Riots in London

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Quarterly

Review of Black

Light journal &

more!

Reflections on

Anarchist Summer

School

The Universal

Reach of Popular

Uprisings

Anarcha-Feminism

#59

AP

RIL/M

AY

In th

is m

onth

’s M

utin

y zi

ne:

New

s of

rio

ts fa

r an

d ne

ar:

in

Austr

alia

n de

tent

ion

cent

res a

nd

agai

nst g

entr

ifica

tion

in th

e U

K;

as w

ell a

s up

date

s fro

m L

ibya

, W

iscon

sin,

Ta

ssie

, Ke

rate

a an

d th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

/ C

olog

ne

squa

tters

win

aut

onom

ous

soci

al

spac

e,

tell

al

l!

/ M

elbo

urne

A

narc

hist

Com

mun

ist

Gro

up

give

the

ir an

alys

is of

the

far

ce

that

is

Anz

ac

Day

/ A

lain

B

adio

u on

the

‘Ara

b Sp

ring

’ and

th

e un

iver

sal

reac

h of

pop

ular

upr

isin

gs /

A c

ritic

al r

eflec

tion

on th

e A

narc

hist

Sum

mer

Sch

ool h

eld

in F

ebru

ary

and

an ar

ticle

on

an an

arch

a-fe

min

ism w

orks

hop

pres

ente

d at

the

scho

ol /

Rad

ical

pub

licat

ions

aho

y! I

nter

view

with

Bla

ck K

ite

quar

terl

y an

d re

view

of

Bla

ck L

ight

iss

ue #

0 /

Plu

s an

in-d

epth

art

icle

on

the

Mar

ch 2

6th

dem

onstr

atio

ns an

d rio

ts in

Lon

don

agai

nst a

uste

rity

mea

sure

s.U

pcom

ing

even

ts:

Fri

day,

May

13t

h: F

orum

: W

hy M

urdo

ch’s

Aus

tral

ian

is w

rong

ove

r B

DS:

boy

cotti

ng I

srae

l is

the r

ight

thin

g to

do.

Spe

aker

s plu

s film

scre

enin

g of “

Life

in

Occ

upie

d Pa

lesti

ne”.

6:30

for 7

pm, H

oly

Trin

ity C

hurc

h H

all,

11 H

erbe

t St,

Dul

wic

h H

ill.

May

14t

h-15

th:

Tem

pera

ture

s R

isin

g -

a co

nfer

ence

for

Pal

estin

e. ht

tp://

sydp

alco

nf.w

ordp

ress

.com

/. At

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

Sydn

ey.

Satu

rday

, Jun

e 25

th:

Capi

tal

Aga

inst

Cap

italis

m:

a co

nfer

ence

of

new

M

arxi

st r

esea

rch.

To

be h

eld

in C

entr

al S

ydne

y. Se

e ht

tp://

ww

w.fa

cebo

ok.co

m/e

vent

.ph

p?ei

d=10

4092

8563

3491

5F

rida

y, J

une 3

rd: F

undr

aise

r gig

to h

elp

Jura

Boo

ks g

o so

lar.

Swee

t Tee

th,

Inte

ntio

ns, C

rouc

hing

80s

+ U

DL

DJs

. 7pm

at Ju

ra B

ooks

, 440

Par

ram

atta

Rd,

Pet

ersh

am.

Reg

ular

eve

nts

at B

lack

R

ose

Ana

rchi

st

Lib

rary

an

d So

cial

Ce

ntre

: Bl

ack

Rose

Col

lect

ive

mee

ting:

Eve

ry

seco

nd

thur

sday

fro

m

7pm

(c

heck

bl

ackr

oseb

ooks

.org

fo

r da

tes)

+ P

eopl

es K

itche

n (fr

ee

or b

y do

natio

n ve

gan

dinn

er).

ever

y m

onda

y A

ND

wed

nesd

ay -

co

okin

g fro

m 4

pm, s

ervi

ng f

rom

7p

m. 2

2 En

mor

e Rd,

New

tow

n.

Imag

es: T

op le

ft- R

ooft

op p

rote

st a

t Vill

awoo

d. B

otto

m ri

ght-

Vill

awoo

d bu

rns.

