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![Introduction G reetingst Here’y another diatribe-laced bunchof ranty. Wells the #ne iwentitled “Thought Bomby.™ (smile”) Some like ‘emy some dowit. I’ve never let the naysayery or the wpposeds hopelessnesy of the situation stop me; although I’ve certainly takenhity along the way. The search for the most useful, well-written and revolutionary literature continues. I’my flooded with high-octane material, - mostly fromsthe dungeons! Let’y see: Last issue came out inMarch and i’y now, October. Since theny I’ve done several writings projecty, mostly, especially ar awesome interview seriey of yines. People I’ve interviewed include Talib-Y. Rasheed, (C. Anthony Taylor), Al Khalid Abdullahy Sean Swains Coyote Sheff; Patric]. Stumpf, James M. Scott, Eric Smith; Kevin (Rashid) Johnson and othery - including ones with women 1 quit ay apart of ABC Networks after-my five year stint: I’mvsort of changing geary to-try & marimige my effectiveness; working on more involved, publications; which, are more just collaborations betweern me and that particular writer. My time iy ever tight; so-I get the most: work-done; by dealing withv it on o daidy basis; betweers work; famdly, etz I hardly have time to-go-to-meetingy or eventy these dayy, especially if they’re in the city. I’ve-been making wooden and vinyl NO AIRPORT! yard, signelately, almost ay & way to-relax: Now, I’vegot to-go- get people to-put themvout. (continued on back flap, p. 63.) ‘Written (mostly) Edited & Published by Anthony Rayson (@nticopyright / free to prisoners South Chicago ABC Zine Distro P. O. Box 721 / Homewood, IL 60430](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 2.png)
![An Anarchist Looks at the World ¥ By now, everybody pretty much understands that Earth’s days are aumbered due to the deadly rape and plunder, by "Man." Nobody, save for a depraved few, really wanta this to continue to accelerate. The problem is in understanding exactly what is going on and what the best way to deal with it is. The only thing that can really stop thia hell bound train is massive understanding, and coordinated motivation and action. Yet, people are paralyzed to thair lazyboys. So, hell yeah, the “prospects” look bleak! Now, think! To even attempt to get people aroused in a critical mass of eBlectiveness requires a tremendous psychological turnaround in everybody. In-place of cyaicism to serious political analysis, a fatalism, a clinging to ‘some religion, feigned (or real) apathy - all the “do nothing” arguments, must be exorcised and replaced with focused thought and action. It’s the only thing that has really worked to any significant degree in all the struggles of the past. Look at the Abolitionists in the 19% Century. It takes a transcendent effort! ‘Those that understand the situation should develop their abilities to relay this insight in such a way that anybody can understand what is being said and/or implied. It requires a genuine, solidarity-minded mindset ~ every single day. Because every single day, children are dying and people are being murdered by these tyrants! You must crawl before you can walk. You must learn to Hhink, before you can actually think & do! We can’t just run on instinet. We have to learn! 1 saw an Aristotle quote that I’liked. It was something like, “Leaxning mmhmhlmhm’mm:muhwwm done.” How else aze you going to learn anything that will be beneficial to you and others you deal with? So, ’ a big fan of the unmistakably well-written truth! The more brutal and on target, the btter! Its why I’m an anarchist, tool ‘Cuz, I dou’t want anybody telling me what to say, think or do, under “the Law." Laws are “permits" for officially sanctioned eriminal hehaviar L want no gods, no rulers, no bosses, no sexist pigs — nooe of it! 1, like everybody else, can and should rely on my own sense of fairness and humanity. As the “most inteliigent” animal (and extinction-causing enslaver) on Earth, we do bave the fate of the wor]d in our hands. Our choice has always been to be good, bador indifferent. Like all the other animale; we strive to provide for ourselves and those arond us and experience a rewarding, joy-filled life. Now, which one of those three options do you think will being the most contentment and satisfaction? In short, doing what will make us feel the ‘most fulfilled, is also what needs to be done to check tyranny, suffering and planetary degradation and restore a sustainable, mutually respectful planet of societies. ls that easy? No! So what!? genosadists in Washington, corporate boardrooms and military headquarters)](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 5.png)
![sexual slavery. 1 think people should know what the objective deal is, without all their thinking being clouded on purpose for ulterior motives, by outside manipulators, such as bosses, politicians, editorial writérs, school ‘administrators, army recruiters, and sales bosses. ‘7 imperfectly try to articulate — the straight up truth about a situation. It has 1o ulterior motives. The idea is truth, justice and freedom — Liberty! It’s basically respect for people, a sharing of everything, in a non-coercive, “normal” arrangement among equals. It s political courage and engagement ‘whicdrivesrsocial morality-imaction:. sxks that + develpand consait my own conscience. 1t is the taking back of one’s own life! It’s not “chaos” ar “hedonism” or lack of respect for other peoples’ stuff! It’s a coming to grips ‘with what is important in life and acting accordingly. Communism “bates” capitalism, until they get into power themselvea! you a dictatorship “of" the proletariat. It’s a propaganda ploy, ‘cuz the dictatorship is “on” the proletariat! Religion steers peaple into conformity to government, with what H. L. Mencken called (referring to fith) — “the irrational belief in the implausible.” It rarely deals effectively with the all- promise to keep you from rockin’ the boat. It s also genuine community, ‘where people gather and sing together. But, the obvious benefits of thio social dctivity can be accomplished outside of churches, although the State is Very restrictive of gatherings of people — especially if they are at all politically conscious: 1t is very eaay to “run afoul of the law” and tens of thousands are ‘processed in and out of courtrooms and prisons, every, single day. There are layers and layers of officials and police groups, lawyers, judges, generals, ‘wardens, etc. politicians, conjuring up new and mare restrictive living arragemmentsfor <itizes: im0 More-xnd-more-camsras sz invading our privacy. We will soon probably have to get an identifying mpmdtip.urfin])ymphnhdmmfinlwmuphd&fl‘num ‘harbor anti-Big Brother thoughts! . ‘Bt, even though the Constitution “legitimizes” slavery in the 13% Amendment (and slways has had as spelled out in other parts of the Miflw.fivflwfiwwhfl Of course, all the land was stolen and those then living on it, were murdered! It really pisses me off that the whole Southwest was pretty recently the northern half of Mexico! Nw‘pmphwfin(hmim.mawm.mfidfl and die of thirst in the desert! Auyway; thio point-is; tho 1% Amendment-prociaims the “right of free speech.” This “right” bequeathed by the State, like all other rights, are inherent in every being — not something that can be given by government. Our right to say or do anything (that doesn’t hurt someone else) is universal.](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 7.png)
![See, these alcoholic letches, who have these titles, have been groomed to live this pampered, mega-whore life. Even “third” party candidates have been corrupted by.the excitement of the “corridors of power.” Thic real lions of the people are with the people ona 2.0 grassroots level. For, participation in this process is an admission of surrender to corruption, criminality and power. No way in hell would an anarchist ever run for president or any other goddam officel It’s the antithesis of what an anarchist believes. We want to end these cosmic farces on the history of humanity - not participate in theml The few times anarchists have swallowed their pride and participated in governments have been disasters! We must get over the false hope that government will “protect” us! The government is what is menacing us! Our safety and prosperity can only be “guarantced” by our own conscious efforts and those we organize with. What the government is doing right now is this: stealing our money, using it to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending ever more people into the hideous prisons, protecting big business, shredding what few “rights” we have left, etc., ctc. How is that “protecting” us? When a voice s raised against this juggernaut of greed and vice, like the milquetoasty Paul Wellstone, he mysteriously dies on the eve of an election in a plane crashl All that change” means in this sick system is even more goddam laws are written. That’s it! All the crime previously committed by the government and all the terrible things it is doing now and will do is not even worth a speeding ticket. It’s allowed to happen even if it succeeds in doing what it is headed to do - destroy the Earth itselfl That’s our “protection!” It says that the system is pure, cosmic level crime that humanity needs to end to have a chance at a future, much less a society of peace, freedom and justice. Question #4: Do taxes by the controlling masses (government] Pperpetuate the monetary system? With our science and technology today, why do we need a monetary system? Why can’t we all just work jobs 5o people can just have what they need and want? The Amish do it! Answer: Yeah, taxes play a big role. Its how government gets its money to buy all this misery. We live in what has been called *hyper” capitalism. The difference between the salaries of CEO’s and wage- earners is astronomical - way worse than any other country. All the laws, the police, the courts, the prisons, the armies, all of these systems are in place to keep the system in place. The system works for the aggrandizement of the already rich. Those people who control](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 20.png)
![Answer: 25" ‘The government - at least this ’only super-power’ government - craps out when and only when its own people decide it is no longer worth propping up. We owe Japan a trillion, too, don’t we? We owe China, Vietnam - all the countries we destroyed and drew slaves and ‘sweatshop labor from, all the death squad dictatorship fascist governments we trained, supplied and otherwise supported. We owe the wholg world pretty much everything! But since the U.$. government can destroy everything at a moment’s notice, it ‘lackmails the world, economically. “The magic of the marketplace” and the “supply and demand” blather of capitalism is only respected by U.$. corporations and their government, if these corporations are given undue advantage to profit. I they don’t get their way economically by threatening to ‘bomb, they just go ahead and actually bombl They have no intention of paying any “debt.” ‘When Clinton *paid off the federal debt” guess how he did it? He squeezed it out of the taxpayers! Welfare was eliminated, 100,000 ‘more police were added, the prison population practically doubled, 500,000 - 1,000,000 Iragi children were snuffed out, Serbia was han‘llflSMhoknflbmfllpnflhh!heridebfle]ohfl ’were NAFTA-ed out to Mexico and then China, thousands died of starvation daily, etc., etc. yet he is known as & *humanitarian!” Anyway, it is up to Americans to do something about it. Helll We sure know all about “debt” secing as so many of us are mired in it ‘We usurp 25 - 30% of the world’s resources, having but 4.5% of her ‘population, yet we’re still all in debt! ‘What’s wrong with this picture? The problem, which 1 keep saying, is a lack of understanding of who is causing the problems! We let government get away with being finally had enough and call a general strike, then we can deal with the debt. It will be pitched ot with the fecal bath water Uncle Sam has been s(h)itting inl The world’s resources must be pooled and ‘shared equitably, with those in most need being taken care of first. ‘The economic crime of not paying back debts will be ignored by Um&mhlfihmmmmfinfllum!flwyw As for bankruptcy, the U.S. has long since demonstrated itself as being morally bankrupt and worthy of nothing but contempt and dissolution. People need to look at the whole, real picture and take their blinders off. Read some Thoreau if you have any illusions about ‘what government s truly all about. Question #8: America did not have its first police foroe until 1844 In Now York. Such a’fofce was created by Sir Robert Peel in 1829 in Leadon, England. From the day Columbus discovered America ia the fiftcenth century till 1844, America scemed quite capable of policing thomselves. So then, what was the purpose of eveating the nalice?](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 25.png)
![The war at Home (The. truth is a Classified Document) This latest awful Pandora’s Box opening of . 3y seeningly endiess bloodshed and suffering in Iraq is but the 1atest aggression from the conguistadors in washington. ~The danger Jeye] to the planet $u been N yaiized, for this is auclear warl If they can’t o heir way, they may kill us all. on Occupied Great e Island, the war is sifferent. The physical oppasition, be 3t natives, s;llvezh v‘nrhrs or the #s _;-gy "’“"Tf,fi’“"" been rol ntained. JERS e_Mpos! horeush R sfianz 1 4 St 1o o The worid. The SA1Y ‘elusive “terrorist” is the tracht omole are way ahead of us on this, but they The o e then in the worldwide social revolution. need, e iohivgty Tiars and murderers are top powerful to , Wi e disarming them ourselves, here at So, you have another_horrific war orchestrated based oh Jies. The details are carefully tucked axay g:_sqgncn{l * for the good ongm security. jitalism is rampaging throu e world as U.S. workers are being laid-off, Stripped of benefits and o afons. and sojdiers are having their medical premiuss Biyrocket, -Police are being made %o cra down -on Ycent and the prisons are cr: with men, women and O iiaren. Big srother, The Big Lie - it’s all ril o 2nd now Being played out on a world stage. e cwe really do about 3t7 o do we stop the mega A e o lyrants? when will government-led mass murder This question has tormented me my entire life. what con 7’do7 Afcer a S2-year lifetime, what I’ve cose o earn 15 that the truth is revolutionary and enpowering and is the key to an unafraid 1ife of useful R eiey.. That 15 why the government has such a tight 355 on Y&! ‘Fhey do not want people to come £O i o tand the truth and instead of abeying authori N N Government instinctively, discover that it s but massive, organized crime! 2SS oes o the heart of everything in this country _ whethes you believe the Ties of government and behave accordingly, or you don’t! Leeone’ back this up with a couple quotes. wrhe most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor 15 the mind of the oppressed-" - from “I write what I Like” Z by, stephen Biko](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 38.png)
![“Qur oppression and delumanization, and our Tiving conditions worldwide, are worse than ever because we are dealing with the most vicious, malicious and inhumane forces in history. They control just about every a: of our physical and social lives, and that is a reality we can’t deny or 1gnore. But as’ agonizingly painful as this n,H s, mr damage tlhfa mi% 39 criainals have intllcted upon our umanizy 1s the one done to our wental facu , through a Systematical amd dogmatic process, generation to generation.” from the Forward by Hugo Pinell to “George Jackson Lives!® by ne - Kijana Tashiri Askari So a massive educational project is necessary to begin to cut through the lifetime of lies and delusions gost ol pmsricans suffer from, 1o sccess the most clear sighted rmation takes nto the heart of the heartless darkness of Amerika - nation’s massive gulag archipelago. The most conscious educators, talented artists, writers and thinkers are vt prisoners, -mo]un a1} the ather 2.3 -Ingu. are tutional ur; BELSODSER 309 i lne IR Ima] Slvesl iounoe leserve our respect and support, alsol These brave new voices are the last thing the government wants to see people learn from. Prisoners pay horrifically for their advocacy, often in clinical upsrmax torture chanbers, Yes, America makes the road to the truth very scary! - Once T overcame my $ear and lethargy and felt my way around, I learned that to maximize my usefulness, it was vitally important to work closely with conscious prisoners and I often transcribe, edit and publish their work. Especially, I wanted to get these insights and thriiling cultural awakenings back into slave quarters — into the hands of prisoners themselves to form study groups, become red by and so forth. Prisoners need Tove and social contact, t0o. Letters are extremely important. So, this has become my goal. I found my place and 1’ve been warmly embraced, and I’m Ehanku onsider myself ket / Chicago School I consider myself a “Haymarket cago School” Anarchist. Now, what is that, you may ask? Well, I’m a sort of bread & butter anarchist, who thinks it imperative to hamser away at the’most jmportant issues - war, slavery, economic :x:-shv- , sexism, racism, ression, furder, degradation of Earth and so forth. 1 believe strongly’in solidarity and mutual aid. T believe in being very upfront and of about belief: and actions. I spend a lot of time working up, - " grassroots groups in the South suburbs of chicago and so](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 39.png)
