“Give Capitalism the Creeps” This Halloween?
Oct 31st, 2008 by Will Potter
You know what’s pretty creepy (besides the fact that so much of the country would actually put McCain/Palin at the helm of the U.S.S. Empire)? The fact that it’s so easy to scare the crap out of corporations.
It looks like someone posted a flier on Infoshop and elsewhere calling on those who care about the environment to “give capitalism the creeps”:
This is a call for a set of international earth nights to occur over a three week period from October 18th to November 5th. Through the spirit of mischievous mayhem and a diversity of tactics it is our intention to reclaim this season in an ongoing and continuous effort to ‘Give Capitalism the Creeps.’ One can give capitalism the creeps in a number of ways. Be creative, be safe, be smart, be effective, be dangerous.
On the basis of this–a flier with very CrimethInc-ish, ambiguous rhetoric–the National Ski Areas Association notified its members about “potential acts of eco-terrorism.”
“Anytime we receive a veiled threat or call to action, we take it seriously,” said Special Agent Kathy Wright, public information officer for the FBI’s Denver field office. “But we don’t have any specific threats.”
Whaddayouknow, government scare-mongering without “any specific threats.” Looks like the feds and industry groups are trying to keep the specter of “eco-terrorism” alive and kicking, even though the rest of the country is focused on other, more pressing matters. Like, I dunno, a collapsing economy, one quarter of the world’s mammals facing extinction, failing schools, domestic spying, torture, pre-emptive police raids…
Boo!
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