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If you know anyone with a teen who's got a learner permit or recently got their license please let them know about this hand's on drivers school. All of the driving schools I know of just have kids drive around in normal traffic. This school is about getting experience driving in adverse conditions. What happens when you stomp on the brake in the rain? What do you do if your car starts to skid? The school is an entire day at the same facility used for police driving instruction in Sanford.
That didn't take long: in a new blog post,
the Carrboro Commune announces they're going to be doing some illegal gardening. The fence that's supposed to be going up will prevent some of that if they can get it installed before March 8, but I imagine a fence isn't going to stop anarchists given you can either hop the fence or cut through it at night.
The interesting thing about the announcement to me is they now have a press contact, Maria Rowan, and are linking to press coverage of the event. I wonder if Maria will wear a black mask to the event?
http://carrborocommune.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carrboro-commune-announces-guerilla-gardening-day/
There's only a small number of properties in Carrboro and Chapel Hill that make any sense as takeover targets, so it shouldn't be too hard to guess which one is up next. As the incidident at the CVS site in Carrboro shows this small group isn't ready to give up, even after being subjected to the violence of ice cream and politely being asked to leave.
So, what's up next? Greenbridge again?
In case anyone wants to see the anarchist point of view on the Yates building, their views apparently include killing police officers, "cops are bastards", and "pigs gonna pay". And since when is wearing masks in public something that is considered benign?
http://anarchistnews.org/node/17958
http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2011/11/27/breaking-and-entering-a-new-world/
"Underground Reverie" proporting to be involved in the Yates building seizure have published a slideshow telling their side of the story. Its interesting that they seem to equate property rights and repression, and view this as just one battle in a larger war. The question "If we can occupy a building, what else might we seize" implies they're wanting to come back and try this again. Personally, I hope they don't "start taking over" as vast majority of Chapel Hill/Carborro residents really don't want to have their democracy overthrown by anarchists, thank you very much for not asking.
And then there's the signs that say "Off the pigs", "pigs gonna pay", and "all cops are bastards".
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