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Dylan Petrohilos
Jun 22, 2008, 2:59:39 PM6/22/08
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How do people feel if we have some sort of meeting at the conventions?
-D
Nathan (Animas SDS)
Jun 22, 2008, 10:41:32 PM6/22/08
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i think that's a damn fine idea, although i will not be able to make
it to the sds convention. or did you mean the dnc/rnc? i'm down for
that too. i'll be in denver, but not st. paul.
apparently the semi-active denver chapter of sds (i had heard they
were defunct and inactive, but i guess that is incorrect) has been
meeting with the mayor, and jojo tells me that now they are having to
explain themselves regarding the image that accompanied the call.
anyways, they say they have other actions in the work as well, though
they support the work of UA.
anyways, i'm all for an aac contingent for both the dnc and rnc.
On Jun 22, 12:59 pm, Dylan Petrohilos <Dylanpetrohi...@riseup.net>
wrote:
it to the sds convention. or did you mean the dnc/rnc? i'm down for
that too. i'll be in denver, but not st. paul.
apparently the semi-active denver chapter of sds (i had heard they
were defunct and inactive, but i guess that is incorrect) has been
meeting with the mayor, and jojo tells me that now they are having to
explain themselves regarding the image that accompanied the call.
anyways, they say they have other actions in the work as well, though
they support the work of UA.
anyways, i'm all for an aac contingent for both the dnc and rnc.
On Jun 22, 12:59 pm, Dylan Petrohilos <Dylanpetrohi...@riseup.net>
wrote:
Nathan (Animas SDS)
Aug 20, 2008, 11:05:52 AM8/20/08
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if anyone has any suggestions of actions in Denver or the Twins that
SDS-AAC identified and allied folks can converge, that would be great.
i'll think about it too. anyone coming to Denver have an SDS flag?
anyone make flags? we need SDS-A(A)C flags! black ones! red and black
ones! black and green ones! pink and black! purple and black! whatever
you want! make'em and fly'em! see you in the streets. you'll recognize
me. i'll be the guy in the black hoodie.
(heh, that reminds me of a funny joke i heard: Q: when you're at a
protest, how do you tell who the anarchists are? A: they're the ones
all wearing the same uniform.)
SDS-AAC identified and allied folks can converge, that would be great.
i'll think about it too. anyone coming to Denver have an SDS flag?
anyone make flags? we need SDS-A(A)C flags! black ones! red and black
ones! black and green ones! pink and black! purple and black! whatever
you want! make'em and fly'em! see you in the streets. you'll recognize
me. i'll be the guy in the black hoodie.
(heh, that reminds me of a funny joke i heard: Q: when you're at a
protest, how do you tell who the anarchists are? A: they're the ones
all wearing the same uniform.)
Matt McLaughlin
Aug 20, 2008, 3:49:10 PM8/20/08
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hey folks - please let me know if you'll be in the TC for the RNC.
A Call for an Anti-Capitalist Bloc (Red & Black Bloc) at the RNC Protests
September, 2008 * Twin Cities, Minnesota * antic...@iww.org
On "Labor Day" 2008, and throughout the Republican National Convention
(RNC), tens of thousands of people from our community and from across the
Unites States will protest against the GOP's pro-corporate policies of war
and discrimination. The Anti-Capitalist Bloc will join these
mobilizations not just to protest a bad president or failed policies, but
to stand up against the whole system of exploitation and oppression:
capitalism.
It is the inherent character of capitalism that is creating the current
economic crisis. Tens of thousands of laid-off workers, thousands of
homes in foreclosure, and quickening inflation of gas and food prices are
all signs of a system out of control, a system where the sins of the
bosses are visited on the masses of workers.
Capitalism needs wars and exploitation to maintain itself. The war in
Iraq was not simply a blunder by W., but the extension of a long-term
strategy of U.S. domination of that region. The forced displacement of
the poor of New Orleans is a new episode in an old legacy of racist
subjugation. The recent raids against immigrant workers show the
insidious connection between racism, and the system's needs for a low
waged precarious workforce. Continued oppression of women and the hatred
whipped up against the GLBT community are designed to reinforce an
authoritarian patriarchal culture.
