Anarchist Prisoners’ Legal Aid Network
818 SW 3" Avenue PMB #354 Portland OR 97204 USA

The Anarchist Prisonen’ Legal Aid Network
(APLAN) s »_prisoner-guided iniative, formed to
provide legal sid and outside sppor for imprisoned
anarchists. We beliove tha anarchists need 10 support
those who are aested and aiready i jal. Thi 't

ey csy,yt i o chllnge o movemnt sl 0

= SRR RN
“Thereare dosens of asrchists i prison, many of
‘whom face sbuses by the prison authriis. Some are
held i segregation units withviolnt white supremacists,
who s a threst to thei fives. We can fight eprssive
Sction taken againet anarchistprisooers, but i wil take
effort rom ineide and ovtsde the prisons o do tis.
“Anarchist prisoners can conbae o trggles on
the outside, but need_outside conact o do. this.
APLAN sims 1o faciliate these cfforts and thus
suengihen anarchist practie as a whole.

“THE CRIMINALIZATION AND ARREST OF A COMRADE MUST BE SEEN
AS PART OF THE ONGOING SOCIAL STRUGGLE, PRECISELY
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE HARSHEST MATERIAL MEANS USED BY
THE STATE TO DISCOURAGE ALL RADICALISM,ALWAYS AND IN
WHATEVER WAY"

- from Revolutionary Solidarity by Pierleone Porcu

FREE MATT, FREE PETEY

Animal liberation activists Matt Whyte and Peter Schnell
were arrested last January in Santa Cruz,CA for the alleged
pocession of materials that could be made into"destructive
devices". Both were released last February on bail and federal
charges were filed against them. As of October 15 the two pled
guilty to pocessing incendiary devices(consisting of empty gallon
Jugs,candes,gasoline and matches). They confessed their
Intention to use the devices to disable trucks in a dairy distributers
parking lot. Both took plea bargains and are looking at a minimum
of 12-14 months for Matt and 33 for Petey.

They face a maximum of 10 years and a $250,00 fine.Matt
and petey will be sentenced on January 28 of this year.Funds are
needed as well as wide spread support. For more info please
contact SC2fund@hotmail.com. Remember these are our
brothers,our comrades,our friends. Their freedom depends on our
abilty to act.If not now,when? If not you,who?
Free Sentenced to 23 Years!

June 11th, Je“Free* Luers was sentenced 1 nearly 23 years on 11 charges ranging rom
Asson Tto Attempted Criminal Mischiefstemming from two incidents st year in Eugene, Oregon.

Frec had admitted o criminal mischief egarding a truc fireat Romania Chevrolet st summer. Al the
Semencing he read 3 stslement (aking accountablity for the Romania fir, nd emphisizing the care he
100k to ensure no one would b injured. He said

1t cannot be 4aid that | am unfeeing or uncaring. My het i filed withlove and
compassion 1 fight o protec ife- alllife— not o take it

s not an exaggeration o say that wee experiencing a period of cxtinction equal 0 that of
he dimosaurs: 40,000 species g extin cach year, et we continue 1o pollute and exploit the
matural world.I will notak this court to rant me Ienicncy. Al | sk is tha you believe the
Sinceity ofmy words, nd that you belicve that my actions, whether o not you blieve them
o be misguided,stem from thelove L have in my heart”

The judg responded by saying that he “ncver doubted Free'ssincerity”. He sated that Fre's poitical
‘belict would not influence the sentencing, tha he would be sentenced "solly on th severity of the
Crimes*, Yt Free ecieved sentence harsher than that o many murderers and apiss. We are not 5o naive
S 1o say were surprised withthe senence, bt an analogy | shared with Free on the phone yesterday is
hat weve had someane with a lenched fst tanding i front of us for yea saying T going 10 punch
o Even though we were expectingi, sl ook our breath away. The judge made many comments
ring th il tha indicaed he'd slready decided the outcome. He was oficn secn completely ingnoring
e testimony, typing on his lptop instead of listening. An appeal is aleady undervay