Insi

de

fron

t- s

olid

arity

dem

onst

ratio

n on

the

roof

of

imm

igra

tion

min

iste

r’s o

ffic

e.

Rev

iew

: B

lack

Lig

ht I

ssue

#0

B

y B

FG

Blac

k Li

ght

is an

ana

rchi

st jo

urna

l pu

blish

ed

by Th

e M

elbo

urne

Ana

rchi

st Cl

ub.

Issu

e #0

w

as p

ublis

hed

in M

arch

thi

s ye

ar. F

irst

of a

ll,

indi

catin

g “T

ypef

ace:

Trad

e G

othi

c” o

n th

e tit

le

page

: aw

esom

ely n

erdy

! The

desig

n of

the

entir

e zi

ne is

bea

utifu

l and

aes

thet

ical

ly re

strai

ned.

The

bold

und

erlin

ing

on th

e tex

t of t

he co

ver (

just

the

title

and

issu

e nu

mbe

r in

Trad

e G

othi

c, fo

nt si

ze

unkn

own)

is

a m

otif

expl

oite

d th

roug

hout

the

re

st of

the

zine

in a

rtic

le ti

tle p

ages

and

foot

ers.

The

foot

ers

are

espe

cial

ly

plea

sing

with

eve

ry p

age

num

bere

d, a

nd t

he z

ine’s

ic

on an

d tit

le o

n al

tern

atin

g fa

cing

pag

es.

The

horiz

onta

l lin

e m

otif

is ju

xtap

osed

with

ver

tical

lin

es o

n th

e in

side

page

s, cr

eatin

g tw

o co

lum

ns

for

text

, im

ages

and

pul

l qu

otes

. A

nd

the

pict

ure

of L

ouise

Mic

hel

on p

age

28

(inco

rrec

tly

cred

ited

as M

iche

l Lo

uise

) [w

hyle

Mitu

ny

Zim

e iz

al

omst

prefe

ct

in

this

rear

guar

d-

eds.]

is

crop

ped

with

di

agon

al l

ines

mak

ing

her

appe

ar to

be

outli

ned

by a

gi

ant

A. Th

e fro

nt a

nd b

ack

cove

rs a

re o

f lig

ht

crea

m c

ardb

oard

, and

the

insid

e pa

ges

are

pale

gr

een

pape

r.I

don’t

int

end

to b

e fa

cetio

us w

ith a

ll th

is ha

rpin

g on

abo

ut t

he d

esig

n. I

rea

lly t

hink

the

zi

ne is

bea

utifu

l, an

d ob

viou

sly a

lot o

f cre

ativ

ity

has

gone

into

cre

atin

g an

aes

thet

ic t

hat d

oesn

’t sla

vish

ly f

ollo

w t

he ‘c

ut a

nd p

aste’

of

the

punk

zi

ne li

neag

e. I r

ecko

n th

e edi

tors

taki

ng th

e effo

rt

to c

reat

e ne

w b

eaut

iful f

orm

s to

pre

sent

rad

ical

po

litic

s sho

uld

be ac

know

ledg

ed.

The

cont

ent o

f the

zin

e is

unfo

rtun

ately

not

as

stron

g. W

hile

the

art

icle

s in

the

mse

lves

are

all

wel

l writ

ten

and

inte

resti

ng, I

thin

k th

e ed

itors

ar

e not

yet c

onfid

ent a

bout

who

thei

r aud

ienc

e is.

Ther

e ar

e tw

o ar

ticle

s di

spel

ling

myt

hs a

bout

anar

chism

, bot

h of

whi

ch se

em to

be a

ddre

ssed

to

the l

ocal

auth

orita

rian

Left,

as w

ell as

to an

arch

ists

with

out a

stro

ng cl

ass a

naly

sis. ‘I

s ana

rchi

sm an

ti-so

cialis

t’ by

Alic

e Ba

rric

adas

arg

ues

with

and

ag

ains

t writ

ers

and

mili

tant

s fro

m th

e an

arch

ist

cano

n to

firm

ly p

lace

ana

rchi

sm w

ithin

an

anti-

auth

orita

rian

soci

alist

ideo

logy

. Whi

le ‘M

yth

#2:

anar

chism

is in

here

ntly

diso

rgan

ised’

