Comment 42726

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted July 02, 2010 at 11:33:59

"Competing with these images in the very media where millions of people are first exposed to these re-imagined histories is going to be difficult I fear, which is why I believe it's far more important for the average weakly-informed suburbanite to KNOW an activist, than to have SEEN one on TV or the newspaper."

I really couldn't have put it better myself. And I'm writing a book on the concept right now.

The BBQ concept is one I really like, and one which often works out well. We did Food Not Bombs in Gore Park for ages, and I don't think we had an official complaint the whole time. Mayor Fred walked by one day, loved it, and tipped off the Spec. Another time, a cop walked over, looked around, scowled, and said under his breath "thank God for that!" Getting away from the soup kitchen idea though (as it did scare off a lot of "normal" people), I've been wanting to drag a simple solar BBQ out to a nearby park for years, possibly with little "how to build this at home" pamphlets. If there's one thing anarchism is actually about, it's integrating social/community building events with other forms of education and action. As much as I'd like to see every Starbucks chased out of our country, without something to fill the power vacuum in a more positive way, we'll just have Timmies, PAMS or the Second Cup open up in all their old locations.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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