Re: R: AUT: The Body As a Weapon for Civil Disobedience

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I  was with the yellow block, participating to the contigent brought by the
Balkan Socialist Center "Christian Rakovsky" ( in which mainly "Leninists"
by your definition can be found). We did not find the Ya Basta comrades
particularly authoritarian; our main complaint is that the yellow block left
the bridge too early. We should stay  as long as possible to continue the
siege of the Conference Center and of the already terrorised IMFstaff. The
Ya Basta group had organized a kind of ad hoc Assembly to decide to leave
the bridge. Nobody understood what happened. I do not think that it was an
ideal case of "direct democracy" procedure. Later on we heard that Ya Basta
was hurry to not miss the train of return at 6p.m...
By the way, the Balkan Socialist Center as well as the " Leninists"(
including Trotskyists) from Italy and Greece had participated to the
occupation of the Charles Bridge on September 25 to protest against the
holding of the Global Action Express coming from Italy with the Ya Basta
delegation.
comradely, a Leninist who likes autonomists
Savas Michael
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>On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Laura Fiocco wrote:
>
>> Why 'tute bianche' has been translated into 'white monkeys'?
>> (I do not like monkeys)
>>
>> 'Tute' means (and refers to) the dress of workers, which was blu (blu
>> collars).
>
>Yes - every other reference I have seen to these comrades calls them the
>'White Coveralls' or 'White Overalls' or something like that.
>
>BTW. since people on this list are well informed about Ya Basta et al. - a
>number of Leninist groups criticised the actions of Ya Basta in holding
>the front of the Yellow block in Prague. They accused Ya Basta of being
>authoritarian, appointing itself the leaders of the protest. I know,
>Leninists complaining about being authoritarian is kinda funny, but I'd be
>interested in hearing the other side - any commentary from people who were
>with the Yellow block at the bridge in Prague?
>
>Peter
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>Peter van Heusden <pvh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>NOTE: I do not speak for my employer, Electric Genetics
>"Criticism has torn up the imaginary flowers from the chain not so that man
>shall wear the unadorned, bleak chain but so that he will shake off the
chain
>and pluck the living flower." - Karl Marx, 1844
>
>
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