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INSUMISION IN THE QUARTERS
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The Insumision in the quarters is a new civil disobedience
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campaign against the army, put under way on the whole Spanish state to
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evidence the conflict that exists between society and army, and to o pen
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the devate about the way of operation we have ( defense model, delegation
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on leaders, passivity in solving problems, etc...).
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The difference with the previous Insumision campaign is that, if
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we were not answering to the military service call before, now we do, so,
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as once we have the military condition, as once we are "sol diers", (what
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takes about two or three days), leave the quarter and do a public
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presentation of our disobedient condition.
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This disobedience is punished with jail ( from 2 years, 4 months
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and 1 day, to 6 years). Having the military condition, all the process
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follows the military course: detention by the military police,
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council of war, and military jail at the end ( there is just one, in
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Alcala de Henares, Madrid).
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This step forward has been taken because of several reasons, the
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main one is to restate the devate about our objective : "the military".
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They are the ones who call us, and when we disobey their rule s, they are
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the ones who arrest us, who judge us and who enclose us. With this new
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campaign there is no place for confusion, and it shows much more clearly
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(no matter how much they attempt to adorn it ), what "military" is, and
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which is our alternative to it.
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The army is suffering several changes in its functions: we can see
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that internal control and peace guarantee are tasks that have been
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completely assumed by police corps, on the other hand, we also see, that
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the country and national territory defense argument is not valid anymore,
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most of all since the soviet block ( the East) fallen, who was supposed to
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be West main enemy.
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Now " the power" (the authorities), based their army social
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legitimization speech, in concepts like World order, international
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commitments or humanitarian help..... and, of course, always in order to
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defend poor people and peace.
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But, since when the army is a peace protecting, but cemeteries
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peace?, When hasn`t the army been beneath politic or economic power?, What
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kind of humanity can a group of fanatics with weapons, defen d?, fanatics
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who are always ready to kill if they are told to do it?. In fact, What is
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hidden behind the World order, what has the army got to do with all of
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this?.
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The change is not as sharp as it could seem. The army is going to
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keep defending politic, and most of all, and each time more and more
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clearly, economic power. But now international markets and tech nology
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development make more easy quick capital moves all around the planet, so
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the military structure that defense this capital, has to be able to act as
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quick as it, and with efficiency in a dang er state.
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And replacement soldiers are not good for this purpose.
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Western professional military structures trend is obvious. Not
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even the authorities deny that with a professional army we get more
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available troops to send them to the other side of the world to solve any
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conflict, with a sure personal risk and with the rapidity and the
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efficiency that they are demanded to have. This is the way we could also
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avoid the social rejection that would cause sending replacement soldiers
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to a far war, that nobody feels as own.
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However, the purpose of this change is not so clear. The
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authorities talk to us about the unavoidable need of an international
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force to defend the weak people against possible aggressions or abuses.
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Words that sound very well but "smell" very bad.
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The truth is that they are looking just for economic or prestige
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benefits. There are many "unpleasant" examples about the "care" the
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pacifying and humanitarian soldiers take above the people they are
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presumably defending.
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But each thing has its name, and in spite of legitimization
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attempts, an army will be always an army, and about its function and
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performance, we all have lots of examples all along the history.
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As antimilitary people, we can not accept this domination,
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injustice and death situations. We are against the army, but we know this
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is just part of the deep social transformation needed to reach the peace.
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But peace is not just the conflicts absence, but daily practice of
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social justice. Therefore we believe that a change towards a demilitarized
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society goes through a social transformation in all areas of life: from
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personal life to international relationships. We believe in social
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justice, straight relationship, in equality between sexes, races and
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nationalities, etc.... We also deny everything that has something to do
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with militarism, states, any kind of hierarchies, dominance, control,
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inequality, etc....
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The list would be very long, but for sure you have already
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understood us.
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And because the list is very long, we think we have something to
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say, and we take the reins of our own life. Therefore we do not delegate
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in anybody, therefore we face the problem, here and now. The refore we
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practice civil disobedience, because we do not want to collaborate with
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this situation and because we want you to think seriously about all this.
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We request you to divulge this in your local newspapers.
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If you want more information on the topic, you can ask for it at:
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IZAR BELTZA (Talde Anarkista)
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PK 1188
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E-31080-Iruinea/Pamplona
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Spain
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BABYLONIA e.V. Cuvrystr. 20 D-10997 Berlin +49306116089
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babylon@berlin.snafu.de
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