A-Infos (en) US, Smack A White Boy- DC Anarchist People Of Color - APOC Reports Back!

Oh YES we did! ---- Blame it on hypocrisy and a failure to understand that Americans are 
getting exactly what they asked for when they elected Barack Obama as the new president. 
ANSWER will probably blame it on the low turn out. I can hear them saying to each other 
right now “… if only more people came out to protest the war, someone would have to 
listen”. Only in your wet dreams could fucking the war machine be that easy.
On Saturday March 21, 2009 APOC blocked the ANSWER coalition march as they aimed to launch 
the beginning of the post-Obama anti-war movement. You must say their dramatic direct 
action totally failed unless they completely misunderstood those tactics. What occurred 
was nothing more than a laughable continuation of the pageantry that is a result of lazy, 
“American-style” activism.

You know the scenario; it’s the same old crazies, middle aged white men with long hair and 
beer bellies singing “peace is what the world needs”, code pink theatrics, crusties and 
your faithful Negro tokens fronting a group run by white authoritarian socialists. Have 
you heard about the new direct action that stands in front of the war-profiteers place of 
business while nobody’s home with no intention other than to shout into a crowd full of 
angry people, take pictures and peacefully walk away? Yes, and it’s called “wasted 
opportunity”. There were chocks full of rocks on the way to visit the war profiteers. I 
know that I can’t expect them to be that creative, but haven’t they learned anything from 
the people they claim to be in so much solidarity with? Hezbollah flag waved high! How bad 
do they want this war to end? I think its as bad as they want to end racism without 
confronting their own white privilege.

Then there were the Pictures. A ton of press waited for them as they did their victory 
speeches, just waiting to capture the moment when they reached their climax. Understand 
that the pictures are very important because without the pictures, nobody would have 
believed that they had ever even been there.  What did they change? They left no permanent 
mark, just empty threats within empty parking lots. It was the kind of march that follows 
the leader, without missing a beat or falling out of line. Tell me I’m still sleeping on 
them, but this CANNOT be what they had in mind.

Yet they pat themselves on the back for getting people ‘in the streets’. It’s this 
pacifist, debilitating, and self-serving state of activism that promotes holding signs, 
chants and permitted marches for a good time on a Saturday afternoon. It must be fun to be 
against the wars when you’re not the target. This is the activism that starts at the rally 
and ends at the closest McDonalds or Subway. You really know the anti-war movement is dead 
or at least in its death throes when the same people holding anti-imperialist and 
anti-corporate signs are the same people standing in lines that stretch out the door of 
two of the most well known and exploitative fast food chains in the world. The march over 
the memorial bridge must have really left them too pooped to put their generic signs away 
first before replenishing their bellies and collapsing back into their typical, 
complacent, monotonous lives.  This is the reason why I personally took direct action to 
confront the self-important, smug, liberal activists that think that their “kind” of 
direct action stops wars. APOC had to educate them that an organization that has “END 
RACISM” in its name can still perpetuate white supremacy. APOC had to reclaim our space 
and show the movement exactly what direct action looks like. We wanted to confront racism 
so we blockaded their march and did it.

To all of the naysayers that are worried about what APOC does with it’s time: This was not 
a public anti-war action. This was an anti-ANSWER distraction. We did not march with them, 
we infiltrated their ranks unnoticed and surprised them with a blockade once the puppets 
had walked away. If even for a moment, we broke the fringe-left spell. The ‘leaders’ had 
no clue what happened, all they heard was that some ‘minorities’ were causing trouble. 
Minorities? Black, Yellow and Brown people make up the majority in Washington, DC and we 
won’t leave until we are forced out. As far as APOC is concerned “Smack A White Boy” 
served its purpose as it was self-determined and we have nothing to prove to you. APOC is 
building power and plans on even more ambitious direct action in the future. For everyone 
of every color that stood in solidarity with us: Thank you. For all the people that said 
we were ruining their march: Your welcome.

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