File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2000/anarchy-list.0004, message 571


Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:51:44 +1200
From: The Lorax <lorax-AT-inet.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Mike Flugennock's Account of the Black Bloc


Erik wrote:

> Serious now : although i am in favour of standing ferm against any police
> and other (state) violence, i hear undertones in this talking about the
> black bloc that scare me. And not only because we have a brown flemish bloc
> here in Belgium (plain racists/neonazis trying to look respectable) but
> mainly because i sense some the feeling of power in people describing it
> that goes far beyond the personal and seems only to be rooted in that
> blocness. If the loss of of the individual is what gives strength to black
> bloc then we should be very watchfull of it. If people can be as rich an
> individual inside as outside the bloc i certainly do applaud it. If it
> won't get institutionalised i applaud it. But if they're going to be the
> green berets of the revolutionary mouvement we will be in for a big nasty
> surprise. It's sometimes good to look beyond the jokes.
>

Wise words Eric.  I was on such a high about this whole thing I hadn't stopped
to think that.
We should all definitely realise the potential downsides of everything we do, as
well as celebrating our victories.  We can't afford to lose perspective.
After all, in a non heirachical society you're ultimately responsible for your
own actions.

The Lorax



   

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