21/06 Riot porn <= violence against authority porn
The aspect of riot porn I have always enjoyed isn't the strapping young lads standing up to "the man". They have their charms but after years of sitting in rooms with them I prefer them from a distance...The part I enjoy is a leap away from a riot, a protest, or demonstration. There I have a hard time seeing anything other than the future compromises of the politicians who claim to speak on behalf of the rioters or the mediocre demands of the most political of the rioters. Here my imagination is cynical. My imagination is constrained by politicians.
What I enjoy is the risk of action without constraint. The action of setting a fire or destroying a vehicle not because of the injustice happening somewhere else to someone else but for reasons undeterminable outside the action itself.
We can inscribe our own motives but they are ours, not theirs. City blocks & cop cars, architects & cops, campuses and academics are all in league with each other and even the symbolic act against their regime brings a smile to my face.
Here are some recent smiles.
03/06 Help Wanted
I have a couple new projects that I don't want to announce before they get off the ground but would like to get some help with. Asking for help has never been easy for me and trying to attract people to "spotlight" projects (like writing) has met with mixed success. I'm not sure if this method is public enough to reach all the people who might be interested or provides enough context to be appealing to who I'd like to reach but I will give it a try...The first project involves reference, using Content Management Software (with the benefit of having experience with CMSs), and working with a small group of people building a large anarchist website. Ideally I would like to build a team of people who share a broad anarchist vision (anarchist without adjectives), who have some experience working with distributed groups, and who are comfortable with web-based Internet technologies. The hope is that a group of about a half-dozen people will participate in this project and they can be trained if they are interested.
12/05 Context. It always comes down to context.
I have intended to post more frequently with thoughts on the interesting things we have been discussing in the @SG, a whisper towards upcoming drama, and the next issue of AJODA but 40 hours a week is killing me. Killing any project outside of the gate of 40 hours a week and making me resent how over-committed I have become. Writing has fallen victim, along with several other things of importance to me.I guess I'll try to post on a couple of things including the rise of new-apoc, an amusing cnp from the new issue of GA, and the dramedy in Montreal of the sits vs the ap.
Here is a chunk of a posting I made over at anti-pol about a recent blog entry at Ilvox.org the new voice of APOC (http://anti-politics.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4611)
