Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:49:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jamal Hannah <jah-AT-iww.org>
Subject: Pro-Violent Hubris?


On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Sara Smith wrote:

> All I meant by "Ghandi's legacy" is that most of the world sees him as
> peacefully fighting and dying for a good cause in India. I would think that
> after seeing this poster (is it going to be posted in public places?),
> people would be offended by it, because this is what they think. Also,
> portraying Ghandi goofy-looking like this might be construed as racist. I'm
> sure that wasn't the intention. Just as making a black civil rights leader
> who was killed because of his work look goofy like this might be construed
> as racist.

I can't help feeling there is an aweful lot of hubris involved in the
black block type approach some anarchists like, and we may all pay for it.
Or, the police will simply refine their tactics so well that the black
bloc tactics will become useless and impossible.

I sort of supported the Black Bloc, but seeing a poster like that makes me
feel a little turned off... it's main point seems to be to diss
nonviolence, instead of actualy talking about standing up for your rights
or fighting the system.

 - JH