[lbo-talk] Subject: Re: Boots Riley on Occupy the Hood

Nicholas Roberts nicholas at themediasociety.org
Sat Dec 17 18:46:34 PST 2011


well, maybe Stop the Violence is the wrong idea, lets just have one huge riot and burn the place down. That will show them ! jesus

but back in reality, there are anarchist unions in Sweden (that have somewhat degraded, but still do exist) that act a bit like what you describe

organizing both in communities and in work places

the unemployed, students, workers etc etc

maybe in between the insurrection and the strike they might find time in their busy anarchist lifestyle to do something like that

but, I forgot, WE ARE THE 99%, and you people out there; unions, workers, non-violence loving community coalition members are just chicken shit and dont matter

its kind of pathetic in the US, degraded in Sweden, but real enough

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Organisation_of_the_Workers_of_Sweden

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*Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (in Swedish: Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation) is an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation in Sweden. Unlike other Swedish unions, SAC organizes people from all occupations, including the unemployed, students, and the retired.[1] SAC also publishes the weekly newspaper Arbetaren ("the Worker"), owns the publishing house Federativs and runs the unemployment fund Sveriges Arbetares Arbetslöshetskassa (SAAK).*

*Its long-term goal is to realize libertarian socialism, a society without classes and hierarchies, where the means of production are owned commonly and administrated by the workers: in effect, abolition of capitalism, wage slavery, and sexism. SAC has thus decided to declare itself to be anti-sexist, anti-militarist, and, as the first trade union in Sweden, feminist (1998). Short-term goals are improved salaries and working environments. It frequently cooperates with other libertarian socialist organizations, such as the Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation (SUF), although SUF is not a part of SAC.*

*SAC was formed in 1910 by former members of the mainstream trade union movement LO who were influenced by the revolutionary syndicalism of the French Confédération Générale du Travail. It was also a founding member of the anarcho-syndicalist International Workers Association, but came into conflict with the IWA in the 1950s when SAC entered into a state-supported unemployment fund, which the IWA regarded as state collaboration and reformist. In 1956, the SAC withdrew from the IWA.*

*The traditional strongholds of the SAC were primarily in the forestry, mining, and construction industries. Today, most SAC members are employed in the public sector.*

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:21 PM, <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> wrote:


> From: lasko <lascaux at riseup.net>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Boots Riley on Occupy the Hood
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