Hanover, IL: Labor Day Duck Liberation: September 7th: Mexican Indigenous swing, struck the mayor in the
ruck the mayor in the face with the July 23rd, Greece: Arsonists Attack
In a communique, the Animal Liberation Declare Independence: five pound megaphone, and tried to strike Building In Athens:
. . . and as they walked into the darkness, a little bit of civilization burned.
Front claimed responsibility for the liberation Mexico City: More than a dozen Mexican him again but was wrestled to the ground Arsonists attacked an office building
and release of 750 ducks and an unknown indigenous communities on Friday declared by police. in protest of police crackdowns at the Group
number of ducklings from Whistling Wings, independence and announced their refusal The blow knocked Schell, 63, to the of Eight (G8) Summit in Genoa, Italy. A
a duck breeding facility. Whistling Wings to recognize a recently enacted Indian rights ground and shattered bones in his right eye bank was also damaged by firebombs in a
is one of the largest duck breeding facilities law. Legal adviser Joaquin Ortega said that socket and nose. Omari said that the legal separate attack, Athens pigs said.
in the U.S. They breed and ship ducks and the communities have signed a declaration system is racist and told the King County In an anonymous telephone call to a
ducklings to hunting and game farms, of communal property and autonomy on District Court judge, that he wants to be sent newspaper, a group calling itself the Group
taxidermists, and research facilities across behalf of more than 300,000 indigenous to Africa with a reparation for wrongs of Carlo Giuliani claimed responsibility for
the world. The A.L.F. activists “opened all people from more than a dozen ethnic African-Americans have suffered over the the attack on the corporate offices of a firm
of the cages and barn doors for the ducks to groups. Ortega also announced that 60 centuries. Omari recently filed to run for that conducts European research studies.
escape to freedom,” states the letter received communities in seven Mexican states will mayor from his King County jail cell. This In a separate attack, a branch of the
by the A.L.F. Press Office. The Animal challenge the constitutionality of the Indian guaranteed him a spot on the September 8th state-controlled National Bank was seriously
Liberation Front believes that ducks and all Rights Law before the Supreme Court. primary election ballot alongside Schell. damaged after two homemade firebombs
water-birds and animals have an inherent After Congress approved the law in April, exploded. A car and a motorbike parked
right to live their lives free from pain, the Zapatista National Liberation Army July 4th, Santa Barbara, California: nearby were also damaged.
suffering and torture. The ducks bred at (EZLN) broke off peace talks with the Statue Of Christopher Columbus In a call to a newspaper, a group calling
Whistling Wings are destined for a short life government. The declaration of independence Beheaded; Anarchist Graffiti Left Behind: itself the Anarchist Liberation Brigade
of suffering and death when they are sent is an act which decrees the communal A statue of Christopher Columbus has claimed responsibility..
to taxidermists and vivisectionists. appropriation of land, water and natural been beheaded and spraypainted in an
resources, as well as the lands surrounding apparent protest of the imperialist scumbags July 23rd, Manchester, England:
Oct. 16th, Ellsworth, Iowa: The Indian villages. In addition, (the decree) treatment of indigenous peoples. Painted on Serious Disturbance At The Italian
Animal Liberation Front Claims establishes the communities autonomy as the statue were a peace sign and the letter Consulate In Manchester:
Responsibility For A Second Raid In One public bodies, their solidarity for the A surrounded by a circle, often associated MonSeveral people got inside the Italian
Week At Scott Nelson’s Fur Farm In defense of their basic rights and a pledge with anarchist groups. On the back of the consulate building in Manchester, England
Ellsworth, Iowa: to resolve land disputes that will guarantee Columbus statue were the spray-painted in a solidarity action with slain anarchist
The complete text of the Communiqué the unity of all Indian people. words, “Tell Children The Truth”. An Carlo Giulliani. Leaflets were handed out,
follows: upside-down American flag was placed in walls graffitied, fire extinguishers were
10/16/2001 A.L.F. liberated 2000 mink Late October: Kaiova Indigenous front of the statue, with the words “Truth: sprayed into their computers, and the fire
at Scott Nelson Mink Ranch in Ellsworth, Reoccupy Farm And Threaten To 509 years of indigenous genocide” written alarm was set off, causing the whole building
Iowa. 10/23/2001 A.L.F. liberates all recap- Commit Collective Suicide In Mato on it. The vandalism is reminiscent of a to be evacuated (his was fitting since the
tured mink at Scott Nelson Mink Ranch in Grosso, Brazil: sledgehammer attack on another statue of building also houses Rupert Murdochs’
Ellsworth, Iowa Over 200 Kaiova indigenous people of Columbus on March 8th, in the lobby of “News International”; Murdoch’s other paper,
The first time we visited Scott Nelson the Taquara traditional territory re-occupied the San Jose City Hall. James Cosner, a the New York Post, had recently declared
Mink Ranch in Ellsworth, Iowa we opened this week the main facilities of the Brasmlia Native American activist, smashed that that Carlo Giulliani deserved to be shot).
every cage on the property. We intended to do Sul farm, located in the municipality of statue openly and publicly, and is now
close the place down; unfortunately some Juti, south region of the state of Mato being charged with destruction of a civic July 27th: Solidarity Occupation
of the mink were recaptured. To demonstrate Grosso do Sul, which is near the capital, monument and making terrorist threats In Athens, Greece:
our complete seriousness regarding the Campo Grande. It was an act of protest under Federal hate crimes legislation From the communiqué issued during
freedom of these animals and contempt for against Funai (the Federal Indian Bureau), (presumably for yelling out “Genocide!” the occupation:
the people responsible for these horrible as the indigenous people are outraged with and “This man murdered us!” while “On July 27th we have occupied the
places we again visited the fur farm and a decision of Federal Judge Renato smashing away at the Columbus statue Management of European and Inter-
opened every cage on the property. Toniasso, of the Federal Court of Dourados, with a sledgehammer). national Relations building in Athens to
We demand these mink are allowed to to issue a preliminary order for repossession protest against the repressive policies
remain free. A.L.F. determining the eviction of the Kaiova from July 21st: Sabotage Of Cellular decided by the Ministers of the Interior of
an area they have lived in the past two years. Phone Antenna In Asustohor, the EU and which was implemented by the
The preliminary order has not been complied Tehessaloniki, Greece: Italian government during the protest
with, but it would not have been issued in Hundreds of Asvestohori inhabitants against the G8 Summit in Genoa and in
Indigenous Resistance the first place if Funai had published a report (a small village outside of Thessaloniki, solidarity to all those arrested during the
identifying and demarcating the indigenous Greece) attacked the staff of the cellular riots with the police forces of the Italian
Sept. 5th, Brazil: Landless Workers land as it should have done already. phone company Panafon/Vodafone, who State. WE DEMAND : The immediate and
Protest: Historical documents confirmed that the were trying to install a large antenna very unconditional release of ALL those arrested
Thousands of poor rural workers held indigenous people were evicted from this close to their houses. The inhabitants of and the withdrawal of all charges that were
protests across Brazil demanding the land circa 1953, whereupon the area was Asvestohori threatened to attack the workers brought against them.
government deliver land and funding the invaded by farmers during the establishment and then proceeded to cut off the antenna SOLIDARITY WITH ALL POLITICAL
workers said they had been promised. Starting of settlements in Brazil’s rural areas. using a large drill. PRISONERS.
at the presidential palace, about 1,000 The Kaiova occupied the main YOU WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING,
protesters from the radical Landless facilities of the farm, took the Funai July 23rd, Turkey: Solidarity Action YOU WILL PAY GRAVELY.
Movement, or MST, marched past employee Josi Nairton hostage and expelled By Autonomous Action: CARLO LIVES, YOU ARE THE
government buildings in Brasilia, while 26 families of non-indigenous people from The Turkish Anarchist group, Otonom DEAD ONES.
members of the group held similar peaceful the land. Knowing that they were faced with Eylem (Autonomous Action) carried out a signed by, ANARCHISTS, ANTI-
protests in 23 Brazilian states. The group has an imminent conflict with the police, the series of direct actions in solidarity with the AUTHORITARIANS and SITUATIONIST
set up makeshift camps on the large Kaiova braced themselves to defend their G8 protesters in Genoa and with anarchist COMMUNISTS
government esplanade in Brasilia where families and territory and threatened to Carlo Guilliani, who was brutally murdered
they will remain for 40 days to press their commit collective suicide if they are forced by the Italian police during the protests. The July-August: A Solid Month Of
protests, said Joao Paulo Rodrigues, an to leave the area. In the last 10 years, the solidarity actions by Otonom Eylem Solidarity Actions And Demonstrations
MST leader in Brasilia. The MST, one of Kaiova began to reoccupy lands that were occurred in Ankara, where about 30 ATM With Carlo Giulliani And The Imprisoned
Brazil’s few strong social groups, stolen from them. Although Mato Grosso machines were damaged and lots of different Genoa Protesters:
advocates illegal occupation of unused do Sul is one of the richest states in Brazil places were graffitied. Between July 23rd and August 26th,
farmland for poor rural workers in this in terms of agriculture and livestock, its Reprinted below is the short there were over 250 demonstrations of
country where a handful of the rich own indigenous peoples are living in utter poverty, communiqué that accompanied these actions solidarity with Carlo Giulliani and the
the vast majority of arable land needed to are forced to beg, and suffer ethnic : imprisoned Genoa protesters in cities
make a living. “We have almost 85,000 prejudice and discrimination. “ We... worldwide. And while we don’t know the
families camped out and waiting for land nature of many of these demonstrations, the
to work, while families that were already
were in Genoa...
sheer number of them—and the immediate
settled have no credits (funding) to cultivate and in Ankara... response on the part of the international
anything,’’ Rodriguez said. ‘’There is an Anti-Capitalist We were the ones who faced anarchist movement to Carlo Giulliani’s
explosive situation in the countryside.’’ bullets of G8 “justice”
Rodriguez said leaders of the movement had
Anti-Imperialist death - has been pretty impressive in itself.
The Italian consulate was taken over in
and the one’s who were pressed
met with Agrarian Reform Minister Raul
Jungmann in recent days but he ‘’did not
Solidarity by jeeps... Breman, Germany and in Amsterdam during
this period of time and in Austria alone,
meet our requests, so we decided to protest.’’ And we are the ones who there were 27 solidarity demonstrations for
According to a statement from the group, Late June: Seattle Mayor Paul Schell attacked your money
Attacked With Megaphone: the jailed G8 protesters between July 23rd
the government has not freed up funds for And your money machines in and August 18th. Probably the most
settling the landless because of new Omari Tahir-Garret, a long time community
activist, began to shout through his bullhorn Ankara... interesting of these demos’ occurred in
commitments to meet strict fiscal targets Vienna on August 8th, when a “Naked
agreed with the International Monetary over the mayor’s comments. As Schell finished And it’ll be us again...
speaking, according to court documents, Bloc” ran onto government building lawns
Fund. We will stand and stood naked for two hours with the
Garret walked up to him and with a backhand Carlo Lives!” numbers 49 and 13 painted on their backs.
page 13 Green Anarchy #7
August 3rd, with an eviction notice. JoAnne Jones, 53, October 25th, England: Impressive
As We Go To Print!
