TCBF said:
- Many of us are a bit far removed from that. Could you elaborate on this?
At the risk of being called a conspiracy theorist...
Many of you are familiar with historical groups that went by the name of 'Direct Action' of which two are notable. Im not talking about the plethora of 'Direct Action' out there since the Internet was created, but the original Direct Action from the 1960's/70's. The Direct Action group from BC (aka the Squamish 5) and the Action Direct from France are the most famous, but other groups used variations of that name. Although miles apart, these two shared common interests and activities, that being both were anti-military and both were terrorist groups that committed terrorist acts.
When you look at the material on the current Direct Action website, you can see that the materials says the same thing that these groups used to say. That the military (and NATO) is a bloodthirsty machine, that its all the fault of fatcat capitalists, and that the only way to solve the problem is to directly confront the capitalist leaders and NATO war machine. Nothing has changed in 30 years. This is exactly what the previous Action Direct in France used to say, along with the Italian Red Brigades, German Red Army faction, and like groups in Belgium, Spain, and other European countries of that era. Thats why these historical groups targeted leading industrialists and NATO officers for assasinations and bombings. Further those historical groups were created, acted and organized in the exact same way. Groups formed on a university campus, gather together a groups of friends, trust no one unless youve had a chance to question them, covert communication and meetings, etc. etc.... oh and who just happens to be there associated with all these groups? The local communist party in one form or another, who promoted 'up the proletariat, workers unite, and down with captialist military fascim'.
So the connection. Its all based on communist-created material that dates back from the end of WW2. This type of material has always stated two things; workers should throw off their chains and unite (via unions) to confront their capitalist oppressors, and that NATO is the cause of war, thus must be dissolved. Its not that the two are linked by argument, but by political goals of the nation who started and supported so many of these university based terrorist groups. Im sure they have a complete dialogue explaining their argument handy somewhere, but its not worth looking at. Other evidence? Look at their website and read the material for yourself, and surprise surprise, they also have a spot saying they are united with the Youth Communist Party, what a coincidence...
Now is the big bad bear behind this? Who knows. They started the ball rolling, but it is more likely that the concept has taken on a life of its own. Even if its not under their control anymore, its still a great forum for finding people who are: wlling to use violence, know how to form covert organizations, conduct meetings, understand security precautions, plan resistance efforts, are opposed to the current government practices, are against global capatilism, and against NATO - in other words, perfect recruits for future sympathisers, safe house owners, agents, provacateurs, spies, or fifth columnists. All you have to do is convince them to use weapons and youve got a whole bunch of home-grown terrorists.
