Canada, Halifax: Coordinated attack on political offices

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On the night of October, 5th two simultaneous attacks happened against the Liberal and Conservative candidate headquarters. Both offices had their windows smashed and one was covered in graffiti.

This action was carried out because we have nothing but contempt to show towards this system of representative democracy that is forced upon us. Regardless of who wins these elections the only thing that will change is who will get to make our decisions for us. All these parties/politicians/governments are implicit in the intensification of capital through iniatives such as the G8 and SPP(Security and Prosperity Partnership) as well as the Olympic games taking place on unceded First Nations land in British Columbia during the winter of 2010. Complacent are we when we think a piece of paper in a box is true democracy. Our vote has been cast.

Radness. Hali is turning

Radness. Hali is turning over a new leaf.

What good does that do

What good does that do except place anarchists with vandals? Anarchism is about direct action against the structures we disagree with, but this action should not be merely destructive - it should present a clear and viable alternative to those structures. You may as well piss on the White House and laugh about it; all you achieve is to put truth into the anarchist stereotypes. No wonder Anarchy can't shake off its negative connotations if 'anarchists' are just acting like thugs.

Anarchy is not a public

Anarchy is not a public relations campaign. If you're so concerned with pandering to bourgeois values, why not join Oxfam?

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present an alternative? no

present an alternative? no thanks. as i have said over and over again, i believe in spontaneous face to face communities being the only viable vehicle for an anarchist way of life, not some new mass society. the only way to talk to this society is through negation as far as i am concerned. whatever positive can happen is up to the many things different groupings of people and individuals choose to do with the absecence of this society not some new way of looking at the same old institutional mass social hogwash. thus i do not dismiss attacks i hear about as mere thuggishness just because they present no alternative. do we really need someone presenting an alternative for us, are we not smart enough to come up with our own?

-lord rambler

I wouldn't insist you say

I wouldn't insist you say something "over and over" because people come and go. The troll of yesterday disappears to only be replaced by its successor. If we are going to not keep feeding n00b and troll arguments, maybe we can explore what you mean by "community"? What is a face to face community and how does it function? Why are face to face communities the only viable vehicle? Isn't this a mediated (not face to face) community? What makes this not viable? What is an "old institutional mass social hogwash"? Why wouldn't we want that? Don't left anarchists want such things...or would you think they would reject your language for their own?

Just trying to generate a better conversation.

(listening)

(listening)

Boring action. C'mon:

Boring action. C'mon: smashing a window? Can't you be a little more creative? Why not wheatpaste piggies and dollars on their windows and tell the press to take pictures? Or pass out coupons offering "corruption refunds" with their addresses on it? Broken windows only feed the Spectacle. Boring.

What? Can we stop with the

What? Can we stop with the stupid talk? Breaking a window does not "feed the spectacle". What the fuck is that supposed to mean anyway? What is feeding the spectacle?

BUMP THIS SHIT!

BUMP THIS SHIT!

How about figuring out a way

How about figuring out a way to change the voting results?? Change the names on the ballots with truer names that represent the candidates??
Get no one but the candidates to show up to vote!
Windows are easier to replace than elections.
Need big thinking for big results and big change.

Elections don't matter.

Elections don't matter. Period.

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