“Every Day There’s a New Apocalypse”

From It's Going Down

An Interview with an Anarchist Medical Volunteer in Gaza

What follows is an interview with Louis, an anarchist humanitarian aid worker who, at the time of this interview, is waiting in Amman, Jordan to enter Gaza for a second deployment providing volunteer medical services in the midst of the ongoing genocide. He was previously in Gaza for a month this spring.

Protocols for Common Injuries from Police Weapons

From Crimethinc

Conscious of these risks, in many countries revolutionary groups and activist movements have developed their own medical support networks for demonstrations or direct actions. This practice differs from humanitarian groups like the Red Cross, because we don’t pretend to be neutral. We take a clear political stance and an active role in the conflict and in the support that we bring to our comrades in struggle. [...] For us, medical knowledge comes with a political reflection on how we put it into practice, to avoid reproducing the relationships of domination, management, and dispossession that characterize the medical institution. As street medics, we want to make the consent of injured people a priority and give them the information they need to make clear and informed choices for themselves.

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