Taken from an A6 Flyer handed out by a Global Majority anarchist at todays annual A-to-B procession hosted by the United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC)
Fight, No Compromise!
Today people are gathering to once again demand ‘justice’ for loved ones slain and brutalised at the hands of the British state. Many people will speak with pain and passion as they grieve together and desperately seek some form of accountability for their loss. Families and supporters will walk respectfully from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street where a delegation of members of members of the United Friends and Families Campaign (UFFC) will hand in a petition / letter through the gates for the attention of the Prime Minister. The route is carefully managed and choreographed.
Each year there are speeches which focus on condemning the ‘rogue’ elements within the police and other state agencies which lead to the killings that are remembered here. “If only the police and others did what they’re supposed to do and didn’t go rogue”….
This week Martyn Blake, a metropolitan police officer, was acquitted of the murder of Chris Kaba. Another fatal police shooting with no apparent consequences for the assassin, and and another family devastated by state violence.
The actions of these monsters are outrageous who anyone who conscience of their own. But martin Blake and those like him are trained killers. They did not ‘go rogue’. He did exactly what he was trained to do.
We need to take a very critical look at the causes of these atrocities. The power of the British state has been built on devastation and destruction, here and around the world. It relies on using authority to oppress and further humiliate people. The ‘Justice System’ exists solely to keep this power and control in place.
A conviction would be seen by some as a ‘victory’. But if we are interested in dignity and freedom then the state is out enemy. And we mut never be satisfied by any form of recognition, apology or compensation granted to us or decided by those who inflicted the brutality in the first place.
No kind of ‘justice’ can ever be gained form any dialogue with the state. No letter, petition or negotiation can ever bring any oppressed person closer to freedom. If we want to show solidarity in the face of injustice, we must fight and act without compromising.
We each have a personal responsibility. We cannot delegate this to anyone else – whether it be the state, community leaders, elders, anyone.
Look around you today and there is an accepted and agreed peace with the police. This is intolerable. They, and the system they protect, are in conflict with us. We must remember this and ensure our words and actions are aligned. One without the other can only perpetuate the status quo.