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Anarchist Sanitation Saboteurs Vandalize Bellevue Mall Bathrooms

ass strikes back!
Greetings all,

On Monday, August 27th, members of Anarchist Sanitation Saboteurs (ASS) sabotaged over 50 bathrooms in and around the Bellevue mall. This was done while Bush was in town and people were outside protesting him. This was done under the eyes of the Secret Service, the police and mall security.

The mall is a revolting symbol of capitalist ignorance and stupidity. ASS merely chose a day when one of the leaders of world capitalism was in town to flood Starbucks bathrooms (with love directed towards the IWW), glue stall doors shut, remove sensitive items from toilets and leave our mark on wall after wall.

Our intention was not to inconvenience janitors. We acknowledge that janitors had to clean up after us and we are sorry. But that is their job and they receive money for their services. If you are a janitor and would like to lodge a complaint, get a marker and write to ASS on the wall of the affected bathroom.

The mainstream media did not report this action nor will it. I hope they will prove us wrong. It takes 15 seconds to get a toilet on the road to overflow. Open the flushbox. Cut the hose. Close the flushbox. Walk away. Within ten minutes the bathroom will begin to flood. Spread this information widely. You are the only ones who can.

Flood the bathrooms of every corporate store!

-Anarchist Sanitation Saboteurs (ASS)

sabotage for dummies 31.Aug.2007 17:11

insurrection in the loo

Thank you A.S.S.!

It's small, simple, and repeatable actions that we need to see more of. You don't need to be a specialist or tactician to strike a blow at capital. I think that current social movements can learn a lot from this paradigm. ATTACK!

What is the Message? 01.Sep.2007 18:04

???????

What is the message being conveyed to the ignorant onlookers? Do people have to tune into indymedia to "get it". Do people see this as an effective tactic to solve their problems or just vandalism by bored teenagers? As a generalized anger towards the president and the capitalist system was your message broadcast effectively?

Does wearing all black make you invisible?

????????????? 01.Sep.2007 22:25

Generation Betrayed

Something wrong with black? Oh no! Not those black cloth/mask wearing people!!! They are scary. How do you even know there were wearing black when they did it? Masks hide identity. Its important for these kinds of actions.

disgusted 02.Sep.2007 09:15

at "anarchists"

It's idiots like this who make it impossible for anarchists attempting to organize in a legitimate way to create any effective movement. People are turned away from anarchist political, economical and social ideology because idiot tantrum throwing children with no political analysis and no decent strategy are the faces of the anarchist community. Fucking up a bathroom!? Then tacking a ridiculous name onto your bratty group!? I am so disgusted at you jerks. Also, encouraging other morans like you to flood the corporate bathrooms. Have you at all been paying attention to what is happening in the world? Wild fires are destroying homes and cities from Greece to California. A global watershortage and heatwave has contributed to the death and illness of hundreds of thousands. And you are advocating for wasting our most precious resources in symbolic actions that the Dubya won't blink an eye at. Not to mention the people who have to go in after your stupid antics and clean all that shit up while you are at home mouthing off about the revolution. You people really are asses. STOP CALLING YOURSELVES ANARCHISTS!

Statement From ASS (A branch of the IAC) 02.Sep.2007 10:48

ASS

After reading the comments posted on PDX Indymedia, Anarchist Sanitation Saboteurs (A branch of the IAC) has realized that it has made a horrible mistake. Within the next few days we will deliver written letters of apology to the affected businesses. We are so sorry for flooding their bathrooms. Those good proletarians the janitors are still probably crying themselves to sleep about what we did and we will write apologies to them as well.

Never do anything without taking everything into account. We have terribly hurt the cause of anarchy and now no one will ever take anarchism seriously. By doing what we did, we set back the movement ten years or more. We no longer call ourselves anarchists. We are abandoning the other projects we are involved in. No longer will we distribute food or build bikes for people or cop watch or garden or fight the police. We are not anarchists anymore because we caused some toilets to overflow. Now the people who took us seriously prior to Monday's action will hate us and hate anarchism. For this we are sorry. People are so easily swayed that some damaged toilets and glued doors will make anarchy non-viable for them forever.

To the anarchist movement at large, we offer our sincerest apologies. Next time we will just stay at home typing on our computers and ridiculing everything we see. It is the safer thing to do. This is our last communication to you all.

Anarchist Sanitation Saboteurs (A branch of the IAC)