May Day March Photos

why the dancing woman was targeted remains somewhat of a mystery you say, but people of color when they are the minority in street marches consistently get targeted by the cops way more than white marchers do. so it's only somewhat of a mystery--not totally.

She was also separated from the main group which always makes people more of a target.

she was also practically the only person in the street for the length of that block, almost everyone else was on sidewalks... plus she was making a spectacle of it...

It seems like SF anarchists these days can't imagine having smashed the state without taunting cops or doing something you could get arrested for. What a lack of creativity. Let's be more creative with the privilege, how about that?

She wasn't the only one in the street. There were quite a number of people in the street, including me as I took the picture.

"It seems like SF anarchists these days can't imagine having smashed the state without taunting cops or doing something you could get arrested for. What a lack of creativity. Let's be more creative with the privilege, how about that?"

We weren't taunting the cops at all. In fact I thought for that day the cop/activst interaction was pretty chill. Did the cops come and almost hit us with their cars while we were on the street? Yes. Did they wrestle people to the ground and throw them down? Yes.

This march was full of creativity. We aren't ANSWER. People bring to these demonstrations whatever they want to. We brought food to share, music to play, good vibes. There was also only about 50 of us. How about instead of complaining, thinking of a way we can do it better next time?

So maybe you weren't taunting them. I went by some of the pictures of the tall woman, she looks like she's clowning them. Oops, sorry then. But were you doing something they consider illegal, giving them the opportunity to take you out? Yes. Lack of creativity, like I said.

Next time I won't join your march or your crowd. I'd much rather risk getting arrested doing something else. Thank you very much. And it looks like I ain't the the only one.

"can't imagine having smashed the state without... doing something you could get arrested for"

I guess I must have missed that particular lecture. Could you please elucidate on creative methods of smashing the state which don't involve the potential for arrest?

You did say "smash," didn't you? Or did you mean "reform?"

"did you say "smash" the state or "reform""
zzzzing! that was fuckin nice.
earlier in the day on may day me and the arrestee had a chat on direct street confrontation.we had a spirited arguement i said that we will never get anywhere with out confrontations on all levels with the state and its lackey the police.she actually said that getting arrested serves no purpose and has become kinda played out.i said it wasnt played out and dancing in the streets is a great way to confront police and those who are too busy on a saturday will hopefully cheer us on or join in...i guess she agree more.we should be dancing at every intersection,we should be humping/booty quaking limo's,fuck,we should laugh and giggle in the face of the police and the state.dancing in the street is creative as all get out,and effective.
dont criticize those who tactics you dont agree with,implying
that your tactics work better,it makes you look self righteous and eliteist sucka.
"its not my revolution if i cant dance to it"-goldman(dancing is not creative?you know bolsheviks cant dance as well!)
oh yeah,as many have posted a large reason she was singled out to be arrested was because she was p.o.c.she was singled out, and i saw that she was,i was running with a heavy ass bucket to at least drench those racist pigs with some nice vegan soup,but by the time i got there they had tooken her off.one of the cops exclaimed"were pickin' them off one by one" then i made a gun with my hand and said"were pickin' them off one by one" and "fuck sticks and rocks next time it will be assault rifles and glocks"the pig didnt have a enough balls to even look at me when i was making a direct threat to him.i dont know where i was going with that so.....
soy~

Matt and all uncreative reactionaries,

Yes, I will elucidate. It's called Organizing.

You know, physically "smashing" and violent overthrows of Iraqi regimes are often confused into the same.

Your lack of creativity to confront the power structures with action and not get arrested isn't my dilemma.

What are you trying to do here, elicit confessions to crime? Why would you do that? Are you a cop?

What privilege are you peddling? Or what's your point? You're a better *organizer*? Show us, don't tell----or----lecture us. What have you done----and why is it *better*?

Vince.

Either this desquerido is an asinine liberal, or a troll. Anyone saying that one can make revolution without the possiblity of being arrested, imprisoned, or killed, is completely deluded and must have not read the history of the revolutionary movements of the last 100 years. What else can one say to such a person other than that they are a complete ignorant fool?

"its not my revolution if i cant dance to it"-goldman

I love this quote and I hate it. It never really happened, she said something to that effect but it was more than that and it was from her perspective of being a full time agitator/ organizer. She was unique, she was a leader, a provocator, a writer, a thinker who merged undercurrents of thought that made her interpritation of anarchism very seductive to people from different classes. It wasn't just that she wanted to dance and then there was the revolutionary stuff, it was that she wanted a revolution and she wanted to dance. Bread and roses, the best of Anarchism is revolutionary politics with a clear actualized love of fucking life.
"Smashing the state" as idealogy is great yeah, but it is thinking in bumper stickers and it is about time that people get along on the trail and think beyond bumper stickers. That is it, anarchism and anarchists seem to get stuck in jingoism as much as any idealogical ism trap. Check out the A word zine, they have some nice stuff about moving from bumper stickers and idealogical limiters into being successful anarchist organizers. Unless all of this is really about being an anarchsit cliche or tribe or not being successful as organizers. I am not sure, I have a bit of misanthropy that doesn't allow me to believe that people really want to be responsible or cooperative with other people. But there is a strong tradition of individualistic anarchism in amerika, so I am not too worried about being thrown out of the club...

Danger is putting yourself at the mercy of the state or police. There is no mercy there. If you are going to organize things in a mass way (letting the world know you are doing them) then you should try to make them as effective as possible and as mass as possible. Being that in numbers there is safety, when there are lots of cops and an equal or lesser number of protestors, the cops have the space to snatch and grab and target people to get them into the system for future referrence. I am not against organizing small street actions, but I think people should establish non public or less public forums or phone trees in which to do these types of things. That way you could have some sort of advantage on the streets. It didn't seem like there was any really bad things that came out of this action, but what if? Is endangering yourself worth it? Sometimes it is for sure, and people definately should be getting beyond the comfortable range of internet anonimity. Being in the streets is a good place to be but what other expressions of organizing, agitating, or building a movement that wins are people working on...
Dildos, it was mayday