ARE WE SERIOUSLY UP FOR REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN?
Johann Most | 25.04.2009 20:14 | Analysis | South Coast
Some reflections and lessons to be learned from the G 20 summit fiasco
After seeing the complete absence of strategic thinking, the childish and naive attitude that most of us showed the other day in the g 20 demos, the futility of our demands (if we happened to have any) etc... I wonder to myself if we would be able to go beyond the automatic repetition of a few slogans whose meaning many do not even seem to know for real. What else can we say?, where is the analysis?, where is the capacity of putting forward our ideas without making an ass of ourselves. No wonder then, that many people, even workers, homeless or individuals in benefits or groing through serious poverty do not take our demands seriously at all. Instead, many of them have taken the side of the power and prefer to believe the rubish said by the official demo-fascist propaganda. We have seen it, the media have been "lynching" us and the average opinion of the average londoner clearly reflected these days exactly what the papers were saying about the event and its outcome.
I just want to ask; are we taking this seriously?. Where is now all the people who turned up to the demos. Will we see them again before another "great event " comes to the city?. Aren't we anything but fools with no real idea about what we want?.
Well, everybody know we want to destroy State and Capitalism, but that is not going to happen tomorrow I'm afraid. So what else?...
Here you are some points for everybody who wants to reflect on them.
I strongly believe that if we truly, honestly wish to revolutionise this world it is extremelly important to go through these immeditate problems.
1) No more games, "creative" and artsy stuff in the demos. They are a liability that helps to obstruct our way if we need to go further or run from the coppers. There are squatts and social centres where anyone can do performances, theatre and everything they want. However, bringing this pointless stuff to a demo is becoming increasingly unwise and meaningless.
2) No more fancy dressings. This is not a carnival, this is a struggle and the police are not there to be nice with us. It is absolutely unimportant who starts a riot (police provocation or someone from the other side). The real fact is that things can always turn ugly, even in the most unexpected and pacifist demos so stop coming dressed as though you wanted to be arrested or beaten as hell.
3) Strategy and tactical accuracy. "We are at the belly of the beast"... well done guys, we are just where THEY WANT US TO BE. From that moment on they are in control, even if we break the police row and go further a few yards or smash anything.
Why not celebrate the summit in other city for instance?, or what about spreading all over the city in teams and confuse the cops. What about a little of strategic thinking for a change?.
4) No more pacifist fanatism please. Those who do not want to get involved in violent actions stop slandering vandals around!!, no, we are not all undercover policemen!!, we have not got the plague, some of us like have a shower at least once every 2 days. Stop trying to defend yourselves from any accusation by pointing at us horified and exclaimming "we are not violent, we are not violent, please, believe me Mr journalist"... Why don't trying something more dignified like "well, I do not agree with their methods but I cannot say that I regret what they are doing" or even better, what about not talking to the journalists at all, after all they have shown very clearly what they are capable of and who they work for.
Back to the plain clothes policemen, these can be among us the same as they can be infiltrating pacifists or the cyclists of critical mass. That is not the point. The problem is to reach an agreement once and for all. Neither side is going to get the other to comply to its tactics and principles. Let's combine the most suitable tactic at the right moment, be this pacific or violent but please, stop that endless pseudodebate that is taking us nowhere. No my dear pacifists, you are not going to get us and we do not hope you to understand us at all. Yet we have to coexist. Let's do it in a good way and stop judging and betraying each other. Your pacific action can be the perfect way of keeping the cops enterteined while we sneak and smash at the opposite side of the city for example. How does that sound?. It is just an idea but there can be more.
5) Create networks. We need to keep the struggle constant, not leave everyting to the great moments where a summit like this takes place in the city. We need to organise and coordinate in a daily basis, get involved with people's problems, even if these sound "too reformistic" at the beginning. We do not need to lie, but showing that we are made of bone and flesh and have very smart and good ideas. Keep ourselves isolated in the "Ghetto" is taking us nowhere. We are FASHION, nothing else, an aesthetic trend, and we will be it until we cease in this attitude.
Combine our aims for social revolution with small, every day actions, social or workplace struggles, public transport prices, new repressive laws, CCTV... YOU NAME IT.