Frostratingly, throughout the pastyear, Free had been forcd to remain slent sbot his actons at Romania
Chevrolet, o to the facttha the Stat nsised on lnking the two incidents, Romania and Tyree Oil
Company, logether. The judge denicd many motions 1o separat the two. Free hassiaied and maintains
ht he had no involvement n the atempied ason at Tyree O

The Legal Defensc Commitie asks for your coninuing support of Free and Crittr and oher Prisoners of
War. Make no mistake, a war i being waged on the Earth and all ts creatures. Do not partcipat i the
Stat's campign to marginalize and incapacitae those who ake radical actionin defense of the Earth.
Failur to support our poltical prisonersis tantamount 1o santioning repression by the Sat.
Frec's new addtes i now available. Checks and maney orders to assit with Frees appeal can stil be sent
10 FCLDF, clo OUR.Credit Union, PO Bos 11922, Eugene, OR 97440. Thanks to all our steadfast
supporters. Your help has been inspiing and imepiacable

Howlfor Free and Criter Howl foral poliical prisoners. They will hear you

FREE
FREE!

FREE
CRITTER

JeffFree” Luers was sent o the Two Rivers Comectiona Facility in Eastem Orcgon 1o serve
s nearly 23 year sntence. e has now been moved o Salem, OR 1 the address below.
Cr "Criter” Marshall was moveed 1 the Orcgon Stte Prison in Salemn last year and then
moved to Eastern Oregon Correctonal Instittion in Pendleton, Oregon (9/401). Now he has
been moved yetagain o the address below. (1071001 ish)

“They would appreciae etersof support and publiation subscriptions and other reading,
materal (drect from the publisher or amazon com). These can be sent o:

fefrey Luers 13797671 (Craig Marshall 13797662 |
josp. SRCI

/2605 State U 1777 Stanton Bivd

[Salem, OR 97310 (Ontario, OR 97914

Please be aware tha Free has been asigned "Threat Group" status. BE SMART sbout what

you
Send either of them! Dor't forge o include your name and retum addres on the envelope:
AND the leter, s they will only eceive the eter Letiers must be writen on clean paper
‘with bal-point ink ortyped. They are allowed o receive xeroxed materal ft it
copyrighed, color xerox ar and photographs.

fyou are unsure if what you want 0 send may be damaging 10 them, you can send t o the
addres below and ther close fiends will scree' it for them,. Checks or money orders for
commissary (envelopes, pape, stamps, fui, ) may lso be sen o

Free & Criter Legal Defense Commitiee
PO Box 50263
Eugene, OR 97405

Frec and Criter anxiously await conrespondence from supporters! Thanks !

The Free and Criter Legal Defense Commitice

—

James Rio Johnson
James Rio Johnson #6952263
'SRCI, 777 Stanton Bled.

Ontario, OR 97914

James Rio Johnson has been
active in anarchist projects sinco the early
808 - mostly in the squatting scenes in
places ike LA, DC and SF. Ho was kicked
out of the B9 anarchist gathering in SF
afte the donation jar for the Left Socialist
Revalutionary went missing immediately
prior to Rio's distribution of vodka for the
‘masses, This experience convinced him of
the futlity of working with activists and
Rio became an fllegalist. He's in prison.
because he kiled a drug dealer.

‘Since he's an active anarchist
prisoner, he's boen repeatedly locked down
With Aryan Brotherhood and other neo-
nais. These boneheads have harassed
and assaulted Rio, rosulting in permanent
injuries He' currently in the hole at
Snake River Correctional Institution -
where the most violent ‘gang” members
are incarcarated.

Ri's classification as a ‘gang”
‘member for his anarchist beliefs s being
‘used by the Oregon Department of
Corrections to isclate him from his friends
outside and in faclties wher he is known
‘and respected by the general population.
Neod it be pointed out that this isolation
i also putting Rio's lfein danger?

Support Anarchist Prisoners!

Rob los Ricos

(Robert Thaxton)
Robert Thaston 412112716
'SRCI, 777 Stanion Blod.
Ontario, OR 97914
Rob os Ricos (AKA Rabert
Thaston) s an anarchist with a loog

history o agitation. His writing have
appeared in publications such as
Anarchy - a Journal of Desire Armed
‘and Fifth Estate.

