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June 15, 2003 - Eric Wagner and "His Marry Little Band of Misfits"
One of the perils of using my real name in this space (in addition to the occasional email I receive with subject lines like "yore gonna die" and "you faggot sadam commie") is that I am occasionally mistaken as a "leader" of the protests and actions I cover. "Amon," in a posting on sf.indymedia.org said, in reference to the recent Bechtel shutdown, " Eric Wagner and his marry [sic] little band of misfits are still pretending that they did something at this little Bechtel protest?"
Well, it is certainly true that I like misfits, however, I would contest Amon's assertion that the misfits who shutdown Bechtel were all married (though, maybe they were, I really don't know.) In addition, it would seem that Amon is positing a somewhat existential question concerning what doing "something" means. As I recall (and my photos will attest) the band of misfits, in addition to driving some Republicans wild, blocked Bechtel for a significant period of time. Amon could argue, of course, that Bechtel wasn't really deterred from it's evil ways, but, what the heck, you gotta start somewhere. Most importantly, though, I am not the leader of the band. In fact, I am really rather lazy when it comes the whole political activism / organizing thing. I just show up to take pictures (In addition to my unedited rantings on this page.) So, it is time to give credit where credit is due: Direct Action to Stop the War (The real marry band.) Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane ... and many more (sorry, this list is hardly inclusive. I profess to be somewhat clueless concerning who actually organized the Bechtel shutdown -- I am not one of the "leaders" you know!)
Links The history the government hopes you don't learn: What Really Happened Politics-sarcasm-fine
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Underground Stefanie Nagorka:
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Sculptor The Angriest Liberal in the World Those wacky kids! Washington Interns Gone Bad Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies Shutting down the war machine (Pictures and Commentary of the Bechtel Shutdown by Joseph Woodard )
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