6) If we manage to maintain a decent degree of coordination may be internet will not be that necessary which is good news. The good thing about internet is that we can show actions taking place here to the rest of the world in the blink of an eye. the worst thing is that using internet to arrange meetings is the same as telling directly the cops what we will be doing, how, where and how many approximatelly. That particular use of internet should if not disappear, at least be kept to a minimum which can't be achieved if we do not potentiate face-to-face meetings, actions and coordination. Also, if we know each other more or less, that can help to prevent infiltrations from happening easily.
7) Beyond the differences among individuals and groups we need to find some common ground, build a coherent discourse we can use in our relationship with "normal" people and practice some tolerance among each other. One example: I am not vegan and I am pretty sure I will never be. I am aware that for some people my rejection of vegan diet would constitute enough reason to refuse doing anything together. Please, let's give way to each other to a some extent, otherwhise we will never go beyond pointless and esterile discussions that won't convince anyone.
We actually need a clear message for the people outside the "ghetto" beyond easy slogans and the confusing and senseless ideological mixture we are nowadays sinking in. Try also to engage with people from all ages, not just youth. We need elderly, adult working people, militant women, black, asian... people from every possible origin and background.
8) Accept that we are AT WAR. and that this war is INTERNATIONAL. Start to organise the struggle in the UK but keep an eye on what happens abroad and organise solidarity.
Learn foreign languages and avoid the worldwide spread of our own language, so contaminated with terms coming from bussiness and the language of the power. Why not promote the use of Esperanto worldwide among rebels as an international language?.
ABOUT THE JOURNALISTS; Be always clear from now on that they ARE PART OF THE ENEMY. DO NOT TALK TO THEM, KICK THEM OUT OF OUR DEMOS, NEVER LET THEM IN AGAIN. THE SAME MUST BE DONE WITH "RECUPERATORS" AND ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANISATION TRYING TO INSTRUMENTALISE US IN THEIR OWN BENEFIT. TRADE UNIONS AND PARTIES AND LEFTIST MANIPULATORS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AT ALL, ALONG WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOW MANIPULATIVE, AUTHORITARIAN, SEXIST ATTITUDES AS WELL, OF COURSE.
OUR MOVEMENT SHOULD NEVER BE DOMINATED, IT HAS TO BE AUTONOMOUS AND TRULY ANARCHIST, SELF-MANAGED AND HORIZONTALLY ORGANISED. OUR REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED SO STOP SEEKING THE ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA WILL BE ONE OF THE CLEAREST LESSONS WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS G20 SUMMIT.
Direct action is our device, negotiation with the power is not in our agenda either.
9) Serious talk about the tactics to be used. Are the demos still effective when we know that we will always end up penned in the "kettle"?. How can we organise them differently?, what other actions can be carried out appart from rallies...
10) Forget nationalism. We are international people, we are everywhere, we wipe our assess with the fucking Union Jack every single day.
Forget also naive and reformistic stuff like "these banks our banks"... come on!! we al know that those banks are not and will never be ours... we need to see them burning to the ground, not to reapropriate them.
11) Make the effort of working on ourselves to avoid sexist, authoritarian, abusive and selfish attitudes. Self-criticism and individual honesty. Truth is Revolutionary.
12) Support the prisioners and arrested people. Where have we been when all the arrestees had to appear on court. What support have these people had appart from their own friends and families. SUPPORT THE PRISIONERS AND ARRESTED AT EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.
13) End once and for all with deffensive attidudes and taboos like "f you are black, gay ro lesbian you are always cool" kind of thing. Sorry to tell some of you for instance that Haile Selassie was a murderous dictator and a son of a bitch, or that being lesbian but working in the city or "exploiting my own employees in the restaurant I own" is NOT A COOL THING.These people who belong to formerly (and still today, we have to acknowledge that) DISPISED, ABUSED AND EXPOLITED MINORITIES, BUT also exploit others, or cash on others misery and struggle for survival ARE THE ENEMY, regardless race or sexual orientation. We MUST NEVER DISCRIMINATE OF COURSE, BUT IN BOTH WAYS, IN THE RIGHT AND IN THE WRONG ONE.
Well, this is all for the time being.
Think about this those of you WHO REALLY WANT TO SEE REVOLUTION HAPPENING IN THE UK AND IN THE WORLD, or that at least WANT TO SE A STRONG AND WELL ORGANISED MOVEMENT AND MUTUAL AID AND SOLIDARITY NETWORK DEFENDING OUR OWN INTEREST AS DISPOSESSED PEOPLE.
