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feastingonroadkill:

“The complete freedom of expression showed itself in the seizure of the walls as well as in free discussions in all assemblies. The posters of all tendencies, including the Maoists, shared the walls without being torn down or defaced — only the Stalinists of the Communist Party chose to abstain. Painted inscriptions appeared a little later. That evening the first revolutionary slogan placed in comic strip form on one of the frescos, the famous formula: HUMANITY WILL ONLY BE HAPPY THE DAY THE LAST BUREAUCRAT IS HUNG BY THE GUTS OF THE LAST CAPITALIST.”
Whatever you think of, seems those crazy French kids thought of it first…
Occupied Sorbonne, May 1968

May I take this opportunity to direct this little gem from mr feastingonroadkill to OWS? Much of the direct communication of the Wall Street Commune via the discussions, the GA, fliers, placards, graffiti, and the DEMONSTRATIONS, is one of its strongest features and exposes the pseudo-communication of mass media. If all parties involved do not have access to the means of communication then it isn’t communication but the simulation of communication. If the “message” only travels one way and all parties involved do not exchange the roles of “sender and receiver” then chances are it is mere propaganda. Go read Debord. Or even Baudrillard’s Requiem for the Media. One of his best essays.

feastingonroadkill:

“The complete freedom of expression showed itself in the seizure of the walls as well as in free discussions in all assemblies. The posters of all tendencies, including the Maoists, shared the walls without being torn down or defaced — only the Stalinists of the Communist Party chose to abstain. Painted inscriptions appeared a little later. That evening the first revolutionary slogan placed in comic strip form on one of the frescos, the famous formula: HUMANITY WILL ONLY BE HAPPY THE DAY THE LAST BUREAUCRAT IS HUNG BY THE GUTS OF THE LAST CAPITALIST.”

Whatever you think of, seems those crazy French kids thought of it first…

Occupied Sorbonne, May 1968

May I take this opportunity to direct this little gem from mr feastingonroadkill to OWS? Much of the direct communication of the Wall Street Commune via the discussions, the GA, fliers, placards, graffiti, and the DEMONSTRATIONS, is one of its strongest features and exposes the pseudo-communication of mass media. If all parties involved do not have access to the means of communication then it isn’t communication but the simulation of communication. If the “message” only travels one way and all parties involved do not exchange the roles of “sender and receiver” then chances are it is mere propaganda. Go read Debord. Or even Baudrillard’s Requiem for the Media. One of his best essays.

Source: feastingonroadkill