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Tag Archives: Occupy Seattle
走在同一條爭取自由解放的路上 西雅圖戰友寫給香港戰友的信
多謝凱雄, JZ, Catta 與 Phyllis 幫忙翻譯。(英文版) 走在同一條爭取自由解放的路上 西雅圖戰友寫給香港戰友的信 親愛的香港戰友, 我們是幾名「佔領華爾街(Occupy Wall Street)」和「反殖/佔領西雅圖(Decolonize/Occupy Seattle)」運動的參與者。我們之所以寫這封信,是想要表達我們強烈支持對你們的反壓迫運動。你們的勇敢激勵了我們。我們想告訴你們的是,這裡的人十分關注你們的運動。 十月一號在西雅圖,大約有四、五百名來自香港、台灣、大陸、以及其他華僑一起出來抗議,支持你們的抗爭。 我們認為自己是全球社會運動的一部分。在這些運動中,我們試圖創造不同形式的民主,來挑戰資產階級以及那個為資產階級服務的體制。如此便能將人們從資產階級所操控的選舉和工作等場域中解放出來。 我們看到你們在為真正的普選戰鬥。美國政府雖然自稱有普選,但我們的普選其實並不是真正的普選。真正的民主選舉並不會讓全國最有錢的前百分之一的人,比其他百分之九十的人擁有更多的金錢和財富;真正的民主選舉並不會讓銀行在空屋率是無家可歸人口的五倍之多的情況下,仍將人們逐出住所。 一個真正民主的政府不會用坦克車將槍口對著密蘇里州佛格森*的抗議的民眾。一個真正民主的政府也不會將那些來自拉丁美洲,為了逃離暴力傷害的孩子們關進監獄。在美國,資本主義式的民主摧毀了美國過去所建立的工業基礎,只留下大量的法拍屋和被汙染的土地。同时,水力壓裂(fracking)之類的新資源開採方式,使得我們陷入環境汙染的危機。 *今年8月在美國密蘇里州的佛格森(Ferguson)案(也有人譯成「費格森」),至今仍然在美國造成相當大的爭議和動盪。事件發生的過程是這樣的:當地一個黑人大學生Michael Brown在沒有攜帶武器的情況下,被白人警員開槍射殺。由於案件疑點重重(警方表示懷疑Brown涉及某宗劫案,但當時警員與手無寸鐵的Brown接觸不到三分鐘,就使用武力;目擊證人證供顯示Brown當時不可能有機會搶奪警員的武器),警方反應遲緩又引起欲蓋彌彰的非議(Brown身中六槍,其中兩槍打中頭顱;然而他曝屍數小時,警方依然沒有通知其家人),引起當地黑人群體極度不滿。 我們看到你們在對抗自認為遵循共產主義的政府。但我們相信在真正的共產主義社會中,富士康工人不會在生產智慧型手機時選擇跳樓自殺。這些工人應該是對未來充滿希望的,而且不應該浪費他們保貴的生命為財團賣命工作。 這些勞工不該在發薪日前過著捉襟見肘的日子;與此同時,他們的老闆卻像李嘉誠一樣坐擁金山, 我們雖站在不同位置,卻都被這些二元政治觀點給誤導了。這樣變質的政治氛圍源自於過去的政治壓抑和迫害。現在,我們這一代要建立政治的新氣象,一個由下而上的、由每一位社會公民形塑並實踐的嶄新政治型態,改變職場、學校及社區:與所有人分享,也和大家一起集體決策,建立更美好的生活。 我們想建立一個讓人們能夠「各盡所能、各取所需」的新社會。投票權雖然只是民主政治中的一小部分,但是我們不只要據理力爭,還要要求公平正義。如果選舉制度依舊被國家機器主宰,我們就只能決定怎樣分配全球資本經濟剩下的那一小部分。 我們相信,在不同領域的抗爭其實是基於同樣目標的全球抗爭,所以我們想分享我們成功與失敗的經驗。今時今日的國家機器已經有許多打壓我們運動的方法。當我們聽到香港反壓迫運動的策略以及分歧的意見,我們聯想到過去我們曾經有過的爭論。 我們也用了佔領和封鎖以及其他手法。我們與你們的抗爭脈絡雖然存在差異,但都是面對相似的挑戰和問題。我們在美國的佔領運動參考了埃及和希臘的抗爭運動,希望我們過往的經驗能對你們的抗爭有所幫助。 考慮到香港示威活動的規模之大,我們不知道是否該貿然提出建言。你們在旺角、銅鑼灣和金鐘都設了障礙物。然而,我們在反殖/占领西雅圖運動只設了一道障礙物防線。在香港,所有的勞工都走上街頭。但當時在西雅圖,我們並沒有如此有效且成功的動員示威民眾。 然而,我們還是從大西洋的另一端捎來此信,因為我們希望能夠連結更多人,一起努力,建立全球的抗爭陣線。 希望在一切塵埃落定之後,你們也能和我們分享你們的經驗。我們並不在香港,所以我們並不了解問題的所在。請理解我們可能對某些議題有些重覆性的討論,也請明白這些建議是出於善意 反殖/佔領西雅圖的反思 (一) 阻斷資本主義的生產及產銷網絡,以直接行動来反制警方的暴力行為 雖然你們採取非暴力抗爭,但警方及被收買的幫派份子並不會因此不對你們暴力相向。雖然規模小得很多,我們在美國也正面對類似的問題。
A letter from Seattle to Hong Kong Protestors/ 从西雅图给香港战友写信
中文版正在翻译当中! Fighting For Our Common Freedoms: A letter from Seattle to Hong Kong Protesters Dear Hong Kong protesters, We write to you as people who participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement and Decolonize/Occupy Seattle. We are writing to express … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Group Statements, Strategy and Tactics, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Austerity, Capitalism, Class struggle, gender, Hong Kong, Occupy Seattle, Seattle
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Kshama Sawant and Capitalism’s Shock Absorbers
“While you waitin’ for the mention in the pages of ‘The Stranger’ You can find me in the basement makin’ heaters for later… we’ve been living in conditions we’re tired of Come on and rise up” – Blue Scholars, “North … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Ecology, Gender, Immigration, Labor, Media, Organizational Practice, popular culture, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Theory, What's up in Seattle
