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Wednesday August 11, 2004 08:47

by Eoin Dubsky

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How can I work for a multinational corporation during the day, and still call myself in good conscience an anarchist because of the work I do in my spare time? Someone asked this question here the other day and it was removed before I could hit "post comment" with my follow-up... hopefully this one won't get the chop so fast. :-)

Right now people might be thinking of holidays, but somewhere in the back of some people's minds is "oh shit, where am I going to find a job?".

Ciaron O'Rielly has posted here on occasion about the "job" != "work" thing: "Some jobs - eg. the military industry, the list is endless - are not work! Some work - eg. child raising, the list is endless - are not "jobs." ( http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=65105 comment No. ?). So the question an activist might pose herself/himself is: "how am I going to find a job which compliments, or at least doesn't undo the effort of, my activism work?"

But well-meaning activists, from the radical anarchist end of the spectrum in Ireland, are working for, and have worked for the most rotten of capitalist institutions around. Sure, if you're working as, say, the Environment Officer or Human Rights Officer or something, then it's easy to see how your work at, say, Microsoft, can compliment your activism work. But what if you just work in IT support, or Sales?

I recall getting attacked here some months ago by Chekov of WSM when I declared my candidacy in the European Parliament elections ( http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=64923 ). Around the same time he was interviewed for a profile in The Phoenix mag, which included a passage about his work for a mobile phone company and some banks (putting TopUp functions on ATMs). C'mon people.

With all of the privilege, talent and creativity which people here have, can't we find better things to do with our "work time"? How can people take us seriously as "radical activists" by night if we're corporate whores by by day?

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Comments (60 of 60)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Dont worry	hmmm	Wed Aug 11, 2004 09:49
2	Speaking as a corporate whore	Ray	Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:00
3	Multinationals	Michael Hennigan	Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:33
4	Giggle	Joe	Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:37
5	WSM	Sell-out	Wed Aug 11, 2004 13:01
6	Good Grief	Chekov	Wed Aug 11, 2004 13:21
7	Come to think of it...	Ray	Wed Aug 11, 2004 13:50
8	mutinationals	justin	Wed Aug 11, 2004 14:21
9	don't worry dubsky	moonwolf	Wed Aug 11, 2004 14:27
10	Re: don't worry dubsky	Terry	Wed Aug 11, 2004 14:36
11	"as an anarchist of good conscience"	iosaf	Wed Aug 11, 2004 14:55
12	who isnt	paul c	Wed Aug 11, 2004 14:58
13	Corporate whoredom	Ray	Wed Aug 11, 2004 15:10
14	Charity	Joe	Wed Aug 11, 2004 15:40
15	Anarchy	Michael Hennigan	Wed Aug 11, 2004 16:12
16	re: Michael Hennigan	Joe	Wed Aug 11, 2004 16:18
17	Offensive Nonsense	Corporate Whore	Wed Aug 11, 2004 16:26
18	Suggestion for One of Life's Little Axioms-	dirty type	Wed Aug 11, 2004 17:12
19	Re: Anarchy	Michael Hennigan	Wed Aug 11, 2004 17:21
20	Non Workers Issues	Corporate Whore	Wed Aug 11, 2004 17:24
21	re: Michael Hennigan	Joe	Wed Aug 11, 2004 17:33
22	Capitalism is universal	Terry	Wed Aug 11, 2004 18:02
23	Don't feed the monster	Massachio	Wed Aug 11, 2004 18:29
24	Re: Don't feed the monster	Michael Hennigan	Wed Aug 11, 2004 18:54
25	On her first night as a prostitute, Emma Goldman rejected every customer...	iosaf	Wed Aug 11, 2004 19:09
26	What a squabble!	Cailín	Wed Aug 11, 2004 19:23
27	God save the hypocrites	Fergal	Wed Aug 11, 2004 19:27
28	Just to clarify	Eoin Dubsky	Wed Aug 11, 2004 19:29
29	Why not start a business?	Enterprising Anarchist	Wed Aug 11, 2004 22:19
30	Henry Clay Frick survived !	fat cat	Thu Aug 12, 2004 00:07
31	The futility of anarchist violence	fat cat	Thu Aug 12, 2004 00:13
32	utterly ridiculous	utterly ridiculous	Thu Aug 12, 2004 09:35
33	Please don't use whore as an insult	Paul in Cork	Thu Aug 12, 2004 13:03
34	Oh purleeeeeeeeeessssssssee	Ety my shorts	Thu Aug 12, 2004 13:42
35	puuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddddyyyyyyyy plllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeee	jeejeejee	Thu Aug 12, 2004 14:52
36	Subvert	Uncompetitive	Thu Aug 12, 2004 16:40
37	I prefer Morrissey	John	Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:15
38	Random quotes, musings & thoughts on work & poisonal attacks.	Ciaron	Sat Aug 14, 2004 13:49
39	anarchic individuation vs taxes?	Pamela	Sat Aug 14, 2004 15:00
40	You prefer Misery?	Uncompetitive	Sat Aug 14, 2004 16:36
41	Where's the news here Eoin?	R. Isible	Mon Aug 16, 2004 19:43
42	Okay, sorry. :-)	Eoin Dubsky	Tue Aug 17, 2004 18:13
43	I'm confused...	ReluctantVoter	Thu Aug 19, 2004 14:50
44	working for the man	community worker	Thu Aug 19, 2004 15:24
45	Would you vote too?	Me too	Thu Aug 19, 2004 15:40
46	It's not the same thing...	Joe Hill	Thu Aug 19, 2004 16:25
47	Don't Navel Gaze, Organize!	Joe Hill's ghost	Thu Aug 19, 2004 17:28
48	Look at the log	Deirdre Clancy	Thu Aug 19, 2004 18:52
49	Voting	Frankly	Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:58
50	Golden rule against military and police forces?	Golden Rule	Fri Aug 20, 2004 14:08
51	maybe	paulc	Fri Aug 20, 2004 16:03
52	Programmers	Bad Attitude	Fri Aug 20, 2004 16:11
53	this comment turned out longer than expected!	James O'Brien	Sat Aug 21, 2004 14:16
54	principles can be used to disguise the obvious	Robbie	Sun Aug 22, 2004 00:40
55	Borrrrrrrrrrring	Bored	Sun Aug 22, 2004 23:07
56	Tautology	Too Shay	Mon Aug 23, 2004 00:35
57	Adbusters shoes, get em while they're hot	NoNike	Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:44
58	Workers of the world… relax!	Bob Black	Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:54
59	It a tuff world	Gavra	Wed Apr 19, 2006 13:39
60	..	guydebordisdead	Wed Apr 19, 2006 13:48

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