Burn, Baby, Burn! (was Re: death and the Death Penalty)

rc-am rcollins at netlink.com.au
Sat Mar 6 09:12:44 PST 1999


i wrote, in part:


>>the need to "conduct the struggle against the capital punishment in
>>the context of the struggle against the capitalist thanatocracy as a
>>whole". linebaugh recognises the anger without conceding to the
form
>>that anger is allowed to take (the settling of accounts) in
>>capitalism. more importantly perhaps, linebaugh presents us with
the
>>possibility for an expression of class anger and hatred WITHIN the
>>context of an argument against the death penalty.

yoshie replied:


>I agree with you. Why not have a revolution now? Hey, be realistic
and
>demand the impossible! Failing that, we should have an uprising or
two at
>least. I encourage the working class to riot and storm malls of their
>choice and loot with vengeance. Or go to the NY Stock Exchange and
urinate
>upon rich white guys in expensive Italian suits. Shoot them if you
like.
>Burn down 'gated communities.' Trash think tanks, so-called left-wing
ones
>included. I'll leave it up to rioting workers what they want to do
with Max
>Sawicky.

well, how this is an acknowledgement of class anger and hatred WITHIN the context of an argument against the death penalty, i have no idea. it is pretty much an expression of anger WITHIN the reigning terms of recompense, retribution and revenge, however.

angela



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