On June 18%, 1999 protests
against the global economy and corparate
‘cocide erupted throughout the world. In
Landon, a mess was made o the financial
disrict. In Bugene, Oregon, a Reclaim the.
Streets party turned to a iot with the
help of the police, who fred tear gas at
dispersing protesters.

Rob i currently serving a 83
‘manth sentence fo defending himself
during the Eugene mélée - a8 a cop
charged towards him, Rob threw a rock at
himin an offort to escape. Rob's two day
trial was characterized by police lies and a
heavy anti-anarchist bias. Rob was finally
declared guilty of Assault Tl and Riot. His
sentancing was equaly dire, as Judge
Bearden demanded that Rob serve the 70-
‘manth mandatory minimum sentence for
‘Assault I before starting on the 18
manth he received for Riot

Send donations for these prisoners to:
John Zerzan c/o AAA, PO Box 11331, Eugene, OR 97440

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Solidarity with Ali Khalid Abdullah!

Ali Khalid Abdullah s a New
Afrikan (Black) man and an anarchist,
He s the founder of the political
organization Politica Prisoners of War
Coalition (PPWC) which he established
in 1994195 while siting at the Charles
Egeler Correctional Facility in Jackson,
Michigan USA.

Al s in prison for the charge
of "Assault with Intent o Rob while
Armed”. He was convicted to 10 10 20
years for his involvement n trying to
shut down a major drug dealer because
‘one of the drug dealer’ drug sellers
sexually molested an 11-year-old girl
s payment or the drug bill owed by
the gil's mother. As a result of finding
this out, Ali and three of his comrades
‘weat afierthe drug dealer and his
‘companion, targeting their phony
business where volumes of drugs were.
istrbuted and large stashes of money
were held and transferred. For his.
actions the courts fel he acted a
vigilante for taking the law into his
‘own hands, rather than allowing the
sate 10 do nothing.

Since Al has been
incarcerated he has continued to fight
for the people. He has continued to
struggle for liberation and justce for ll
people. However, as a result of his
politcal activities Al has met much
repression from prison authoritie, This
has raged from being transferred from
facility to facility, mail rejected and
tampered with, property damaged by
correctional officials and an attempt on
his life by other prisoners. This was
based on a bogus story put out by
prison officials, hoping this would stop
Ali's politcal aitacks of them. Al has
been up for parole since 1996 with a
recent parole hearing in February 2001
and each time they have denied him
parole for unsubstantiated reasons.

Ali,through PPWC, has
developed a powerful network where
revolutionaries, activist and socially

B

‘conscious individuals have come
together from all walks of if.
bridging the barriers of language,
distance and borders to defend truth
and o fight for freedo.

‘Anyone wishing (0 write Ali
must have a retur address on the
envelope. All donations sent o Ali
personally mast be sent in the form of
‘money orders only with his name and
prison number clearly printed on t,
signed by the sender and maied to:
Al Khalid Abdullah #148130
‘Thumb Correctional Facility /3225
John Conley Drive / Lapeer, MI 48446

“The Politcal Prisoners of
War Coaltion Info Center may be
contacted a:

PPWC Info Center /PO Box 554 /
Lincoln, MA 01773

Al eters 0 Al should be.
sent separately from lterature, and all
litrature must come directly from the
publisher or bookstore with the address
clearly indicated on the envelope.

Show your support for Ali
and the PPWC!

An anarchist’s perspective.

WILL YOU REMEMBER THE
PAST OR REPEAT IT?

“The Americans en-masse have given up their citizenship in the real sense of the
word; they act unconcerned about even the most alarming of political events, except
when it hits them at home. Then they act indignant when the actions of their State has
unwanted repercussions.”