Not a conspiracy or mistaken policy, capitalism is a system in which a
small ruling class profits from the labor of the working class majority. The stolen wealth is used to dominate the political system (including both
major political parties), and finance a massive apparatus of repression,
cooptation and division necessary to maintain capitalist rule. While the
earth warms, and bridges collapse, the capitalists continue to do whatever
is necessary to increase their profits. To defeat their attacks we must
defeat their entire system.
The Anti-Capitalist Bloc stands for solidarity, direct action, the general
strike and revolution. We advocate an economic system controlled
collectively and democratically, and an end to the racism, sexism and
violence of the capitalist system.
Is this a black bloc like in Seattle?
No. While remaining tactically flexible, our goal is not a confrontation
with the police, but to raise the profile of organized working class
direct action against capitalism. The Anti-Capitalist Bloc is independent
from, but not competitive with or hostile to the RNC Welcoming Committee.
Join Us Under the Red & Black flags of the Anti-Capitalist Bloc!
Tentative schedule of Anti-Capitalist Bloc events:
*Saturday Night August 30th
CONCERT
Bands and DJ's TBA
*Sunday Afternoon August 31st
DAY of ACTION AGAINST PRECARITY:
SOLIDARITY with I.W.W. IU640 ORGANIZING!
*Monday September 1st "Labor Day"
ANTI-CAPITALIST BLOC in major march against the war
*Tuesday morning September 2nd
Anti-Capitalist Bloc Panel Discussion
*Tuesday afternoon September 2nd
ANTI-CAPITALIST BLOC in POOR PEOPLE's MARCH
also
*Solidarity with Independent Truckers Actions
To endorse the Anti-Capitalist Bloc, or to get more information:
antic...@iww.org or 612-339-1266.
Initial Endorsements:
Twin Cities General Membership Branch
Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
TwinC...@iww.org * 612-339-1266
Macalester College chapter
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
macpeace...@gmail.com
Solidarity & Defense
P.O.Box 15024 Detroit MI 48215
s...@riseup.net * solidarityanddefense.blogspot.com
A Call for an Anti-Capitalist Bloc (Red & Black Bloc) at the RNC Protests
September, 2008 * Twin Cities, Minnesota * antic...@iww.org
On "Labor Day" 2008, and throughout the Republican National Convention
(RNC), tens of thousands of people from our community and from across the
Unites States will protest against the GOP's pro-corporate policies of war
and discrimination. The Anti-Capitalist Bloc will join these
mobilizations not just to protest a bad president or failed policies, but
to stand up against the whole system of exploitation and oppression:
capitalism.
It is the inherent character of capitalism that is creating the current
economic crisis. Tens of thousands of laid-off workers, thousands of
homes in foreclosure, and quickening inflation of gas and food prices are
all signs of a system out of control, a system where the sins of the
bosses are visited on the masses of workers.
Capitalism needs wars and exploitation to maintain itself. The war in
Iraq was not simply a blunder by W., but the extension of a long-term
strategy of U.S. domination of that region. The forced displacement of
the poor of New Orleans is a new episode in an old legacy of racist
subjugation. The recent raids against immigrant workers show the
insidious connection between racism, and the system's needs for a low
waged precarious workforce. Continued oppression of women and the hatred
whipped up against the GLBT community are designed to reinforce an
authoritarian patriarchal culture.
Not a conspiracy or mistaken policy, capitalism is a system in which a
small ruling class profits from the labor of the working class majority. The stolen wealth is used to dominate the political system (including both
major political parties), and finance a massive apparatus of repression,
cooptation and division necessary to maintain capitalist rule. While the
earth warms, and bridges collapse, the capitalists continue to do whatever
is necessary to increase their profits. To defeat their attacks we must
defeat their entire system.
