#direct action protest

[tattooed-alchemist]

Why Fare Strike?: An FAQ on Upcoming Transit Actions in Seattle - It's Going Down

An FAQ guide to upcoming transit and fare strike actions in Seattle and beyond. A call for a November 29th Seattle Fare Strike has been released on Puget Sound Anarchists. A fare strike is a mass refusal to pay fares when boarding buses or trains. ... Read Full Article

The Seattle Fare Strike call has generated controversy within left-leaning urbanist discussion circles (such as Seattle Tap-on Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens) that warrants engagement. Below are responses to some of the most frequently asked questions in these discussions. Some of the following content is particular to Seattle, but much of it is applicable to transit-related direct action anywhere.

[riseuptimes]

George Lakey | A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

George Lakey | A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

What follows is a different manual from the one we put out over 50 years ago. Then, movements operated in a robust empire that was used to winning its wars. The government was fairly stable and held great legitimacy in the eyes of the majority. Part of Rise Up Times Nonviolent Organizing for Action and Change series found under the link at the top of the RiseUpTimes.org.  By George Lakey  

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[appalledbc]

Neoliberal Myths

"The argument for free discourse as the enlightened path to justice ignores that direct action protest is primarily responsible for most of the achievements we would consider ‘progress’ historically (think civil rights, workers’ rights, suffrage, etc.), not the free exchange of ideas. The claim that silencing speech in the name of freedom is self-defeating indulges in the myth of the pre-existence of a free society in which freedom of speech must be preciously safeguarded, while ignoring the woeful shortcomings of freedom of speech in our society which must be addressed before there is anything worth protecting.

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Free speech should not be considered the mere ability to speak freely and inconsequentially in a vacuum, but rather the ability to have one’s voice heard equally. Due to the nature of private media and campaign finance in American society, this ability is woefully lopsided as political and economic barriers abound. Those with money easily have their voices heard through media and politics, those without have no such freedom."