[lbo-talk] not much time to avert catastrophic temp rise

[Chuck]

Jim Straub wrote:
> Come on.  It MUST have occured to you since posting this, that such 
> actions are far closer to what anarchists, especially lifestyle types, 
> generally propose.  Or did you miss the workshop where we learned that 
> dumpstering rotten vegetables, talking to our neighbors, and puppetry 
> theatre constituted the "new world we are building in the shell of the 
> old".  To whatever degree our vision, strategy, or critical 
> understanding of power departs from moderates of the center-left, I 
> think it is fair to conceede that the 'liberlas' who go to social 
> justice committee meetings at their methodist church, attend monthly 
> meetings of an naacp chapter or their union local, or whatever, are 
> likely vastly more plugged in to realism than my comrades quark and 
> sparrow and anne archy from the local fnb.

Sorry, I think comrade Sparrow and Anne Archy are more plugged into 
realism than the suburban liberals, like the ones featured in today's KC 
Star article on the climate action protests.

The center-left moderates can go to as many church meetings and contra 
dances as they want. They aren't going to be putting their heads on the 
line when the cops start cracking heads. Shit, you can even get these 
sign-waving, contra-dancing liberals to step foot in the "bad part of 
town" to attend any of the events our infoshop organizes.

Sure, their hearts are in the right places, but don't be surprised if I 
roll my eyes when they say crap like: "I love being a Democrat because 
the Democrats actually help poor people."

 From poverty pimps to global warming, ethanol-chugging pimps.


> 'some contra dancing to protest global warming'?  chuck, I thought you'd 
> probably BEEN to an anarchist convergence!

I've organized them.

Chuck