Anonymous
22nd June 2002, 18:18
Anarchy in the USA
Militant Non-violence and the Politics of Protest
From Che Guevara to giant puppets, resistance to corporate control has come in many guises. Today’s anti-corporate globalization movement is as diverse as it is dynamic, with a myriad of groups and tactics. But with the post-9-11 backlash against dissent, the increasing sophistication of the state security agencies, and its own struggle to bring its message to the mainstream, the movement is still battling to gain momentum in the U.S.
In his first CounterIntelligence effort, info-guerrilla Charles Maol talks with David Graeber, an Ivy League anarchist who has become one of the movement’s most insightful voices.
Graeber teaches Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University and writes for a variety of publications including In These Times and NYC Indymedia’s Indypendent. As an organizer for the Anti-Capitalist Convergence against the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York City, David was in the rare position of being an anarchist in the center of media attention.
A veteran of the movement’s pivotal protests himself, Maol first met Graeber on the streets of Genoa, Italy during the actions against the G8 summit; demonstrations that were met with ultra-violent state repression.
The two hadn’t seen each other since Italy. But in the moments before he rushed away from a heavily policed New York City, Maol was able to grab the professor for this illuminating discussion in which Graeber shares his thoughts on the state of the movement, the nature of anarchy, and the secret power of a guy in a fairy suit. He also issues an ominous warning about the lessons many activists are taking from this month’s protests in New York.
Militant Non-violence and the Politics of Protest
From Che Guevara to giant puppets, resistance to corporate control has come in many guises. Today’s anti-corporate globalization movement is as diverse as it is dynamic, with a myriad of groups and tactics. But with the post-9-11 backlash against dissent, the increasing sophistication of the state security agencies, and its own struggle to bring its message to the mainstream, the movement is still battling to gain momentum in the U.S.
In his first CounterIntelligence effort, info-guerrilla Charles Maol talks with David Graeber, an Ivy League anarchist who has become one of the movement’s most insightful voices.
Graeber teaches Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University and writes for a variety of publications including In These Times and NYC Indymedia’s Indypendent. As an organizer for the Anti-Capitalist Convergence against the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York City, David was in the rare position of being an anarchist in the center of media attention.
A veteran of the movement’s pivotal protests himself, Maol first met Graeber on the streets of Genoa, Italy during the actions against the G8 summit; demonstrations that were met with ultra-violent state repression.
The two hadn’t seen each other since Italy. But in the moments before he rushed away from a heavily policed New York City, Maol was able to grab the professor for this illuminating discussion in which Graeber shares his thoughts on the state of the movement, the nature of anarchy, and the secret power of a guy in a fairy suit. He also issues an ominous warning about the lessons many activists are taking from this month’s protests in New York.