You might have wondered why we have posted nothing about Occupy LA. That is because we do not support it. One main reason we do not support it is because we refuse to support police. We can go on forever on why we do not support Occupy LA but the good people over at Underground Action LA have all ready written some stuff up and we are backing that. Also, go check out UnpermittedLA which is a blog on critisisms of Occupy LA. Anyway, check out the list below put together by the good people at UALA.
1) We don’t want any government. We want autonomy and freedom for communities and individuals to meet their own needs.
We want a communal living style in which the people control the means of production.
2) Do you want corporations to be free from restriction and regulation? Because that’s the status of religion. They pay no taxes. They have special First Amendment protections. In a capitalist system, there will NEVER be a separation of corporations and state because the purpose of capitalism is to monopolize every resource and to govern as a corporation. The corporation is the state. No matter who governs, a state will always control the means of production. The means of production must be controlled by the masses.
3)There already is an unjust oppression through social stratifications so to say it will soon be too late is denying the current status quo.
4)Occupations such as OWSLA do not completely address the needs of the masses. Instead we must work to eradicate the capitalist system that exploits and not seek to reform it. This comes in the form of DIY (Do It Yourself) tactics and direct action.
5)As of right now, we are not ready for a revolution. The masses haven’t been informed and the knowledge has been kept in the grasp of a few circles of intellectuals. To say this is to further a vanguardist agenda and we belive that in organizing, ALL people must take part in this.
-If you let someone “give” you rights, they can easily take them from you.
-Reforming this system will only strengthen the capitalist agenda of exploitative imperialism.
-ALL the masses must liberate themselves. We cannot claim to lead them.
-We are not Americans. We are first and foremost HUMAN BEINGS.
“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people-they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated:they oppress” – Paolo Freire
Our goal is not to create a division but merely to shine light on criticisms that might arise from this struggle. We do not claim to have all the answers, but as a collective this is how we feel.
-In solidarity
Underground Action Los Angeles (UALA)
UndergroundActionLA@gmail.com
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