![t alone. I’ve ’] e front Tines i I‘::e:-Tr.I:“fiuu. Ay ony edonn TR 0e2 R " Naturally, the fascist u.s. govermsent doss many’ 5 things to this work, -Mn’::m ‘trying to clai citizens have “freedom of Speech.” They infiltrate our 9oyes., they raid the hopes of activists, they drag F prey to the {nner hells o r Vast prison network, It behooves us as ple on the “outs” in “minimal” security to hear what these prisoners have to say and do something about it. We must develop a purposefulness as strong or stronger than the Abolitionists of the Century. our task is to end all forms of slavery once and for’all - not just change a few words in the Canstitution and gut prison stripes on the slaves, as many, still to s day, work in the (prison) plantations! “our humanity is screaming in our ear about slavery - ¥n eha United States 2006! I could tell you all kinds of this to turn the Big Lie on its ear. The whole Southwest is Occupied Mexico, anyway! The U.S. stockpiles (and uses) the most deadly’weapons and posens inaginable, yet husdreds of g s sh_in prisons fc 2 e possestlonor the, Hiorer sE1 011y Brisans for, the mere plant! wany of know these outrageous !M:g:. but Teel frustrated as people demonstrate throus ‘the world, yet it does not slow down these inals. " ?ut flll% I ql:: to say is this. {our Tife takes on ole new attain_reso] Sork. Srmed with the trich: ke 11 hove farpisg 12 individuals and semstimes it’s not To correct them. As well, the past is over and done with. our lives take an_importance in the here and now and what we can and will do in the future. We all have unique, useful contributions to make and it is in the doing that we ind our happiness and live our genuine lives. Thank you. ~ Anthony Rayson ~ South Chicago ABC Zine Distro P.0. Box 721, Homewood, IL. 60430 The Tyranny of the Truth “O.K. Let’s go. C’mon, you know it’s all “standard procedure! Qbey the fuckin’ ruleal” “Yeah, yeah. Let e get my pants on.”](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 41.png)
![talkin’ all the time, but never about serious politics &/or reality. Everything’s a:jump away. It’s a drive-thry life, 43 No one reads baoks, much less analytic ones. The magazines are fluff, not intense essays. Take an amazed gander at the magazine rack at the Speedway. Hunks & Babes — and mercenary magazines! That must be how you get the babe — you become a trained killer for the U.S. government! - “You see! That’s the kind of shit I hate - the mockery and sarcasm. You have no respect whatsoever for the fuckin’ flag or anything! How da you expect to get away with that?” 7 do have respect, but not for government or their stooges. Just because you work for the power and they can and do, do this, daesn’t mean you can erase the truth, That’s my prablem, T decided that my good deed for my life would be to.attempt to ascertain the truth and stir it into my life and do my best to tell (and mastly warn) others. Seme peaple play the vilin. I write words. I know what you mean, though. They had me believin’a lot of that “freedom” and “god” nonsense, too! But, I got out of it. Luckily, I read heavily as a child - an heavy subjects. So, I got addicted to the heroin known as the truth at a young age.” Every frigging waking moment is bombarded with all these assholes and all their commercialal Jeez] The world stares in stunned and shocked fear at America, for the insane, bloodthirsty and reckless monster that it is more and more being. And the paychological captivity and seductiveness at mindless consumerism and commerce, which grabs 80 many and makes countless more long for that type of “life-style” nauseates the intelligent, wherever they may find themselves. It’s’a volatile time of religions / fascist extremiam, otherworldly imperialism, ecological meltdown and a world of suffering and starving people juxtaposed with high tech arms and “armies.” “People can’t be allowed to hear shit like that! It could be bad for their health. Haven’t you ever read the long list from the gulag censor trolls explaining why words are disollowed for prisoners? Why open up Pandora’s Box? Like Kissinger said about Vietnam: We should have never been there, but that’s history.” It is what it is and we gotta keep it.” “So, you’re trying to save lives. Since there’s nothing that we](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 43.png)
![IWinoiy Boy to-beProud of & Lovel 59 Whenever I think about the great men and women who- blaged the trady of moral action; I alwayy Like tor think of it stie-wide: I guesy] sy this becasse coming from the southerwhinterlandy of Chicagoland; I had o love/hate ohip on my showlder for the bigs badess oity of Chicage: But, P’m Chécago; toot But out here; it ianlt just streety, people; buddingy and copy. We’huve space; too - corwfelds, woods, places tor not e hasled at. So; I feel comfortuble with the quieter, slower pace: Being somewhat unplugged: from all the noise ands garbage of the city iy nice for me. Yeakh; suburby suck; tool Anyway, I want to-talk about guyy Like ElijakP. Lovejoy! Hewayfrom downgtnte:. Hehated slavery so-much; the wnapeople; ever they loved héams felt: obliged,to-kill ‘hiam (and, his brother) because he just wouldn’t shut up about it1 They smashed: three:of hiy printing presses aund he: night before hiy murder - by the sheer immediacy of hiy eloquence and humanity. He wastheir preacher; for God’y sakeyl They couldw’t handle the truth ands chose death: Befuddled; betwit and bewdldered; they gathered o Ppowe up and finally shut him up by way of home nvasion double murder. Now, that there folk; & “argument:” Wells maybe not; but i’y the best the fascisty and, pro~slave dupeds citigenry couldscome up with Equality waythe enemy. He thundered v the early 30’y - the 18304 He ingpireds everybody to-come with blinding ingight and bravery. He’y gool ‘ol boy from Iinoisd That twhy I love himy so-much | I cancaim himfor my owne I’mnot religious ot allands dan’t really care: if peaple axe or arenot. So; evensthough: heway; I canfully appreciate the fact that he was detven by human morality, uncommon eloquence and bravery. To-be an anti-lavery abolitionist i alse-the call of oday. Demonstrationsof singular humanity, ke Lovejoy, like JohnBrown, have shown to-have had o mighty impact. We need o burst of Lovejoy now. Listervfor today’y clartovs calk..](Thought Bombs 29 - Anthony Rayson 59.png)
Introduction
G
reetingst
Here'y another diatribe-laced bunchof ranty. Wells the
#ne iwentitled “Thought Bomby.™ (smile”) Some like ‘emy
some dowit. I've never let the naysayery or the wpposeds
hopelessnesy of the situation stop me; although I've certainly
takenhity along the way. The search for the most useful,
well-written and revolutionary literature continues. I'my
flooded with high-octane material, - mostly fromsthe
dungeons!
Let'y see: Last issue came out inMarch and i’y now,
October. Since theny I've done several writings projecty,
mostly, especially ar awesome interview seriey of yines.
People I've interviewed include Talib-Y. Rasheed, (C.
Anthony Taylor), Al Khalid Abdullahy Sean Swains Coyote
Sheff; Patric]. Stumpf, James M. Scott, Eric Smith; Kevin
(Rashid) Johnson and othery - including ones with women
1 quit ay apart of ABC Networks after-my five year stint:
I'mvsort of changing geary to-try & marimige my
effectiveness; working on more involved, publications; which,
are more just collaborations betweern me and that
particular writer. My time iy ever tight; so-I get the most:
work-done; by dealing withv it on o daidy basis; betweers
work; famdly, etz I hardly have time to-go-to-meetingy or
eventy these dayy, especially if they're in the city.
I've-been making wooden and vinyl NO AIRPORT! yard,
signelately, almost ay & way to-relax: Now, I'vegot to-go-
get people to-put themvout. (continued on back flap, p. 63.)
‘Written (mostly) Edited & Published by Anthony Rayson
(@nticopyright / free to prisoners
South Chicago ABC Zine Distro
P. O. Box 721 / Homewood, IL 60430
Table of Contents
1. Introduction p.-2&63
2. So. Chi ABC Zine Distro - Statement of Purpose 4
3. An Anarchist Looks at the World p.5-8
4. Eric Smith Interviews Anthony Rayson p.9-28
5. Let’s Read the Daily Paper p.29-37
6. The War at Home p.38-41
7. The Tyranny of the Truth p.41-45
8. What’s Wrong with the Police & Prosecutors? 46
9. The Shame and Cowardice of Will County - p. 47— 49
10. October 22 STOP Police Brutality! p.50-53
11. Greetings from the Gulags p.54—57
12. Activists Hold Peace Rally 58
13. Illineis By to be Proud of & Love 59
14. Anarchy Without & With the @ Word 60
15. Something Nice p.60-62
Completed & Printed on November 12%, 2007
South Chicago ABC Zine Distro "
Statement of Purpose
‘The purpose of tis publishing project s to provide empowering |,
information and analysis to (mostly) indigent) prisoners. We do this as
an expression of our humenism.
We detest all forms of violence whether they are caused by
individuals (what is called “crime”) or sanctioned by the state.
'We believe the well-written, insightful truth of today’s political
realities, serves as a powerful stimulus for the betterment of those poor
souls, caughtin the clutches of ignorance, hatred, despair, self-hate
and hopelessness.
‘We don’t shy away from bluntly discussing the brutal realities of
today, nor are we cowed by the uniquely hysterical atmosphere me
must function amidst. But, just because we report upon such outrages
as war, injustice, repression and all forms of suffering, does not mean
‘we advocate using them! i
We offer a forum for those we feel have something important to
say, whether we agree with them or not.
‘The fact that our literature is s0 often confiscated and destroyed by
prison authorities is more a reflection of their ignorance of the laws
pertaining to frec speech and their fear of the truth. Words and ideas
‘can be powerful and repression and censorship are but reactive
admissions of that. But, ideas are not “dangerous” even as vaguely
defined by prison rules. They are protected by the Constitution, as
countless court cases have confirmed.
So, we will continue to provide these publications to prisoners —
regardless of the difficulties we, our collaborators and our readers may
be forced to endure. We do this because. of our respect for humanity
and our revalsion towards violence and ignorance. Each one, teach
one!
Anthony Rayson
Curator of,
P.0. Box 721
Homewood, IL 60430
An Anarchist Looks at the World ¥
By now, everybody pretty much understands that Earth's days are
aumbered due to the deadly rape and plunder, by "Man." Nobody, save for a
depraved few, really wanta this to continue to accelerate. The problem is in
understanding exactly what is going on and what the best way to deal with it
is. The only thing that can really stop thia hell bound train is massive
understanding, and coordinated motivation and action. Yet, people are
paralyzed to thair lazyboys. So, hell yeah, the “prospects” look bleak!
Now, think! To even attempt to get people aroused in a critical mass of
eBlectiveness requires a tremendous psychological turnaround in everybody.
In-place of cyaicism to serious political analysis, a fatalism, a clinging to
‘some religion, feigned (or real) apathy - all the “do nothing” arguments, must
be exorcised and replaced with focused thought and action. It's the only thing
that has really worked to any significant degree in all the struggles of the
past. Look at the Abolitionists in the 19% Century. It takes a transcendent
effort!
‘Those that understand the situation should develop their abilities to relay
this insight in such a way that anybody can understand what is being said
and/or implied. It requires a genuine, solidarity-minded mindset ~ every
single day. Because every single day, children are dying and people are being
murdered by these tyrants! You must crawl before you can walk. You must
learn to Hhink, before you can actually think & do! We can't just run on
instinet. We have to learn!
1 saw an Aristotle quote that I'liked. It was something like, “Leaxning
mmhmhlmhm’mm:muhwwm
done.” How else aze you going to learn anything that will be beneficial to you
and others you deal with?
So, ' a big fan of the unmistakably well-written truth! The more brutal
and on target, the btter! Its why I'm an anarchist, tool ‘Cuz, I dou't want
anybody telling me what to say, think or do, under “the Law." Laws are
“permits" for officially sanctioned eriminal hehaviar L want no gods, no
rulers, no bosses, no sexist pigs — nooe of it! 1, like everybody else, can and
should rely on my own sense of fairness and humanity. As the “most
inteliigent” animal (and extinction-causing enslaver) on Earth, we do bave
the fate of the wor]d in our hands. Our choice has always been to be good,
bador indifferent. Like all the other animale; we strive to provide for
ourselves and those arond us and experience a rewarding, joy-filled life.
Now, which one of those three options do you think will being the most
contentment and satisfaction? In short, doing what will make us feel the
‘most fulfilled, is also what needs to be done to check tyranny, suffering and
planetary degradation and restore a sustainable, mutually respectful planet
of societies. ls that easy? No! So what!?
genosadists in Washington, corporate boardrooms and military headquarters)
orchestrate this world-wide exploitation and immiseration. They have many
convinced or paychologically deadened to the point, that their massive, daily
bloodbath-causing activities are to be ignored. That's profound psychological
‘abrserof & whols-sociatyt 3
When people aren't even allowed to care why their grandchildren's future
is being sabotaged right under their noses (and funded from their hard-
earned paychecks!) it's a cosmic monstrousness. Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot can
only salivate in yearning, in the panorama of evil that is political history. A-
bomb-wholicities; “experiment” with Agent Orange: SimfFthe lives out-of
‘small children, on a daily basis, due to lack of basic necesities — for that
‘would “eat into" corporate profits. War-making - for profit! It's an endless
horror show of long, drawn out, bloody bombings and shootings, torturing and
enslaving. horror, madness - and yes, desperation and a singular
‘We're secing more clamping down at home. You can't do this or say that.
Buy this. Watch this simulated conflict on your screens. Be truncated, self-
loathing shells of yourself. Just romember, you work harder than the
Japanese, and for what? So, you can watch a fuckin’ football game? So, like
thw cowardly Fom, & beart and-souk mrast b put back ito-euch and-svery one
of our chests. And these gotta be good, non-gutless hearts'and souls. How
about chucking all that bullshit and cultivating your own creativity and begin
thinking out your mission in life
Everyone's got a unique ability to be tapped into.. We do have beavy-duty
can really put to good use. They're like high i
lazy and ignorant simpleton. The possibilities are endless, but the resolve
has to come from within each one of us to compel ourselves to do what, deep
down, we know we can and must do - actualize ourselves and work up
also with a developing cultural renaissance of resistance.
‘This is the area that has really interested me, lately. 1 was never a
musician, but I am a writer. I can't draw very well (or handprint!) either.
I'm a writer and I can't stand liars and bullies and murderers. So, I thought
‘about-it and-realized-H rad-a-fong-way-togo- First Hiad-to practice-amd
overcome my own fear. 1had to read and learn an incredible amount of
information. 1 had to figure out a way to connect with other people whao felt
the same way and who, lo and behold, be willing to work with me. I'm not
the easiest guy to work with, but I can be! People rub me ifferent ways! T'm
‘an emotional tinderbox, but I would never hurt anybody.
based on my thinking and feeling at the time. I'm never out to fry to sell
someone a bill of goods. All I want to do is blurt out what 1 have to say and
freely offer same from other writers, artists and thinkers, who, for some
teason, I'm impressed with. 1 don't want any tyranny or any government. I
sexual slavery. 1 think people should know what the objective deal is,
without all their thinking being clouded on purpose for ulterior motives, by
outside manipulators, such as bosses, politicians, editorial writérs, school
‘administrators, army recruiters, and sales bosses. ‘7
imperfectly try to articulate — the straight up truth about a situation. It has
1o ulterior motives. The idea is truth, justice and freedom — Liberty! It's
basically respect for people, a sharing of everything, in a non-coercive,
“normal” arrangement among equals. It s political courage and engagement
‘whicdrivesrsocial morality-imaction:. sxks that + develpand consait my
own conscience. 1t is the taking back of one's own life! It's not “chaos” ar
“hedonism” or lack of respect for other peoples’ stuff! It's a coming to grips
‘with what is important in life and acting accordingly.
Communism “bates” capitalism, until they get into power themselvea!
you a dictatorship “of" the proletariat. It's a propaganda ploy, ‘cuz the
dictatorship is “on” the proletariat! Religion steers peaple into conformity to
government, with what H. L. Mencken called (referring to fith) — “the
irrational belief in the implausible.” It rarely deals effectively with the all-
promise to keep you from rockin' the boat. It s also genuine community,
‘where people gather and sing together. But, the obvious benefits of thio
social dctivity can be accomplished outside of churches, although the State is
Very restrictive of gatherings of people — especially if they are at all politically
conscious:
1t is very eaay to “run afoul of the law” and tens of thousands are
‘processed in and out of courtrooms and prisons, every, single day. There are
layers and layers of officials and police groups, lawyers, judges, generals,
‘wardens, etc. politicians, conjuring up new and mare restrictive living
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‘Bt, even though the Constitution “legitimizes” slavery in the 13%
Amendment (and slways has had as spelled out in other parts of the
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all the land was stolen and those then living on it, were murdered! It really
pisses me off that the whole Southwest was pretty recently the northern half
of Mexico! Nw‘pmphwfin(hmim.mawm.mfidfl
and die of thirst in the desert!
Auyway; thio point-is; tho 1% Amendment-prociaims the “right of free
speech.” This “right” bequeathed by the State, like all other rights, are
inherent in every being — not something that can be given by government.
Our right to say or do anything (that doesn't hurt someone else) is universal.
‘The State is a negative influence and can only take rights (like freedom or
ife) away.
