Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 05:57:46 +0100 (CET)
From: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106-AT-uni-bonn.de>
To: <avant-garde-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Subject: Re: [a-g] 'Voting' for NGOs 


> Until that question can be answered for sure, however, let's hope we can all
> continue with voices - and organize and introduce new events into history,
> whatever that may be - without having to wait for the imperial vote. Without
> having to wait for any vote at all.

Ok, but the situation of NGOs is different.

> Is Amnesty International, by default, a member of the avant-garde?

No, it is just one voice, like you and me and many others.
>
> What is the role of state-based sovereignty in the pursuit of a
> non-democratic voice? Is the avant-garde related to piracy?

Well, I dont know wether Greenpeace and Amnesty are avant-garde anyway.
Take human rights, whatever this is, for example.
To argue for human rights is nothing if you forget the conditions of human
life. Politics is more.

GWB did this war in Iraq for human rights, to liberate the poor Iraqis,
didnt he?


H.

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