. . . and yet still more actions! Guatemala City: Cops was arrested and charged with second-degree Anti-War Actions:
Run For Lives From murder for the death of Erskine G. Bryce, a Bristol: In response to the terrorist war * Korean Farmers Revolt!
Mob Protesting Sales Tax: New York City marshall. Evidently, Bryce being waged on the innocent people of Nov. 12: About 10,000 rice farmers protested against
A mob throwing went to Joanne Jones’ Brooklyn apartment Afghanistan, anarchists in Bristol have attempts to further the country’s agricultural markets,
which they fear will threaten their livelihoods.
stones and wielding intending to serve her an eviction notice, taken action against state and corporate
They accuse the U.S.A. and the W.T.O. of forcing
wooden clubs temporarily when he was pushed over a banister by property. The windows of the armed forces the country to import cheap rice and cut farming
seized a police station in Jones. Jones then beat Bryce on the head recruitment offices were graffittied with subsidies. The protests started peacefully but turned
central Guatemala, injuring with a stick, doused him with a flammable glass etching fluid; accompanied by graffiti, violent when protestors tried to storm government
2 0 p o l i c e o ff i c e r s i n liquid, and set him afire with his own a paint bomb and glued locks. Later, a city offices.
continuing violent protests cigarette lighter. Editor’s note: Wow! center McDonald’s was attacked; windows * U.S. Embasy in Greece Bombed!
against a sales tax hike. smashed, graffitti, and locks glued. It was Nov. 16: An unknown group has bombed the U.S.
Embassy in Greece. The act is believed to have
Faustino Sanchez, a September 2nd, Mexico City: One shut the next day. Let “collateral damage” been committed by an underground anti-capitalist
spokesma for Guatemala’s Less Politician: mean more property damage. No more capitalist faction.
national police force, said The personal secretary assistant to the war and terror. Sabotage the machine! Nov. 17: Marking the 10th anniversary of major
200 people protesting the Governor of Northern Baja State was shot demonstrations which helped bring down the Greek
dictatorship, anarchists, communists, and student radicals
new 2 percent sales tax and killed after being chased by a car carrying Late October, England: Feminists rally and clash with police. Police are battered with
increase stormed police two men firing pistols into the air. Attack Thorntons: baseball bats by rampaging dissidents. We failed at
headquarters in the high- Alenjandro Manjarrez, described as the Four women from Manchester were obtaining any further information at the moment.
lands city of Coban, 170 right-hand man of governor Gonzalez stunned one day when they saw that (STAYTUNED FOR MORE INFO NEXT ISSUE)
miles north of Guatemala Alcocer, was returning from a one-day “Thorntons,” the chocolate shop, claimed
city, forcing the 80 police vacation to the border city of Tijuana, when in their window displays that “1975 -
officers inside to run for a Volkswagen carrying two men with pistols women get equality” and “2001 - women
their lives. The incident raced up behind him. Manjarrez stopped his finally got what they wanted - 5 new
came only hours after the car and reached for his cell phone to report Belgium chocolates.”
Guatemalan government the incident to the police, allowing the men Outraged by this offensive propoganda,
declared a state of emer- to turn their guns on him. He was shot five they visited two “Thorntons” shops in central
gency in Totonicapan, 120 times and died instantly. Manchester to show them what they thought
miles west of the capital, and what they wanted. A letter was writen to
where a mob burned down Sept. 12th, Turkish Hunger Strike the manager; the window displays were
the mayors house, a bank Supporters Fuck Shit Up: graffitied; the shop windows had posters glued
and a government office in Istanbul: Turkish police clashed with to them. Women are still discriminated against
protest of the tax. protesters outside an Istanbul house occupied in jobs and are still the subjects of domestic
by leftist hunger strikers and used tear gas violence, rape and sexual harassment. “For We wish there was a magic button
August 10th, Venice, and water cannons to disperse them. The these reasons and lots of other reasons we want to make it all go away, but since
Italy: Bomb Rocks house in the Kucuk Armutlu district of freedom and equality and most of all we want there is not we must support direct
Venice Courthouse: Istanbul is the base for a group of former to smash patriarchy....here’s to a revolution!”
action that break links in the
A bomb blast shattered prisoners and their families who are on a read one of the posters.
a courthouse near the scenic Rialto bridge months-long hunger strike in protest at They got away from both shops before techno-industrial slave chain, even
in the heart of the lagoon city of Venice, prison reforms. A 32-year-old woman who the police were called. if ideologies don’t match exactly.
further heightening tensions throughout had been living in the house died recently,
Italy between anarchists and the state after
the tumultuous Group of Eight Summit in
Genoa. The explosion, which injured a pig
on routine patrol and damaged the court-
house wall and nearby stores, occurred 12
bringing the total number of deaths in the
hunger strikes to 34. Dozens of supporters
of the hunger strikers had set up barricades
around the house after the initial clashes and
were burning tires. A police armored car
Fuck Columbus
TransformingColumbus Day . . . continued from front page
hours before a scheduled visit to Venice by rammed the barricade but retreated when was a very tense. Some police were in the front of the bus and other agencies were
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusoni. protesters threw stones. After a tense stand- driving along side. Once everyone finally reached the 4 winds survival center they
off lasting several hours police returned in unloaded much the same way as they loaded and the black bloc was met with cheers
August 15th: Children Riot In The force with five armored vehicles and dozens and fists up from everyone waiting at 4 winds. After the feds outside finally left
Republic Of Congo: of troops to break up the barricades and disperse everyone de-bloced and hung out for a bit then, went home, enthused and exhausted.
Dozens of street children are reported the protesters, who were throwing petrol Sunday. Oct 7th. This was supposed to be the big reclaim the streets, carnival
to have been arrested in a police swoop in bombs and stones, using more tear gas. The against colonialism. But it seemed mass hysteria and paranoia ended any hope of
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic hunger strikes began in prisons late last year this, so it was called off because of the mass police paranoia. Nobody seemed ready
Republic of Congo, after a policeman shot in protest at the introduction of new cell- for arrest and most agreed we would all need all the help we can get on Monday, if
dead a boy he saw stealing. Witnesses said based jails to replace prisons based on large there was a parade. Throughout the day there was a spiritual day of unity with speakers
that, when the boy was caught in Kinshasa’s dormitory wards. and music at the capitol.
central market, he threw boiling water in Monday, Oct 8th. The day of the parade(?) around 300 people met at the capitol,
the face of a police officer from a cooking Early October, Anti-Imperialist ready and willing to try and stop the Columbus day parade. After being out there for
pot and tried to run away. The cop then Action In France: around an hour the speakers started. There was a lot of confusion over if there was to
pulled out a gun and shot the boy. Dozens In early October there was a petrol bomb be a parade or not. At one point there was information passed around that they were
of angry street children then retaliated by attack against a French navy recruitment defiantly going through with it and all the bloc folks started gearing up and moving
attacking a small police station in the market office in the south-western town of Pau. The close together. Then all of sudden Nita Gonzalez got on the mic and announced that
and causing panic among traders. Information interior of the building caught fire and suffered there was only 30 people at the parade and they were calling it a procession. Every-
Minister Kikaya Bin Karubi said the children superficial damage in the overnight attack. A one cheered and laughed and more speakers began. Every single person that got on
wounded one policeman in the mayhem. group calling itself the Totally Anti-War Group the mic specifically thanked the black bloc. It was crazy. Never had we felt so loved
Police fired tear gas to disperse the said it carried out the attack in protest against and supported. Russel Means spoke about how he wanted to transform our society
children, but witnesses said that in the thirty war, capitalism and imperialism. into one where “anarchists wouldn’t be afraid to walk the streets.” Glen Morris said
minutes it took to “restore order”, many that he was an anarchist and that all of his ancestors were too. Finally after all the
Congolese traders lost large amounts of October 11th: Guerrillas Attack speakers were done we again were trying to figure out how to de-bloc and get out of
stock to looters. “At least 78 children have Coca-Cola Plant In India: there. And again AIM got us a bus and we got another free ride to the 4 winds. When
been arrested,” said Amigo Gonde, of the Guerrillas protesting the U.S. air strikes we got there and the pigs finally left from the out side, we all debloced and relaxed.
Kinshasa-based African Association for the against Afghanistan attacked a Coca-Cola Everybody was hugging and thanking everyone and I just sat back and smiled.
Defense of Human Rights. “Knowing the plant in southern India, blasting dynamite It will probably be argued that because the transform Columbus day convergence
way the police operate here, they will be and causing major damage to the facility. wasn’t large and wasn’t specifically an anti-globalization convergence, that it is therefore
badly treated for sure,” he said. Much of At least a dozen armed guerrillas of the less important than other anti-capitalist/anti-authoritarian movements. But the reality
Kinshasa’s state infrastructure has collapsed outlawed Peoples’ War Group attacked the that the few of us that did come out to Denver, CO realized, is that it was in fact very
in the past decade, but their power addicted Coca-Cola plant near the town of important. I think I must stress the American Indian Movement is an armed revolutionary
military and “aid-embezzling” neo-colonial Mangalagiri in India’s southern Andhra group that truly understands the totality of the state. There was no debate from white
rulers are determined to keep a rudimentary Pradesh state. The guerrillas cut telephone liberals over property destruction or confrontation. And the fact that anarchists were
capitalist framework in place, which makes and electric lines before overpowering specifically invited to come out for the transform Columbus day weekend, should
life exceedingly hard for those wishing to security guards and blasting several parts probably tell us where our real comrades are. The relationships that were kindled in
shed entirely the yoke of colonialism. of the plant with dynamite and land mines. Denver will be very hard to break. The TCDA will be working together still after
Police estimated the damage at $140,000. Columbus day to challenge and confront other forms of oppression and colonialism
August 22nd, New York City: The Coca-Cola said there were no injuries because that effects our communities, and also of course to mobilize for next year.
Proper Way To Deal With Landlords And the plant had been closed for maintenance,
Their Servants: but it was beefing up security at other plants.
A woman was arrested and admitted The guerrillas left a note that said America
Colorado Anarchist Network (liaison)
[email protected]to beating a city marshall to death and setting is the biggest terrorist state and is trying to (303) 285-3481 x9759 - voicemail/fax
him on fire when he attempted to serve her dominate all other countries.
