to appoint local officials, including the governor of Hasakah Province, the assistant minister of defense, and Hasakah Province’s deputy director of security. The Syrian government has already appointed a new Hasakah Province director of security.
7 The Syrian government will take over vital infrastructure from the SDF, including key oil fields in Hasakah Province and the Qamishli Airport.
8 The Syrian government will deploy a team from the Land Border Authority to the Semalka and Nusaybin border crossings in SDF territory to register civilian employees and prevent the smuggling of foreign fighters and weapons at the crossings.
9 The Syrian government will take over all civilian institutions in Hasakah Province and integrate the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) into Syrian state institutions.
10 The Syrian MoD will prevent its forces from entering Kurdish majority towns and cities.
11 The Syrian government will validate all school, university, and institutional certificates issued by the AANES.
12 The Syrian government will provide licenses to all local and cultural organizations and media institutions in accordance with the regulations of the relevant ministries.
13 The Syrian Ministry of Education and the SDF will discuss the educational curriculum for the Kurdish community.
14 The Syrian government will ensure the return of all internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their respective cities and villages (including Afrin, Sheikh Maqsoud, and Ras al Ayn) and appoint local officials to those areas.[28] Turkish-backed offensives against the SDF since 2018 forcibly displaced Kurds from Afrin and Ras al Ayn, and the more recent January 2026 Syrian government offensive displaced people across Aleppo, Hasakah, Raqqa, and Deir ez Zor Provinces.
# ONGOING TRANSFER OF ISIS PRISONERS
Iraq confirms the transfer of over 1300 ISIS prisoners after the operations of transport got delayed due to bad weather conditions. Speaking in an interview with Al Arabiya news channel, Khaled al-Yaqubi, an adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, said that only four of the transferred ISIS members are Iraqi nationals. Earlier on Monday Iraq announced the start of investigative procedures involving 1,387 ISIS members who had been detained in Syria.
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# EVALUATION
The implementation of the agreements between SDF and STG is having some visible steps in the main cities, but on the front lines the situation still tense. Comrades are still ready to defend the ground if things come to a military escalation, not lowering defenses. Even though the political and the military are inherently connected, SDF forces are aware that political agreements should not mean lowering military readiness.
It is a difficult moment for us to evaluate the situation. On one hand this agreement may be an opening ground for political struggle beyond weapons. On the other, many comrades on the ground are having doubts about the agreements, mainly about how much the transitional government will respect the conditions set, as they already broke past agreements. Still, it is clear that the popular organization in NES still strong and ready to struggle, whatever it will be on the frontlines, on the political institutions or on the streets.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist
Highlights
02.02.26 - 03.02.26
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# IMPLEMENTATION OF JAN 30 AGREEMENTS
Following the agreement with SDF a convoy STG personal entered the cities of Hasakah and Qamishlo. They are tasked to coordinate the integration of SDF into the new Syrian army and the political structures of the DAANES into the SYrian State. SDF and other structures of NES proposed . SDF answered the request for nominations for some key postitions with the following candidates:
- Noureddine al Ahmad, former SDF public relations officer, as the Hasakah Province governor.
- Azad Kobani, SDF intelligence chief, as the Syrian assistant defense minister.
- Siamand Afrin, SDF unspecified commander, as the Hasakah Province deputy director of security
Unidentified attackers tried to assault the STG convoy is Qamishlo, with Asayish responding to prevent further conflict, resulting in one Asayish injured.
Syrian authorities report positive start to SDF Agreement.
# INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON JAN 30 AGREEMENT:
Al Majalla, a Saudi-owned, UK-based media outlet, published the full text of the January 30 agreement. Allegedly it includes fourteen clauses and four unspecified phases that will occur over one month, as well as a fifth phase that will result in a permanent agreement
1 The SDF and Syrian Government declared a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire and agreed to stop arrests related to recent fighting. The SDF will continue to protect detention facilities holding ISIS fighters, and the Syrian government pledged to provide full logistical support for the ongoing US-led detainee relocation process.
2 The SDF will withdraw its forces from Hasakah and Qamishli cities to agreed-upon bases, while the Syrian army will withdraw its forces near Hasakah City to al Shadaddi.
3 The Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) agreed to form a three-brigade army division in Hasakah Province made up of SDF fighters.
4 The MoD will integrate SDF forces in Kobani into one brigade subordinate to an unspecified parent division in Aleppo Province.
5 The Ministry of Interior (MoI) will dispatch “15 vehicles” to both Hasakah and Qamishli cities to enhance security and begin the process of integrating SDF internal security forces into the MoI.
