On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:
> "Occupying is a tactic. That a movement has been built on such a
> brilliantly simple idea epitomizes the urgency of the multiple struggles
> faced across the world. Taking back public space with physical bodies
> utilizing virtual technologies from elite private corporations
> (manipulating politicians) inflicting debt-peonage: why must this be a
> united front with a guiding principle of non-violence? The totalized nature
> of capitalism today has made conventional confrontations impossible; the
> diversity of struggles and beliefs roughly getting along at occupy camps
> and events is the beginnings of a critical community. Multiple resistances
> are connecting together in communication, for alone none could stand
> against the behemoth staring at us. This is a divided revolution (as I
> argued here) that will only be conquered or rendered impotent if one
> faction tries to become the whole. We have the momentum and the resilience
> to survive; conversation, angry dialogue, impassioned debate can and must
> continue without silencing the other. "
>
> http://billrosethorn.**wordpress.com/2012/02/09/dont-**let-them-unify-us/<http://billrosethorn.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/dont-let-them-unify-us/>
>
> interesting take.
>
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> ('coz there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO)
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