~ Laure Alai

‘There i no denying that the of Iran and his notorious secret police:
events of September 11, 2001 were Keeping U.S. oil profils sae,or death-
wragic and horifying, and acts of squad regimes working on beblf of the
termorsm. But such actons come out of s United Fruit Company, the pursit of
particular context that many Americans ‘wealth and power took precedence over
don'tknow about. This context s the the quality of Ife. The American public
dark side of American foreign policy— was lied 10, and continues o be lied to
the explots of the aboutthe policies
miliary industrial and objectves of
complex and its “hidden history.”
alis. No one wanis o be

Since the exposed as a world
1800' the US. has policeman with
pursued forcign fingers n the tl.
(and domestc) Amacsty
poliy objectives Intermational
that benefitlarge recognized in the
corporations. There 70's tha the
are numerous democratcally
examples— elected socalst
everything from government of
Smediy Butler,the Chile was
disideat Marine, overthrown in 1973
fighting (0 keep the by the combined
world safe for efforts of the CIA|
Standard Oi, to and ITT/Anaconda
corporate-miltary Copper. The fascist
‘coups backed by the CIA in places such General Pinochet was installed and
a8 Iran and Guatemala (1953-54), among given CIAJUS support for years as
others. When eleced govermments are Chileans were kidnapped, ortred and
overthrown and replaced by dictators iled by a US clent regime. Such an
trained in epression and torure, thereis event i not likely to have won the US.

anger at the U.S. Whether it s the Shah any friends.

Consider he legacy of Vietam
(wich was really a massive covertovert
warin Soutbeast Asia), Reagan's covert
warsin CentralSouth America and
Aftca, Bush's wars against Panama and
1rag (bothof which involved former
U.S/CIA allies who refused todo U,
bidding), th continuing campeign
against Cuba, the sanctions which kil
ragi civilians, and the unguestioning.
support of Isacl—Zionist land-stcalers
who have ironiclly employed fscis-
like tactics agains the isplaced
Palestinians. This docsn’t even mention
the bombing of Yugoslava. There is a
long it of counties and popalations
that have been manipulated or controlled
i some way by the ULS. Some counties
have practcally been “bombed back to
the Stone Age.”

I make no apologies and have no
sympatics for rpressive fundamentalist
slam, but the U.S. must acknowledge its
own ole in creating terror worldwide.
Ams sles (o warring nationalist
factions,selctive support given o
“client sates”in their own domestic or
foreign policis, and turing a blind eye
o murdesforture by alles have all
aggravated lobal opinion ofthe US.
‘Which s scen by some as “the Great
Sotan” or s “a Yankee Iperialis.”
Regardless of economic o eligious
differences, some powesful counties are
predators, and this creates resentment
amongst he powerless and exploitd.

o the extent that the US.
refuses o acknowledge s role in
creaing and sustaining terror, i is part
of the problem tha will only create more

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problems, which it thinks it an solve
with more violence.

Laure Akai wrtes, ... Ai srikes.
and murder are nothing new. . victims
efore these (9-11) have been
dehumanized in the US media..people
around the world have been suffering,
often at the hands ofthe US miltary,for
many years. The state will be calling for
terorit lood, but it will continue its
murderous and socially iresponsible
policies without accepting moral
respousibliy for ther repercussions.”

We must remember ssential

* human solidarity, regardless of the

actions of governments and militaries.
“The mass of bumanity is NOT identical
with s “rlers!” Many of us would
ratber get id of that system niirely.
‘First to go in our refusal must be the
compulsion t obey. If people around the
‘world refused to figh for thei
‘misleaders, then we might see some
carity and real justice. The elte would
have 10 one (0 ight for them and they'd
have 10 pack up their game-board,
leaving therest of us o work thngs out
cooperatively,respecting our differences
yet recognizing our common inerests,
Don't support a war ffort—it's
adding fuelto a already explosive
situation that didn't have (0 startin the
first place. Facing up to reality is harder
for the US war machine, however, than
is escalating the body count. Now is the
time for atonement and interational
solidrity, untl we're no longer plagued
by nation-states, business intersts,
religious repression, pairiarchy, racism,
sexism, and al the other ills that
accompany an empite in decline.