Green Anarchy #7 page 14
Genoa, Italy The ante goes up. . . 300,000 PEOPLE
$50,000,000 DAMAGE
over 280 arrested
July 2001- G8 Summit 340 people injured
over 70 pigs wounded
While riots occurred in the streets of Genoa, Italy, the Mt. Etna volcano in 1 person dead
Sicily was exploding, sending lava flowing down its summits. On Mars, the oh yea,
ancient Roman’s God of War, a huge storm with winds as strong as 325 km an and a fucking war!
hour raged for nearly a month.
. . . In Genoa, 2 days of clashes with pigs, tear gas, batons, rocks, sticks, burning
vehicles and banks, and thousands of rebels disrupting business-as-usual and
sending a clear message of dissent.
. . . what the hell was going on?
(This was taken from a personal report, and should at least give you an idea of what was happening.)
July 20th — I would like to say that it is absolute insanity here...but really its getting to be quite Police Raid GSF,
common. The anti-capitalist fight has certainly stepped up a notch (concerning western activist
summit hopping). Streets are filled with trash and fire. Roving bands of riot cops from the center IMC other groups
clash with thousands of anarchists back and forth all over the city. There is confirmation now that At half past twelve, the police
one person has died in the fights and another is waiting to be confirmed. Tear gas is everywhere, raided the Media Center in Genoa
over a hundred thousand people are taking to the streets all over the city. When one gathering of which contains the Indy Media
several thousand is scattered or one decides to leave, you can find 10,000 more just a few streets Center, Legal Support, and Medical
over, gaining space on the police. No one has made it through the red zone, but that doesn’t quite teams. At first the police attempted
matter. Its a war against the state and its soldiers down here. (as I right this I hear someone beside to enter on the ground floor, but the
me confirming photos of a person being shot by the military police....reports of 72 wounded). doors were quickly barricaded
Quick look at what the day looked like for me.... After the late night of rain and campsite against them.
Many activists, journalists and others
floggings, people woke up early in there various places. Generally groups gathered in the east and
outside were beaten by police. There
headed west to try to break through the red zone, some going south, and others heading straight
were dozens of injuries. Before long
on or too the north. Early reports came of the socialist blocks under heavy watercannon fire
police were in the building and
somewhere within the tightened south zone. By noon, large shipping containers (for boats and
e n tered the third floor where
trains) had been moved to completely block off many streets in the yellow area.
Pink block consisting of determined samba bands and fiesta moved north to join a women’s
Thoughts On Carlo indymedia is located.
IMC journalists stood with hands
action and other NGO’s. Atmosphere there was largely festive of course and reports have come “Carlo Giuliani is not a victim of police against the walls of the halls. Police
through the day of sit-ins with large arrests and teaming up with the sections of the black block to brutality. He is another dead one in the fields gathered all journalists, and then
clash with the cops. of social war. Carlo Giuliani is not a hero. searched the rooms. The confiscated
One section of black block left from our camp who we traveled with. Perhaps 3000. We marched mini discs, a digital camera, and
He was a revolutionary who — with dignity
east and met with the militant trade union COBAS and other anarcho-syndicalist groups. other materials, like gas masks and
Downtown bank windows began to be smashed...it was not long before we could see tear gas up — decided to resist violently against what swiss army knives.
ahead and other groups clashing with police. was oppressing him. We remind to all those Soon after, an official of some sort
From here on it was back and forth for me and many others. Advance a block...mix with protesters who will try to build their political careers arrived and told police to leave. The
from another groups, have police beat us back, and then head back or by another route. Around on the blood of our dead comrade, that he police left this building and went out
noonish when we first arrived we were finally pushed back up the eastern hill near Piazza Tomamase was one of those who you call “provocateur” side where police vans and riot
and eventually scattered down side streets. Making our towards the indymedia we found dumped police were parked.
garbage bins everywhere and even a turned car, this area was soon to be controlled by lots of cops.
or “hooligan”. Carlo Giuliani doesn’t fit in From the window, we could see riot
Next we headed down to the convergence point at the water. As we got there, police were their funeral orations, or in their crocodile police try to take GSF people behind
starting to move in. The main entrances had been barricaded by remnants of COBAS and the tears. We don’t feel pity for Carlo. He died police lines, but there was much
Black Block to keep the police from invading. We got in a side way. As we entered, the majority for something that we have dedicated our resistance. For the next one and a half
of demonstrators were leaving and heading along the water. We stayed on to get some food with hours, police beat many people, and
lives to. For freedom... Carlo will always live there is blood visible in many places.
other random people and were invaded by police again. Military style riot cops began single-
in the hearts of revolutionaries. The struggle At the school across from this
filing over the barricades to get in. After they had entered, and the hundred of food workers in side
were barricading their restaurants, a police tank/bulldozer came through and tore down the barricades. continues...” building, it is reported that police
The police then did some fancy maneuvers and realizing there weren’t many folks there, took off again. -from the Greek anarchist group “Disobedience” entered around the same time they
Eventually we ran into several thousand anarchists having a pitched street battle with the cops. - July 27th, 2001 came here. Activists who were staying
there were lined up against the wall,
We stayed around for a while. More dumpsites on fire, the streets filled with broken glass. During
and reportedly beaten. Witnesses
this battle, a police van went nuts and stated charging in to break past the dumpster barricades. At
report blood all over the halls of this
first people ran but then the van was surrounded and was being beaten back by rocks and other What did building.
projectiles. The armored van tried several times but was eventually beaten far back with he do to Later after more arrests in the street
thousands of protesters chasing it and yelling victory cheers. Just then another police line down a deserve
the police and fleet of ambulances
side street disintegrated and was beaten away by protesters advancing from another direction. this?
departed, ... [we gained] access to the
I left this battle shortly and went to see what was happening a few streets over. I walked out and building. Inside the sight was
saw maybe another 10,000 people down Via Tolemaic who had completely taken over. All of sickening. There was thick dark
them were padded with makeshift armor and taking turns pushing forward. blood all up the walls, over the floor
One really amazing thing that was happening in these battles was that every time the police and at the bottom of stairs. It looked
charged with tear gas, many people would start running. But those behind, instead of joining, . . . his like several people had been beaten
would put there hand in the air and remind in a gentle way....tranquillo, calma, stay calm. And it while on the ground from the blood
worked, people would slow down, realize it was just tear gas and then return to the fray..... Job! patters low down on the walls. The
Well...this is getting long...but basically it was going on like this for several hours back and scene was horrible. Even the ambulance
forth. Many times though ambulances were going back and forth carrying wounded. As we left, staff were obviously shocked . . .
police were pressing forward in teams of a hundred riot cops, and last I saw from several streets
up a hill was about 25 cops corner a protester and repeatedly beat them for 5 minutes before
dragging them away.
Back in the
indymedia, a person
being interviewed
described how she
was taking photos
and then attacked
by seven pigs who
dragged her behind a
white van and beat
“If you got beef her while others
with the C-O-P’s destroyed her film
and batteries.
. . . throw a molotov
As I’m finishing,
at the P-I-G’s” helicopters are be-
- the Coup coming a constant
presence overhead,
and we hear that many
protesters may have
started heading back
to carlini stadium. . .
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Anarquia en Espana
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by Salvaje Caos (Wild Chaos) Anarchy in Spain
a wide-range of tactics being implemented. There are also sympathetic to primitivism, and in general we found the
many small and somewhat isolated villages which retain a Basque region to be home to the most insurrectionary of folks.
Two Eugene Green Anarchists simple, small-scale agrarian life. The Basque people have We then headed south. First, to Madrid, which is located
go to Spain to smash what is left a very unique culture and history, mostly disconnected from on the central plateau, and is Spain’s capital and largest
both northern and southern Europe, and the Basque city. We mixed with local anarchists who were working in
of the CNT, but instead are amazingly language has no connection to either French or Spanish. collectives on various projects, met with anti-globalization
The Basque people have historically made decisions using activists, visited more CNT museums, and just continued
well received and are inspired by small-scale consensus-like processes in which each village to get the impression that something new is brewing in the
has autonomy. Only recently has there been a more Spanish anarchist movement. We then headed through an
what they see and learn! nationalistic attitude, which is often the case when a group unending sea of olive trees to the southern region, and a
of people with similar cultural and ethnic backgrounds are town on the coast called Malaga. Here we finally got a
Less than a week after September 11th, John Zerzan and suffering from colonization and a common oppression. chance to hang out on the beach and relax, which seems to
I got on a airplane to Barcelona for a three-week speaking Unfortunately, much of the Basque separatist movement be an important element to this region. We found the people
tour of Spain. On top of the anxiety has adopted this nationalistic tone to be more laid back, and slightly less militant, but still
of getting into a flying tin-can . . . because they say that and a marxist ideology, making engaged in many important projects. The area has always
(especially now) and going it difficult for many anarchists in been greatly affected by northern Africa, as it was the last
through international security and
anarchists only plant the region to fully support the stronghold for the Moorish Empire on the Iberian peninsula
Customs, we were not really sure bombs! struggle. There is also a wide and today is the main entry point for immigration by north
what to expect. The goal of our range of attitudes within the Africans. This influence can be seen in everything from
tour was to make contacts in one broader separatist movement, the architecture, to the local dialects, to the focus of activism,
of the historic “hotbeds” of from right-wing capitalists, to to the food. We then headed through Granada, and up the
anarchism and to learn from its left-wing marxists, to social- eastern coast to Valencia, exploring many Arabic, Roman,
inspiring past. We also hoped to democrats, to autonomists and and Christian ruins and meeting many active anarchists.
