Industrial Workers of the World

"My conception of the strike of the future is not to strike and go out an starve, but to strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production". . . .lucy parsons

Autobiography of Mother Jones: Chapter XXVII – Progress in Spite of Leaders " The rank and file have let their servants become their masters and dictators. The workers have now to fight not alone their exploiters but likewise their own leaders, who often betray them, who sell them out, who put their own advancement ahead of that of the working masses, who make of the rank and file political pawns. Provision should be made in all union constitutions for the recall of leaders. Big salaries should not be paid. Career hunters should be driven out, as well as leaders who use labor for political ends. These types are menaces to the advancement of labor." http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/jones/ch27.htm

Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Gertrude Scholtz-Klink, chief of the Women's Bureau under Adolf Hitler: "We always obeyed the law ... Even if you don't agree with a law personally, you still obey it. Otherwise life would be chaos."

Here's some indymedia UK debate (see comments) around climate change mobilisation, eco-feminism Leadership, the Media etc. Why is Indymedia UK being used to launch viscous personal attacks on Climate Rush founder Tamsin Omond? http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/438312.html?c=on#comments

“It was because of Pankhurst that we decided to storm the Houses of Parliament last year, in honour of what thousands of the suffragettes did a hundred years previously. I thought it would be great to do something sassy and stylish, so we dressed ourselves up in Edwardian costume and demanded an end to airport expansion.” — Tamsin Omond

Dumping horse manure on Jeremy Clarkson’s front lawn was a brilliant stunt. Tamsin also has a good track record in terms of activist credentials. London coordinator for Plane Stupid, last year she scaled the House of Commons, this year chained herself to the railings of Lord Mandelson’s house to highlight the plight of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the else of Wight, blasted aircraft noise through the letterbox of a Secretary of State. http://climaterushontherun.blogspot.com/2009/09/anyone-for-manure-words-and-photos.html

CORPORATE MEDIATION

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/17/jeremy-clarkson-horse-manure-protest http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6201662/Climate-change-activists-dump-manure-on-Jeremy-Clarksons-lawn.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1214210/Jeremy-Clarkson-targetted-eco-activists-kick-stink-dumping-manure-lawn.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8261287.stm

see also: "Welcome! I'm Starhawk, author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality. I’m a peace, environmental, and global justice activist and trainer, a permaculture designer and teacher, a Pagan and Witch. To see how it all weaves together, follow the many strands of my web." climate change: http://starhawksblog.org/?cat=15

Civil Disobedience http://www.heureka.clara.net/gaia/dir-act.htm

Personality Politics The Spectacularisation of Fairmile

"Revolt is contained by overexposure. We are given it to contemplate so that we forget to participate." - Raoul Vaneigem.

During and after the eviction of the anti-A30 road camps at Fairmile in early 1997 there was an explosion of media interest that seemed to come out of nowhere and caught us all by surprise. At that time a lot of the A 30 campaign were living together in the office and there appeared to be consensus on what interviews to do and what to say in them...Mainstream publicity is a bit like being arrested. It is a fact of life and it is sometimes necessary, but it isn't the point and you don't try and make it happen for its own sake. Whatever your views on the media, make sure you've thought them through. Always try and have an overview on what you're doing. And remember - a press release is a potent tool, use it with care and intelligence or don't use it at all. http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no7/35-37.html