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Just saw this on indymedia:
"This morning several banners were dropped in the Milwaukee area expressing solidarity with those protesting against the G8 meeting in Germany this week. The policies of the G8 have a global effect and resistance to the G8 and solidarity with its opponents should therefore also be undertaken globally. While these actions may have no direct impact on the meetings themselves, we hope they offer some comfort to those on the front lines or in jail cells by letting them know they are not alone.
The banners read:
"Can't stop kaos
Fuck the G8"
and
"Solidarty[sic] with Anti-G8 Prisoners"
The first one speaks to the threat of uncontrollables to the established order, especially during their organized conferences. The threat of widespread disorder by those getting fucked by the system forces the state to be on the defensive and allows it's enemies numerous opportunities for resistance and revenge. By acting out militantly against the established order, they can seriously disrupt the function of these meetings, both in the media and in the closed-door sessions.
The second speaks for itself- we offer nothing but support for those arrested in the struggle against the G8 and hope they will soon be free once more. The state has made a significant effort to crush dissent surrounding this G8 meeting, but their efforts thus far have failed. The anger of the oppressed is stronger than their concrete walls.
We will continue to act in solidarity with those in Germany, and throughout the world, who fight with their all against this social order, as well as bring our own attacks to bear upon it. "
and
"Through the Hydra's Heart
The fate of some 6 billion individuals is currently being decided by eight people, the leaders of the eight most powerful industrialized nations on the planet. Fighting for a seat at the table with them are business interests, hoping to turn global policy in favor of their profit margins. A seemingly dystopian scenario, this is the reality of the G8 meeting, occurring right now. Those who will be most directly affected by the decisions made at this meeting- farmers, workers, the unemployed, students, the third world and all people who’s lives are dictated by the rules of capital- have no access to these meetings and no control over the decisions that come out of them. Indeed, the governments of every country that has hosted the G8 have made certain of that.
The coming of the G8 has become synonymous with the suppression of all political dissent. From the blood on the walls and in the streets of protestors in Genoa to the current destruction of youth spaces, arrest of organizers and disruption of anti-G8 groups in Germany, those who stand up against it are given the harshest treatment by the law. Beyond preliminary efforts to disrupt all opposition, the coming of the G8 also signals further militarization of the police force. With full armor, chemical weapons, armored vehicles, specialized military divisions, snipers and more, the police prepare for the G8 as though preparing for war. And as this state of war against the victims of capital becomes normalized, those victims should become equally prepared.
The frontlines of this war, the social war, stretch beyond the decisions being made thousands of miles away by these eight leaders and the attacks on resistance efforts and murder of dissenters. In today’s ever expanding global market, they stretch into our city and into our every day lives. The economic policies set at the G8 have had a negative effect on workers throughout the world, even right here in Milwaukee. The policies of the G8 translate in to the outsourcing of jobs, privatization of social services, weakening of safety, wage and environmental protections and the destruction of the social fabric of communities from the inner cities to rural farmlands. Which brings us to the ultimate point of resistance to the G8- the social order that the meeting and the eight heads of state represent.
The G8 is merely one head of a larger and more insidious beast- capitalism. The effects it has on our communities and daily lives favor those who serve to maximize profit for an increasingly small number of extremely wealthy corporations and individuals. Opposition to the G8 meetings and what goes on at them must therefore mean opposition to capitalism as a whole. If we want to protect our communities and exercise greater control over our every day existence and not be subject to the demands of the bosses, demands against our best interests, we must strike at the heart, at the social order itself, and work towards a world free from the control of state and capital. We must demand more than just an end to the G8; we must struggle for an end to all decisions about our lives made without our control; we must struggle for a world free from all bosses and politicians!
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'heavens above, how awful it is to live outside the law - one is always expecting what one rightly deserves.'
petronius, the satyricon
Too bad the G8 summit was prepared for the beginning of june. Many universities and high schools have exams that moment. I thought of going to the protests (It's not too far), but since I have to study...
The police has lured the protesters into a big fight, I know they always do. Solidarity with the protesters!
“Where the worker is regulated bureaucratically from childhood onwards, where he believes in authority, in those set over him, the main thing is to teach him to walk by himself.” - Marx
"It is illogical and incorrect to reduce everything to the economic [socialist] revolution, for the question is: how to eliminate [political] oppression? It cannot be eliminated without an economic revolution... But to limit ourselves to this is to lapse into absurd and wretched ... Economism." - Lenin
"[During a revolution, bourgeois democratic] demands [of the working class] ... push so hard on the outer limits of capital's rule that they appear likewise as forms of transition to a proletarian dictatorship." - Luxemburg
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yeah only about an ocean away for me. Anyhow, not that this isn't a good thing but it seems like they were placed in the middle of nowhere
"Love Other Human Beings like you would Yourself"
-- Ho Chi Minh
"We Don't Care who gets elected, because whoever it is will be Overthrown"
-- Subcomandante Marcos
They were placed on two busy streets, near intersections where people would also be stopped and have time to read them.