The Anti-Capitalist Bloc stands for solidarity, direct action, the general
strike and revolution. We advocate an economic system controlled
collectively and democratically, and an end to the racism, sexism and
violence of the capitalist system.
Is this a black bloc like in Seattle?
No. While remaining tactically flexible, our goal is not a confrontation
with the police, but to raise the profile of organized working class
direct action against capitalism. The Anti-Capitalist Bloc is independent
from, but not competitive with or hostile to the RNC Welcoming Committee.
Join Us Under the Red & Black flags of the Anti-Capitalist Bloc!
Tentative schedule of Anti-Capitalist Bloc events:
*Saturday Night August 30th
CONCERT
Bands and DJ's TBA
*Sunday Afternoon August 31st
DAY of ACTION AGAINST PRECARITY:
SOLIDARITY with I.W.W. IU640 ORGANIZING!
*Monday September 1st "Labor Day"
ANTI-CAPITALIST BLOC in major march against the war
*Tuesday morning September 2nd
Anti-Capitalist Bloc Panel Discussion
*Tuesday afternoon September 2nd
ANTI-CAPITALIST BLOC in POOR PEOPLE's MARCH
also
*Solidarity with Independent Truckers Actions
To endorse the Anti-Capitalist Bloc, or to get more information:
antic...@iww.org or 612-339-1266.
Initial Endorsements:
Twin Cities General Membership Branch
Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
TwinC...@iww.org * 612-339-1266
Macalester College chapter
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
macpeace...@gmail.com
Solidarity & Defense
P.O.Box 15024 Detroit MI 48215
s...@riseup.net * solidarityanddefense.blogspot.com
--
Matt McLaughlin
Industrial Workers of the World / CT Jobs with Justice
Glastonbury, CT
"I wanted a roof for every family, bread for every mouth, education for every heart, light for every intellect. I am convinced that the human history has not yet begun--that we find ourselves in the last period of the prehistoric. I see with the eyes of my soul how the sky is diffused with rays of the new millennium." - Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Matt McLaughlin
Industrial Workers of the World / CT Jobs with Justice
Glastonbury, CT
"I wanted a roof for every family, bread for every mouth, education for every heart, light for every intellect. I am convinced that the human history has not yet begun--that we find ourselves in the last period of the prehistoric. I see with the eyes of my soul how the sky is diffused with rays of the new millennium." - Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nathan (Animas SDS)
Aug 20, 2008, 5:39:57 PM8/20/08
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the same goes for anyone coming to the DNC...
Everything for Everyone: Call for an Anti-Capitalist Force at the DNC
Protests
-By A Precarious Workers’ Council of Unconventional Action
On august 24-28, the ruling elite and their defenders will converge in
Denver, Colorado, in an attempt to recuperate the gains of global
social movements and produce another myth of progress. Lip service to
global warming, the economic crisis and the war will endow them with
the magic to spread amnesia across the hearts and minds of North
America. In an ironic destruction of illusions, those who manage
statecraft will make material the wet dreams of the politicians that
haunt such movements—pitting anti-racist struggles and feminism
against each other in a battle for political power. Behind the closed
doors of the Pepsi Center, history will continue—and as predicted, it
will be banal and terrifying.
Outside those doors, however, so many will exclaim, smash and sing a
harmonious “no.”
We have little time for poetry; we have little patience for progress.
We will go home to our communities after this Summer, and it is in our
communities that the effects of the broadening ecological crisis, the
crash of the economy and the implementation of security-as-a-way-of-
life will take hold. Whether it is the right wing of capital or the
left wing of capital, capitalism will continue to structure our lives
and dissolve every inch of autonomy we carve out.
To the contrary of the common narrative of defeat and despair, we
notice that it is also in these communities that our affect takes
hold. It is within these circuits of support—both material and
emotional—that we produce ourselves as powerful. We go to the
Democratic National Convention in Denver, and to the Republican
National Convention in Minnesota’s Twin Cities with this epiphany in
mind.