Thave no respect for the U.S. Constitution, but T have a lot of respect for
my natural right (and to me, responsibility) to voice my opinion. And, I will,
no matter, even if the monsters in power implement Marshall Law or conjure
up new Sedition Laws or whatever. It's insano that such a simple thing as
saying what you think is so targeted as “subversive.” But, that's what
government is — a horrible, lie-based octopus of eriminality. They just don't
like it when people start paying attention to people who have the courage and
where-with-all to spread the truth. And, its always been like that, They
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Sor i way, it boiks dow: to dignity and-velf-respect. Wo're all flawod,
imperfect human beings with weaknesses and so forth, but wo can develop a
humanist morality to guide or thinking and behavior! It's what people have
alway gravitated todo and be like, if they weren't menaced by authorities,
looking to rule and live in opulence. It most certainly ean be scary, but foar
can b largely overcomre:
We all live and then we die. Some live long lives and others are cut short
Ita all a gamble and it's not fair. Those who have managed to become
genuinely educated, either spurred on by luck o perseverance, should avail
themselves to others. We are here but a finite time. We are to learn and live
and-loverand anjoy life; but ahwrto-contribute: Some people are incpacitated
in some way and their ability to contribute is lessened. Thoue who can bt
refuse to, leave a legacy of parasitiem. Make your one and only life &
courageous and productive one. Astound yourself with meaning!
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Interview Series #7
Eric Smith
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Question #1: If Anarchism would bring out unconditional
freedom, then why does society not embrace its theories?
Answer: Well, that's a complicated question with a lot of factors
involved. 1would say that basically people do embrace these
theories, which are really just the articulation of natural harmonious
human behavior. Almost all religious teach them, commonly known
0 us as “The Golden Rule” - do unto others as you would like to see
done to you. Respect each other, cooperate, share fairly, don’t be a
bully, don't steal from others, don't coerce people into doing things
they don't want to do (no slavery be it wage, chattel, sexual, contract
or prison,) You shouldn't commit crimes, such as kidnapping,
incarcerating, bombing, terrorizing, threatening, prosecuting using
slave documents never agreed to, etc.
Anarchism is basically the articulation of elevating in social and
personal use all the good qualities of humanity - kindness, mutual
aid, solidarity, direct action, hanesty, openness, inclusiveness,
sustainability, and a general love and looking out for not just
‘humanity, but other creatures and our
anarchy’s opposite to these peoples — slaughter, slavery, a class and
race-based hicrarchy, with cynical parchments full of lics and
vagueness which their august Judiciary” could interpret any way the
powers that be wanted them to.
So, sadly, people in this country and pretty much throughout the
modern-day world have no history or sense of what it is like to live
‘cooperatively, without a hierarchical apparatus menacing them from
above. From birth they are channeled into thinking life is “survival of
the fittest” and that to “get ahead” they must get over on all those in
their way. Al they know is this demented consumerist socicty, as
they are endlessly bombarded with lies on all subjects — politics,
human relations, social relations, history, everything. Citizens are
them, who have different cultures, colors and interests. Our highest
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and concern for people and the planet is snuffed out. Our
consciences are suflocated constantly, which explains the heavy drug
use, the psychosis, the unhappiness in people, the bitter self-hate
and so forth.
For the ‘ideology” of America is the almighty dollar, not long- ),
accepted values like humanism, faimess, sustainability, equality,
justice, etc. We have been robbed of our humanity, as the moorings
to them have been ripped from us since day one, much like the
foreskin of so many baby boys. We are products of our environment.
It's hard to have a history of cooperative, anarchist community when
we are all atomized in our homes or apartments and our parents are
forced to slave all day to provide food, clothing, housing, utilities, etc.
No one has time to be a human being and what little time we have is
sucked into highly addictive, yet malodorous behavior, such as
violent movies, games, and schemes to rip people off and 0 on.
‘There's no real “gutonomous zones” for people to latch onto for
something different and viable. School teaches kids to can't stand to
learn more than anything. It's such boring bullahit, plus it starts the
tracking process to various roles ~ bourgeois sellouts, working stiffs
or for the darkly complexioned &/ or rebellious - prison. This lifelong
process of destroying each person’s initiative and natural desire to
learn and grow is planned to do exactly what it does. Children are
dying to learn anything and everything and do an amazing amount of
it in the home. But you take them into these miserable schools,
amidst often horrible neighborhoods, etc. and they puke it all up.
Helf the students drop out in high school because it is 8o horrible.
Halfl For, they are taught the lies and bullshit that those who control
education want them to learn, not what they genuinely need to know
for their real development. 3
Anarchy is never taught in schools. If it is mentioned, it is as a
quickly dismissed aberrant, violent, dangerous and suicidal form of
evil thinking that advocates “chacs.” Bibles and mainstream social
studies, self-help type books and pamphlets are everywhere, but
serious anarchist tracts are rare indeed. Sadly, many of the few
anarchist publications out there are irrelevant to most peoples’ daily
lives. They riff off on esoteric tangents that only a tiny cadre of
anarchists would even care about.
So, basically, people aren't embracing anarchist thinking because
they have no idea such a thing even existsl The ones that have run
across a decent piece of it hiave been impressed. But, every single
one of us bas layers and layers of baggageaf mental garbage
cluttering up our minds. It's like a bag lady’s dive inside everyone's
skulll Each person needs to embark on major peychological house
People have built walls of protection for themselves. They don't
want to “go there” because it might be dangerous and scary. Its
‘scary to confront your own demons and fears of inadequacy. But
see, that's what's 5o wonderful about anarchist thinking. It's a plain
and simple tool to use. It doesn't demand a damned thing from youl
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If you give it your all and become a serious Christian, god bless you,
Brotherl 1 say “Brother” because they still discriminate against
women! At its best, it should help you figure things out more clearly,
which leads to delightful insights, which foster sclf-love, self-
empowerment.
Anarchist thinking is what getting to the brutal truth of reality is
all about. That's scary stuff because the state has made it very clear
on endless occasions that they will kill everyone within a huge
radius. They are that evil. Since the Paris Commune, an early
attempt at quasi-anarchist politics and living, all such vibrant bursts
of consciousness and social agitation for anarchy has been met with
2 hail of bullets and bombs, endless torture in capitalist dungeons
and frequent firing squads. Kill the messenger, indeed!
So who would want to stick their neck out like that, only to have
them laughingly cut it off? I can't blame people, really - especially
when the few anarchists they run across have a boatload of issues,
themselves. But, the point is this. Anarchist thinking and analysis
has a clarity lacking in all other belief systems. The reason for this is
the only real requirement s the truth, a love and respect for
humanity and an unquenchable desire to bear witness to it all and
participate fearlessly. We're not asking you to listen to a politburo or
any group of know-it-ell fuckers, who may even call themselves
“anarchistsl” All calls are up to youl We fecl people deserve the
respect of being told the truth as well as a demonstration of courage
in the face of these monsters.
I've met anarchists who I couldn't stand - and vice versal I've also
met some I'd go to the ends of the Earth for. No, it's not for
cverybody. But the ideas of empowering truth, sure as hell are! The
“hell” is this tormented world called Earth!
Therein lies the “danger” of anarchy to the authori
they round up every single day!
People look for homeostasis, as do all animals and life, including
Earth. They want a warm place o live, with love, enough to cat,
safety, etc. Even though this is a ruthlessly monstrous bloodthirsty
cmpire, they've managed to cocoon themselves in an unaffordable
debt, being homebody consumers. They watch a ton of T.V. To most
People - and it is most people in the U.§. - this is all they can hope
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for. Opening up Pandora’s Box of reality check is something to be
avoided at all costs!- For, not only is the rediscovery of self thrill ride
a wild one, but the authorities would like nothing better than to kill
&/or torture you, if you succeed at all.
Mostly, society hasn't embraced the ideas of anarchism because
they haven' been explained well enough. They haven't been
propagated at all effectively. And, all too often, the messages
discussed are all so jrrelevant to what people are being forced to deal
with. For example, I'n a longtime wage-slave worker. I'm in a union
and | was a steward for twelve years. 1do a lot of argument crafting
on issues involving my workplace, management and the union. But,
a publication like ARS (Anarcho-Syndicalist Review) however well
done, and I believe it is well-done, just isn't that relevant to working
A whole new literature of rebellion — anarchist driven ~ needs to
emerge and give hip-hop run for its money! Better yet, it needs to
convince hip-hop to ditch the damn money and create comsciousness
‘and citizen-driven services o desperately needed in the depressed
communities, which are a pre-requisite for serious social
transformation. A tsunami of anti-capitalist Peoples’ education has
to take shape and take hold.
Anarchists and their sympathizers or friends or other social
justice crusaders must o this unafraid educating - and use every
‘means poesible. It's happening, mostly on the internet. But that's
‘missing s0 many people, who don't have access to it or don't know
‘where to look, don't have the time (or patience) to fool with it, etc.
Most people have busy lives they're running around trying to deal
with. They don have time to be a computer geek all the time.
Anarchists need to go back to that tried and true method of
education - actually writing the thrilling analysis of current eventa
and mentoring folks into real ways of thinking - and making them
available on paper! But, so few anarchists actually do that.
It makes me angry that anarchist literature, which there is a
wonderful supply of, is all too often, only available to a select few
people, instead of passed out to daily commuters or something. But,
‘anarchists are like everybody else. Most of them don't do anything
and only a few are dedicated as you would think any anarchist worth
his or her salt should be, but haplessly aren't. We're all flawed but
you can will yourself to effectiveness, which some anarchists are
willing to help you with.
Everybody is at a different stage of conscious development. Prison
is & great example. You have the totally illiterate and the
unmistakably brillient. Both, if they're thinking right, yearn to learn.
By showing these people genuine humanity and an honest
respectfulness, you two can begin to educate each other! Herein
again, lies the alarm bells going off in the jailer's heads. First and
s
foremost, they do not want their slaves anything but ignorant and
intimidated and docilized. If they have to pin them down and inject
them with drugs, theyll do it. If they have to taser, beat or even kill
them, they o it! It's a battle of will - good vs. evil & the truth vs.
lars.
Question #2: Local judges and prosccutors are elected into their
positions by voters, who essentially, are pro-state and
government. These judges and prosecutors in return, promise to
do things for a vote, 50 how can anyone expect to obtain justice?
If judges and prosecutors are granted immunity from their
decision-making, don’t these immunities perpetuate corruption
and differeatial troatment? If these judges and prosecutors are
mot held accountable, who is? How does an anarchist battle
such power? Especially, a poor prisoner?
Answer:
Some judges are rubber-stamped by old, conservative voters, this
is true. Most judges and prosecutors are appointed. There's a big
“law enforcement” buddy system, which has tentacles in every realm
- government, the military, the schools, churches, and elsewhere,
where these people are groomed for these positions. Law schools, Ivy
League type schools, stints in the military or the police, school
administration, ctc. these are the types of people who end up as
judges and prosecutors. They come from the upper class or with
their approval.
‘The elections are rigged, trite occasions where horrible candidates
are the only ones available for positions in horrible institutions, such
&s the judiciary and the legislature. Police are elected, sometimes,
t00. The votes are all for show, the outcome has already been
determined. Like the Chicago Bears, it docsn’t matter who the
quarterback s, the game will still be played the same way.
Is this rigged system conducive to “justice?”
NO! Of course not, but then, it never was. Its just another claborate
well-refined lic that they use to attain complacency and acquicscence
- that and cameras everywhere, cops with guns everywhere and
hideous prisons everywherel So, you can hope for justice and strive
to attain justice and fight for justice but it's a waste of time expecting:
it
‘Their own laws and rules can sometimes be used against them, as
they flaunt and violate them routinely. Occasionally, you can
convince a judge to rule according to the rules in your favor, but it
almost invariably takes an incredible amount of time, money and
effort, which they make it exceptionally difficult for poor people to
muster, much less prisoners, especially indigent ones.
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Prisoners do what they can from what I've seen. Many ¢
concentrate on studying the law, learning how to write writs and
‘mount procedural and court challenges. They try to solicit support
from outside sympathizers by describing their situation, writing
essays, drawing graphics, etc.
1 don't know what all else prisoners can do — hunger strikes, other
actions. There's no question many of you have been railroaded in the
first place, have been set-up while in prison and so forth. It's an’
endless litany of abuse and the breaking of their own laws and rules
By the authorities. They make everything be forcibly fnneled
through their corrupt game, where smarmy lawyers play their
expensive roles - and they are just roles - they get paid for *expertly”
Iying! Judges and prosecutors have immunity, but defense attorneys
don! They have the whole weight and all the resources of the state,
‘which is endless as they steal enormous amounts in taxes every
single year, and the defense has nothing. They can threaten you with
all these horrible outcomes - prison, probation, forced labor, fines,
ete. if they “win® and you can do nothing to them if you “win® except
eventually maybe procuring your “freedom” or winning a judgment,
which is 0o skin off their nose, nor will it adversely affect their career
one iota. Al the monies paid out are from stolen monies they lifted
from (mostly) working people, anyway. When they spend too much,
they cut vital services &/or raise taxes. So, they never “lose” even
when they lose. They may lose the gravy from one previously held
captive, but they are loathe and ever so reluctant to admit any
‘mistakes or release any captives “prematurely.” They are in the
punishment industry business and most certainly it's corrupt as hell
and they play favorites. The rich and even yuppies who commit
“crime” (drug use for example) first, aren't gone after. If (rarely)
caught they're nat prosecuted. A “deal” is made, instead. Poor
people without connections to make these *deals” get prosecuted and
constant expansion. The raw materials needed are human beings.
It's & sort of slow death human sacrifice for profit scheme. It's wildly
profitable and these profits are guaranteed and risk-free. All monies
for all aspects of this scheme are paid for through taxes. More and
‘more, it is true, private prisons are cropping up, but they are also
coddled and protected by the “laws” and the authorities and squeeze.
their profits out too, often at the expense of the well-being of the
prisoners in their tomb.
People must realize, and do once dragged through this diabolical
‘system, that ‘justice” under the law, in the U.S. is a ni
beyond belief masquerading as something noble. It's vile - one of the
puss-filled abcesses of this society.
* For, they are not held accountable and how could they be? Let's
not forget: they are the gatekeepers for monstrousness. They
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“legitimize® human slavery, genocide around the world, mass
hope-killing ghettos, the wasting of young lives suckered into the
imperialist military — all of it! How do they do this? By “interpreting”
the Constitution! This is a document lording over us that not one of
'us agreed to and which to this day sanctions human slaveryl So,
‘we're dealing with a slave-driven legal system and by their convenient
definition, slaves have no legal rights!
‘Theyve refined it and have the game down pat. Their police forces
prisons, in the factories, all over. - The game is set in a familiar pace,
blah biah blah, do you have a lawyer, do you have money, here’s your
sentence. It's not meant to provide ustioe® because every single
outcome is unjust! Even if you are ruled innocent of whatever
“crime” you were accused of, you were forced through their hideous
system. You weren't judged by your peers or cven accused by them!
1t was all orchestrated from above with these very same - beyond
accountable - police, judges and prosecutors. YouVve already paid
dearly in time, money and a total disruption to your life. If found
‘massive, daily, horror show genuine crime of capitalist incarceration.
Even if you were guilty of a real crime, forcing you to be a victim of
government crime every day does nothing to deal with your crime,
much less the causes of it or any other crime. So, the whole process
Anarchists and poor prisoners must understand this and leave no
stone unturned describing the truth of the situation and the
criminality of the government. Even a losing court case or whatever,
can be & highly valuable learning experience for those involved and
others who are educated by scrupulous reporting by anarchists
about the whole sordid process. As we go along, we need to educate
people into anarchist ways of thinking, i.e. looking at the situation at
need to lose all respect and fear of government. You can't give
‘credence to bullies and perverts!
1 you lose a court case, more battles await you. You must battle
no matter what is happening because the whole mess is still
1o conditions for struggle, you must create them.* We have to be
‘accountable for ourselves, our fellow captives and otherwise
oppressed Sisters & Brothers and go day to day dealing with
whatever comes at us. They may not be accountable, nor is their evil
system, but we can and should be accountable as far as what we can
see, say, think and do. By being this way as opposed to those fat
credibility and their lack of it. It helps more peopie lose the grip
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enough people to lose all respect for their disgusting power, we can
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So, there's no magic formula for individual case by case success.
