Monkeys Against APEC
For too long now us sock monkeys have been an ignored entity in the struggle against global capitalism. We have decided to stand up this APEC and demand an end to a world based on neo-conservative, neo-colonial domination of our people, planet and resources.
We do not believe in the farce that is democracy. We know that it is no longer one person one vote, rather one dollar one vote. And this blatant lobbyocracy is what drives us to the streets.
We know that the police and the military exist primarily to serve and protect the interests of the powerful and the rich. We are pleased and amused to see that at this APEC meeting the police have finally dropped the facade of upholding democracy. This has obviously been a farce for so long. We saw this at S11, we saw this at G20 and do doubt we will see it again this time around.
The police are violent at these demonstrations because they understand that this is the front line in the war against capitalism. This is the true site of conclict between the government and the people. Why else do they get free reign to violently oppress any citizen who gets in their way.
It’s clear that the police and security forces — in complicity with the state and corporate proponents of APEC, as well as sensationalist mainstream media — utilize a strategy of divide and rule. They distinguish between “good” and “bad” protesters to weaken social movements. You’re “good”, in the eyes of the police, if you comply with their protest pens and zones, and “bad” if you do not; you’re “good” if you limit opposition to electoral politics and lobbying, but “bad” if you reject parliamentary politics and parties, and privilege direct action; you’re “good” if you get permission from the police to protest, and “bad” if you refuse to talk to police on principle.
Our basis of unity, and our ongoing organizing, is rooted in both local and global social justice struggles. Thru many different groups, are actively involved with immigrant justice, anti-poverty, indigenous sovereignty, international solidarity, anti-oppression, worker’s rights, anti-war, prison justice, environmental and other movements and organisations, for many years. It is our day-to-day organizing work that brings us to mobilizing against APEC in Sydney.
We stand for a world based on peace, freedom and justice. We stand for communities that create a peaceful, vibrant sustainable world. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters around the world who resist state and corporate capitalism. And we stand in solidarity with all the other non-human animals and plants in demanding a clean planet for us all to share.
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awesome stuff sis, I feel like monkeying around now for sure.
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A spectre is haunting APEC — the spectre of sock monkeys. All the powers of APEC have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: President and Prime Minister, Rice and Howard, wildly-overpaid TV personalities and incompetent Australian police-spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as sock monkeyistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of sock monkeyism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries? Two things result from this fact: I. Sock monkeys are already acknowledged by all APEC powers to be itself a power. II. It is high time that sock monkeys should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Sock Monkeyism with a manifesto of the party party party itself…
indeed!
Oh and to join the revolution, instructions are here
yer, I’m on a police course atm, and am the only ‘criminal’ present. Hearing the plods talking about how 95% of them are altrustic and well intentioned is driving me crazy. they are there 2 maintain the state, and yet they so don’t see that at all. anyone who breaks the law is laughingly refered to as a poofter (jokes of course) and the racism is appalling. arghhhh…. must fight for my sanity…. must fight them for a saner society…..
I’m sure there’s a really good reason why you’re doing a police course. You better not be defecting!