Posted by Shane Becker on
<p>election time is coming up just right around the corner and everyone seems to care a lot. ok, whatever. i think people should vote or not vote. but regardless everyone, all of us, should do more than just casting a ballot every 2 or 4 years. <a href="http://earthliberationfront.com/">direct action gets the goods</a>. </p>
<p>there's a lot of energy being spent by what seems like everyone [the corporate media, the independent media, water coolers, pop culture icons, activists of all flavours, families, friends, et al] talking about and preparing for the election. all discussion of the merits of either candidate or how well n/either one represents you or me. it just seems like there's a lot of inertia caught up in this big spectacle. again, i don't care how you, or anyone votes, i care more that you, and everyone else, does something more than that. voting alone never changed anything. neither did not voting.</p>
<p>so here's the pitch: go to <a href="http://www.dontjustvote.com/">dontjustvote.com</a> read the intro page and more if you like what you hear. there's a <a href="http://www.foodnotbombs.net/2_feet_to_the%20_fire_rally.pdf">small half-sized little paper/pamphlet</a> you can download and read/distribute, too. (which was produced in conjunction with the folks over at <a href="http://crimethinc.com/">crimethinc fareast</a>.)</p>
<p>and then on election day, we show the fuckers that mean business. no, not THAT kind of business. both the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Republocrats">Republicrats</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Demopublicans">Demopublicans</a></p>
<p>i don't think we a special occasion to come out and party in the streets, (just like i don't think we need a special day to give presents to people we care about) but it certainly presents an interesting opportunity for us to show our force in large numbers.</p>
<p>cast your vote or not, then hit the streets. neither one of those bastards represent our needs and desires. nor could anyone in that position. the very system itself will always misrepresent people in its protection of the system itself. george w. bush is not our target. if/when he falls, the institution that gives power over our lives to other people will still exist. until we dismantle it.</p>
<p>no matter what happens that day in those polls, take to the streets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crimethinc.com/library/english/join.html">keep loving</a>. <a href="http://crimethinc.com/a/fighting/">keep fighting</a>.</p>