Mr. Situationist, you're right in certain assessments you made. Particularly about the fact that anti-authoritarians in this city need to better understand radical strategy and tactics. There has been some talk even prior to this weekend about a need for direct action trainings and hopefully it happens within the next few months.
Where I disagree with you is that you seem to think that it has to be one or the other. That we can't create a culture of resistance while more mainstream groups use more mainstream tactics. Embracing a diversity of tactics means that some people are going to use more symbolic and less confrontational tactics. That doesn't mean that we should necessarily criticize them for that, but it means that we should utilize direct action as a demonstration of what activism could look like in this city.
Re: Honest Assessment of M18 Demo
20 Mar 2006
Date Edited: 20 Mar 2006 02:28:23 PM
Where I disagree with you is that you seem to think that it has to be one or the other. That we can't create a culture of resistance while more mainstream groups use more mainstream tactics. Embracing a diversity of tactics means that some people are going to use more symbolic and less confrontational tactics. That doesn't mean that we should necessarily criticize them for that, but it means that we should utilize direct action as a demonstration of what activism could look like in this city.
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Re: Re: Honest Assessment of M18 Demo
20 Mar 2006
Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.
We will never be as organized as the opposition. So it's counter-productive even to imagine a scenario where we're all in agreement on tactics.
But they will never be as flexible as we are. And it's impossible for them to even to imagine a means of defeating a diversity of tactics.
There is no Royal Road to dissent, no one right way of doing things.
Our diversity is a strength, not a weakness.