Gibsonton Squatters

Gibsonton Squatters
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Abbreviation:	GS or (N)
Group Numbers:	Unknown
Leadership:	Anarchist commune, no leader
Goals:	Maintaining the commune, spreading Anarchist ideologies, defending Gibsonton
Recruitment Policy:	Open, simply contact us on the discussion page
Contact:	We'll call you

We are the Gibsonton Squatters, a group of anarchists, anti-consumers, ex-workers, bohemians, and assorted non-capitalists living and working in liberty and freedom in the Gibsonton Squatter's Commune, based primarily around the Junkyard 83,21 in North Gibsonton.

We oppose the works of Imperialists, Fascists, Corporate Neo-Colonialists, and Neo-Imperialists. We primarily use nonviolent tactics such as civil disobedience and subvertisement to voice our dissent- after all, the zombies are a more grave concern than the police right now. Besides, needless violence and destruction perpetuate the same tired stereotypes of anarchism. That is not to say we are unwilling to fight the daily violence of authority, if need be.

As an anarchist group, all decisions regarding group policy and alliances are made by popular democracy. No coercive force is levied on group members.

We Believe:

1. Power ought to be decentralized to avoid abuse. Centralized power allows a small opressive group to enforce their will on the populace through force.

2. The rule of objective law in a sham. All law and morality is subjectively based, and violence is the engine by which authority presses its own views onto others.

3. The State is violent in its nature and relies on violence to enforce its rule on the people. The state maintains power through its monopoly of violence.

4. The State inevitably favors the powerful, who have influence over the state, and thus maintains social stratification. In those cases where the disenfranchised take over the State, a new social stratification is born.

5. Even a Democratic State is one that can be easily controlled and manipulated by the wealthy and influential to consolidate their power. Most major candidates are wealthy, campaigns are extremely expensive, and the power of lobbyists ensures that our easily corrupted politicians bend to the will of those with enough capital to buy them off. Votes have become another commodity to be bought and sold, and the military-industrial complex, reinforced by the centralized corporate media, ensures that democracy is not to get in the way of power.

6. Society works best when social contracts are made voluntarily, not coercively.

7. Militarism and the police state (which is, in essence, every state) are another form of terrorism. States use violence and the threat of violence at home and abroad to enforce their will through fear and intimidation.

8. Even a socialist state leads to social class stratification and oppression. Socialism works best when done voluntarily in communes in which a non-contributing member can be voted out of the commune by popular democracy and a nonhierarchal organization ensures that no person establishes abusive dominance. To establish all economic power in the hands of the state is suicidal.

9. Squatters have rights. If a landlord isn't using his buildings, those buildings ought to be occupied and reclaimed from him. No eviction!

	Anarchism
	This User or Group supports the concept and ideals of Anarchism, and will fight against all kind of oppression and groups that want to establish the old capitalistic order.