This online article was published by the group Justice for Shoaib Khan on Facebook on 11901/26.

FIGHT THE GLOBAL BORDER REGIME

We are horrified to witness the violence that far right militant gangs aka ICE are imposing in communities across the USA and are in solidarity with the resistance on the ground. As ICE imposes and polices a harsh, violent border regime, everyday people come together to defend their friends and neighbours from being kidnapped and deported. Solidarity networks have sprung up all around the country as the community tries to defend itself.

The murder of 37 year old Renee Good, on the 7th of January, was a terrible reminder of what is at stake.

Good was acting as a legal observer outside a dual-language elementary school as ICE agents sowed fear and danger to a quiet Minneapolis community. She was shot while slowly driving away as the murderer called her misogynist slurs. She was unarmed.

While the situation in Cyprus has not escalated to such a level, the struggle in the USA reminds us that we are part of a global working class opposed to the racist, misogynistic, violent policies of the state. The unfolding events across the Atlantic shows us what happens when racist and violent policies escalate. The murders of Anisur Rahman in Limassol, Shoaib Khan near Lefkosia, the pushbacks at sea, the deaths of migrants due to neglect or energy poverty are all stark reminders of the border regime which we have to fight, here and now.

Mourn and remember the dead - fight like hell for the living.