On Oct 23, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Chuck wrote:
> I'm unaware of any random praxis happening lately. The people who
> protested in D.C. this past weekend were not protesting for the
> sake of
> protesting. I know that some people here prefer to see them as random
> teenagers, but there were quite a few veteran organizers involved.
They are random in the sense that they're mostly the isolated acts of isolated individuals associated in transient, isolated groups. They don't speak for any more than an almost immeasurably small part of the population. And apparently they think that the act of throwing a brick through an A&F window is somehow going to hasten the demise of capitalism, but instead they just hit a worker in the head.
Maybe you don't like the word "theory," Chuck. That's why I asked yesterday what the strategy was. How is something like this going to attract or mobilize support? How does it lead to social transformation? I'm not at all opposed to violence, nor would I want the kids off the lawn, if I had a lawn. I'm really eager to hear how roving bands of brick-throwers will change anything. For the better, that is.
Doug