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Bala Perdida
19th December 2013, 06:59
I've noticed this letter E resembling the popular anarcho- A. :blackA:
It can be clearly seen in banners in these images
http://www.anarchistcookbook.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1447&d=1243309473
http://thecloud.crimethinc.com/images/g20photos/g20_banner_b.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVyDmTkfk6s/Rf9bM67L8SI/AAAAAAAAAHk/lrVzD0OxXDY/s400/portland1.JPG

I'm still somewhat new to the movement, so can anyone tell me what it means?
Thank you guys for your consideration, have a good day!
Caperucita Roja
19th December 2013, 07:20
Apparently it means equality
Sjat
19th December 2013, 08:44
It stands for Equality
consuming negativity
19th December 2013, 08:52
A quick survey of Google results leads me to the conclusion that it stands for "equality".

Rather unfortunate; I was hoping it meant "ecology" or "environmentalism" or something like that.

edit: lol oh shit two new members beat me to the punch
Bala Perdida
19th December 2013, 15:52
A quick survey of Google results leads me to the conclusion that it stands for "equality".

Rather unfortunate; I was hoping it meant "ecology" or "environmentalism" or something like that.

edit: lol oh shit two new members beat me to the punch
Yeah that's what I thought too. But the people holding the banners don't look like the standard environmental protester.

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Rugged Collectivist
19th December 2013, 17:21
It seems a little redundant tbh. Isn't equality implied by the circle-A?
BIXX
20th December 2013, 08:02
It seems a little redundant tbh. Isn't equality implied by the circle-A?


I would say it is not only implied, but without anarchy you cannot have equality and vice versa. However, others may disagree, and this the extra symbols would show that people are for anarchy AND equality.
Bala Perdida
20th December 2013, 08:08
I would say it is not only implied, but without anarchy you cannot have equality and vice versa. However, others may disagree, and this the extra symbols would show that people are for anarchy AND equality.
I guess their just putting emphasis on it, since they already said "the unthinkable" in the third picture.
BIXX
20th December 2013, 08:12
You mean fuck the troops?
Bala Perdida
20th December 2013, 08:33
You mean fuck the troops?
Hell yes
BIXX
20th December 2013, 14:58
Hell yes


Haha I said that at school today and a whole bunch of people flipped their shit.
hatzel
20th December 2013, 15:02
Haha I said that at school today and a whole bunch of people flipped their shit.

I have a question about the 'so hardcore (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-31GPcgq6A_c/T6f_ZT-kRhI/AAAAAAAAAFI/PkJVevaQims/s1600/Misc-so-hardcore-l.png)' symbol...
BIXX
20th December 2013, 15:09
Oh yeah I wear that when I lift hahaha.

Anyway, you don't know the context. I was continuing by saying I support troops who shoot their commanding officers/betray the hierarchies of war. Of course I know others (people on this website, can't remember name right now) have become leftists and shit later, but a good amount of soldiers are actually really fucked up (a lot of combat videos show this). Plus the support of the current system, etc...

However, this thread isn't about the troops, but it is about the circle E.
rojar225
3rd January 2014, 17:34
nice all post.
Ele'ill
3rd January 2014, 21:00
circled A supposedly means 'anarchy is order' or something and the E is equality/equality is order
G4b3n
3rd January 2014, 21:40
That banner that reads 'fuck the troops' may as well read 'fuck the workers'. That is some offensive shit and shows no understanding of the possession facing the working class.
Ele'ill
3rd January 2014, 21:48
That banner that reads 'fuck the troops' may as well read 'fuck the workers'. That is some offensive shit and shows no understanding of the possession facing the working class.

maybe it was former troops who made the banner or marched behind it
Ele'ill
3rd January 2014, 21:53
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkkhrhTCg11qe86fxo1_400.jpg
Trap Queen Voxxy
3rd January 2014, 22:39
I like to think it means Edward, as in Team Edward and is a Team Edward banner. I think I have every right to interpret as I want and interpret what it means to me in my own way.
helot
3rd January 2014, 22:58
That banner that reads 'fuck the troops' may as well read 'fuck the workers'. That is some offensive shit and shows no understanding of the possession facing the working class.


No, the closest to 'fuck the troops' isn't 'fuck the workers' but 'fuck the police'. The military and the police are different sides of the same coin. The police protect the bourgeoisie at home, the military abroad.



Anyway, circled-E should be Equality is Order like how the circled-A is Anarchy is Order... as Mari3L has previously said.