Anarchists / 818 SW 3" Ave PMB 354 /
Portland, OR 97204 (USA)

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MUMIA ABU-TAMAL , FOW-\E&‘:ILMK PANTHER AND
Y?N OF THE MOVE ORGANIZATION, WAS FRAMED
™ THe RACIST COURTS oF FENNSIVANIA 1N 1932. He'
'S oN DEATH RoW FoR. ALLEGEDLY KILLiNG' A COP
YET HIS CASE wWAS A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE , WITH LYING
WITNESSES, FABRKATED EVIDENCE, A BIASED JUDGE
DA INEFFECTVE DETENSE ATroRNEy R MUMIA.

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Anarchist Frequently Asked Questions

What is anarchy? of man by man.” This exploitation

‘The word itself comes from includes most work as we know
the Greek words that mean “no uler”, ‘what Marx called “alienated labor”
“The basic idea s thatno one should
lead or rule another Consequently no
‘one should follow or be rled. From
such simple stalements grows the
philosophy of anarchism and anarchic
practice.

While there are many types
of anarchism - Syndicalst, Primitivist,
gren, social, libertarian, ec. - nearly
all share common ground. Control or
authority over another i seen as
inhereatly wrong and undesirable. As
ach of usis an individual capable of
‘making our own decisions, we should
be able to make those deci
another imposing thei decisions on us

“Anarchism can be
understood as the generic social and
politcal idea that expresses neation of
all power, domination, and hierarchical
division, and a willto their
dissolution..”

‘Thus any ttempt t0 assert
that anarchy is purely anti-state is
mistepresentation of the word and the
way it has been used by the anarchist
movement. As Brian Moris argues,
“when one examines the writing of

Anarchists envision a world

classical anarchists...as well s the where captalis bosse and the police
charscerofthe anarchist movements hatserv them do no exis becausethe
itis cearly eviden tha t has never had social conditons that allow them o
this limited vision (of only being have power have been drasticlly
againt the sat) It has always changed oraboished. There s a long
challenged all forms of authority and history of anarchist involvement in the
explotation.” militant labor moverment, and inclass

‘Whil there are many sruggle, but more and more anarchists
ifernt types of narchism, there have ar callng forth aboltion of work,
lways been two common positons at favorof cooperative, cretiv human
the cor of allofthem - opposidon to ctivty. Such stance does not
Eovernment and appositon t0 necessarily contradic clas awareness,
Capialism. In the words o the buttends to take an even broader
individualist anrchist Benjamin perspeciive, while incorporating the
Tucker, anrchisminsists on the deaof self management where truly
abolition of the State and the abolition necessary and desired, and class war as
Sfusury on no more govemment of ameans o that end

an by man, and no more exploitation

&
Al anarchists view the profit
motive,interest and ret (how can one
‘own theland for rof, o paraphrase
Chief Seatle) asusury . a5
explotation) and s0 oppose them and
{he conditons hat created themjus as
much s they oppose govermment and
the State..

More genealy, in the words
Of L. Susan Brown,th “unifying link”
within anarchism i a niversal
condemnation o hcrarchy and
Gominaion and a willngocss o fight
forthe freedom of the human
individual” (The Polies of
Individualism, p. 108)

We must stress here that
anarchists are opposed t al cconomic
Torms which are based on domination
and explotation, including feudalim,
Sovie-tyle “socialism” and 8o on. We
concentrate on capitalism because that
s wht is dominating the world ight

Anarchisic endencies and
organizations in society have existed
Tong before Proudhon put pe o paper
n 1840 and declared himselfan
anarchist While anarchism, a2
specfic politcal heory, was bor with
he iseof capitaism (Anarchism
“emerged at theend of the cighteenth
century..(and) took up the dual
Challengeof overhrowing both Capial
and the Sae” (Peter Marsally), many

