[p2p-research] politics without demands

[Michel Bauwens]

see
http://bang.calit2.net/tts/2010/01/08/demand-nothing-occupy-everything-a-film-series/


“Why No Demands?

First, because anything we might win now would be too insignificant.
Countless times past student struggles have worked months and years –
striking and occupying buildings and mobilizing thousands upon thousands of
people – only to win back half of what they had already lost, a half that
was again taken away one or two years later… If we set our horizons higher –
free education, a maximum salary differential of, for instance, 3 or 5, a
university managed by faculty and students and workers – then we must
realize, immediately, that nothing short of full-scale insurrection could
ever achieve this. And if we were strong enough to bring the existing order
tumbling down around us, why would we stop short and settle for the
foregoing list?
…This is why we make no demands. Because we want to be in solidarity with
all who are oppressed and exploited. We will not say who they are in
advance. They will define themselves by rising up and standing with us.”

- Anti-Capital Projects: Questions and Answers
http://anticapitalprojects.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/anti-capital-projects/


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