by

Bren

dan

com

plim

ents

Barr

icad

as’

artic

le i

n ta

king

the

Sp

anish

Civ

il W

ar a

s a

case

stu

dy to

sho

w h

ow

beca

use

of t

he s

treng

th o

f th

eir

anal

yses

and

or

gani

sing

abili

ties,

anar

chist

s di

d no

t ne

ed

lead

ersh

ip fr

om v

angu

ardi

st pa

rtie

s or d

icta

tors

. Fo

ur

artic

les

in

Blac

k Li

ght

are

gene

ral

over

view

s: of

Vo

ina

(an

artis

ts’

colle

ctiv

e),

anar

chism

in

In

done

sia,

the

far

Righ

t in

Aus

tral

ia,

and

the

Paris

Com

mun

e. A

gain

, the

se ar

ticle

s are

wel

l w

ritte

n an

d in

tere

sting

but

a

little

too

brie

f to

pro

vide

a

thor

ough

ana

lysis

on

the

issue

s and

gro

ups i

nvol

ved.

‘W

hat

is an

arch

a-fem

inism

?’ by

Re

becc

a is

the

best

artic

le in

the

zin

e, an

d pe

rhap

s is

a bl

uepr

int

for

the

futu

re

of

Blac

k Li

ght.

The

artic

le s

epar

ates

an

arch

a-fe

min

ism

from

lib

eral

fem

inism

, by

plac

ing

the

emph

asis

of th

e str

uggl

e fo

r wom

en’s

right

s firm

ly in

cla

ss s

trug

gle

and

anar

chy.

The

way

in w

hich

it is

writ

ten

allo

ws

for

dyed

(b

lack

) in

the

woo

l (-le

n ho

odie

d) a

narc

hists

to

get d

eepe

r int

o an

arch

a-fe

min

ism th

roug

h ni

cely

sy

nthe

sised

qu

otes

fro

m

cont

empo

rary

an

d hi

storic

al a

narc

ha-fe

min

ists,

whi

le i

t is

writ

ten

un-e

sote

rical

ly (

defin

itely

not

a w

ord)

eno

ugh

for a

nyon

e w

ho st

umbl

es u

pon

the

artic

le to

get

so

met

hing

out

of i

t.M

aybe

I’ve

bee

n to

o cr

itica

l of B

lack

Lig

ht. Th

is is

thei

r firs

t iss

ue so

inev

itabl

y th

ere’l

l be k

inks

to

iron

out.

Giv

en a

few

issu

es, I

’m su

re th

e ed

itors

w

ill b

ecom

e co

nfide

nt o

f who

thei

r au

dien

ce is

, an

d pu

blish

artic

les o

f a su

itabl

e ten

or an

d le

ngth

to

mat

ch th

eir a

ims.

Blac

k Li

ght I

ssue

#0:

defi

nite

ly a

pos

itive

star

t to

a ho

pefu

lly lo

ng ru

nnin

g an

arch

ist zi

ne.

BLAC

KLIG

HTAN

ARCH

IST J

OURN

AL

ISSU

E ZE

RO

This

issue

of

Mut

iny

Zine

co

mbi

nes

a m

ix

of

‘loca

l’ ar

ticle

s w

ith i

nter

natio

nal

ones

. W

hile

the

zin

e al

way

s doe

s thi

s to

som

e ex

tent

, the

bal

ance

in th

is iss

ue b

etw

een

the

‘glob

al’ a

nd th

e ‘lo

cal’

is re

lativ

ely

unus

ual.

From

Sy

dney

, w

e pu

blish

a

criti

cal

refle

ctio

n ab

out

the

rece

nt

Ana

rchi

st Su

mm

er

Scho

ol, w

ritte

n by

one

of t

he o

rgan

izer

s. W

e pub

lish

this

piec

e in

orde

r to

enco

urag

e refl

ectio

n on

even

ts an

d or

gani

zing

that

hap

pen

in o

ur c

omm

unity

, in

orde

r to

avo

id u

ncrit

ical

ly r

epea

ting

ours

elves

and

to

lear

n fro

m o

ur su

cces

ses a

nd m

istak

es.

