Although there was a certain element of gigantism in Chuck's original suggestion, I think that the idea of using CD is a good idea. I would probably emphasize smaller and multiple targets that would allow for smaller amounts of activists to succeed. (using ACT-UP as an example) It seems like there has been some success with these kind of tactics around recruitment offices. Obviously, this would also need an apparatus to explain and legitimate these activities as well.
There are two other things that seem to be missing from current efforts as well. The first is I don't see any really effort to either create structures or cultivate the kind of subaltern structures that Gramsci discusses. This seems to because a sort of obsession with either celebrity or the if we tell the truth, they will come tactics (something that comes out of Chomsky... as much as I admire the man...) The second is that I don't sense that there is any attempt to link anti-war activity with a larger critique of our society (there is a fairly widespread opportunism on the part of activists....)'
robert wood
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> Sometimes the state figures out ways to subvert this strategy, like they
> did in NYC in 2004. Sometimes the state screws itself, like it did with
> the People's Strike of 2002 or Seattle in 1999.
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> What's really odd about this discussion is that a few of you are arguing
> against *any* form of illegal activism. I'm suggesting mass civil
> disobedience against *different* targets as a component of a new
> strategy. I'm not advocating violence or property destruction, although
> I support these tactics.
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> This argument against *any* form of illegal protest is odd because there
> are thousands of activists out there doing these tactics and they aren't
> being subject to any harsher legal penalties than they were 5, 10, 15
> years ago. Of course, some people are experiencing tougher sanctions.
> But there is still plenty of political space for these tactics.
>
> Chuck
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