Everything for Everyone: A Small Demand
On the evening of August 25, the night of the Democratic Party’s
fundraising events, we will manifest ourselves not as a focus group
but as a force: against capitalism and in solidarity with those who
fight against policing on a daily basis (in memory of Paul Childs and
Frank Lobato, both murdered by the Denver police); against the
destruction of the planet; and for our own needs for a total
transformation of society. At 6 p.m., gather as a Black Bloc at Civil
Center Park in downtown Denver. Wear black tops and blue denim
bottoms. Bring flags and banners. Be materially prepared. We do not
seek a mere march against capitalism but rather a communication
mechanism to inquire of others a modest question: “We want everything.
Do you?”
For the destruction of capitalism and the state,
—A precarious workers’ council of Unconventional Action, and comrades
from the West Coast, Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, East
Coast, the UK, and Europe
On Aug 20, 1:49 pm, "Matt McLaughlin" <circleam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey folks - please let me know if you'll be in the TC for the RNC.
>
> A Call for an Anti-Capitalist Bloc (Red & Black Bloc) at the RNC Protests
> September, 2008 * Twin Cities, Minnesota * anticapb...@iww.org
> anticapb...@iww.org or 612-339-1266.
Everything for Everyone: Call for an Anti-Capitalist Force at the DNC
Protests
-By A Precarious Workers’ Council of Unconventional Action
On august 24-28, the ruling elite and their defenders will converge in
Denver, Colorado, in an attempt to recuperate the gains of global
social movements and produce another myth of progress. Lip service to
global warming, the economic crisis and the war will endow them with
the magic to spread amnesia across the hearts and minds of North
America. In an ironic destruction of illusions, those who manage
statecraft will make material the wet dreams of the politicians that
haunt such movements—pitting anti-racist struggles and feminism
against each other in a battle for political power. Behind the closed
doors of the Pepsi Center, history will continue—and as predicted, it
will be banal and terrifying.
Outside those doors, however, so many will exclaim, smash and sing a
harmonious “no.”
We have little time for poetry; we have little patience for progress.
We will go home to our communities after this Summer, and it is in our
communities that the effects of the broadening ecological crisis, the
crash of the economy and the implementation of security-as-a-way-of-
life will take hold. Whether it is the right wing of capital or the
left wing of capital, capitalism will continue to structure our lives
and dissolve every inch of autonomy we carve out.
To the contrary of the common narrative of defeat and despair, we
notice that it is also in these communities that our affect takes
hold. It is within these circuits of support—both material and
emotional—that we produce ourselves as powerful. We go to the
Democratic National Convention in Denver, and to the Republican
National Convention in Minnesota’s Twin Cities with this epiphany in
mind.
Everything for Everyone: A Small Demand
On the evening of August 25, the night of the Democratic Party’s
fundraising events, we will manifest ourselves not as a focus group
but as a force: against capitalism and in solidarity with those who
fight against policing on a daily basis (in memory of Paul Childs and
Frank Lobato, both murdered by the Denver police); against the
destruction of the planet; and for our own needs for a total
transformation of society. At 6 p.m., gather as a Black Bloc at Civil
Center Park in downtown Denver. Wear black tops and blue denim
bottoms. Bring flags and banners. Be materially prepared. We do not
seek a mere march against capitalism but rather a communication
mechanism to inquire of others a modest question: “We want everything.
Do you?”
For the destruction of capitalism and the state,
—A precarious workers’ council of Unconventional Action, and comrades
from the West Coast, Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, East
Coast, the UK, and Europe
On Aug 20, 1:49 pm, "Matt McLaughlin" <circleam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey folks - please let me know if you'll be in the TC for the RNC.
>
> A Call for an Anti-Capitalist Bloc (Red & Black Bloc) at the RNC Protests
>
> Initial Endorsements:
>
> Twin Cities General Membership Branch
> Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
> TwinCit...@iww.org * 612-339-1266
> Initial Endorsements:
>
> Twin Cities General Membership Branch
> Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
>
> Macalester College chapter
> Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
> macpeace.just...@gmail.com
> Macalester College chapter
> Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
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