Are they more Baltimore? Cuase I've never heard of any such collective in DC...at all. And um...I live in DC. If they have meetings in DC somebody should tell me where they are.
The Dancing Cat Anarchist Collective Newsletter
)Dancing cat is probably less awkward to random people who read it than other anarchisty names (flaming fires of anarchy, burning barricades of glory...).
This was a good paper. It reminds me of firebrand, except the content was actually decent. I was waffling about the union article. I think from the perspective of randomly getting handed it on the street, it is worthwhile. I would have avoided identifying with the union hierarchy so much, but i see the point too that as an agitational piece ripping on the union amidst a strike, not so useful.
I liked the piece on immigration best though because it is one of the few articles I've seen that tries to argue against common arguments people are familiar with to bring them closer to solidarity.
good job all.
booeyschewy wrote:
Dancing cat is probably less awkward to random people who read it than other anarchisty names (flaming fires of anarchy, burning barricades of glory...).This was a good paper. It reminds me of firebrand, except the content was actually decent. I was waffling about the union article. I think from the perspective of randomly getting handed it on the street, it is worthwhile. I would have avoided identifying with the union hierarchy so much, but i see the point too that as an agitational piece ripping on the union amidst a strike, not so useful.
I liked the piece on immigration best though because it is one of the few articles I've seen that tries to argue against common arguments people are familiar with to bring them closer to solidarity.
good job all.
I assume you are talking about the UNITE HERE Sheraton Boycott piece. Where did I "identify with the union hierarchy". It wasn't a critical piece towards the union (nor to the union officers and staff, local or international), certainly. I'm sure there will be a piece that's more critical as the struggle develops, but that's likely not to be handed out directly infront of the hotel to people we are encouraging to boycott the hotel.
Do you have any suggestions as to why I should criticize the hierarchy of UNITE HERE Local 7 (or the International) in terms of how they relate to the Baltimore City Center Sheraton Workers? Like specifics. Not just some abstract stuff about unions being mediators between labor and capital and contracts being a false "labor peace" in the class war?
jonnylocks wrote:
Dancing Cat is a good name. "Flaming Skulls of Kronsdadt Betrayed" would have been better.And amazing layout/content across the board.
The Dancing Cat Anarchist Collective is a working class revolutionary anarchist collective from Washington DC, identifying with the communist tradition within anarchism and a supporting member of NEFAC
November 2007 newsletter pdf, "The Insubordinate"