infuse the anti-globalization anarchists, making the struggle a We concluded our tour back in Barcelona, where we had
movement with a more anti- very complicated one. There is a debate with Constantino Cavaleri, an insurrectionist from
authoritarian and ecological also the disagreement over strategy Italy. This went well, and although we had some minor
perspective and to help push the and tactics which keep the disagreements on the depth of the horrors of technology
growing anarchist movement into Basque people and many of their and the need to connect deeper to the earth, we did agree
a more anti-industrial and insurrec- supporters divided. Since the that the whole fucking system and patriarchal death-machine
tionary direction. I think John and 1950’s, an underground armed needs to be dismantled immediately, for our own survival
I both agree that our trip was not separatist group known as E.T.A. and liberation and that of the earth. Although the tour was
only tremendously successful, but mostly positive and inspiring,
also a refreshing change from the we still found many of the same
sometimes stagnate and insular problems in the Spanish
nature of the american anarchist Anarchist stabs catholic patriarch in the late 1800’s anarchist movement that we
movement. Many people were have here. Many anarchists are
already putting into question many fundamental assump- has waged an ongoing war still unwilling to question basic
tions that we have a difficult time getting people to question on Spain and France with ideas of production and the
here. Many people agreed that we need to be moving bombings and political inherent alienation and mediation
towards “anarchy” - a living, growing, open direction which assignations, focused on of technology. And still, many
incorporates all of life; not “anarchism” - an outdated, historic, gaining independence. anarchists do not take seriously
totally human-centered ideology. It was also a great time Apparently, the roots of this enough the destruction of the
to be away from all the flag-wavin’ patriotic crap, and get group had more of an earth and the inherent connection
a different perspective on the attacks on New York and anarchist and anti-authori- it has with the historic oppression
Washington D.C. For example, some of the graffiti we saw, tarian beginning, but as it of women and indigenous
“US: If you plant wind, you harvest storms!”, “Bush: We don’t grew it became more rigid people, and some anarchists still
believe your tears!”, and “Bush: Where was Superman?” and adopted a marxist embrace pacifism, reformism,
Our tour began in Barcelona, which is in the region known platform, as well as a very and Murray Bookchin. But that
as Catalonia. This area, like most of what is commonly controlling attitude over all being said, it was a great
referred to as Spain, has its own language, culture, history, many actions which were experience. I feel inspired, great
and desire for autonomy, and was the center of the anarchist occurring spontaneously contacts were made, and I feel
resistance during the Civil War/Revolution in the 1930’s. and anonymously. This we are headed somewhere very
It was not only a center for armed struggle, but also for the o v e r- b e a r i n g r i g i d i t y important together.
creation of a different society based on mutual aid and fragmented the movement
collective living. I think what really struck us, is the fact and has weakened it greatly. Anarchist fighter during the Spanish Civil War/Revolution. Viva la Revolucion!
that Spain has been the only place where anarchism has Despite constant attacks by
really had a significant influence on the political and the state on the separatist
cultural reality. The people here are passionate about this movement, the Basque people have retained much of their Anarchy In Spain, a two-hour video of inter-
history, and have been able to keep it alive, even when they identity and there is still a very strong feeling that views and accounts of two Green Anarchists’ tour of Spain
had to go underground for the forty years during the fascist independence for the Basque region will be achieved. is available from Rottin’ and Johnny Productions for $10
regime of Franco. We had the opportunity to visit some Another inspiring aspect of the northern regions of Spain, from the GA distro (See last page).
CNT (the most historic Spanish anarco-syndicalist union) were the Occupas or squats. We visited urban social centers
offices, which were more of museums than activity cen- created in vacant buildings, many occupied for years,
ters, but still, we found this to be a very important part of containing community spaces, workshops, performance
our trip. We learned a lot, saw many artifacts and publications halls, class rooms, libraries, offices, kitchens, infoshops,
from the 1920’s and ‘30’s, and got a deeper impression as cafes and bars. There were typically two or three in each
a few contacts in spain:
to what an actual anarchist revolution could be like. We town or city. They were a mixture of political backgrounds Maldeojo: Cuadernos de Critica Social
also got our first taste of the squatter or Occupa scene. from anarchist to autonomist to Basque separatists to
(Pubication), Apdo 10. 283, 28080 Madrid
From Barcelona, we got on a train and headed north into communists, but they were united by their rejection of
(Spain), http:// www. sindominio.net/maldeojo
the Basque region, by far the most interesting part of our capitalism and the desire to live communally while they
tour. The Basque region is NOT Spanish! This was pointed resist. The reclaiming of space is often only the beginning.
out in many ways, from the subtle to the extreme. The Maintaining a functioning space in the midst of frequent Likiniano (Bookstore/infoshop), 12 Ronda,
Basque region includes three provinces within the borders police attacks is not easy, but it was happening here. I was 48005 Bilbao (Spain), [email protected]
controlled by France and four in Spain, with the French- almost more inspired by this autonomous movement then and [email protected]
Spanish border and the Pyrenees mountains running the specifically anarchist political types, because they were
through the middle of the region. The people in the area living the revolution and were not as ideological. In Spain,
still retain a deep connection to the earth, and many wild there has also been a lot of movement into urban areas, Eco-Prisoner@s (Zine), Apdo 795, 33080
areas still remain. However, there is much industrialization and therefore, there are many abandoned houses and buildings Oviedo (Spain).
coming into the region, a few older industrial centers, like in rural areas. People have occupied many of these places,
Bilboa, and the prevalence of mining and industrial tree like outside of San Sebastian and Pamplona, and have Akracia (Zine), Sta. Margarida #6, 25210
“farming”. In response to this, there are many ongoing created a mix of anarchy, punk, and a back-to-the-earth
Guissona, Girona (Spain).
fights to stop high-speed trains, highways, and dams; with scene. It was here that we found many of the people most
Green Anarchy #7 page 16
Characteristics of the Anarcho-Indian Alliance
translated by anarchist POW Rob Thaxton (Rob los Ricos)
Introduction: This article is from a Spanish zine called liberatory thought with the perspectives lately stated by human societies from the beginning. These people highly
Ecotopia. It is a series of rants, which makes for a difficult Nozick and Friedman and all the currents of thought known differentiate between “prior to” and “subsequent to” the
translation. So, the apparent randomness of certain as “Libertarianism”, whose ultimate goal is not the disappear- arrival of class society, private property, and the State.
passages is by design; the authors intended to cover as ance of the state, but it’s reduction to a minimum, as the Therefore - in contrast to the hegemony of the authorities
much ground as possible in a short space. This also has few remaining socialists wish, since they have adopted the who seek the superiority of a single option over all others
led to a lot of generalizations. Keep in mind the fuzzy frontier preaching of individual initiative and the free market. - they always pose a contradiction to these through keeping
that Rants inhabit, between prose and poetry, while reading 3) The basic thoughts of this multicultural concept must their Indianess. The Indian Peoples, in their wisdom, know
this and do not expect it to read like an essay or article. be informed through these ideas: “The universe as we that it is not possible for a single people, with a singular
This proposal emerged from the elaboration of theories experience it is in continual change and this creates the culture, a single way of thinking , to possibly respond to
and the practical manifestations of Indigenous ideas which general conditions for our dialectic that must be strictly the many-faceted problems that face humanity.
they generally have held going on for the past seventy years. followed. The essence of the thoughts and wisdom of the 8) Federalism. In the face of the pretensions of the
Their current thoughts are very fertile in the stating of radically people is grounded in harmonious materialism (sustainable, centralists and verticalists, Indian Peoples smash the unity
different ways to attain a point of departure towards the socially harmonious lifestyles). The model of organization between the lesser and greater alliances. To break down
possibility of freedom and emancipatory perspectives. This is the cosmic order”. this type of arrangement of family-like cells, one must
fits in with what Virgilia Roel meant when he said, “With 4) Organization. That which Indian Peoples possess, they explain the first minor alliance. This alliance of the nuclear
the liberation of the Indians, all humanity is freed.” have always kept by staying at the furthest fringes of orga- family in one way or another has similarities to all the
With the fall of authoritarian socialism, the possibility of nizations and political parties, because institutions which principle aspects of the minor alliances. This is the time
creating a libertarian socialism has taken on an uncharacter- handle such discourses don’t understand varied cultural and when one must merge with one of the various social
istic strength. Multi-cultural, free ethnical problems. As part of the dimensions in order to fulfill a role within one of the major
societies can only be possible by The majority of indigenous cosmic awareness typical of Indian alliances, To move towards the confederation of nations.
taking into account how they liberate peoples have no use for a State Peoples, they establish horizontal This social question is given to one in particular and in
all peoples. social organizations that respect their general, and vice-versa, and permits a dynamism of
The West, with it’s arrogance, has within their collective diversity, and where each member is possibility within the grand resiliency of these relationships.
violently silenced the voices of lifestyles, and the State contains always allowed to participate, every- The practice of this type of organization is laid out with
diversity. There is much urgency to
re-establish diverse ways of thinking
that which will always appear one is to speak— they practice direct
democracy.
respect to the specifications of all minor alliances, which
safeguards it’s own integrity, an agreement to realize
through the development of a alien in this regard. 5) S e l f - M a n a g e m e n t a n d alliances that unify different minor ones by conforming to
multitude of divergent paths which A u tonomy. One of the more heartfelt the major unity, which resolves the relationships aspects
lead away from the single-minded formulas outlined by attributes of Indian Peoples has been converted by the bias to the mutual interest.
Western thought. Kherwa Kallasuyu Wakar affirmed: of the times. Under the weight of the many, many In the struggle against power and capital, we have a debt
“There is no substitute for freedom”. This is a principle, a interference’s which they have received, the root core of to bear, and should build solidarity with Indian Peoples,
statement of authenticity which is part of the very same self-management and autonomy have not been destroyed. because in their struggles, too, there is the seed of social
reasoning, the historical justifications used to achieve emanci- However, their traditional forms of administration and self- revolution. Their 500 years of resistance is proof of their
pation. This doctrine that nobody can have freedom if it is rule have been altered over time, due to their entrenched love for a better way of living.
difficult to approach in this account, is one we attempt to resistance and defense. In this sense, they are obliged to Health And Happiness !
