Australian group affiliates with RAAN

[kaaos_af]

Hi comrades.

It's my pleasure to announce that the Direct Action Collective, Brisbane, Queensland state Australia, has affiliated with the Red and Anarchist Action Network in America and Venezuela. The DAC was formed earlier this year in an effort to combat a number of grave injustices currently being committed by corporations and the state in the area. We seek to challenge the Leninist grip on the local activist movement that is slowing progress. We count among our ranks Anarcho-Syndicalists, Anarcho-Primitivists, Marxists and other revolutionaries of different ideological stripes- ours is a collective that shall engage in direct action, not sitting around theorising- we shall learn the best tactics in the course of the struggle.

We have affiliated with RAAN because we believe it would allow us to build cross-Pacific resistance against the US corporate-military empire which has taken a firm hold on this land as well as helping to further the cause of international anarchism.

In Comradeship,
Sabcat
Direct Action Collective
[email protected]

[kaaos_af]

http://www.notmygovernment.com/anarchy_star.jpghttp://raan.yardapes.net/images/sickleastar.jpg
This is the symbol of DAC and of RAAN

[classwarveteran]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2006, 02:15 PM
We count among our ranks Anarcho-Syndicalists, Anarcho-Primitivists, Marxists and other revolutionaries of different ideological stripes-
Um...anarcho-primitivists?? :blink:

I can't imagine their involvement will last long. I haven't known too many primies to be involved with any kind of organization involving such fascist tendencies as anarcho-syndicalists :lol:

At least, not the true anarcho-primitivists, as opposed to some kids that think it's cool to call themselves that. But hey, more power to you. I just hope they don't become a drag on the organization.

[apathy maybe]

Groovy shit. It is cool that you can organise yourselfs like this. Affiliating with RAAN? Cool.

More power.

[Nachie]

too much rock for one hand! :wub:

[violencia.Proletariat]

What a terribly bad idea. No self respecting class war anarchist should join an organization with primitivists in order to "fight the state."

[chimx]

why?

[violencia.Proletariat]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2006, 04:15 PM
why?
Why would a syndicalist who focuses on the organization of production allie himself with a primitivist who wishes to destroy production?

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Because it's all one big joke, and none of them are really serious about workers revolution?





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Did I get it?

[Black Dagger]

CDL, where's the beef?

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2006, 03:15 PM
We have affiliated with RAAN because we believe it would allow us to build cross-Pacific resistance against the US corporate-military empire which has taken a firm hold on this land as well as helping to further the cause of international anarchism.
Good idea, but how do you expect that to be realised practically?

[kaaos_af]

Organising inter-continental is done every day, by strengthening international links and building campaigns across the world, we strengthen the movement as a whole. For instance, we are planning on raising money to help an anti-logging campaign 2000km away in Tasmania. A comrade working with us has voiced her interest in building a campaign to halt damming in Iceland- she is planning to go there- it is a good idea, we're more than happy to give her a hand financially. A local company building weapons for USA an Israel has only two offices- one here, one in Virgina USA. If we could build links with anarchists in that area, a cross-Pacific mobilisation is entirely doable.

On A//Primitivists;

We are fiercely opposed to the destruction of the environment and you'll find that in Australia, A//P'ists are the most hardcore in its defence- hence, we want them on board. A few have linked up to the group, we're also working with a few A//P'ists to organise the protest against g20 and the logging in Tasmania. Some of us gained anarchist consciousness through picking up Freddy Perlman and Goldman books from their distro. Maybe you lot have had bad experiences, but here they are wonderful, committed revolutionaries who I support wholeheartedly, if not ideologically.

As for you, violencia.Proletariat, spin on it, I don't care about your opinion. Don't judge people you've never met. Sorry, mate, I'm not going to take that trip on board.

And CDL, we have strong support from the comrades of the former Libertarian Socialist Organisation (active in the 60's) who are now organising rank and file trade unionism. The point of our group is to carry out direct action against the corporations and the police state, not to sit around arguing about which of the 57 brands of Leninism will lead the workers to their salvation or Chavez or whatever.

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18, 2006 05:53 pm
A comrade working with us has voiced her interest in building a campaign to halt damming in Iceland
Sorry to pick up on the negative stuff, but this campaign is a waste of time. The dam is already being built and the action camp that was there over the summer achieved absolutely nothing.

[subcal]

Originally posted by The Anarchist [email protected] 24, 2006 09:46 pm

Sorry to pick up on the negative stuff, but this campaign is a waste of time. The dam is already being built and the action camp that was there over the summer achieved absolutely nothing.
And thus, on the eigth day the Blessed ritual of monkey wrentching was invented....

[kaaos_af]

That's a real shame. I didn't know much about it myself.

[Rollo]

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[kaaos_af]

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[violencia.Proletariat]

For instance, we are planning on raising money to help an anti-logging campaign 2000km away in Tasmania. A comrade working with us has voiced her interest in building a campaign to halt damming in Iceland- she is planning to go there- it is a good idea, we're more than happy to give her a hand financially.

Why do you need an explicityl anarchist group to do this? If your main interest is useless enviornmental protests your should open the group up to everyone. There is nothing "anarchist" about an environmental group. From what you have proposed here, you show no interest in class war struggles.


We are fiercely opposed to the destruction of the environment and you'll find that in Australia, A//P'ists are the most hardcore in its defence- hence, we want them on board.

Yeah so hardcore that they'll hurt people over animals.


Don't judge people you've never met.

Can you please tell me where I judged those people on a personal level? I judged their politics. If your suggesting people shouldn't express their opinions about other's politics, how do you expect shit to get done?


The point of our group is to carry out direct action against the corporations and the police state, not to sit around arguing about which of the 57 brands of Leninism will lead the workers to their salvation or Chavez or whatever.

And thats why your main concern is saving trees and being against dams :blink:

[subcal]

Originally posted by [email protected] 31, 2006 10:05 pm


Yeah so hardcore that they'll hurt people over animals.

Something done in the defence of another, is an action none the less. In-activity should be looked down apon, not merely activity that you do not agree with.

I don't really care much for name calling, it usually preceeds the sticks and / or stones....

[Comeback Kid]

Yeah so hardcore that they'll hurt people over animals.


pfft. there only hurting people that need to be hurt. its like the reverse of hunting sharks and crocodiles that have attacked people.

[violencia.Proletariat]

Originally posted by Comeback [email protected] 02, 2006 07:11 am

Yeah so hardcore that they'll hurt people over animals.


pfft. there only hurting people that need to be hurt. its like the reverse of hunting sharks and crocodiles that have attacked people.
Why do they need to be hurt? Because they're scientists? If animal rights is your first concern your a fucking idiot.

[Nachie]

fuck animal rights

hooray for animal liberation

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

:lol: @ "animal liberation"

Thanks for the laugh.

[Nachie]

Sweet dude, no probs!

*high five*

[subcal]

suprised to read about the polo horse getting shot down the gold coast, is starting to make me think of all those unclaimed livestock shootings of Earth First! in the US in the days of old...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061030/2/118ho.html

no more suffering for the amusement of the rich....

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...5005961,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20693860-5005961,00.html)

beware of snipers....