From: jeff <jeff-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: AUT: Clown Bloc Issues Communique (republican national convention)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 04:00:55 -0400


hee hee, hee hee... heeheehee!!!!

finally... =)

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from: http://www.phillyimc.org

Clown Bloc Issues Communique
By the absolutely unofficial revolutionary anarchist

The Absolutely Unofficial, Revolutionary Anarchist Clown Bloc Communique

What do we want?

Clown War!

When do we want it?

Now!

Welcome! Welcome! Ladies and gentlemen, boys, girls and others. Welcome to
the American political spectacle: the most abundantly funded, heavily-armed,
and tightly controlled show on Earth! 

In the right ring we have the Republicans! See them moralize about family
values, while supporting death and devastation at home and abroad. In the
other right ring: the Democrats! Watch with awe as this self-proclaimed
"party of the environment and the people" supports death and devastation at
home and abroad. See both parties whipped into shape by the very same
ringleaders -- the corporations! And of course, let us not forget the last
ring -- the third parties. Be amazed as they fight for peanuts of power,
distracting us from accomplishing real change with dazzling fantasies of
reform! 

But is it fair to call any of these "parties?" Because no one is having any
fun! 

This pathetic show dominates the global circus of life, tricking many
participants into believing they are mere spectators.

Enter the Clowns!

We are enlivening the circus with pie throwing and direct action to stop the
mud slinging and bomb dropping politicians are so fond of. We invite you
(yes you!) to come out of the bleachers and into the streets to topple their
big top! Join us in firing the ringmasters, tearing apart the rings and
transforming the circus to make life a revolutionary carnival for all. 

In the name of the glorious, ongoing, insurrectionary festival of red-nosed
resistance we, the Clowns, are calling for a bloc of all stripes of silly,
ridiculous, anti-authoritarian jesters to take on the Republican National
Convention. We are not, however, calling for a strictly anarchist clown
bloc. We hereby open the call to those who do not identify as
anarcho-clowns, but nonetheless struggle to create the same revolutionary
antics: autonomist fan-dancers, situationist contortionists, anti-fascist
jugglers, council communist hula-hoopers, wobbly tall-bike riders and stilt
walkers, radical cheerleaders, primitivist fire breathers, and yes, even
anti-state libertarian marxist mimes. Together, we can take back our lives
from domination by elephants, jackasses, ringleaders, and all others. Our
intent is not to be divisive of the larger protests, but to support them by
wearing very large shoes. 

Please join us in the streets on August 1st and 2nd to show the Republicans
they're not the only clowns in town. 



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