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 UPDATE ON CHRIS PLUMMER Afes ore than igh yers o imprisomen,Chiophe Le Plamnr b ben rd e Teas, i waspacd n prson oo 215yt sntence o s et s Housto, Tecas. Wil inprisooed e fced sevee epresion b bt the e and s gangs . prions.Severl stemps o is e e e resling i permannt nuris o il et i foreer. Much of s e npisen ws syt ity confnemee fr i o o rg Prionersand ellw anrchits. 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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 Flyer issued by: 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) r 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. THE STRTE W TRYMe o KitL HIM FoR HIS FOLITICAL, NEITHER THEIR WAR NOR THEIR PEACE AGAINST THE MYTH OF UNITY WHAT IS THIS? s otnien T rnes b st ol vtk e US s pyes o | R . o et roogh it 1 it o s e bt s o e s o s i e By ctsber, 201 DEFINING TERRORISM spint e, i carflly voss sxpeinig ‘bt e by o, Wit e s e e 195l cu e ht e ctscaid out o Septemor 11 ‘wee ot ac. T icrimisue g o pusengers on e Tights and of b workers sni i t e Word Tade Center o of whor i ot b implctd st ki o xcetiog STUS. foeign oty s te polisea motvaton bekind these S combine 1 ke o quesion Of i nare. But bere we begin o deveep 1 deaiion for o, 1t could be defoed 13 e of discrimine vilsce 0 esiey pltics sim. gecrlly o e prad of o wiis 3 vea popultn. 75 il ook a the origin of the word coukd ity iags faher The word e was it e o descre e poliy put oo prace by the ey formed epubces st i e i 1793, oy i o 3 h Reia of Teor. e pcpose of poly s o cmiaste ll spprion 10 e S rough s eccaions of eveyone ho might b comidersd 3 et 1y e momly fomed s, regedes of oy oot o of e poliinl o sl st o st kil Th s o0t to mch o el the old sristocrat, macy of whom might castly be el i the egime s o sppres e comtmin revotion i reunin o b down e o reime. The- Joifcaion o it was Gt i s e s e e of e ecple and 0 snemi of vileace 1o bl 3 calore b power. 1t s ooy in the L 1800, wben widesead o vioet vas Gt e ‘word come 10 bx WHO IS 0SAMA BIN LADEN? vy Ararcan ks by 1w it uan b Lase s o cer ot o Anarcn i k. Ho & e e o seure 1 be i e s s 0w oy 5 o ke e sponst et ko cue wet ot e A ouris oo pst o e i Lo s 3 ot sy 10 s g v T & contued) ot m o evaion o anpuages (o e mcaiogs of o s, b ot 10 b e o e beods. Fo s T s an oy be + messiaghl e of beeps o o o harmeeriatis. | woukd e it orT: e oo v e th s of dcrimnce voleoce e e of i vilese in cdr 1 nduct 50 o wopuition il poéa i o e e of e et of e e o e s power oves s v o ooes popsion. Py — b pa of i defiiion s hat i i lveys a2 i o pover caded to fooce fer. If we look 3 s i e gbviow ot oo e o soter al e o o s, It s e 1o e focioniog. S e med S ey e most powsc e s i sl mplcued in ot scuvides oot 5 g, Bu e e choce i Du's uias) o werd s o e an . I clling o 850 e e i o secfc pcple o s, Bish 5 g e wok 1o was it i e sl cocy G v e s on oo Sch 3 var € ool be camid ot o o sengy of ncreasin ¢ repressive pove of e e et v s 1 e terorim (00 e il e would b plcaed s sch e, s S decde wbinal, baod on thir ove secs, vt oaeioe rorin, 5 wecanbe st s conption i o bondened 1 ccompus ey erios ol Thi war oo spee of i svation is tt most peple wil e e i aivays move Sigheaed of e e we e . f e e we fce every dy.So v e e il ot ey g forwrd with the dezoric S of e vho e rd n e name of & v ageins o Bt e of i v bca g agist ez oy We b b i s precely b Gghiog gt e i oo ud 5 ot ablry s 6t we e i s of i word-wide No e i eod 3 e e g o, becase i s b 1 Sy of st ll oo, 8 ety o which evey st will S Ehenever i b e 1 do s To cly way o pu 12 o rmoim i o ut o o th s, A by i | e evey st n e ok THE FACE OF WORLD WAR THREE Sacaus | was b n 1955 nd row 1p e G0 nd 705, 1y ccepn o Workd W 3 v Bt of o ssbiain, bt e o e ot . A vas 0 e b Tt e cos ol Ll Bt conscinsrst. b g o s st e svssos o o ko o s, The ang P st e dhcde i wrd o Wl 1 ey '-nfiy',;'qumunaummi-wumwn-mw-mmmlu o . an s v et acess sy delrd by e o8, wrofbe il 5o o 130 oy i . o 5 s o s s 20 ot by e sl e o b el s ncas s s o i s Oy shn v ez it i sl e i el ok of 85 v D o s o 1l s a0t P Tl 1 W e, S, s camon e There willbe o end 10 terorism untl we put an end 10 the state. 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) aplan@tao.ca 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 818 SW 3t Ave PMB 354 Portland, OR 97204 (USA) Luddites; abolitionists; union organizers; revolutionaries... from e g i e et pollcal e o, 0 ki bl e woring ocions o Sigi iy, popl hev sk 15 et + beter ot Covars v ey seperid b g St i v, g e o o ot o i e s oo et st e e e e, v vl s st il e T i e descvens o s pod et s mprive ot we e ey S b o s et s el ecing o sy who s Socited i o ot avocae a1/ or e o g, i vt o oo lont i The advce i s appies 1o snyon. who is secte it Bt e ol s, sl st Eberinp 't cvedaps snd i vl ey P v 1o e e ket 19 2 koo e e o s st e o B o o g s N e gt 8 syt ol 5yt o o et s st oo i i e i oo prton s venen A the govemmer s ot by abrcating eviderce o Convict e crpanzens f e any i of . ey i cae The sy o o s CONTELFRO opertons should neve beforgien Th U ovesrment s argied groups that have advocwd onge oy it have i, movermas Bt ave b ilant 0 movemets it ave b ackedlypacifi The gov eomment’s securiy machinery (FBL, ATF, DEA, US. Marsal, e polc, kol polce, cours, priscns and parle offcen)seves plical cjectve. There ave ore han 20 poltcalprisoners i the US. who can sty o 1his from st exprence. By sdopting tcurty e, we can defot vt coumesnvlipencs operaions hat o oberwic diupt both msinsbesm g and udergrocn s ‘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 o beginwit threaecers things ot e o prise o s, Thes hings e + your involvement o soneons ks invelvement with i enderground groop, Comeonedev's dsire o et vl it uch o . asking s i they v o mamber o an undergrns o, + your paricpation o someone le's prticpaton in Sy o tat wae gl Somaone ds's advocacy o sch ciors + you lan o somecne s plan o o acton Can yousee s patien? i wiong o speak abouta spe- i ndividua’simvolvermen (s, preens o o) llgalsctivites Thes ae smcpiale topics of o s e o whthe t ¢ et paclation o per o Knowiedge. Piass et v o b coming . e 1o peak bt e acon n g e, 1 ¢ ety Tegl e snd dekaie Tt pepl pask o sppert o Ponkepurioching and i s o resetann o dongr b 0 ek il actiss o spacihc actons o o THREE EXCEPTIONS Thre e ey thretimes when i scepsbe sk shout s indoration. 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