I did my civic duty and became a member of Codeberg E.v., the membership association behind the Codeberg git hosting service and donated a sum. The community-ran alternative to big tech's github and gitlab has been under heavy attack recently by some very unsavoury people. And the enemies of those unsavoury people are my friends, and get my full support.
https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
"Don't be fooled if right-wing forces promise to "promote open source". This is about national patriotism, and they will happily accept splitting our community on their way.
We stay strong against discrimination of all kind. A big shout-out to all the projects that collect facts and resources against hate and discrimination.
If you ever considered supporting the fight against right-wing forces, now might be the best time to move ahead."
https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
The registration server might now be getting hit too by fascists.
You can check the status of servers here:
https://status.codeberg.eu/status/codeberg
Not to worry, this campaign will continue. And if you notice it’s green, that’s the time to get in and sign up for membership.
A couple of people have already signed up as members (that I’m aware of) in the past half hour or so.
So you want to fight fascism and make a difference right now? Do this:
Join Codeberg e.V. – become part of the organisation; part of the resistance – and actively support this valuable and ethical EU-based anti-fascist¹ git hosting alternative that’s under attack by fascists as we speak:
Seriously, do it now.²
Volunteer and/or donate if you can.
Let’s send Codeberg’s membership through the roof and show these fucking fascists that when they push we push back twice as hard.
When you do, please add your voice to this thread so others can see.
I rarely ask this but please repost this far and wide.
¹ https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
² If you’re having trouble reaching the server, it might also be under attack. You can check the current status of all Codeberg’s servers from https://status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg
Oh and who’s behind it? The fucking fascists, of course. Because, of course. Fucking fascists.
“Codeberg is currently suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces … In the past days, several projects advocating tolerance and equal rights on Codeberg have been subject to hate attacks, such as massive spam of abusive messages in their issue trackers.
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We will not be discouraged in our fight against far-right ideologies. They are currently on the rise in many parts of the world, and we believe it is important to protect all kinds of marginalized groups. However, if you believe this does not affect your project, you are wrong. Far-right forces pose a threat to all of us.
Extreme right forces actively target members of our communities and discriminate based on ethnicity and gender, political background, sexual orientation, disabilities, nationality and faith. However diversity is an important asset in free/libre software communities and it is what makes our software great and development productive.
By targetting some of our most active translators, nicest designers, best developers and all other motivated contributors, they are hurting the free/libre software ecosystem as a whole.
Don't be fooled if right-wing forces promise to "promote open source" in their political agenda. This has nothing to do with the values of our movement! This is about national patriotism and protectionism, and they will happily accept splitting our community on their way.
We all know that the free/libre software ecosystem won't work this way. Every human is an integral and equally important part of it, and targetting some of our community members threatens the ecosystem as a whole.
Let's together stay strong and united against the emerging threats. We stay strong against discrimination of all kind, including but not limited to sexism, transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism and ableism. And we hope that you all join us for this mission.
A big shout-out to all the projects that collect facts and resources against hate and discrimination and that have been the primary goal of these attacks. Support them if you can.
If you ever considered supporting the fight against right-wing forces, for example by joining political movements and parties, organizing protests or getting involved in online communities with this goal - now might be the best time to move ahead.
Again, we apologize for the disruption of your work and the abusive content delivered to your mailboxes. We are doing our best to contain the situation.
We'd like to thank everyone who signaled their support in the current situation, via e-mail, Mastodon and in Matrix chats. This means a lot to us.
Thank you for your trust and support!
Your Codeberg Public Relations team”
https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
