NEFAC on the Summit of the Americas

Chuck0 chuck at tao.ca
Fri Apr 20 20:54:47 PDT 2001


Forwarded From: "Groupe anarchiste Émile-Henry" <emile.henry at sympatico.ca>

Subject: Summit of the Americas: NEFAC propaganda

[Here's the texts of the 4 pages tabloid NEFAC is

currently distributing in Quebe-city]

" Anarchists

you only see them when you fear them "

Apparently it's because of us that a fence will be

built in the middle of the city, with 6500 cops around

it. We are anarchists from the North East. You will

understand that, in this context, we have one or two

things to tell you.

Even though we have not collectively decided on a

common tactical line (believe it or not, not all

anarchists are only dreaming of a black bloc), the

television and newspapers have been warning you

against us for months. Some, not knowing who we are

--we are masking up well-- and probably believing that

all anarchists must have crasy eyes and frothing

mouths, warned us against ourselves.

On the struggle against the Summit and FTAA

For us, the struggle against globalisation is

inseparable from the struggle against the economic

system that is the basis for it: capitalism. We are

radically against capitalism, and we oppose

globalisation because it worsens the situation. For

us, capitalist enterprises are private tyranny,

dictatorships, in which waged workers only have those

rights they have gained from hard struggles.

Capitalism creates an unbelievable wealth and it keeps

the economic ball rolling, that's true, but it's at

the price of an incredible concentration of said

wealth and an extreme exploitation of natural and

human resources. As capitalism has not eliminated

misery, (quite the contrary, it feeds it), and leads

us to our death because of the search for profit that

is done at the expense of any other consideration

(including ecological ones), we don't see any reason

to back this system.

At the same time, we don't believe states are victims

of globalisation. They are leading the way. The proof

is that the FTAA is not only a strong arm approach by

the bosses and corporations but a project that has

been prepared in the offices of foreign relations

ministries of the 34 members of the Organisation of

American States (OAS, the group organising this

summit). We go further that this: we say that the

state, which rests on authority and the power of

elites, is not part of the solution. There's no reason

to back a system of governement that systematically

goes against the interest of the vast majority of the

population and, what's more, takes the right to impose

on all the decisions of the rich and powerful. The

state is a cold monster. If democracy still means

something, it can only be built outside and against

the state.

We are for a radical struggle, one that goes to the

roots of the problems, and that is uncompromising. We

refuse the rules of the game and, so, refuse to trap

ourselves in the limits of the 'possible,' and small

reforms without concequences. We are not against every

reform per se, some are indeed good and can go against

the logic of the system, but we are against reformism.

We are revolutionnaries: if on the road we can get

some important concession from the powers that be,

fine, but you'll never see us beg for crumbs. Our

alternative is libertarian socialism, which is an

economy based on self management, the satisfaction of

the needs of the people and direct democracy. In the

face of the Summit of the Americas and FTAA, we adopt

an attitude of categorical opposition and

confrontation.

Let's unite in one big anarchist contingent on A21

Are we violent? No. In general we are not violent, and

beating up people at demos is not part of our

practice. While we don't plan on attacking people in

the street or setting Quebec City on fire, however, we

reserve for ourselves an absolute right to

selfdefense, and we refuse pacifism. We believe this

to be reasonable. If we are physically attacked, we

will respond in kind. The truly violent are those who

prepare for the summit by accumulating tear gas,

plastic bullets and pepper spray. Those who enact

laws and measures that will put hundreds of thousands

of poors in the street, those who let pharmaceutical

corporations make bilions on sickness causing the

death of millions of people, those who are

copyrighting life and creating dependance and hunger.

In a word, those who put their profits before our

lives. These are the ones we should fear, not the

anarchists.

If you share these few ideas, we invite you to march

with us Saturday under the red and black anarchist

banner. During the day of the 21st, our idea is not to

divide the movement nor provoke it, but rather that

all anarchist tendencies deploy and become as visible

as possible. Not visible for the mass-media that

always recuperates to their advantage that which

attacks the basis of the capitalist system, but

directly visible for folx out there in the street,

with us. However, our discourse will not be

compromised and we will not let reformist forces

recuperate our mobilisation in any way. We therefore

hope for a large and loud anarchist contingent in the

image of the diversity of our movement.

See you at noon

On the Marché du Vieux Port, near the CLAC-CASA

contingent.

Capitalism is a jail !

Let's break the walls !



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