Comment: Solidarity Economics must sort out the basis of their solidarity.. that basis more than the economic activity should be at the foundation of mobilisation, Unfortuantely most "alternative models" are designed in such a way that they are totally preoccupied with the project at the expense of the purpose
Fascists Are Trying to Co-Opt Mutual Aid Organizing in East Palestine, Ohio https://truthout.org/articles/fascists-are-trying-to-co-opt-mutual-aid-organizing-in-east-palestine-ohio/ By Candice Bernd , TRUTHOUT
PublishedMarch 6, 2023
Neofascist groups are attempting to stoke racial resentment to exploit the disaster for their own gain.
Extracts: East Liverpool resident and RVO Director Amanda Kiger tells Truthout that her organization and partners are leading by example and pushing back directly against corporate capture with community engagement and organizing...public meeting was organized as a community-based alternative to what Kiger calls recent “fake town halls” by attorneys and bureaucrats giving the residents “word-soup tornados,” referring to public hearings attended by state and local officials but that representatives of Norfolk Southern dodged...Kiger says RVO is currently in negotiations over its federal lawsuit with Heritage Thermal, which is seeking to settle over the incinerator’s burning of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals.” RVO, Kiger says, is strategizing with attorneys at Fair Shake Legal Services about potentially filing an emergency injunction that would halt any incineration of toxic waste from the crash site at Heritage Thermal’s facility in East Liverpool.
..Far right groups are using a deliberate far right strategy of exploiting unfolding crises to appeal to residents and survivors on the basis of race and presenting fascist organizing and propaganda as legitimate solutions. The strategy has the potential to broaden the groups’ appeal in a political environment in which former President Trump, Senator Vance and Fox News continue to employ a racialized euphemism that frames the residents of East Palestine as a “forgotten” people, citing residents’ whiteness as the reason for the state’s failure and corporate capture.