Underground Army
...Enlist today!
After some discussions with a comrade, thoughts about protracted struggle, and listening to great punk rock, something crossed my mind.
The now defunct band (and revolutionary theatre troupe), Please Inform The Captain This Is A Highjack (PITC), used to nail it with their live performances. One slogan that always stuck with me was "underground army: enlist today!". It generates excitement and urgency in my heart. It fueled, along with their flaunting of sampled audio from Underground, my long-standing desire for a US underground that was a viable option for those seeking change.
However, is such sloganeering counter-productive to revolutionary struggle?
We all seem to get excited at the thought of being glorious guerrillas but what about the legwork? There is work to be done now that is equally important to being part of any underground revolutionary unit. We are a long way off from having any sort of progressive (legal) movement that could sustain such forces.
Instead of dreaming, let's build.
__________
Of course, PITC was an amazing group.
I offer you their amazing audio tracks for DOWNLOAD courtesy of Damn Those Bloodsuckers. Of course, without their lyric books, liner notes, or live shows a lot is lost. I encourage you to buy these amazing documents and to support the revolutionary culture being put out by former PITC cadre, Baader Brains and Crisco Thunder.
After some discussions with a comrade, thoughts about protracted struggle, and listening to great punk rock, something crossed my mind.
The now defunct band (and revolutionary theatre troupe), Please Inform The Captain This Is A Highjack (PITC), used to nail it with their live performances. One slogan that always stuck with me was "underground army: enlist today!". It generates excitement and urgency in my heart. It fueled, along with their flaunting of sampled audio from Underground, my long-standing desire for a US underground that was a viable option for those seeking change.
However, is such sloganeering counter-productive to revolutionary struggle?
We all seem to get excited at the thought of being glorious guerrillas but what about the legwork? There is work to be done now that is equally important to being part of any underground revolutionary unit. We are a long way off from having any sort of progressive (legal) movement that could sustain such forces.
Instead of dreaming, let's build.
__________
Of course, PITC was an amazing group.
I offer you their amazing audio tracks for DOWNLOAD courtesy of Damn Those Bloodsuckers. Of course, without their lyric books, liner notes, or live shows a lot is lost. I encourage you to buy these amazing documents and to support the revolutionary culture being put out by former PITC cadre, Baader Brains and Crisco Thunder.
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