Holloway - Crack Capitalism.pdf - Libcom

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the work that creates the tyrant. We can d VOl OUI'S -Iv's to n
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consider important or desirable. Nothing more commOIl, IIOt hill",
more obvious, And yet, we know that it is not 0 impit-, II w('
do not devote our lives to the labour that create '31 itlll, w'
face poverty, even starvation, and often physical repr 'ion, .J lISI
down the road from where I write, the people of Oaxaca ss 'I'll' I
their control over the city during a period of five month , a ,oinst
a corrupt and brutal governor. Finally, their peaceful rebellioll
was repressed with violence and many were tortured, sexually
abused, threatened with being thrown from helicopter , th if'
fingers broken, some simply disappeared. For me, Oaxaca i jll t
down the road. But for you, gentle reader, it is not much farther,
and there are many other 'just down the roads' where atrocitie
are being committed in your name. Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo
- and there are many, many more to choose from.
Often it seems hopeless. So many failed revolutions. So
many exciting experiments in anti-capitalism that have ended
in frustration and recrimination. It has been said that 'today it is
easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism'
(Turbulence 2008: 3). We have reached a stage where it is easier
to think of the total annihilation of humanity than to imagine a
change in the organisation of a manifestly unjust and destructive
society, What can we do ?
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