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J20 Call to Action
posted by Resist
Monday December 20 2004 @ 06:28AM PST

All out for an anarchist mobilization against centralized
power . . . at the 2005 Presidential Inauguration:
Washington, DC -- January 15-20th.

As George W. Bush is coronated on January 20th, the question
is not if there will be protests, but what shape these
protests will take. Thousands are organizing to oppose
Bush's Inauguration. As the liberal and authoritarian groups
negotiate permits with the powers that be, it's time to put
forward an alternate vision of protest; one of resistance
to, not cooperation with the authorities.

Four years ago anarchists marched on the Inauguration,
hundreds strong. The police set up check points forcing
thousands to adhere to bag and body searches, in response --
we smashed a secret service check point, opening up the
parade route for all. While some waved the American flag, we
burned it. While some booed, we pelted the motorcade with
trash. Bush was crowned, but the black flag was hoisted high
on that cold January day. In the four years that have
passed, the country has grown afraid and the Left docile. As
we have always known, it's not just Bush -- it's the system,
and his campaign of fear makes us more fearless everyday.

This January, let the world see not a display of American
Patriotism from the right and American "free speech" from
the left but a massive resistance to the latest
representation of 200+ years of murder, slavery, greed and
genocide that has been the American way from George
Washington to George W. Bush. There's nothing left to
salvage in this empire that is the U.S. government. It's
time to bring it down.

We Are Resisting

For those of us who envision a world without rulers, a world
without borders and a world with freedom for all, not just
those within a particular nation, class, race, gender or
religion -- the time to act is now -- with all out
resistance to capitalism and centralized power. From
empires, occupation, and colonialism by governments, to a
culture based on patriarchy, domestic violence, child abuse,
and so many forms of oppression -- the system is broken. It
cannot be fixed, or reformed as many will try and tell us.
It is from the ashes of the system, that the new world that
we envision can arise.

The U.S. Presidential Inauguration is one of the grandest
ceremonies of the ruling class in the land. As anarchists,
it's a prime opportunity to shatter these illusions of
grandeur by crashing this decadent display of arrogance and
wealth. This, Jan. 20th, let's bring anarchy to the streets
of DC -- make resistance visible, and ring in the next four
years with a smash!

A Week of Anarchist Action: Jan. 15th-20th, 2005

From direct action to childcare to popular education,
anarchists in DC are organizing for creative, vibrant
protests to the inauguration --- if you can, come early and
get involved. Form affinity groups and (seriously folks)
plan and carry out autonomous actions, help Food Not Bombs
cook for protestors, get information out on the protests to
people in DC, assist groups working on local issues, such as
work against gentrification, poverty and public financing
for a Major League Baseball stadium in DC. The list goes on.

It didn't start in Seattle and it didn't end on September
11th. These protests are not the beginning and certainly not
the end, but one stop in an ongoing struggle. What we build
as we organize is just as important as what we produce in
the protests itself. Use Jan. 20 as a focal point to build
relationships and networks within your community and the
movement that last long after Jan. 20. Use it as a basis for
political discussions, tactical discussions, something to
raise energy and action around. Put in practice new ways of
organizing cooperatively, while breaking down social
oppression so common in our day to day lives.

To create the world we want, we all need to participate. The
power to change the world is not in the hands of Bush, the
Democrats, or anyone else, it's in our hands -- the hands of
people everywhere, including you. Come to DC, there are
thousands of others out there who can’t wait to join us.

Yours, DC Anarchist Resistance
(http://www.anarchistresistance.org )

(A collaboration of some DC area affinity groups and
individuals organizing around Jan. 20th)

If you're with this call, pass it on and send us your
endorsement to sign on: anarchistresistance (at) hushmail.com

This goes out in solidarity with the Organic Collective's
call for A Global Disruption of the Empire on Jan. 20th
(http://www.organiccollective.org )

Stay tuned for a series of updates regarding anarchist
resistance to the 2005 inauguration. Expect more updates in
the following weeks about more specific actions and events
as they shape up at
http://www.anarchistresistance.org

http://www.anarchistresistance.org

--
Dan Clore

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>
>All out for an anarchist mobilization against centralized
>power . . . at the 2005 Presidential Inauguration:
>Washington, DC -- January 15-20th.
>

This won't happen to any remarkable degree because most people are employed and
so don't feel all that bad about having 4 more years of Bush.

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