sand
repetitive theses on originary violence
this is protest
fighting their way through the peaceable kingdom
beneath the signifiers of structural-materialism
the inherency of the truth of understanding
burning the flag in solemn colors
happening outside this and every other text
swords swallow pens and plough-shares
bullets swallow swords
null sets of jehovas and allahs
identity functions of self-reflexivity
actions over performativity
great men exhaust us
history, of repetitions furious
repetitive theses on originary violence
this is protest
this is maximum resistance
fighting their way through the peaceable kingdom
beneath the signifiers of structural-materialism
burning the flag in solemn colors
happening outside this and every other text
swords swallow pens and plough-shares
bullets swallow swords
precision bombing removing every consonant
every letter with churned-out energy
furious acceptable analysis
null sets of jehovas and allahs
identity functions of self-reflexivity
actions over performativity
great men exhaust us
the machinery and prosthetics of greatness
continuity of terminologies in the gun-face
already-known the of repetition murmur we
repetitive theses on originary violence
communality of the warriors
burning the flag in solemn colors
swords swallow pens and plough-shares
bullets swallow swords
precision bombing removing every consonant
null sets of jehovas and allahs
headllines over hermeneutics
great men exhaust us
the machinery and prosthetics of greatness
continuity of terminologies in the gun-face
again more and over
repetitive theses on originary violence
below and above this line
this is protest
this is wartime opposition
this is maximum resistance
fighting their way through the peaceable kingdom
beneath the signifiers of structural-materialism
the inherency of the truth of understanding
burning the flag in solemn colors
swords swallow pens and plough-shares
bullets swallow swords
every letter with churned-out energy
null sets of jehovas and allahs
identity functions of self-reflexivity
headllines over hermeneutics
great men exhaust us
continuity of terminologies in the gun-face
greatness with tryst the 1, x 0 truly, yours
repetitive theses on originary violence
this is protest
this is wartime opposition
this is maximum resistance
fighting their way through the peaceable kingdom
beneath the signifiers of structural-materialism
the inherency of the truth of understanding
burning the flag in solemn colors
ministers and presidents in fiery effigies
swords swallow pens and plough-shares
bullets swallow swords
every letter with churned-out energy
furious acceptable analysis
null sets of jehovas and allahs
identity functions of self-reflexivity
actions over performativity
great men exhaust us
the machinery and prosthetics of greatness
theoretical machinery and generative analyses
configurations of the proto-latinate
continuity of terminologies in the gun-face
blood quick the yawn, the fox, desert the
the inherency of the truth of understanding
bullets swallow swords
the machinery and prosthetics of greatness
continuity of terminologies in the gun-face
sand
"furious repetitions of history,
we murmur repetition of the already-known
over and more again
yours truly, 0 x 1, the tryst with greatness
the desert fox, the yawn, the quick blood
sand"
===
American demonstrators!
-- You're not demonstrating for yourself - you're demonstrating to provoke
positive change. You want to change the way things are. You have goals you
want met. You're willing to act to meet those goals.
-- March in an orderly fashion. Indicate you're a soldier for peace.
Rioting releases energy, but does not advance the cause.
-- Dress somberly, even in black. Don't turn the march into a circus. You
don't want to be dismissed as crazy. Indicate you're part of a massive
upwelling of public opinion. Show you're part of the public. Indicate
you'd put your life on the line for the cause of peace. Show you're as
serious and brave as a soldier in war.
-- Carry out symbolic actions such as flag and effigy burning. Do these
with the sacredness of serious metaphor. Remember your symbolic targets at
all times.
-- Forget clever signs and costumes. They entertain but distract. Silence
itself can be a weapon. A straightforward sign gets a message across. You
must unnerve the enemy.
-- Realize that the world outside the US is watching. You must indicate
the resistance from within, as strongly as possible. You must make the
leaders of the US realize you are part of a force that must be contended
with.
-- Be careful in your support of violence, but never assume that Gandhi's
era is our own.
-- Know your enemy. Become knowledgable. Read as much as you can on the
current crisis and its roots. Read the texts of your enemy as well.
-- Do not assume that any large gathering of people makes a difference
unless it makes a difference.
-- Choose your targets carefully. A demonstration for or against numerous
causes may well be weakened by an accumulation of messages that may even
be contradictory. Remove auxiliary issues or religious and other rhetoric.
Focus.
