A/I Chiude, Restare Umani – A/I Shuts Down, Stay Human
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[IT] Non appena abbiamo scoperto di essere finite sulla lista delle organizzazioni terroristiche globali, abbiamo scritto, dichiarato e promesso che avremmo cercato di resistere fino a che fosse stato possibile, che non ci saremmo arrese finché avessimo intravisto delle possibilità legali. Abbiamo mantenuto e difeso con orgoglio un’infrastruttura libera, riservata, autonoma e soprattutto partigiana. Per [...]

A/I stands for Autistici/Inventati.

A/I (Autistici/Inventati, pronounced [au’tistiʧi]-[iŋ’vɛntati], or [iŋvɛn’tati]) was born in 2001 from an encounter of individuals and collectives of the autonomous anticapitalist movement interested in technology and active in the digital rights struggle. We believe that this world is far from being the best world possible. We react by providing a platform and tools for digital self-defense addressing the need of free communication for activists and other individuals.

The day we discovered we had been designated a global terrorist organization, we promised that we would try to resist as long as this was possible, that we would not back down as long as we could see options to stand our ground.

We cannot engage in a fight or expose ourselves to manipulations that threaten the lives of these people and their loved ones, leaving them at the mercy of autocrats, fascists and agencies that take extra-legal courses of action.

What happened? First their main domain, autistici.org, was blocked globally by the US entity that provides the “.org” TLD. More recently their bank shut down their funds because of caving in to pressure that ultimately comes from the same source.

Full context/statement about the domain shutdown:
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press

I also made some posts about this earlier. You can probably guess that I’ve been relying on their services, for a long time. And not even for particularly political reasons - they give email accounts to people who care for privacy and anonymity. Or used to.

They announce this new site:
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/announcing-https/keepitfree.ai/

Personally I’m just shocked how US policy reaches and impacts my normal peaceful European life.

Fuck the US government. Being AntiFa is not terrorism. Being against AntiFa means you’re Fa.

PS: Sorry for posting this to several world news communities. I feel this topic should shake the Fediverse.
Remember:
This can happen to any “.org” domain, and possibly many other TLDs that are controled by entities that are prone to give into US bullying. Or your bank will cave to US pressure.

  • communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    7 hours ago

    Why tf are you letting US fascists take away a term that’s been used for a century by anti-fascists across the world? It doesn’t even have the Trumpian connotation outside of the US.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      why tf are you fighting so hard against something that’s so trivial? don’t antifascists have more important battles to focus on than using the name “antifa”?

      Look, I get it. it’s the principle that you feel like they’re winning if you abandon “antifa”. don’t you think that maybe you feel that way because that’s what they want you to feel?

      instead of focusing on how they want you to be perceived, force them to recognize who you are. you are anti fascist and anyone who argues against that is clearly pro fascist.

      the only way to flip the narrative they want is to turn their script upside down.