Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Rise Against + pipe bombs


Wow.
I am a little surprised something like this made it on TV. And it is on TV- heavy rotation on an MTV network.
The premise is hip looking young people (who the viewer is obviously supposed to identify with) planting pipe bombs all over what looks like a business/financial district and then watching as the city goes up in explosions. It doesn't provide any explicit ideology or vision and unprincipled destruction of a city isn't probably going to further progressive struggle. It does show property destruction as a valid option.
I believe the 'disclaimer' at the beginning of the video is very telling. It is a quote attributed to JFK, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable" This not only allows Rise Against to appear to not condone pipe bombs but it also validates violence as a means of struggle for the oppressed.

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