make evident in some of it’s more characteristic aspects. take a course of self examination which breaks the bonds Alas de Xua Collective — Columbia
Fortunately, we can assert that after half a millennium, of their dependence and colonization. In The Year 505 Of The Resistance
the road ahead poses much difficulty for the West. Our 6) Communism and Collectivism. These two characteristics
from the spanish eco-anarchist zine ECOTOPIA,
America has nothing to do with Western Totality. are fundamental to the way Indian Peoples live, everyone
What follows are some of the documents presented by is born to reciprocity and complementariness. Their society to set a copy write: H.E.M. Apdo. 709,
Tomasa Comdemalta, Amadeo Clavijo and “ Lucho al is carefully organized to function on a basis of mutual 11402 - Jerez de la Fra., Cadiz (Espana)
CAM” to characterize this movement: protection, and there is no real documentation of any email:
[email protected] 1) Myth is the driving force of our proclaimed struggle relevant division of labor, as occurs in the West. All tasks
for liberty. The Mythic aspect to Indian Peoples resistance are undertaken by everyone. In this sense, they oppose
has disrupted all intentions for their annihilation, by the individualistic capitalism as much as they do authoritarian
FALL CREEK UPDATE
10-30-2001 - Fall Creek Tree Village is still alive after three
tyrants of yesterday and today. Myth is dynamic, it communism. Indian People’s collectivism provides a model years, seven months, and the situation is roughly as follows:
delights in new spaces and quietly changes situations. Myth of equality and diversity. This diversity guarantees that they Red Cloud Thunder tree-sitters are still occupying trees in
is the fountain of liberty, mutual aid and life for all Indian are in opposition to rigid, single-minded methodology, the Clark Timber sale. Resistance has remained strong and
peoples and communities. African-Americans continue to hegemonies and privilege. the activists are demanding complete cancellation of the sale
keep a wealth of principles of solidarity to them, some- 7) Unity in Diversity. For Indian Peoples, it is clear that and are declaring a replacement volume deal will not be
thing they are encouraged to renounce. But they protect diversity is the surest passport to the future. The genuine accepted. A variety of tactics were and are used at Clark to
myth from harm by modern times, until it erupts with unity they embody does not seek to create homogenization defend the forest, among them tree-sits at the 200ft level. In
1999 a federal judge ruled the US Forest Service was required
incredible power. Myth is the language of liberation for or conformity, and instead results in the creation of broad
to do surveys for endangered, threatened, and listed species
the Indian Peoples. spaces and pluralism. In this sense, to seek out what these as required under the northwest forest plan. One of the
2) The majority of indigenous peoples have no use for a people have in common does not nullify the particulars of species they were required to survey for was the Oregon Red
State within their collective lifestyles, and the State each one of them. Tree Vole, an arboreal rodent that lives it’s entire life in the
contains that which will always appear alien in this The future Indian Peoples are preparing is made partly canopy of old-growth Douglas fir trees. Activists long
regard. The validation of their lifestyle remains trapped in with a genuine, direct democracy of peoples and cultures. suspected the presence of this species at Fall Creek, and after
the rigid jurisdiction created by States, where it is impossible The ethnocentrism and pretension that the West presents the Forest Service did their own fairly lame surveys, the
to realize their existence as a People without the State. There as the only way for the future is a journey towards no activists set out to take advantage of the federal ruling and
is no reason to confuse— even for a second— this type of future. For Indian Peoples, pluralism is the history of find a lot more evidence that the Voles (which are adorable
mouse-like creatures) existed at Clark. Over a year and a half,
they collected far more samples of the Tree Vole nests,
recording them carefully and forwarding the data to biologists,
Indigenismo: who in turn come back and verify the nests location. Each
nest find results in a 10 acre buffer. Its a little more complicated
A Proposal For An Alliance Of Indigenous Peoples And Anarchists than that but the crux of it is the activists found a lot more
data than government could.
By Anarchist political prisoner Rob Los Ricos The result was the US Forest service came out with a “draft”
The growing movement of resistance to corporate globalization is grounded in a long history plan recently which indicated all the data collected by both
of indigenous people’s struggles against colonization (Westernization). In many parts of the themselves, and the activists data was being taken into
account and “wildlife buffers” were being set aside for the
world, Indigenous peoples continue to resist. They are fighting against the mercenary forces of Red Tree Voles habitat. Cascadia Forest Defenders/Red Cloud
global capitalism, our own, domestic enemies. Global fascism requires combat from all those Thunder then launched a new push to find more nests and get
affected by it, and we who are fighting against civilization must unite. To this end, I wish to be buffer zones established over the 43 acres remaining in the
sale under the “draft” plan (out of the 96 original acres). They
involved with a publishing project that will publicize native peoples’ struggles against worked tirelessly climbing huge old-growth trees (technical
corporate domination and help us in the first World identify their primary enemies here so that and dangerous) until they had found new nest data in virtu-
we can combine our efforts and energies. ally every corner of the sale. Biologists have just this week
verified the new information and a new, final plan is forth-
Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking this project. What is necessary to start coming. Activists occupy the trees while awaiting the new
this project: 1) A long-term mailing address. 2) People with resources, or access to resources, to plan and they are demanding COMPLETE CANCELLATION.
assemble, publish and distribute this zine. 3) People willing to make a commitment to this project. Stay tuned............
Cascadia Forest Defenders can be reached at:
Thanks, Rob “Los Ricos” Thaxton
454 Willamette, Eugene, OR, 97401. 541-684-8977
page 17 Green Anarchy #7
Marshall Edward Conway #116469, Box 534, Jessup,
MD 20794. Veteran Black Panther Party leader who
PRISONERS OF WAR continues to maintain his innocence of a police murder in
1970, which he claims not to have committed. Eddie states
that he was falsely implicated in the murder of one
Baltimore City police officer and the assault and attempted
murder of two other officers. Eddie asserts that he is one
Anarchist Prisoners Animal Liberation Prisoners of many political prisoners in the United States as a result
of F.B.I.’s war against the Black Panthers.
Ali Khalid Abdullah #148130, Thumb Correctional Dave Blenkinsop, HM Prison, Bedford, MK40 1HG, UK.
Bashir Hameed (J York) #82A6313, Box 149, Attica,
Facility, 3225 John Conley Drive, Lapeer, MI 48446. Imprisoned for allegedly causing “grevous bodily harm”
NY,14011-0149. Bashir is a former Black Panther and
Serving 10 -20 years for "assault with intent to rob while to the managing director of Huntington Life Science.
Black Liberation Army POW. He has been incarcerated
armed" for his involvement in trying to shut down a major Mel Broughton DJ8216, HMP The Mount, Molyneaux
since 1981 for the killing of a pig.
drug dealer. Ali was recently turned down at his parole Avenue, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0NZ, UK.
Robert Seth Hayes #74A2280, Box 500, Elmira,
hearing despite many letters from supporters. Serving 4 years for conspiracy to cause explosions.
NY,14902. Robert Seth Hayes was captured and convicted
Mark Barnsley, WA 2897, HMP Wakefield, 5 Love Lane,
in New York City in 1973 under a host of charges, attributed
Wakefield, WF2 9AG, UK. Mark was attacked by a gang Anti-Fascist Prisoners to my membership in the Black Liberation Army (BLA).
of drunken students and defended himself. He has refused Pavel Kroupa 4.3.1977, Veznice Vazba, Straz Pod Sekou Cinque T.M. Kambui (s/n William J. Turk)
to admit guilt and is having his parole delayed because of Ralskem, 47127. Recently jailed and charged with murder. #113058, Box 5107, Union Springs, AL 36089. Sekou is a
it. Pavel was attacked by 5 fascist skinheads. He defended New Afrikan political prisoner currently serving two
Thomas Meyer-Falk, JVA Bruschal, Zellle 3117, himself and consequently one fascist died. If found guilty consecutive life sentences for crimes he did not commit.
Schonbornstr. 32, 76646, Bruschal, Germany. Anarchist he could face life in prison. Sekou has already spent twenty years of his life behind
activist imprisoned for crimes relating to anti-fascist Tomasz Wilkoszewski Zaktad Karny, Ul.Ciupagi 1, 03-016 bars on trumped up charges of murdering two white men
activism. Warsaw, Poland. Sentenced to 15 years for killing a fascist. in Alabama in 1975.
Ojure Lutalo #59860, POB 861, Trenton, NJ 08625. Black
Russel Maroon Shoats #AF-3855, SCI Green, 1040 E.
liberation activist and anarchist. Ojure was jailed in 1975
for expropriation, paroled in 1980 and re-arrested in 1982 Indigenous Prisoners Roy Furman Highway Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090.
Lenny Chavez, c/o SAIIC, POB 28703, Oakland, CA Russel Shoats is a Black (New Afrikan) POW. Maroon is
for an armed attack on a drug dealer. He was sentenced to
94694. An AIM activist who defended himself & his family imprisoned for his activities on behalf of the BLA.
20-40 years and is being held in the Trenton Management
Control Unit, where political prisoners are isolated by the from an armed racist. Lenny disarmed his attacked by
authorities. stabbing him with a penknife and was jailed for attempted MOVE Prisoners
Silvano Pellissero, Com. Mastrolierto, Via Ferrerinoli no2, murder. MOVE is a radical, ecological movement that has been
Sanponso, 10080 Torino, Italy. An anarchist sentenced to Eric Wildcat Hall, #BL-5355, Unit I/A 10745 Route 18, attacked by the Philadelphia Police since its inception. Nine
7 years for allegedly sabotaging a rail line construction Albion, PA 16475-0002. Serving 35-75 years for helping members were convicted and sent to prison for life
site in the Northern Italian Alps. He can read Spanish, ship arms to Central American resisters. following a 1978 siege at their house in which one cop was
French and Italian but not English. Leonard Peltier #89637-132, PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, killed by another cop. One of those nine, Merle Africa,
Christopher Plummer, #677345, Route 2, Box 4400, KS 66048. An American Indian Movement (AIM) activist, died in prison last year after not being treated for a health
Gatesville, TX 76597. Anarchist activist serving fifteen serving two life sentences, having been framed for the issue.
years for taking action against a neo-nazi group in Texas. murder of two FBI agents. Debbie Simms Africa (006307), Janet Holloway Africa
Robert Thaxton #12112716, OSP, 2605 State Street, (006308), Janine Philips Africa (006309)
Salem, OR 97310. Long-time anarchist and social justice Anti Imperialist/Revolutionary Anti- SCI Cambridge Springs, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge
advocate Rob Los Ricos was convicted of assault and riot Springs, PA 16403-1238.
for throwing a rock at a cop in self-defense at the 1999
Capitalist Prisoners Michael Davis Africa (AM4973), Charles Simms Africa
Eugene J18 Reclaim the Streets. He recieved a 7 year Marilyn Buck, 00482-285, Unit B, 5701 8th Street, Camp (AM4975)
sentence. He is currenly assigned “Anarchist security group Parks, Dublin, CA 94568. Serving 50 years to life for SCI Grateford, PO Box 244, Grateford, PA 19426-0244.
status”. Do not send anything with the name “anarchist” in actions taken after she escaped prison herself including an Edward Goodman Africa (AM4974) SCI Camp Hill, PA
it or containing any circle-A’s. armed robbery of a Brink’s armored truck and the liberation 17011-0200.
Harold Thompson, #93992, Northwest Correctional of Assata Shakur from prison. She is the only white member William Philips Africa (AM4984), Delbert Orr Africa
Complex, Route 1, Box 660, Tiptonville, TN 38079. of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). (AM4985)
Sentenced to life plus 50 years for a 1979 robbery of a Bill Dunne #10916-086, Box 1000, Marion, IL. 62959. SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612.
jewelers, killing a police informer who had murdered his Anti-authoritarian sentenced to 90 years for the attempted
liberation of a prisoner in 1979. Bill was recently transferred
partner and a shooting incident in Ohio. He was later given
back to the infamous Marion Control Unit in Marion.
Puerto Rican Independence/
an extra 32 years for a failed escape attempt.