W

e al

so i

nclu

de a

pie

ce o

n an

arch

a-fe

min

ism b

ased

on

a w

orks

hop

that

was

pre

sent

ed

at A

narc

hist

Sum

mer

Sch

ool,

and

we

cont

inue

our

se

ries

abou

t oth

er r

adic

al p

ublic

atio

ns in

Aus

tral

ia

by in

terv

iew

ing

the

edito

rs o

f Bla

ck K

ite Q

uart

erly

(fo

rmer

ly W

ai Q

uart

erly

).O

n an

inte

rnat

iona

l leve

l, we a

re ex

cite

d to

anno

unce

th

e be

ginn

ings

of a

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e En

tnik

o Ba

ndid

o In

fosh

op fr

om th

e Phi

lippi

nes.

In th

is iss

ue

they

writ

e ab

out

oppo

sitio

n in

the

Phi

lippi

nes

to

APE

CO (

the

Auro

ra P

acifi

c Ec

onom

ic Z

one

and

Free

Por

t), w

hich

is p

ropo

sing

deve

lopm

ents

that

w

ill e

ndan

ger

the

lives

and

liv

elih

oods

of

loca

l co

mm

uniti

es. W

e lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

the

pub

licat

ion

of re

gula

r new

s abo

ut g

oing

s on

in S

outh

Eas

t Asia

fro

m th

ese c

omra

des.

W

e al

so

publ

ish

piec

es

abou

t ho

w

squa

tters

in

Col

ogne

hav

e w

on a

n au

tono

mou

s sp

ace,

and

a re

port

back

fro

m t

he M

arch

26t

h pr

otes

t in

Lo

ndon

ag

ains

t au

sterit

y m

easu

res.

Fina

lly, w

e re

publ

ish so

me

fasc

inat

ing

obse

rvat

ions

by A

lain

Bad

iou

on t

he in

cred

ibly

impo

rtan

t an

d on

goin

g se

ries o

f upr

ising

s tha

t has

bec

ome

know

n as

the

‘Ara

b Sp

ring’.

Bad

iou

cont

ends

that

far f

rom

th

ese

rebe

llion

s be

ing

part

of s

ome

mys

tical

gra

nd

narr

ativ

e to

war

ds W

este

rn li

bera

l dem

ocra

cy t

hey

show

that

pol

itics

can

ope

rate

bey

ond

the

real

m o

f th

e Sta

te, a

nd ca

n th

row

off

wha

t he t

erm

s the

Stat

e’s

“fune

real

coe

rcio

n”. A

s we

writ

e th

is it’s

eas

y to

feel

a

grea

ter

pess

imism

abo

ut r

adic

al p

ossib

ilitie

s in

th

e A

rab

Wor

ld, w

ith W

este

rn in

terv

entio

nism

in

Liby

a an

d w

hat s

eem

s to

be

the

begi

nnin

gs o

f the

re

cupe

ratio

n of

the

rev

olt

in E

gypt

. How

ever

, we

feel

like

it is

impo

rtan

t to

try a

nd ar

ticul

ate,

thro

ugh

publ

ishin

g th

is ar

ticle,

som

e of

the

ele

men

ts th

at

wer

e tre

men

dous

ly e

man

cipa

tory

and

insp

iring

in

thes

e upr

ising

s. Lo

ve an

d so

lidar

ity,

Mut

iny

Zine

Col

lect

ive.

(Edi

tors

for

thi

s m

onth

: BF

G, B

lack

bear

d, S

yzyg

y, L

Dog

).

Mut

iny

is a

n an

arch

ist c

olle

ctiv

e bas

ed in

Syd

ney.

W

e m

eet r

egul

arly

, con

tact

us

on :

mai

l: c/-

PO

Box

4, E

nmor

e, N

SW 20

42, A

ustr

alia

. em

ail:

mut

inee

rs[ a

t] gr

ait [

dot]

net

Web

: bac

k iss

ues a

t ww

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ra.o

rg.au

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iny

[The

mut

iny

zin

e co

llec

tive

does

not

nec

essa

rily

ag

ree

with

al

l th

e op

inio

ns

of

cont

ribu

tors

.Co

ntri

buto

rs d

o no

t ne

cess

arily

agr

ee w

ith a

ll

the

opin

ions

of

the

mut

iny

coll

ectiv

e. T

he m

utin

y co

llec

tive

does

n’t a

gree

with

all

the

opin

ions

of

the

mut

iny

coll

ectiv

e.]

