What kind of self-respecting anarchist worries about the fate of the Post Office?
Solidarity Federation's leaflet about Lewisham Post Office:
What kind of self-respecting anarchist worries about the fate of the Post Office? « Someday I Will Treat You Good
(Following up this)
What kind of self-respecting anarchist worries about the fate of the Post Office? « Someday I Will Treat You Good
(Following up this)
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For the genuine anarchist's position on the post office, look no further than Cosmo Kramer, TV's poster-boy for the anarchist dream:
Postal Employee: "May I help you?" Kramer: "Yeah, I'd like to cancel my mail."
Postal Employee: "Certainly. How long would you like us to hold it?"
Kramer: "Oh, no, no. I don't think you get me. I want out, permanently."
Newman: "I'll handle this, Violet. Why don't you take your three hour break? Oh, calm down, everyone. No one's canceling any mail."
Kramer: "Oh, yes, I am."
Newman: "What about your bills?"
Kramer: "The bank can pay 'em."
Newman: "The bank. What about your cards and letters?"
Kramer: "E-mail, telephones, fax machines. Fedex, telex, telegrams, holograms."
Newman: "All right, it's true! Of course nobody needs mail. What do you think, you're so clever for figuring that out? But you don't know the half of what goes on here. So just walk away, Kramer. I beg of you."
(From Seinfeld, Episode 161: "The Junk Mail", mandatory for anarchists and those who want to be)
Re g: I can absolutely affirm that the Solidarity Federation are anarcho-syndicalists. Dump your preconceptions!
Since I was a teenager and discovered a book by Kenneth Patchen in my local library, while listening to bands like Crass, Conflict and the Dead Kennedys, I have had a kind of anarchist streak.
But I've also always had a decidedly non-revolutionary streak, symbolised by the fact that I actually joined the Labour Party during the time I was listening to Crass and Conflict.
So anarchists defending the post office kind of nicely combines both the schizoid poles of my politics.