CROYDON, SOUTH LONDON.

If they fail to show up, why let the moment go to waste?

In the context of increased violence on the part of the cowardly thugs who bow before bosses but go on the hunt for those who appear different from themselves, rumours circulated that just such a group would descend on Croydon on the night of Wednesday 7th August (one of hundreds of locations supposedly floated for that day on various right-wing channels). But a group of youth (the media report around 50) were already out in North End Road in Croydon, on the evening of Wednesday the 7th, by the looks of things, in order to greet the expected fascists with a well deserved warm welcome.

As it so happened, no one showed up. But why let the moment go to waste?
The crowd, who the media report as ‘wearing balaclavas’, began to drag objects into the road, set fires, and greeted the intervening cops on their way with fireworks and projectiles. Regrettably, 10 youth from the group were later arrested and some charged with ‘violent disorder’ and ‘going equipped for arson’. The media were quick to insist on the “anti-social” nature of these events, drawing a distinction between the phenomenon seen in Croydon and the attempted pogroms and “counterprotests” taking place elsewhere recently.

But it all goes to show, why should we submit to the daily terrorism of the state any more than we will calmly permit ignorant persecutors to rampage through our areas? A barricade against such an invasion is just as useful to interrupt the foul churning of the ordinary work-day, and police (or anyone with a bad habit of locking up other people’s freedom), are still best contested by those who aren’t possessed with grotesque fantasies of repression.

In general, there’s no reason why moments of necessary self-defense might not take on the logic of attack, and in Croydon there are healthy signs that this has already begun.

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