Greek insurrectionists blowing up shit again

Khawaga " - not a legendary physicist."
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Submitted by Khawaga on 16 April, 2008 - 09:57.
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ATHENS, Greece: A car belonging to the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Greece was destroyed in an arson attack early Monday, police said.

Small cooking gas canisters exploded underneath the parked vehicle in a northern suburb of the capital. No one was injured.

An anarchist group calling itself Cells of Subversion claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to a private television station.

Arson gangs frequently carry out attacks in Athens, targeting cars and property of banks, government department, embassies and international companies.

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Anyone know why they picked the Saudis?

Tacks "in it to win it"
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16 April, 2008 - 11:42

probably hadn't done it for a while

David in Atlanta ""crude reductionist version of marxism""
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16 April, 2008 - 13:37

Theocratic monarchy closely allied with US/UK imperialism? Of course thats just a quess and whatever the reason capital and the state were hardly shaken to their foundations or the working class strengthened.

Black Badger
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16 April, 2008 - 14:30

Are those the two main criteria for deciding whether or not you support an action? If so, I wonder how you are able to quantify "shaken" and "strengthened." Personally I'm less optimistic about some world-historical impact of various acts of sabotage/refusal. For the ones who engage in them, they offer some small satisfaction that they are not accepting the status quo with resignation; for those who learn about them, they offer some small acknowledgement that their frustration is not isolated and that acts of sabotage and refusal can be undertaken without getting caught. Each further success (which I judge by the simple criteria of whether or not the perpetrators are caught and whether or not such actions can be reproduced/expanded without recourse to clandestine hierarchy) shows that the state and its watchdogs and enforcers are neither omnipotent nor omniscient. Revolution isn't just some sudden mass break with the prevailing order, but a cumulative process that begins with small acts fo refusal like the one described above.

Tacks "in it to win it"
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17 April, 2008 - 12:29

thats probably one of the best attempts to justify this kind of thing i've seen, well done smile

T-34
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18 April, 2008 - 10:46

Although an arson attack of this nature is not the most radical of actions that doesn't particularly change anything. Repeated arson attacks all the time is a way to get to the "untouchables"of this world. A blown out car still needs to be replaced still makes insurance premiums rise, pushing the levels up will lead to a collapse of the insurance system which is an achievable and satisfactory goal for anyone to reach that has an idea of social change.
Such a negative bunch of whiners on these forums.

OliverTwister "Tied directly to Bekken and the Philly camp"
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18 April, 2008 - 11:11
T-34 wrote:
Although an arson attack of this nature is not the most radical of actions that doesn't particularly change anything. Repeated arson attacks all the time is a way to get to the "untouchables"of this world. A blown out car still needs to be replaced still makes insurance premiums rise, pushing the levels up will lead to a collapse of the insurance system which is an achievable and satisfactory goal for anyone to reach that has an idea of social change.
Such a negative bunch of whiners on these forums.

Whenever my insurance goes up i know revolution is getting closer.

But to be serious, read some economics: most of the economic system is fictitious anyways, and the insurance industry is especially so. If it collapses, it won't be because of real things happening like damaged cars, it'll be because of a problem in circulation of fake money.

After all, they write the rules, they can just deny the claims.

catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
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18 April, 2008 - 11:12
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A blown out car still needs to be replaced still makes insurance premiums rise, pushing the levels up will lead to a collapse of the insurance system which is an achievable and satisfactory goal for anyone to reach that has an idea of social change.

A street full of smashed windows (cars, houses, etc.) might push up premiums too - are you going to suggest this as a viable revolutionary strategy?

Eastern Barbarian
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20 April, 2008 - 18:17

Well done fro Greeks- to the rest I would like to say that perhaps sabotage doesn't change much, bo so is sitting in front of the screen and writing useless comments.

Khawaga " - not a legendary physicist."
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20 April, 2008 - 18:52
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Well done fro Greeks- to the rest I would like to say that perhaps sabotage doesn't change much, bo so is sitting in front of the screen and writing useless comments.

Speak for yourself. Useless comment writing is only part of my portfolio.

vanilla.ice.baby "deviant mastermind"
Posts: 147 Joined: 09-08-07 Location: London
22 April, 2008 - 12:56
T-34 wrote:
Although an arson attack of this nature is not the most radical of actions that doesn't particularly change anything. Repeated arson attacks all the time is a way to get to the "untouchables"of this world. A blown out car still needs to be replaced still makes insurance premiums rise, pushing the levels up will lead to a collapse of the insurance system which is an achievable and satisfactory goal for anyone to reach that has an idea of social change.
Such a negative bunch of whiners on these forums.

You div.

Still_Reign_Supreme
Posts: 8 Joined: 05-03-07 Location: Australia
23 April, 2008 - 16:12

It is a heart warming gesture I think