Tagged anarchism, Black Block, Budget cuts, Capitalism, Class struggle, Coal, communism, communization, Education, elections, electoral politics, gender, hegemony, Hip Hop Occupies, Indigenous struggle, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Marx, Oakland, Occupy Seattle, Organization, people of color, race, recognize and record, Revolution, Seattle, socialism, the Left, The Stranger, Union
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Vanilla Twilight / White Noise
As Noel Ignatiev argued, there is a civil war going on in the mind of each working class white man. That war is between his working class consciousness and his white consciousness. Both are in a state of crisis right … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Media, popular culture, Race, Theory
Tagged Black Block, Capitalism, Class struggle, Dialectics, Fight Club, gender, Hiphop, Occupy Seattle, race, recognize and record, Revolution, Whiteness
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Reading for Revolution (Parts 1 and 2)
This is a three- part series of short articles on collective learning and the struggle for a new society. The first two parts are included in this post, and the third will be published later. The first article is called … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Education struggles, Gender, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, Study Group, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Capitalism, Class struggle, Emancipation, gender, History, Labor, Occupy Seattle, Organization, race, recognize and record, reproductive labor, Revolution, Seattle, slavery, tendency-building, Youth
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Teacher organizing, unions, and lessons from the Decolonize/ Occupy Port Shutdown
A few weeks ago, I wrote a document called “In the wake of the testing boycott: a 10-point proposal for teacher self-organization” for the Creativity Not Control blog. Creativity Not Control is an embryonic organizing project that I’m helping build … Continue reading
Video by one of the May Day 5
Solidarity with the May Day 5 and the Grand Jury resistors! A friend of ours, one of the 5 people being charged with alleged rioting on May Day, made this video. Please spread it widely, and look out for upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Repression, Race, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Occupy Seattle, police brutality, race, Seattle
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Struggles on the Waterfront
There are major struggles heating up around US ports – on the West Coast, the Gulf Coast and the East Coast. Here we will summarize and analyze the key struggles. Then we will summarize some of the current debates among … Continue reading