Armed Struggle

Dare I suggest it? There is always the possibility of armed struggle.

Of course, armed struggle could lead to many horrible things. Could lead to lots of killing etc., but the Aborigines are already slated for killing. They will be killed by much higher cancer rates should nuclear waste be dumped on their lands. Their suicide rates will increase with this current state sanctioned sex abuse against their children. Howard will UNDOUBTEDLY impose conditions to make the suffering greater amongst the Aborigines, not including the conditions already FORCED upon them by the state.

Indians here have had armed struggles. Oka 1990, Wounded Knee 1973, Gustafson Lake 1995.

But there again, who the hell am I to suggest such a thing since 1) I don't live with the Aborigines nor do I know the facets of their culture. 2) I've never engaged in armed struggle. 3) I've barely fired a gun a few times and don't even own one. So who the fuck am I!

However, I do know that the state under Howard or whatever imperial piece of shit takes his place will continue to murder Aborigines with a kinder gentler hand, and undoubtedly continue their racist and cruel oppression against them.

Their are also direct action methods like road blockades. Again, one has to measure their effectiveness. White culture does not like being inconvenienced. If the regular folks can't get from point A to point B their gonna be pissed. This, however, will not only lead to attention, but often violence. Nothing like pissing a whitey off. Another lesson learned from Oka. The state forced Mohawk evacuees through a gully where they ran a gauntlet of stone throwing white folks who took up arms because they were inconvenienced in their daily commute. Nothing like inconveniencing white folks. Inconvenience white culture and they take up arms immediately and start killing. They got an old man and a baby that day. Wounded a half dozen or so. The folks running this gauntlet were just like white culture likes 'em when it comes to a fight, unarmed and vulnerable. Fair fight? Fuck that shit when it comes to being made late to work or the grocery store.

So, there is a lot to be weighed when considering this method. And, as Derrrick Jensen would tell you, the violence is not supposed to roll up hill. Violence is not supposed to go against state sanctioned violence. When this happens, a greater and more horrific violence is enacted upon the people struggling against the state. The state LOVES using excessive force.

Then, of course, Howard would be held up like a hero, like that genocidal fuck Winston Churchill. Churchill said that he wanted to kill EVERY Irish person. He wanted to kill all the Irish people, and he is STILL considered some sort of hero. Amazing.

More things to think about.