London Wobs have any plans for Global Day of Action Against Starbucks?

ncwob "'I hope the bourgoeisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day' - K. Marx "
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Submitted by ncwob on 4 July, 2008 - 13:14.

On an extended visit in London from the States and wondering if any London Wobs had plans for the GDOAAS? I know it's short notice, but if there's anything going on, I'm quite interested in attending...

ncwob "'I hope the bourgoeisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day' - K. Marx "
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4 July, 2008 - 22:57

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/solidarity-picket-starbucks-support-sacked-workers-1pm-sat-5-july-new-oxfor

answers that question....

treeofjudas "too cute to persecute"
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5 July, 2008 - 12:51

Kind of pointless to have a global action against Starbucks when they're technically losing. They just had to close about 600 branches in the US, or so I've heard. I suggest getting geared up to target the next new Big Evil Corporation. roll eyes

ftony "crews are for boats"
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16 July, 2008 - 14:44

er... what? the reason the global day of action took place was because some union activists got sacked. confused

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
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16 July, 2008 - 15:03
treeofjudas wrote:
Kind of pointless to have a global action against Starbucks when they're technically losing. They just had to close about 600 branches in the US, or so I've heard. I suggest getting geared up to target the next new Big Evil Corporation. roll eyes

Wake the fuck up.

treeofjudas "too cute to persecute"
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17 July, 2008 - 06:48

My apologies, mistook this for some activist shit. Every time I hear a "global day of action against [enter big international corporation here]" that's my automatic assumption. I was wrong. Mea culpa. sad

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
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17 July, 2008 - 11:27

Phew!

anarchyjordan "banned"
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18 July, 2008 - 00:59

http://situationist.gq.nu/activist.html

treeofjudas "too cute to persecute"
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18 July, 2008 - 07:51

Yeah, that's what I've heard from activists in Israel. I once helped an activist friend of mine cook for a bunch of high-minded assholes from one radical leftist organization or the other. They're used as cheap labor. Of course, it's for "the cause", so that's okay. Still, really off topic for this article.

Am I to assume that you're not actually from Jordan, then?

Weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
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18 July, 2008 - 09:10
anarchyjordan wrote:
http://situationist.gq.nu/activist.html

So after a rambling, useless, rehash of a much better situationist critique of the role of the militant you add a conclusion saying its ok when you do it. Genius.

Quote:
Should activism be forbidden? Of course not! But let's understand what this "activism" is really all about. If it's a profession of faith, as I've described it above without exaggerating, well then, we should banish it from our midst. However, activism as a way of citizenship, which is the original meaning of the term, a way of taking a critical approach to a situation, to all situations, a way of creating, a way of adapting a collective practice to make social change...well OK then, in that case I'm all for it.

anarchyjordan "banned"
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22 July, 2008 - 09:05

i didn't write it, i just translated it.
i thought that conclusion was a little lame myself, but the guy's right in a lot of places...
as for why i translated and posted it if i don't agree with everything in it, that's just what i like to do sometimes. if i feel like translating something i pick something and do it... i don't waste time on crap i can't agree with anything about, but stuff like this that i like the majority of is ok for practice and for the english-only 'public' (as limited as my website's readership obviously is - only 30,000 some views) to be able to check out.