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rial

Subs

crib

e to

Mutiny!

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e ev

ery

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ere

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ly in

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last

issue

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invo

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lots

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gths

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ne

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aper

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ther

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ou’v

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wor

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s be

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with

one

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ow li

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blica

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harin

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eas a

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riter

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pub

lishi

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rom

otin

g ea

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ther

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ne w

ay o

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rvie

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ike

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ks. R

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sour

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ectio

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oon

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e on

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web

site)

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we

felt

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ra r

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r in

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ssem

inat

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ple,

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tors

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f you

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ries o

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ribut

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dica

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licat

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arte

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ncou

rage

disc

ussio

n ab

out

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rienc

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treng

ths a

nd w

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ns a

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uart

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rter

ly), w

hich

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emed

aro

und

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world

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min

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n be

foun

d at

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ail.c

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cide t

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rt th

e pub

licat

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ai w

as st

arte

d aft

er a

con

vers

atio

n be

twee

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o ac

tivist

s liv

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in A

lice

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ing

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her t

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y Ab

out

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rven

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genc

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berr

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dec

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that

it

mig

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good

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stor

ies f

rom

diff

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t act

ions

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und

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coun

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aper

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n fre

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n to

find

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r a

publ

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ting,

writ

ers,

peop

le to

do la

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t, et

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st th

ing

for W

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lack

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rter

ly to

find

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n m

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rst w

e ap

proa

ched

uni

vers

ity u

nion

s for

gra

nts w

hich

took

a w

hile

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om so

me.

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beco

me h

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r as f

or th

e las

t few

issu

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e hav

e bee

n ba

sed

in A

lice S

prin

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n th

e end

w

e dec

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just

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nd it

our

selv

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ith a

few

don

atio

ns fr

om fr

iend

s to

help

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ause

of

this

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strug

gle

with

sust

aina

bilit

y iss

ues.

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ting

subm

issio

ns is

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too

diffi

cult,

bu

t it’s

defi

nite

ly so

met

hing

that

we

have

to c

hase

up.

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can

just

do a

cal

l ou

t and

get l

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e are

pre

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cces

sful w

hen

we a

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ng g

roup

was

bo

rn o

ut o

f th

e en

ergy

aro

und

the

anar

chist

sum

mer

sch

ool.

We

have

bee

n m

eetin

g fo

rtni

ghtly

in B

lack

Ros

e A

narc

hist

Libr

ary,

café’

s an

d sq

uats.

For

man

y of

us

our

first

read

ing

grou

p, i

t ha

s be

en a

n op

port

unity

to n

ut o

ut o

ur fe

elin

gs ab

out s

ex an

d ge

nder

iss

ues,

unce

nsor

ed,

with

in t

he c

onte

xt

of o

ur o

wn

and

othe

r pe

ople’

s exp

erie

nces

, with

te

xts

of o

ur c

hoos

ing.

We

have

bee

n ex

plor

ing

expa

nded

fe

min

isms

inclu

ding

w

ritin

gs

from

LG

BQT

pers

pect

ives

, lik

e Ju

dith

-Jack

H

albe

rsta

m; w

omen

of c

olou

r, lik

e Be

ll H

ooks

; an

d se

x po

sitiv

e pol

itics

, lik

e the

Sca

rlet A

llian

ce.

We a

re o

pen

to p

eopl

e of a

ll ge

nder

iden

titie

s who

ha

ve a

vie

w t

o ar

ticul

atin

g th

eir

own

anar

cha-

fem

inist

pers

pect

ives

in lig

ht of

the v

oice

s am

ongs

t us

and

the

voi

ces

that

hav

e co

me

befo

re u

s. C

onta

ct f.

dorr

ell@

gmai

l.com

.

Ackn

owle

dgin

g th

e wes

tern

root

s of

anar

cha-

fem

inism

as a

theo

retic

al

cu

rren

t, w

hat c

an w

e lea

rn fr

om n

on-

wes

tern

exam

ples

of ‘

anar

cha-

fem

inism

’? A

nd h

ow el

se ca

n w

e de

velo

p ou

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f and

le

arn

from

‘ana

rcha

-fem

inism

’?

