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@narchy in everyday life this week
Sonfronting facias, by Ron Duntels 3

oneshare neas 200 churches have besa burned since 1990. Yasy of thes dus to
40 the Activiiien of the Ku Klux Klan, the AF7an Factiot and other White supceateist
orqatuations. This Lesus of race ia Ansrican soclety ie otill a very dominant insse.

T4 vas V.8.3, Dubota, the meat proainent intellectual seholar Umt APrican-
Anertoans have groduced, nd one of the great intallectuals, moet priific veitars
404 thinkara, that Anericans have produced, she prophetioaliy said the sarly part of
‘the centary it the “color line" - tha Froblen of race would be the critical guention
F e tventioth century. Indesd, he has proven to be rigt.

it vonan or & man'of color. be 7ou Africanchserican, Latine-Anarican
or an'Tndlgamoun Jeracn, our Solor coatinues b be o Testraint in iares of ones
Supacity and AMIL to ALAILE oeself 1 Anerioan sciety, 4nd indont, 1n some
Aatuier in thia vorl

WAt e vant 0 do 10 talk about aspecte of 1% (racisa) and wee idees sbout hex
o sight orguaies to couter o sradicats this svil - this disease - Umt ffltcte

ecrizination againet or axclusios or pprassioo
Al sat Of qualities, like hair Gelas of Mair texture
n 1610

e tagun 11k shout *reverse recien
sl i racten.

Vi1, 1t In true, that all husaa brings, including African~iaaricans, are ot
axonpt 'fron Seing produdlont: ~Prajudice 1o the AMILLY ko prejeles or he tapectty
S350 Jotge and 11 14 rogrettatle tat poople pre-Sudge thingr: Tecele bass shelr
Deririor and some of i wahavior Lo nok aloe.. Or, ve Kigh be chauriotat, Thia
10 the belier that one 1n better - ones Group is bettar. Or, ve sight be bigoted:
Ohe night sot. aut, out of tred oF seas-apLitadnessy 4ad G sota. that ace sakind,
O on the baata of Frejoiice tovarda other Groge. AL of these things are Jad, ot
Uheyare not iy what ve are efacring Lo shen ve talk sbout rach

Tacizn reslly 1o the Sepaoiiy o Sraasiate attitudes of supsriselly loto cumtoss,

Talatively seaningioos - vell, 10%8 ok eiagienst - 10
11 dontt. ik, you, Af_somsose calle me & “iggar or if
INurger T Gull someons & "heaky® oF & ~eraskare o semsihiag of:that savure: 1 1o
700'"3 rature 1o do scy but T ALeN Sunt Ereak dova one day nd o thats But, 10'0
Tk Une‘old saying, “iticks and stones sy ot 1y bomes, St saasa vl mavar burt

“Th fact of the satiar Lo, be are lalking abeet. tha cameliy of & rou

Paorle 1o take that animosity, at anger and SetiILty, Umt fouling of surACieFIty,
8 raatata 1t 10 smething Sat depeives perte of the ssetty o fulAL
esseivens

" fas 8 been he Matary of tnéiguoos posle, Ty hae st bae i1ty
of Lyehinge: Jatterns, Long-atarking putiorna of Aynching or sxcluting porle. hor
{1a 14 the Kistory of) Aeiaas, ror Latinos and certaily sot APrican-isericasn, In
fate 1 oo St e e S (rhre T e & 10ng iniry o7 Lcning,
© 408 toror and exlunten dizoted 3t people of color (10 el 1) mlicien thit
Constrain thalr AM11L, because Uhe pover haa beun thare 1o Lranslate those
Sititiies 1nto polter, Fractices, custons and 1au: So, 14 seed 1o be slese stout
e Feentes Sihervise, out of that sontueien, Sous his fe 11 slout promensia,

1080 1 Sbout a struggie of ddema. In that sirugsle, shat oftes tappena 1a thars
L thin Lntent 1o contise, 1o Leke ua oFf Folnt ANk iake ua OFF the Seck,

T'vant %o quickly ravier the five proositlone that 1 1aid out i this presentation,
Dacuana T 4ant Lo duell on et sne of than. Thasa five promeiiisas are, miarer anes
Ueories of race and Attiteten of racial superiority inmelved in nntitutionilued
aystena. The questions of prefudice and Mgy, the disoriaiastion of ssclusion
204 doprivmtion of oppreseton, tased on race ars lavolved, Some people call 1t &

n'of Whita supremacy. Secondls, (there 1a) racion aad euliurad adgeesaion.

Lottty lo atick ultare 10 s of control. Bacten st it f
eanion aze Mghly dustruotiva of peorle of selor in terne of thets Leying
2upialn commiy sad propleness, ‘Toree are very Lapertast tema, - propiecese”

Mistorically, ractas has constituted & aysten of apectal privilegs and banertts -
pychologioal, arstolia and astarisl resards for white people, as i & long stanting
Affiraative sition grogran for white people. Pourthly, the proposition that T vill
TR S e e bt Mooty il 1 e o seion t
atratey for dividing and conqueriag, for dividing aad sxploiting peorls of color
4nd poor and werking people. The clasa diamsions of soctets Begeisarily sos irto
Slar, tn this. Final
nd sconont

T viLl duell on sunber § Macian s s strategy of dividing asd expolting
prosle. Hare rs some Mistorical wasples. In the slave sxperisnce, oo of the
Ziaviies duriag the practice of slavery, very oftan, slavematers would hire out
Uate slaven 10 peosle in the Sitles, loms aad sanufuoturing sentere, their th
an in. One of the things that appened vas that alave 1abor, betng. 8o shasps
amtercut fres lator - 1t aleays does. 1% Like rise lahor foday.. Iv'e the’
820 Lind of phencaenon, in sone respecta. Vhite sorking class a0k jovs people
™4 thel vages dopresasd buceise they bad to compate ¥1th slave lator, Toe prodlen
25, White vorking people didn't look at the rel villisns, colluding logethet (the
slaveiaetars, wrian omers, petty siore operators, ete.) The slare was ticgeted ae.
the vil1ian instesd of 4 it vietisa. That petiecn, has continued
throughost hatory:

Another exarpie vas the convict/leese progras. After the Givil Var, vhen
African people vere quote-unquote *esancipated, - no forty seree aod & mult
andoment - Wt Just sort of *freed, and puople vent into s new stage of peooage,
7977, very roniniacent of in the period of Beitish history, vhen afies he Bncloeures
“hen’the Tand vas snclonsd o raige shesp for the induatey, during
the Todusteiad Revolution. The Elissbethan 1iterature Tofers to these povsle (i
Trish) as “vagatonds, saucy, liehy 1ot, 4nd se
agrante and had %0 khace. 1o g5, The bame, thing

ta, ‘who happesed o be Africsn-
‘There vare eprisiage agaizst the souri: ageien by
“ilte vorkers, but the Initia) stage. again, vas the ‘aguinat the wrong
son. The sane thing hapensd ¥1th the Chpiaine oy, uho often talked
it the fact that black peopls who propagated the Lden of infariority er st eest
Aauienced 10 18, Dut vhen thers vas & var Like the Firot Yorld Var, or shen dator
Bogan to organise to got & fair vage and safe working conditions and'all, those
Uingn Uut ve now someuhat. take for granted, the tosses tarmed 1o Black pacple o
e then sa ncaba to Tust up the etrikes - sirike breakers. .

OF course, people deaparate for xork, very oftas ngaged 1a thia prastice.
Anger towsrde the “niggera- for broaking up the strikes ¥as grest. - never aind the
Iator novanent vas nok too anxious o Lnclode Black paople Ln the crganising efforto -

though there vers excaptions, such as the Knights of Latour, the Longshorasen snd
bera who were pretty god at thie. They had & pretty good Fecord on thine Buty
3 ad luzgs, the question of wiat S do vith blask Lator vas & sar lesue for many,
07 yoars. T4%a only been the Tast 10-15 years that Mlacks have been & part of the
Slcherschalons of the Knerican Labor movasent.

Thera'a the inatance of the Jia Crow L 1n the South. The “Elack codea® of
tie <outhern sptheld aysten. These vers in resjonds o the brief Movering of
SIAck and vhite co-operation, during the Necenstruction period, uder the Fopilist
ovenant. Blacks and shites got togotber and rocognised they had & sommen Ltereat,
31 Sraatensd to ovarturn the aysten of white ruling clase hageony ia the South.
s bopaful davelopaent. vas betrayet In 1875, when & schese ¥aa sat up %o aake sare

Alacka ant hiten novery srec vould serk togathec agata. Tiat's share “Widta only” £
e e fiatar tho sasatacion, the water fountatns; (e Lratajorstion
LTI oS epitotagion and systeiie towaris for ¥hla oo S0
T L oot oo vere aterial ncentives a 1n Jbo sot salis for shita yeople
e o g A1Ffoemmtli 1o aniies aho vorkel the 1azs o 10 Vacia.
o Tald more. Thls vaa dssigrad o divids sad 1o saplotd - doih ine
T L Softoa Feble® aa ¢, Yon Vootwarth saye, - both of Uiane on the lotian.
e e e ightly bttor off 1 taras of lapovecishtaat, Tha WAites
e e "t wateos m shis senas of pershlacicn piriioge 1ad
R e arial peiviloges, that Kopt ihes dlvided, eren a the Sesses
e ot st thlr apinae. Agkin, he tuesiion 1 dvide snd
peoaeh

oL uceatly, Lt vas ropelaod 1a the Roagaa yoas. We deservas the eadeay
ot S5 STt e e auaks) socause . Tosied lares suabecs of fuopls:
e o e s (shiie) voted foc Ronad Neagan. Mo sxiounded
Focty percent of octloE EoAls Huaer 1asy- - 1ato ihe pomias sonsciouness,
e e e ooy savetdoh, sabiainally Lavedied - the Laags 10
e e e e paopte broun possies Tod paorle. So white peopls, 1n
et talking st Bk R oon Doesata. Toase Miiors tave manipuiated
e P et thair v st intarasta. Thars are sare shite poople o
e e e ot that's o what's porceived ta bu the trvth.

e e e e worued ardor than tho blacks snd altan withust ncentive.
e (r e L e you hads Lragatar of yeslih rowiag. the
e (hsem) e 1 i\ iggest siitiacy bl in Asacicas Netetye
B e e e heleht f tha Rasgan yours, tatlar Una b tha bolgat vent
e Tikey Sremiing; in sxcess of 200 bllien dollaxa per yoar.

"Phie eus Boue. ecaase 1o1to peore vare Tt Mack poopte and
oor peorle vere v e eneE avid. Duse Bin Tor pesident, Toace ms
BT L stpparters e ioves that a Whesk vlface sother g sore- banef1ts
TR e Eeat "R Love the govorment ms daing aors fac Ghe
e e o S0 e e Pameta notion of the Wurden of govermmnt® on the backs
or'the papie seut the ek

ybePiorbe v vece Ml vorking.

T e " then sver woat. through alaveryl That vas soze

e et Sharecropping waan't szaotly lotasrely vorkt
e et amt stay ot Miatocically, 1 tmow of fou

Makdacl Hot only during alavery - the velth of alavery helged
oL e the westth of ihi nation - but arter thatt In teras of hacd workl
e opteat Floors and keaping pooples’ Kids and working shen thace s oo
S e k. But, sono-the-lesa thece were “lazy, shiftisas* people.
e o Sousht 10t thls ayttaioes. Thay vare thus Sble lo smppert policies
S ek i i Lo i o i S i) @4 Eiet 2 e
e o e sesing & contiauation of that trand a2 Uhe Reagan adainistiation
ELe i destal T king o idees o,

It Sagan n tacors that. Oartar vaa & 11ttle vesk, actully, Reagan
antt, o Lae b clar, et bo stratghiforuard.” Then you led Georgo Bush,
K" ntraduce.racs 1hta Aacriotn polltica. Thace are all of thase code vords.
e g e L ahie. Licket bo dssoniss youns Slack, brom, sstan, and indlgsaous
e e 2% how have & hige scjhoaion of blacks in prisoma. Thace‘s nov this
Uhio laage of Blacks aa crixtpals, re-inforcod by the solia.
e o Fiasative sotion sb o vedge dosso. The idea that Wacks are getting
oo S e e peofto are rlasing out.". This 1s because black people are gotting
o e ottat pebvioges." Gliston, "3ick ViLlle* 1a going to daal with thie
rest oraaiga, have Lo soetings, ot ry ‘tne
a1 w11 tn Tact, ¥ipe sut welfare aa ¥e kaow it, in one Vige out
B tition of antitleseats - this sbole notlon of s safety net for joor 2005l
bocauas 1t wea palitically expeltent. Klso, &
et wera'1n 50 comltnsat to build now public lousing. Clintss seat coded
Desaages to uhites, hung vith thor during the day,
o the Yiaok conmunlty after dark - arter the evaning novs vas over. e

i Stater Soldisc at Josse Jsckson's sosting s & vey of saying, “leok! You

Soox 1'% not 11ed Lo Josne Jnckacn. 1 den’t Look o bo dapendent o the blsck vota.
172 appaniing o gou shite Tolke," 5o, Clinkon in a dsescrat, wat 10 actunlly o
copibtoerat." e 1o sioo gwikly or the'politice of divida and srplodt. A prostdmt
“ha"chna’Le pover proataing & §63 Mi1ion dollac atinilue prckage, by the tiae 1t
i S over, 14 ute clonr that o vas not golag e stimlate ? cept
{one. prograsa. that vould be foc the Fich and the sspor_rich:
aatton, tartion and reoervaticns ouid be Tofs tahind: Mehacd
Tha wrang conplexion o gat the protectioal= Bacuuse uetan poLitl
Pty el eanee. e, Uorefece, o4 ca do snyinig o negloot tans
Somntitoencien.
Thore'a s four canpatgn as of Jats. Of couros, 1t's bese Lanigration. veryiody
1a conlng sscors:the tardes. -Feople sint Lo take Asecica orarl~ T surs we'ge
224" tA11{ng stost Eastorn Buropean Laatgrants. Those people sre sald o kring “apectal
ShiLia." Va're talking stout the peupls conisg from Latin Aserica, Aula, laitl,
Aerict'~ and 411 Vhia furova bardor-. that werFe gurding sguinst. 0o v, tha,
Mecocaa anather vedgs oows; Sisdies indicats that inaigrania dnicsss the seonesy
of tha country - the GHF. And heto.ve are Sndec munpcessdented Prosperiiy
0wy & daing 4265, Dot 50 ke &rs going 4o thows in th hetis
“uhare the Sall are 11 tha Jober ous weiee ot gubking i
hon 14 voed 1o, e one o ihe Fourth lacgeet

Soma aew Tave b creatod, 1 Tounetova,

e, Jh.337honrs 1o mesd 1 F
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1ha"con gane of downsiing, 1n he saee of the gOVAL sconomy and in orier 1o Make
ihe Sountey more “effiolunt, and gut he *burden of gevervasnt® off our becka, sad
413 sae Tninga. Tou bave' whiia puoshe she are Gotiing aome of thade Jole: Therire
Rapyy or Drilisd 1o be ke £ bo ploked by the melti-sattonad ab $b.53/bour, hioh
127G Tuch " Thars ar"sght an oo e, 4 & 1ot o popl are
warking poor.

I8 foms of the Luner cities, you find the young peogle in eome of the mest
iating conitions Yrre ev el T navr Tl Taoned tht o't scgniner

ixf10a and sovartina, werd be dooking ay & tine hon Jou'd g0 in the Lnner
10 of Chicage, Clovaland, Yoe Tock aad 4so the ronsndows devaotation and
Lorioration 1 ihe srban Thaer-city. Arase, as aleola arid, ~Feople sce stohing
o halh now than 1 Sous Mack peorle are Tiving betier shan they sver
Sosgritvr'voud 11e, oS anging on, Jeo"Ues Frchacks Sy run pevriyy bk
‘hat ixe Living 1 grinding ‘overty. And young peorle ix sone
e e

“Theas polictes afe taking place b 1t sould be tine that ve could put forth
aome cloar Litarnativen, Wi fase, ban becoss iho cr)ticad sebtexts BLL) Siriokiand
Sncs sald thia 4% s Tainbow conforence, ace is now & eriticsl subtaxt for polley
o aerioun society." Goda verla - ia'the sente Lhat ve cameot do thinge for Certain
Joopi or certain policien ars cauched in svch & vy that 708 oan gt ausy With things
Tnt You vould not noranily vatn for bacusas thace 10 & yorception that 1 1n geing
for those “other people.~ Tor -theat over thars, sosesbare:

‘Guvtoualy, vs have 1o desl ST0h that comradietion, because laday there 1n &
erenter concentzation of veslth in the handa of & faw 1n Anerioen soctety than 8t
i Tn Matory. The gap Sabwesn rich tnd poor i same pacte of ew Tork GLty
12 greator than 14 is in Goatasslas There are etcenes of wealth and poversy in
Aafiza. Ve have o Tigurs out a way o Shangs gy ta o Shapk
12" W1indod Troa.the raality that thara's groos noquslity becatne of Tasl

Bortetis Tetenos 1s on she ineresss.
‘uing fumaed bwcatae of the boss mn on top.
AN privilege and pover are Tenlly vory Mueh 1n soatrel 1n this sesiety
a0d.the verld.

The quantion 1a how 1o waite the maay Lo dafest the fov. Now do you umite
Joople viih sinilar ntereats? That'e what the popilist moveasnt sought. Thare xas
logan, “Hlack and white snited - fight ¥ith o nowt o, xed, gelion.
Jowse mad 18 exaotly right - Baintow Conlition. How do you got these diversified

Gonatitumston 1 focus on the seel target? Yell, 1t'e not psetsle wmless ve deal

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1 aubatt 40 you int white progressives (and hio 1n ooe of the gremt areaslios
of uy vork over the years asd one of the challenges that T+ve. throwm dows) - that

“hite propreanives have 0 Aseuae grestar FesponsibLIity. It'e not thelt
Teapoosibiiity, tut they must dcssee more Tesponsibiliy ¥ith dealing WItH
Tn-Ehe uhite conmmity. Ve canmot Allow the Hoverd Besches aad the Baneothurste
204 tha vacious centars shers recien sesas o theive, not orly 10 these wrhan acoss,
Tt 4" Boburian sceas 8140, That somenox sese ork sust b folng en in theve arees.

‘Yo camot. liow the whita vorking clase and vhite 1oor people 1o remsin iader-

‘conclouanass and what they have

principle and practicality, Ve miot cutcesch. Thers s fo be tn aati-racist
"X think our white brothers and

Joverty, inferior siucation aad crine.
roota af criae ia this county. The

5o t2at people will have & perepective on

‘itfaring, real oppoasion and peoplest herole
ftorts to saistain theaselves and to build an Americe that ws reslly for 1l joor
and vorking poople ané those who vere Spprecaed. This education (ihe truth) will
“nderout Wiite supreasay. 1t*e ot 4a AUbacK on vhite pecsle. It 18 ia fact to bave
aenas of peropestive, so peoyle vill have & sence that all people have contributed

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on Y. Then you hartor the resantasat, and ‘aager tat faiued, of cour
i the downstaing... The scosony 1o “going grent,” but & uhoie lot of people in the
UhiLeconmuniy e fouling the pain of doveiaing and the ihascurily that's
Snvolved in thie sconomy that Lell you, you 5o losger have Sob securlty and will sot
have in your 1ifetins. Secratary Relch. VAt wis 1t he wa sayingl “Brush up, clean
U, 5ot your akiTla logether and again, you aay be pleked up by & Aulti-nationi.
OF'th or thras in your 1ifeting i€ you Just behave youraeli=.. Cops bring thos
attituden inio the comunity. Therafors, you have s lot of tansion, But people
Rra nox F1ghing tack againet. L1, To the Sredlt of nany people in thess Lhner elty
Comunitias, they are not rerlly content v1th Just having “lau aod order.”
They now vant Justicel They now wnderatand, tiat 1t ia fot FLEM to, on \he ene hand
10ck people up, wnd on the other hand, not have Lo ablde 1t on the frent end - the
oducation, tha'Job and the scononts 1hfra-atructure, o give then the opportuntty.
S0 people'will say “Tes, we xant safety in the comunity, but ve alss wint Justice!

