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Submitted by Rob Richards on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 11:13pm.
Riot Manifesto (IAC)
Distribute freely. Instructions for a riot(Black Block). I: The Black Block is not a group. The Black Block is a tactic. Not a group. We understand the appeal of identifying with what you believe in and finding some solace in a world bent on its own destruction. On the street however, the color Black is there for your protection and to aid you in your quest of attacking the capitalist system, authority, hierarchies and control. The state supplicating media has played a large role in spreading the myth that the Black Block is a tightly run group similar to the IAC. It is not. The first step you must take is to eradicate the last remnants of that tired illusion. Once that has been done, the true beauty of the magical Black Block can become clear. If you look like the person next to you and they look like the person next to them...you all look the same. The greater the uniformity the better. Same hat, same jacket, same pants, same glasses, same bags, same everything. The pig's feeble little eyes and their shiny new cameras merely see one Black mass. As long as you do not get nabbed, they cannot identify you, thus allowing numerous opportunities to engage in Black Magic. Or at least more opportunities than a haphazard conglomeration of individuals with no unifying understanding of what needs to take place on the streets. And we have all seen many of those. Numerous people with no understanding of magic at all. But once our magical Black Shrouds are fully utilized, we can bewitch entire buildings and curse the animals in blue confronting us.
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 9:25pm.
The past few days have been very interesting on the blog, and while we've seen the beauty of what a public, citizen-driven medium can do (e.g., host an apparently much needed discussion of OFS affairs and operations), we've also seen the underside of blogging behavior. Sometimes bloggin' ain't pretty, and that was certainly on display over the past week. Partly, this is due to the fact that blogging is an odd thing for human's to do. We're built to have certain kinds of relationships, mostly the tangible kind, not the virtual kind. Most people need a lot of help to find their humanity in blogland, and some just don't really ever get there. It has been my dream to write up a detailed guide about how to communicate effectively on the blog (mostly so I can use it to remind myself). I'm going to ask for help from the community to do this -- probably in the form of a wiki -- so that we have a code by which we can live here. We've gotten along OK with the ambiguous, loosely-defined set of principles that we have now, but it is time to have something more explicit to point to, especially when newcomers challenge our process. It seems that there are two specific casualties of this week, Merwyn and Larry. This is unfortunate because they both were able to participate in positive ways, and I think they both have a sense of how an online community can be a wonderful thing. Perhaps, if we had a more explicit process, they would have found a way to stay in the community. They are both welcome back, as long as they can share and share alike. I say "share and share alike" because participation in this community is sharing. It is not just a bunch of free agents bumping into each other. We're building something new here, a new kind of community, and just like any kind of community, there are some constraits. We don't hurt each other (intentionally), and if someone does behave hurtfully, they take responsibility for it (thanks for that Norm). We try to listen first, then add our $.02. We try to stay focused on the ideas, and not on the individuals. We try to speak about those things that we really care about, and not make arguments just for the sake of arguing. Finally, we try to learn from each other. I hope that we can make these principles more concrete in the coming weeks.
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 8:16am.
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Submitted by Rick on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 7:41am.
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Submitted by Nicki on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 7:32am.
After reading the article in today's O, I am wondering if there might be anyone who would like to divulge a spot where I might find Chantrelles? |
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