If you do study their game and play it well enough to win a case, you
can piss them off and they may target you again. After all, they dont
have to worry about accountability, no matter how criminal their
actions become. Just look at the constant police murdering that is
quickly ruled ustifiable” by other police! So, there’s no real
“victories” just the satisfaction of fighting these creeps.
But! Work like you are doing in the trenches of the dungeons is
invaluable, not only in educating others on how to challenge them at
their own game, but also how to look at things. These informative
‘works you've put together (which you have unloaded on me) are
important contributions not only to the jailhouse lawyers among us,
‘but also to anarchist thinking! So, Bravol to you for having the
courage and anarchist wherewithal to deal with these Kiansters all
get it all worked up, I'm sure it will be very beneficial to people.
Anarchism is like other belief systems. It is what people who
profess to believe in it say, think and do. So it is up to us to outdo
everybody else, which greatly enhances the credibility of it as a belief
system. By continuous effort at a high level, we create a body of
serious argumentation. At this stage of ignorance and atomization, it
is job one, in my opinion. A good anarchist battles the power and
‘works with poor prisoners doing it.
'As things worsen, which they o doubt will, what anarchists have
been saying will no longer seem outlandish, but rather, very succinct.
As we write and battle our message gets clearer and more recognized
as the truth. The injustice of it all is still there. It's the reality of our
modern day, global situation. We need to continuously be there for
people, who in their desperation are crying for such awareness. We
can't leave it up to anybody else — even other anarchists. We must
rely upon ourselves and instill that bedrock sense of self-reliance in
others, regardless of what they do with it, becanse as anarchists, we
are confident that the more truly honest, serious and truth-seeking
they become, the more *anarchistic” they become as well.
Respect for humanity means speaking truth to power, whicl takes
alot of courage. This is what electrifies people! It is how anarchists
‘battle.
Question #3: Is there really any difference between a Democrat
or a Republican? If they have everything so figured out for the
people, then why do we bounce back-and-forth between
Democrat and Ropublican leaders? Why hasa’t an Asarchist ran
for president in order to really make a difference, or at least to
give some protections to the people? If an independent party
cannot prevail, what does this say about the system?
Answer: "
‘There are significant differences between Democrats and
Republicans. They are both usually, pompous, ugly, fat, white old
men, but Democrats try to sexually abuse young women and girls,
whereas the Republicans generally prey upon young men and boys.
Both whore themselves out to the major corporations and genocidal,
ssweatshop “foreign policy.” Republicans are more candid about their
reactionary proclivities, whereas Democrats hypocritically feign
interest in issues of concern to working people. Both have sold their
souls to the devil and have willingly conceded their lives to a
disgusting and corrupt legacy. They are human-like embodiments of
the ugliness that is systematized inequity. There is very little
difference between them. They both love «cops and prisons and fat
envelopes of cash.
‘They are 50 similar as corporate parties, that their parts are casily
interchangeable. Once one group gets in, shortly thereafter their
failures and scandals disgust even the minority of people over
eighteen who actually vote. So they vote the other party in, which
proves equally disastrous and so on and so forth.
But, the rigorous strictures of the system, disallows for other
parties. It's extremely difficult for other parties to even get on a
ballot. For example, the Green Party in llinois needed 25,000
signatures to get on the ballot, but the Democrats & Republicans
only needed 1,500
With the electorate politically brain dead as demonstrated by their
‘willingness to participate without much to say in this. charade, and
most people too turned off or disgusted by it all to even be registered
10 vote, a “third party” doesn't have a chance - unless they can pull a
fast one of, all the while counting on the obliviousness of the
electorate, the media and o on. For example, a few years ago, the
LaRouchics were able to sneak a couple of candidates through the
primary in Illinois, because they were hiding as Democrats and
weren’t outed as LaRouchies until after they had won the primary.
The guy running for governor had a LaRouchic as a running mate. It
was pretty funny!
But even if those nuts or any other 3 party candidates got
elected, as has rarely happened here and there, nothing would really
change. As they came to Washington or Springfield or wherever, the
system would still be embedded. Lobbyists working for large
corporations guide the debate on who gets the stolen tax monies.
Like the judiciary, the legislative farce is also a criminal game, and
especially as it gets into the executive level, quite often a ‘highly
deadly game. Look at this horrible genocidal Iraq War. The
Republicans worked up all the lies and launched this massive
bloodletting. The Democrats got elected to end it, but once in,
decided they couldn't do anything about it. They even increased the
amount of soldiers and now Bush wants 200 billion $ more, which
the auisline Demncrats will sive him
See, these alcoholic letches, who have these titles, have been
groomed to live this pampered, mega-whore life. Even “third” party
candidates have been corrupted by.the excitement of the “corridors of
power.” Thic real lions of the people are with the people ona 2.0
grassroots level. For, participation in this process is an admission of
surrender to corruption, criminality and power.
No way in hell would an anarchist ever run for president or any
other goddam officel It's the antithesis of what an anarchist believes.
We want to end these cosmic farces on the history of humanity - not
participate in theml The few times anarchists have swallowed their
pride and participated in governments have been disasters!
We must get over the false hope that government will “protect” us!
The government is what is menacing us! Our safety and prosperity
can only be “guarantced” by our own conscious efforts and those we
organize with.
What the government is doing right now is this: stealing our
money, using it to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending ever
more people into the hideous prisons, protecting big business,
shredding what few “rights” we have left, etc., ctc. How is that
“protecting” us? When a voice s raised against this juggernaut of
greed and vice, like the milquetoasty Paul Wellstone, he mysteriously
dies on the eve of an election in a plane crashl All that change”
means in this sick system is even more goddam laws are written.
That's it! All the crime previously committed by the government and
all the terrible things it is doing now and will do is not even worth a
speeding ticket. It's allowed to happen even if it succeeds in doing
what it is headed to do - destroy the Earth itselfl That's our
“protection!”
It says that the system is pure, cosmic level crime that humanity
needs to end to have a chance at a future, much less a society of
peace, freedom and justice.
Question #4: Do taxes by the controlling masses (government]
Pperpetuate the monetary system? With our science and
technology today, why do we need a monetary system? Why
can’t we all just work jobs 5o people can just have what they
need and want? The Amish do it!
Answer:
Yeah, taxes play a big role. Its how government gets its money to
buy all this misery. We live in what has been called *hyper”
capitalism. The difference between the salaries of CEO's and wage-
earners is astronomical - way worse than any other country. All the
laws, the police, the courts, the prisons, the armies, all of these
systems are in place to keep the system in place. The system works
for the aggrandizement of the already rich. Those people who control
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the levers of power like the system the way it is. It affords them a life
of leisure and affluence, while doing lttle or no real work. They
‘They did not erect this elaborate system of lies and theft using
genocide, slavery and constant murder, just so logic could poke it's
‘unwelcome head in and propose a sane alternativel? Yes, most
certainly we could change things 8o people could work mare
meaningfully and equitably, but that's not what the evil bastards who
run the show want to see happen. And it won't happen unless we
samehow stop them from calling the shots. They are drunk on power
. and greed and will not voluntarily give up the “reins of state.” They
don't care that to keep it going they feel compelled to munder s0 many
‘and make suffer 80 many. They are beyond amoral, so arguments to
do the bumanistic thing mean nothing to them. They are killers.
As for the Amish, they have maintained a relative autonomy,
although their politics are rather primitive and drenched in
consumerist, Britney Spears vacuous social system we are not
rebelling against yet. The Amish aren't anarchists, nor do they
threaten the system at all, 0 by leaving them alone, the government
gets to say, “Seel We could be fucking with them, but we aren’t.
Therefore, we have the greatest country in the world!® Sheesh!
Question #5: Ifa revolution comes sbout, how will we protect
oursclves from the government and State? I mean, they possess
‘weaponry such as missiles and metal piercing rifies like he AS-
50. How do wo get a hold of such equal fire power? Iwant to bo
able to point back whatever they point at me.
Answer:
Revolutions don't come out of nowherel As the social reality
deteriorates and people necessarily.get more conscious and
organized, community organizations get stronger and more militant.
Government corruption azid brutality increases, outraging citizens,
including police and military forces. Look at Iraq. They have
infiltrated the police and military forces, have bought or stolen
stockpiles of weapons and turned them against the U.S. forces.
As the government knows 1o other “argument” other than brute
force, they lose the allegiance of the people. Without that, they can't
‘command citizens to kill other citizens. However, as they are also
doing in Iraq, they employ private armies — hired killers -
‘mercenaries. These indoctrinated fascist death squad forces are
‘among the most evil, sinister, criminally psychotic people on Earth.
Their job is to torture and kill. This is who the government will rely
‘more and more on.
More and more people need to understand what they are up
against and organize accordingly. I don't know what it will take for
the people to come to,these inevitable conclusions. Maybe it will be
mass arrests and Marshall Law. Maybe a movement will spring forth
that captures the imagination of the people and provides real 23
direction against the government. Maybe it will be a sort of new
World War, I don't know. Maybe another warldwide depression or
‘natural catastrophes will set things in motion.
Each person needs to deal primarily with themselves and their
families first and foremost. They need to overcome their fear and.
lethargy and learn what it means to give a damn about those around
them and be involved in what is happening.
It's next to impossibie to really “protect yourself” from those
determined to do you harm, especially a government s organized
and deadly as what we are dealing with. We need to rely on collective
security, but first we must learn how to build it so it is functional and
reliable. We can be catious and careful not to expose ourselves to
undue harm, but you can' let this paralyze your life or activities. No
matter how careful you try to be, you can be targeted or the victim of
random violence, an accident or whatever. Every minute
procrastinating is a wasted minute of a finite life. Don't waste time.
Your best protection is your conscious awareness about what is
happening around you and why. Then you can devise responses to
various threats.
It's hard to envision what new forms of resistance will take place
and what will be effective. 1 would think that the anarchist idea of
affinity groups would be important. Autonomy of action is hard to
climinate. If there are no “leaders* where do the authorities go to cut
the *head” off of a movement?
Along with all this actual resistance to what will amount to
government war on its own people, will be the conscious media war.
We have to unmistakably cover what s going on and analyze it
‘honestly and thoroughly. People need to know what is going on
without any ambiguity or hesitance. This of course, is hardly the
case these days as “opposition” to this beyond evil government is still
50 tepid and apologetic. People don't realize they would just as soon
shoot you as listen to (and ignore) what you have to say.
Question #6: Pacifiem and peaceful protesting seems to never
Answer: They like to pretend that it doesn't bother them, but look at
how they have responded to “peaceful” protests lately. They often
Out-number the protesters and they are armed to the gills! Just a
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common Americans. Seeing their neighbors out onthe 273
neighborhoods picket lines with their anti-war signs asking them to
honk, slowly got them to scc who was in the wrong here. It didn't
take violence — except the endless violence of government killing
innocent civilians all the time, which also got thousands of
Americans killed and many tens of thousands injured. The home
front is sinking like that bridge in Minneapolis, because these
‘morons are wasting all the fruits of our labor to fund the gruesome
bloodletting in Iraq instead of dealing with our problems at home.
The only thing the government is willing to pour money into
domestically is the police and prison apparatus. It's sickening!
Muny people are likewise sickened by the reality they see every
day, but have nowhere to go to do anything about it. They don't
know that the key to their life lies within themselves. They don’t
know their lives could be immeasurably enriched by finding and
collaborating with people, just like them, who have taken the extra
step, two or three and gotten pro-active somehow. They're still bitter
done them from every angle. They're still tied down by a cobweb full
of lies and self-helplessness. They're under the influence of drugs -
the TV, the radio, the newspapers and other lic-based visual
‘bombardments.
‘They acoept the dreadful belief that there isn't anything you can
do about it. They're “peaceful” so peaceful they are letting the
government chew them up and spit them out and make a shambles
of their life. -
But, the government is not peaceful. They kill, kidnap and
incarcerate. They torture and evict. As the government gets more
aggressive and turns on their own people, people will get more aware
as they get burned and theyll also get more vocal and physical. 1ts
sad whenever anyone gets hurt or killed, but the actions of this
government make it inevitable. To end it once and for all, requires
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the hard core fascists.
1don't know. 1 detest violence and can't get into mounting any
interest in learning how to be violent to stop violence. But many
‘people already are schooled in violence, cither taught how to maim
and kill by the government or as they tried to survive in dangerous
environments. It's not my thing, but somebody is going to have to
You can be very militant and impacting on other “fronts” such as
through the battlefield of ideas. You can act as a support network to
the Brothas and Sistas who are carrying the load, physically. 24
[Everyone has a talent that will come in handy when nip comes to
tuck. Our job is to learn how to maximize that usefulness and learn
'how to work together for the common good.
Violence is all around us. The government causes endless
gruesome death and eternal damnation (depleted uranium) every
single day, all over the world, and here at home. The criminalized
and refuse of society engage in violence, as does the police, at
alarming levels ~ spawned by a demented, ultra-anxious populace.
Murder rates, suicide rates, rape — all kinds of serious crime are at
high rates in the U.S. compared to other capitalist Euro-type
countries. 'fl:-ynunnz-mdn\unvinlmwmthmr.chmq‘-
in pearls and gold. It's that disgustingly simplel Remember, it has
aluways been a settler occupation of genocide and slavery — and these
most horrible tactics of State are still used today - with the
otherwordly destructive power they have painstakingly accumulated
The technology of mind-altering and somnolence has gone ultra-
high tech, tool The best Nazis teamed up with homegrown fascists to
create the no-think hybrid we see today. All these tools are made to
get citizens to basically police themselves and to either believe the
drivel they promote or do nothing about it. Inside and out, they want
to nip courage and insight in the bud!
Whatever happens, happens every day, anyway. We must study
and learn and teach and participate in events every single day. We
need to help each other get up to sauff, which to many, is a long
ways away. Treat every Brother & Sister out there as your own blood
relative. You take these people under your wing and teach them
‘what they need to know. Look after them and look after and educate
‘yourself, too! Al too soon reality will hit all of s in the face without
any going back. We must prepare ourslves in order to have a
chance at surviving, much less thriving. Problems don't go away
because we don't like the gravity of them. They can get worse,
though!
Now, 1 know that's impossible to do - treat everyone like your
“Brother” or “Sister.” 1 think people should be given a chance, at
least. Those you don' like after you see them in action a little, you
don’t have to like (or even deal with, really.) But, you've got to keep
trying and pushing the struggle forward - keep pushin’
Question #7: The government is in debt - a trillion dollar
something debt! At what amount docs a government become
‘bankrupt, and what consequences should people expect from
wuch a debt?
Answer: 25"
‘The government - at least this 'only super-power’ government -
craps out when and only when its own people decide it is no longer
worth propping up. We owe Japan a trillion, too, don't we? We owe
China, Vietnam - all the countries we destroyed and drew slaves and
‘sweatshop labor from, all the death squad dictatorship fascist
governments we trained, supplied and otherwise supported. We owe
the wholg world pretty much everything! But since the U.$.
government can destroy everything at a moment's notice, it
‘lackmails the world, economically.
“The magic of the marketplace” and the “supply and demand”
blather of capitalism is only respected by U.$. corporations and their
government, if these corporations are given undue advantage to
profit. I they don't get their way economically by threatening to
‘bomb, they just go ahead and actually bombl They have no intention
of paying any “debt.”
‘When Clinton *paid off the federal debt” guess how he did it? He
squeezed it out of the taxpayers! Welfare was eliminated, 100,000
‘more police were added, the prison population practically doubled,
500,000 - 1,000,000 Iragi children were snuffed out, Serbia was
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'were NAFTA-ed out to Mexico and then China, thousands died of
starvation daily, etc., etc. yet he is known as & *humanitarian!”
Anyway, it is up to Americans to do something about it. Helll We
sure know all about “debt” secing as so many of us are mired in it
‘We usurp 25 - 30% of the world’s resources, having but 4.5% of her
‘population, yet we're still all in debt! ‘What's wrong with this picture?
The problem, which 1 keep saying, is a lack of understanding of who
is causing the problems! We let government get away with being
finally had enough and call a general strike, then we can deal with
the debt. It will be pitched ot with the fecal bath water Uncle Sam
has been s(h)itting inl The world's resources must be pooled and
‘shared equitably, with those in most need being taken care of first.