“Tha other thing 1At you have 16 notice i the lator asvesot, sa 1t incressingly
Fising up, Tt finia 1taslf being subieoted o Brutality on the part of the police.
Becauie, L 7ou desoriatrate, 7ou find ourself confronted. Ve know that the varkers
out in Bacatur, Tilinols, defending their constitutionsl rights, vere gassed and
brayed wiih peppar apray. Labor unions and 1abor organissrs find thesssives boing
Poundad doun and rarassed by the cope. In fact, ve cun take this ubole question of
ovarnasnt. xiaconduct another ate, They are 56 leld and beasen sou, 14 1a o
onger & secrat. They cons on Lo ihe Anerican peoplest face and cay, “Tast The CIA
overihues the 1ogitinate governmeat of Lrani Tesnl Fe aned the poople in Gustenalat
Tha Gl was ins Tanhy 1t xes in the Congo." Taken to another leval, in teran of hov
Uhta madness Fiaye 11AeLL out. Capitaline defends ALeell and xouss the voridy
Flnding vays o ssbance 14aelf, a1 the expense of the aasses of poor and Norking
Pearias of 11 sthnicitian and colors - police brutaliiy:

Ve Slao naed 10 be working togethes in some boycotta. Ve need o Jun sone of
theae Cprporations. T'a Foping ve can get young people to cons tagether Lo glve
Toaay HI1filger the fingerl Tomay Niifinger. e needs o be given the finger. Vo
Tun Around vith Tousy Milfinger and Bosa and Timteriand ahoss. One of the chailengos
L2'on the college ceapusen, stc., 1n 1o got young people scroas racial lines, united
i aaying, “Unlags Nike and Rasiok and SL1 thone conpanion that e e adveridaing
For'~ tnaginal Va're naking thes people rich - savertisiag on thelr bonell

“They hosd to o To-invasting n the black community, the latino comunity, urtan
Lrmer-ciiy conminttlos. They nesd 1o ba held corporataly responetble and Accountatie.
Thay a2 need 10 be Snsed on the question of uklic polley. There's & direct
Telationship betueen the corforations we think and suspeot 4nd uhal happens in the
Tublic policy aram. So, ve Jan & Gorparation, 1ike Terace, which didn't fo far

‘When Ve aa these corporations, ¥e ant o not Just ua thea for whal' they're
Tut alno hat they'rs doing wirond. Texaco s Sewn one of the

Nerat vidiiuns 1n South America. Ve want 1o jan Dlaney for mot ouly what they're
[o1ng, in Narlan, St in KATLL, whers they're being paid 21¢/day hile Michael Fisner
Feta 491 million/year. Ve nesd Lo bo orking Logsther, busting up thase corforations

'Ahink ihe canpatgn the Labor Party is lausching 1o an exciting canpaign. I
think ve newd 1o b supparting thess initiatives for full saployaent: They are
Flghting for the concapt At s ob 4a & basls husan Fight. Everyons should be
Eoirantiod a Job. Mlave & conatilutions] ansndnent o At affect 1t aay never
Tasns ot 10 & halluva orgunieing sffort. It's a hellwva vy to sducate people sbout
he"Loncept of uhat ordinary woriing Feorle ought Lo have in the Uniied Siates of
Americn.

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otablih n sl our conaciousnoss, the newd & BILd & new soctety.
hat 't Tighing alout, et we'Fe scrariling alout and anaing enchother about
Te ronlly trealovent. Ghat va need o be dotng is building sonsthing bager and
bettor and strongar, n toras of & soctety where thare will be s expleliation o
Tunan eings by other husan Seinga. Naybe thatre uhy 1L ouht ia be propagated!
Siaple terms, stapls concepts that ve slatorate to 11 of the people i Leras of
WAL v ought o crante in thin countey - & vieten of paace and Jiatice in this society

e Lt Ving, meac the end of hie 1ife, ABelL b, 1967, Hiveralde Ghurch,

b aid, 1'n convinced Ut 1F we are 1o got an the righ alde of world revlution, |0
T IR i T ot rabtenk rorebution of velins. ¥ miek FoPLY b
1o AhTe Tron o “ihing: ofiented soslety 10 person: erisnted metetyec Rartin
Lathar King vas 11ke, Foully Gullorping, o was Foslly ovings be vis bocoming
o Tatchl e i T Tirak ssge, e e Fahiiog fo e srslontion af

5 anly algnn and S1i Uat Nind of wtuff, Mo she succeesful

10'dn thut. “Thao 14 snn arownd voting righta - 1565, the merch 1o Seisa

4" Vating Righta Ack. Then, at the ant of Bis 11fe, s as & Teatless King:
Taving o' n0ve ' the nuxt siage, ialking ahost an scanesto 11 of Figh
Shout? 720"t Tendn of Mack paspier buk ALT oot ond wrking peopie: I Tty
A" heiah o toe shat Share vha resisiance.. Tt ves S1r1en v Biack ol vere
Jeat aiking hout Lench countara, S ¥han ha van taLking Shout bing ntsgrhied
nls the'cenead slesent of the soling Jovec of ihin cuntey, the avostion o1
ity et parhiy: AL3 of o sudasn, $he vea o rsaemiows Souistinees pot et
Fron Joar ara xorkin, pospl, ot Fion the Jovers Dt e o Bid, —ioak, “Amarica
10T daep tromiie. “Lots nike this ahift Feom o hing ovtoniod sotiely t o parson
Tomiad Toctaty:" e ity “¥han sechlase ek Sonpuara asd PrOFLL meiires a0d
Teopariy iEnte ace conidered aate Iaporiant shan FeoRie: e lant trpiots of
e eAirintinm ana si1iiacian re. Tasapibl o Tolng comuoret.”

5o,V R 1o piok up on King's thesses TIat's KiSA of ice for se, because
700 kaok thay-ve sade King » atiensl e 5o, o'l do seme King] Bok more aeay
Fron' Tl arvant in 1503 aod baghh Lo Sock ok, bayond Vietaan 3 t 1 Motk

Tence 1n 1967 and Ssmuant speschen na Fomsvnconente- King ialhed stovs
Thone-hinga:

1 autaid to you that 14 1s vary elasle. Yo ought to be Baxth-cantared snd
honan-oumtared. hok toe somplac, " ¥e nesl 4o Serira, that va ALk have & EAGH 40
e cavntry a4 Ahia serid ta srtain asls bsan F1ahis, asang whiGh sre b,
Uha"right (s & ob vith daconk Sages, decent anari e na/ox - dncome, Aracy
unan Seing 1n ihks mctety and shaset 1s entiid o & safe quality of Living factltty -
Toae o home, tht 10 & umdasenial b Fight Hor daee Ghinten foe, 6 Sround

bt what T'do wdacatand o that.
macket place, the aacket econeay,

it

Bveryiody
Fro. Tron pra-
afford that,

It should bo guraatend.
‘Aaerican motety an
4

“hite folks 1a measia’ wp the xen
“ay, that 7ou have o undarotand
fon'up. ‘Cus A you mesa ‘on up, they
14 soene to no. It weird. Like, T

go0d Tishing sesson. The last ten, AT

[0
4 sclentiat. Ta that hat they called ‘amecdotl?® But I

eotitng vorse, 1 ata

17 bappaning.
The FLght 4 orgatas and malatatn uniens, and of courss, e wnt & soctety
froe of sasiem. And ot only free of sexion, but ‘sendar spuality, A sotaty
“hers sexial orisatation 1e not s lapediaent, but indeed, soe ha & FLEM o be free

11 of theoe kinds of diseriaisations.
And, of ourses WALImteLy, WAt aakee ua differeat, what ve bave 1o say o
eorle aa ve fight gainst racion 1o that we sdvaace the'plitices of social
Lransforaation. Tt sas King in hle owm vay, vhes he began to grepple vith s
Aveotion, who satd, “irse corpansion ie more than flinging Soln &t & begeur.s
Tou'know, Tolkn gut 1o datn: these Surkesa st Christanatine, Thankepiving,
everybady guts Mgy, Tt sy ot be & coln, but you're flinglag sround soms turkey
Singe, 7ou ket Kine saye, ~the sdifice at froduces bagears nosdn to e
Tentrictured.® Toat's iy King vas killed, Ko smentt Juot talking dnmore alout
Facial squality and oivil cighte. He vaa profoundly laiking and eritigeing the
Anerican aysten and saying 1t vas in newd of fundasental ovechaul. Ko had 4 viston,
2 rowiag vieton, s 44 alcoln 1. They vere on & colllsien sourss vith schother.
ey vers dlscorering sew tings. Halcols sas assaosirated before he could complets
Ahan,” The roundasss sad fullness of his 1" But they vere moving closer o
achother and their conclusians wers Lhat it sas both race 4nd slies. Tat e
Yhat makes 6o

114010 sente are Seing
our radition 1o one tint ve 40 2ot give UPl Vo & Dot surresder in the foce of

Sveraity.
Tt%a ractes. It's sesisa, It's homophobls. It's snti-imigratiosten, IV

411" thace vinda 2 the iddle of the storal But ve are nok ateut te surender,
Decasse we have & visien of the futire. AR acre than anyiking slse, ve have to
undaratand that thare wi1l be no knlght, be 1t voman or san, who coes riding in on
2'uhite Torse to save us, sithar.

But i this struggle, ¥ are the lesders ve've bees looking forl Tht's wiy T
cons 49 % svery yoar.. Becases I know shen 1 cone hars, 1'n coning Lo folka who
Share & viaion, Klthouh ve say Tuss, srgue nd fight, collectively our vision ts
e guter tan a0 sew o' the Lot el i o ar e Lt
o tmas o s 00 the Somanding Talghke of caplal Vo bave sonthing mize for
e e of Wit the peosibiLitios ough £6 bar

4o ot nasd s

ot e BT The queation To “wat 11 Fob 8 10h WML 14 11 Jou veT
Bach generation, out of relative obecurity wiat discover its wissten, fulfill

or batray St Each fenerstion, The sirugele’s not the sane se it vas for Hike and
Tytia and To. 187 11ttke bt differents Tou may, in fact, cone here and ou7,

+ you're saying, but ve gt to try A0 4 Littia MU dirfarent,

ot v+ oMt 1o do, becauss 1t'e Jour bum sow. Ve rent gow fess the

Toa not o14 snough 1o 4o that, Wit ve oan share 141 Va are the desdare that

ay pressntation xith. Tou say net be spiritual sod you don't have fo be. But, Jou
Pave 1o have toss faith, That is to say, ve have 1o Sallevel The question cass leat
alght o Any Coodaan. Wy, why do you koep doln’ tAIGTTT™ It's becacse she believe
ind Jast ight, bocasse o bellevea, I can dolieve & 11ttle more ayeelcl Mers vers
two heaan beings In the face of the @ruggle that notod was leokiag st. The
Foporter tumed 1o ue and sald, “Vhoa! Eest whare??1" She aaid, Do you vanna hest >
Abgut 141" "Hol" But, by Cod, because they had faith, because of thelr sxtrserdinacy

e A Tou dons bave ot Fatih: 7w L b searoally Semsiafetie:
I's sternally optiaisticl They say, "Viy?" Because I ! T tave 3
T have Tuihthat ve can schiove Grestar (s who we ace 4nd shat ve are. That
sonahar, the povec ve e 1n greater than our individuniness amd our ndividual
T ioss rriunts with b Ltoan peavers b § Sheare der 10
3 Wi Ahie Afrioan pravery au § skiaye dor It saye,
e a2iaja reaaster thote ita have gone efore bar’ Ank thtTa suportant 1 mer
Sectuse, ihat falth that T being o this propssition, that Falth that 1 vill earry
L0 Grave, 13 crousied 1a Ane sepecitote of & poojle ¥ho saas o ihte Soutey.
Nidoappud 13 slave Shipe, 1n ose of the Grestest Talosauste in huaan ieteryy Wt &
eople whe 414 mut ourrender and have st surrusderedi That, 1n spite of i the
verssty, Afeiin puople in facts Eeap tratghtaned oty 1ad sometines
ot contuned, buk b ve Are in ouk

. That Nloody day at the Edaund Petat Dridge, whers they
o turned back. Sens vers Killed - tho froedon rides, the sit-ins, Hmy lost

their 1ives) Schiarner, Goodaan and Chaney - two Jave and & black, who died, that
o might 1n fact, see in their dsath the posaibilities of & new sacisty. Three
114120 childzren, 'four 114tle children, boabed in the apement in Dirainghma.
Palcola who vas wasted 1n s tallroon in Harlen. Martin Luther King, b ws guned
down on & talcony in Neaphis. Acd, indoed we have o thisk, doa’t ¥e nowt Across
the oceans, scross the aters, to East Tisar, whare coursgeous people, W0 1n spite
in

o smyenes sy T an lajuntics o sveciong 1""'S0, v rember thea.
Faybe o inapired by their vielon and Shelf valor: Ti 10 said here there 1n o
Visten, pesple pertah. It is our responsibility o hold up the forch - that people
gt have & 147e1 - ia inspire then to nove forvard, and the walor, the coursgs in
our oum Yives.fay their lives continually resind us that servaats sce the leaders.
¥han T say v are the loadeca ve've boen Looking for, we are the ot the pecplel
Vo axe 20t the Luadera of the people, %o ace the servanta. The Righest leval of
‘more, Anjoriant than success, Indeed, service 1s svccoss!
Poople are sore iaporiant than pesessions. Prisciple s more iajortant tn over,
16 ve have snyihing as progressivess 1% st be 4o stand e priseiple. If vhatever

v
e do be shaped molded by hoseaty, conpetence and comaltaent. murmun-l,
Sadeu chilaran's shiliren kaaw that e beleve thia in the Africen oemenitr. Vo
AEneT™n klioatien o Temsaber shons Uwi Tare gune befors w0 thoss ve muat rork hew
"ith 1a she esosat gumerution, s that the future generations can look prvudly on
Thoss Thines'shat e ave dong1n our oun tise, 11 vas Mih Featherotons the said,
e e teveutiosarios Lo o fnov what sise 14 1n in history .o do sonething
i ot e ive that shioh ve Are Figning for today 1n shie houe,

St Jet the future geserations reflect back aad eay ve did
ay whatover ve do be shaped 4nd aolded by honsety
Fay oux Suildren and sur childrents childees carry forth

OF oux history and tesdition - od 11
0. Tt ve otand ea.

ou etteve 1a:

‘what vas 1o sur
Sompotence and commitasnt.
O pride, the oMLY
Niutery and traditien that you stand
eator of w Ll or whatever 1% L, that

he mist dodioate our Tires to aake thia vorld betieri The visien

TF'ueate"snd Juatice society sk vltisataly, ve must sake 1t mers Beastiful

A tape of thts inapired presentation, as vell as & vides

Traigon.
14, can o attatned

b sending $25.00 to 1 Fagasine, 18 Hfield Sireet, Voodhole, Massachisetts, O25%).

Thdn 1a o fund-rataing affort s they continve with thair berrifle wrk.

any

Cihee Lupus and vidaak a0 Sell e Togk, e, chn bn shiaines thrvegn 3. It 1a

ikiseie af Sapiiatiin ik Sas wen Stasdfust i e sisgsle sexinet 1 Towr
s of captiatien Stasifus in e sisesle y

b he Ceocept of ssLiariey ta hesrt aad work shosely Sth othar Frovre ant hald

workahore, io. to supover setiviste.

RACE

“Two Societies’

RTY YEARS AGO, THE
Kerner Commission on Civ-
il Disorders warned: “Our na-
tion is moving toward two soci-
eties, une.::dt. one white—
separate and unequal.” A 30th-
anniversary update,
e
s st gt st
identifies some progress since
1968, but concludes that the
P has come to pass.”
Some evidence:

® The unemployment rate for

‘young men in inner cities is
‘over 30 percent; the national
rate is under 5 percent.

WThe U.S. income gap has
‘widened to the point that the
top 1 percent of Americans
have more wealth than the bot-
tom 90 percent. The poor are
disproportionately African-
American and Hispanic.
#One in three young black
‘men is in prison, on probation
or on parole.
States now spend more per
year on prisons than on high-
‘er education. Ten years ago the

8 NEWSWEEK FEBRUARY 23, 1998 @
An Aboiifionist Response to Slavery and Racism

Good fvening

im sure many of you feel ha abosorism s an anachionstic ea. Siavery s over, Why
‘woud people consider hemsalves abollionists 1oday? That's whal | hope o expich.

1 want 1o present a bt hstory of abollionm - 1hek feachings, gocs, effect on hsiary and
how thok laciics and pinciples can and are being ufized fodoy. Frsl | would e o define o
fow lorms. Lot me quote fon Danieks 0 kong fme GCistin the siuggle.

“Rackm s the syslemalic iscAmination agains! or excluion or oppression of @ Group, bsed
‘on an acekdentalset of quosie, e sin COIo,or ok Color or hal fexiure of hape. 526 of£0s.
nose. . It s offen instutional n characier, i not confined o Indivdual ock. 1 s someling
‘Geeply imbedded in American sociely.

One of ihe ings we need 1o do's expiode ihe myih of ‘black rackm_ because one of e
1rings hof happenad over tha coure of e fast weniy years, particulary wiih he Reagan
‘adminisiafion,cs the while backish ogaist fhe civfighls movement began foreach s zenih,
s Roagan bogan 1o change the lerms of the debale. Ho began 1o alk about Yeven lockm.

‘Wel. s rue tha all human beings, inciucing Affcan-Americans, e not @xemp! rom being
prejuciced. Prefucico’s Ihe abilly 1o proucig o the capacly 1o pre-judge and
regrelliable thot people pré-udge tRings. People base ther behavior and some of
benavior ks ol ice. O, wo mighi bo chouvinsi. This s he bofl thal ono ks belle - ones GFOUp.
s beier. Or,we might be bigoled. One mightsaf out oul o hared or mean-spiecess, and
o acts thal are unkind. or o Ihe bassof projucice fowards olher groups. Allol thess Ihings are
b0d, bul Iney are nol rsally whof we are roferting 1o whon wo falk abou rackm.

Rackm realy the copacly 1o ransale itludes of supercry nfo cusioms. proctce or aw.
The fact o the matler s, we ore laling aboul ihe copacly of @ Group of peopie fo ke thot
‘animosy.thot anger and hostl. hal feeing of supericly and fransiate I inko somelring ihat
‘oprives people o the capacily 1o ull hormseives.”

‘Tho Gbolllonsls wera the mos effectve fovolufionaies in American hilory adde fom he.
founding fathers. Th founcing fathers howover, codfled, embedded ond sanciiied fackm
‘and savery o 1he laws, custorms and prociices of American e, making il consiufionaly
legal. The abostonits fought 10 desloy i most vile reafy.

Tho Ameican revolufloncrios of 1776 ware very lucky 16 hiow oft he usurious Influence of
Engiand, who was preoccugied an ocean away. They sel up G system which mocked fhek very
‘own lowery wards. They deciared “All men cro crealod equal” n one breath and wit iho.
‘other sancfoned, codiied and legfimtzed human siovery. This may very wel hav boen the.
mos galingly ecelul sel of documents ever conured. To hs cred, Thomas Paine was ona of
1o very fow of s fme 10 opaniy denounce i scowrge. In i disgus!, ho went o France fo
continve the singge for human Berry.

There cre two wors oflooking of 1aGs I 1his worid. One s the blg e of rackal superory of
s0-cated “while" people over those of color, parfculary, the blacks. This somehow sifies
genocide, siavey. fackm. syiematic opgresson, degradation ond the explolation of mos! of
1he worid's poopio, for the envichment of a finy inary of white, male copilast. Most whiles
ore less oppressed workers, ised 0 pawns 10 perpoGle theso praciices. Many of them cre.
ouraized inlo ocquescence 1o s syslem by the confuson and limicl systemalic brcinwosh
forces upon them. The ofher ke on face s the big rulh of acial equofty and the stuggie for
s recizotion.

