I wrote: > I think that the actions being discussed here (e.g, firebombing a bank > in Greece) aren't tactics at all, since what's happening in Greece is > not based on anyone's strategy.
Shane: > This is most questionable. The forces of repression certainly have a > strategy for repressing mass opposition, and central to that strategy has to > be discrediting the mass movement as much as possible *before* initiating > violent repression on a massive scale. The use of provocateurs to prod > stupid extremists into firebombings, etc.--or to throw the firebombs > themselves--is a standard tactic in executing this strategy. Why should it > be different in Greece? In context, it should be clear that I was referring to the strategy of the _masses_, not that of other groups in society. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