anarchis wrtrs have analyzed history
for libertaran tendencis. Kropotkin
argued,forcxample,that “from al
{imes there have been anarchists and
‘statists.” In Mutual Aid (and elsewhere)
Kropotkin analyzed the ibertarian
aspects of previous socicties and noted
hosethat successfully implemented (o
Some degree) anarchistorganization or
aspects of anarchism. This was
particularly the case with indigenous
peoples; or example most Native
American trbes organized themselves
in very amarchistic mannc. Clfford
Harper in his Anarchy: A Graphic
Guide goes back o the Medieval
eretis the Brethren ofthe Free Sprit

and th original Ranters and Diggers,
‘as part of this historical exploration.
Primitvst wrierJohn Zerzan ha been
i the orefontof those uilizing
“anarcist anthropology” (0 illustatc
how pre-civilized lfe was egaitrian,
healhy and fre (more on that ater).

Keopotkin recogaized the
tendency of actual examples of
anarchisic ideas o predae the creation
of the offcial” anarchist movement
and argued that:

“From the remoest, stone-
age antiquity, men (and women) have:
ealized the el that resulted from
leting some ofthem scquir personal
autborky..Conseaquently they
developed in the primitive clan, the
village community, the medieval
guild..and inally i the free medicval
ity such nstiutons s nabled them
o esst the encroachments pon ther
lie and forunes both o tose strangers
‘who conquered them, and those
clansmen of their own who endeavored
o stabis teir personal authority™
(Kropotin's Revolutionary Pampets,
P.1589)

Isn'tanarchy opposed o organization?
No. Three people deciding to
g0 swimming in riveris a form of
organization. Anarchists are opposed (0
an imposed organization that i not
agreed upon by everyone who is forced
into the organization and coerced into
acting within s limits. This type of
contolled, hierarchical organization is
exemplifiedtoday by the naton-state:
(tbe US. Great Briain, Zimbsbwe,
etc) and, 0 2 growing extent, corporaic.
organizations (Noam Chomsky has
pointed out tha most arganizaions
resemble a fascist structure, with rigid
rule, hicrarchy and top-down controD.
‘These organizaions rc imposed upon
people, not mutually decided upon by
everyone. It seems simplistic, but cach
individual is bom into cultre andior
nation stae, having had o choice in
the matter. We simply have 0 accept
this “accident of birth” whether we.

[ ——

‘were bom in the U.S. or Botswana. The
point i that we had no choice n the
matter. Right from birth, we arc
controlled by the nation or culure we
were bomn info, whether we agree with
it or not. We anarchists argue that we
should have this chaice, a the very
least, and bettr, that we should never
have the choice (0 be rled. I almost
seems sily, however true, but s living
beings, we would be free were it not for
the fact that we are bomn into
hierarchical, controlled societes.

But aren't anarchists a violent hate
sroup?

There can be o valid
comparison between anarchists and
groups like the Aryan Nations. The
U.S. governmen, in fac,is more
closely related to the Aryan Nations
ideology, being based on hierarchy and
force and founded upon white male
superiorty and the subjugation and
extermination of native peoples. To be
against the United States i (o be
againstthe very things neo-nazis

believe in: the rule of force based on
white supremacy.

‘Anarchists worldwide have
I the fight against fascism since ts
incepion. For instance, the anarchists
of Spain n the 1930's simultaneously
fought the invasion of Franco's forces
and tried to create an anarchist society
after the govemment fel. Even today
especially in Europe, anarchists arc
often a the forefront in the fight
against neo-nazis and their ilk.
Anarchist are against any form of
Superiorty: male, white, heterosexual,
or any domination. As a philosophy of
individual and colective freedom,
anarchy stands opposed (o racism,
Sexism, heterosexism, ableism, and any
‘and ll forms of privilege and
domination. While anarchists
themselves, having been brought up in
coltures that propagate these.
dominations, may not be completely
free of these autitudes, they ae stiving
for a world where these atitudes will
Do exist

