griffjam
13th November 2010, 05:10
1. Today’s radical publications today don’t feature enough:
a. Vicious infighting and invective
b. Academic one-upsmanship
c. Tedious, irrelevant history
d. Inflated crowd estimates and self-congratulatory rhetoric
e. Promotion of pseudo-subversive cultural commodities such as alternative internet pornography and organic blah blah blah
2. The most promising feature of today’s radical milieu is:
a. The phasing out of print media in favor of internet based (“virtual”) outreach and communication
b. Puppets
c. A powerful solidarity between rank-and-file workers and revolutionary anarchists, facilitated by cooperation between national union bureaucrats and self-appointed representatives of The Movement
d. An irrepressible optimism that enables us to act decisively in the face of all odds
3. The number one obstacle to be overcome for full-scale social revolution to be possible in this society is:
a. The dearth of education about the Platform of the Anarchist Communists as it was proposed seven and a half decades ago
b. The absence of membership organizations complete with dues, transparent processes, recruiting drives, and protracted meetings
c. Insufficient guilt and recrimination among activists
d. The widespread misconception that most people get involved with radical politics because it is exciting and fun
e. The CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective, obviously
4. You have been involved in radical activities and/or communities since:
a. Most of the members of the I.W.W. were trainhopping traveler kids
b. You quit your job and discovered the only ones who still cared whether or not you got anything to eat were Food Not Bombs volunteers
c. Rumors of people actually contesting authority (!!) in Seattle, Prague, Quebec, and Genoa peaked your interest
d. You figured out that liberal anti-war activism is ineffective at stopping wars, but suspiciously effective at providing a justification for feelings of smug self-righteousness
5. Your income this year will add up to approximately:
a. Enough money that your taxes will finance a couple cruise missiles for the U.S. military
b. Enough money to keep you on the highway, supporting the oil industry whose interests are secured by those cruise missiles
c. Enough money to get you through the turnstile at the subway, if only you could find another nickel in the couch
d. You’re the infamous anarchist kid with the trust fund whose existence is always alleged in hostile reviews and rumors
6. How do you sleep?
a. Like a baby—a Beverly Hills baby, not a Palestinian or Iraqi baby
b. In the employee bathroom whenever the boss is distracted
c. Better now that you’ve been prescribed antidepressants
d. Can’t sleep a wink, not even with sedatives and all-night television
7. The majority of your financial holdings are:
a. In a bank, so they can be loaned out to earth-destroying corporations without you having to think about it
b. In stocks and bonds—you don’t mind loaning out your money to earth-destroyers yourself
c. In an envelope under the mattress (if your place of dwelling has more than one bed, please specify which)
d. Do college loans, utility bills, alimony payments, and credit card debt count as financial holdings?
8. Your place of residence is secured by means of:
a. A good relationship with the neighbors
b. So many residents with so few jobs between them that someone with nothing to lose is always bound to be at home and awake
c. Deadbolts
d. Alarm systems (specify brand)
e. Security guards (specify weight, height, and fitness)
9. The police in your area:
a. Respond promptly to all 911 calls
b. Respond promptly to 911 calls made from predominantly white and/or middle class neighborhoods
c. Respond eventually to 911 calls made from predominantly white and/or middle class neighborhoods
d. Report immediately to the donut shop upon notification of a 911 call
10. You are likely to be gone at work:
a. Whenever the temp office calls you in
b. Every day from nine to five
c. Every day from nine to five, and business trips on the weekend
d. Every day from nine to five, and fancy vacations on the weekend
e. Every day from six in the morning until midnight at one of your three jobs
Bonus question for ten extra points
Fill in the blanks: Humanity won’t be free until the last ____ is strangled with the guts of the last ____!
a. Vicious infighting and invective
b. Academic one-upsmanship
c. Tedious, irrelevant history
d. Inflated crowd estimates and self-congratulatory rhetoric
e. Promotion of pseudo-subversive cultural commodities such as alternative internet pornography and organic blah blah blah
2. The most promising feature of today’s radical milieu is:
a. The phasing out of print media in favor of internet based (“virtual”) outreach and communication
b. Puppets
c. A powerful solidarity between rank-and-file workers and revolutionary anarchists, facilitated by cooperation between national union bureaucrats and self-appointed representatives of The Movement
d. An irrepressible optimism that enables us to act decisively in the face of all odds
3. The number one obstacle to be overcome for full-scale social revolution to be possible in this society is:
a. The dearth of education about the Platform of the Anarchist Communists as it was proposed seven and a half decades ago
b. The absence of membership organizations complete with dues, transparent processes, recruiting drives, and protracted meetings
c. Insufficient guilt and recrimination among activists
d. The widespread misconception that most people get involved with radical politics because it is exciting and fun
e. The CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective, obviously
4. You have been involved in radical activities and/or communities since:
a. Most of the members of the I.W.W. were trainhopping traveler kids
b. You quit your job and discovered the only ones who still cared whether or not you got anything to eat were Food Not Bombs volunteers
c. Rumors of people actually contesting authority (!!) in Seattle, Prague, Quebec, and Genoa peaked your interest
d. You figured out that liberal anti-war activism is ineffective at stopping wars, but suspiciously effective at providing a justification for feelings of smug self-righteousness
5. Your income this year will add up to approximately:
a. Enough money that your taxes will finance a couple cruise missiles for the U.S. military
b. Enough money to keep you on the highway, supporting the oil industry whose interests are secured by those cruise missiles
c. Enough money to get you through the turnstile at the subway, if only you could find another nickel in the couch
d. You’re the infamous anarchist kid with the trust fund whose existence is always alleged in hostile reviews and rumors
6. How do you sleep?
a. Like a baby—a Beverly Hills baby, not a Palestinian or Iraqi baby
b. In the employee bathroom whenever the boss is distracted
c. Better now that you’ve been prescribed antidepressants
d. Can’t sleep a wink, not even with sedatives and all-night television
7. The majority of your financial holdings are:
a. In a bank, so they can be loaned out to earth-destroying corporations without you having to think about it
b. In stocks and bonds—you don’t mind loaning out your money to earth-destroyers yourself
c. In an envelope under the mattress (if your place of dwelling has more than one bed, please specify which)
d. Do college loans, utility bills, alimony payments, and credit card debt count as financial holdings?
8. Your place of residence is secured by means of:
a. A good relationship with the neighbors
b. So many residents with so few jobs between them that someone with nothing to lose is always bound to be at home and awake
c. Deadbolts
d. Alarm systems (specify brand)
e. Security guards (specify weight, height, and fitness)
9. The police in your area:
a. Respond promptly to all 911 calls
b. Respond promptly to 911 calls made from predominantly white and/or middle class neighborhoods
c. Respond eventually to 911 calls made from predominantly white and/or middle class neighborhoods
d. Report immediately to the donut shop upon notification of a 911 call
10. You are likely to be gone at work:
a. Whenever the temp office calls you in
b. Every day from nine to five
c. Every day from nine to five, and business trips on the weekend
d. Every day from nine to five, and fancy vacations on the weekend
e. Every day from six in the morning until midnight at one of your three jobs
Bonus question for ten extra points
Fill in the blanks: Humanity won’t be free until the last ____ is strangled with the guts of the last ____!