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CRAP Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy | 26.07.2005 12:07 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Sheffield


On Saturday 2nd July 2005, CRAP (Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy), the world's fiercest, most disiplined and doggedly persistant capitalism advocacy group, marched on the streets of Edinburgh, in defiance of various anarchist, leftist, progressive and churchy/do-goody/reformist organisations and successfully sabotaged their vague and pathetic attempt to make the world fairer, more sustainable and as the slogan goes 'make poverty history'.

Pre-March planning session with our No. 1 man Tony.
Pre-March planning session with our No. 1 man Tony.

George joined us for some placard and banner making too.
George joined us for some placard and banner making too.

July 2nd: Brave pro-capitalists make their way to the front of the march.
July 2nd: Brave pro-capitalists make their way to the front of the march.

And they're off: CRAP take to the streets to challenge the do-goody liberals.
And they're off: CRAP take to the streets to challenge the do-goody liberals.

The glorious moment we stopped those liberal do-gooders.
The glorious moment we stopped those liberal do-gooders.

The 'front of the 'make poverty history' march successfully blockaded.
The 'front of the 'make poverty history' march successfully blockaded.

The corporate media love us... (unlike you alt.media buggers!)
The corporate media love us... (unlike you alt.media buggers!)

With the full support and protection of her Majesties Police, CRAP lead the way.
With the full support and protection of her Majesties Police, CRAP lead the way.

Then on we go to a glorious victory and for an orgy of champers and trout.
Then on we go to a glorious victory and for an orgy of champers and trout.


On Saturday 2nd July 2005, CRAP (Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy), the world's fiercest, most disiplined and doggedly persistant capitalism advocacy group, marched on the streets of Edinburgh, in defiance of various anarchist, leftist, progressive and churchy/do-goody/reformist organisations and successfully sabotaged their vague and pathetic attempt to make the world fairer, more sustainable and as the slogan goes 'make poverty history'.

A substantial number of CRAP's activists had, earlier in the year, suggested completely ignoring the protests surrounding the G8, since we knew the army were on hold to deal with any serious threat of disruption involving the actual G8 conference, and that since the 'Make Poverty History' campaign had been totally watered-down, co-opted and made largely irrelevant by pro-industry and pro-globalisation forces (thankyou heads of Oxfam, Bob, Gordon, Tony and friends, you are all heroes and are now top nominees for this years 'friends of capitalism awards'), there was no chance of any real change of policy towards Africa or climate change.

Many lifelong honorary members of CRAP argued that there was no point us mobilising against the threat of progressive social change when our man Bob, his mates in government and the mainstream media had duped most 'concerned do-goody citizens' into thinking they could eliviate poverty and reverse centuries of global social and economic policy by watching Miriah Carey and Bill Gates on stage and walking in an ernest fashion in a white t-shirt.

Unlike previous G8 summits, where the whole nature of capitalism was being questioned and put under the spotlight in the world's media (due to the actions of crazy extreme leftist bicycle-loving beatniks), we knew that this year, the world's rich (us and our mates) had got our act together PR-wise and had little to worry about. Tony and Gordon's ingenious whitewashing and brown-nosing approach had worked a treat and the papers front-pages told of the wonderous philanthropy and bravery of the G8 leaders, financiers and the corporate elite, as they prepared for a fresh wave of privatisation schemes and corpotae profit in Africa.

So why then, you may ask, did CRAP bother marching in Edinburgh, on July 2nd?

The answer is: we decided to march not just in defiance of the diseased new-world hopes of the liberal left, but also in celebration.
In celebration of the fact that capitalism works for us and that no two-bit environmental-pinko, dreadlocked-winger- is gonna change that. We and all other civilised people in the civilised world will always consume without fear, pollute without prejudice, and secure unlimited access to global resources without guilt (or images on TV of starving babies).

Anyway, here's how our successful anti anti-capitalist mobilisation unfolded that fine day, July 2nd...and how we did our bit to 'make poverty worse'.

CRAP Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy
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That is Brilliant!

26.07.2005 12:48

Rootin' Tootin' Brilliant.

Have a gander at this, if you haven't already seen it. It makes some reference to G8/Africa and so on, but mixes it up with the contemporaneaous London bombs.

'Standard':  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/319313.html
'Secure':  https://www0.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/319313.html

Not as good as your brilliant post (but then a picture paints a thousand words, and you posted a lot of pictures ;-), but you might like bits of it. ;-)

Dennis Revell
mail e-mail: dennisrevell@att.net
- Homepage: http://dennisrevell.home.att.net/Politico/TITLE_ONLY_Open_letter_to_Prime_Minister_Tony_BlairTXT.htm


Yoohoo!

26.07.2005 14:51

In them good old days in real socialist Poland people took to the streets carrying banners with slogans like "Long live the party", "Study marxism-leninism" and "Towards the construction of socialism!"
The police were looking on uneasily. Clearly this had not been organised by The Party itself. But you cannot beat up people carrying such placards, can you?
So hurray, Edinburgh - for doing the trick the other way around...

Cornelius Coot
- Homepage: http://devrije.nl


Make Poverty History ~ Kill poor people!

27.07.2005 10:34

I almost wet myself when my mate started to rant about how wrong it was of you to promote capitalist whilst others were opposing G8.

Wicky Sticket


Irony and the yanks

28.07.2005 09:10

Its just a shame that the Americans wont get it.
Yanking on the yanks ironically wont work !

Superb
Simon

Simon Marchant


Sick bastards

09.08.2005 18:02


When I saw these images I realised some people are scum and some are just idiots. Lets review why these people marched.

1) Whatever they do wont effect them majorly in the future. Global warming wont kill them, pollution wont and neither will war. They will be dirt when it does
2) They are idiots and want to be different and destructive. Fearing for their buisness or their high positions of buisnesses they are against any form of communism and so become pro-capitalist.
3)Alot of the idiots dont have kids or want kids. Many more will never get married and a few are paid so much their greed reaches this level...

Why am I against this? Because these people are not human or just want to be different, without breaking from the system. The make poverty history was just idiotic as the biggest capitalists in the modern world were there. I prefer "Make Capatalism History".

May these sad faggots die and rot to provide the next generation, fertile soil

Laguz


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