The fundamental of anarchy are a least les critical. Egoist/

individual and collective freedom and individualist anarchists make their
responsibility, mutual aid and immediate lives the most important and
cooperation, and opposition to central focus i their anarchic efforts,
domination - are sound. Viewed from & sriving tolive in an insurrectionary

position within an unequal, hierarchical and self-creating manner as much as
and exploitative world, anarchy seems possibl, ths stiving 1o embody the
impossible, even silly, and i often goal of revolution without waitng for
dismissed. We are arguing this i not others (o rebel. Anarcho-commanists
the case: Anarchists are armed with the stand for some combination of non-
hope that humanity can once again authoritarian, cooperative public lfe as
existin a cooperatve, free manner. We wellas for anarchist / anarchic
are struggling, just ke everyone else, existence. And many anarchists fall
0 survive the best way we can. For Somewhere in between these positions
anarchist, that means being free from as there i no anarchist uniformity, no
hiecarchical control, exploitation, and ultimately “comrect” line to follow other
‘coercion - which means that we are than that of being opposed to
‘opposed to the current eality we find domination, explotation and hierarchy,
ourselves in. and in favor of people being able to
“The current reality - create theirlives as they desie.
explotative, competiive, unequal - has
been the result of only a few thousand “This FAQ s necessasily brief
years of ncreasing civlization. To ‘and incomplete but I bope to have.
‘Combat this extreme evolution towards provided a basic overview of some
ecocide and humanicide, we need to ‘aspects of anarchist theory and history.
understand that humans lived
anarchically in the past, and that this

‘way of lfe persisted even as the forces
of control expanded. Anarchists beleve:
that we can live this way again.
‘Anarchy, no lss than civiization, is 3
process: a movement towards being
able to live peacefully, cooperatively,
and i tune with wh the planet can
sustainably provide. Indead, there are
many anarchists (predominantly called
Green or Primitivist) who advocate a
‘complete “re-wilding” of living space
and the abolition of civilization s we
knowit,in favor of decentralized

autonomous villages and permaculture, Text adaped from the
with strong focus on both human, Internet FAQ and from "Anarchists Are
animal and carth liberation. Syndicalist: Going To Eat Your Children" along
anarchists are more focused on with additions by a member of the
workers'struggles and many are in Anarchist Prisoners' Legal Aid

favor of certin uses of technology, or Network, 11/00

Anarchist Prisoners’ Legal Aid Network
818 SW 3 Ave PMB 354/ Portland, OR 97204 (USA)
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SOME POINTS REGARDING THE
POLICE AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION

‘Thisis not an atack upon those regard women as objects to be used, but
‘who've focused on polce reform, but a Fther as co-creators of a new world, the
proposaltowards the aboliton and urgency tocall police on abusive men will
frlevance of the police. It would be foolish op. This goes without mentioning the

1o dogmaticaly oppose balot measures and patriarchal (force and coereion based) neture
petitions, because we support any measure. of the police in genera.

that will save lives snd prevent I full awareness ofth role of the

imprisonment. But tht is notour paticular police s being mainly proectors of
project The law i a weak shield. Everyone capitalist property reations were (0 spread,
Knows that the police neighborhoods could
will break their own _ create “no-go” zones for
Taws f they want 0. As the polic, where basic
a shortem srategy, non-cooperation,
police eformis & : solidarity and mutualsid
necessary gesture, butin might prevail over
the long term,itis ot arbirary law and order,
enough “This would accompany

The first steps a geperalstrategy of
towards the aboliion of = subversion,rather than
the police 3 o f \ direct confrontation, in
institution mst be a N ‘which the polce could
heightening of personal slowly, then more
responsibility. Through b quickly, become
personal and community 3 iclevant When
sef-defense, we can individuas resis the
promote first of all 2 police, it ofienends with
sense ofsafty from thei imprisonment or
predators, without death,or their fugitive
Tecourse o the law and status, But mass action
punishment industry. can be taken as inthe
Linked to this is a iots and commurity
dismaniling of the social elations that self-defense measures that we've seen all
encourage predatory behavior, and which ver the world, especially where police
scck o justify the prison-industial complex, abuse is rampant. (For more on this topic,

