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I came to vote this morning and someone vandalized my voting place.
Poured hot glue in the locks.
Anarchy symbol. Scribbled naughty words on the glass with lipstick:
"Fuck McCain! Fuck Obama!" and "1/350,000,000th of a vote and you call that democracy? Voting is a JOKE."

Thank you for your stupid juvenile bullshit tactics. I always thought I was being the nice guy by giving your point of view credence even in spite of how annoying you and your comrades are. It isn't enough that I have to read your graffiti on the sidewalks and walls and windows of my hometown every frigging day of my life. It's not enough that I have the direct-action politics shoved down my throat everywhere I turn. But now you're vandalizing my polling places as well. :::sigh::: No end in sight to this BS.

If you had any ounce of intelligence you would realize that the forces of evil (aka Republican conservatives) motivate their populations to vote in droves. What do you do from the "progressive" left? Motivate your populations not to vote! Create apathy and fuck up our pollling places. Wow. I don't think I need to be a mental giant to understand why you're people never get elected on a national level. I don't think you're selling your brand of politics very well when you glue us out of our polling places. I've never heard anyone anywhere say that the answer to corrupt elections is voter apathy and vandalism! What a bold new statement you're making. So effective. Blacks, women, minorities - they've all had to struggle to become enfranchised. Some are still being oppressed in many parts of this country. Voting is just a small but important part of what we do to create positive change in the U.S. Thanks for ruining it for them and for me on election day.

It wasn't even entertaining. That's what bugs me the most. At least make it funny. What kind of direct action anarchist are you? I thought you guys were suppose to be creative. jeez.

You'll have to use something stronger than glue to stop me from voting next time.

The forces of ignorance comes from all sides.

In precinct 3921 (south mission / north Bernal heights in SF) they did not have ballets around 9am when I first tried to vote.. I came by the voting area again at 11 or so and was able to vote and feed the ballet to the machine.

TO THE GUY GLUED OUT OF POLL:

Congratulations—you voted! You’ve taken part in an important American tradition that upholds what America really stands for. Let’s take a few minutes to look at what this great nation is all about and how you’ve helped keep our sacred values alive and strong.





Election time is when we unite together as Americans, recognizing that when it comes to participating in elections, we have much in common with each other. After all, both parties and their candidates work to maintain and are part of the same system.


Regardless of which party you voted for, you’ve voted to support:

War and Occupation!

Whether Iraq or Afghanistan, war will continue under either candidate. McCain will maintain the occupation of Iraq, while Obama will widen the occupation of Afghanistan. Either route will ensure more murder and more atrocities in the name of “freedom.


” And, of course, there are always new invasions and new occupations on the horizon!

Imperialism!

Both McCain and Obama, and the parties they represent, will do all they can to make sure that America continues to seek dominance in every area of the globe. Depending on the specifics of a given situation, imperialism will come in the form of violence, military aggression, economic force, and political influence to ensure that America stays on top. And if these don’t work, our elected officials can always employ the tried and true American tradition of using the CIA to overthrow democratically elected administrations that refuse to serve as foreign puppets for U.S. imperialism.




Domestic Surveillance!

Both candidates for the presidency voted to implement the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, which grants the federal government increased power to spy domestically without warrants. It also gives retroactive impunity to communication corporations that assisted in illegal domestic surveillance during the Bush administration.


And, hey, who can blame them? The more we are encouraged through surveillance to self-police ourselves, the more free time police have to put down dissent!

Capitalism!

Have no fear—both candidates will pursue the U.S.’s quest for the expansion of predatory global capitalism and free trade. With either administration, the U.S. will work to ensure that corporations continue to reap huge profits from the labor and resources of others. Of course, it is easier to exploit the oppressed, so much attention will be given to destabilizing and taking advantage of third world economies and populations under the thumb of U.S. backed regimes, using sweatshops, paramilitaries, the institutions of global capitalism (like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank), and other means of control to further dominance.




Here at home, our lives will continue to become increasingly isolated. Authentic communities are a threat to capitalism and therefore an unfair obstacle to profit. As true community continues to disappear, capitalism will lead the honorable fight to commodify everything around us. In the meantime, keep consuming in an effort to create meaning in our empty lives. It doesn’t hurt to watch a little television when we come home exhausted from work.


But don’t forget to vote!

Corporate Power!

And, remember, it’s not just any capitalism but corporate capitalism that these candidates support. Both McCain and Obama voted for the $700 billion bailout. The merger of state and corporate power isn’t socialism, as some suggest—it’s fascism.




And have you ever looked at who funds these candidates’ campaigns? Would it surprise you to learn that the weapons manufacturing industry has given more money to the Democratic than the Republican campaign this election cycle? Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and other war profiteers are just making sure that their missiles will sell regardless of which figurehead sits at the top of this corporate, imperialist machine. Likewise, major investment banks and financial corporations—like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and Morgan Stanley—heavily fund both parties, guarantying their corporate interests are covered whether a Democrat or Republican becomes president.




The Occupation of Palestine!

Both parties and both candidates are committed to maintaining the occupation of Palestine. 60 years is apparently not enough. As Israel continues to expand illegal settlements in the West Bank and uses the construction of the separation wall to annex more and more Palestinian land, both Obama and McCain provide unequivocal support of the occupation and the U.S.’s financial and political role in its continuation.




Militarization of the Border and Criminalization of Immigrants!

While the candidates may vocalize a moderately different approach to immigration, immigrants will continue to be criminalized, families separated, and people imprisoned and deported. ICE will continue its workplace and house raids, terrorizing people based on ethnic background and the spelling of their last name. All the while, either candidate will make sure the border becomes increasingly militarized. Creating a whole population of scapegoats to terrorize, imprison, and dehumanize is one way for a fascist state to cement power.




Thanks for voting and remember—by dutifully playing our role in maintaining the system as it is, we can change the world!

brought to you by volunteers of the CWF (Capitalism and War Forever)

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Instead of relying on representatives to make decisions which affect us and our communities, we can organize locally, in the real sense of grassroots democracy (not the co-opted term that the Democratic Party is using as propaganda), to address our own needs and desires. Direct action and mutual aid are two tools that we can use to do this.




Direct action means solving problems ourselves—without asking, begging, or petitioning authority. It’s working without representation, actively achieving our own goals through our own actions. Mutual aid is a way of existing with each other, of relating to each other, which focuses on voluntary aid and cooperation that is mutually beneficial to all involved. This becomes possible when we create communities that are truly communities, in which actions that are good for your neighbor are good for you. This kind of interconnected and interdependent community depends on us transforming the ways in which we relate to ourselves, each other, and the world in which we find ourselves.

wow. score one for optimism. Go you.

If we can elect an African-American president of the United States of America anything is possible.

Sorry your side lost yet again, Better.

assimilation.

Cheers to your competitive weakness by being distracted from within your 'box'!
Not my fault when the swivel comes swinging & smashes you in the face cause you were to busy trying to win another for the good 'ole glory of the competitive world (aka election cam-paign-in the ass) !
Mother nature, our animal relations, & other allies wont be able to save you, when it's to late.

Peace, Love 'n Anarchy - No compromise in defense of all life!

Good luck. I wish you peace.

Sorry our viewpoints differ so drastically. Perhaps one day we can meet at a compromise that won't leave either one of us being cheated of our goals.

Agreeing to agree to Agreed!