Shaka N’ Zinga s/n Arthur Wiggins #196612, POB 534 Larry Giddings #10917-086, PO Box 1000, Lewisburg, Vieques Liberation
(MHC-X), Jessup, MD 20794. New Afrikan anarchist PA 17837. Anti-authoritarian prisoner jailed in 1973 for Julio Aldea Ruiz, San Jose, Duarte #26, Mayaguez, P.R.
imprisoned for a murder he really did not commit. attempted expropriation, paroled in 1978 then re-arrested 00680. Imprisoned for taking action against the U.S. Navy
in 1979 while attempting to liberate a comrade from prison. for their oppressive operations in Vieques.
Doing multiple sentences of life in prison and 75 years Oscar Lopez Rivera #87651-025, Box 33, Terre Haute,
Ecological Resistance Prisoners with no known parole opportunities. IN 47808. He was arrested in 1981 and sentenced to 55
Jeremiah Rush Bowen, #108016, DCC, 1140 East 10 David Gilbert #83A6158, Attica C.F., POB 149, Attica, years for seditious conspiracy. In 1988 he was given an
Road, Delta, CO 81416. Serving two years for carrying NY 14011. additional 15 years for conspiracy to escape. His release
out an arson attack against excessive urban sprawl in Mutulu Shakur, #83205-012, Box PMB, Atlanta, GA date is 2021.
Boulder, Colorado. His expected release is February 2002. 30315.
Marco Camenish, Viale dei Trigli 14, 13900 Biella, Italy. Prisoner Support Contacts
Imprisoned for clandestine attacks against a number of
ecologically destructive and exploitative industries. Marco
United Freedom Front Prisoners South Chicago ABC/Thought Bombs zine
The following three individuals are serving huge sentences An excellent resource for prisoners. POB 721,
is a true freedom-fighter. Homewood, IL 60430.
Charles Hoke #861206, ACH, Indiana Department of for their role in actions carried out by the United Freedom
Front (UFF) in the 1980’s. The UFF (formerly known as Anarchist Black Cross Federation website has more
Correction, Indiana State Prison, PO Box 41, Michigan detailed information on many of the anti-imperialist
City, Indiana 46361-0041. Charles is radical farmer serving the Jonathan Jackson/Sam Melville Unit) carried out
solidarity bombings against the US government on a variety and indigenous prisoners: www.abcf.net
time for robbing banks in order to support himself, and Anarchists Prisoner Legal Aid Network (APLAN)
other farmers, who were being systematically dispossessed of different issues. All of these individuals are excellent
people to write to and will answer letters. 818 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.
from their homes.
[email protected]Ted Kaczynski (04475-046), US Pen-Admin Max Facility, Ray Luc Levasseur, 10376-016, Box PMB, Atlanta, GA
30315. Free and Critter Legal Defense Committee
PO Box 8500, Florence Colorado 81226. Sentenced to PO Box 50263, Eugene, OR 97405. 541-343-8548
multiple lifetimes in prison for the “Unabomber” bombing Thomas Manning, 10372-016, Box 4000, Springfield, MO
65801.
[email protected]attacks against industrialists. www.efn.org/~eugpeace/freecritter
Jeffrey Luers (Free) #13797671, OSP, 2605 State Street, Richard Williams, 10377-016, 3901 Klein Blvd., Lompoc,
CA 93436. Break the Chains (Northwest Anarchist Prisoner
Salem, OR 97310. Serving 22.5 years on politically- Support Network) POB 11331 Eugene, OR 97440
motivated arson charges related to the arson of cars at
[email protected]Romania Chevrolet and an attempted arson at Tyree Oil in Black Liberation Prisoners/POWS North American Earth Liberation Prisoners
Eugene, Oregon. Sundiata Acoli #39794-066, Box 3000, White Deer, PA Support Network. POB 11331 Eugene, OR 97440.
Craig Marshall (Critter) #13797662, SRCI, 777 Stanton 17887, USP Allenwood. Sundiata is a BLA POW. He is
[email protected] www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk
Blvd, Ontario, OR 97914. Serving a five and a half year imprisoned for actions carried out in the fight for Black North American Animal Liberation Front Support
sentence for conspiracy to commit arson and possession Liberation, and killing a cop. Group Box 69597, 5845 Yonge Street, Willowdale,
of unlawful devices. Anthony Bottom #77A4283, Box 338, Napanoch, NY, Ontario, M2M 4K3, Canada.
Helen Woodson 03231-045 FMC Carswell, POB 27137 12458. Former Black-Panther who is accused of Friends of MOVE, POB 9709, Philadelphia, PA
Admin Max Unit, Fort Worth, TX 76127. Serving 27 years participating in illegal underground activities. He has been 19143.
for robbing a bank and then setting the money on fire while incarcerated since 1971, and is one of the oldest political UK Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network
reading out a statement denouncing greed, capitalism and prisoners in the U.S. He continues to struggle against racism c/o BM Box 2407, London, WC1N 3XX,UK
the destruction of the environment. and for prisoner’s rights behind bars.
Green Anarchy #7 page 18
so what is goin’ on with some of our kidnapped comrades? Prisoner Updates
Charges dropped against Frank Ambrose Eduardo Garcia is free! Christopher Plummer to be released
August, Bloomington, Indiana: For those of you who have September, Spain: After spending a year jailed in a After more than eight years of imprisonment, Christopher
not heard, the state dropped the charges against Frank Spanish prison, our anarchist comrade has been released. Lee Plummer has been granted parole in Texas. Chris was
Ambrose. After having drug the case out for 8 months, the Eduardo will have to go to court in some months, as the placed in prison on a 15 year sentence for an anti-fascist
prosecutor offered Frank a deal at his pretrial conference - frame-up hasn’t completely finished. Although we are quite action in Houston, Texas. While imprisoned he faced severe
- plead guilty to a low misdemeanor and get a year probation optimistic about his case, the campaign of solidarity will repression by both the State and nazi gangs in the prisons.
and some community service. He told them no. continue. several attempts on his life were made, resulting in
At the hearing, it became really apparent what the state For more information:
[email protected] permanent injuries that will effect him forever. Most of his
was up to when the public defender started to chide the time in prison was spent in solitary confinement for his
prosecutor about needing to get home to oversee the Standing Deer released! efforts to organize prisoners and fellow anarchists.
clearcutting of her property and doing a bunch of anti- “Standing Deer, who was released exactly one week After more than 10 times of being turned down for parole,
environmental things, when she interrupted to say that "you before the bombing of the WTC, would like to thank you he has finally been approved for release in 2002. He will
don’t know how much it pains me to have to prosecute this all for your unswerving support for him, not only in times be staying in Texas and working with the Austin ABC
case" for the whole court to hear, judge and all. We knew of crisis, but throughout his 25 years of incarceration during chapter. Chris has made firm commitments to his fellow
then that they did not have anything and were just wasting the rare moments that they weren't trying to kill him. He anarchist political and social prisoners, stating that if he
time. would greatly appreciate it if some of you would write can’t get them the support that they desperately need he
The state never produced some of the evidence they swore him sometimes, as he wishes to acknowledge his will return to prison for trying. Chris will be facing huge
they had in the arrest affidavit, i.e. the residue on the gloves appreciation personally, and come to know for himself the difficulties when he is released. He will need all of our
that matched the stuff on the nails in the trees. The hammers many people who placed a safety net beneath him so that support and solidarity. While he has many friends and
they took from Frank and his wife were proven to have not he is here today alive and free. He is still in a state of bliss family, it will take large amounts of money to secure an
been used to pound the nails into the tree (they were too and has not quite shaken off the golden dust of freedom attorney to represent him while he is on parole. He feels
small and marks did not match), even though the media yet!! He is also busy trying to become acclimated to life that if he does not have an attorney to stand by him, he will
continues to say the state got this evidence. out here. It is not always easy, as you very well know to certainly be sent back to prison for any minor violation.
The times are only going to get tougher with the recent re-adjust oneself after 25 years behind bars, but Standing One of the conditions that he has to comply with for release
events. It is important that we keep on with our work and Deer is a strong, valiant warrior, so that his efforts to is “ Super Intensive Parole”: This means that he will be
do what we know is write, even if it is not popular. We re-adjust to the outside world are strong and valiant and to placed on a monitor and will have to report in person twice
cannot cooperate with the state in anyway during their likely be admired. a week to his parole officer. This type of parole is normally
more frequent investigations and inquiries into our You can contact Standing Deer by writing: Standing Deer reserved for sex offenders and murderers.
communities. To do so will only break us apart. Wilson, 977 Bunker Hill Rd. #113, Houston, TX 77024. Chris asks that folks work to raise funds for his release over
Standing Deer is doing his utmost to answer all letters the next few months. The movement needs to support this
Barry Horne dies on hunger strike received, as he is no longer hassled in terms of letter- dedicated anarchist political prisoner, this is the crucial time.
Nov. 5th, England: Animal rights activist Barry Horne writing, as he was in prison. So, please take the time to If you can offer any help, please contact:
has died in a hospital in Worcester after being on hunger address him and introduce yourselves personally. If you Rebecca Plummer, PO Box 101, Austin, TX 78767
strike since the summer. are already known to him, drop him a line or two so that
Horne, who was serving an 18-year sentence after being he can get back to you and thank you also for your ongoing Rob Middaugh sentenced to three years
convicted of a nationwide fire-bombing campaign, died in friendship and dedication. We have one warrior free to As we go to print, Rob just recieved a three year sentence
the early morning hours. make happy. Let's go for ten more warrior men and in prison for an alleged assault on an LAPD pig during the
Horne had been at Long Lartin high security prison in women!! May there be many more blessings” May Day activities
Worcestershire until a few days prior to his death, when he - Anna Standing Deer. in Long Beach, CA.
was admitted to Ronkswood Hospital with liver problems. For now, you can
The cause of death was liver failure. Horne had signed Nikos Maziotis released! write to him at
an advance directive refusing medical intervention for his September, Greece: Insurrectionary anarchist Nikos #6859467 Cell bloc
food refusal. Maziotis has been released from prison after having served 1400 pod 2, P.O. Box
Horne, from Northampton, lost an appeal against his over three years. He was originally sentenced to 25-years 86164, Terminal
conviction two years ago. in prison for attempting to bomb the TVX Gold Company, Annex, Los Angeles,
Horne had been sentenced in December 1997 to what in protest of their industrial operations in Strymonikos Bay. CA 90086-164.
was believed to be the longest prison term for an animal His sentence was drastically reduced because of public
rights activist after being convicted of causing damage pressure. If there is one thing that can be learned from the
costing millions of dollars to various exploitative companies
in arson and attempted arson attacks.
campaign to free Nikos, it is that we can free our comrades
if we get roudy. Revolutionary solidarity!
