Daniel Davies wrote:
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> Nathan wrote:
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> >The crazies are not enough of a real threat to cause >actual fear in the
>[LARGE CLIP]
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> So I don't think we can escape the conclusion that there are thousands of
> people in Brazil and South Africa who may have a chance of life because
> someone threw a brick through a window, and that the Black Block are owed
> an apology by all the people who told them ad nauseam that their tactics
> were "counter-productive".
>
I would pretty much agree with you that the militancy (rioting) at Seattle was a positive. I would also argue, as I said in an earlier post, that there will be times in the future when that or a higher level of militancy (not excluding violence against people) will be called for. The hullabaloo was a great kickoff. But even if you are right about the actual achievement of the Seattle demos (re TRIPS), the "masters" are now prepared for that, I would not expect low level window-smashing or resistance to cops to have that kind of effect, and the crucial thing now is building a mass base for further demonstrations, and building NUMBERS at the demos. Now is not the time for more of the window smashing.
The "movement," still pretty unformed, also needs to achieve a clearer internal structure (of course Munson & Co. will hate this: so be it) and began to move towards some shared principles. (Not fancy platforms, but principles of resistance.)
I think so any how. But who knows just now.
Carrol