A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #18-25 - Opposing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) does not mean siding with the State. A libertarian voice from Sudan (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

We publish a second translation from the first issue dated 
January-February 2025 of the newspaper Espoir/Al Amal jointly published 
by the Sudanese Anarchists Rally, the CNT-AIT France and their friends. 
This article highlights the clear position of Sudanese anarchists in the 
ongoing civil war opposing both the State and the RSF militias, the 
former Janjaweed, who in 2023 were trained by Italian military 
instructors and with whom Italy, together with the European Union, has 
continued to maintain relations throughout the civil war.

In a 2021 note, the Sudanese Anarchists Rally introduced itself as 
follows: "The group was created in Khartoum at the end of 2020 after we 
brought together all the anarchists in Khartoum. We have been together 
since the revolution of December 2018 and some of us have known each 
other since high school and university. We, anarchists in Khartoum, are 
members of the "resistance committees" and raise our flags during 
marches with the rest of the revolutionaries, and promote anarchy by 
writing graffiti on walls. We oppose all types of authoritarianism. We 
stand for freedom of expression and individual autonomy

Opposing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) does not mean siding with the 
state, especially those forces that have predicted the trajectory of 
this war from the beginning. However, today the propaganda directed 
against the revolutionary forces seeks to distort and water down their 
long-standing opposition to the existence of this war. mafia since its 
inception. The policies of dividing Sudan, which the RSF has accelerated 
more aggressively than the state itself, reveal the real intentions that 
the state institution has sought to impose by force and coups.

I want to highlight the nature of the discourse of the armed forces' top 
brass, highlighting the rhetoric we have witnessed about the newly 
formed militias under the pretext of fighting the RSF. These stories 
have paved the way for the affirmation of a particular belief in the 
military weakness of the state's armed forces. This in turn opens the 
door to the emergence of new armies and new armed groups. This is the 
mafia policy of the state, characterized by disgustingly sentimental 
discourses that in no way reflect the sacrifices of the Sudanese people.

Reconciliation with those who killed people and paying homage to them - 
which gives them a platform, a legitimacy - cannot reduce the importance 
of the crimes they committed. On the contrary, they reinforce these 
crimes and motivate new genocides. Popular forces must start building a 
counter-force to combat the RSF mafia propaganda and the Islamist mafia, 
directly addressing the lies that accumulate and exacerbate crises, the 
consequences of which fall solely on the people.

The struggle in Sudan transcends traditional historical forms of 
resistance, such as armed struggle (through militarized political 
groups) or civil struggle (through the creation of unions, protests and 
demonstrations, political defense). Sudan's unique context has given 
rise to various forms of struggle, shaped by the multifaceted nature of 
oppression[notably through the Revolutionary Committees, which take 
charge of many public services and structure civil society].

Diversity reflects the complexity of the country, including its 
injustices. However, anarchists stand out for their in-depth examination 
of a crucial problem rooted in the structure of Sudanese society: 
tribalism, a force more regressive and extreme than nationalism itself.12

For decades, Sudanese anarchists have been critically analyzing the role 
of tribalism and its domination, tracing its impact from the dawn of 
small tribal states in war, through colonial-era dependencies and tribal 
alliances, to its current status as a driving force behind Sudan's 
ongoing conflicts. While tribalism remains at the heart of the ongoing 
war and its prosecution, Sudanese political forces often approach the 
issue hesitantly, constrained either by political ties to tribes or by 
fear of confronting tribal authority.

Espoir

https://umanitanova.org/opporsi-alle-forze-di-supporto-rapido-rsf-non-significa-schierarsi-con-lo-stato-una-voce-libertaria-dal-sudan/
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