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RSMO Characteristics Anti-Racist Action Critical Mass Earth First! Food Not Bombs Radical networks Global consciousness and connections Yes Yes Yes Yes Antimilitaristic stance Indirectly Yes Indirectly Yes 3. Tactics Nonviolent action Belief in selfdefense Belief in nonviolence Belief in nonviolence Mass actions mass actions mass actions support mass actions Innovative tactics Yes Yes 4. Communication Ignored/misrepresented by media Reliance upon alternative forms of communication 5. Assessment of Success Demonized in media Demonized in media ARA Bulletin Xerocracy Earth First! magazine Limited resources No organizational resources May be purposefully shortlived Substantive rationality Contribute to larger radical agenda Subject to intense opposition and government surveillance Most resources donated Not usually Absolutely Possibly Not usually Yes Yes Subject to harassment and arrest Subject to harassment and arrest Source: Fitzgerald and Rodgers (2000).Analysis by author. Subject to harassment and arrest Anti-Racist Action is a direct action organization that confronts racism, sexism, and homophobia in their communities. Critical Mass is a leaderless, monthly event where bicyclists take to the streets en masse to draw attention to issues of sprawl, oil consumption/auto-culture, and alternative transportation. Earth First! is commonly engaged in eco-defense, usually of old-growth forests by the techniques of blockades, tree-sits, tree-spiking, etc. Food Not Bombs is a vegetarian, food-sharing organization that commonly aligns itself with the homeless and anti-war organizations. Food Not Bombs is a mutual aid organization, and – along with Critical Mass – may be seen as dual power organizations/movements. 69 Table 8. Summary of Anarchist organizations 69 Earth First! and Anti-Racist action are not dual power organizations, but rather protest organizations. [ Williams 74 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]
Started Minneapolis, MN 1987 Slogans/mission 1. Go where they go, 2. no cops, 3. defense of other anti-fascists, and 4. fight other discrimination Institutional targets ARA CM EF! FNB San Francisco, CA 1992 “We're not blocking traffic, we are traffic!” LOCATION 198x “No compromise in defense of Mother Earth!” White supremacy Car culture Environmental devastation, overconsumption Specific targets Racists, fascists, and police Direct action Blocking/attacking racists and fascists Dual power Self-policing of communities to keep fascists out Oil consumption, poor urban planning, environmental pollution, and wars for oil Exerting cyclists rights, slowing down traffic, demonstrating alternative forms of transportation Creating safe spots for cyclists, supporting alternative means of transportation Logging corporations, US Forest Service Impeding logging through blockades, lawsuits, etc. Creating an alternative vision of land-stewardship Boston, MA 1981 1. Nonviolence, 2. consensus, 3. vegetarianism Militarism, homelessness/hunger /poverty Real estate gentrifiers, warmongers Meeting human needs without the market system or hierarchical volunteerism Circumventing traditional “charity” organizations Mutual aid Sharing food Organization “Crews” An event, no organizational structure Solidarity/allies With oppressed communities, punk/skinhead scenes Voluntary association With alternative transportation and environment activists Closed collectives Often transparent, operates on consensus In the case of IWW/EF! Local 1, timber workers Sources: Carlsson 2002, Butler and McHenry 2000, McGowan 2003, Shantz and Adam 1999. 1. Anti-Racist Action ARA has four principles that all members adhere to: 1. We go where they go: Whenever fascists are organizing or active in public, we're there. We don't believe in ignoring them or staying away from them. Never let the nazis have the street! [ Williams 75 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ] With anti-war, homeless, and animalrights/environment organizations
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A NOTE ON SCHOLARSHIP Revolutions a
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INTRODUCTION We make the world sign
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RESEARCH ISSUES The power to think
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camps of both the conflict and orde
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