‘Caplalsm has long refled on siovery and siove Kdeology - fockm - o expial the workers
ana poor of hs worid. Hilr based s aiempled iakeover of Eufope on fhe succeslul model
of the rock! conqueng by whilo invaders i fhe Wesiem Homisphere. He grovelod oy 1o
Is
German caplal. They approved hisrack! megalomaria as they saw fhek creams of ulfo polis
being reatzed, ivough genockde, siave labor Gnd millary conquost.

“Americon caplal has broughi he war on the word's people home - 1o while people. AS
blacks and ofher of color cre being harded Info prsons, while warkers aro cicoverng fhey are
o longor capilafm's darings. Indeed, they never have been. The Gumbs of while prviege
"have Giways boen an emply smoke screen 1o keep whies ignorani o ihak rect enemy - hei
‘own bosses. Tris has served [0 kaop Iho blocks super oppressed and the whilo workers unabie
o undentond thek histoical role of unifing wilh Ihek brofhers and sslersof Color fo overifvow
Ihe enermies of @ mankind, - US. dominaled, word caplatsm.

1 the rinefes, one of he new groups o ravolufionadies s the Gbolonisls. We've faken up.
Ihe challonge of raicheting up the level of underiancing. which fhe abolllonkts of yore were.
50 famout for, Wandel Phikps scid boasifuly. bul honest, “Wo have facts for hose who k.
arguments fo those who roasons buf ho who cannol be reasoned out of his prefucices mus! be
loughed out of hem: he who cannol bo argued ou of s soffshness musl be shomed oul of
by the miror of K haleulsel heid up reentiessly belcre his eyes.” Rockm as a cipping mind-
501 while penons problem. Blacks genercl undersiand whal rackm s and block
Intellectucs have beon af the forefront I the understanding of s pervasve plogue, but s
while peopie who must change thelr oy of hinking fr s Couniry and fhi world io hove @
legitmate chance i sodafal advancement. I behooves while nlellectuas and while GCiisls
o concenirate on fhs uiauilous problem and eniohien whiles o ockl really 1o empower
them 1o clecrer rinking and a sense of belonging i tho sivggle or rocol usic which k eally
I e o cman beneo o b ey ond oncpporry o cere
thek 3

‘Modem day abofflonss have lakon up the manile and uncbashedy endeavor fo "dently.
chatienge. dely. carupi and final destroy the Insiufions hal feproduce face.” We woni fo
ke tho lessons and example of fast conlutes abollonist movemant, thot doep commiment
and unvelenting decicafion, the¥ moral ferv and powerfuly Cogen warding. spoechies and
roct action, expand upon them and moke thes lessons and gudoines soble n loday's
word.

Today, rackms a ol more sublle. The propaganda machine of the siale s much mare
adep! at hidden mind control and The lechriques of socal brainwath are much more
‘Gppecingly sireamined and homogenized. A thorough expose of thissham thal makes many
‘Whites Conder young block maies o3 ciminals ond black femcies Immoral, s absoiely vial for
the empowenment of ou stugge.

Fighling rackm s not only the moraly dght hing o do. bul I opens he dor 1o all of
socioty’s screarming probioms,as he fog b fed from people’s Minking. As i racial awarenoss
helped spel he doom of he save system, s0 100 could I prove the Achiies heol of modem
oy capllasm.

"The abofllonsis emerged as the forcos opposed 10 fhe accomodafioni! poslion of graduci
anfhsiavery thinking. 1 was a rocicol break wih the Bberas. 1 domanded an immediate end fo
Slaverey and full human Aghtsfor block poople. They beleved in tho concept of irmedem.
hich held ihat ocused concentrafion shovid be ppled 10 1he problem unfl fhe goal of
‘omancipaion was achiéved. I was o panonal commiment 1o koop ha pressure on, dcdy.
They were uncomprombingly 0pposed fo anyihing less hon the lofol desiuciion of the siove
systom, Thek lactics ncluded dipling church mealings. operating save - oeing operciions.
Such s fhe underground raifood, ogiafing agals! and violating he fugiive siove kow. efc.
Ther consiont legal and legal agliafion and drect acflns. wilngs spoeches, books, ic..
noverlotthe awiu really o sioery be kgnored, despie the often finy number of odherens they
‘Coud bocst. What Ihey acked i numbers ihey made up with nlensely worded i, relenfiess
aghation and uncomimon couage.

‘ot unid 1831, cid wiile people begi 1o ake ? upon ihemseives o organize egimately o
4
ght savery, oo and nal. Wik Uoyd Gomon began s i coreer wih the it sue o
e Lieotae Kot Tumer's ove rebetion occured n ns seminal yocr. 1l was ho IIgos!ove.
robation n US. hslay. A block thinke, Dovid Walke.isved @ powertuly recsonad Gppoci 0
Siaves.coing o them foreaizo ho logHimacy of hok ighi o evot. Garson'sfomous
Inundortol chatongo road. - om awaro hal many Gbjoct o he vty of my kanguage: but
isnere o cause o severly? | wil be hoah as i, ond 3 uncompromsing Gs usico. On Ihs
Subjoc. 10 ot wih 10 hink, o 5ok, o wrle wih odorafon. Mol Nol 16113 man whoso
houe s on o 1o Give o modarato alarm: ol 1o moderalely escue hs wio fom ihe honds
o ho rovaher: e fha moiher fo gracuady exticale hor babo fiom fhe e nlo which i has
foten: - but e me ot 1o se modraon h @ couse ko fha present, |G n eomest - wl ol
ecuivocote - 1w ol excuse | wil ol robei @ sngie nch - AND | WILL B HEARD." Thoso were
ho posworc of ery. The gouniiel was i down. Allvough in Boson. ho was suoundod by
0550 0f gnoran,tocst while ociety. who wer offen whsped nfo a randed mab. b the

o ich and hef biealing papes. Abolionst waro uvemitngy bosogod by mobs and
‘occasonaly mudered, &e out own Ellch P Lovojoy. who was Gumad down by 0 mob i Hs
"hometwon of Ao, ncs, s he was delencing s outh pnling pessflom destruconl A dy
ocrr,he had Hs murdrers lubbering nfocrs rom ha powar of s craiay, os o foRsod 10
‘e run out of fown. Toremain i usinass wih aves. hey dockdod he had 10 G,

10 Soulh. Iho esporsa i pae, 10 Gbollonkm, wa 1o sep up the auppresion, Aiing
i overy acvocaios Norward and fghioring the chainson e sioves. Scke, Gk human
lows were pased and enforced.

Women ined Ihe movemen! and acdod hok He-cfiming dloquence and indominate
3pH f human deconcy and moral ighloounes. Ful auciAghis of woman was an ovon
mro biasiphomaus concop ihan Kl ights forves T nvalvemon! by women prosaged
he sinuggleforwomen's fghis.

‘A3pl i the ranks o he abollionishs occued n 1840 ovr he invlvemoni of women. The
moderctes fookhly ian' want women Gavocating fo human fresdom and wero thus cas by
ha woyse ofKoos Gnd marginated.

Aboionkis afacked reigious couson wit overy and want 1o he churches 1o challenge
hes plous ypocity. They produced book, pampHiok, Gnhologies, loumals, Newspaper. ic..
documonting no vl o avery, conslanty advocating o acclecually.

At o US, Govemmon’ provod moro and moro 1o 50 @ SaveGcracy. he PIEssu® by
aboltonsts war incroose, Miloen out of Iha s loan presonts werd v ownen, boig
vt on hand and ool - n 1ho whlo housol - s were Innumerctio senator. legHoHcr and
Suprome cour hatces. Abotionishsof p Ihe Bogal underground rood 0 help flosng soves
o e reedom of Canada and ined 1o pravent he abucton of biacks by ave bounly
e, They rased monoy or provelons and guns for anfaveryfghiers n Konsos,sich as
1 Brown, and kop up ther oo of mral ham and dolaled 0xpoo of 1o
‘abaminaton ofsavery and o offl shom of “espectabie” Soulhem socioly. They afacted
‘Noriem compsciy I kaveny’s Contiuation ond [he evisof capliolm's wagosiave aslom-
They ralod agais 1he Genacidal exirminaion of e ndigonous Amercans and the mperais!
vasion of koo, Thay ndeavcrod o oducala chidien, willg aboffons! Chidren's books
andnloematon on ways 1o veal crdeen s human beings s of sy, uper-erplolibio
warkers.

o abotionkts contibulod mighl o the warkd of leciuro and advoncod hough. Lydi
Mo Chi was o profic aboBlors uihor G were many oihan. Harlol Saocher Siowd's
mastopiece, Uncie lom' Cabl, hs fow 6quals o 10¢kaly mpociful work offcfon,nor

many Tlerry ecuas.
So you sea. cilhough fhe abofonists concentralid on ace, hey openod and explored the

‘pondora’s box of ol ihe ovis thal define capltolsm. Ther conlrbutons fo revolutionary theary
and practce cre ich.
Losons we can raw on, ought 1 e lfienton by he Gooftorsts cr . ot ey
o cridren. feaching them to fight nsiice and advocaiing for hef decent reaimen, 2. The
rominence of women n the antsiavery batfl and the legilmacy of women's fghis. 3.

Ther atlacting the compliy o the churches wilhsiavery. 4. The fecressness wih which
aosonisis advocaled ihek posllons and the inlenslly and depih of ihek rgumentation. fyou
want 1o10ad briant, manly crgument on 11 subject, check oul Wendell PRIEpsl Number S
This wouid be Ihef aliack on business and thek Cofusion wilh savery and the inhurman
eatment of "ree" wivie Iabar and he grossy underpaying of he lobx of reed biacks.
Number 6. Woukd be fhe abotioritssoldarty wilh ofher siuggies in America and abrood. For
‘example. ihey supporied the siuggle of the Feh, who were, ond 10,0 rge exlen sl re. the
“riggers” of Erope.

‘The abollfonksls were profic wrler. roducing many newssapen. joumat,
pamphiets iers, books. exhausivel resecrched resource manuals ond reams of postry. They.
were cary Znesters. geling the word oul n @ Ly manner. Alihough having diferent idecs on
Vatous sves and cifedng femparamants ey supporled eacholher o Ihey ol held m on e
‘one basc iGea. the boion of iavery. They refused [0 be cowed by the pofce or e mods
ot hounded fhem. They possessed an emalional honesty and o wiligness 1o odmil [0 el
‘Wecknesses and mistakes which raflect bock on Ine honesl, basic human decency.

e concept of immeclatim s uselul for us foday. This b he fe-long Comemiment 10 he
‘goai of Eoeration. an indefafigabie spé, o diven, molive-nspired decication 1o he aglationa!
Tosks. They demonsioled o fecress wilngness o affema! 10 1eason wih e eneries and
‘aven converlad soma by fhe power of hot ideas. They didn't sl preach 10 1ha cho. They
remained steadtost I thek mianicy wih o unique clecrighledness for decades! They
‘advocoted for educafion o be avalble for gl Americons. Le's ot fargel thal Il wos legal 1o
‘educate soves and even fres biacks up North 10 large exfent. They advocaled forthe-
"humanking and opening of pisons. They sought balter keatment for ihe menlally and
physicall handicapped. - he bind, mue. deal and sck. They fough fox the recfaafion of
Infemational peace. They pressured pollicians o laking more and maxe fodical postions.
Mosty, hey hammered awoy of the majr cancer o Ihis County - rackl oppression. When fhe
fime came. many joned the siggle becring ams. Many aboionsts oned Nodhe aries.
leccing sckers nfo baftle oo the South. when I become dovious f had become o war of
beration. Many fought bravely and sacificed fhek ives and for that, Ihey cre immoriolzed in
our hoart of nearts.

Lorone Bennett . scid, “There was i John Bown @ complele denfiicafion wilh the.
‘oppressed. Il was his chid Ihal a skaveowne was seing: s ssler who was being whippedin fhe.
flic: N wife who was being raped n o Gi hovse. 1 was not happening 1o the Negroes:t
wos happering 1o him. Thus i wos sai Ihal he couid nol bear 1o ecr he word siave spoken.
AT the sound of the ward hs body viralod o fho sfings of a sensiive vioin. John Srown was @
Negro and i was n Ihs aspect it he suffered.”

A the war clouds galhered. John own seeded them wih His myhic afiack on Horper's
Feny. forfeing i ife and I of two of his sons, cong wih many of hs Cormvades-arms. T
Increcible gesiure of a whie man fryng fo G ihe sioves 1o revall wos such a shock I drove fhe
South nlo a paranok frenzy and forced fhe North o reluctantl respond. electrfied fhe an-
slavery forces n he Norh. Hs fe-socicing commiment (o human feedor essened fhe fime
block people were [orced Io endure chatielsavery. Hi memory fves on n ihe heats of of
black Amedcans and ofher freedom loving pecple Ihroughout ne gicbe.

Whan e war bogged down, os Koriherm whios rofused o 1ocHice fhomsalves for iho
cims ofthe ich,f became clecr that the urion was disciving. The govemmenl inaly Istenod
10 the abolionsts, s Lncoln wos forced o come hat In hand 10 ther for a slufon 1 the.
‘quagmie. Wendefl Phifps Garessed a ont sesson of congress and insrucled them 10 one,
make i o war of emancipalion and fwo, i ond arm back siaves o ihi for et Faedom.
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this Qwareness s spreading. "

Today. as reactionary sockal loscism becomes mare and more pronounced and naked
profitseeking becomes more biian!, while workers are beginning fo realze fhat the so-cated
‘while skin piviege i about as useful Gs @ hundred maks in 1923 Germany. Viulent rockm fsuch
03 church burmings and polce assaults cre on the increase as capital records record profis ond
‘workers are increaingly beseiged. Many white foiks il blame sociefy's Rardships on the blacts
istead of everyone's 16ai formentors, - ne siate and the corporafions they senvice. But, on the
‘other sde of the coin. many more whiles have begun fo refect fhese lies and idenilfy more and.
more wilh block people ond ofhers of color. This offers hope fha our chicren may experience
‘on adui ffe based on rocil saniy.

The civi dghts movement, Vietnam and e sociol upheavas of tha sdies and seventies
‘brought new oppartunilies for minor improvements o DIocks. Some words were changed in G.
fewlaws. Social, ecucalional and economic opportunities opened up a il for some blacks.

Afte the U.. wos defeated in Vieinom, he U.S. beas! refreated f0 ick ifs wounds for o ifle
whie betore i fell comlorable in cranking up the reactionary swing of racialst copliaism. e
facade of 6 phony communit monolth Crumbled, enabiing fhe ring class 1o occelerate M
subjugation of all ine word's workers and resources.

‘Out of ths reactonaty envionment. iho New Abolioris! Movement was launched in 1990,
A new volce of focused understanding and siudy of the roie face plays in ou sociely s being
heard with the aim of gefting white peopie 1o reject the lles of rockm and emtxace Ihe siuggle
for black freedom - n effect, o Gbolsh *whileness.” These ideas are arfculated in the jouml,
Rage Irailor ond fhe newsiefter. the “New Abollions! News." They are coling on whiles fo
serve o race ailor 1o expose, idently. alfack. reveal and make untenable ihe consiuct of
racitideology. Insght into race wil provide whiles wih fhe fog-iting ciarty 1o begin fo
‘confront America's ofher sockal, economic and polical problems. f provides blacks with long
‘past due alllesin the struggle for reedom. 1 also gives whites the Iberating freedom of
‘becoming fu human beings. no longer fied 1o self-cApping eas.

‘Wny am | an abollonisfd | consider myseif an anachist and an afhest. n ofher words.
@ rofionaisl. Why do | go around advocating abolfionkm? If's becausa this sckening. Earth-
threotening capliais! beast nas aways used siave ideology as s moorings. ff we can dssove.
1he white rac! bes infecting o many minds, we have a much befter chance af effectively
‘opposing ol he other systerms of oppression under capilalsm’s umbrela - sexsm. religious
degrocing, posoning. buldozing and King ths word of ous.

Just because a person's kin s white, doesn'l mean he has fo think “while.” If @nough white
peopie refuse to iy this game, the rCt s00. which caplaism 50 rakes on, wl Bogin 10 G p.
As more whitesreaize ighting for block Boerafion i i thek own best inferests, @ genuinely multh
facial force can be mustered 1o revol agains! o of coplioism's degrading inequlties. Allhese.
siruggies are inter-connected, ond | don't mean fo minimize the importonce of the ofher ones.
ut dofee! ihat rackm k so fundamentally pervasive fhroughout America's history. tha It
ot 10 be concentrated upon.

‘Capitalsm has aways saved s harshest, most devastafing reatment for black peaple.
fhvoughout fhs worid. By focusing on Ihs siruggle. the frue naiure of ou enemy can be seen in
allis deproviy. It keeps our hatied of the syslem pure and pofent and insures our
concentrated affenton. Remember, we are ihek nex! intended victms. The siuggle for block
Iroedom is where some of the most powerful wrilings and inspirafional examples of sellessness.
‘ot shown, which con fortfy Gna empower us. f s whee fhe real revolufionry acfion s beng
waged, daly. The massive sponianeous revol which greeted fha Rodney King *verdic!” coud
nof have come from he white Communily. or even he Chicano commanily - of 16Gs! not yet. |
Ininkit s mporiant to nofe fhat this Insurecion enjoyed he suppor of some non-blocis, - oihers
of color, and signifigantly. some whites. Ourjob i 1o eaucate, propogondze. buld coaiiors.

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recn fighter and be ivolved in anfhac! acfions. We hoid forurms, meefings. conventons.
seminars - anyiNing Gnd every(ing 1o gel out Mesoge kNow n 3 way hal wh Gdvance e
siuggle against racism propped capialsm.

s for modem day abolfionism, f sprung outof the ocial awareness cccumuating i the
‘univeries. Race It two main eclfon. John Garvey and Nol ignatiev, doubio os briant
professons. Garvey feaches of the City Uriersi of New York. Noe has recently wiapped up his
leciutng a1 Horverd. 1o devore (ul ime 1o the cross-country advacacy of Gbodons! Geas.
fssue #8 of Race Iraioxust como out. 1 have @ few Gopiesfo sok. long with th frs four sues.
‘of my aboflons!zne. Tnough Bomb, which | hove ust recently detonaed. Sioughion Lynd. o
‘welrespecied hsioron. hos wifen the s arlcio in i atest Bace Irclcr. I & enfied “Bock
‘ond White and Dead Al Ove : The Lucassle Insuecton.” If s about ihe prson f@vai in ONo.
11993, where the Block Musins Gnd he Aryan Natlon leomed up during s revoll, ond fhe.
rutalsuperession meled Gul by fhe siafe when I was o over, I's powesul iuf. beeve me.

e best f the fsf four sues of Race Iiglor hos been compled inlo book form. 1T wona
Nafonol Book Award. ast yecr. One essay. “Thvee Days Thot Shook The New Warkd Order,” was.
‘wiien by Chicogo's own, Fonkin Rosemant. 1 el i events of e Rodney King
insumecton. Roce Iialorsfu of nsghttul olcle. essays, hkoical onalyss and leftes.

Thel fensts e ihat race being the hitarcaly consucted soci fomafion that . con be.
ismantied by having enough wila pogo foject e “whienoss” which wouid make ine
‘whole shom of “whifenss” unfenaible, opening up fhe siuggle across fhe board. We must gef
white peogie past the stumbing block of ace to empower them effectively n s chalionge
‘aganst the state.