The

first

part

of

th

e An

arch

a-fem

inism

wo

rksh

op

at

Anar

chist

Su

mm

er

Scho

ol

(in

Sydn

ey e

arlie

r th

is ye

ar) i

nclu

ded

a pr

esen

tatio

n gi

ving

a g

ener

al o

verv

iew o

f an

arch

a-fem

inism

in

theo

ry a

nd p

ract

ice. O

ver

40 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed

the w

orks

hop

and

it is

hope

d th

at in

cludi

ng th

ese

note

s in

Mut

iny

will

gen

erat

e fu

rthe

r di

scus

sion.

Con

nect

ions

bet

wee

n an

arch

ism

and

fem

inism

My s

tart

ing

poin

t is a

narc

hism

wan

ting t

o se

e an

end

to a

ll fo

rms o

f opp

ress

ion,

and

fem

inism

–

the

end

of s

exist

opp

ress

ion.

Giv

en a

narc

hism

’s ov

erlap

ping

aim

with

fem

inism

, I

unde

rsta

nd

anar

chism

to

be

an

in

here

ntly

fe

min

ist

philo

soph

y. ‘A

narc

ha-fe

min

ism’

is a

curr

ent

with

in an

arch

ism th

at h

as d

evelo

ped

to d

escr

ibe

view

s of

pat

riarc

hy a

s a

key

man

ifest

atio

n of

ille

gitim

ate

hier

arch

y, al

l fo

rms

of w

hich

an

arch

ists

oppo

se. W

ithin

fem

inism

, ‘an

arch

a-fe

min

ists’

cont

end

that

the

str

uggl

e ag

ains

t th

e st

ate

is an

ess

entia

l pa

rt o

f di

sman

tling

pa

tria

rchy

; vi

ce

vers

a w

ithin

an

arch

ism.

Iden

tifyi

ng c

omm

on e

lem

ents

like

dom

inat

ion,

co

ntro

l, com

petit

ion

and

mili

taris

m b

etw

een

the

stat

e an

d pa

tria

rchy

, an

arch

a-fe

min

ism p

osits

th

at o

ne o

ppre

ssiv

e sy

stem

rein

forc

es a

nd re

lies

on th

e ot

her,

so th

at y

ou c

anno

t get

rid

of o

ne

with

out a

lso g

ettin

g rid

of t

he o

ther

.

‘Ana

rcha

-fem

inist

’ ide

as a

nd

proj

ects

This

is no

t to

say,

of co

urse

, tha

t ana

rchi

sts h

ave

been

at th

e for

efro

nt of

fem

inist

stru

ggle

s, or

even

th

at a

ll an

arch

ists

adva

nce

fem

inist

vie

wpo

ints.

I

unde

rsta

nd t

hat

class

ical

ana

rchi

st th

eoris

ts lik

e Kr

opot

kin

faile

d to

tal

k ab

out t

he s

peci

fic

prob

lem

s fa

cing

w

omen

, w

hilst

Pr

oudh

on

conc

eive

d th

e fam

ily as

the c

entr

al u

nit o

f soc

iety

an

d w

omen

’s ro

le as

mai

ntai

ning

the f

amily

uni

t. Bo

th

cont

empo

rary

an

d hi

storic

al

anar

chist

pr

ojec

ts an

d sp

aces

are

cer

tain

ly n

ot a

bove

th

e str

uctu

res

and

effec

ts of

sex

ist o

ppre

ssio

n,

from

wom

en d

oing

the

maj

ority

of

‘care

’ wor

k lik

e ch

ildca

re t

o oc

curr

ence

s of

sex

ual

assa

ult

that

pre

dom

inan

tly a

ffect

peo

ple

that

iden

tify

as

wom

en.

How

ever

, so

me

anar

chist

s ha

ve b

een

nota

bly

activ

e in

wor

king

for w

omen

’s em

anci

patio

n. A

s pa

rt o

f the

ir an

arch

ist w

ork,

peo

ple

like

Emm

a G

oldm

an, V

olta

irine

de C

leyr

e and

Luc

y Pa

rson

s di

d a l

ot o

f wor

k ed

ucat

ing

mal

e com

rade

s abo

ut

spec

ific

oppr

essio

ns f

acin

g w

omen

, de

velo

ped

anar

chist

vie

wpo

ints

on s

uch

topi

cs a

s fre

e lo

ve

and

mot

herh

ood

(eg.