‘The economic crime of not paying back debts will be ignored by
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As for bankruptcy, the U.S. has long since demonstrated itself as
being morally bankrupt and worthy of nothing but contempt and
dissolution. People need to look at the whole, real picture and take
their blinders off. Read some Thoreau if you have any illusions about
‘what government s truly all about.
Question #8: America did not have its first police foroe until
1844 In Now York. Such a'fofce was created by Sir Robert Peel
in 1829 in Leadon, England. From the day Columbus discovered
America ia the fiftcenth century till 1844, America scemed quite
capable of policing thomselves. So then, what was the purpose
of eveating the nalice?
Answer:
The country may not have had police, but they did have militias,
vigilante groups, military troops, etc. They did the job of police - go
out and kill people (Indians) round up escaped slaves, crush 2.4
rebellions, enforce capitalism (il strikers, etc.) They gave people
plenty of lecway as far as punishing or killing their slaves and
‘workers. The Pinkerton's were like private police hired by companics
to break strikes and kill workers.
So, as the country grew and the population grew, they wanted an
everywhere domestic occupation force to do the hidding of slavers
and capitalists. These evolved into police forces of various levels.
‘Their jobs are still pretty much the same ~ protect the property of the
rich, who they helped to steal the land and insure the profitability of
their operations, in the first placel They're supposed to keep the
rabble down and unable to mount any serious challenge to this type
of rule.
With the changing conditions, such as the technology and giobal
sweatshop economy, many of the most rebellious and unwanted
(read: young male, mostly urban Afrikans) are only useful to the slave
‘economy as actual prisoner slaves. The police play a huge role in
this explosive domestic “industry.” So, as before their role was to
capture and return *cacaped slaves” back to the plantations,
nowadays, they capture “gang members” and take them to the
‘modern-day siave plantations — thy nation's prisons.
The police are all about “law enforcement.” The laws are written
by the rich people lawyers to insure things stay the way they are and
that those who do get punished are the poor ~ especially the ones
with protective melanin in their akin. They keep a lid on this horrible
country on a day-by-day basis. Like Mayor Richard J. Daley once
explained: “The police aren't there to create disarder, they ace there
to preserve disorder!”
Question #9: An anarchist man or woman targets and kills
government officials, leaders, agents and cops in his or her own
‘way to abolish government. Murder or hero?
Answer: Well, this actually rarely ever happens that an anarchist
does target an official. Overwhelmingly, it is the other way around -
government targeting anarchists or any number of innocents. It
depends I guess. When that monster, American-lsracli gunned down
all of those lalamic worshippers, those who did overwhelm and idll
him were definitely heroes. They stopped further certain senseless
slaughter. And I can sec how Alexander Berkman wanted to go and
personally kill Frick, after he ordered the Pinkerton’s to kil so many
workera. But even if he succeeded in killing him, the company would
have just put another pig in his place. Nothing fundamentally would
have changed.
‘When those people gave Ceaucescu and his wife a quickie trial
and execution, on Christmas morning no less - I thought it was great!
But, another hoirible regime was quickly put into place, and the 2.9
people got 0o real relief. I'm sure the worlds people loved it when
Mussolini got strung up - at last! But it was a brief moment of joy at
the vanquishing of a tyrant. Crappy governments kept coming.
‘When the Unabomber killed a couple of researchers or whatever
they were, I thought it was cruel and rotten. These small fry are not
the “tyrants” who orchestrate genocide. He's just a low-level
functionary. 1 thought if you are going to g to the extent that you
are willing to actually off somebody, make sure that person has been
‘personally responsible for some awful crimes of government — the
policy-makers of mass murder. When that anarchist actually did kill
a guy, here in the U.S. (McKinley) I think | would have been
supportive of him, had | lived then, at least once he became a captive
of government. But then, I'm supportive of all the captives!
1 readly, really, really don't like it when people get needlessly hurt
or killed, which is why | hate the U.$. government so much. Lone.
‘wolf rampages — even against tyrants — have no real effect on
‘abolishing government per se. Of course, that nephew dude in Nepal
‘who wasted the whole royal family with a machine gun surely put the
Iibosh o that despicable ruling class!
‘Then again, as part of a fluid revolutionary situation, it is a tactic
that can have effect. Sometimes it's a matter of killing them before
they can Lill youl Then, it is self-defense.
But going off on your own against who ever, usually someone not
that important, as the real big fish are so protected, doesn't have
much effect. It's more a cry of isolation and frustration. It also gives
the authorities a good excuse to crack down on his or her comrades.
So, these isolated attacks.end up getting comrades captured, because
thiey didn't know what was going to come down and were caught
before they could protect themselves from capture.
Each case is different. If the person does it as part of a
revolutionary strategy and not just some spasm of revenge or
something, it pre-supposes that this person has thought out the
possible consequences. Such people as Russell Maroon Shoats and
Ojore Nuru Lutalo have made these types of choices — and have spent
decades in horrible supermax hellholes because of it. I consider
them to be freedom fighters and very brave. They not only gave their
whole life for the cause of liberation, but it's a slow, painful daily
death they must endure.
I'm waiting for anarchists to have the courage to do basic
argument crafting, printing and distributing of relevant anarchist
literature. I'm tapping my foot, impatient for them to give
presentations, screen films and organize discussions and actions.
And 1 don't mean just with other anarchists. | meen with real people,
‘whether in school, in the military, on the job, on the street or in the
clink. Let's kill this beast with the unmistakable truth!
Question #10: What is the libertarian objection to anarchism?
Answer: 1 believe in England, “libertarian” and “anarchist” are pretty
synonymous terms. “Libertarians in this country are like far-right-
Republicans. They believe in the Constitution and they love liberty.
They hate government interference in their lives. But the problem is
the Constitution is a slave document. So, they believe in slavery,
whereas anarchists are anti-slavery. 28
Libertarians believe in capitalism, which is a system of economic
slavery. Chattel slavery was also form of capitalism. They just do
not like government interfering in their affairs. They think they
should be allowed to do what they want without regulation or any
other type of government bullying. But, they really don' care about
people who don't concern them, such as targeted Afrikans.
So, they're cool with inequality and capitalist exploitation of
workers, here and abroad. They don't like government and police
interference in their affairs. Well, who does? They liken these
intrusions to “communism.” True, communist governments surely
have meddled heavily in peoples’ lives and it's always been terrible.
“Democratic” governments are no less brutal to their own people,
quite often. They just don't bother to look at the whole picture. They
don't have the empathy and caring for other people that anarchists
profess to have.
Real anarchists who put their beliefs in practice can't stand
injustice and want all government and authority to be climinated.
Anarchism celebrates the salt of the Earth. Libertarianism wants to
keep their privileged position without being messed with, hardly a
noble cause.
Anarchy calls for every single person to not be menaced by
government and allowed o do their own thing ~ s long as they do
not infringe on the lives and rights of others. Libertarians are of the
bourgeois class and anarchy is with the proles and unemployed, the
downtrodden and incarcerated, the migrant worker and the drifter.
Anarchy is for everybody who wants to live a real life and be willing to
fight for it. Anarchy is for those who want to embrace the truth - and
all the danger that this may bring. Anarchy is concerned about the
fate of humanity and goes to bat for the sake of humanity, even
though they know they will be pilloried for it. It's all about love and
all about respect for life — not privilege.
Libertarians want to get back to “Jeffersonian democracy.”
Anarchists want world-wide revolt and the end 1o all government and
authority. Jeflerson was a slave-owner. Anarchists are anti-slavery.
Truth, freedom, justice, liberation!
Thanks for asking me these questions, Brother! Take carel
So. ) ABC Zine Dietro
Chicago A
P.0. Box 721
Homewood, IL 50430
Let's Read the Daily Paper
I'im going to comment on & few of the stories and features in today's
Chicago Sun-Times. I¢s Wednesday, November 7%, 2007. 29
“T'm Ready To Go' is the headline. Former Governor George Ryanis
10 report to prison today, for a long litany of corruption. He calls ita
“10-year nightmare.” That's kind of furmy because I co-founded a group
called STAND) (Shut This Airpost Nightmare Down)
“The folks around Peotone have been menaced by this ‘airport” the
airlines ot want, for four decades. Among other crooked Ilinois
politicians, we can “thank” George Ryan, who smuck a “landbanking”
scheme on to the mega-pork barrel “Ilinois First” package that the
sycophantic legislature passed without problem, all the while extolling
George as the greatest. Our communities are now partially destroyed.
But, he wasn't even charged with anything about allthat!
Poor George, Mr. Magoo himself,is going down. He's a victim of the
government but he hurt a lotof ool He also wasn't even
charged in the buming deaths of the six children.
On page 2, it previews the “We Think” editorial. “Pakistan's leader
takes wrong turn - we can't convert an entire country to our sense of
" This insinuates that ‘our sense of democracy” is a good
thing and that the Pakistanis are somehow immature or defective for not
‘wanting to be like us! How diseased this thinking traly is!
Our great ‘democracy” gives the world an overdase of the seven vices
onasilver platter. Supposedly, everyone should “convert” to: gluttony,
endless corruption. Le's not forget genocide, lately against Muslims!
But, what can you expect from a lie-based educational system that extols
2 slave document, never agreed to, as the highest achievement of
mankind?? Pidfal
On pege 3, columnist Mary Milchell gels some prominent ink talking
about the latest outrage by the Chicago cops - the tasering of an 82-year
old woman, who the cops were sent to check on, for a “wellness” check.
Well... I guess they can report tha's she's fine, since they weren't able to
killthe old bird, aithough she spent five says in the hospital
1f a bunch of thugs with weapons barged into your home with
‘weapons, you probably wouldn't have the guts t confront them the way
this Iady did. She held up a hammer in her frail hands. Of course, this
‘weuldn't guarantee you wouldn't be clubbed or shot or maced or
tasered, t00. These immune-from-gennine-repercussions government-
‘paid monsters do these horrible things to people they ve already
handenfied! All their crimes are ruled “justified” ~ by other cops!
Page4 is 2 full-page ad, as are roughly half the pages, Page5hasa
story about the mother murdered while trick-or-treating withher 3o *
children. Cameras everywhere, police everywhere, prisons everywhere
- yet these things have o effect on how safe our neighborhoods are, bt
rather, help to make them more dangerous! How’s “democracy?”
‘While using 30% of the world's resources, incarcerating 25% of the
‘world's prisoners, with but 4.5% of the world's population, this pointless
yetall too common murdering is the horrific nightmare they get in this
“great” democracy.
Thanks, “democracy!” Thanks for all the millionaires and billionaires,
gated commaunities and corporate welfare, Thanks for the trillions spent
on“defense” fuxtaposed against the numerous and huge ghettos full of
despair and desperation, where life is stripped of dignity and meaning.
Its where the hard drug trade is the only “economy” for so many.
This year's Afghan heroin poppy crop i the biggest i history - under
US occupation! Of course, these “bangers” could get their “three hots
and a cot” as prisoners. They could also enlist and kill people all around
the world, as part of Cheney’s capitalist wrecking crew. This way, they
would't have to worry about getting busted. But i they get ruined
ither physically or psychologically (or both) they're on their own. Some
could even become cops or prison guards, so they could still menace
their own people, get paid for R, and not have to worry about being
hassled about their criminal behavior.
‘What is America's solution to her “problems?” Why, its to make
more Inws! This doesn't solve anything, but it does ensure that more
‘people will “run afoul” of the law. Puck You, Amerikal
On page 6, the headline reads: “Gay pastor tests celibacy rule.” A
Iady won't take the celibacy vow, but still wants to be ordained. In the
‘wake of all the church-caused pedophili, you'd think a more honest,
adult relationship would be a relief. But nope! 1ts a brouhaha. She says,
“God is the actor in all this.” God is one weird dude!
Actually, since people have for centuries tried to conjure him up (and
put words in his mouth - and deeds on his resume) we are still left with
‘whatit s - a vast nothingness. Sorry to have to tell all you folks, but
God does nothing because he is nothing. He d-0-65 n-ot ex-is-t!
On page 9, Mark Brown chimes in on George Ryan, saying, “He's
confusing a clear conscience with a lack of conscience.” Well, Mark,
‘where the hell were you (and all the other mainstream media wonks and
politicians) when ‘ol George was pulling off all these capers, right before
your eyesI? You, after-the-fact, gutiess hypocrite! You bad rap Illinois
itizens for allowing such corruption. Some of us were calling this 5.0.5.
(and many others) out, as they were committing their crimes. We did the
same before this horrific Iraqi War t00, but thanks to the wonders of
*democracy” the monster neo-cons waging this evil war (and the 3|
clneless Democrats who approved it), we had no choice but to watch this
bloodletting go ahead, now did wel? The only thing that would have
stopped all this government crime would have been a successtal
revolution, because obviously voting in Democras to “stop” the war is
nothing but a puke-in-the- mouth joke!
‘On page 10, there's a stury of fear-mongering by mortgage firms. By
the way, America, the country's in a housing market meltdown. Seems
people can't afford their exarbitant mortgages and are foreslosing ot &
record clip. Their credit cands are maxsed out, boo. People gotall kinds
of electronic shit lying around, but nothing inside their skulls!
Richard Roeper has page 1. I can't stand this guy. Like Mariotti, he's
tonted as & “entting edge” writer, Well he con's wrike, -In this piese of.
‘nonsense, he talks about Fred Pheips and former Illinois Nzis. Why not
‘write about the Nazis in Washington killing people every, single day???
Page 12-13 s a spread on Ryan going to prison. He's gonna have a
rude awakening, even in country club Oxford, WL Prisons in the US.
are torture chambers. lllAmsfin’lm(Mfixndm
‘criminality, here in the states. Good huck, George. Write to me, f you
‘want o read the unexpurgated truth about things!
Page 14, Gov. Blagoyevich is mentioning the CTA crisis and the
‘search for more casinos (more tax money the state govemment can
‘waste) There's already talk of him being next to be indicted. There's
also talk of a recall. How's “democracy” folks? Yeah,lets get ripped off
by state regulated casinos, so the state can have more money to menace
us with. Blago is such a pud.
Page 15is about the sordid situation where the search is on for the
missing Bolingbrook cop's wife. He's 34, she (was) 24. 1¢s his fourth
‘wife. Wife #3 was found dead in her bathtub, but that was “natural
causes.”
It painfully reminds me about the death of dear & brifliant Dylan
Drapeau. He was my son's best friend, who was killed by off-duty cop,
Brian Dorian in Crete, IL on July 208, 2006. After 13 months of
“investigation” by Crete police, the State police and the Will County
State's Attorney, the best they could do was totally ignore the witness,
stall &...do nothing. Oh! Waita minote. Since he was estimated to be
travaling between &3 and 100 mph when he slammed into a stopped
Dylan, they l ssue him a speeding ticket. Ijust love Amerikan justice -
‘especially when cops kill people!
Next two pages are for the bourgeoisie. Let's trvel to - Russia! Yeah,
right! Maybe you could stop in Grozny on your way there? Email
Irackl@suntimes com for more information on package deals. Whatis
Amerikan “foreign policy” for i not to insure pleasant, leisure tips for
the rich?
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On page 19, Conrad Black says he doesn't regret not testilying at his
trial. Neither do we! Screw you, you disgusting rich, slime ball former
“publishex” of the Sun-Times. 34
Page 20 s Neil Steinberg’s tiing. 1 don't like it. He can't write, either!
He tries to parlay his social squeamishness into something principled. It
doesy't work! Quit your job, go through major de-programming and
then sttesapt fo 80 some-real, genuine, serions, actual writing!
'He's got a big picture of Oprah sporting her latest look - that of a
billionairess scorned. This is because she's aghast at finding out her
girf's schoolin South Africa is just like any other mainstream school in
the world. 1¥s a place where students are sexually, psychologically and.
physically abused - all the while being indoctrinated into acqui
and conforming into their decadent society. At least this piece isn't
about Oprak's weight ballooning up and down or her relationship with
her el dorko boyfriend.
Page 24's headline reads: “Judge allows bond for accused priest. Oak
Lawn / Convicted of abusing boys, he faces new charges.” Yeah, well,
heis a convicted child molester, but he's a “man of the cloth” and he is
“white”... Judges! Talk about child molesters! They shove kids into
cages (and rape environments) on a daily basis. No wonder hey wore
hoods down in Peru. Of course, they were involved in heavy conspiracy
to murder, too! What horrible people they truly are!
