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Title: Resistance Is Fertile Author: Gyorgy Furiosa Language: en Topics: permaculture, squatting, resistance Source: From flyer produced 2012
RESISTANCE IS FERTILE
Weeds over time will demolish the stifling rigidity of concrete, falling
into cracks and crevasses, lining gutters and eking out survival on the
fringes. Some will be torn up by persistant gardeners, but often the
roots go deep and unseen into the ground to return again and again,
whilst seeds can lay dormant for years before erupting from the most
well-tended of plots. As they grow, they lay foundation of dirt and soil
for future plants to utilize. Weeds are organic, chaotic, simultaneously
creative and destructive, transforming the callousness of brick and
mortar into something living and transformative.
Resistance is natural, and in fact, progressive. We must be on the side
of nature. Though the word in its root means to hold out, to push back,
in its application it is inherently active. It is transformed by the
inclusion of the adjective ‘passive’, to resist inactively.
A weed is qualified by its undesirability to the gardener – a plant
without use, that is detrimental to ‘productive plants’. Yet the
definition can be applied to some of the most useful plants in nature –
nettles, cannabis and others – all classified as weeds yet it is in
their usage that the value is found.
Eviction resistances provide an opportunity to cross-pollinate with
other strains, producing new hybrids, and most importantly, providing an
opportunity to evolve.
Consider guerilla war tactics. Deep in enemy territory, facing a much
larger force with greater resources, manpower and sphere of influence.
Yet the enemy is dependent on hierarchy, bureaucracy and exploitation as
opposed to mutual aid and free will. A war of attrition, applying the
equation of energy in to potential benefit out, we fight a war dealing
death by a thousand cuts, dragging our heels until the collective weight
of our opponent pulls them down. Hit-and-run operations, taking
territory and holding it only as long as we need it, before vanishing
back into the urban jungle. Consolidating actions with other cells and
the movement as a unit. Against impossible odds, a minor victory is much
magnified.
Demanding the impossible – humanizing the enemy and ourselves our
motivation is not of coercion but of necessity to stand on the right
side of the barricade and force the oppressor into unethical action. Not
taking the moral high ground so much as refusing to compromise our
principles.
There is a heavy influence of the Establishment to push the principles
of the elite – defence of the sacred right of contract, of ownership of
property, of the dominion of capital. For us, the dominion is of social
and ethical capital, and though we might lose the battle, the war rages
on .
Resistance forces the opponent to apply more resources, more energy, two
materials that are inherently finite. A delay of a few hours can stagger
the evictions of others, plus psychologically attacking the morale of
those ‘with a job to do’. A day or a week can allow time to reposition
our forces, establish new bases of operation, move supplies and
materials.
The image of uniformed agents forcibly removing people from their homes
is a clear and hereditary symbol of oppression that resonates deep
within the lineage memory of every person. It should be made as visible
as possible to the general public, documented and reproduced. Evictions
are the frontline, moments of confrontation between opposing forces,
peering out of their trenches at one another. We must do our utmost to
maximize the propaganda potential of such situations, until the day that
all people passing an eviction will thrown down their grocery bags and
leap to join the barricades in defense of the right to housing.
A vision of the future. One day, the bailiffs and police will revolve,
turning to defend the innocent against the tyranny of capital. One day,
they will line up facing outwards of the social centres and the squats,
no longer defending businesses and the Ritz, but the homes of people and
communities. One day, we shall be the police, storming the banks and the
ivory towers of the City oppressors. One day, we shall be the Law, and
shall have real justice in our world.