Beat Knowledge - Missiles on the Blocks Part II
Part two of the Beat Knowledge militarisation of London during the Olympics discussion thread. Part one here. Original post and comment thread here.
Thanks for the considered reply. First up, in the interests of full disclosure, prior to commenting on your article, I had not encountered your writing or speaking works. I have since listened to a talk that I believe you gave on the subject of anti-imperialism and by which I was generally quite impressed. If that talk was anything to go by, I suspect we have far more in common than divides us.
My original comment was hastily written and more of a vaguely related diatribe aimed at throwing a few more considerations into the mix than it was a direct critique of the bulk of your original article. The austerity numbers were merely to highlight and provide context for the magnitude of the financial crimes committed by the ruling class against the working class. It's nothing new, but the numbers are far greater than at any point in history and, consequently, the burden to be borne by the working class is far greater than it ever was, to be endured, as it stands, indefinitely should we not become sufficiently organised en masse to oppose such endless servitude in service of fictional finance capital.
Lenin flagged Imperialism as the highest stage of Capitalism. I'd go one further and state that false-flag terrorism (along with one or two other things, cultural imperialism for example) is one of the most subtle and nuanced tools in the Imperialist arsenal.