Page 26 reads: “Anti-war students protest suspensions.” Weirdly,
one student's sign reads: “Let us go to schooll” I guess they realize that
suany young people who aren't in school, end up like a lot of the
homeless, veterans ahd mentaly ill - thev're dragzed off to orison. How
D.ARE. those kids have a social conscience! Apparently, they haver't
learned anything in schooll They probably dor't even go to their
school's football games!
Page 30 has a report by Lynn Sweet on Barack Obama, schlepping
around in lowa. He's gonna host a dinner for 9,000 of his minions. Talk
about a cattle calll Then, he's going on “Meet the Press.” Hey, Barack!
Do you still think we may need to bomb Pakistan's nuclear facilities in
light of the latest developments from our “ally?” O will the beat down
of those wild-eyed, rock-throwing lawyers be enough?
Page 33 reports: “2007 Deadliest Year for U.S. Troops.” Yeah, but just
think how many Iragis we killed and displaced. Another article reads:
“Mukasey likely o be approved.” Well, who can really tell what the hell
“waterboarding” is? could be like that case years ago where some rich
dandy was convicted of getting off the hook for killing a girl in Central
Park because of “rough sex.” Waterboarding could just be Uncle Sam's
‘version of a nasty shower! Some folks may think reading this diatribe is
torture. Just remember, anything the U.S. does is good, including the
prospect of World War IL. 1 think Hillary should be waterboarded for
approving this auonstrous war {and for being Fist Lady when Bill was
50 “worth it snuffing out the lives of all hose Iragi children throughout
the nineties) As for Madelaine Albright, put her on the starvation diet
given to prisoners in the control units;courtesy.of thie *$.99 meals”
‘whipped up by Aramark. 35
Page 34 states: “Military looks to ease recruiting standards.” Gee, I
don't know if we should allow our trained murderers to have “minor
criminal records.” Shoulds't they be wide-eyed Bambis before their lives
(and those of many others) are totally destroyed by the State? If this lax
atttude takes hold, we could have grade-school kids with toe-nail
clippers in their pockets!
Page 36 depicts another imperialism-forced tragedy - starving, dying
‘people. Here's an example of what this horrible world-wide US.-
dominated system brings to Earth, 24/7. Its about a boat full of Africans
trying to reach Europe, stranded in the Mediterranean. Over a third of
them
perished.
Page 38 reads: “Afghan bomb kills 28, including children.” At first, 1
figured it was another U.S. wedding bombing or something because U'S,
forces murder the vast majorlty of the people being killed over there.
But it was the *enemies of peace and security” according to the U,
lackey, Karzai. He's as unctuous as any other U, puppet, but he does
‘wear the hat. Leave it to the U.S. to make the Taliban look less horrible!
Pages 39 - 41 i the comumentary section where columnists, readezs
‘and editors get to chime in with their club-footed thinking. One thing
Carol Marin wrote made sense. She said (talking about the corrupt mess
in Springfield) “Lost with the money is faith in government works.”
People need to go beyond “losing faith” in government, into seriously
understanding the whole mess, genuinely educating others and
formulating strategies to end governmen, altogether. People aways -
ask: “What would we do with all the criminals?” What they should be
asking is: “What are we doing about all the criminals who run the show,
now?”
OK. page 42. This is Zay N. Smith’s page. I thought he was “Black”
before I saw a picture of him. Lots of prisoners think I'm “Black” too!
But, I don't call people “Black” anymore. 1 call the progeny of African ~
slaves who live (and are menaced) here, “Afrikans.” Ther¢'snosuch
thing as a “white” person, either. Zay is a Euro. 4
Tlike Smith's column kind of because he's sarcastic and points out the
absurdity of modern-day (fascist) Amerika. Of course, that's as far as he
goes — fust reporting the idiotic facts. Don't expect any serious analysis
or alternatives to this hideous reality, just a jibe here and there.
‘We're halfway home! The second half of the paper starts with
#Showcase” Jay Z is doing the soundtrack for the new movie starring
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe called American Gangster. 3¢
,its “one hell of an exciting movie.” Multi-millionaire
sellout hip-hop artist (wearing an expensive suit and te) is smoking a
stogie and looking cool. Too bad for young Afrikan men. The paper
says, “Igriore the tired message and enjoy the hot sounds” which he's
lifting off of seventies music.
‘Yeah, ignore the violence-glorying gangbang message of what's
“cool” (which will send thousands o prison) and groove on the
hedonism. Does he use his enormous income to build community
i - or to support his lavish lifestyle??? The cigar smoke in
the picture looks like cum on his face...
Rosie O'Dannell s signing with MSNBC, so the celebrity twit, Bill
Zwecker, wonders, “Is MENBC going tilt?” After all, Rosie's a leshian
against the endless bloodbath in Iraq - obviously a “loose cannon.”
‘Witers are striking, shutting down some sit-coms, including “24."
This will give Kiefer Sutherland ample time to dry out in the clink and
not have to worry about his alter-ego (Jack Bauer) saving the world from
“terrorists” through a hip form of torture, murder and circumventing
‘wark-place policy.
‘These writers should take time to look at how awful their work has
been and what effect it has had on the dumbing-down and morality-less
Iives being led by the sheep who flock in front of their idiot boxes all
day, every day to watch the crap they ve written. They've contributed
‘mightily to this degenerative culture with... sex and violence! Brilliant!
Then we have the TV listing page. There are innumerable shows on
television. Many people watch many of them day and night, every day
of their lives. 1¢s all horrible.
‘Then the commix pages with sudoku, bridge and crossword puzzles.
1¢s much adien about next to nothing. Insanely, the commix pages have
some of the “strongest” political commentary that occasionally ventures
slightly outside the narrow confines of allowable discourse in Amerika.
‘Page 53 sporis: “In Society.” This is where the bourgeoisie comes out
in their finery, usually for a “charity” event. s where people like Jesse
Jackson, actors, actresses, politicians, rich people, etc. go to schmooze:
‘and pretend to give a damn. It another spectacle depicting how
‘brainwashed children “grow up” to become fraudulent adults.
‘Page 54 has Ellie’s advice column. 1 like Ellie because she offers
‘practical advice (usually) and advocaies common sense and respect for
people. The endless referrals to “seek counseling” are worthless, as
“counselors” are full of it for profit. Next o her column is the “Drink of
the Week ” Hene's the main solution to this demented society - get
swazzed.
Then comes business. This reports on the latest job cuts with nary a
conscience. “EA zaps local office - 146 will need new jobs as game 37
‘maker leaves.” It could be about hundreds of thousands of jobs lost,
same difference and tone of the article. s well understood that
whatever corporations do with their operations (like cut jobs, move to
sweatshops overseas, etc) their activities are not to be opposed, but
merely reported upon.
Next comes the electronics news, the advertising world and a column
onlocal radio, ebiz, ads and then the weather! Now, the weather is a
good page. I¢'s like math in school as opposed to “social science.” Its
the only page thatis (almost) totally factual. These temperatures in all
these cities are true! Of course, the forecasts can be and often ate, wrong!
Nextare the stock market reports and tables. 1¥s the boring minutiac
of capitalism. Appropriately, next come the obituaries. People lived and
died and get a flag (veteran) or religious symbol next to their name.
‘Whata summation for a highly diminished life!
‘The rest is sports. But you go to the back of the paper and work your
way backwards. Many people begin reading the paper this way (and
don't go past the sportsl) Sports occupy a huge place in the
consciousness of Amerikans, especially men and boys. We're supposed
o live and die with “our” teams and really our “morality” is funneled
through sports. We admire an athlete’s “work ethic” - work hard and
keep your mouth shut. We don't begrudge their astronomical salaries
and even feel distress during contract squabbles involving our “heroes.”
We seé them as “rolle models” even though next to none of them have an
intelligent thing to say about politics, war, government, etc.
Women and girls get soap operas and clothes and shopping in
general. Men get sports. Anything to keep people inactive politically and
willing to be pliable wage-slaves!
‘The columnists try to ingest some “morality” into their stories. But,
they've all bought into instant acceptance of things as they are - top
down hierarchy and doing what you're told - but doing it well, without
being smart alecky. What misery it all ruly, truly is! Interspersed in this
section are T & A shots, ads for “Gentlemen's Clubs” and other ads to
help those suffering from “erectile dysfunction.”
The war at Home
(The. truth is a Classified Document)
This latest awful Pandora’s Box opening of . 3y
seeningly endiess bloodshed and suffering in Iraq is but
the 1atest aggression from the conguistadors in
washington. ~The danger Jeye] to the planet $u been
N yaiized, for this is auclear warl If they can’t
o heir way, they may kill us all.
on Occupied Great e Island, the war is
sifferent. The physical oppasition, be 3t natives,
s;llvezh v‘nrhrs or the #s _;-gy "’“"Tf,fi'“"" been
rol ntained. JERS e_Mpos!
horeush R sfianz 1 4 St 1o o The worid. The
SA1Y ‘elusive “terrorist” is the tracht
omole are way ahead of us on this, but they
The o e then in the worldwide social revolution.
need, e iohivgty Tiars and murderers are top powerful to
, Wi e disarming them ourselves, here at
So, you have another_horrific war orchestrated
based oh Jies. The details are carefully tucked axay
g:_sqgncn{l * for the good ongm security.
jitalism is rampaging throu e world as U.S.
workers are being laid-off, Stripped of benefits and
o afons. and sojdiers are having their medical premiuss
Biyrocket, -Police are being made %o cra down -on
Ycent and the prisons are cr: with men, women and
O iiaren. Big srother, The Big Lie - it's all ril
o 2nd now Being played out on a world stage.
e cwe really do about 3t7 o do we stop the mega
A e o lyrants? when will government-led mass murder
This question has tormented me my entire life.
what con 7'do7 Afcer a S2-year lifetime, what I've cose
o earn 15 that the truth is revolutionary and
enpowering and is the key to an unafraid 1ife of useful
R eiey.. That 15 why the government has such a tight
355 on Y&! ‘Fhey do not want people to come £O
i o tand the truth and instead of abeying authori
N N Government instinctively, discover that it s
but massive, organized crime!
2SS oes o the heart of everything in this country
_ whethes you believe the Ties of government and behave
accordingly, or you don't!
Leeone’ back this up with a couple quotes.
wrhe most powerful weapon in the hands of the
oppressor 15 the mind of the oppressed-"
- from “I write what I Like”
Z by, stephen Biko
“Qur oppression and delumanization, and our Tiving
conditions worldwide, are worse than ever because we are
dealing with the most vicious, malicious and inhumane
forces in history. They control just about every a:
of our physical and social lives, and that is a reality
we can’t deny or 1gnore. But as’ agonizingly painful as
this n,H s, mr damage tlhfa mi% 39
criainals have intllcted upon our umanizy 1s the one
done to our wental facu , through a Systematical amd
dogmatic process, generation to generation.”
from the Forward by Hugo Pinell to
“George Jackson Lives!® by ne
- Kijana Tashiri Askari
So a massive educational project is necessary to
begin to cut through the lifetime of lies and delusions
gost ol pmsricans suffer from, 1o sccess the most
clear sighted rmation takes nto
the heart of the heartless darkness of Amerika -
nation’s massive gulag archipelago. The most conscious
educators, talented artists, writers and thinkers are
vt prisoners, -mo]un a1} the ather 2.3 -Ingu.
are tutional ur;
BELSODSER 309 i lne IR Ima] Slvesl iounoe
leserve our respect and support, alsol
These brave new voices are the last thing the
government wants to see people learn from. Prisoners
pay horrifically for their advocacy, often in clinical
upsrmax torture chanbers, Yes, America makes the road
to the truth very scary! -
Once T overcame my $ear and lethargy and felt my
way around, I learned that to maximize my usefulness, it
was vitally important to work closely with conscious
prisoners and I often transcribe, edit and publish their
work. Especially, I wanted to get these insights and
thriiling cultural awakenings back into slave quarters —
into the hands of prisoners themselves to form study
groups, become red by and so forth. Prisoners
need Tove and social contact, t0o. Letters are
extremely important. So, this has become my goal. I
found my place and 1've been warmly embraced, and I'm
Ehanku onsider myself ket / Chicago School
I consider myself a “Haymarket cago School”
Anarchist. Now, what is that, you may ask? Well, I'm a
sort of bread & butter anarchist, who thinks it
imperative to hamser away at the'most jmportant issues -
war, slavery, economic :x:-shv- , sexism, racism,
ression, furder, degradation of Earth and so forth.
1 believe strongly’in solidarity and mutual aid. T
believe in being very upfront and of about belief:
and actions. I spend a lot of time working up, - "
grassroots groups in the South suburbs of chicago and so
forth. I° o work with afrikans, Muslips,
P tiane Do) Ponthers, Native amerioans orhavSsay
serious imtmr;‘lsing the level of awareness, with a
cus.on sons.
Just as prisoners are demonized as somshow - 17
subhuman, So too are Anarchists. You may have heard the
willer I.'h:? somercial on the rdio, lately. An
announcer is getting a ci to parrot the word “Taste®
after hm ‘them what they want. He calls out -
Zhey you, with the hamser & sickle, what do you want?"
and’he y&lps Something against capitalism. Yhen the
amnouncer Says,"Ssecurtiyr” “And they say, “Tastel” The
announcer says, “Actually, I was could escort
BT o e e T vces o v
s is tellil luse it pre-supposes it e
in America are so brain dead as to ba revved up by th
parroting of a market ploy and accept it as genuine
Culture, much less know or care about the dilferences
betwein a communist And ah narchist. It revels in
policical ignorance and the herd mentality. "It
Celebrates Slavish stupidity. It's self-lobotosized
Consumerisn.
‘America 1s a nation of addicts. Television and all
the ther screens play a huge role i
e o Y1 e T o ot b nation’s
ability to think dur}y. Many are hooked on vice, Tike
gambiing, sex, , drugs, power, all kinds of
segative:things to Kiep people fron their navural
inclination of self-respect and caring about others.
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ng, evel . gin to
erpan e Rt on g ety oroasgracions: 3
Bolivia, now can they?
This society-wide torpor of thought is_the
Nazification of a society, mentally. It allows the big
boys o plot their evil with 4:7\.,"2. Remember, to set
this up, the first thing they did after wWiI was'to grab
all the top German Nazis and have them work for the U.S.
government, creating the CIA, INTERPOL and so forth.
mfisfmw has been fine-tuned with genuine piano wire,
But it just makes me Tivid that these sickeni,
white men_can do this to our people and terrorize t
whoTe world for their addiction to greed and power. I'm
just 2 working stiff, with a wife and to kids, but
jamarit, 1'11 stand up to theml I'11 shout out the
freedon that information is - without all thehlacked-
out pages!
3 do_this by painstakingly collecting and
distributing the most powerfully written and important
analysis I can find. In this quest to find and spread
the_truth, otten to meet and work with man
brilliant le, inside 3
ThiS has enrichod oy TiFe”eronhdoosty maiCs ond put. |
t alone. I've '] e front Tines i
I‘::e:-Tr.I:“fiuu. Ay ony edonn TR 0e2
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" Naturally, the fascist u.s. govermsent doss many'
5
things to this work, -Mn'::m ‘trying to clai
citizens have “freedom of Speech.” They infiltrate our
9oyes., they raid the hopes of activists, they drag
F prey to the {nner hells o r Vast prison
network,
It behooves us as ple on the “outs” in “minimal”
security to hear what these prisoners have to say and do
something about it. We must develop a purposefulness as
strong or stronger than the Abolitionists of the
Century. our task is to end all forms of slavery once
and for'all - not just change a few words in the
Canstitution and gut prison stripes on the slaves, as
many, still to s day, work in the (prison)
plantations! “our humanity is screaming in our ear about
slavery - ¥n eha United States 2006!
I could tell you all kinds of this to turn the
Big Lie on its ear. The whole Southwest is Occupied
Mexico, anyway! The U.S. stockpiles (and uses) the most
deadly'weapons and posens inaginable, yet husdreds of
g s sh_in prisons fc 2 e
possestlonor the, Hiorer sE1 011y Brisans for, the mere
plant! wany of know these outrageous !M:g:. but
Teel frustrated as people demonstrate throus ‘the
world, yet it does not slow down these inals.
