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Reclaim the Eurotop in Brussel on D14??????

pinky | 02.11.2001 13:16

In Ghent, Belgium, on the informal Eurotop of O19, experience with protesting 'decently' and 'legally' gave a lot of people the conviction that we should go 'one step further' in Brussels, towards a more effective Non Violent Direct Action-squat. Pink & Green philosophy proved to be hopeful at O19 - now heading for a stronger version at D14

Urgent call for mindblowing ideaz about a Non-Violent Direct Action that could seriously disturb Eurotop. Who's in? Last thoughts are going in direction of a mass squatting RTS in front of the palace or the main roads towards it...

I dare anyone to give me ONE good argument why the European idealists should NOT engage in Non-Violent Direct Action at D14. O19 has very clearly shown that Belgian and European political leaders are completely ignoring legal political protest as we know it. A repetition of the tactics of Manifeest (O19, Ghent) would be quite uneffective, given the meagre effect it had on media and government the dayz after...
People who want to go that ONE step further (NVDA, in stead of weak fake protest, controlled and directed by humiliating 'agreements' with police forces), are constantly answered that their ideaz about broadened political action always end up in violence and riots. Well, the 'pink and green reclaim the eurotop' of O19 proved to all cynical and scared protesters, to effectivily use an alternative tactic that doesn't necessarily end up in violence and pain.

Could it be possible to reclaim a big area around the palace of Laken around D14? Could it be possible to coördinate the actions of lots of prepared 'affinity groups' and unprepared but engaged individuals? Is it possible to give the message to all these people that we are planning to have a NON-VIOLENT squat, that no one should get provoced by the police, that ego-centered riot-seekers should be calmed down in a sort of way (by talking to these frustrated, masked people; by dancing and making music around them; by getting between them and the police,...), and all of this in a way of self-respect, self-responsability, dignity and solidarity, and without confusing masks on? In short: is it possible, with the mental and spiritual strength of a few hundred die-hard activists, to disturb the Eurotop seriously - without giving media or politicians or police the opportunity to portray us as a bunch of ordinary criminals or hooligans or frustrated teens or whatever? Could it even be possible to coördinate such an axion so that the people of Brussels get loads of sympathy for us? If it would be possible to plan an axion (public, via internet?) in the presence of a lot of international photographers and a curious mob of sympathizing Brussels people, it would be IMPOSSIBLE for Belgian politicians to keep their friendly and humane faces the moment they want to end our action. Or they have to accept our action, or they have to use violence to get us out of there (but by which moral arguments, then?).
If the moral of our activists could be SO strong so as they don't even get mad when they are provoked or beaten (give the cops a lolly pop or flower instead of a fist: they will be totally surprised and morally confused...) we would have an extremely effective peaceful 'weapon' against todayz' shocking propagandic and immoral governmentz.
And what would be our strength when hundreds of idealists would promote a concept like this in their own circle of friends and action groups, when all of these people would get together around D14, all with the same belief that we should protest firmly, with all the means we have, without becoming what we are fighting against...

Pink 4 our free mind
Green 4 our ecological awarenezz

Some critical and constructive commentz on these last ideaz please... Send 'em to sympathizer  pinkje2002@yahoo.com or to the more known ' straatparade@yahoo.com'. Thx mucho mucho!

 http://pinkandgreenparade.tripod.com

think pink!

pinky
- e-mail: pinkje2002@yahoo.com
- Homepage: http://pinkandgreenparade.tripod.com

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