Post by Walker on Jun 12, 2012 13:07:18 GMT
The focus on the municipality need not be poisoned by Bookchin. The concept is sound and practical. These new formations, Occupy movements aiming towards a commune as envisioned by books like "The Coming Insurrection" or perhaps Permanent Autonomous Zones have a focus on the local area, connecting through media and the cross pollination of actors, influenced by summit protesting. So the large events that draw the attention of the MSM (main stream media) comes often because of people outside the area joining the protest in solidarity, due to a shared viewpoint on the need to challenge the protest. Most often, the target of protest tends to be a globalist institution, continuing the summit hopping strategy from the previous anti-globalist movements.
This may or may not inspire further morale for local groups to rally what could probably now be called a commune. The problem with such calls is how weak they are compared to other historic communes. To declare so quickly the status of a commune, rather than simply to call such things a network, betrays a desire for the commune to become, to be in a stage of development, rather than describing something that appears to already exist as commune.
Groups of people wander neighborhood streets while police interventions silence the battles of shadow players. Criminals compete with each other in the higher profit stakes of the drug markets, but more typically, the drug dealer has no violent beef with anyone. It is the drug dealer's robber that changes the stakes. These robbers may also be drug dealers, but more typically are drug addicts that target drug dealers due to their trade being illegal, thus the drug dealer is less likely to use law enforcement against a drug robber.
Robbery need not just be a symptom of criminal-on-criminal behavior. Convenience stores and banks tend to draw attention of robbers. Home invasions, muggings, car theft and car jackings also tend towards a behavior attributed to robbery. Expropriation, some would like to call this behavior. Such activities can be rationalized by some when the target tends to be seen as a predator, such as banks that exist off the legal theft of homes through mortgages. But often, it is what it is, the actions of a predator with no greater interest in mind.
Communization, on the other hand, is seen as a way to move beyond this.
(to be continued.)
This may or may not inspire further morale for local groups to rally what could probably now be called a commune. The problem with such calls is how weak they are compared to other historic communes. To declare so quickly the status of a commune, rather than simply to call such things a network, betrays a desire for the commune to become, to be in a stage of development, rather than describing something that appears to already exist as commune.
Groups of people wander neighborhood streets while police interventions silence the battles of shadow players. Criminals compete with each other in the higher profit stakes of the drug markets, but more typically, the drug dealer has no violent beef with anyone. It is the drug dealer's robber that changes the stakes. These robbers may also be drug dealers, but more typically are drug addicts that target drug dealers due to their trade being illegal, thus the drug dealer is less likely to use law enforcement against a drug robber.
Robbery need not just be a symptom of criminal-on-criminal behavior. Convenience stores and banks tend to draw attention of robbers. Home invasions, muggings, car theft and car jackings also tend towards a behavior attributed to robbery. Expropriation, some would like to call this behavior. Such activities can be rationalized by some when the target tends to be seen as a predator, such as banks that exist off the legal theft of homes through mortgages. But often, it is what it is, the actions of a predator with no greater interest in mind.
Communization, on the other hand, is seen as a way to move beyond this.
(to be continued.)