Lorenzo Kom’boa
The former dustman, who came close to death while
staging a 68-day hunger strike in 1998 in protest against
vivisection, was found guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown
Santa Cruz 2 accept plea bargain Ervin Visits Northwest:
Matt Whyte and Peter Schnell were arrested in January, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin spoke to a packed house on
Court on charges of arson and attempted arson. 2001, for the possession materials that could be made into
After his sentencing, an underground animal liberation the University of Oregon campus on October 22nd, National
destructive devices. They accepted a plea bargain from the Anti-Police Brutality Day. Eugene anarchists brought
group released a statement claiming that if Horne died in US prosecutor on October 15, 2001, in federal court San
prison they would avenge him by executing 10 animal- Ervin to town - his first visit but, we certainly hope,
Jose, California. The two pled guilty to the charge of not his last.
abusers in the U.K. Let’s hope they stand by their promise. “possession of an unregistered firearm,” a federal charge He gave an impassioned talk in support of imprisoned
that has a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a comrades, our own anarchist friends Free, Critter, and
Dervis Orhan is free! $250,000 fine. Because they accepted the plea bargain and
Dervis Orhan was a prisoner who had been found guilty Rob Los Ricos in particular. Lorenzo had much to draw
pled guilty, they are expecting a more lenient sentence. on from his long commitment to liberation, starting
for being a PKK (a radical socialist group) member in 1990; Matt and Peter will be sentenced on January 28, 2002 in
later he left his previous ideas and organization. Since the with the fourteen years he spent in prison (1969-1983).
San Jose. For more information or to contact Matt or Peter, Originally a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
mid 90s he has defined himself as an anarchist. On Oct. write to:
[email protected]. Donations are also
30th, Dervis Orhan was released from Mersin Prison for 6 activist, Lorenzo was a member of the Black Panther
greatly needed to offset their legal costs. Send donations Party and in the sights of the late-60’s federal efforts
months because of medical problems. Because of his to: Santa Cruz 2 Defense Fund, PO Box 917, Santa Cruz,
ongoing death strike he was sent for medical control more to kill black militants. Forced to flee, he fled the country
CA 95061. to avoid persecution, he was eventually captured and
than two months ago and had taken a report from Adana
State Hospital advising that it would be better for him to did a lot of hard time in some of the most maximum-
Anti-imperialist prisoners under attack security prisons in the U.S.
be released because of his health - but this report had to be Several political prisoners in the U.S. Federal Prison
approved by medical jurisprudence located in Istanbul. At But Lorenzo obviously never lost his openness, humor,
System have since Sept. 11, been rounded up into isolation humanity, and dedication to fighting oppression. For
the beginning Prison Administration declared that for units (SHU: Security Housing Units). These political
financial problems they may not send him to Istanbul many years a courageous community organizer in
prisoners include Marilyn Buck, Sundiata Acoli, Leonard Tennessee, he has also traveled to many countries with
immediately - but after forcing some legal procedures and Peltier, Phil Berrigan, and Carlos Alberto Torres. Marilyn
collecting "needed" money by a national campaign he was a revolutionary message.
for instance, is not receiving mail, not able to make phone During his talk in Eugene, Lorenzo called for the
sent to Istanbul on the 21st of October. Istanbul Medical calls, and perhaps most disturbingly-- cannot communicate
Jurisprudence had approved the previous report and Dervis end of modern civilization, giving rise to the question
with her lawyers. We've been asking the lawyers if this is of whether or not he is becoming a primitivist! He hopes
has returned home. His health was good enough to speak legal - they think the prisoners are not supposed to lose
on the phone and he has made a statements sending his to work on his autobiography soon, and to revise his
their right to counsel no matter what the circumstances. important Anarchism and the Black Revolution in a less
best wishes to all comrades. Do spread the word in the political community and to syndicalist direction. Whatever his exact reading of the
the media about this example of stripping away of our anarchy movement and what it should be, Lorenzo’s
Fred Hampton Jr. released! prisoner’s rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Outside presence was an inspiring boost to all of his admirers
Fred Hampton Jr., son of deceased Black Panther Fred contact for Marilyn Buck is: Friends of Marilyn Buck: c/o and new friends in Eugene. He is, and pretty clearly
Hampton Sr., was released from prison in early September Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 100 McAllister always has been, his own person, not the property of
after having served over eight years in prison for a crime Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. any single ideology.
he did not commit.
page 19 Green Anarchy #7
wild state through resistance. As it concludes, “We are the Deal With It! #1
ZINES gears, the cities, the future, and we can stop the
megamachine. Not another minute shall we live for
“Deal With It!” proclaims itself to be “a journal currently
produced by anti-sexist, anarchist men in support of the
Bodyhammer: Tactics and Self-Defense For the Civilization. It is time to start living.” Available from struggle to end sexist oppression, deconstruct gender,
Modern Protester by Sarin PO Box 835 Greensburg, PA 15601 or overthrow patriarchy, and achieve total liberation.” This is
“Our method is self-defense. We march with a mission
[email protected] certainly a good idea, and some of the content is worthy of
and should those in power order others to stop us, we have such an undertaking. “Beyond Defensive” is a strong piece
a right to defend our bodies as much as our message.” There’s Something About a Train #6 by Ryan, urging men to re-examine the feelings of
Bodyhammer is a very thorough and comprehensive “how Hoboes don’t need a utopian community or a temporary defensiveness they experience when the role of males in a
to” guide to protecting yourself from police brutality and autonomous zone to be free. They simply own what they patriarchal culture is called into question. “Fight Like
arrest at large demonstrations. This timely and important can carry and ride freight trains all over North America Girl!!”, is an excellent (if oddly-titled) article that questions
booklet contains detailed diagrams on constructing shields and Mexico. In a way, they have the ultimate life--existing gender role-playing behavior. Another piece, titled simply
and protective body armor from free or discarded materials slightly outside the System’s surveillance cameras, with “By Ryan,” gives an excellent account of growing up male,
like plastic garbage lids, rubber inner-tubes, duct tape, no mortgage, no crummy job, and very few financial chains and the ways in which we are socialized and taught to look
cardboard boxes and Styrofoam. Besides providing easy- to tie them down. To the real hobo, living an unfettered at women. This is just the sort of article that I would want
to-follow blueprints for making shields and helmets, day-to-day existence is a small price to pay for being truly to see in a zine like this: not only is it personally revealing
Bodyhammer also discusses police crowd control strategies free. Many of our eco-anarchist brethren have chosen the and candid, it has the potential to teach men who read it
and how to counter them through shield wall formation hobo lifestyle as an alternative to being part of the planetary something about themselves.
tactics. There is a strong need for this type of information- work machine, and consequently, there is significant Unfortunately, not all of Deal With It! is as helpful or
-especially after Gothenburg and Genoa-- and we strongly overlap between the freight-hopping subculture and the well thought-out as the aforementioned efforts. “Redefining
encourage all Black Bloc participants to get a copy of this growing green anarchist movement. Hobos have mastered Rape”, by Lucas Spiegel, is a horribly confused piece. Its
booklet and study it carefully. To obtain a copy of many of the survival skills that we’ll all need to develop primary thesis, that anyone who claims to have been
Bodyhammer, E-mail the author at
[email protected] when the System finally implodes, that is, living as violated should be given “emotional and physical support,”
scavengers off the waste of the Industrial Empire, and we is sound enough. However, it suggests that what this means
Anti-History: An Indigenous Anti- have much to learn from the modern, self-reliant is, whenever someone claims to have been raped, s/he
Capitalist Analysis by Zig-Zag subsistence strategies should be automatically believed, regardless of what this
I’m not overstating matters when I say that person means by “rape” and regardless of whether this
Anti-History is one of the most extraordinary
and astonishing zines that I’ve ever read. Just REVIEW person actually did anything recognizable as
withholding consent - literally anything could
as indigenous sovereignty and cultural
survival issues are starting to be recognized
as primary, core issues by the green anarchist
movement, and just as more and more anarchists
S be considered rape according to Spiegel’s
criteria, as long as the victim says that it was.
“Welcome to Eugene, Anarchist Capital of the
World”, by Kooky, is another atrocious offering.
are wondering what they can do to assist the Kooky is upset that the “male anarchist
struggles of native and aboriginal peoples, along leadership” has been guilty of having the
comes this sensational collection of writings by temerity to oppose capitalism and state
Zig-Zag from British Columbia that ties it all oppression, while providing “little or no
together beautifully. Anti-History is basically the response” to all the violence against women in
story of western civilization as seen from a class- the Eugene-Springfield area. This is basically just
conscious, indigenous perspective that is chllingly a smear piece on local anarchists, and has zero
articulate and horrifically descriptive. The true constructive value. No specific criticisms are
hideous face and dark imperialistic legacy of the leveled and no information is conveyed about the
Death Culture is completely exposed in the pages local anarchist scene. Kooky seems to be
of this zine. In short, it’s bound to make sense to projecting his old “rock-star” and “class war”
anyone struggling to survive under this insane anarchist attitudes onto an entire scene.
system. If you have any interest at all in anti- Furthermore, the time frame addressed in the
civilization thought or indigenous struggles, we article isn’t even anywhere close to being current,
urge you to order a copy of this zine today. Write: as well as being inaccurate as to what many
Zig-Zag c/o #6-880, East Georgia, Vancouver, BC, Eugene’s anarchists consider to be the problem,
V6A ZAY, Canada namely civilization, industrialism, and patriarchy.
Worst of all, however, is a dismal little snivel
The Final Days No.3 entitled “It’s Not a Privilege, It’s Not Harmless,
This revolutionary and illegalist publication is It’s Sexism.” The anonymous author of this piece
put out by the Southern Kalifornia Anarchist takes up a page and a half going on and on about
Alliance. Their stated mission is “to promote what creeps men are - all except for himself!! He
insurrectional anarchism and provide a forum for those who they’ve developed over the years. Besides that, the hobo doesn’t objectify women. He doesn’t look at their breasts
are uninspired by the arm chair theorizing, bickering, and lifestyle is fun--a subversive concept when one considers when they jog by! Thank God this man is out there - when
general leftist stagnation of a certain portion of those who the culture of miserabilism we live in--and what better way a co-worker makes a sexist statement, he immediately
identify as anarchists.” This zine does not hold back their to get from insurrection to insurrection? Yeah, there’s makes the guy feel stupid and inadequate, without giving
feelings about the pigs, as seen in their awarding Jerome E something about a train , and there’s something about a the slightest indication as to why, or what it is that he finds
Lance, chief of the Long Beach Police Department, the migratory, foraging lifestyle that resonates deeply within objectionable about the man’s statement. Elsewhere, he
winner of the Final Days’ “most likely to end up in a mine the heart of every wild humyn. This zine contains tons of self-righteously (and almost certainly falsely) boasts, “I
shaft” award. This issue features first-hand accounts and great writing and lively, entertaining travelogues full of don’t engage in the exploitation of women.” The point of
updates pertaining to the May 1st battles with the Long adventure and passion. And it’s HUGE(25 pages)! One of all this? Read it and tell me.
