On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:45:24PM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > I'm all for the freedom to speak > my mind, and enjoy hearing the results of others doing the same... but > garsh, have you seen all the "stay home sick when war starts" > pamphlets?? What's up with that, do people just need an excuse to cut > out on their daily routines or what?
Nope, it's known as a general strike. The idea is to refuse to produce and consume, instead spending your time causing mucho trouble, preferrably by refusing to cooperate with all instruments of "legitimate" authority and create your own instead. In 1919, folks in Seattle actually did this (see: http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/strike/) and were doing pretty well until the bosses brought the troops in. You can also check out what's been going on in Venezuala, and to some degree, Argentina, recently. If you're real interested in this you can also look at what happened in Paris in 1968. The pacifist-types aren't very into this, because in its fullest form, it doesn't involve sitting around with a picket sign singing "We Shall Overcome; rather, it involves taking over institutions of authority, physically, and using force, if necessary. Cheers, Dennis (guess who reads history for fun) ;) Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. --Hermann Goering _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