“The exslence of the white 1ace depends on the wlingness of hose assighed o 1 0 ploce
thes rocil inferess above cioss, gender, o any ofher nferetsthey hold. The Gefection of
‘enough of s members o make i urvelable as a precicior of behavior wa lead fo s Colopse.™
Rage Iralors gucing penciple is "Treason fo Whianess i Loyaty 1o Humanty." Whother ihis s
realzable as soon as we'd like.or s00n af i, s anybody's guess. Bul I's hopeful, nspred and
‘worthy of our mos determined effors.Last My, an abotfons gathering was held n New York
City. aftended by 175 activsis. Out of his was unched he New Abollionis! News, fechung
more nsighifl sy and news. The dcress of 1ho New Abofflons' b P.0. Box 603,
‘Combrdge. Massachusetts. 02140-0005. The joumals wenfy bucks for four ssues. You can oo,
ol a local edforat (312) - 794 2954,

‘Acfions such os copwalches, where civsts koap an eye on the police, wih video
‘cameras. efc.. n areas where the Cops crs known 1o abuse peope. are don In various cies
‘acros the counly. College Compuses cre boghning 1o forn abolfons! Grougs ch a3 e one.
i ine niversty o Texcs. GG G our very own Univorsy of Chicago, whose GFoup Goas by the.
'name of SAW. (Sludents Agains! Writness) New ociiils e being @nergized 1o advocate for
racilsolorty. Books have been wrien reconfly obout hssubjoct.such os Ihe Wages of
Whiteness by Dovid Roeciger and How the iish Bacame While, by Noel Ignatiev.

's moihaling 10 50 whiles ol focusing on thet gonuine sellinferests and batting long.
sice their broihers and ssters of colo, becouse offer i 1 § o of o suggle.

The block revolufioncries ore slapping up fher acfvies as wall. Tho Panhers ro bock! -
‘more cleanighied. learies,cricuiale and inspiing than ever, afer being decimaied by the
‘geoth sauads of he US. govemment. Ofher groups of women, biocks, punks, Chicancs,
Indiors, fc. have stepped up the pace of e siuggle. There's a group calied Block
Autonomy ol of eifle. They're black anarchiss who ako ofer fertlc leadersp and inighi. |
have o st of o couple dazen odcresses and briel descrplion of Underground pUbicafons.
‘Ovalable of he erolue foble.

Aboiionsisstive fo support and work ciosely wth these biock fghfers. ' forreal. The fight
150n. Tne commiment & nere! Siowy, o new mulfrocial evolulioncry movernent k foking
shape. We have a worid 10 recicim from the rac fich. I1's ime o knuckie down and do o

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100 There's o excuse for e 1 10 be involved n s broodening of humaniy.

72 B 10 loave You Wi few Quole.

James Bolcin s, A ong G you Ik you 9 whie. here s 1 hope foryou.™ W..5.
DB, perhaps he mos! bron nfetaciual Amarica has ever produced, i, Il wos bod
nough 1o have he Corsequences ol upon colared poopla fhe word ver bu ntho end i
Wos 6ven worse when one Gorsder wh 1 Giifude i 1o he (whie) warksi Hs G and
Icoci was dslorfoc. Ho begon fo wan! nol comicrtfor il men bul power over oiher men..Ho
@ not love humarly andi he hofed riggers~

Here's Wondet hilis 0goin. - o fo ne antsiovery movement. i has been matked
by sound jugement, unering fresigh.Ihe mos!sagacious adaplalion of mears 1o enc, e
sicist s Ghclpin, e mos!Inorough teseach, 6 G o of patlent Gnd mary
crgumont oddrased 10 he concionce and nfefectof he nafon. uch 1 0 ihr cause of
he ind, i Englandi o s county. hos everofferea”

“Sogin wih e chicren and i or mnc o i ofjust foalngs and acting. and you
may hope fo great sucoess. Bl once you e e mind become imbued wih ihe o s -
whch s s 10 same s he 31 o davenokig, o sl whch leads man o domineer ove hs
roiher, 1o crush him and Gospol i - ol mind wi ol depar fom s cloboscal s
Honey Wight.

“But why s 1t 1 seems so repugnant fo mary you sons and daughiers o colored
penons? Smply becouse publc opinion s ogais! . Nafue lecches no such repugnance. but
‘oxperance has aughi me that education oy does. Do chiken foelond exerche
prejcice fowards colored persons? 0o nof cokored and while chicren play logeiher
promcuouly uni iha whi s laught 1o Gespke fhe Colord?” - David

“Man can betier stond sicvaflon han the consciousnes of rusice. The conscousness
hat you are realed iy wl ouse you o prolest and rebellon s o ikl 0 hunges,
pahaps even uicter. Hunger moy be Ine inmedate couse of ovay reelon or DG, bul
benealn s ihe sumberng ariagonsm and haled of ihe masses agars! hase o whose
ands hey Gro sfeng nsice and wiong. The fin s at fgnt and e poy a or more
imporiant rlein cur ves than most people cro aware ol” - Alexander Barkman.

“The 104 droma of Immigrons emoxacing whlanoss whie focing e theat of beng
Victimaod as nonwhle wouid have many seuels ofler e i expaence.” - Dovid Roecier,

“We fist dabase 1he nolure of man by making him a skave, and then very cooly fell him that
he must aiways remaln a save because he does not know how 1o use freedom. ‘Ne fst cush
0D 10 1ho earth, and thom colm ha fght of rampling on the forever becouse they aro
prosate. - Lycia Mavia Chl. She aso sci. 1 antisiavery mode me ke one parice less of
Interest I the 30 muskc o e moon. the bih and death of he flowers ond above . n he.
rose colored creams of youthfu love, | wouid abire f fomorrow.™

“Who can be serene i@ Counlry where bolh iers and ruled are wiihout principie? The.
femembrance of he baseness of poiciansspols my walks. My Inoughis ar murdar 0 the
Stote. | endeavor in vain fo observe nafure, my thoughis involuniarly go plofing aganstthe.
Stall. | st hal o just men whl consoo.” - Horvy David Thoreau.

“We o not piay polfics. Anlsiovery s no haltest wih us. 1l .o ferble ecmest wi e or
death. wore than o or deah.." - my boy Wende Phls.

~Rackm does nol exemp! whie peopie from explotafion, i reconcles them 1o 1. - Noe!
ignatev.

11eil you al this because hiskory s the genelic buepdnt of present doy reafy. Thank you ol
foryour attention.

Anthony Rayson, 27009 S. Egyptian Trail, Monee. llinois, 40449

CoLtege ©F comflexes A0PRsss [-31-98
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Founder & e College of Compleses,
edited & ntroduced by Franklin Rosemont

Welcome by Cindy Mitchell, Mayor of Bughouse Square

m Adelman, Kathy Kelly & Franklin Rosemont

cences & Reflections: Leon Despres, Robert Green, Ella Jenl
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$iim Brundage Deciphered

S0k renegade ofen got N n Toubke. h Bafween (8VIOT..” Sim ep! ome.

“Sfied up mino rebeion ogans! poor 10od G resticton of shvieges. 1o oiner s ot
1o 50y ek Bt GECUPGRR: NG5, POSedURG SEX6CeH.. 00O e Mare. - When
Gwake, S baseved i ne judkcious use o s fme.

i 51 cvor G fosten..” - im worked i s it rroughout s e g role!

“Siarted 1chooi o 100 durmb.. criod agan o seven: oo mar.. ales! wie senl mo fo
rigntschool 10 am whera o o Gnd 5100 3 sentence. . Sl Gon' know. - Sm was o1
Crremely aucte, i choks 0nd echcolcE.

CWent 10 wark o afan for b and room... g leats 0 heffer.. As0 @ ke
gardenng...Poialost, cabboges, ke, CaToh, somberies... Row on fow...Wlo on mie...
Rierge 1o Gorcons over dnce- - Sim iked fo do the cooking of e Colege. He was an
exceent chet.

“There & defiiion which e siffs ra fond of g, bul whch 't Gways caect. goss
ke i A hooo .0 mialey werker, A Yomp s mGlory nonworker. A bum's @ non-
micpatcry nomwckee- 8ut boomers cre Caed romps e G Yomp-Iaf; i fhey Gr0 oGy
oo beconang 1 1l dafriion. AR of them e Cailed bus r S omoimas. oven By
armssives. Anc hers wore fow o fram who 'l o soma wark o lecs somatime.” Sim
befivedin geting you focts i orge.

Shove Ugarbos Union- - S was unimpressad by Boerck. o, knwyes and ot kndy
legions. o Sim. e Nghest cflainment @ perion Coud EpH fo, was 0,08 & bum who fosed
oot

oo Wobbies were conscinfious bjecion, buf ol pocft. $im quotes Fred omgson.
W et Gefoc 15 e warking man going oul and Kiing Gnofher warkig man s 10 defend
some caplalst's money.” Doss t0a ng a beld

The wobbles cre bty the most ffocive group o ravakonss ha Uned Sictes has
over mad cut. They do nol belleve you can ck he Capls! f fhe baol box. They bojeve
raroct acton. They 30y 1 Bekt of ot & ihe . They have probably goned maee (o the
Peopie ey resresont than any warker's crgonkation exdanl.™

Sim was o doad efous Wbl crganizet Thoy cr 38 around You know. 50 a1 o Bock
Panfhen. the Tiophos ond many ofhar groups ofsockal s fghlon.

" Sorme fimo 0o Giendad o raly addressed by ihe Grea! Wikla Hope of i Communits™
S rectpec he rea evoluton was fough! by thos of Co, woman, nd fhe pocr, wihout
“Geologies" orreance on ony govermmerss! Sk wos G revOlUGNGY. ki Roseman!
1cuchad on i 1 e nkoduciion o 1 book, from Bughouse SQUEXe 1 1 fedi Generalin.
e raloe raw Sim wou € Himsel “Sim X rundoge.” Rosemont wies, “nieesingy.
Conosprondance ciiareveds hi admaion o rovoluionary Block Nofional Rober . Wisams.
‘Gavocole of Back amed sef-delenso, o et forh n i book. Negroes Wi Gury, ° ink You
G i o dynaimic rebel 1 Amencd fody, BUndage wiote hm in My 1960 - Sim was
mortl

"k wh aocied Sm 1o work 50 herd s 0 Wabbly. e LWIW. genuinely embroced
hosl of cokr 16 o, mmigronts ond i oppresed women. Thal & whal he devoloped af
Tho Gl of Compatsen.- & gamune mlksaci lelieciuci camial. Many o he ladhg
ouros of o Collge wers ond i# cro] men nd woren of GOk Sim was @ Ghi on brohart
S won s, Simwas @ 0ce Vs, in fher wordh SEm wat @ legimale human being.
e uyad 16 1 h o on 1 e 0 ik and do, ik the shamaluly sccred.
Somnortasoac levion waichers of today. Heled o very Golatul e A lie<ong commiiment
1o ol g uth animated s houghts ond octons. He expanded human Feedom. Thaf's
hat e Coliege of Compiexes was ol Gbout - expanding human freedom.

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Hores . 1 you wantincrecity insGhiul wrten abeSn. procur @ copy or wenty of
Mes198 1o Tne fccs Moveman!. oy e Coordinatng Commilies o ine Bock Uberaion Ay
Y5 Con ot 1 IWouGh e Autonomous lone n Chcago. Ther odares b 2012 W. C1cogo Ave.
0672, Tney hve many e pampriats, 2284 Gnd 500KS. NOUSH your ind Wi ine
revolumoncry N

"Movng et Gong. Sim scys “The Commarist Pary s o revoluioncry ond no! wering ks
111 gty bine U of o Clom makcontonh who AvoCale toratakan form of
socion Yikes ' he ook ruih boded down. ance apain

“lom Gannon, 6n o WoboW, was anoiher end flom ot Colege dars. A fow shart
monimsoffe Her came 10 power he siarted the AN Moagng He cfeady hod pichses
rom Garmany. of Rabios bang Beaten by somircopan. Aricis wara sbmiltod oo ond
There s no Gaverlng.” - Sim wos wei aware ofndergzound Shas. Wnat o concidencel |
‘have a 2ne coted Inuahi oz Whal a smal (minded) warkd

S1m was oy a5 b, now o 10, exporenced much nd was o vry idented wir i ho.
‘besl Cricago wodition. “Thers were mary peosse thare | wos oiid e flocs woukd cavo ™
o was bun. 1o The poin! and oo honest. Ho was an ancrchi rovolufiondry cut o1 of he.
ines ot - Gy, atered overal. Ho was THE ardor

Sim founded and watcinod the Colege of Complexes. "Th b the Playground fr Paoplo Who.
Tink. he only teleciuc rghiciub iy Amerca. Thero aro ot of cthar ol tha catar o
banobod fons. roceccisse (o, soge fans, fghl lans and averylhing o Wiy should'lihare
50 0ne pace whare peopla who have a uoh! rth o o navel once n @ whda can gel
togaie fotaxt™

o dgn over tho door 100, “hicugh th partol possas e mos! ociousofflon i rb: Our
Customens.” The¥ mofio? “Gne 1001 o o ma" I35 ring wiih a wookly $packar,folowod
by "Gueston” an “crawers.™ Aler il Any mankac Gz gal e and sy fookh hings
o ot ) for fve minutes. “Minas o odimifed Il accomparied by ok

1h0d tha pdege of making a nusance of mysed on Jorucay 31 (Ine Eve of GrouncHog's
'Day Eve) when slumtied ihough o ront on Gbotonkm. Thess s aro now being fokeratod
f iho Lncon RestauRANT,locaod of 4008 . Uncoin Avenue In Chcago. Ciass ogiel
boginsot Bpm.

a0 o ply I piter-pafierof quoting Sim some maro and making nane comments on
mem. but | don'twant 0 bore you rther. Besdes G0 and buy the damn book.youre!

‘Decx rankin. Plecse 9acn halve you seep time and make avalable gl of Sum's wings.
Aftor 0. wa Coukd be Mg of 1 fimo of the dinosous, and only have tworly-wo hour o 6ay.
o wark wiih, no 1o menion tho oddESonal wanging wiih ofha Hideous monsion.

Fast w0 fow apochs. *Horo wo cre now: - Jo0 Walh. | ow you know wha he
pronescre 1yng, but Il 1998t . Gryway. “WE NEED BRAIN FOOOI We Gl noed mary.
mony. many more Sk, VIVA CHIAPAS

Yours for o Bater Word
Anihony Rayson
Hoppy Volentne's Doy, 1998

“It seems 1o us that in such a land there must be, on this question of siavery,
sluggords fo be awakened, as well as doublers fo be convinced... There are far
more dead hearts 1o be quickened, than confusedinfellects 1o be cleared up -
more dumb dogs fo be made fo speak, than doubing consciences fo be
eniightened.” - Wendel Philips
RESIST|

TO EXIST
The Psycholgy of Psycholgy a6

In America, “psychology” fies to answer the question of why people
become estranged from fher reaiy (the reaity of insariy) and how 10 “bing
them back” (those classifed or thought fo be mentally unstable by insane
sodiely. info being useful producers or the Capifalst system. o af least not
Pusances that cost money fo maintain. However. in actuality. psychologsts ore
not only unable 1o “rehabliate” these “Crazy peopie” ihe way hey
{Pévchology “worken") would fie, but also. usualy bring out more acute &
pinful psychosis in heir pafients. by the very naure of the insfitution, and ts
recson for existence. Many fimes, pofients “Come back” out of sheer wil
power, & reaization of inner strength [resolving Contradictions. efc.) The people
are dynomie, regardiess of broinwosh and instiufionazafion”” KEEP THE FATTH
SISTERS & BROTHERSI

Many imes. people with a clear conception of the mental actiites and
have a definte coordination of their actions. are ciassfied as fofaly insane. Oft-
times, these lucid ones are suppressed in fhe most cruel and unusuaily cruel
methods. Beautful peopie are locked up. chained, ther possessions are foken
away (such as radios, elc. for fear they obviously wouid sirangle hemseives
with the cord..) They are constanfly fold they are sick, disturbed. and fhey
“need” 10 be shown how 10 do every activiy (eat. sieep & crop.) Their e
fesiings and expressive genius are suppressed and passed off as insane
fombings, that have absolutely nolhing fo do with anybody's redaty. Thef
friends & loved ones are regulated & basically eliminated. The now “patients™
are allowed 1o seftie info a wasted Hfe. of watching TV. falking amongst
Inemseives, elc. They're allforcibly bombed out on horible drugs by the siaf.
This toiking fo eachofher usually ends up os the best form of e rehabiliation.
forthe patiens are the only ones with the patience and undenstanding fequired
1o work out mental ifficulfes, under the most hideous condiftons

Depending on fhe “psychosi” -for many young people. especially. ore
locked up for the mere reason nobody needs them & they are so afienated
from insane fiving, that they give up on ife. They're vickms of smple & complex
fenation, which can be worked out.if done property. The “doctor” freat
patients according o thelr “condifion.” If the patien's are thought fo be
“dangerous* (aware of things and ongry because of thei sodiefal reament)
ey are securely penned-up, being forced fo inest the psychological ‘miace
Grugs” stelazine & thorazine. These mind melters are crugs thaf desiroy peoples”
wils and desies. fuming fhem info accepling, cowering sheepish beings. who
now do exactly as they are fold. Usually.the insiufion forces tese “nufs” info
poying enormous sums of money for thei sessions of brainwash, (usualy ihiough
Ine quspices & “support” of whoevers' parents,) Exiremely bad khama
Gevelopes forthese *servants of he people.” while they go about destroying
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the inner fobric of individuals, imifing & shunning, rather thon improving &
developing their “ness.” They et poid monmey 1o mess peoples’ neads up.
oners that already in bod enough shape.

Now, the true definition of insanity. means, when people nof only become
estronged from themselves (thoughts & actions don't joe.) not only because
they lose the abiity to relafe fo ofhers comfortably & meaningfully. More
importantly, when thoughts & acfions either joe or not, but the premise on
‘which these things are based, i fotally insane (suppression of ite rather thanifs
agvancement) breed “madness

‘Therefore. Richard Nixon, even though his acfions & thoughts co-ordinate
roughly (except while making up excuses to the people for is outrages) s
TOTALLY INSANE#$#38! Al his actions spring from a desire o suppress & self
greed. He s presently more insane than Hifler & hos more miltary power
(destructive "potential.”) His acfions must be dromatically changed.

THERE CAN BE NO BRIGHT FUTURE WITHOUT REVOLUTION: EARTH'S ONLY REAL

'ASSOCK, COLD WORLD, CFOL, DESTROY, GAIA HELLNATION, RAISE CAI, ROMANTIC GORILA,
‘SHORT HATE TEMPER, SIN, SOCIETY GANG RAPE SPAZ, STIKKY, 3 WAY CUM, & MORE!

o complt ot oo o s reot s, ', end sy ki b U5 snd 41
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It's 06f To Soringfield To Lobby!

“ikey shoved up at 5 a.a. fust like v
lready vaiting in sy uife's car.
1°las Iiberating his froa another borin

ut gols
Areer a’while, ve stop
Yeai’'a Tot of

by brek

uaton hall of the S.E.IU. local and shurfled upstairi
Ubout 8100 sk Jo wera. tho dast. io arrire.
y siruck by the quality of the 1iteraturs tadle: They
Culeara, " *Labor Notes, *Industriel Worker,® "LW.V.
Louirdrs Updsss,t *The Feople,s “Lator Piriy,” .
s Toursickts T duad Tord Lertist aine
} flyars: ote,
} eul Teiiou ol soltectors veertly situiss
oo, portly union Lobbyist cosasnced, Lo
Inforsstion, divided w tato
un'or 3o
e
‘adigen
Mr'

or o

%o pour hot vater on.
Vo a1l For

otors vent down to lobby about

two years sgo, vhe

asbar of

Toriving or penatons. Poor ichael Nadizan v ia e veurs

Ty o ve1Eplty: Ha vas the sinority'iesdor, as head of the
e Zielaed"Vo Be our big bucdy thon, bt he coulda't

and Bt Tt et foratts. shane] "Hov.thel

y
Spen vith tooth pich -,
Actually, TR Sledor catled e lagt Tridey (0ctober 24T to sey

&y passed the privatization bill and the Senste wi
5.
t suggestion, T called ay

prosentetive and
@
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Seoator, Sesator Detbhe Ralvorson told se ther'd net Octoler 161, for ahout o
DALt b, 4o “open- the session, Dafors that, they hada:t aet sinee june 15
They vece'to rave & thres day sesston in Octobar, the 2613, 29%h, 43015, Ia
Novasser, they wocld sxteed thesselves another three whele sscruciating dave,
Uhaught & mosent. “Io 7ou aean you only work seven daya in six mmthaT “Oh
501 e vork every day.. Yo have an officel”

71014 Toa Tater, “Hov could they vote vhen they eren't aven in session sinco
nayr=" 1T got 1t wrons. They vote this Priday." “Toe seesion seds Thirsdayt On
Pelany, they stact assther richly dosncved acation, dat in the Levth heraT™ °T
Gimno,t 0K There's & good snower.

o and ey found ouk eyon wodering to casers shutter the sovensata of the
office secratary. She s a nice youmg bonds, shock Tull of fealaias horacaes.