'heavens above, how awful it is to live outside the law - one is always expecting what one rightly deserves.'
petronius, the satyricon
oh that's cool, the pictures are decieving then. They make it look like an empty parking lot. But yeah good job then
"Love Other Human Beings like you would Yourself"
-- Ho Chi Minh
"We Don't Care who gets elected, because whoever it is will be Overthrown"
-- Subcomandante Marcos
Great to see local supportive anti-G8 actions in the US aswell
I was suprised to the RCP at the G8 protest, they sold me the Revolution special on Bob ( no g8 articles, just the quotations of chairman bob). Anyway kudo's to them for travel such a distance to be there
anyway, our banner and block
tsss, you damn stalinist, you forgot to mention this action
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2007/06/45056.shtml
beautiful
absolutely great
yeah the crane banners in A'dam where also awesomeOriginally posted by An archist@June 06, 2007 08:31 am
tsss, you damn stalinist, you forgot to mention this action
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2007/06/45056.shtml
But not as awesome as this one;
It covered a 8 meter tall building :wacko:
Rostock. On a few office buildings
wait what??? really? RCP people went there? I'm suprised. I'm not sure which issue got sold to you, was it the one on immigrant rights? Maybe. The Issue that came out today has something on the G8 and the issue after the G8 will probably have a report on it.Originally posted by ddxt301+June 06, 2007 03:14 am--> (ddxt301 @ June 06, 2007 03:14 am)Great to see local supportive anti-G8 actions in the US aswell
I was suprised to the RCP at the G8 protest, they sold me the Revolution special on Bob ( no g8 articles, just the quotations of chairman bob
anyway, our banner and block
"Love Other Human Beings like you would Yourself"
-- Ho Chi Minh
"We Don't Care who gets elected, because whoever it is will be Overthrown"
-- Subcomandante Marcos
No it was just a special on bob from April, just bob. 95% on bob and bob on the world, qoutes and books by bob and 5% Bill Martin. No articles what so ever.
I can understand you have leading figure, but the rest of the world are more interested in a revolutionary analysis on the G8 then in the qoutations of chairman bob at that time, which mainly point out the american domestic and global policy
Tip for them next time, bring a broader edition.
P.S where was bob? he isnt exciled from germany is he :P?
More banner drops:
"This morning 4 banners were dropped and hung around the Milwaukee area with messages reading:
"NO G8"
"END Capitalism END the G8"
"Against Capitalist war, Against Capitalist Peace"
"solidarity with anti-g8 prisoners" (was found and rehung further down the street from where it was torn town)
We are an ungovernable force when we employ tactics that in their decentralized and autonomous nature allow for easy replication and modification (against the formation of experts in struggle and for generalized revolt) for the mass of oppressed and exploited to act as they see fit in circumstances of the least risk for themselves and most damage to capital.
There are many cops, hit-men for the state, who professionalize the misery of others and there are those who have internalized the master's values as well as many varied means of surveillance to encourage the oppressed's heads to stay firmly nuzzled beneath the state's boot. They wouldn't be on every corner, with worried eyes fearing that even the most minute questioning and the smallest of actions taken without their knowledge and approval will lead to the destruction of it all.
Another cop exists within our heads, one which allows for revolt to exist merely in concept, in image, in representation, as lifestyle, as commodity, somewhere else (germany), but not here. Not where it matters most, in our own lives. Is it really a minority of armed thugs with threats of violence enforcing capitals rules that keeps this rotten world from falling apart or this submission to authority and distance between our desires and their fruition? The secret is to really begin. The time for waiting and empty words is over.
We long for burning cities to call our own!
With love and solidarity for those fighting the G8 here and in Germany
With rage and plans in store for the G8 and the social order"
'heavens above, how awful it is to live outside the law - one is always expecting what one rightly deserves.'
petronius, the satyricon
that's really, really weird. That issue is really old, A) and B) The people who went should've brought our newer issues. We have 3 on police brutality on mayday, the war of terror, oppression of womyn, and a call for mayday action since that broadsheet came out. Also our newest issue has a call for G8 action from the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.Originally posted by ddxt301@June 07, 2007 10:49 am
No it was just a special on bob from April, just bob. 95% on bob and bob on the world, qoutes and books by bob and 5% Bill Martin. No articles what so ever.
I can understand you have leading figure, but the rest of the world are more interested in a revolutionary analysis on the G8 then in the qoutations of chairman bob at that time, which mainly point out the american domestic and global policy
Tip for them next time, bring a broader edition.
P.S where was bob? he isnt exciled from germany is he :P?
"Love Other Human Beings like you would Yourself"
-- Ho Chi Minh
"We Don't Care who gets elected, because whoever it is will be Overthrown"
-- Subcomandante Marcos
Awesome pictures Duck.
Henry, I was there as well, I think I brought a little smile on the faces of your comrades when I agreed with them, in my own words, what the problems with the CPUSA are.
What's the matter Lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?
He wasnt very pleased i stated my support for the WWP and FRSO after he asked me about my intrests maoism :P. Though he made a nuance though and didnt attack them, which was good. they also plead for revolutionary MLíst unity
eh, probably because those two parties support capitalist China. That's cool that the RCP was the only USA organization there and that you guys went together. Man the farthest I've gone for a rally with a comrade is philadelphia so props to you guys
"Love Other Human Beings like you would Yourself"
-- Ho Chi Minh
"We Don't Care who gets elected, because whoever it is will be Overthrown"
-- Subcomandante Marcos
I remember receiving a copy of Revolution newspaper.
I also remember asking myself why it dedicated itself so much to one man.
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