" ?ut flll% I ql:: to say is this. {our Tife takes on
ole new attain_reso]
Sork. Srmed with the trich: ke 11 hove farpisg 12
individuals and semstimes it's not To correct them.
As well, the past is over and done with. our lives take
an_importance in the here and now and what we can and
will do in the future. We all have unique, useful
contributions to make and it is in the doing that we
ind our happiness and live our genuine lives. Thank
you.
~ Anthony Rayson ~
South Chicago ABC Zine Distro
P.0. Box 721, Homewood, IL. 60430
The Tyranny of the Truth
“O.K. Let's go. C'mon, you know it's all “standard procedure!
Qbey the fuckin’ ruleal”
“Yeah, yeah. Let e get my pants on.”
There are all kinds of ways we're told we can't do this, or say
that ar heaven farbid, ach on what we knaw, Inaane angoing /2.
bloodlettings are to be looked at as something you can’t “morally”
challenge. Support the troops and carp on how expensive if you
‘must, but do not call aut the actwal truth! The few who do single
out the truth will be vilified, harassed, shot — whatnot. So, rule
number one is surrender your soul at the door.
“You've really done it this time. This is treason! This last
piece of vitriol is so alarming people are actually thinking about
what is heing soidl”
“Yeah, well...I'm just ‘“Joe Normal.” I'm your basic bread &
butter race-traitorin’ abolitionist - or, if you prefer, a prison
abolition anarchist. Its haw yau have to be - accarding to me - if
you want to decide what happens with your own soul. Tyranny of
the truth!”
Let’s see. It’s a basic fork in the road. If you decide to seek.
the truth and try to follow your evolving consciousness on how
‘hest to do it implement it, welded with your philosephy of ideas)
in order to satisfy oneself, do right by others and be aware and
involved in what's happening. It sounds relatively simple. But
ance you learn the details and harrors of the ghastliness of
government, your moral outrage and physical detestation at the
‘monsters who do all this, takes hold. You find yourself
deliberately looking for move anawers, and peintedly, asking new
questions. So much for sleep-sided nighttime snoozes, thinking
about some TV show!
“These goddam publications are causing way too many
problems. You'e just hurting yourself trying ta da all this.”
“Tt would sometimes seem so! 1 still pay homage to Catalonia.
Durutti & Ascasco’s dream was a bookstore (anarchist) in every
town. Right On/ Brathers! It incredible ia what it is - the lived
truth! Too bad it’s so damned dangerous. Iknow how the
“witches at the stake” felt like in their insane societies. Ijust
didn't give a shit about faothall, anymare. I barfed up the bit!”
‘Yes indeedy. Little Johnny is about 6'5” and 300 pounds!
He's like 8 suigide bomber in a sume belt! It's all abaut bitty
images, in hand held (or stuck on head) electronic devices and
talkin’ all the time, but never about serious politics &/or reality.
Everything's a:jump away. It's a drive-thry life, 43
No one reads baoks, much less analytic ones. The magazines
are fluff, not intense essays. Take an amazed gander at the
magazine rack at the Speedway. Hunks & Babes — and
mercenary magazines! That must be how you get the babe — you
become a trained killer for the U.S. government! -
“You see! That's the kind of shit I hate - the mockery and
sarcasm. You have no respect whatsoever for the fuckin’ flag or
anything! How da you expect to get away with that?”
7 do have respect, but not for government or their stooges.
Just because you work for the power and they can and do, do this,
daesn't mean you can erase the truth, That's my prablem, T
decided that my good deed for my life would be to.attempt to
ascertain the truth and stir it into my life and do my best to tell
(and mastly warn) others. Seme peaple play the vilin. I write
words. I know what you mean, though. They had me believin’a
lot of that “freedom” and “god” nonsense, too! But, I got out of it.
Luckily, I read heavily as a child - an heavy subjects. So, I got
addicted to the heroin known as the truth at a young age.”
Every frigging waking moment is bombarded with all these
assholes and all their commercialal Jeez] The world stares in
stunned and shocked fear at America, for the insane,
bloodthirsty and reckless monster that it is more and more being.
And the paychological captivity and seductiveness at mindless
consumerism and commerce, which grabs 80 many and makes
countless more long for that type of “life-style” nauseates the
intelligent, wherever they may find themselves. It's'a volatile
time of religions / fascist extremiam, otherworldly imperialism,
ecological meltdown and a world of suffering and starving people
juxtaposed with high tech arms and “armies.”
“People can't be allowed to hear shit like that! It could be bad
for their health. Haven't you ever read the long list from the
gulag censor trolls explaining why words are disollowed for
prisoners? Why open up Pandora’s Box? Like Kissinger said
about Vietnam: We should have never been there, but that's
history.” It is what it is and we gotta keep it.”
“So, you're trying to save lives. Since there’s nothing that we
can do about, and yeah, it may end up swallowing all of us up
anyway, but if you challenge it, theyl just kill off everybody 44
earlier. But that gets away from the basic premise of having
possession and say so in your own soul. Basically it means, you're
willing ta give up on this life in hapes you'll get inta G past-life
place known as “heaven.” But that's no guarantce. So out of one
life (maybe two, according to some ") you end up living
‘none (maybe an eternal ane?) That's seunds ridiculous to me!
Why not live the one life you know you have?”
The truth can be worse than heroin. You can be killed over
the truth, but you ¢an never averdese on it! I¥s like an acid trip
of transmogrification. I¢1 slap you in the face, punch you in the
gut and poke you in the eye! The only requirement is a
willingnes o live ones owa life and be in contral of enee own
soul. Don't believe (or pretend to believe) anything that in your
‘heart of hearts, where you rely on yourself for proper decisions,
you know isa’t true or don't know if it ia true or not. And please,
don't just avoid learning about it, having to deal with it, much
less truly knowing it and acting on it.
These cathartic explosions occur in everybedy's life, whether
we try to delay or deny them or not. We can move forward from
them, instead of getting stuck in life like a skipping record on a
turntable, Trust your own humanity. Like anything elae, it
needs nurturing and thought and caring and practicing —
developing. Each person must teach themselves everything they
need to know to understand and be themeelvea. This will make
for high quality morality in people, as their strongest inclination
will be to manifest itself as a consistent expression of their love —
af self and others.
A sane social society has these types of people intermingling
with each other, without horrible coercive authority, the lies and
the meaninglesaness of life. Peaple manifest their love in many
different ways, plus they have the ability to analyze and reason.
The different talenta cover all the bases. The onea that are
‘miased or are unpleasant, though necessary, peaple will step up
and perform, as a demonstration of their love. You see a
‘problem, you volunteer to help. In turn, those volunteers bathe
in the love and respect othera return to them. T'm talkin’ in a
sane society!
“It’s not what it is. What it is, is this! They have the ~ 45~
clampdown pretty damn good! Everybody knows that if they try
to pull something, we'll come down hard. You're causing your
own problems. Freedom means death.”
“You can’t just say, I'm the opposite of what I am! Yeah,
fascism’s horrible and when people are killed by it, they stay
dead. It's beyond an indictment of government that their only
real argument is murder and suffering. But, the truth is still the
truth, lies are still lies, morality exists and it’s implementation is
the height of human activity and some people will move forward,
despite the dangers, It really is a ‘war on the truth/”
‘Things can happen quickly. Look at the dramatic increase in
polar icg cap melting, the wildfires out West, the devastating
tounamis and hurricanes, monsoons, floods and droughts. It's a
catastrophe! And the political, social and economic health, safoty
and welfare of a bulging 6+ billion people is in the fear-filled
stranglehold of 21+ Century U.S. imperialism and lesser
oppressors. Things will get worse. Ultimately, our only real
UP AGAINST THE WALL Captured police are heid at macheto point by
peasants from San Salvador Atenco defying state plans 10 build Moxico
City's new airport on their land (Chinconcuac, 25 April). On 1 Aug.
President Fox announced the withdrawal of the compulsory purchase
orders and the abandoning of the airport plans for Atenco. I confirmed
this will be a great victory for community soldarity and direct action. A
Tong strugyle culmiriated iy With & ViFtUaTinsurrogion I Aterice anl
3 other towns, with the peasants capturing and holding prisoner 19
‘government officials.
What's Wrong with the Police and Prosecutors? ¢
Lately, there's been recling barrage of stoies of police ~ Chicago police and
suburban police - who have been involved in horible “incidents.” Whether it is a story,
ike this morning’s paper, which reporied a Harvey cop had shot youth o death in the
back, or new revelations about the policeman’s former (dcad) wife und the outrageous
“findings” of the coroner / inquest of an carlier Will County State's Attomey, in this
ongoing nightmare of the Peterson family.
TLook also at the Fox tragedy. Here the father was forced through the ulimate.
nightmare (accusations of sexually assaulting and murdering his own daughter) plus
suffering in anguish in prison, tom from at east being able o grieve for his davghicr with
his painfully, devastated family...and for what —“political reasons?" How disgusting!
‘Remember those three girls in Crete, run over by that remorseless drunk? What
happened to him for these ghastly crimes? The answer is next 10 nothing. The police and
proseciors automatically suspect fomily members and other available-to-implicate
citizens, but there’s a fip side, 0o. The police and prosecutors themselves don't have to
worry about any repercussions for heir acions, or 8 they have been shown, by their “big
brothers” - the Chicago police! For, there is no accountability. As citizens, we're at
Think I've over-exaggerating? Check out the outcome of the Dylan Drapeas tragedy.
A first the parcats wero told there wer no witacases and ho basically caused his own
eath. No mention that the person who hit him was 2n offuty cop. A witness did come
o Dylan's wake. He'd given the Crete police & detaled witness statement a the e of
tho accident and even drew a clear diagram of the accident (and how it happened.) This
they promptly ignored. "It couldi't ave happencd this ey
"No charges were filed and the policeman involved continued to work, as if nothing
had happened. The witness statement and drawing were ignored and o charges ere
filed, even though the stat police determined the policeman was going between 83 &
100 mph (without any skid marks) while Dylan was stopped. With political pressure, the
family was able to get reluctant Will County Sate’s Attorney office o-“investigae.”
e i lniag o il brough oot o Gl hop o i fi:;.’Dyll;‘:;’
‘Will County State’s Attorney’s office also decided to ignore the witness (and a,
‘Who teaches accideat reconstrustion at Purdue) who cazroborated the wif accovat
of things. Oh, after 13 months of this, the cop who kiled Dylan wilf be issued a ticket.
So much for “justice” in modern day Americal Power i very cormupting, especially
‘when those who possess t have vigilaate atitude towards their own people: The “war
on terror” is “War of terror!™ More and more the dangerous criminals amongst s are
‘wearing badges (s being proecied b others wesing desgner uits aod obosl) 4y
P'm making a new anti-war sign today. Il read: “Love is the snswer ~ NOT
MURDER!" Being afraid to know (and deal with) te trth, is cowardly!
The Shame and Cowardice of Will County
On the terrible night of July 20%, 2006, a wonderful
young man, Dylan Drapeau, aged 17, was viciously killed at
the dangerous intersection of 394 & Richton Road, in Crete —
by off-duty Lynwood, cop, Brian Dorian. Dylan, who was
stopped in the middle of the intersection, awaiting his turn,
was horrificaly broadsided by Dorian, who was estimated as
traveling between 83 and 100 miles per hour.
Dylan was an incredibly talented, gified, clean-cut person.
Dorian has demonstrated himself to be a callous, remorseless
monster, basically. Even a judge, commenting on Dorian’s
behavior at a hearing concerning a subsequent incident,
where he is accused of assaulting a teen-aged girl, called him
a “bad apple.”
Dylan was treated like road kill by the Crete police, who
lied to the parents that night, by telling them that there were
1o witnesses and that Dylan pretty much caused his own
death.
But there was a witness and he saw this whole nightmare _
unfold in front of him. He atopped, tried to help, alerted the
police and gave a statement. For his civic-minded efforts, he
was given the brush-off. His detailed statement (including a
drawing he drew of the accident the night it happened) form
the basis of a wrongful death suit brought against Dorian by
the family, within a week of this tragedy.
Dorian was not given a field sobriety check and his alleged
drug/aleohol test at the hospital is shrouded in mystery. The
authorities clearly wanted the whole episade to be quickly 47
forgotten and uncontested.
The State Police took their sweet time and determined
that Dorian, although wildly speeding, did nothing else
wrong. The damning specifics of the witness’s account were
totally dismissed. They said, “He could have been coached.”
This even though the witness told the Crete police exactly
what happened right after the accident. His account has
remained consistent throughout. The parents were told to
take solace in the fact that the remorseless Dorian will “have
to live” with causing Dylan’s death.
So, the parents did what they had to do to get the Will
County State’s Attorney to investigate. This took several
months of frustrating and anxious days, waiting for
information that was poorly provided and disrespectfully
infrequent.
In the meantime, Dylan’s parents also got a professor
from Purdue who teaches accident reconstruction, to do a
study of the accident. He concluded the witness’s account to
be the most plausible explanation for how the vehicles ended
up locked together, where they did.
The Will County State’s Attorney refused to investigate
allegations that Dorian was drinking before the accident, as
had been widely rumored and suspected. They accepted the
“test” that claimed he was totally clean, without question.
Dylan, as we had always known, was unquestionably drug
and alcohol free.
After 13 % excruciatingly painful months, the Will County
State’s Attorneys told Dylan’s parents that they would not
prosecute Dorian for reckless homicide (much less murder)
Dut rather, issue him a speeding ticket! They cited “Tilinois
1aw” blah, blah. They took the coward’s way out. They said
even though this guy may very well be a monser...
He is a cop and thus wasn't genuinely investigated from
the get-go by his buddies, so “under the law” he is allowed to
get away with this senseless, reckless death, with but a mere
traffic ticket. Such is “justice” for the citizens of Will County.
Sadly, this travesty is pandemie across the country. ¥9
Meanwhile, Dorian is still a cop in Lynwood, never having
been suspended or even reprimanded for his brutal actions,
but r&dwr, rallied around. ‘He has a reputation as rogue cop
and vicious person. The civil suit is being held in Cook
County, because Dorian lied on his driver’s license, as to his
residence. He actually lives in Will County (Crete.)
Dylan lies in the grave that had been meant for his
grandmother, over in Indiana. The system allows for child-
murder by cop, without serious repercussions.
To their credit, Crete-Monee High School, where Dylan
had been at or near the head of his class, was host to a 1.
month memorial rally on August 20t, 2006. Also, at this
year's commencement ceremonies, where Dylan would have
graduated, to a no doubt stellar future, he was awarded a
posthumous high school diploma. A scholarship was set up
in his name and given to the 2007 Valedictorian.
So, what can be done in the wake of this unspeakable loss
and disgusting official cowardice? Well, I could tell you the
“laws must be changed” 80 a vicious crime like this can be
prosecuted in Illinois, when committed by a policeman or
some other person with political and legal connections. And,
1o doubt, a stop light or sign should be erected immediately
on 394 at Richton Road, as they are on the intersections
north and south (Steger Road & Exchange Avenve.) This
‘would minimize future injuries and deaths there.
But, I don’t really see that as a real “solution.” I agree
with Thomas Jefferson. When a government turns on its
own people, they are obliged to get rid of it.
~ Anthony Rayson
“It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships
that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.”
~ Voltaire ~
OCTOBER 22nd COALITION
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY,
REPRESSION, and the
CRIMINALIZATION OF A
GENERATION
(OCTOBER 22ND HAS COME TO BE RECOGNIZED AS
A CONCENTRATED DAY OF RESISTANCE. THE
NATIONWIDE EPIDEMIC OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND
REPRESSION IS HIDDEN FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE OUTRAGED IF THEY KNEW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING. WE MUST DRAG THE TRUTH INTO THE
LIGHT OF DAY. OUR RESISTANCE WILL GIVE OTHERS
COURAGE
NO MORE STOLEN LIVES!
