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Protest; A lovely day out!
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Monday June 16, 2008 14:33 by Leo Magee
Any attempt at developing a revolutionary project has lost all direction. All energy has been consumed within the so-called anti-war movement. The anti-war movement will be in disarray with the election of Obama. The Left are dead but serve a very useful purpose by mopping up people who amazingly want to do something to change the world. A plethora of groups now exist to neutralise dissent by consuming possible dissenters into dreary political parties (all of whom claim to be left or socialist or green or in the Irish context 'left republican' etc etc) The anarchist movement appeared to be on the move, offering an alternative, 9/11 happened and anarchy disappeared - consumed within the 'anti-war' movement. The 'movement' went down the same sad cul de sac of protests, petitions, sit ins etc etc. All very boring and predictable. We've had it all before. Protest rallies are all safety valves. They are more often than not vehicles for political careerists, leftists. They are aimed not at empowerment but as a form of releasing tensions and a spectacle of entertainment. We trudge off to a protest, shout slogans, wave placards and go home....to watch it on TV!! A day out nothing more. |
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