Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, November 30 2005 @ 07:27 PM CST

theres alot of good stuff that comes out of throwing things at cops, once in awhile you hit them, and sometimes even in the head. actually, come to think of it, theres not awhole lot of bad that can come out of throwing things at cops, i can't think of one at least... ?

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, November 30 2005 @ 09:21 PM CST

- getting arrested and jailed, and thus losing your ability to participate in the struggle against state-capitalism?

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Authored by: Admin on Wednesday, November 30 2005 @ 09:24 PM CST

You can get arrested and jailed for anything. What's your point? Think we should write more letters to our Congressmen?

Chuck0

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, November 30 2005 @ 10:27 PM CST

yes, I for one do think that we SHOULD write more letters to the congressmen....then scrinch them up into little balls and throw them at cops.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 01 2005 @ 04:17 PM CST

I think that there is a false dichotomy between "fighting the cops" and "writing letters to congressmen (or in my case, members or parliament)." Are these really the only two options: insurrection or reform?

Don't get me wrong, I have no sympathy for police, especially riot police, or the capitalist state that they serve and protect. But I fear that the focus of activity on street fighting without popular education and organizing, will ultimately lead to further marginalization of the anarchist left. I suppose this is also goes along with my own view of left radicalism as more about challenging illegitimate power structures and building constructive alternatives, rather than simply breaking shit. You can't blow up a social relationship, right?

Having some experience with anarchist organizations outside of North America, I think that we face some unique obstacles to organizing (excluding Mexico) including, but not limited to, a sense of frontier-style individualism; an incredibly powerful right-wing with a system perceived by many as legit or "natural"; and a radical politics tied closely to counter-cultural "scenes" often to the exclusion of people of colour, the working poor etc.

A bit of a rant, but, again, my two cents.

Also, fuck the police. Hehe....

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