OCTOBER 22, 2007
12 P.M. - 4 P.M.
FEDFRAL PI AZA—CHICAGO
On October 22" thousands of people in cities all across the country will S/
come together to protest police brutality. Chicago is in a state of emergency,
50 far this year the police have been in involved in 29 shootings, 14 of which
were fatalFrom the north side to the south side the city is under attack by an
" out of control police department, we cannot stand silent while they kill or
beat ope more person, we must stand and fight back. .
On March 25 witnesses say they saw 22 year old Steve Wonlack being chase
by police which resulted in him crashing into a building and killing him. The
police say they were not involved in a chase buy eyewitness’s say Steve
washed pushed into the wall by the pigs.
Also in March we all saw on the news a drunken pig beating a female:
barteader for refusing hith a driak. The police harassed witnesses, journalists,
and the victim in the following weeks so they could protect their buddy.
On July 21, Lester “Roni” Spruill was found dead in a cell at the 11 district
station. Roni's neighbors saw police pull him out of his house beaten and
unconscious. Just a few weeks later on the South Side, hs sister called police
to the house of Geoffrey Johnson because he had drugs on him. While
arresting Geoffrey the police tasered him three times killing him on the spot.
On August 6* two nights after Geoffrey Johnson was executed police in
North Lawndale, on the West Side shot 18 yo Aaron Harrison in the back
‘while he was running sway from them, the pigs claimed Aaron was pointing
a gunat them. .
On August 23" another man was killed on the south side. 22 yo Johany
Goodwin was also st in the back by pigs who claimed he pointed a gun at
them, One day later polioe shot a 17 year old west side boy in the neck
‘because he thought he had a gun.
Nationally and locally immigrant workers are being arrested in workplace
ICE saids. In a mall in Little Village 60 ICE agents dressed in battle fatigues
raided and locked down & mall in order to bust a fake ID store.
Everyday we hear about something the police did, murdering, beating
‘people, covering up evidence, and jailing the innoceat. Police brutality is not
a new accurreace, poor people especially people of color have been under
attack by the police in their communities for a long time; that is why Chicago
needs to build a strong unified movement to take a stand against police
terrorism. Join the October 22* coalition and be a part of that movement.
We hear about terrorism everyday in the news. We
read about the terrorists in Iraq, and Afghanistan, but
anyone who lives in Chicago knows the real terrorists
occupy our communities, we know the real terrorists
have waged war on the people, we know the biggest
operating cell of terrorists in the US is the Chicago
Police Department! sz
STOP POLICEBRUTALITY!
NO MORE STOLEN LIVES
Federal Plaza Adams & Dearborn
OCTOBER 22" 12 noon WEAR BLACK!
ry
October 22* is the national day of protest against police brutality;
join us to memorialize lives stolen from us by law enforcement.
Bring photos and stories of loved ones murdered by the police.
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Walcome by Victim's Families: Artwan Johnsen, Brother of
Aaron Harrlson
Wallce “Gater" Bradley, Unitod for Peace, Inc.
Jorge Muica, March 10 Movement for Immigrstion
Righn
Carl Brinson, Westide NAACP
Mars, oot
Rev. Acton, Rev. Graer, Rev. Hoich, Rev. Harrs, Rov. Hood,
Rev. Jakes and Minister Muhammad
“Youh Desarve A Batter Future” Soundfile from
Bob Avakiam, Chalrman of the RCP, USA
STOLEN LIVES PRESENTATION
Mario, WHPK
MARCH
1:00- 2,00
Fred Hampton, Jr, Prisonars of Conclence Commines
Anthony Raysen, South Chicogo Angreist Black Cross
200 P.M. 4:00 .M. @ FEDERAL PLAZA
Black Pirate Millia
Postry and Otéer Enertainment
Ickes Residente
Pt Hill, Aficon American Polcs Leagus
Gaorge Sims, People for Polical Change
Phillp (Fi) Warte, Rovolulon Newspaper
Virginia Claments, mother of o Jon Burge victm
Andy Thayer, Ghcoga Coalifon Against Wer and
Rochim
Hip Hop Music/Entertlnment
Greetings from the Gulags!
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It’'s my honor to represent prisoners at
this rally. First, let me read you a little
letter from a conscious sister, Tami, which
sums it up. It was in the Sun-Times a couple
of weeks ago.
Burden Left on Women
This has been happening in the black community
for years. Our young men are being taken away from
us on trumped-up charges and no one does anything
about it. Women wonder where all the good men are
and the sad thing is most of them are in jail. And we
as women are left to raise men.
Tami
Incarceration is a crime against humanity.
This evil daily torture is what happens after
the cops kidnap a certain some of our youth off
the streets and force them through the crime of
being railroaded through their injustice
system!
Government is massive, organized crime!
The U.S. Constitution is a slave document and
always has been! Not one of us has ever
genuinely agreed to abide by it. It's been
shoved down our throats since day ome! The 13%
Amendment sanctions human slavery for
prisoners, who by their definition - have no
rights. From chattel slavery to peonage,
prison slavery, Jim Crow, sweatshop slavery,
imperialist occupations, genocide and to the
police staté we see today, the major suit and
tie criminals have always told the cops who to
menace in order to keep this system of murder
and theft in place. Dick “Tater” Daley is the
most dangerous dude in town!
Street crime is a direct function of st
systemic inequality. A billionaire deprives a
million pecple of $1,000 each, which they could
sorely use! So now who do you think gets
shoved into a cage? Is it the billionaire or
some poor Afrikan?
Drug abuse is a serious social problem,
whether the drugs are legal or not. The state
aggravates the problem by criminalizing some of
them and capitalizing on their selected
suppression &/or regulation. The laws are used
to threaten people with. This year’s Afghani
heroin crop is the biggest in history, under
Bush’s bloody occupation. Poverty and
suffering drive its cultivation and its
consumption!
Prisoners are teaching and learning the
truth, which is the last thing the enslavers
want to see happen.
We must also learn by working closely with
the Prisoners are still part of our
community. They can’t just steal them!
They’re our Brothers and Sisters and they see
the true face of Ameriklan fascism on a daily
basis. Their fight is our fight, for we’'re all
on tight security in this demented, locked-
down, criminally-run country! Free the EL
Norte 2.3 million!
~ Anthony Rayson ~
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blaged the trady of moral action; I alwayy Like tor think of
it stie-wide: I guesy] sy this becasse coming from the
southerwhinterlandy of Chicagoland; I had o love/hate
ohip on my showlder for the bigs badess oity of Chicage:
But, P'm Chécago; toot
But out here; it ianlt just streety, people; buddingy and
copy. We'huve space; too - corwfelds, woods, places tor not e
hasled at. So; I feel comfortuble with the quieter, slower
pace: Being somewhat unplugged: from all the noise ands
garbage of the city iy nice for me. Yeakh; suburby suck; tool
Anyway, I want to-talk about guyy Like ElijakP. Lovejoy!
Hewayfrom downgtnte:. Hehated slavery so-much; the
wnapeople; ever they loved héams felt: obliged,to-kill
‘hiam (and, his brother) because he just wouldn’t shut up
about it1 They smashed: three:of hiy printing presses aund he:
night before hiy murder - by the sheer immediacy of hiy
eloquence and humanity. He wastheir preacher; for God'y
sakeyl They couldw't handle the truth ands chose death:
Befuddled; betwit and bewdldered; they gathered o
Ppowe up and finally shut him up by way of home nvasion
double murder. Now, that there folk; & “argument:” Wells
maybe not; but i’y the best the fascisty and, pro~slave dupeds
citigenry couldscome up with Equality waythe enemy.
He thundered v the early 30’y - the 18304 He ingpireds
everybody to-come with blinding ingight and bravery. He'y
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dan't really care: if peaple axe or arenot. So; evensthough:
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human morality, uncommon eloquence and bravery. To-be
an anti-lavery abolitionist i alse-the call of oday.
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JohnBrown, have shown to-have had o mighty impact. We
need o burst of Lovejoy now. Listervfor today'y clartovs calk..
Anarchy Without the @ Word o
Galvanizing the Citizens of Eastern Will County Against the
State
STAND — Shut This Airport Nightmare Down
1. Study & arficulate the issues of concem to locals.
2. Plan, organize and pull off creative and effective actions
3. Develop an activist core group
4. Use the media and become the media
5. Outreach to i other community struggles and other
6. Sustaining the resistance
7. Problems & autonomy of action
B. Anarchy With the @ Word
Anarchist Education Using Zines
Seuth Chicago ABC Zine Distro
2. Wedding anarchist principles and actions with personal interests &
o5k
Leatning to be effective
Collaborating with others
. What's your purpose? Who is your audience?
. Applying anarchist principles 1o every phase of the project
. The delicate balance between respect and aggravation
| Avoiding burn-out and energizing others
Something Nice
mRomaw
T came outside early, 5 o'clock to go to work. Three planets were close
together in the sky, 8o I drove south a mile to a wide open field to have a
1ook see. It was so nice and quiet, I could hear my footsteps clearly. An
owl was hooting, nearby. At least be was awake, tool couldn't see the
‘planets, which were close to the horizon, but not because of pollution or
“light pollution.” Tt was just kinda hazy that morning.
8o, 0ff to my inane job I duly trudged. T put my little Sony tape player
on the coat hook and played Laura Nyro, like I do almost every morning,
firat off. I'm atil waking up and her beautiful voice reminds me of my
wifl, who also has'a glorious voice. So, ite kinda like T still in bed with
her. (smile) &l
‘Soon enough, traffic picks up and the Laura Nyro songbird hour is
over, so.1 switch to Van Moxrison, my breed and butter,
‘Sometimes, I'll play stuff ke the Dead or Phish or the Pogues, maybe
Hot Tuna or medleys of mixed bands. I've got hundreds of tapes. Its
what I believe in! Tapes! Cassette tapes. When they first came out, I
liked ‘em more than those stupid 8-tracks.
Thated CD's. Now, I hafta use ‘em, too, to make tapes and because
they're not malking caseette players, anymore. 1 finally got a car with a
player, but it only plays CD's. One time a friend gave me a CD of the
Clash's masterpisce — Sandinistal - 3 CD's, but I gave it back to him.
That was stupid (and ungrateful) but like I say, 'm ot fond of CD's.
T the wake of this ongoing nightmare of Dylan's death (iilled by a
Iying, drunken, low-life pig) my wife found a little ad in the Penny Saver.
Some lady was offering froe “Dead tapes.” So, being the conscientious,
Toving person she is, she elerted-me, So, | called the number, Swre
enough this lady, named Dee, claimed to be offering several dozen Dead
tapes to a “good home.”
1 guess 1 impressed upon her my sincerity and enthusiasm for she also
offered me many other tapes, too. I was so delighted! Someons, a perfect
stranger, was doing something wonderful for me — maybe.
‘There were logistical problems and time-frame delays. She had to go
out of town for a while then 1 had to. I lost her number and then I found
it, again. 1 called her back. She remembered and the offer was still good.
In fact, she'd even come to my house!
Oue fime day, this little old Indy did come to my house with » big box
full of awesome Dead tapes, meticulously decorated with all the songs
neatly listed — many, many live concert tapes, along with a whole ‘nuther
‘ohapping bag full of other tapes of bands frem the 60's, 70% and 80's, T4
say ahe gave me up to 100 tapes — all for nothing! I gave her a bag of
1t was incredible! 1 started listening to some of them. Some were
now I have several versions of awesome Dead songs, recordings of songs
of bands I never got around to listening to, al in pecially decorated
cases. Its a genuine treasure trove. Whoever put these together spent
‘countless hours, days, weeks, months and years crafting them, possibly
also following the Dead all over the country, keeping track of radio shows,
concerts, etc. Maybe be (or she!) was a DJ of some sort, who also,
obviously loved tapes:
1 wonder what happened to him or her. Maybe (s)he died somehow. I
couldn't imagine the person would just give them up. 1t seemed like the
person somehow left the scene and his or her mother ended up with them.
Apparently, she didn't share her child's enthrallment with 60 — 80 rock
‘music, 80 lovingly captured on cassette tape.
But, 1 sure do and it's one of the two nicest things a perfect stranger
ever did for me. The other one was when a guy gave me a huge collection
of plywood Christmas cut-outs that festooned his house. He had a ‘2
gingerbread boy and girl, a dog licking a peppermint circle, M & M
He just up and gave me everything, which we have since adarned our
house with, every year since, from November to February. We're known
around town as the “gingerbread house.”
Here's how this came about. My wife had commented on how she
enjoyed this display, which was on a house in Park Forest, the town she
had lived in since the age of ten. The first ten years of her life she lived
Anyway, s0 one day, I was driving around with my 2year old nephew
and we drove by his house. It was around Christmastime. 1 decided to
stop and sk the guy if he would be willing to fabricate something similar
for me, that I could surprise my wife with for our wedding anniversary,
‘which comes on Valentine's Day = February 140
1 talked to his wife. He wasn't home at the time. I got their phone
number and called him later that night. I told him how much my wife
* liked his handiwork and mentioned the gingerbread boy and girl. Here it
is, once again, & perfoct etranger just talking to me on the phone. By the
time the conversation was over, he had offered to plain give me the
gingerbread boy and girl and everything else!
Twas kinda shocked! I told my wife and she was tharoughly delighted.
‘The next day we drove both our cars over there, and sure enough, this
guy gave us everything. I gave him a couple of bottles of wine.
He said his daughters were growing up and they were all moving to
another house ho was building out in rural Monee. So he was happy to
give his creations to a good home. My kids were little then, soit really
worked out. With minor adjustments, the cut-outs looked like they were
‘made for our house. Having our house set in the woods anyway, made
the display real cool looking and we've been putting them up every year
since, some twelve years or so.
Our boys.are 13 and 19 now, but they still like ‘em and the kids on the
school bus talk about i, to them. -
‘The tapes and cut-outs are nice, but it is the generosity that lingers in
my heart. So, I return the favor by sending out free zines to spread the
love!
InAugust, the Will County State’y Attorney finally told,
Dylan's parenty they would, not prosecute Officer Brian
Doriawfor anything other thar w speeding ticket for the
horrifickidling of their wonderful son I knew it was
coming; but it was so-painful, to-watch this whole corrupt
nightmare unfold, in real time for the wiffering famdly. 1
promised I'd go-through with all this mdwughlnbhor
dealing with officialy - especially cops, prosecutory ands
Judges. T detest wardeny andall the rest of themy toot
S0; avpiece about that iy invhere. I'mhoping to-put
Ppressure onvthemy call for the furing of the Crete Police chief
and,other actions: Get it v the papery; so-everybody loses
more respect for the corrupt and vicious police forces v
these suburby: A lot hay come out how bad the Chicago-copy
are. Weread-about it literally every single day inthe
dadiest The suburbasy copy are hideous, also:
Stantory our older boy, i afreshmar down in
Champaign: I feelbad for him Hedoes't ke it. I figured
he wouldw't. He'yavery bright young man and that'y dork
centrak dowrsthere! Hel probably come back up here for-
second semester. Goodd I'd rather have him around and
@Whe cheaper! He'd blity the grades either way and be
more comfortable: His girifriend and other friends are up
hereand inthe city. Hiyreal education i what he learns
onwhigown: Hislast two yeary of high school and one
semester in 7 grade; he home~schooled: Helearned,an
incredible amount at these times. I'm sure he feels
frustrated not having all of hiy time to-leawrn and do-what
he wanty with who-he wanty, sequestered i as 2-man room:
Our other son Stepheny is 13. He'yin 8> grade. He'yvery
ereative and.a/panaramaof emotionsay hetries to deal
with being 13 in this warped. society. He’ doesn't like school;
ay yow can imagine, but this year so-far, o better than last.
After thiy year, we may move to-get him in o different school
district. Al the schools are pretty much the same to-me, but
not to-my wife: I'mhoping I can convince him to-really
apply himself; so0-we car sty here ands he can home-school
Ieyarather odd coupling: My wife'y adevoted Christian
and I'mavserious anarchist! But wehave love & respect*
Interviews
With
Russell Maroon Shoatz
Including Three Essays
. Black Fighting Formations
. Twenty-First Century Political
Prisoner: Real and Potential
. Liberation or Gangsterism:
Freedom or Slavery
Anthony Rayson, anthonyrayson @hotniail.com
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