The slogan „Israel is a terror state – it is time to escalate“ is shouted at nearly every pro-Palestine demonstration. And indeed, there have also been a few more escalatory actions, like spontaneous demonstrations, occupations, graffiti all over Berlin, banner drops, pyro actions, militant smashing and burning, and so on.

But the biggest escalation came already from the warmongering and genocidal entities. While the horror of the daily genocide seems like an endless apocalypse for the Palestinians, the people in the belly of the beast who dare to predict resistance against this bloody death machine are being heavily criminalized and face beatings, arrests, doxxing, losing their jobs and housing, serious injuries, trials, deportations, and more.

Once again, nearly all pro-Palestine walking demonstrations are forbidden and locations of standing rallies changed by the police to silence and hide the protests in public space and so the cops can beat and arrest people more easily at every single protest. At every single registered demo and rally, we know we will get attacked and people will get hurt and harmed in other ways.

But we all already know what to do, because we predicted it at so many marches and protests: „IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE“.

As anarchists and people from autonomous circles for a free Palestine, we call to participate in the entire Revolutionary 1st of May demonstration – in all blocs – with pro-Palestine messages, so that the cops cannot isolate just one bloc. And we call on all anarchist and autonomous affinity groups to take part in defending the spirit of resistance. Last year at the 1st of May demo in Berlin it was obvious that the cops already feared escalation (they attacked the demo just for shouting ‚From the river to the sea‘, for fireworks and flares, etc). Let’s start again with all our new experiences to try to disrupt the state of reason and state of order.

Let’s all put more effort into developing and realising more creative plans to crush the „smiling winner faces“ of the character masks of this apparatus.
At least now, more people than ever who have experienced the violence of the police during the anti-genocide protests know: Since everything gets repressed, the distinction between „legal“ or „illegal“ has become meaningless.

So let’s try make more break-outs, more hits-and-runs, or spontaneous marches, more spectacle, and use the element of surprise creatively against our enemies.

For that we also call for all forms of creative action against the ongoing genocide by „Israel“ and all its allies, the profiteers, and their speakers – especially from the Revolutionary 1st of May to Nakba Day remembrance 15th of May. But really, every day until Palestine is free.