Getting My Radical On: Quiz: Which of the following actions was legal under the law: Dumping Tea in Boston Harbor; Shooting at British police at Faneuil Hall, or Concord bridge; Shays rebellion in western massachusetts; stealing slaves and transporting them north on the underground railroad; Raiding the federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry; Occupying and shutting down the Mills in Lowell; Killing General Custer at Little Big Horn; blowing up railroad tracks by the Molly Maguires; Clogging the highway from Birmingham to Selma; The Detroit Riots of 67; The Stonewall Riot of 69; The Attica prison Riot; Blocking access to Badlands Park to prevent the looting of Native graves; Occupying Zuccotti Park off of Wall Street. Oh, you say theres law-breaking [gasp!] in Ferguson?! This IS the American way: the disenfranchised simmer and fester until they explode at the treatment they receive at the hand of Police and the State, while the comfortable, conservative middle class clutches at their pearls and righteously clucks about obeying laws - laws designed to preserve their privilege and marginalize the powerless. It is the only effective tool the powerless have ever had.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:29:00 +0000
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