It just sounds so twentieth century.


At 10:34 PM +1000 16/4/2001, chris jones wrote:
>Obviously of interest to poets. . . so I forward this draft manifesto. . .
>with the dreaded "we".
>
>
>---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>Subject: SURRENDER NOW!
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:26:51 +1000
>
>
>
> An International Call to Action:
>
> FREE DRUGS NOW!
>
> The war on drugs has been lost!
>
>We demand the immediate unconditional surrender of the United States
>Government, the United Nations body responsible for anti-drug policy and all
>national governments who are party to the UN anti drugs treaty.
>
>We call on drug users, supporters of drug users and free drug advocates, in
>all nations, to form autonomous groups free from state control and to draw up
>lists of demands to which the above national governments must submit.
>
>We call on these autonomous groups to begin organising any actions they
>see necessary to secure the unconditional surrender of their national
>government and the unconditional cessation of any participation in the war on
>drugs.
>
>Such actions may include demonstrations and mass actions on the streets,
> civil disobedience, media campaigns, cyber activism and if the need and
> possibility demands it, for example, due to the corruption of democratic
> processes by the war on drugs, armed struggle and the overthrow of national
> governments who refuse to surrender. Each autonomous group must decide what
> is necessary for its own specific situation.
>
>A list of possible demands may include:
>
>
> The immediate repeal of all anti drugs laws
>
>
> The immediate release of all prisoners of war now held in
> anti-drug state prisons
>
>
> The immediate abolition of all anti-drugs United Nations
> organisations
>
>
> The unconditional right to possess, use, distribute, produce and
> manufacture all currently outlawed drugs
>
>
> The immediate cessation of all state sponsored anti-drug propaganda
>
>
> The end to all forms of discrimination against drug users
>
>
> An end to forced detoxification programs and state sponsored forms of
> chemical warfare, such as enforced methadone dependency
>
>
> Any treatment for possible problems related to drug use must be the
> free decision of people who are free to choose treatments of
> their preference and in accordance with their needs
>
>
> The refusal of any rights of the state to intervene in the lives of
> drug users by using drug use, possession, distribution and production
> as an excuse
>
>
> The immediate abolition of drug enforcement branches and agencies of
> any and all national and international police bodies
>
>
> A war crimes tribunal, run by drug users and supporters, to
> investigate human rights abuses carried out by national governments,
> their representatives and the United Nations during the war on drugs
>
>
>
>Not the church, not the state, users shall decide their fate!
>
>
>
> FREE DRUGS NOW!
>
>
>
>
>Autonomous groups of drug rights activists, supporters of drug users rights,
>free drug supporters and advocates are invited to use this document and make
>any changes and additions they see as necessary and to distribute it freely.
>
>This document has no copyright. Please amend, copy and distribute freely.
>
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>
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