6 The SDF will submit proposals to appoint local officials, including the governor of Hasakah Province, the assistant minister of defense, and Hasakah Province’s deputy director of security. The Syrian government has already appointed a new Hasakah Province director of security.
7 The Syrian government will take over vital infrastructure from the SDF, including key oil fields in Hasakah Province and the Qamishli Airport.
8 The Syrian government will deploy a team from the Land Border Authority to the Semalka and Nusaybin border crossings in SDF territory to register civilian employees and prevent the smuggling of foreign fighters and weapons at the crossings.
9 The Syrian government will take over all civilian institutions in Hasakah Province and integrate the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) into Syrian state institutions.
10 The Syrian MoD will prevent its forces from entering Kurdish majority towns and cities.
11 The Syrian government will validate all school, university, and institutional certificates issued by the AANES.
12 The Syrian government will provide licenses to all local and cultural organizations and media institutions in accordance with the regulations of the relevant ministries.
13 The Syrian Ministry of Education and the SDF will discuss the educational curriculum for the Kurdish community.
14 The Syrian government will ensure the return of all internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their respective cities and villages (including Afrin, Sheikh Maqsoud, and Ras al Ayn) and appoint local officials to those areas.[28] Turkish-backed offensives against the SDF since 2018 forcibly displaced Kurds from Afrin and Ras al Ayn, and the more recent January 2026 Syrian government offensive displaced people across Aleppo, Hasakah, Raqqa, and Deir ez Zor Provinces.
# ONGOING TRANSFER OF ISIS PRISONERS
Iraq confirms the transfer of over 1300 ISIS prisoners after the operations of transport got delayed due to bad weather conditions. Speaking in an interview with Al Arabiya news channel, Khaled al-Yaqubi, an adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, said that only four of the transferred ISIS members are Iraqi nationals. Earlier on Monday Iraq announced the start of investigative procedures involving 1,387 ISIS members who had been detained in Syria.
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# EVALUATION
The implementation of the agreements between SDF and STG is having some visible steps in the main cities, but on the front lines the situation still tense. Comrades are still ready to defend the ground if things come to a military escalation, not lowering defenses. Even though the political and the military are inherently connected, SDF forces are aware that political agreements should not mean lowering military readiness.
It is a difficult moment for us to evaluate the situation. On one hand this agreement may be an opening ground for political struggle beyond weapons. On the other, many comrades on the ground are having doubts about the agreements, mainly about how much the transitional government will respect the conditions set, as they already broke past agreements. Still, it is clear that the popular organization in NES still strong and ready to struggle, whatever it will be on the frontlines, on the political institutions or on the streets.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist
Chip Butty
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"The 45-year-old ICE official told reporters he had “hit the jackpot” when he realized that because his wife of over a decade had been born in Guatemala and crossed the border with her parents as a 3-year-old child, he could just wake up, meet his arrest quota first thing in the morning, and then have the remainder of the day to slack off.
“I knew about Maria’s immigration status when we got married—the crazy thing is that I hadn’t thought of deporting her until now,” said Hammond, adding that the whole process, which included kicking down his house’s front door, drawing a gun on his terrified spouse, and zip-tying his two young children, was completed in “record time.” “It was awesome. I was able to do the raid without leaving my home and ship my family off to an immigrant detention center all before 9 a.m.”
“Now I have the whole rest of my day to terrorize other immigrants,” Hammond added from behind his mask. “Of course, the best part is I’ll actually be able to fucking relax when I get home.”
https://theonion.com/ice-agent-scores-easy-win-by-deporting-own-family/
The Fulcrum
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
-- Henry David Thoreau
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
-- Henry David Thoreau
"The 45-year-old ICE official told reporters he had “hit the jackpot” when he realized that because his wife of over a decade had been born in Guatemala and crossed the border with her parents as a 3-year-old child, he could just wake up, meet his arrest quota first thing in the morning, and then have the remainder of the day to slack off.
“I knew about Maria’s immigration status when we got married—the crazy thing is that I hadn’t thought of deporting her until now,” said Hammond, adding that the whole process, which included kicking down his house’s front door, drawing a gun on his terrified spouse, and zip-tying his two young children, was completed in “record time.” “It was awesome. I was able to do the raid without leaving my home and ship my family off to an immigrant detention center all before 9 a.m.”
“Now I have the whole rest of my day to terrorize other immigrants,” Hammond added from behind his mask. “Of course, the best part is I’ll actually be able to fucking relax when I get home.”
https://theonion.com/ice-agent-scores-easy-win-by-deporting-own-family/
The Fulcrum
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I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen.
-- Mikhail Bakunin
I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen.