Beach pigs, a statement on “Why you shouldn’t trust the best hobo zines out there. To order a copy of this Anyway, “Deal With It!” is a good idea that doesn’t quite
authoritarians or reformist leftists”, the importance of awesome and utterly unique zine, send $7.00 (postage paid) work as well as it should, but maybe next time will be better -
militant anarchist training, and a really interesting article to: Hobos From Hell POB 2497 Santa Cruz CA 95063 the articles that actually do “deal with” anything of
called “Life In Prison”, which contemplates our daily substance show that this zine can be a
isolations and the restraints on the joy life could be. Most AWOL Magazine: Revolutionary Artists Workshop Vol 1 valuable addition to the
impressive is that in the midst of urban hell, a resistance AWOL is a new revolutionary anti-imperialist/ anti-system proliferation of anti-
with a strong ecological emphasis is awakening! Please magazine that showcases the written, spoken, and visual authoritarian literature. It
send $1 for a copy of this zine to the Reclaim-Defend art of those the government most brutally and violently certainly has found a
Collective: PO Box 424, 996 Redondo Ave. Long Beach, oppresses. This is the premier issue of AWOL, and it was niche that has not been
CA 90804 funded by the War Resisters League and the Central occupied, and it is
Committee For Conscientious Objectors (CCCO), both important for pro-
non-violent anti-war organizations. Other highlights of this feminist men to
The Disgust of Daily Life by Kevin Tucker
issue include articles on Columbus Day, Genocide, Prison share ideas. I
This 30-page pamphlet put out by Kevin Tucker of the
Rape, and two poems in particular that stand out in my sincerely
Coalition Against Civilization is a very impressive critique
mind,” War is Peace” by Walidah Imarisha and “Thoze Who hope that
of the alienation and isolation of our daily lives. As stated
Struggle” (dedicated to Merle Africa). It’s nice to discover it is better
in the introduction, “Our culture suffers from an extreme
a publication that’s not explicitly “anarchist” but that is next time.
personality disorder. It seems that it is wearing so much
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armor, that it forgets it’s even connected to its’ body. The
to another disenfranchised segment of the Humyn Box 5841,
face is so preoccupied with make-up that it forgets to look
population. It’s also nice to see concepts like nationalism, Eugene, OR
down.” Kevin has a unique way of expressing his feelings
patriotism and “civic duty” so thoroughly and completely 97405.
about civilization in metaphoric, poetic, and intelligent
ways which are accessible to most people. This is a great
zine to give someone who has not yet taken a deeper look
deconstructed, as the Amerikan Empire prepares to start
World War 3 in the Middle East. I’m really glad this
magazine exists and I look forward to future issues. To
De-programing
at the miserable conditions we live in under the artificial
systems of domination and domestication. It is not,
however, defeatist. In fact, it hopes that we can return to a
order a copy of AWOL, write: AWOL c/o CCCO 1515
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Green Anarchy #7 page 20
BOOKS
A Green History of the World by Clive Ponting
WillfulDisobedience MORE RADICAL THAN THOU?
by John Zerzan
Recent issues of Willful Disobedience have seemed to in the midst of a developing movement, in a world of
This is the definitive historical reference book for those me to be increasingly abstract, idealist, and removed from deepening crisis in every sphere. Surely the time has come
who see civilization as an imperialistic state of existence reality. In short, more and more arid, less and less responsive for further, crucial, practical attempts, for immersing ourselves
that enslaves, impoverishes, and destroys all living beings to a world in need of all the help it can get. The latest WD in efforts to work together while we still have time.
for the sake of production. Near the beginning of this book, (Aug/Sept 2001) prompts a response that has been brewing In order to do this, we do need to free outselves from the
there is a chapter entitled "Ninety-nine per cent of human for a while. type of “binomial” or either/or thinking critiqued in the
history", which describes human existence prior to the rise The lead article, “A Few Words: against binomial thinking,” WD cited. Taken as a whole, however, WD is itself full of
of mass production. During this prehistorical period, is typical of this publication’s more-radical-than-thou out- examples of either/or treatment of important subjects.
humans lived in small self-sufficient communities that look. It provides a handy summary of the stirnerist There have been repeated jibes aimed at primitivism,
subsisted mainly through gathering and hunting, although individualism that seems to inform WD. As in Stirner’s mainly for its reference to the anthropological evidence
some groups practiced slash-and-burn horticulture during “The Ego and Its Own,” the ego is the sole source of any about life outside of civilization. WD, true to form, has
the latter portion of this period. In this chapter, Ponting and all authentic radical efforts. When ‘morals and ideals denounced pirmitivism for not relying exclusively on one’s
writes that because these groups have few wants and only external to oneself’ enter the equation, all is contaminated. own passionate ego as the sole source of opposition to
seek to fulfill their subsistence needs, only a small portion The only true revolutionary orientation is civilization. Many anarcho-primitivists, I believe, share a
of the day is typically spent working, leaving much time that of one’s own subjective desires, similar desire or yearning for a non-domesticated existence.
for leisure. Because these communities could satisfy their unsullied by any outside points of Yet we have also learned from, and been inspired
needs themselves through a direct and local relationship reference. In the same vein, to pass by the archaeological record of the natural
with the land, no hierarchical organizations were required muster as authentically radical, state of anarchy that endured for hundreds of
to administer the production and distribution. Additionally, actions must arise directly from one’s thousands of years before domestication/
because of the small size and highly mobile nature of these personal passion. Practical projects civilization. WD counsels against an
groups, they survived while simultaneously leaving the that entail consistent, mundane labor are either/or approach, only to indulge in
ecosystems they inhabited intact. After all, the destruction to be avoided. WD dismisses such efforts it in start fashion. Why not tap into
of these areas would make life impossible for gathering out of hand: “I am not talking about a our own passions and learn what we
and hunting groups. Ponting takes pains not to overly bunch of random radical projects like can of how humans have lived
romanticize, as he writes extensively about how ecological an infoshop, a pirate radio station, anarchically in the past? The two
habitats would be greatly modified by subsistence-based a Food Not Bombs, etc.” strands may even be deeply connected!
groups, and even how they probably caused the extinction Consistent with this point of Rock-bottom questions of patriarchy
of many animals. However, no impact that foragers or view, the editor of Willful Dis- and sexism receive similar treatment
horticulturists may have had upon their environment obedience has appeared to avoid in WD. To alter their subjugation,
compares with that of civilization. Ponting devotes the everyday efforts in practice in recent months, just as he women are exhorted to change their conception of gender.
remainder of the book to discussing the pitfalls of mass scorns them in print. Confrontations, such as those at public That’s it! This is philosophical idealism at its most blatant.
production, compulsory servitude, specialization of labor, demonstrations, and most actual struggle have likewise No mention of the actual conditions that women face in a
large-scale organizations, and economic expansion, linking been avoided. Limited and limiting, the WD outlook seems violent, male-defined world. No reference at all to objective
them directly to the rise of poverty, famine, pestilence, especially inadequate in a period when social movements reality, evidently because such references would constitute
squalor, warfare, genocide, and mass ecological are renewing themselves after a long dry spell. a forbidden departure from the pure ego. That ego which should
devastation. He outlines the history of civilization, from It is fair to assert that Eugene has developed an inflated remain divorced from anything outside itself, and which
the earliest agricultural city-states of Mesopotamia to the media image as an anarchist hotbed, beginning after the therefore continually flirts with solipsism.
all-encompassing global industrial megamachine of today, June 18, 1999 riot and expanding after Seattle 1999. But it In fact, WD’s unfailing disregard for factors outside one’s
while providing a historical description of all of the is also true that a number of Eugene-based projects, own subjectivity has already introduced profound confusion
disastrous consequences that followed from them. His pursued with commitment and energy by a variety of people into the Willful Disobedience message. In my view,
accounts are detailed and sometimes academic, and yet still over several years, have established a real culture of another of the publication’s key foundations is a trendy,
accessible and extremely convincing. This book is highly opposition and alternatives. This is by no means merely a but possibly hollow movement known to its adherents as
recommended to everybody. media image. From the four years of Icky’s Tea House in insurrectionist anarchy.
the mid-’90s and the founding of Copwatch and the local WD touts the insurrectionists as some kind of model, but
Food Not Bombs, to Radio Free Cascadia, “Cascadia who are they? One of their number took part in an October
MUSIC Alive!” and “Anarchy Forum,” not forgetting guerilla gardening, 2001 debate of sorts about primitivism in Barcelona;
Cafe Anarquista, the Free Skool, Subversive Pillow Theater, frankly, he seemed to me like just one more leftist. One
The Coup: Party Music (2001). the Shamrock House infoshop and community space, bringing might have imagined that WD would be quite averse to
This is the fourth and best album to be released from many speakers to Eugene, organizing conferences, addressing leftism. Representing the insurrectionist viewpoint,
Oakland’s revolutionary hip-hop rap group The Coup. school classes and civic groups. Canstantino Cavaleri gave no sign, even when queried, that
From the get go you are bombarded by party music, The And real struggles in Eugene, often successful, such as critiques of technology, civilization, or patriarchy were of
Coup lets you know that “it’s your mother-fucking party!” forest defense, defending old growth maples along Adams interest to him. Cavaleri seemed to conform closely to what
The second track is funky and with a great message called Street, the fight to keep Scobert Park open and to keep the used to be called ultra-leftism in the 1970s. However
“5 Million Ways” to kill a CEO. The music throughout federal “Weed and Seed” pacification program out of the repackaged or relabeled, this approach remains unimpressive;
this album is full of funk, with the superb DJ Pam scratching Whiteaker neighborhood, the struggle against gentrification it is not explicitly aimed at the most basic institutions at
the hell out of the vinyl. Every song is political, of the Whiteaker (involving property damage at times), the heart of the crisis that envelops us.
revolutionary, and danceable, a great mix seldom heard. various confrontations with the cops, and extensive prisoner In my opinion, WD should climb down off Mount
In another song they team up with Dead Prez support efforts - to name a few projects. We do find ourselves Olympus, make fewer ego-driven pronouncements, and get
(another revolutionary hip-hop group) and the outcome - a more involved with other people and ideas. WD’s endless
great song which the chorus proclaims: stock of vague, abstract judgments have little persuasive
“You’re supposed to be fed up by now, NE power until they are tested in the real world. To be
turn the system upside down."
W meaningful and useful to more than one person, these
Most songs have very strong anti-cop
messages, like the chorus of song #9 “If ! judgments need to be grounded in much more than the
pure ego alone. The publication and its passion have
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Who Kills More?
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unfortunate. - Accidental deaths per gun owner - 0.0000188
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