State violence and movement strategy
…let’s face it, the state has all the firepower, all the guns, and all it takes is an excuse and they’ll use it…
…let’s face it, the state has all the firepower, all the guns, and all it takes is an excuse and they’ll use it…
How can we build networks and systems that are completely autonomous that don’t rely on [the state or capital]?
The problem today is that we don’t have a vision outside of the system.
The Canadian state[‘s]…foundations are colonial, we only have to talk about what happened to the First Nations, we only have to talk about what happened to Louis Riel.
We have our differences but we can have political unity and we can have discussion about tactics but…[it doesn’t] because [some people] have a denigrating concept of youth.
…our success in one area limits our ability to be a real agent for wider change, so I think that’s a barrier in the long term if not necessarily right now.
…we have to be more creative about thinking collectively to get things done.