The recent fight between BLA and BLF is not a sudden rift that has been caused by nothingness. It is the latest expression of antagonisms that have been fancying at the fire over the years. What once was shrouded in platitudes, corporate claims and well-preserved silence is now right in front of our faces. The words have fixed, the accusations have been blown off and the image of a united front has already started to sink into its own crudities. The real crisis cannot be ignored as soon as the groups that claim to be fighting on the same side start accusing one another of being state agents. That is no talk of faith. It is the tongue of terror and distrust, a battle of strength between the rulers who can now count not even upon themselves.

That is why the conflict in question matters. It tells us that it is no longer a question of strategy, ideology or resistance. It is about power in the movement per se. Who has land, who has warriors, who has access to money and arms, who only has rights to decide who to be loyal, who determines who is to be loyal. As soon as the movement reaches the stage, when the internal opponents are primarily a threat even greater than the so-called enemy, the political claims of this movement begin to lose their validity. It cannot be a movement that by the aftermath of suspicion and sectional retaliation consumes itself on behalf of the........

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