Kisses horniness and flames.
After seeing the complete absence of strategic thinking, the childish and naive attitude that most of us showed the other day in the g 20 demos, the futility of our demands (if we happened to have any) etc... I wonder to myself if we would be able to go beyond the automatic repetition of a few slogans whose meaning many do not even seem to know for real. What else can we say?, where is the analysis?, where is the capacity of putting forward our ideas without making an ass of ourselves. No wonder then, that many people, even workers, homeless or individuals in benefits or groing through serious poverty do not take our demands seriously at all. Instead, many of them have taken the side of the power and prefer to believe the rubish said by the official demo-fascist propaganda. We have seen it, the media have been "lynching" us and the average opinion of the average londoner clearly reflected these days exactly what the papers were saying about the event and its outcome.
I just want to ask; are we taking this seriously?. Where is now all the people who turned up to the demos. Will we see them again before another "great event " comes to the city?. Aren't we anything but fools with no real idea about what we want?.
Well, everybody know we want to destroy State and Capitalism, but that is not going to happen tomorrow I'm afraid. So what else?...
Here you are some points for everybody who wants to reflect on them.
I strongly believe that if we truly, honestly wish to revolutionise this world it is extremelly important to go through these immeditate problems.
1) No more games, "creative" and artsy stuff in the demos. They are a liability that helps to obstruct our way if we need to go further or run from the coppers. There are squatts and social centres where anyone can do performances, theatre and everything they want. However, bringing this pointless stuff to a demo is becoming increasingly unwise and meaningless.
2) No more fancy dressings. This is not a carnival, this is a struggle and the police are not there to be nice with us. It is absolutely unimportant who starts a riot (police provocation or someone from the other side). The real fact is that things can always turn ugly, even in the most unexpected and pacifist demos so stop coming dressed as though you wanted to be arrested or beaten as hell.
3) Strategy and tactical accuracy. "We are at the belly of the beast"... well done guys, we are just where THEY WANT US TO BE. From that moment on they are in control, even if we break the police row and go further a few yards or smash anything.
Why not celebrate the summit in other city for instance?, or what about spreading all over the city in teams and confuse the cops. What about a little of strategic thinking for a change?.
4) No more pacifist fanatism please. Those who do not want to get involved in violent actions stop slandering vandals around!!, no, we are not all undercover policemen!!, we have not got the plague, some of us like have a shower at least once every 2 days. Stop trying to defend yourselves from any accusation by pointing at us horified and exclaimming "we are not violent, we are not violent, please, believe me Mr journalist"... Why don't trying something more dignified like "well, I do not agree with their methods but I cannot say that I regret what they are doing" or even better, what about not talking to the journalists at all, after all they have shown very clearly what they are capable of and who they work for.
Back to the plain clothes policemen, these can be among us the same as they can be infiltrating pacifists or the cyclists of critical mass. That is not the point. The problem is to reach an agreement once and for all. Neither side is going to get the other to comply to its tactics and principles. Let's combine the most suitable tactic at the right moment, be this pacific or violent but please, stop that endless pseudodebate that is taking us nowhere. No my dear pacifists, you are not going to get us and we do not hope you to understand us at all. Yet we have to coexist. Let's do it in a good way and stop judging and betraying each other. Your pacific action can be the perfect way of keeping the cops enterteined while we sneak and smash at the opposite side of the city for example. How does that sound?. It is just an idea but there can be more.
5) Create networks. We need to keep the struggle constant, not leave everyting to the great moments where a summit like this takes place in the city. We need to organise and coordinate in a daily basis, get involved with people's problems, even if these sound "too reformistic" at the beginning. We do not need to lie, but showing that we are made of bone and flesh and have very smart and good ideas. Keep ourselves isolated in the "Ghetto" is taking us nowhere. We are FASHION, nothing else, an aesthetic trend, and we will be it until we cease in this attitude.
Combine our aims for social revolution with small, every day actions, social or workplace struggles, public transport prices, new repressive laws, CCTV... YOU NAME IT.
6) If we manage to maintain a decent degree of coordination may be internet will not be that necessary which is good news. The good thing about internet is that we can show actions taking place here to the rest of the world in the blink of an eye. the worst thing is that using internet to arrange meetings is the same as telling directly the cops what we will be doing, how, where and how many approximatelly. That particular use of internet should if not disappear, at least be kept to a minimum which can't be achieved if we do not potentiate face-to-face meetings, actions and coordination. Also, if we know each other more or less, that can help to prevent infiltrations from happening easily.