Serore Long o were on O vay and schleped. the ox Mocks %o the Cupitol
butiding, Blonits sa gives & buach of quariers o feed the parking neters for
hose ¥ didars fark th 1he farking 100

ko, the four of ta valked (ue now bad & collector fron plasa 25, sased Durid,
10 tous) 1 £l coapelied to instidh Lessons into Ay son ‘ATt all, taking Ma
fron his schooling, feit a sorel obligation 1o got s alad quacying thls bollow
Lratitution of state goversaent.

LSox rescabar son, when A7 dad was State Tepresentative and you net & polltictan,
you aluays bad & tveaty i youk hand vhen 7ou ahaok no Muod. Nowadavs, You peel
T Farty o you're Tooked spon vith scorn, ihes 1 vas & page, half the politicians
T 2ot sndd'vp in il The other MLF somshes moaged to have their SriRLpal
ctivitios aviid datection. So Tessaber these tro Siden rloe, These plitictans
EeTY VoTah the carion cojy Mt they re seelfed Lato and secondly, L who
a1 eresaed by D 07 CASHI~

1 Sout A8 @ cusin® S

T Toux. of us valked up the stairs o the'Capitol ke Dorotiy, the Tin n,
5 Govardly Lion aad the Scicecrow, Both sides of a1l four hallrays vere hoked
Ren T erE dioptaying sheir schasl projects. The centar af ihe rotunia vas being
Set'up wtth hustteds of faldiag chalrs o seat soon Lo Arrive Reabers of A.A.R.P.
ZZive’an your tired, our poot, your old, your lagislatively sorevedi®

e vers. 7 15 Srack dowd the off1de of the houss sssistaat alserity leader,
whons attice vas 15 the pito] wulldtag. Fost al) of the ffioes vere located n
275 scent Wuilding, the Strattan butlding. OuF roblen waa ihat his atfice e
o Do Txih Tloot, ut the slevators oaly veat up 1o the fourth fioor. Tha posle
Patd "o give viaitars inforaation seened 1o have. bnen rendared Lgnorant. due 1o
oo evick and. bbbt of the bistling crowt, e fisally fowd an slevalor theougd
ao2eJacgs oaien dovtie doncs welch gave mb aeation of 4n slevaior. We slovly
Sioandsi: The slovior slowty stopped oo evey floor. Teo floors aloe d
eemmting stego. FLaAlly ve yere 3 the sixth floori Lol It s the semate stde.
357V tas to Essoend 10 e fires Floor and wade troseh the b - i &3 sgnin 1o

af the Milding. 4o ot up thers again, snd actally found o
o 15 mas orti

11 these guys-(snd legtalative gals) have got thess youwg, cute as bugs era
secretariea, Looking at thea, talking, flirting tnd dealing uith thea made fikey
204 ninest day. They'd valk by, cliab aod descend stairs, stt at desks, take little
Sotes &0 the chlef in infatusting dresses and 1ittle jower wults. State govermsent
ould greatly iaprove f thay ook over the jobs of thelx bosses. Too Sad the
iaards, repiiles sad Lginas in shark skin sults vere the 026s these poor dolls
ot Al on by or twpilesd by while dating. They are s smtammed, clean shaves
Tarde of laxyers wha suck Hood out of the iving "gownment® ite full
Slova offal stench. Thay've got date rape

Snded & our. OF courss, %o think his bunch ia 2o better. There s nickels worth

of differsnce betuem the two arties, but pot s dizes vorth.
Ok, Ha's out of the vay. Than we shuffled off o the Stratton butlding to
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hunt the rest of the public officiala on our Mt list. Ve had ten oasss loft, s0
e split thea up. Stanton and I vould look up five and Kike and Bevid ould see
the ather five. Cooll

Trs secretaries were to & woass, cordial asd friendly. Ve caly got o sse ons
Aepresentatve. Kost of thes vere in sestings, comnitteso, or whatever, The leglalative
Session s 10 Gtart at 1 pon. He. Termy Parks talked and sald he agresd with
s 1n principle but uanted o hetr the arpuents before dectding. e than ried o
aske atter vith Stanton, Stanton was alresdy bored into wmreopossivesess, He
140"t care vhat the g said or thought. He vas Tloundaring on the gws souch,
o ressined ute. The g shoved us hio window, Ho said peopie clisb out oo 1t
24 it on the roof %o vatch the Pourth of July firewerks. And? Sol? Gooduyel

T scolded Stanton. You've gotta be aore cordial." T want waterl* Vo looked
for watar. It vasm't sasy. A uater fowstain hade of Metal dida't vork, A water
fountatn of bottled vater tasted bed. . A secretary in & coalex of affies said
they dida’t have vater tack there, i, netal

Too other four legislaters I vas attsaptisg to talk to, verea't 1a. o I wrote
s8ch & page long personal note sxplaining wy 1 ¥as against s state takeover of the
tollrosd, & 8 toll collector, and along with & copy of the positicn paper of the
mlon, give these to the secrstary Lo give S0 thelr toca, Siaates’

Dacesber 3, 1997, (6) Vo deserve a decent raiss. (7) I our bose gueon b &

corrupt bursacracy o the Rlayining of politiclanai (8) You waat 1.D:0.T.

i the tolluay??? (9). Soveaser 1500 Lo the lust day of the legialative sossion

at1d next yoat. T Jodge has given you Ewve il Deseaber 156 4o fipure thi

thiag out, "I ihe crisis ian't solved by thes, Bo ¥il) slleigud close dovn the

tolinay systen. N can grant & Sontinumrce.. Do you hink he vinke

for cruating masive chass? (10) ¥ith the incressad traffic and aedis sisinforaation

oaea stress fron managesent and patrons - exouss an “eustoseraes (1) Tho

oF th ol v Shsaelves ppesenss persions (alarict sptoyos orky) Ton

“ago saraers got :~TH5) Hickaan and cospany ave the crooks and wmetrils,

s tlectors. (13) Hasagument s sdcays Sosn ol ivious 1o o cuseers,
thay safely, oF Whatever. do sake sero.toliumy desisions, (18) 3o my o0

Bith do seutuera Tlinoisass wat o pay for the tolisey aysten srousd Chicago.
How'd 7ou 1ike 15 Also Jay for the ST and the TTAT (13) “Bo siate VAXPaYeE sants
42"have o fay for the tollusy. " (16)" The state sersly wants o 6ot thelr nands

7 enoraous 44 C7 CA3HI (17) iadlgan and his cronies re saying to the tallvay,
So.

ook You"
.k

dropped & couple of thea on the sidewslk. Nikey ractically Juaped out of
640 vanting to g over and assist® her, but the damned traffic kept him at ey,
3he"d “melt down in that gloriously fealntne vay in order o

¥ind gusted. Hor dreas billowed and Nluttered resvealingly,
Vst appened?® “D'ya catch the besver shot?” "ol Vhat vas
wable, mumble. Sefore I realised what vas happening her face
atae.

ia the sster.” "Uh... oo, but I'LL help you look for 1t1" She vea belng more than
friondly. How a I supposed to sct, snyay? I excused ayself and valked upotatrs,

of coursat

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k around the tatle. The jastey vas gons, but sose of the bagels
were still lylag around. Vo talked abost what vo sav and who we sow. Tho Tebbyist
£ said they a1 knew o1l collectors vere there skidking around. Ve'd nad
0% sort of Lamct. The union lavyer talked. She'd aet up with D'Sapasiter but he
vaan®t fortheorizg. Ke hinted at somes sort of daxl being ceoked up beieess ihe
tollvay mnageseat and the legialative honchos. 4ee the toll road vorkers, the
union, or the taxpayers aade privy %o thess dlscustions? Doss geavits sake’ things
0 upl Flease! The poor guya who worked the night sniTt were going goofy, due.

%o sloop deprivation, Thay d1da’t ous anybody. Oh, vell.

2lostie vent inta s roos, directly across froa a7 line of sight. The hugs

¥indou was open. Another guat of wind got har sgain. Her dress vent flying,. She
d1d & Harilm Nouros muaber. ¥hat do you aake of that? ¥oll, thess thirgs tappen.
She started to closn the door, T Slurted out, “eave that door openls I got
hoaones, too, baldyl After all, and iatnoti I love ay wife, but, Jee, s shor's

& shou! "She Teft the toor opan and Tloated to asother areas

Tortly got up and started raving atout a big o1’ sloppy sanduich thay made

around the corner at soss bar, called & tugboat or Sosething. S0 e sohiepped
out the door to g0 got our tughoats, A thought flashed in Ky alads . veerLiache.
Tugboat, . Bagels, Croan Cheese. Susle Croaa Chesssl ~Secrotacyl! Confesence Tablell!
o, not' 130%8 20re enthustastically than others. Ve welked around

the corner and velied dow the stepo lnto the tar, Siteing proaiaently, sotdly

4n our vay, to the lack tables, waa forser goversor “Big" Jia Thoapeon, Hes th
€7 ¥ho put a gun to the head of the legialature & fou yaars ago, stopped the clock
and forcod then 10 2gz06 to & publicly fusdod tmastall 3tadivm for post old,

estitute Jarry doinadorf. The horrible abostnation know as new Contake Fack

was cheaply constructod. He also presided over that Gary Doteon charade, ssows

ther lolights. Ko uas sating oue of thoss tugioats, waring red suspemders:
o vas in oor shapo physically, oo, Ve sat dowm, After & long wails they case
out and brought us cokes. Stanton got a cherry in Ma. Host people erdered
{ugtoats. They vere sctially called shos harns, or horse shoss of sosething like
$hat. Iordered a saled xith chicken 1n it. They brought us sach another glass

inally! “They ought the horse sest sanduiches. They had & 1ittle plece of
white vonder bread ith the seat duaped oo ‘ea, 1ike & Maaburger or club surt or
seafood (1aitation ced aeat and tiny shriap) and drowned 1t in sone oasty hosesade
cioese sauce and than dusped halfvay deceat fresch fries 1nto the cheews Aose. Itis
shoe polish sandvich ant 1t's 'spaso o e a Mg deal. Everyoao hated ea. The
hesse buried overything ia a sort of

furtously trying to aiso write the

around and aade 3 look at the Sergeant that sald, “The hack with that Serkl® e went

Back 1n. Sefore the heavy door closed, I yelled, "aysondl® Startled, he case Sack

out. 30, T had & quick conversation with hia about our situstion right in front

of evarybody. ALL thess gus 1n suite and hare I vas 1n 8 visor, sunglasses and

& swester. 1 vas the only quy dolng any damn lobiying! e said he'd check Lt out

34 agraed With us, *in prifCiple." Another gur v se talking and said e vas

1008 pro labor. That's food. 'Kikey said soss gy vas lasghing ot ae. So he glared
Loved Lo hive singed the hair off Mis sars vith & severs tongoe

1 The other giys dldn't abow up, o0 1 flagged doun & oute 11ttle pixie of

3 page and had her deliver the hand vrittan letters and unton poelton paper

Then e hesdod to the hearing roon t hear tho folluay trass get grilied.
It was supposed to coxe down st 10 a.n. It was pushed back 1o b pu, Now, they're
saying 1 %on't happen ntil 7130 pus. The crespe wams aake sure no one's etill
azound before toey unfold thelx 11tile charade,

S0, e went hose. Terrt had to stick At out, Trat's part of her Job as union
£ep. ie'sauntered back to the car, but got lost. Thes, pofl Va're outta herel
3ack 10 our vife and flancé, saclier than wxpected.

T loaded Stanton up With brochures for his class and aade hia stare otralght
5P fron the niddle of the rotunda to get a foel for hov high up the dome vent A
Pou cool the statned glass looked uay up thece. Sven though he hased 11, I think
Ra'1 say, All-ia-all, he had & good tise. 18 vas difrozont -
a7 he 414 got 0 skip school. G the way hose, 4 then ho would say,
“¥ads of Cashi® It's nice to ses a Kid acquire a proper Fespect for his governaent.

The Song of Revolt! 33

Tne shieking of the purks cracks the oic heralding fhe shout of daly protest
Town criers udely wake people up with blurted out ruth. The riof g’ join in
screaming out the sien song. Listen Carefully. A deep bass s fesonating.
growing sionger. The blacks are being led again by powerful manly voices -
joined, lueled and foriied by the Haiet Tubman - ke strength of thei women!
Oider block women sing a5 @ thought chorus. The men keep fhe beal,
chanting and caling out 10 all Young women and men demonsirate their
explosiveness, sirong for fhe fight. The indigenous people. across fhe globe.

0dd the colorful voices of thei histories 1o fhe fremendous shout.

Average Joe Sixpack is not gonna fake if anymore. and he fings his con of
beerin disgustl He storts reading up on fhings and leams 1o organize with those.
of color. ofeady acive. Powerful unions with a social agenda, grow in ize.

Siressed - out, overwrought housewife Sue starts reading znes and wiiles her
‘own. deloling the hidden inhumaniy of everydoy ife and abuse all around us.

Chiloren peck furiously ot computers, denounce rackm, sexism, homophobia
and ageism. They refuse 1o accept the futureless, American death - wih.

They re aciive os agil. litle leachers. Funny as hel. they ore speaking of fe’s
thifing hopefuiness! It s theit world 1o win!

Take the gun out of Sam's hand! Tum everything offl Stop the incessant
‘addiclion 10 brainwash, greed and murder! Restrain him from hurting anyboby
eise. We can solve all the problems f we put our heads fogether, cast off al
fear and sef 1o work. The collective abillies of the human arimal i fruly Cosmicl
Incredible developments have confinuously occurred, and that's been under
the jockboot of centuries of brutal coersion!

f we succeed in creating human freedom and socialjustice, the creafive
pofentiol o this Earih is absolutely unbounded! That's our challenge. gang!

Next chorus!

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Monee, Diinois 60449 ~ Bob tonad

1. U ave become mpressed with your work and the level of Anarehist understanding
commitment aod knowledgeable outage toward the profanityof th reality we mast cist
under, you have demonstraed. Can you comneat on the pusk scent n [your arel?

1 don' consider mysefan asachist. | respectsome, maybe maoy, narchistprinciles, bt 5.
with most deologe, | do'taccep b presiscs ey sand on. Whie 1 do't ke cops |
dou'ttink the Post Offieisll ht bud. I'st0o dogrmatct sey ol goveroment i i, l
elgon i ovil, ol busaess s evil -85 many radical policl croeds mandst — whe et s sinply
20t he case, s thoe absautits .

‘The punk soce bere i robably ke masy around tho workd. 1 dou't eslly consider
myslfa punk (for th samereasos 1 sbove) 501 don't et much 0 the scane bere ssde from
B0ing 10 8 chow every now sad thea. Sace y views e atitude ot 8 aganst the grin of
Pk, ' oftcn ot welrceived by he “socae” i genea. | comment ad observ from e, |
2 bopefl that my messag s roocvd by peaple i th soen (snce some of my iude as
‘emmed fom punk poiics) bocaus i commoo fo peapl assocated withpuak to becowse
aded with i and s s iations. They grow away fom i b, md ince my views 't
k- conteed aoms poopl cn relate even i oy doo' sgros wth whst 1wy

2. What sort of response do you get from your sudieace...? Do any or many become
@terested in Anarchistideas? Are Anarehistjournals, pamphiets, books, tc. passed
‘amongst you with any kind of regularity? Do you bave local Anarehist ewletters or otber
propagands outlets to draw oo

1 don't ik this queston pples 10 me. s ahways ruiyig to bav people come to me 0
‘express appreciation fo something | may have writen or sid, ke & shows whero my baad lays.
08 tow, wherover. In that regar, touring epecial, s » 800d wey (0 commumcate, discuss
idens, nd mee som deocat folk (when | consider my own town t bo acking i thes).

My favorite narchit megazine i The Match, tod when 1 cas, 1 sell it o tour end i my
‘malorder I don'talways agroe with bow The Match s oditor, Frod Woodwort,presents
Bimsel, butbe is one of very few people who bas been consisiatly sspportveof me gttiog my
publishing endeavorsato my owo haods. He's ssntialy,through mall orrespondeoce, old me
‘what kind of prining res t purchase, bow 1o, roublesboat #, aad he ahways gves s o0
consant problens | runfto. Buyiag the pess (Jim Goadlater gave me one smost idatical 1o
the one I bought, ead kis was i much bete coodiion) nd leaming the crat bas 50 fur takea Two
years, o4 I'm sill eauing 0 working on it Poople have datmaed Fred, some undersandably
T'm sure, butbe's bon very nonjudgmeotal aod elpful toward me. 50 1 know be b ot of
Beartthat may sometimes st come out i pria. For this, 1 bold 8 lo of respectfor him sod what
be does

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3. By the aaues ofsome of the baads, “Idi Amin” “Suppression.” “Government lauc,
“Black Fag.” etco it shows to me » depth of seasitvity (0 thesham of “civilzation” in this
:Scdomizated world. You obvioasly kaow your bistary aod can cut through the caady-
conted bulhic veaeer most Americans swallow whole. What disturbs you about today's

4o you waat yousg peaple t know sad how do you Bope they can come.

My pac views have tcaded o b defesis od bopeless. | Bada'tbeen exposed 1 deas tat
offredsny hope tht the world stion was capabl of improviag when al igas poiat toward it
ouly becouing worse. Mo activis., poliical moral of eligous cuses scap 0 presct 1 00
ight way of Gading soutosstoprobleu. I've fouad fu about every sxch crsade 0 bo
mideading,slf-servag, baatig, o 0o dogrstc.

1doat ik Amercans shvays just pessively acoet el sstons — (hough mazy do for
Sure — bowever,thy mainly live with them bocauso they bavo o othr opions, they caa't 60
noiber optio, or thy haven't been cxposed o viabe ahematives. Mos everyose can sense the
nsablty our futur bolds; no, vy ooe xces the effcs our cultural system eretes whetber
theychoose 0 see . 1 don't care ifit’s Bl Gates ot Joe Auaicis — we llply a role
creatio the sivaion wo v . Too ofte people tzud o lay blame utwardly fo the world's
problems, ad we igaore our owa coaributions, Very few of s ro actively crstng # vision that
it for» sustanabl futurs 0 ost teod 10 act aad rect 10 the ame we ve i cow.

Wirkers Pas Hawken, Dasiel Quiza nd Jean Liedoff ave the bes approschies 'vo soca
of why we can b hopeful. 1 recommend thels writings o tose who ae concecaod. Quian says
our culture bas enscid a sory or vison werea cultures of the Old World — cultures exiting
efoe 10,000 years ago — enacteda iffreat toy, ove that sustined il for sbout 3 ullon
years wilbos being deanacave or icidal s maie ofpolicy. Ia the coursoof 10,000 years,
our culure bas besa bringingisef o th brink of exincion by payiag god. Hie sys that once
sware that w're following tis destructive isos, we cen elct 0 cange . The 1600 0 right
Wy 1 do s o eys, and cach must do what behe is capable of

Hawken says, i regad to orporate greed sad wastculoes: “My reasoafo optisn?
‘Waste i 00 expensve.” Corporations will ave 10 wisen up soccer o e, Independeat
‘businessesand smalle corporation may take the market toward sustainabiy, 12d orporations,
us 48 they jumped ato te rocycing aad socal awareoes bundwagons,will have 10 follw if
they wani o stay [ business. I'm 20t to0 sure sbout goveramest. Maay govermmeat ystens —
cty, ate, foders — sems suck i dysactoniag burcsucatc ot incapable of mprovernent
st by defult. So I'm oot sure where tey will o up. | sk people wil end o slate their
fives sy from governmeet more aad more (coasider vote fursot her) 25 they s begi 1 see
overument'susclesmeas ia many of f's matier.

