UNTIL PATRIARCHY FALLS: Our Statement on the 2024 U.S. Elections
NATIONAL—The U.S. has once again elected a fascist into power. This time, mobilizing agents of patriarchy to the polls to win the “popular vote.”We hold no illusions about elections; we know we cannot vote our way to liberation. This election cycle is yet another reminder that U.S. politics are designed to center U.S. imperialist interests, and relegate women of color and our communities to the margins. We in AF³IRM knew that regardless of the election results, we would be ready for a fight. We are preparing for emboldened sexism, misogyny, and racism.
AF3IRM NY/NJ stands in unwavering solidarity with the Student Intifada
Make no mistake, the students are winning. CCNY and Columbia administration’s decisions to unleash the NYPD on their students, has dissolved the cloud of Democracy that exists in the American mind, and radicalized an entire generation to fight for Palestinian liberation. Democracy cannot exist in a nation invested in silencing its students. Democracy cannot exist in a nation invested in death.
AF³IRM REJECTS COLONIAL FEMINISM’S RATIONALE FOR GENOCIDE
AF³IRM NYC stands firmly on the principle and practice of believing a victim’s account of sexual violence. When, however, the “evidence” comes from those who are part of a propaganda machinery that has sought consistently to portray its adversary as “subhuman terrorists” and “animals,” we must rage against the machine.