7) Beyond the differences among individuals and groups we need to find some common ground, build a coherent discourse we can use in our relationship with "normal" people and practice some tolerance among each other. One example: I am not vegan and I am pretty sure I will never be. I am aware that for some people my rejection of vegan diet would constitute enough reason to refuse doing anything together. Please, let's give way to each other to a some extent, otherwhise we will never go beyond pointless and esterile discussions that won't convince anyone.
We actually need a clear message for the people outside the "ghetto" beyond easy slogans and the confusing and senseless ideological mixture we are nowadays sinking in. Try also to engage with people from all ages, not just youth. We need elderly, adult working people, militant women, black, asian... people from every possible origin and background.
8) Accept that we are AT WAR. and that this war is INTERNATIONAL. Start to organise the struggle in the UK but keep an eye on what happens abroad and organise solidarity.
Learn foreign languages and avoid the worldwide spread of our own language, so contaminated with terms coming from bussiness and the language of the power. Why not promote the use of Esperanto worldwide among rebels as an international language?.
ABOUT THE JOURNALISTS; Be always clear from now on that they ARE PART OF THE ENEMY. DO NOT TALK TO THEM, KICK THEM OUT OF OUR DEMOS, NEVER LET THEM IN AGAIN. THE SAME MUST BE DONE WITH "RECUPERATORS" AND ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANISATION TRYING TO INSTRUMENTALISE US IN THEIR OWN BENEFIT. TRADE UNIONS AND PARTIES AND LEFTIST MANIPULATORS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AT ALL, ALONG WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOW MANIPULATIVE, AUTHORITARIAN, SEXIST ATTITUDES AS WELL, OF COURSE.
OUR MOVEMENT SHOULD NEVER BE DOMINATED, IT HAS TO BE AUTONOMOUS AND TRULY ANARCHIST, SELF-MANAGED AND HORIZONTALLY ORGANISED. OUR REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED SO STOP SEEKING THE ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA WILL BE ONE OF THE CLEAREST LESSONS WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS G20 SUMMIT.
Direct action is our device, negotiation with the power is not in our agenda either.
9) Serious talk about the tactics to be used. Are the demos still effective when we know that we will always end up penned in the "kettle"?. How can we organise them differently?, what other actions can be carried out appart from rallies...
10) Forget nationalism. We are international people, we are everywhere, we wipe our assess with the fucking Union Jack every single day.
Forget also naive and reformistic stuff like "these banks our banks"... come on!! we al know that those banks are not and will never be ours... we need to see them burning to the ground, not to reapropriate them.
11) Make the effort of working on ourselves to avoid sexist, authoritarian, abusive and selfish attitudes. Self-criticism and individual honesty. Truth is Revolutionary.
12) Support the prisioners and arrested people. Where have we been when all the arrestees had to appear on court. What support have these people had appart from their own friends and families. SUPPORT THE PRISIONERS AND ARRESTED AT EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.
13) End once and for all with deffensive attidudes and taboos like "f you are black, gay ro lesbian you are always cool" kind of thing. Sorry to tell some of you for instance that Haile Selassie was a murderous dictator and a son of a bitch, or that being lesbian but working in the city or "exploiting my own employees in the restaurant I own" is NOT A COOL THING.These people who belong to formerly (and still today, we have to acknowledge that) DISPISED, ABUSED AND EXPOLITED MINORITIES, BUT also exploit others, or cash on others misery and struggle for survival ARE THE ENEMY, regardless race or sexual orientation. We MUST NEVER DISCRIMINATE OF COURSE, BUT IN BOTH WAYS, IN THE RIGHT AND IN THE WRONG ONE.
Well, this is all for the time being.
Think about this those of you WHO REALLY WANT TO SEE REVOLUTION HAPPENING IN THE UK AND IN THE WORLD, or that at least WANT TO SE A STRONG AND WELL ORGANISED MOVEMENT AND MUTUAL AID AND SOLIDARITY NETWORK DEFENDING OUR OWN INTEREST AS DISPOSESSED PEOPLE.
Kisses horniness and flames.
Johann Most
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