‘LisdlofP's premise i froma peychologicalview. She aysthat fomthe second we're
borm, weare aken o of a coutimuum peopl folowed for mlions of years. Ous formstive
years ae pent slated from what Liedlofcall the zarms phse;isiond, wo iv in s (s
o, slocp i scparte setigs from the pareas, sad we're constaaly being coddied and looked
‘er (o abused)tend of et 1 be who we s babies nstualy oed to be. Costinuum bables,
o5 found ia tonc-age cultres, are coustaatly held i the motber's . I the bbics doa't wazt
10 be, they're no, and hey ae foe 1o roum s they please whea idecd they o roam. They.
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Teara by adaptation. notforce o scolding, Their ctions are kept in check,sot ther whole scase
of beng,

"Even though theories on the orgins of staiebood may contradict oue mother, bumsas
very cleaty separaed themselves from a ied and true lfetyle cotiauum around 10000 years
ago. This bappened on many levels: how we raised children, how we ste bow we viewed 4.
acted withia our surroundings, Bow we fusdamestlly ived, 0d 50 on. We Bave been tcliog.
romthe effects of this inc, and we will ontinue 0. Babies not bom ntothis contmuum — the.
peopl of our culture — oftn spend theirInes igaoras of the contiauum concept, 1ad symptoms.
f being noa-continsun ae omaipresent, such as meotal lless, addictions, scia sfe, et

4. Uiow whea I was growing ap in the Sistes ( was bora in 1953,)the nightmare of
Vietaam weighed o our minds daily. Kaowing "our" governmeat was murderiog 8
thoussad people every day, domiasted the thiaking and bebavior of the most sware people.
Lucklly, the "baby boom" pbeaomeaon gave us # sease of belonging. There s srength in
oumbers. As it affected us direetly (the draft was areal threst, everyose knew people
foreed 10 go to Vietnacs, kil and be killed snd be traumatized aad braiawashedilicosted
because of There was a sease of bope,freedom nd bopeful sease ofthe possible. There
was a bint offreedom 23 much of the suppressive might of the state was deployed oversess
and the leve of sophistcation ofstae suppression was sot 40 irea ciad as it i today. There
wwas an inmocence and 8 oaiveté which seems {0 be transmogrified Into bard-bofled punk
Fage, despair aud s fatalstic sease of hopelessness. What positves are out there? 1s there

i sense of bope,optimism and chance st buldiog Anarchy? Or do you feel it is your
duty a3 punks to document your outrage a this profane beast? We used to fel that the
only sane response to an insane world was madaess or “reaking out.” What are your
Views on combatiag the sease of futlty so many feel?

See sbove. Punks ar realy good sbout documenting what | now call mltast neediness. That i,
simply, our needs asbumsas — securty, comfort,ead safty — are oot being met. Lidloff 2nd
Qi explain why bette than 1 ever could.

Since people doa't often heve a clea dea of why we've weat tho path we did a3 bumans,
it's understandsble we spend 50 much tme adjusting o our sustions, some of us bete then
others. Puaks aad radicals spead s lot of tme fighting — uader varying deological blief ystems
= tho dominant system (end each otber, of course) they say i 10 blame foralthe sitizess the
work, but FEW soem to be building » foundstion thet wil offer the socury we findamentally
nced. For the solsed efforts tht sttempt to providethis setig, s often under soe poliial
or socal pretext tht st be adhered 10 in order to belang. For instance, I taycd st bouse in
D.C. where everything was coopersively based. That pat of i was grea, but ey had rules: 5o
nest, alcobol, o drugs in the house. To me, hi represens the ida thet “we'l rovide this
opportunty for part of our comumunity — 1 loog 2 you abide by these RULES (my emphesis)™
“That's not much of s bette opton & my eyes a5 what th ret of socity offrs i the firs place.
Puaks and radical have » tendency to viow things as f ther are certain ways 0 go sbout ife —
‘boyoart s, don'testsaimals, support feainis, buy independent, ec. — sad much of thelrtime
end ffor is speat aring over ol i There’s very lite spiration in this kind of energy for
me. Try as I might, | have fow practical soltions mysel, but | scethe efforts of cany of these

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adicls 15 potetily hamful becaus our wold continges 10 wtbr away despie el plical

enforcements.
Niayhe 1 aced o ind s groove that i ope o the idea f ther oot being oo rght vay 1o
dothings, sad rom there more ideas wil ourish.

5. T'm mightly opressed by the staylag power of the pusk s, ts Auarchit philosophy
34 the dedication of i propooeats. I oot too bip 8 to the music, all the bands, et
o read » fom of the saore politealy atute ines,etc., sod think about what i beiog
oy ey of socital amalysis. ¢ seems the wodergrousd in genersl bas esbraced
nnarchy aimost exclusively (3 a Spaia). How do you account for this pheamenoa?’

The saying power of punk s exsytoiterpre. Sincs pusk by s characteistics tends o sttt
he sicaated, e el (rmember, i your needs are't et you'll caburlly iod soedbing

6 Italo impressed me the amoust ofinformaties, sbows, releases, materisl, ec.,
‘generated by distros, colctives, bands,zinesers, ek — all oa & shoestring budget,
otstantly harassed by an igooraat socety aad suppressive police state. What sustains
these efforu? 1 it the idesls of Anarchy? The bouds of ip? The music? The
punk scene? Whatia it?

‘Agein, 1 atzbute i o the fimction many ssbcultures represent as ideatry siches. Toens
by asture oot was 0 be locked 1 schoo room al dy. They want to bo ou goofing off
aviog fun, 0 learuin t0 b adults unde ther own terms. Pusk exist around formal iuals
Vids st expocted t be part of (such s ublc ehool) sad provids a aven sway fro tho rest
of socety. Similary, rap sad gangterism perform this iction 0o.

7. When I was young, the uaderground sistained snd educated me. Webad 3
taogible startiog point to oppose the stae, i all s offsl dealings — hat being Vietaars.
‘open up the consciousoes t otber areas ofstruggle — feminisen,
eavironmentalism, the ant-racist struggle,eic. Today, fee ke a loae boldont i » sca of
Sceptors of the i T'm 44 years old sod relate 1o peopl from nfasey (o aring then into
their <askets, but 00 longer bave that sea of lke-minded compadres 10 foed off of (a the
Dersonal sease, on a datly bass). | st et for carrespondeace o fnd ke-minded k-
Pt strugglers. How important a the support of those who can be called upon, talked t5,
g out with aod play masic with? 1 must be the atmast — Lke comrades i warfare —
Ahe most important buman cotact there . 1 bave the traditionsl wife and childrea, which
{s great but £ also need the stimalation and comradeship of those behiad the barricades.

I've experenced ths support irthand, and indeed t s something special. Under the punk segi,
boweve, 1 siso recogaize i cenbe so much more. Higpics,rappers, puaks, iphoppers, ravers,

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and 50 many others allseem 10 understand 8 sense of alienation from theieculure. and they all
st 10 rebel under their own terms. From this view, | think 2 broader outlook could be possible
however ualikely looks ow — but agai, this would requie # trong. bard look a how we
Cspecially a radicals view th direction our cukur s heading. These rebels need to understand
i cncrgy can be redirected toward something other than a beng pat of negative feedback
Toop. There can be more 10 than rescting agaist the rain. Wath that i mind. | think you
woud find a whole lt more ventiveness gomg on should peopl begi 1 set tei sights o0
being consiructive ather than reacive

5. How do you operate? How do you generate materil? How docs the studio, record.
pressings, tape producing, written material, etc., get produced and distributed? 1 kaow |
o ot s what should be my slcep (middle of the night) or when I can at work o
\wheaever T can (when not involved with my wife and two children.) Do you pool your
dough, time and resources’

My budget i very imited. 1 80w work about ull ime and extra moncy that sa't made back by
thelabel o magarine goes back into my endeavors or to usaia mysell. I'm now working very
moch on my own terms i regards to making records, CDs or wriing. Gvea my schedule, this
nds up being very Il in actual ousput each day, but hat's bow it s b i order 10 retain my
Sanity. There’s so mach I wast to do, but therearefew resources 10 accomplish these grand.
idess S0 go with what I can.

5. What do you see happeniag in the nextfew years, as thesick dynamics ofths decaying
corpse of # system gets uglier, more oppressve, more obviously flawed and opposable? We
can't just ea shit and die. People want to ive, grow and lead diguifid lives. Childrer
deserve future. We al must die, sayway, 5o we might as wellive our lives in the most
‘aware, noble, nspired manner devisable. What o you think about???

1 think we'l see an ncreased emergence in culs, gangs, mila-type socities, and ntentonsl
communities The ones that offe constructive ving atematives il utimatly bold the
traction. 1 hink thi s one area we can put our cnergy: how 10 do hings undamentally
iferet from how we do them now so that we can be Bealthy, bappy, and maybe even proftble.
‘Again, Quina, LiedIoff, nd Hawken bave very sl dess about tis kind of ufl

10. As you get older and see people gt sucked ino the vortex of tis vacuum of consumer
brsinlessnes, how do you see yourselves insuring chis gravitation toward banality
aceeptance o alienstion will ot turn you into pod people,also? 1 would suggest
Continuos historicalisocietal study with the help of the most cogent Anarchist analysi.
The truth must be adhered to at al mes, despite its frequent awfulness. Avoidiog the
‘mind-meling influcace of popular "culture” is » matte of sel-preservation. You can have
2 ife, wife and family without turning Into Joe Moron Ifyou don’t sell-out, your powers
of reason and analysis only increase with maturity. s not an easy batle or many more
would be older Ansrchists. Good luck, thanks for your ime and jam on, blasting out the
truth, I salute you with a cleached fstof respect.

I gviog up th coire “selout” ot f view bcause | iak fodumentlimprovemcn i our
otare e Socae from all evels, from the bttom up, 1o down. sad spywhere i bewesn 11 29
addenty get a milon dola book contract wibout changng my message, 'm oaly tat much
ore mfogndial 1 reuse o beleve there'ssometsiag iberealy soble about beig independeat —
etuase ther 't However, 1 4o fiad i dibeancang whc peoplo who have the resources vry
moch ot hand tend to iddle them sway tiefTocusl output. This 't specii o majorlabel
Tnde. mainsream wiker, t. ither. Some very rong ndepeodent labels are uite good s
pending thei money 0 the triod-and-tru coavestied o the musc busiaess sod not much s

O caunse,theyro ecalded fo being ndepeodent sod doing things 0 this owa terms, which s
gt but they arca't casuriag the world isguing o bo s becer placn.

Second Guess/p.o.box 9382/Reno, Nev. 89507+

ALt 17 K0T PG AGAROHE BUT 1 50 WRITE TO THE COOL PEGPLE FRON THE
o8 SUPPRESSION & 191 ANIN.THOSE WOULD NAVE TO BE MY FAVORITE BAGE
P MOMGE.DiLL FAOR 101 ANIN DOS & TAPE LABEL CALLED MEATIER
PRCUNTION & 3ASON PROR SUPPAESSION TOES THE AMESONE TWPE LABEL
UGTIC HIGE PRODLCTIONS. SOME. OF MY BAKDS NAVE. APPEARED ON VARICUS.
Core TAPES PUT OUT BY NEATHGR PROFLKTIONS. ALSO FRGH THE SOUTIEAST 15
o RTTy A0 AKESORE CRUST PLIK RO SOUTH CARGLING. A8 FAR A8 WAERE 1"\
Fhom W1 15 MESTERK NEW YORY. THERE ARG SONE COOL BAKDS BUCH AS POLICY\
167, 51w, ARLSION. 1 DON"T GO TO GIGS SO MLCH MYNRE,OST OF MY TIREN
16 4o O Y Oon LAGEL/ZINE AND ALSD VGLANTEERING IN COLLECTING OLD \
CLOTHES & BLAWSTS FOR OUR KORELESS BROTHERS & SISTERS, D M50 1 KGR\
I TAYING To COUCATE OTKERS ABOUT AIDS. N
v BAND DECIRATION OF AUTHORITY 18 PRETTY WK JUST A PROJECT DAKD.DY \
AT 1 rEan 1 SUSY RECORD DENGS/SPLIT TAPES/CONS & RELEASE THEM VIA THE\
NCRROKBAG. 1 DI REALLY PLAY GUT, THOUGH 1 KAVE WAD A FEM BAGERONT \
G AR PERFORA IN FRONT 0 A BUNCH OF FRIDNDS.USUMLY AT THESE T\
IWITE PEGRLE 70 GET INVOLVED & DISCUSS WlT Y SOMGE ARE ABUT.THERE \
ALY ARG MY ANARCHISTS ARGUND KERE, BT 106X 1 TALK ADGUT Y 106AS \
RSt PEGPLE AGREE WITH MOST OF MY ANARCHIST BELIGFS. G0N THE AADIO-PUAS\
FLTERATION 18 GOWA PRINT (P TIE FIRST ISSUE OF CUNTEROLTIAE 60 1 MOPE \
O PAGS TIAT AROND S00N. 1 THINK ROST PECPLE ARE INTERSSTED Ik AWMRCHIST \
T06AG, BUT THEY SUGT ARENV AWARE OF THEN.NE GEEN TO BE ISOLATRD FROM GO \
LR 50 U MEED TO FIND A WAY TO REACH FORE PECPLE.WGPEFLLLY THE A.P.F.\
0 TEIR NEVELETTER COUNTERCULTURE. CAN LNITE. FORE ANMENISTS TOBETNER.
1BVIGUSLY 1 COLLD NRITE A WHOLE BODK ASOUT WKAT DISTURBS WE ABGUT TODAY'S\
PEALITY.30 1 MILL JUST WRITE ABGUT WAT 1 THIN: ARE THE BIGEST PAGELEMS \
FACING US TODAY.THE FIRST WGULD BE THE SICIAL HOMGPHGBIA THAT SEEMS 10 \
TNFEST PEOPLE FROW ALL NALKS OF LIFE.HGMOSEXUALG ARE BEING DENIED BABIC %
CIVIL RIGHTS. THE REASON THIS IS 5 SCARY TO KE 1S THAT IF TWE GYSTEW SN \
DENY GAYs THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS HON LONG BEFORE OTHERS LOSE THEIR RIGHTS.BUT \
THE GREATEST FROBLEN FACING THIS COUNTRY 18 APATHY.PECPLE NOT CARING AGOUT \
[ac/TNING 1 FEELING POMERLESS TO CHANGE THINGS.PEOPLE NEED TO REALIIE THAT ThE(
SRE NOT ALGHE.MANY OTHERS FEEL A5 THEV 00.WE
\E€D T0 CONE TOGETHER & GISCUSS OUR 1DEAS.ME NEED TO TEACH & WE NEEL TO LESKi.
1 In TeE AMARCHIST ScEne. el o O

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ThE ANSRCHG-FLAS FEERATIGN 13 TRYING T3 30LVE TiS PROBLEN B¢ STARTING.
P CONTERCULTURE. aHICK 3L B€ 5 ACASLETTER GF THE A.P.F. 20 ALSC BE
A LITTING GF ACTIVE SnACRIST € THEIR VA#IOUS FROJECTS.CACE o€ COME

+ WORLD A BETTER PLACE 7R\
e peomie, .
45T TINES 1T GCES FEEL MGRELEIS BUT THEN 1 B3R ASCUT THE ACCOMPLISHENTS\
OF OTHERS & I GET INSFIRSD TO TR NARDER.THE ACKLO WON'T CHAIGE IN & DA/
£75 A CONSTANT STAUGGLE. (€3 THERGS A CHAICE TO BUILD ANARCHY.BUT WE 0G
NEED TO INPROVE QURSELVES FIZST.SHARCHY 1S WGRY.ING TOGETHER.CARING ASCUT
£+ OTHER AND EVERYONE.WE MUST ELININATE RACISM, SEXISH,OMGPHOBLA, SFEC IS,
ETC. BEFORE ANARCHY CAN BE ACWIEVED.VES WE MUST VOICE OUR OUTRAGE AT ALL
TENES. [N MUSIC. IN THE WRITTEN HORD. THROLGH OEMONSTRATIONS. TALIKING WITH
FECPLE ON THE STREETS.ETC.MAWE PEOPLE AWGRE AND SUPPORT EACK OTHER.DON'T
SLAG OTHERS JUST BECAUSE THEIR NOT AT YOUR LEVEL OF AWARENESS OR ACTIVISH.
HELP THEN OUT.TEACH THER 3ND LET THEN TEACH YOU.
TO COMBAT FUTILITY SHOM OTHERS YOUR SUCCESS.EVERY VICTORY EVEN THE LITILE
ONES SHOULD 3€ WIGH LIGHTED.30 GTHERS CA BE INSPIRED.GROUPS LIKE FOGD KGT
BOMES SHOW WHAT ME CAN DO WKEN WE WORK TOGETHER.NOTHING 1S INPOSSISLE.
515 300D PORTION OF THE UNDERSFOUND HAVE EMORACED ANARCHY BECAUSE THE
UNDEZGROUND 15 THE EEST EXNFLE CF ANARCHISM AT WORK.WE CAN ACHIEVE AN
ENTIRE WORLD FREE OF RIG SUSINESS AND THE SYSTEM.THE STAYING FOER D0ES
BAFFLE ME AT TINES,BUT PEGPLE ARE PISSED AND THEY FEEL ALONE.PUNK GIVES
THEN A SENGE OF DELONGING AND ENFGMERWENT.THE SYSTEM HAS TOLD YOU THIS i3
LIFE YOU WILL OHEY.3ND OF EGURSE PEOPLE MILL SEJECT THIS AND WANT TO LIVE

FRETER ME S FIND 3 why T3 WE THES S

LIFE O THETR e TEAMS AND NOT 9E SORING VEGETABLES LIKE THEIR PARENTS. 0\
VES FLru GIVES THEM AN ALTERNATIVE CHOICE TO SEAVITUDE TO A BULLSHIT RACIST
GEURGCRACY OF GREED AND APATY. N
1A TOUGH QUESTION AND PRETTY MuCH ALONG THE SAME LINES AS YOUR PREVIGUS
GUESTIoN.FOR DIFFERENT PEGPLE 1°D SA 175 DIFFERENT THINGS.BUT FOR K€ i°0
Sav ITS Y IDEALS.1TS A Wev OF LIFE WHERE 10U MAVE PORE CONTROL. ITS BEING
6L TO BASE YOUR LIFE ARCUND YCUR SELTEFS aND NOT HOW UCK MONEY YO CA%
URE 175 THE COMRADESEP. THE SUFPORT WITWIN THE PUNK SCENE 1S TRLLY

THE ToweL SorEDE WILL \

ERSAVABLE. JUST WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE THROWING I
SICCURAGE YOU TG KEEP UP THE FIGHT.IF IT WAS JUST THE MUSIC I'N SURE I
ACULD HAVE QUIT ALREADY,BUT WHEN YOUR GOAL 3 NGT TO MAKE A BUCK OR BECORE \
FAMOUS,BUT INSTEAD TO CWANGE THE WCALD YOU WILL WORK MUCH HARDER.A SENSE OF\
[MPORTANCE AND URGENCY WILL DRIVE 70U TO STRUGGLE AGAINST 0DDS TWAT seen

[MPOSSISLE TO BEAT.BUT WE WILL WIN SECAUSE WE MAVE TO WIN.AND I WOW'T AEST
[TIL ALL PEOPLE ARE TRLLY FREE.FRESOCH ON PAFER IS NOT ENOUGH.THATS WRAT

DEMGERACY 15, FREEDOM ON PAFER SUT IN REALITY WE ARE ALL SLAVES.WE nUS
DESTEOY ALL FORMS OF AUTHORITY,COERCION, 3D FORCE.

