[matilda] capitalist shit (was: gig costs...)

[R&A]

For this reader, a "clear rejection of capitalism" and the 
"confrontional attitude" are best embodied in the Killer Cola campaign, 
or in the boycott Bush campaign started some time ago. (Remember the 
Leeds' students that came to the UK social forum?)
Well, but on the other hand neither statement means literally that you 
cannot use money, pounds as a currency, or that all activists are denied 
access to financial transactions, obviously. Activists would then be 
like monks from religious orders with their three vows of chastity, 
poverty and obedience...


If we stretch the literal interpretations-- quite often too narrow when 
not well adjusted to its micro-social context-- then a clear rejection 
and confrontational attitude are also shown in an efficient management 
that yields profits to support lost "good" causes. (Something like Robin 
Hood's good actions in his not capitalist age).

So in a way --provided we are legally covered against liabilities, 
assuming that we all wish longevity to matilda, i don't see any point in 
arguing about capitalist shit, if we are in agreement about 1) Where to 
allocate the funds;
2) If there is any profit(over break even point), where to allocate the 
profits or surplus.

Why should activists, mostly not rich, be paying from their own pockets 
because costs have not been covered?

Anyway, this is just an abstract shit; since no common strategy has yet 
been adopted and might well never be, ideally (each collective an 
autonomous limb of the common body);)

BTW i loved the trolley sound performance at Matilda, first time i'd 
seen them in action.


shit and music, poetry and sound,


R&A