>But bear in mind that those who perpetrate the retaliative sweep (the cops and authorities) are entirely responsible for their own acts and their own tactics.<
No, this is where I beg to vehemently disagree.
I don't believe in any avant-guardism, and I believe that if we are to fight for a world of autonomy and self-empowerment and all such lofty aims, we are to take responsibility for our actions, at all times. And, similarly, to be willing to critically weigh and examine the effectiveness of our tactics and strategies. Nor then am I a believer in militancy-for-the-sake-of-militancy.
Look, I cannot judge some single action in Greece, off-hand; what I was reacting to was a posting, seemingly meant to raise our uncritical sympathy (as readers, in the Netherlands) with "militancy," whilst mentioning in the same breath and without any apparent sense of irony what look to be some severe and adverse effects of that action. What are we to tell the victims? Sorry, bro, sis, but that's revolution for you (and sod your bourgeois self if that ain't good enough for ya)? Have they been asked for their opinion on or made to participate in the proceedings? Or do we feel it is our right to stuff our militancy down people's throats -- or else, presumably?
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>But bear in mind that those who perpetrate the retaliative sweep (the cops and authorities) are entirely responsible for their own acts and their own tactics.<
No, this is where I beg to vehemently disagree.
I don't believe in any avant-guardism, and I believe that if we are to fight for a world of autonomy and self-empowerment and all such lofty aims, we are to take responsibility for our actions, at all times. And, similarly, to be willing to critically weigh and examine the effectiveness of our tactics and strategies. Nor then am I a believer in militancy-for-the-sake-of-militancy.
Look, I cannot judge some single action in Greece, off-hand; what I was reacting to was a posting, seemingly meant to raise our uncritical sympathy (as readers, in the Netherlands) with "militancy," whilst mentioning in the same breath and without any apparent sense of irony what look to be some severe and adverse effects of that action. What are we to tell the victims? Sorry, bro, sis, but that's revolution for you (and sod your bourgeois self if that ain't good enough for ya)? Have they been asked for their opinion on or made to participate in the proceedings? Or do we feel it is our right to stuff our militancy down people's throats -- or else, presumably?