-- Mikhail Bakunin
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31.01.26 - 01.02.26
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# ONGOING FINALISATION OF STG-DAANES AGREEMENT
For what is known currently about the plan to implement the ceasefire and integration agreement:
STG forces were and are already withdrawing from Heseke and Kobane frontlines.
Internal security forces of the transitional Syrian state already went to internal security forces of Kobane to discuss how this task will be done.
Implementation of further steps as counted from tomorrow:
DAY 1 (Monday) STG security vehicles going to Heseke and Qamishlo
DAY 2 Oil fields of NES into STG control
DAY 3 Syrian Civil Aviation Authority will take control of Qamishlo airport (which before was held by Russians) and Syrian forces to NES' (only!) border crossing (with KRG/Kurdistan-Iraq)
SDF will withdraw from Heseke and Qamishlo to agreed barracks. SDF and STG allegedly started already to withdraw from Kobane and Heseke frontlines. STG forces are to move to Shaddadi.
SDF is to have a brigade of 6,000 in Kobane, and three brigades totaling 16,000 in Heseke province.
Military forces are prohibited to enter cities and villages, especially Kurdish areas.
After these steps, the Syrian transitional state will take over civilian institutions of Heseke province and DAANES institutions will be integrated into the Syrian state apparatus. DAANES and SDF nominate persons for positions in the Syrian institutions, and STG needs to approve them. SDF already nominated Nour al-Din Ahmad (Abu Omar Khanika) as governor of Hasakah, SDF official Redor Khalil as deputy to the Ministry of Interior, and SDF official Siamand Afrin as deputy director of security in Hasakeh province.
Internally displaced persons can return to their home cities and villages, additionally local officials will be appointed to represent them in those places.
Integration and recognition of educational institutions of NES and licensing of cultural organisations.
...This generally can be read as what is happening at the top of NES politics.
# POLITICS FROM BELOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND
Generally, there is widespread confusion and uncertainty how things will develop. An impression, that the revolutionary project here would be over is short-sighted. For one, all the forces are still ready for and practicing where needed self-defence on the frontlines. Secondly, even if institutions etc formally shift, all those revolutionaries will certainly not just betray their values and aspirations towards reform but remain finding ways to live up to those revolutionary principles.
# ISIS PRISONERS CONVOY
A convoy of buses, escorted by a US armored and aircraft military convoy, has reached the town of Rimelan in the province of Heseke. The convoy is heading to Iraq through Semalka crossing to relocate ISIS prisoners to 'safer prisons'. At the same time, there are reports that the relocations halted over Iraq wanting to prioritize repatriations of non-Iraqi, non-Syrian ISIS foreign fighters to their respective countries of origin. Overall, only a fragment of the supposed 7,000 ISIS militants were moved to Iraq so far.
# HUMANITARIAN AID STILL BLOCKED FROM ENTERING KOBANE
Just, as could be observed so often in Gaza, 25 direly needed humanitarian aid trucks carrying essential basic necessities for people in besieged Kobane are still halted at the Turkish border just outside of Kobane. For the three days the trucks are waiting there already, many representatives of civil organisations and the DEM party are holding a vigil next to the trucks.
# REPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY MOBILISATIONS
Further 29 activists of the 'Caravan Defending Humanity' that arrived this weekend at the Turkish-N.E.Syrian border were arrested and deported. Before, they had read a statement and protested in the streets of Pirsus (Suruc). The official reason for the arrests is currently unknown.
Kurdish youth from Turkey, Iran, and Iraq were stopped attempting to enter NES at Semalka border crossing to follow the call for general mobilisation.
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# EVALUATION
Generally, roles of authority play an even larger role now, and civil and military leadership of NES are very busy working towards a political solution, with the wish to avoid further war and the lack of an alternative prospect besides total war and reformist integration. Whether the ceasefire and agreement will be respected and followed and whether its implication will work, is entirely uncertain at this point in time. Diplomatic politics are currently the preferred means, with the aim to avoid more losses due to war. At the same time, Turkey is strikingly silent and on the surface uninvolved in the latest stages of agreement making. Turkey still is at the border, always ready to invade, and can take further steps of pressure and attack if not approving of the agreement. Meanwhile, as expressed in the 'politics from below' part, what is happening on the top does not translate directly to what happens on the ground. There is an atmosphere of change and unclarity in the air, but certainly all the revolutionary principles and achievements that have been fought for hardly, will not be abandoned.
Revolutionary greetings!🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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Once the individual owns his own tools and his product, capitalism ceases to exist.
-- Emile Armand
Once the individual owns his own tools and his product, capitalism ceases to exist.
-- Emile Armand