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IGNE OF I SONGS DEAL WITH THIS VERY ISGSUE. TS CALLED TIRED,AND BASICALLYY
175 AOUT THE INPORTANCE OF FRIENDS AND KOW WHEN THINGS SEGN BLEAKEST A\
FRIEND WILL MELP US CONTINUE TO FIGNT NG MATTER THE ODDS.ALONE I WOULD MOST\
LILELY CRACY AND MAVE A NERVOUS BREAK-DGMN.SO ONE SO MUCH TO FRIENDS A0\
CONRADSS 1 KNOM BOTH IN PERSON AND THROUGH THE MALL.THEY PICK ME UP WHEN (M.
CCHN, GHCOURAGE MG, SUPPORT E,&D YCST OF ALL LNDGRSTAND ME AND JUST BE M
FRIENDS. SO WHAT CAN I SAY YES VES VES.THEIR IWFORTANCE CAN'T BE REASURES.
MIGT SOUND CORNY BUT LOVE WILL CONCUER ALL.
1Y GPERATION ANYONE WITH & UEL TAPE DECK AKD ACCESS TO A COPY SHGP COAD\
20,1 vome 5B Y TAFES WD DISTRO THEN THRU THE WAIL.PECPLE SPREAD MY ADS \
RO THE PAIL MWD ALS0 OTHER DISTROS WAKE EIR G COPIES M0 SELL THER\
6 SAnE WAT. 1T 1GN"1 ABCUT FENEY 1T5 ABOUT SPREADING THG PESSAGE.Y ZINE \
15 5O THE SANE WAY.Q0LY MOSE PECPLE BUY MY TAPES THAN MY TUE 50 IF AWV \
2INES s DO & TAAGE FOR LINE 5-19 COPIES 6T IN TOUCH.LETD bELP O \
AWOTHER. 1 BANOD JUST SE A TAPE DGCK AND RECORD 1T LIVE YOU COULD SAY.
INERES WHERE 1 TG A 1T ASGATIVELY. THE SYSTEN MILL QALY GET GRE
CPPRESSIVE. | SEE FORE PEGPLE JALLED FOR TMEIR POLITICAL BELLEFS. 1 THINK
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Thanks guys, for your thought-filled contributions.

Things are Swiing

Everything’s happening. People from all over the ploce can't
wait fo fell me what evil thing the state or @ company is doing.
sonnie Jones, a ferrific reporter for Chicago Ink has fold me about
what she's been discovering. She's wiifing about prison/prisoner
issues, among ofher fhings. An alaming stafistic she menfioned was
that In the last year or two, the female prison population i this
country has doubled! The state incarcerates these women and then
fakes their children info the orphanage gulag - the Department of
Children and Family Services. Here. they auction them off 0 the
highest bidder, fipping them from their families. | saw @ “program”
the cops were insfitufing whereby. fist they traumaize the chidren
by coming and dragging one or both of their parents away and
then come back fo hount them again, reinforcing this nightmarish
occurence by refurming with a foy for the kids. So the children have
a vivid reminder of thelr lfe-ruining run-in with the state - @ hideous
“toy" instead of their loving mother &/or father. 1said fo Bonnie, “f's
ke Argeninal” She said, “Exactlyl” Argentina, of course, is where
the evil death-squad military regime in the 70's would abduct
alleged progressives, forture and murder them and kidnap their
children fo provide them for adoption fo those looking for children -
with the military getting first choice.
LETTERS

The most grafiying port of ol 1hs, aside from seeing people become
moivoled 1o become involved in he fight for social jusfice. s eceiving and
sending personal eller. | ke he hand-witen. long ones. partculary. When
¥0u foCUs your thoughis exclusively 1o an individuol ond express your most
sincerely held befels et oose your emofions, engaging witng s offen the
resull. Of Course, these noughts and feeings are not mean! fo be conveyed fo.
everybody. 1 gotinto a e irouble i he earter sues, by not asking permission
o printsome leffes. S0 wouid [k 10 50y fo ol lefler writers, piease specily if
You would ke me 10 nol consider your lefler for publcaion. I'm nof out fo
manipulate other peoples' fesings o Ihoughts for my nefarious molives. 1just
‘want 1o share whal | ik are valuable conlibutions fo ou hinking, Thankyou.
The lady who had those kind words for me in Thought Bombs #4, who co-
wrote the ne, Zebxa, s named Melanie. Her address s 16301 Spruce Woy.
Lynnwood, Washinglon. 50837. Her name and oddcress got cut off duing
prining. She's Coming out with @ new zne, but I don'l know whal s e,

Jonuary 26th, 1998
Dear Anthony Rayson.

Thankyou for your lefter of 1/12/98. 1 was very upifiing fo receive such o
supporiive letier and hear that you appreciate our efforts with “The Black
Panther Infemational News Service.”

You menfioned yourrespect for anarchist punks and their organizng efiorts.
Yestrerday we had a PACKED house of anarchiss, feminists, animol fberafions.
They were ol here for o “Winter Soldarly Fesfival” - delails enclosed. Ao inside
‘anarchist-punk zine and program for February.

We will be printing your leffer in following issue of our newspaper, which Il
send you once f's ready.

PowerTo The Peoplel

Neelam Sharma
New Panther Vonguard Movement
Intemational Panther Headquarlers
1470 West Marin Luther King Bivd.
Los Angeles. Calfornia 90062
(213) 2964383

See what | mean? Thisis wha 'm falking aboutl 1wos thlled 1o hear about
the joining of forces menfioned above fo demaonshrate soidarty in the struggle
for human justice and freedom. The Panthers are back In action with Incredily
nsightful leadership. Don't delay and order ther paper, foday.
98

Anthony -
‘We got Thought Bombs, i's areall Please send another copy of ssue #1/2

and 2 copies of #3 & 4. Send aninvoice for $400 and moke @ note on it hat
You would rather receive a copy of ABC of Anarchism.

‘Wooden Shoe Books

5085.5th S1.

Phila, PA 19147

2154130999

Wooden Shoe rocke! mail.com

I've got fo leam how o do that. | pay for my Znes! Here they ge four zines
which 1 1ry 10 price af two for five bucks and fhey're only good for four doliars
credit. And they want me 1o wite ot some *invoicel” Sheeshi 1 thought when
1hinted (by reminding them I'd sent them fen bucks when thei store bumed
down,) I'd get a copy of ABC. Maybe fhey stl have smoke inhalaion. Just
Kidding Guys. | don't really mind. Enjoy the 2nes. Ths Guy ot work gave me
back my Copy. (1 fold him i was someone eke's and that he was buggin' me
1o get it back) No one pays for my snes anyway, excep! the black ladies ol
‘work. 11ry fo give them back helr money, but they won't foke H. They re the
‘only ones | want fo give i free fool Oh well atleast the prisoners give me
stompst

H Anthony,
Enjoyed reading your font on Chistiarity and rackm. We're out of the “Best
of*issue - 'm enclosing Bile #8.and (just ou) #9.
Cheess, Greg Simmons
(oko. Greg Simpleton)

Thanks, Greg. [foved the way you guys chopped up the Chstions. What a
holy load of b, has been ladled over people world-wide for fens of centues!
Al this prochice, sure s hel hasn't gotten ‘em any closer 10 the ruth, hos f? Ple
n the sky, bioh, bioh, biah, have faith, the lord wil s0-anc-50 you'll be elemaily
whalnot, Think meek thoughts, oct resticted, don' rock any boats and fork
over your dough What monumental hooey! Heyl | see you're goin' with an
aas. Are you the guy who te al those fifle wafers the prest so doply sficks on
kneeling peoples’ fongues? You may very well 9o fo hell for that kinda shil

Anthony,
You sure got a lof of material In those 4 zines! My favorttes were in 3 with
“Lost Dead Set 7-9:95." “Money Spent" & “Parenting Polnfers.”
Here's a Museain frade. Musea, Edifor Tom Hondiicks
Thankyou, Tom. 4000 Hawihome #5palls, TX 75219-2275.
19

ATTENTION CITIENS OF EARTH
Here s the ssue of Look Whal My Wralched Brain Made M@ 00 tha you sent for
Some of you, having sent for s recenily, have no problems af all. Others.
having sent for this as for back as mid-Novembe, have been wondering when
the Hell 1 was going 1o get around fo sending it

¥ soay.

tm realy. realy sony.
The past few monihs of my ife have been even siranger than nomal, what
with losing my abllly fo speak. my father's congestive heartfaikue. and so on
and s forth, (Yikesl)
Anywoy, here . And those of you who may discover a further inferast in my
ine, ssue #4 ($2.0) shouid be avallable sometime in January. And once i's
finished, Il send them oul AS | receive orders for the. not monihs ofer.
Thank you for your pafience.
Maestro Takalak, the Sonic Buflalo
{akaS. Chstion Michaels)
Anthony -

‘After prefencing that you were Jim Sobko and sending the issue out, | come

o my senses and reazed hat you're not him at all o, 'm sending you an

ssue, 1oo. (That s, if you really are Anthony..)

Dear Sonic, m soay 10 hear of your father's heart problems. | know | wory
‘about my own pop. He's had hand surgery lately, suffers from alzheimer's and
Is pushing eighly. | can't wal o see him sometime n the speng. We'll go
golfing. He canles around a pockeHul o balls, n Case her doesn't ke his shof.
Yes.1am Anthony. aithough | feel very close fo Jm. He's a long-time buddy of
mine. He was my partner af the Holday tnn demonstrafion. He ks also a sik.
screener, and is busy making up anfhclrpor bumper stickers with remnants
laying around the shop. He loves Homer Simpson, so that's why | had you send
him (me?) yourzine. Charge on. Buffalo Mani Hit i, Maesiro*

Eniightened Person,
AS you can see from my refum addvess, | am pAsoner of the Federal
‘Thought Police. Whie atiempting 10 keep my brain trom fuming fo mush |
came across your zine. | am desperate for brain f00d. plecse rush me your inel
As @ psoner, | can't send money. 5o I'm sending stamps. | hope that's okay
with you. (Zine World did @ greql review) Thanks for keeping my broin AUVE.
L Shane Ferrante il

4 centsin stamps atiached 04198-048/Poplar BUP
P.0. Box 350 R8U
Beaver, Wes! Virginia, 25813-0350
Wel, 1 don't know how “ensghiened | am, but | do know f's a goddam 5%
shome and an oulrage that ol you dudes are stewin' inail The real ciminals
e sucking the fe out of people or kifing them outight in massive Incendiary
croves. whie a lof of our fellow cilizens are locked up. True, some have been
made menaces 1o sell ond ofhers. by fhe insane warping process of sodielal ffe
#hat demandsignorance. st for greed and obivious insensitvy. It's cbsolutely
sickening. While Clinion ponders whether hew wants o force his dick onfo
somebody or mass murder rag) humans. the thought polce herd ever more
“offenders* nlo pisons. On fhe outside. he “cuthorfies* are siowly fighiening
ihe fing of social suffocation around those deemed "free.” One percent hos.
more ihon fhe genuine ninelyil They're out o slarve fo dealh the worid, ola
relond. They are horibly addicted lo greed and murder.

‘Wite back f you got the copy. i know you're aclualy getting I, Il send
more of ‘em. - Tony. (Just thinking about i makes my blood boll)

Anthony.
‘Where 10 start. 1 guess | should say I feel ke kind of an ot for not

responding 1o your lefter sooner. 'm usually befler with mal but lately I've just
et buld up. To be honest | haven't read any of the stulf you sent me yet but I
il looks greal. I've just gol fo make the fime foread t all. Enclosed s the
newest copy of BEcld Path. I'm no sure f you'll get much out of it but It s the
least | can do affer you sent me so much. Also the images are ones | made. |
found some while power garbage and changed H o b, Let me know what
You think. | caused a bit of o st here at the unveniy ot the students arl gallery.
Al hese people kept saying I'm ract 1o white people. It gave me a good
chance fo falk fo people and have a bit of @ dialog. 1t went well. | am 21 and
realy gives me o good feeking when | see oider people fighting for frings
smilar o what | am. | 100 care more about Ideas & love fhan money &
‘possestions. |am notIn love now but | know how great It can be. | con't
imagine having @ horble job for 5o long, I must be 5o frustating. F've had the.
same job for 8 year, i's only been part fime and |t ive with my parents but
sucks. | workn o coffoe shop in a mail. 1 hate malls, everything about them
screoms consumersm. 1 can really felate 1o you when you say you cre alone.
Mot of the fime | fee! 0 alone and as you sald. | 100 have been through
dopression and thoughts of sucide. I's awelul. Some days the word seems all
100 looming and ! don't understand how so many peopie can claim nothing s
‘wrong. that everything s ok when It s 5o obviously not. Makes me wan! fo
screom ond lets me know fhot | aways have fo koep fighting. |just reread your
fetter and I must say i seems a lo! more heartfell than what ot of people.
have 1o ay. I'm no sure how fo pul hisoilin words. You reallly seem fxe
siong person and must apploud you for the Confidence and bravery you
possess. | fink Il go for now, but ' love fo hear from you againf you feel ke
s/

‘witing. I'l Gways be wiing 10 islen. | nope things are el with you and your
fomily. Take care, Doyl
B0ox 22172 Regina. SK $45 7H4 Canada

‘Thanks for the swee! compiments and you laking fime 1o spill your guts. I'm
o big brave dude, but | have overcome my fear of the fruth. | just blurt it out.
Wnat | wite s Ihe fype of slulf 'd ke foread. Sinceit's not really out there, |
decided Iwould have lo creale it, mysell. Thot's what d.y. s il obout. Trying
sincerely 1o leam about this world ond letting others know what you've
discovered. I'm just bearing wilness, Ihat's all. Slick with your convictions, my
fond. Sell-espect ond a legiimately lved tfe will produce enormous resulfs.
Things ain't 50 hot now, bul you're resourcelul, inteligent, caring, productive
‘and are adding your groundbreaking voice fo the dialog. All that s real good.
You're wiling and this can only improve your abilly to communicate and
posiively influance people. You can Count on me as a ffiend. What | may not
have been able fo relate 1o, of your zne, | was able fo lea o respect and
‘acknowledge as a fundamental reatlly of humanily, - with alli's unique
inticacles. People fell me I'm oo hard on whilley, 100. If kinda reminds me of
how Amedca sees I's own citizens s compared 10 people ho fve in ofher
Counliles. One *Amedcan boy* s worth bombing the hell out of third world
ity for country) - fhe Casuallies of the “enemy” country are utferly fo be.
dismissed. According fo Albright, mass Kiling helps us sieep af right. Insane.

1 Hey anthonyl
‘Thanks for the super zinel you rok..here's my newes! creation... | hope you
dlgli...'m stoked on you being a hipple. | _hipples... here are oo many fake
hipples here in Boone, i's super iy, oh well, hey. 1 hope fo hear from you soon.
love you...

seph

Yo, dudel What's goin' on, buddy. Hey. why don't you send your zine fo get
reviewed? If's prefiy cool. | ke i Yeah, |was a hippie, backin the olden days.
profestin’ the govemment. | was stoked then and 'm stoked nowl Actually, |
never stopped thinking lke a rineteen year old. even though | gof older, had
relafionships and chidren and leamed a few things. I il amazes me thot
people call me "Si" and reat me fke older people expected us 1o freat fhem,
Years ago. Whenever | get in o gathering. such as with family. | always seem fo
play with the Kds, while fhe "grown-ups" do whalever ihe hellf s that grown-
ups do. I'm gonna wake up fomorow, stoked again on doin' ail fhis stuffl

As you know, | aiways love heaing how you guys are doin' out east. Can you
please siraighten out 1hot maiman who keeps retuming all my leftars 1o you?
sz

H Anthony:
‘Thanks for your letters and wriings. 1 fked *Thought Bombs™ best — your work

pocks more punch ossembled ke that. Hope you Continue.

Best, Jethey Meyer

Thanks for the short and sweet comments and advice. It fook awhile before |
saw the neceslty of pulling it o zine form. 1 figured., "Helil | know whot |
meonl If you read this essay or that essay, you'll see my point. Why does no
‘one give a shit, or ocknowledge anything?” There has fo be connections.
Chaplers are sequential parts of books. Essoys, rants, Ideas, poems, letters, news
can and should ba coalesced fogether. | was just a witer who cidn't see the
point of an editor. As aiways, I've gotia be stubborn fo the max, before | reaize
Ihe folly of my ways. S0 | got an editor - myself. F'm sterfing fo gel a handle on
1, along with the copying. prnting. formatting and all the picky litie things you
need 1o o, lo fie f ol together. Naturally, | wouldn't isten o friendly, nice
people, frying 10 help me and | gave my wife unending grief about us getting
#his computer. I was (and sfil am) a great bad ropper lo cover up my
Ignorance. Once we go! the compuler, | starfed 1o leam how to use it,
‘continuing o whine, piss and moan about . So, I'm leaming that. 100. Hey.
before you know i, 'l know what the hell 'm doin'l Now, I | couid just figure
out what the hell I'm falkin' about, | might just have something | love your
comix. The Jerk may ba my favoile. IF's dead on accurate n its depressing
porfrayos (and befrayals) - Jeff's on the fop of that st of undergrounders.

Hello Anthony,
Cheers for your zinell Fucking greot stufl 'm about half way throughil
Good readil Here's Aversion 64 In fradel Hope you enjoy
Chils

Hello Anthony,
How's il going? 1just wanled 1o drop you a quick noe 1o say fhanks very
‘much for your Znes. They look greall I'm looking forward o reading them My
nextissue Is going 10 be out very soon. If's part of an omnibus zine with eight

ofher zines, 50 Il sand you one of them when i's oulll OK then Anthony Il
leave it there. Thanks again for the'zines! I be In fouch and Il let you know
‘what | think of themi Toke care mafe

Your Pol Chits

Man, you guys are a ffipl What the hell you bein' s rice fome for? It's really
gratitying 10 5ee people ge! 5o off on ‘em, because | sure os hell did, makin'
“em Aversion kicks, rocks and screams. If was quite swee!. Tell your pals fo.
wiite me, 100. 15eni a bunch out 10 the UX. but haven't heard bock much.
Aversion is on the lst of 84, foo.

THIS LIST o) 3 wiel B< in TRY 4.
$3
There are those who think I'm full of it Or, they may crlicize parts of what |
soy. Here's @ letier hat pops the balloon with a quick loud, “Bang!”™

Anthony - 98/1/31
1 heard of you thvough Qpuniia. Due 10 0 bod eye disorder & other medical
problems confining me 1o @ house in a depressing suburb, 'm sending the
enclosed zne of mine of fo people who might stand a chance of
understanding what I'm saying fo them. 1o fry fo ge! qudiolapa
‘corespondencein retum - nof just for s own sk, but also o spread
‘awareness of this medical condiion/situation of mine. #31 & 32 (enciosed) |
send fo fhe more poliically inctined — if you're inferests lean foward sclence-
fiction. #29 | con send lofer. I'm up 10.35 now but 31 s the best intro o me & his
stuation.
f after reading these, you're not Interested in responding. couid you poss
them on to someone who might be?
Jay Horber
626 Paddock Lane
Ubertyville, Il 60048

That seems sircightiorword enough. eh? WelL | folally blew it and sent him
some wiillen buishit. Check out how he reacted!

Tony -

The one thing | should not have done under ny cicumsiances was fo use
my near-vison 10 read your letter, but | was 5o desperate o get some
comprehending mal that | wen! ahead & looked at your lefler. You pald no.
aftention to anything I said. What does the fact that you're “not an eye expert”
have 1o do with anything? | do not have a vison problem. | have severe
neuromuscuiar effectsin the eyes & fhroughout the body. f | use my near vision
{1 can't decipher wo words) fo never read. buti's not a matter of not being.
able fosee.

Obviously someone with a severa eye disorder as I just described s nof just
someone with a fitle normal blued vision. & obviously as I stated clearly | have
aneverread as s gxtremely damaging 10 the eyes & nervous syslem
permanently

See NFO #32, enclosed, Please aclually read it ail the way 10 the end. I's
‘about Laltists who don't *nofice” [ndividuols In rouble because adapling noble
pollicol agendos serves as a subsifute. I say It better In #32 than | am here.
Please don'tjust thiow it away without reading it because you're getting the
impression 'm “aflacking” you. I's Impossble 1o say what | need lo say here
without sounding thot way.

Having some blumed vison as you do has absolutely nothing fo do with being
s9

electrocuted & suffefing brain damage Irom even dim lght & exposures 1o
Various chemicals.