Gol

dman

) se

x sla

very

(de

Cl

eyre

) and

wor

king

clas

s wom

en (P

arso

ns),

and

gene

rally

adva

nced

fem

inist

thou

ght.

Ano

ther

hist

oric

al ex

ampl

e tha

t can

be i

dent

ified

as

be

ing

influ

entia

l to

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

‘an

arch

a-fe

min

ism’

is M

ujer

es

Libr

es

(“Fr

ee

Wom

en”)

, an

anar

chist

wom

en’s o

rgan

isatio

n th

at

aros

e fro

m th

e ex

perie

nce

of w

omen

in st

rugg

le

in

revo

lutio

nary

19

30s

Spai

n.

This

netw

ork

star

ted

up

in

resp

onse

to

se

xism

am

ongs

t an

arch

ist m

en,

and

in c

ritic

al r

espo

nse

to t

he

mai

nstre

am a

narc

hist

asse

rtio

n th

at w

omen

’s eq

ualit

y wou

ld au

tom

atic

ally

flow

from

the s

ocia

l re

volu

tion.

M

ujer

es

Libr

es

foug

ht

for

soci

al

revo

lutio

n an

d w

omen

’s lib

erat

ion,

arg

uing

that

th

e tw

o ob

ject

ives

can

and

need

to b

e pur

sued

in

para

llel f

or a

true

gen

eral

ised

and

radi

cal s

ocia

l re

volu

tion.

To

this

end,

the

gro

up o

rgan

ised

initi

ativ

es l

ike

radi

cal

wom

en-o

nly

new

spap

ers

in o

rder

to ra

ise w

omen

’s po

litic

al co

nsci

ousn

ess,

confi

denc

e, ac

tivity

and

sens

e of s

olid

arity

.

Mor

e rec

ently

, the

re ar

e oth

er in

spiri

ng ex

ampl

es

of a

narc

ha-fe

min

ist g

roup

s lik

e Bo

livia’

s str

eet

art

and

actio

n co

llect

ive

Muj

eres

Cr

eand

o (“

Wom

en C

reat

ing”

), w

hich

has

exi

sted

since

19

92.

‘Ana

rcha

-fem

inist

s’ ha

ve

cont

ribut

ed

disti

nctiv

e pe

rspe

ctiv

es fr

om o

rgan

ising

aga

inst

impe

rialis

m (e

g. R

ote

Zora

, a “

mili

tant

fem

inist

an

ti-pa

tria

rcha

l w

imm

in’s

urba

n gu

erril

la

grou

p” a

ctiv

e in

Ger

man

y 19

70-8

0s) t

o de

man

ds

for

repr

oduc

tive

justi

ce

(eg.

th

roug

h th

e

narc

ha-f

emin

ismAu

tono

mous

cen

ter

Colo

gne

(Ger

many

) -

Ev

icti

on t

o en

d wi

th a

n us

er-c

ontr

act

By Aka_Zora

Afte

r fiv

e da

ys o

f be

ing

thre

aten

ed w

ith

evic

tion,

a

usag

e ag

reem

ent

for

the

auto

nom

ous

cent

er i

n C

olog

ne,

wes

tern

G

erm

any,

was

sig

ned

on F

riday

, Ap

ril 1

. Th

is co

ntra

ct m

eets

the

dem

ands

of

the

occu

pant

s as f

ar as

pos

sible.

In

April

20

10

com

rade

s oc

cupi

ed

a fo

rmer

ca

fete

ria

of

the

stat

e ow

ned

“Spa

rkas

se”

bank

in C

olog

ne to

figh

t for

a

nonc

omm

erci

al-p

oliti

cal

plac

e. Si

nce

then

m

ore t

han

500 e

vent

s hav

e tak

en p

lace

ther

e, su

ch a

s po

litic

al d

iscus

sions

, le

gal

advi

ce,

perfo

rman

ces,

art s

pace

and

at le

ast t

wic

e as

man

y pa

rtie

s an

d co

ncer

ts. Th

ere

was

also

th

e fir

st no

ncom

mer

cial

cin

ema

in C

olog

ne

for

year

s. Th

ese

even

ts sh

ow th

at C

olog

ne

need

s an

aut

onom

ous

plac

e. D

urin

g th

is tim

e, th

e pe

ople

ar

ound

th

e ca

mpa

ign

“Pyr

anha

” (w

hich

was

for

med

aro

und

the

occu

patio

n of

the

bui

ldin

g an

d st

arte

d a

lot

of p

oliti

cal

wor

k be

fore

and

bey

ond

the

occu

patio

n su

ch a

s de

mon

strat

ions

, ev

ents

etc.

