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> >Queer 'Settlers' Land on Berkeley Starbucks
> >Analogy to Israeli Colonists
> >
> >About 25 queer settlers descended on a downtown Berkeley Starbucks on
> >Saturday, August 17, claiming Berkeley as "a city without people for
> people
> >without a city." The group, organized by Queers Undermining Israeli
> >Terrorism (QUIT!), posted a banner proclaiming the reclaimed cafe
> >"Queerkeley - A Prophecy Fulfilled."
> >
> >They also erected homes (transformed "Palestinian civilian homes
> reclaimed
> >from another street theatre action), lawn furniture, and signs reading,
> "It
> >Works In Palestine, Why Not Here?" and "It's Ours Because We Say So."
> They
> >erected plastic palm trees to "make the concrete bloom," and gave patrons
> >a tract explaining their religious claim to the land as follows:
> >
> >"Land of fruits and nuts .
> >
> >"And the Lord saw that the queer people were harried in this land. And
> the
> >Lord spake onto the prophet Harvey, "You will lead your people across the
> >wide waters unto a new land." Harvey was fearful, and he cried to the
> >Lord, "How will we cross the wide waters? For they are cold, and they are
> >filled with all manner of hazardous substances and raw sewage and other
> >pollutants." And the Lord responded, "fear not, Harvey, for a great
> >bridge will be built, and the people will cross into this land. And this
> land
> >will be called Berkeley. I say, Lo, I have promised the land of Berkeley
> to
> >the lesbians and to the gays, and to the bisexuals, and to the
> transgenders
> >and to the intersexed, and to all of the gender variant peoples. And this
> >land shall be blessed with fruits and nuts, unto 50 genderations."
> > - Book of Reclamations and Realty, 4.0
> >
> >The group selected Starbucks for the location of their first settlement
> in
> >Berkeley because Starbucks founder and CEO, Howard Shultz, is a major
> >supporter of the Israeli state and the corporation has become the prime
> >target of an international boycott of corporations with ties to Israel
> >(www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html). "Since Mr. Shultz clearly
> believes
> >it is okay for one group of people to grab land belonging to another and
> >say they have a right to it, we figure he won't mind if we take some of
> his,"
> >a QUIT leaflet explains.
> >
> >Workers in the cafe were surprisingly unruffled as the Queer Defense
> Forces
> >entered the cafe and announced over a loudspeaker that the land had been
> >confiscated by the Queer National Fund and curfew for straights would
> begin
> >in five minutes. Several "patrons" were forcibly ejected from the cafe by
> >means of SuperSoakers (which were especially popular with a
> >three-year-old settler).
> >
> >Many coffee drinkers quickly cleared out, but one group of chess players
> >steadfastly ignored the group, who vow to set up more settlements in the
> >coming months.
> >
> >For more information or a full copy of "QueerNation Berkeley -
> >God's Prophecy Fulfilled," contact QUIT! [log in to unmask]
>
>
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> <font size=3><blockquote type=cite cite>Queer 'Settlers' Land on Berkeley
> Starbucks<br>
> Analogy to Israeli Colonists<br>
> <br>
> About 25 queer settlers descended on a downtown Berkeley Starbucks
> on<br>
> Saturday, August 17, claiming Berkeley as "a city without people for
> people<br>
> without a city." The group, organized by Queers Undermining
> Israeli<br>
> Terrorism (QUIT!), posted a banner proclaiming the reclaimed cafe<br>
> "Queerkeley - A Prophecy Fulfilled."<br>
> <br>
> They also erected homes (transformed "Palestinian civilian homes
> reclaimed<br>
> from another street theatre action), lawn furniture, and signs reading,
> "It<br>
> Works In Palestine, Why Not Here?" and "It's Ours Because We
> Say So." They<br>
> erected plastic palm trees to "make the concrete bloom," and
> gave patrons<br>
> a tract explaining their religious claim to the land as follows:<br>
> <br>
> "Land of fruits and nuts .<br>
> <br>
> "And the Lord saw that the queer people were harried in this land.
> And the<br>
> Lord spake onto the prophet Harvey, "You will lead your people
> across the<br>
> wide waters unto a new land." Harvey was fearful, and he cried to
> the<br>
> Lord, "How will we cross the wide waters? For they are cold, and
> they are<br>
> filled with all manner of hazardous substances and raw sewage and
> other<br>
> pollutants." And the Lord responded, "fear not, Harvey, for a
> great<br>
> bridge will be built, and the people will cross into this land. And this
> land<br>
> will be called Berkeley. I say, Lo, I have promised the land of Berkeley
> to<br>
> the lesbians and to the gays, and to the bisexuals, and to the
> transgenders<br>
> and to the intersexed, and to all of the gender variant peoples. And
> this<br>
> land shall be blessed with fruits and nuts, unto 50
> genderations."<br>
> - Book of Reclamations and Realty, 4.0<br>
> <br>
> The group selected Starbucks for the location of their first settlement
> in<br>
> Berkeley because Starbucks founder and CEO, Howard Shultz, is a
> major<br>
> supporter of the Israeli state and the corporation has become the
> prime<br>
> target of an international boycott of corporations with ties to
> Israel<br>
> (<a href="http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html"
> eudora="autourl">www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html</a>).
> "Since Mr. Shultz clearly believes<br>
> it is okay for one group of people to grab land belonging to another
> and<br>
> say they have a right to it, we figure he won't mind if we take some of
> his,"<br>
> a QUIT leaflet explains.<br>
> <br>
> Workers in the cafe were surprisingly unruffled as the Queer Defense
> Forces<br>
> entered the cafe and announced over a loudspeaker that the land had
> been<br>
> confiscated by the Queer National Fund and curfew for straights would
> begin<br>
> in five minutes. Several "patrons" were forcibly ejected from
> the cafe by<br>
> means of SuperSoakers (which were especially popular with a<br>
> three-year-old settler).<br>
> <br>
> Many coffee drinkers quickly cleared out, but one group of chess
> players<br>
> steadfastly ignored the group, who vow to set up more settlements in
> the<br>
> coming months.<br>
> <br>
> For more information or a full copy of "QueerNation Berkeley -
> </font><br>
> God's Prophecy Fulfilled," contact QUIT!
> [log in to unmask]</blockquote><br>
>
> <br>
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> It is not your obligation to <i>complete</i> the task <br>
> of perfecting the world, but neither are you free from <i>beginning</i>
> it.<br>
> ---Rabbi Tarfon, <i>Pirkei Avot</i> [<i>Ethics of the
> Parents</i>]<br>
> <br>
> <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^><br>
> "Frequently the only possible answer is a critique of the
> question<br>
> and the only solution is to negate the question." --- Karl
> Marx<br>
> (<i>Grundrisse</i>: Notebook 1, The Chapter on Money, October
> 1857)<br>
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