'm like the Men i Block from fhat movie -1 make no impression on anyone &
affer 've spoken. no one has any idea as 1o what I've 5aid - No one i conscious
of anything 1 say, lor o apparent reason. H
ps-1am conlacting your brother (7] f he's just @ fypical MO with the typical
mindset
1t won't do any good. No ane will ever pay any more atfention o what 'm
sying than you i 50 0s i fums out I've spent 17 years sruggling for nofhing.
You're ail obivious. For no apparent feason, | can't care about akports, or any.
(%) polfical agendas when my nervous syslem s going up in flames. People
‘matter, not poliical ines.

Jay got me ful fush I the balk. | ic blow him off and ofthanded his ist
letier. Hs condiflon and indecipherable letler, ulra crabby, selfcantered zne
made such areacton all 100 easy. S0, | thought, maybe | Could make i up fo
him. 1 cid whot | always do, when | don't know wha [0 Go. | osked my wife
‘about i and showed her Jay's second lefler. She said. "He obviously has
problem.” | said, “Can you help me fy 1o figure this hing outé" She sighed and
went back fo work. She was on her dinner how. Later, she relumed with @
storfing book called Allegic o the Iwenfeth Century, by Pefer Radefsky. It
‘only come oulin 1997. This s new stuff. They call it MCS (Muliple Chemical
Senilivly) Hore's o ifle from the sieeve. “In this groundbreaking report from
the medical front fines, cifically acciaimed science wrler Pefer Radetsky
fackies the controversial and Insicious new disease thot s just beginning 1o get
the attenfion t deserves..* Exiremely savere cases fe Joy', are examined. II's
iike severe Gull War syncrome, which the govemment (and hose not affected)
‘would Ike 1o forget. Rodetsky has many interesting fhings o soy. This condition
s 50 bafing, because it lacks the markers (such as high while blood cell count)
that are found even in conventional allergies. Thi problem, the polsoning of
Earln and the harmiul effects 1o people, s growing ominousy. Radetsky says
Ihesa severe cases, quite well arficuiated by Jay. are the cry of the canary in
he coal mine. Thek excruclating, ogonizng reaction fo modem tfe lsa portent
of things 1o come... reminds me of the Japanese worker, opparently perfectly
healthy, who just keels over and drops dead at hs desk ot age fory.

I made him a lope describing what 'd leamed and read him perfinent
‘possages from the book. filed the 1ape out with fve Decd funes. | got his
‘number from information andi falked fo his mom. He was sieeping and hasn't
called back. One thing hat made m fee lass rasponsiie for making him
‘even more miserable i the extreme infabilty ond hostiity of thess patients. Any
Ideas, fols? 1 slarted a fl folder on fhis guy and his problem. We'llsee.

55
Dear Concemed Persons
1 have become aware of a severe case of MCS. This person hos
sulfered immesasurably and has cried out fo the underground in
hopes of finding understanding, support and relief from his all-
‘consuming difficulties. His name is Jay Harber, who lives at 626
Paddock Lone in Libertyvill, linois, 40048-3733. | om reading the

book, Allergic 10 the Twen! waitlen by Pefer Rodetsky.
This book has only come out in 1997, 50 | know the understanding of

this dreadful condition is in ifs infancy. Please comespond fo Jay by
audiotape. You can write me. My name is Anthony Rayson and my
address is 27009 5. Egyptian Trail, Monee, llinois, 60449. 1 willsend this
letter o the MCS Resources. These include.

1. Human Ecology Action League (HEAL)
P.O.Box 49126
Aflanta, Georgia, 30359. The phone # is 404-248-1898.

2. Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN]
P.0. Box 301
Whife Sulfur Springs, Monfana, 59645-0301
Their phone # is 406-547-2255.

3. National Center for Environmental Heallh Siralegies NCEHS)
1100 Rural Avenue
Voorhees, New Jersey. 08043. The phone # is 609-429-5358.

4. Environmental Health Advocacy League (ENHALE)
Box 425
Concord, MA, 01742. The phone # is 508-287-4543.

5. MCS Referral & Resources
508 Wesigale Road
Balfimore, Maryland, 21229-2343. The phone # is 410-362-6400.

| thank all of those who will fry fo help my friend. Jay Harber, deal
with his severe MCS. 1 will fry fo leam more about this growing
menace and fry o educate those who read my zine, Thought
Bombs, about it.
P.0. BOX 40682 56
san Francisco, CA
94140-0682 USA

Volce: 415.864.0892

Fax: 415.864.0893

akpress@org.org
ety /ww skpress.org

December 111h 1997
FOR ATTENTION OF: ANTHONY RAYSON

Hey Anthony

Many thanks for the copy of Thought Bombs. Thoroughly enjoyed i (and I'm sending it
off now ta the Kate Sharplay Library so it can be stored (or posterly - and study!)

TV anclosed for your parusal a copy of the latest AK catalog, which should give you
Some idea ol whal we are up 1o

Dear Anthony 57

m about 33,000 feet n the i (weil.| was. Now I'm back home transcribing
s letter so it is more recdable,) somewhere over Chicago wiifing you. Fm on
my woy 1o Germany for Chistmas. I'm prefty excited and snce | have 10 hours
10 kil igured I'd wrfe you @ much deserved leffer.

| frshed my fst quarter of graduate school. 1t was a lof of work. | must hove:
read 20-25 books. My brain s completely fried, but| can't keep myself from
Teading since there's nofhing better fo do Gnyway. Here s o great book | wont

most scholory history fext. I's @ classc and presents one of the eary social
Pistodes on the development (of fhe) Englsh working (cioss) in the 19th century.
you haven't read i aiready | recommend It

hanks for sending Thought Bombs {1just got the most recent one foday and
Icant wait fo S down and read it) 1d love fo dstro . Please send me 10

oroduate school s fofatly ifferent than | thought. | figured the hierarchy
woukd be removed between professor and student, but it feels that I i sfronger

‘policaly, Tomy disappointment those on he left have been the most

and the most (unjwiling fo alow open discussion. | have heard a
fow “roclicols” give great lectures that have educated me on many hings.
What & focking & feaching students fo think critical. Crifical thinking & the.
‘mother of all revolutionary change.

‘Most students are faught fo regurgitale whatever fhat's fold o them. Rarely
are they fought how fo apply Ideas n a crifical woy. But ke | 5aid it s an
Insitufion - an instfufion of the state no less. The schook are one of the mast
important -1 nof the most imporiant - hegemonic ook of the Capifaist system.

five been thinking about fhis sublect ailot lately. My fiend just got a job.
feaching public school and if's el sad what students have foleam.
Espocially n history, o sublect that s dear fo me. They have her leaching history
andshe's not even qualfied. She reads the fextbook right before class. ['ve

“The church, slavery, and the mob, are a queer finy... Every assault we.
have made on the bloody siave system, as | shall hereater show, has been
promptly met and repelied by the church, which is herself the ciaimant of
several hundred thousand saves; and wherever we have aftempled 10 expose.
the guit and hypociisy of the church, fhe mob has uniformiy been foremost in
her defence.” - Stephen Foster
red 0 give her suggestions. butshe cloims hot the students won't undentond S B
them. History & reduced fo focts in public school. They re programmed from

the beginning o not question the grand namative history of this country. They

e not faught fo understand history: how if moves. how it is complex - just
garboge In, garbage out. To make it even more effective, hey have
mwmmmm'mmamhmwd-flk sty

Students ore taught something fhough. Just enough fo gef by. fo become
worker drones. consumers. and producers. Culture i suctured round this. The:
past i nothing but @ meaningless sound bite thot has been consiructed by
Hhose who hold and own the hammers and nois.

Iom a product of this 100. 1am not (happy) about it any more than the next
person. On the one hand | despise authorty, but his hatred s @ creafion of
What 1 know now or what I've leamed i the fecent past. On the ofher hand.
fear of authory holds me back. Afraid of authorty. | know that | am ot dlone.
Most people are discontent with thei situation. buf many never make ihe
‘connection with revolufionory chonge. These people certainly fear authorlty
but they also don't see sociely any ofher way. Then ihere e pecpie, ke me,
who know that here ore mojor problems ond make the connection wilh
revolufionary change. They befleve fhat fhings couid be iferent. But hey do
nothing because hey feat authortty. Some even fear change of the unknown.
‘They don't want fo be the architects of chaos that wouid come from o
revolufionary sifuation, |feel this woy sometimes foo.

‘s s not o say tha | [am] some sort of vanguard or part of an eifte. On the
‘contrary. the only change that i acceplable s change by mass movement
without parfies or dogmatic ideology. Acion by the masses wil alleviate any.
fer. T befe in the vanguard has been the bane of Socialim since Lenin.
Too much blood has been spit, foo many comrades and offes kost. Destroyed
by those who were fouflfo “sove humanily." No. | am nof part of that camp.
{Mat's) the camp that sees s prophefs' words as omnipolent.

1 hink hot s enough banterng for now. So send me 10 copies of Thought
Bombs. I'm enclosing ol fhe disio information. 'm i sending some stuff that
I've witten and some interosting arficles I've red recently. Maybe you can
use the witings for Thought Bombs.

Take coro,

Sean Guilory

POBoX 1312
Claremont CCA 91711-1312

Dear sean
Boy, s such @ pleasure 10 see a funclioning mind ot work. Graduate school.

Sneesni | con'timagine whot that must be lke. | don't think | couid force

‘myself fo fake ol the bulshit. Fve oiways defested school. The fime confined
o schooti me you could oclualy belearing. Thnking people spend a'ol of 57
e erogromiing Iemiaives o the garbage fhaf ochered lo them from
o e found ol winging i olone is basically your best bel. If you con
o maone Inteligen! who has genuine leaching abilly. whelhe ! e o
ot pralesor of e schoot's ails, slen 10 them. - ond stay piugged nto
#he underground. of Course.

e o Grinnell Collage when | was sevenieen. It'sn ihe middie of the
Lowe comieic. This was n Augus! of 1971, Tho worid was aflame. Ourimone
O eenani was ganocidaly outof conto. ivealening the enire worid wih
e ton! Thisshodl. obiviousy acted imporion! and hommered students
e ot ot Allanyone ever cid was gef biosled and “sludy.” I wos beyond
I hontton fof me and by Ihe middie of Ine second semesier, a iend from back
o amc st off ch hiking. 1 effall my stullin my room, excep for o o
eite1 569, (The school threw i of out) Greg ond I set out 1o ind out end
e, somewhers n Sal Lake Gity. | el ke I'd just escaped lrebknko.

e inad n o Quy hamed, "Doc.* A week laler wa found Dave. Whie
iing around own, we sow an explosion of poice chertes. Sowe palked and
O 0 360 whal ihe Commoton wos allGbout. Bobby Secle o the Bock
amimars was there heiping o lecd o demonsirafion ogais! the Vieinam
Cougnter, Taro wos Dave -wilh @ bow in one hond and o id n i pockel.
e o i cccires wiong and be Ived Ky Cormer, wilh i abby (Mormon)
Ieotmer. I ich Rked on ond oftfor the nexl two yeass. | stayed for o few
i in Soit Loke Ci, Reno and one month in Fisco. |had 1o get al iha!
‘ocademic garboge out of my syslem.

O course 1hs & @ recips fordre poverly. Complele alenation from an
Incomprenending infufated fomdy, moments of exireme donger. and nfere

ocioa torment, hat's @ hellwva way 1o have fo eami Bl thal'swht |
oo do to aweid being coolls cul. 1was 10 siubbor. 'd have preferred
Sicide, 10 ing a knowingl (e tle.

Certodin a acicry moking fose big commuricafions dihes ond shvouds.
Tom ot ufl. A big bross fing off @ big coble reel smocked me n Ihe eve.
T Sopec o il 1o rocover. | bagon o wil an ulfa dense and inlerse
oo ey 74, poople houghi | wos ullery insane. | was somelimes. |wos
Trtrie-degwesive Gnd hideousy alone. Th Gnfi-wo miseu was diing up.
Neioay gave © domn aboutslopping the govemment, now thal ney were 00
g hecil affecied. The sulfereing of fhe Vielnamese people ddr'| maller
o aicons. Thoy dov nlo hedonism and dico. It was horble. | went info o
‘wop deprasion. | bosicaly went calaloric. My brolher wa already
e sariredn & paveho gulag somewhere near Washinglon, D.C. My other
Ercmar ancl ter ought | was nuls ond ovaided ma. My 1oks ied o fgure
201 wor 10 Mmake me producive and avold having 1o farce me inlo the
ot e, S5 wol. My o Came up wilh s ooy b IROUGh is

polical connections. So, 1did . Slowy. | regoined the use of my foculfies and
‘an abiding deep distnst of soclely and other people. 1t was 10 ba o sticty diy.
il and education for me. There wouid be no bulshil allowed inlo my brain
Ihot wasn't ouihorized by me, ever again. |ived wilh o Vel Nom Vet
(wounded)/heroin addict in Biue Isiand and hopped the commuter irain
downiown and fook a semester of classes of Roosevell Universy. | didn't hove
a car. I iich hked o work. |had @ couple of cafi-Bud & Thumper. Bud got his
1ail cu! offin the door. It was lough, because my room moles hievin’ fiends
wouid rip offall my stuf. 1 loaled around and met o gi. We moved 1o Bgn
and gof maried in o double wedding wilh my siser n 1977, She wosn' @ very
Good wie and 1 was sl urwiling 10 port with myself much. We did ge! @ house
in Hazel Cres!. i and ihen we go! divorced. | kep ihe house and Ihe Cols-
niew ones - Rulus and Sadie) 1 had dogs. 100. OId ones. | gol our fomily's od
og. Duke. My Sster ond her fomly gave me their old dog. Aspiin. So. 1just
ived. | worked. read a lol and drank beer - aways keeping mysall o arms
length from l he noie of society. Being o foil Collector requres very iffle
plugging in of your soul. The vost majodty of yoursel i cble fo be kepl infoct.
You walch he raf roce go by. you don'treally pariicipolein .

' was aftcid, loo. Who'sn'lé The bose evi redlity s hal ifyou are nof afrcid
10 be honest. iuthlul and human. you solale yourself 10 the cuthoriies for
death. They murder us and trcin regional kilers 10 stence fhose who have.
genvine couroge and are wiling o oppose awful really. They snulf out those
‘who creale hope and a chance for a brighlar future. F's whot capitalsm bols
‘down fo- the murde of hope and fhe exfinclion of human warmih.

Bul, you can only foke 50 much abuse 10 your selfrespec. |found lrve love
and o bitsant empowering pariner for my e, We hod chidren. She's gol o
moster's degree in brary science and persuaded me ilo retuming fo colege.
S0, 1starled loking a couple classes o semeser al the local junor cotlege. | go
an associotes degree and gave the voledictorian address. |1ook one mare
class - Astonomy. | cdn't wan them 10 fhink | was Glfaid 1o hang around. alter
1hat fifle Hf wih the president over my speech.

1was thinking of gaing on o another school and pursuing o degrea in
‘educaion. Bul my wile wonled me osfay at home mare. s we hod a itle
boy. only one year old and a seven yeor old. We knew fhese would be ou only
Chicren and we wanled 1o savor them os much as possbe. Besides. the hours
‘Cost wice as much and the subjects were 1hose hammer nlo he cookle culter
fypes I'd aiways looked 10 ovoid. | hod a crummy jobin a dopey
bureaurocracy. Why fake @ pay cul 1o oin another one? They'd never atow
me 10 leach chidren ihe way | would have inssted on. 'd have been quickly
fired..1 knew | could davelop my own curiculum and leam, study and feach
much more eficently. | knew there were much more imporian fhings lo
‘engage my mind with thon he jvo I'd be forking megabucks or, of school.

w
Here's why | do all this stuff. Afher a fough day batting the stale, tokinga 6/
hail doy off work. losing money and coming home with maybe o dozen
crinklad up dolors for my effor, | came home and looked fhrough my mol.

Dear Anthony.

God bless you in your wonderful work of frying fo save the earih for the rest of
sl

They sy “The only way for evil o iumph s for good men 1o do nothing.”

Thank you from ail o us for doing someting!

Gratefull. - Margie Kreigher

MAY THE UNIVERSE SMILE AT YOU
AllGod counts (& He's the only one thot really matiers) i the sffort and you
quysget A+ i

| called M. Jery Davidson in Minooko, & he scid i's fine 1o make & send
‘copies of this arficie which appeared in the Farm Bureau paper 11-697.

COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED PEOTONE ARPORT
Letter from Gerald Davidson, *
Presiient of the Wil County Farm Bureau

The Will County Farm Bureoy appreciates fhe opportunity fo provide
comment at foday's hearing on fhe Peotone Aiort. The Wil County Farm
Bureau along with the llinois Farm Bureau have faken the posiion of opposing
he legilation that was proposed for the Peotone Arport.

The Wil County Farm Bureau polled heir members tha ive in this orea seven
vears ago and have continued 10 seek member input through the Viewpoint
process. The numbers of members against the airport has increased over the
last & years because of environmental concems such as nolse ana air poliution.
area well confamination and ofher water qually lssues. We are iso very
‘concemed wih the loss of famn land as approximately 23,845 acres would be
used for ths project. This will have an effect on local agrcultural production
and the businesses that work and serve this agcultural area.

Our next concern s wih the roads that wil need fo be bultin order fo make
the airport work. Some of the estimates that we have seen folol over $1.4 bilion
doliars. Dollors wil need 10 be raised 1o gel the proper roads n ploce and fhis
can be done by either raising faxes or divering road funds from ofher parts of
he state budgel. These road improvements wil foke more farmiand and will
affect many more people including our environment.

The Girport project wil affect over 95 famming operations in the area and an
‘additional 1.010 households clong with 18 ofher businesses. A lof of families wil
be offected and our envionment willbe changed forever.

The final ifem i e really have fo quesfion the need for such an airport.
O'Hare Allp ortindicated wo years ago that fhey had 37 milion empy seats on
ca
fights. This leads one fo befieve that a third Giport s not necessaryl Our curent
ironsporiation system needs 10 be improved and it makes more sense fo
upgrade our current systems belore we venture info @ mult-bilion dollar project
such as the Peotone Arport,

In closing. agricullure lond s just nof open space fo be paved over. We
oppose the airport project because of the above mentioned items. We do not
feel that any new aiport project for ouf region s necessary. Yes our Grea wi
develope bul we prefer o more envionmental fiendly pace. We pose this
question. Wy hasn't the siate looked ot how hey can sirengthen the
ogrculture economy? The Wil County Form Bureau and the 9,800 member
fomiles that we represent thank you for the opportunity 1o provide festimony
fodoy.

Deor Margle

‘Thank you very much for the encouraging lefters. Just ‘cuz of thot we are
going fo e-Hiple our efforisl We want 10.go for hat A+++lil Tne siate doesn't
deal in logical of human ferms. Unfortunately. all they care about s liring their
pockes with dolrs, fhe needs of people or he usefuiness of theirprojects be
domned! 11’ feal crying shame. They have no respect for us or e chidren
of the future. | heard said a the Peotone Aiport meefing, held February 21,
1998, that the linois Department of Transporiation does not consider farming 1o
be an “indushy” because the land i faxed difierently from say, on indushrial
park. 1. for one, will not fake it anymore without @ ightl Thanks ogain®

Dear Tony. thanx so much for your kind words and your advice and yes | am
St rying 10 ge! my shit fogether. There aways seems 10 be 3o much of if,
y'know. Thought Bombs was greal. Thanx again. You speck fhe ruth.
brother, Stephen M. / Life’s Suffering / P.0. 8. 170

‘While Plains, N.Y. / 106030170

Dear Stephen: Hang in there, buddy. Heroin addiction can be licked.

Hi Anthony.

Sony fo wiite bock 5o late - thanks for the letter. You said you iked my drawings

- coincidentally I've been daing some comi ately. Nothing | want 10 send out

justyet, but mese’ll Come before Robinetie #2. Things have changed in my

mind since | wrofe Robinete #1 -1 don't think | ogree with all that I said - but

hopefuly there are a few shy people that wil read it & recognize themsolves.
Robin

Robin Ekins / 934 Northfield Road / Woodmere N.Y.. 11598
Dear Robin: Thanks for wiiting to me. Life s change. Until next issue. folks!
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