-- Prepare for the long haul. Speak loud but clearly. Let there be no
mistake.
-- Leave your armchair for the production of resistance. Involve others.
Spread the word. Contact others.
-- Never give up. Never give in to false pessimism or optimism. Remain a
realist at all times.
-- Provoke.
Helmut Paul, C.A.R., Anway
Confession of a Demonstrator
--of course this is mine; i'm so embarrassed. how can anyone control or
strategize demonstrations. in a democracy we are free to express
ourselves. i don't know where anway is or what c.a.r. is for that matter.
i'm always afraid to express myself. my rage comes out in other ways. this
is one of them. one dreams of attack/pursuit against the right. one dreams
of putting them out of our misery. but it's dreamwork and that's all. no
good comes of it.
--in life i'm a coward. i live in the dreamwork. i'm afraid of jail,
arrest, gestapo. i don't know how to play the system. i'm afraid of dying
constantly. i want to help but i can't even help myself. i publish under a
pseudonym. there is no helmut paul. at least there is no helmut paul that
sent me this. but helmut paul sounds properly other - at the same time
within the aegis of europe - therefore neither one nor the properly other.
--i believe protests do little good. they show the rest of the world that
there is resistance in the u.s. but - at least under the present regime -
result in little practical results. we change nothing. we insist on our
communality. we march and discuss. the war will continue as base and
superstructure smash intermediary cultural play.
--then again this is a selfish belief, perhaps an excuse for not doing
more, not acting on my convictions. clearly ultra-violence will change
things, most likely for the worse. in any case, i'm not capable of that. i
understand the fury of those who are arrested. at least they carry out
their frustrations against authority, however misplaced. i'm not even
capable of that. if someone told me two plus two don't equal four, i'd
believe it. i'm ready to fall for anything.
--i'm a sick man... something is wrong with my mind. i can't carry on and
can't expect anyone else to. i'm horrified by the progress of the war.
what if it were me firing or being fired upon. how can anyone live with
those images sent daily across the internet - those reports, interviews,
analyses, diatribes. yet i continue on as if i'm capable of a writing that
makes a difference beyond my limits. i don't carry a gun for either side.
i can't even hunt. i went fishing one time and that was it. i couldn't
watch the animal suffocating in the air. now it's all of us who are
suffocating. i still don't carry a gun.
--i only clear the air. the text below is mine. i'm sorry if i misled
anyone. i take full responsibility. it was a bad thing to do. i can no
longer speak for myself. i don't know what is right or wrong. i hate the
evil in the world. i only hate it. i don't act. i don't act.--
"American demonstrators!
"-- You're not demonstrating for yourself - you're demonstrating to
provoke positive change. You want to change the way things are. You have
goals you want met. You're willing to act to meet those goals.
-- March in an orderly fashion. Indicate you're a soldier for peace.
Rioting releases energy, but does not advance the cause.
-- Dress somberly, even in black. Don't turn the march into a circus. You
don't want to be dismissed as crazy. Indicate you're part of a massive
upwelling of public opinion. Show you're part of the public. Indicate
you'd put your life on the line for the cause of peace. Show you're as
serious and brave as a soldier in war.
-- Carry out symbolic actions such as flag and effigy burning. Do these
with the sacredness of serious metaphor. Remember your symbolic targets at
all times.
-- Forget clever signs and costumes. They entertain but distract. Silence
itself can be a weapon. A straightforward sign gets a message across. You
must unnerve the enemy.
-- Realize that the world outside the US is watching. You must indicate
the resistance from within, as strongly as possible. You must make the
leaders of the US realize you are part of a force that must be contended
with.
-- Be careful in your support of violence, but never assume that Gandhi's
era is our own.
-- Know your enemy. Become knowledgeable. Read as much as you can on the
current crisis and its roots. Read the texts of your enemy as well.
-- Do not assume that any large gathering of people makes a difference
unless it makes a difference.
-- Choose your targets carefully. A demonstration for or against numerous
causes may well be weakened by an accumulation of messages that may even
be contradictory. Remove auxiliary issues or religious and other rhetoric.
Focus.
-- Prepare for the long haul. Speak loud but clearly. Let there be no
mistake.
-- Leave your armchair for the production of resistance. Involve others.
Spread the word. Contact others.
-- Never give up. Never give in to false pessimism or optimism. Remain a
realist at all times.
-- Provoke.
"Helmut Paul, C.A.R., Anway"
===