In cultivating non-hiecarchical see the book Unfinished Business by the
lationships, we hope to promote a vision Class War Federaton.)
and pracice of cooperative cqualty. When Building troe commurity soldariy
there are o leaders and followers, but rather will not happen overnight,but the sooner
People undertaking the fre and voluntary people ae freed o engage in real
ereation of ther lives, he thic of communication with those who could be
‘Competiton willbe weakened. The thir alle, the sooner such a spirt will
patrarchal (male-dominated) attitudes that become contagious. The capitalist

o domestc violence and the ‘ownership of space and ime is a major

xploitation of people and the earth are part obstacle 1o basc freedom. Through work
Of larger problem. When men cese to ‘and rent trikes, and through gardening and

.
resourcelskll sharing, we might create:
Enough unrestto push this society past he
‘it of o retum, and be abl to care for
Cach other and ourselves inthe process.

Untilthis is happening on a mass
scale, the tactcs we choose o promale.
Tnvolve soldarity for victims of “jusice” a5
‘well a revolutionary soldarity. The former
action fightsagainst the abuse of those who
‘re already imprisoned, whilethe latr is

imed at an attack upon the social system
{hat made the prisons “necessary.”

‘While some police are sadistic
morons, thags and “gang” members
themselves, many are “Jost doing theirjob.”
“The point i to emove the necessty o their
“jobs” through widespread social
\ransformation. In ceran cass, cops can
matiny and deser just ke any other wage-
Worker. The cops work for bosses, end those
bosses are the peer group of those who arc
runming the world, starting the vars,
upholding white supremacy and the
‘dominaiion of women, and exploiting the
eavironment unto death, while making
‘money in order to secure more power and
prestige. The police may thiak, or say, hat
They'r actualy serving th public,but more:
often than not it i the “public” who winds
up behind bars, where others may make a
profitoff of them. The polic officer isthe
Gespised ackey of tha predatory system.

“The whole concept of justice necds.
o be re-evaluated o see who ' eally
Serving, and what the overal social effct is.
It rdiculous o imagine tha a partcular
punishment “ft” a paricula “crime.”
Capecially when the context tha creaes
“erime’ goes unquestioned. Meanwhile,the:
American Empire blunders towards
catastrophe on al levels, and a complacent
media whips up the mania t incarcerate. In
the grand scale of even recorded hisory.
wha the U.S. and othr capitalisvimperiaist
powers have done tothe planet s
precedented. The appearance of police,
ot to mention police brualty is &
particular event i this historical process that
‘Continues everyday, an that hs definite
Causes. When people ar free of mateial
Van, and have the means (o help themselves.

become independent o the capitalst and
cops, we will s th disappearance of police:
brutality, and of police n general. Tis
would not be nti during and aft the
previously mentioned “point o o retum.”
‘Our own tendencies towards cop-
ke behavior must also be challenged. The,
‘world, and everything in i, is much larger
than a legalistc formula based upon
repressve ways of thinking and fecling.
Rather, crtain things happen for cerain
reasons, and until the reasons or those
things dissppear,no diversionary measure
willstop “crime.

Thes posts ar he resut o discussion
between afow ndividualanarchiss molved i
prisom aboliion organicing (in paricalar
‘uiside support work or the Anarchist
Prsoners Legal Aid Newwork). The prspectives
we affer do ot necessariy reflect hose of any
larger group o organzation. Through hi ex -
prefiminary drut - we hope 0 clriy some of
‘our deasandbegina dialogue abou how 0 g1
e copsoutof our lives. We encourage you 0
make contaci withusand share your comments,
ertcism and feedback.

We may be contacted a:

anarchist individuals
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‘SO WHAT IS SECURITY CULTURE?
1t ol where e people knov thei rghts and,
moremportandy s . Thae wh belong 0 50
e 0 L whar i compromises sty
7 ey e quich 1o dcat those pesple who, ot of
{gporane, orgetuines, o personal ek, pariabe
e behavie. Thi secunty corscionsmes becomes &
b when th group 2 3 vhole akes sacunty viols
Hondsocily and ey smaceepae i e group.

WHAT NOT TO SAY

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THREE EXCEPTIONS

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lanning a ction with ot esbers f you sl oy,
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SECURITY-VIOLATING BEHAVIORS

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