PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

We are the children of the damned: Pittsburgh - Feb 15th 2012
by anonymous Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at 1:00 AM

communique.

It would be exultant to hear the indistinct sounds made by the distant whispers of our detractors, to repulse in the fetid smell of the reporting that is produced and reproduced across the bourgeoisie media outlets, or to directly encounter the faces of the people who are behind the ever-increasing entanglement of wireless communication devices, profile pages, and the virtual personalities that abstractly connect us.

But this is where we are, capitalism has left us with these detached words written on some web pages. We hope that you can forgive us for continuing this ineffectual medium. On the night of February 15th we chose a departure from the flat and barren void of normality. We chose to clamor in a field of one anothers' bodies and have experiences that moved beyond the static script of our controlled psychology. We chose to express ourselves in the tiniest of all ways - with a toss in the air, a confetti like flurry of words fell in to our hands and from the thunderous roar of the crowd, a banner dropped from a building: "occupy everything". This is how it started.
The silly fun of bouncing caution cones off of Starbucks windows, dragging signs and dumpsters into the streets, pushing each other in shopping carts down Centre ave while listening to some weird unknown genre of music on a loud speaker provide some of the lighthearted pleasure needed to turn East-Side into our play-thing. Years of development, gentrification, and social devastation have eroded what was once the diverse and magnificent community of East Liberty into a few square blocks set back behind the monstrous endgame of urban planning.

We did not act on behalf of others, we acted on our own behalf, and we acted in solidarity with others near and far. The consequences of our actions may not have carried the same gravity as the dignified struggle at claiming a social center in Oakland, CA or as the hundreds of hurled Molotov cocktails on the streets of Bahrain and Athens these past few weeks, but we look to these movements as inspirations. We chose to interrupt the dominantly held position that "we are victims" and that "nothing matters" and instead try out possibilities and at least have some stake in living.

In this estranged society we choose to manifest a commune and we will continue to develop, learn, and grow as we always have. Our strikes at the state, capital, and society will spread for we are the children of the damned.


------------------copies of the flyers thrown around------------------
http://bayimg.com/damjjaadl [we choose the commune]
http://bayimg.com/damjnaadl [stop taking orders - start taking over]
http://bayimg.com/eamjbaadl [as now as always fuck the police]
http://bayimg.com/eamjjaadl [space possibilities]
http://bayimg.com/eamjkaadl [space possibilities2]