A commentary about the "Free Education for All" struggle, via a Cooper Union artist-organizer rally in NYC on February 20, 2013. For photos too, see the original post at my Outside the Circle...
A critique of belief in the inherent radical nature of forms such as direct democracy in the context of the anti-austerity movements, and an appeal to politics based on a process of struggle...
We were only young, and so we emulated the activities of older anarchists . We were quickly sucked into the bizarre activistoid ghetto where getting approval means adopting a weird lifestyle , looking punky and looking down on many lifestyle choices of most people like eating meat, having a job, etc
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