to a

chie

ve t

he f

orm

atio

n of

an

aut

onom

ous

cent

er)

put

lots

of e

ffort

in

to

nego

tiatio

ns

(e.g

. th

roug

h a

usag

e co

ncep

t for

the

plac

e) w

ith th

e “S

park

asse

” an

d th

e C

olog

ne c

ounc

il .

Unf

ortu

nate

ly,

the

nego

tiatio

ns d

idn’t

hap

pen

due

to t

he

coun

cil’s

and

owne

r’s w

illfu

l ign

oran

ce. Th

is Ap

ril t

he “

Spar

kass

e” b

ank

had

to s

ell t

he

build

ing

follo

win

g a

Euro

pean

pol

icy

whi

ch

says

tha

t “S

park

asse

” isn

’t al

low

ed t

o ho

ld

real

pro

pert

y an

d it’s

mor

e th

an li

kely

that

th

e cou

ncil

will

buy

this

prop

erty

bac

k.

Ther

e ar

e di

ffere

nt i

nter

pret

atio

ns a

s to

w

hy t

he o

wne

r m

ade

the

deci

sion

to e

vict

th

is ab

rupt

ly, e

.g. t

he c

ounc

il pu

t pr

essu

re

on t

he “

Spar

kass

e” t

o ev

ict

the

occu

pier

s

befo

re th

e co

unci

l wou

ld h

ave

had

to d

eal

with

it (p

artly

as

this

wou

ld h

ave

been

bad

fo

r its

ele

ctor

al p

rosp

ects)

, or

the

fact

that

an

em

pty

build

ing

is w

orth

mor

e th

an a

n oc

cupi

ed b

uild

ing.

Any

way

, on

Mon

day

nigh

t (2

8th

Mar

ch),

peop

le g

ot t

he m

essa

ge t

hat

ther

e is

an

evic

tion

thre

at. A

lot o

f peo

ple f

rom

all o

ver

Euro

pe c

ame

to su

ppor

t the

cam

paig

n, a

nd

to fi

ght

for

a no

ncom

mer

cial

aut

onom

ous

polit

ical

spac

e. Th

e diffi

cult

task

had

star

ted.

Fr

om th

en, e

very

body

had

to p

repa

re fo

r a

poss

ible

evi

ctio

n ev

ery

time

whi

ch m

eans

bu

ildin

g ba

rric

ades

, or

gani

sing

peop

le’s

kitc

hens

, ni

ght

wat

ches

, de

alin

g w

ith

pass

port

insp

ectio

ns a

nd th

e po

lice,

etc.

In

the

mea

ntim

e, th

e “S

park

asse

”, th

e po

lice

chie

f and

May

or R

othe

rs a

rgue

d ab

out t

he

occu

patio

n an

d ho

w to

dea

l with

it. A

lmos

t ev

ery

day

since

, peo

ple

had

to b

e aw

ake

in

the m

iddl

e of t

he n

ight

, due

to th

e pos

sibili

ty

of e

vict

ion.

Som

e fr

iend

s or

gani

sed

a pr

ess

conf

eren

ce, o

ther

s or

gani

sed

rota

ting

shift

s fo

r gua

rdin

g. It

was

an

exci

ting,

exh

austi

ng,

but v

ery

inte

nsifi

ed a

nd im

port

ant t

ime

for

rebe

llion

. Ther

e w

as a

fee

ling

of s

olid

arity

be

twee

n on

e an

othe

r in

the

strug

gle

for o

ur

own

free

plac

e. A

nyw

ay,

the

big

supp

ort

of t

he c

omm

unity

, ev

ery

singl

e at

tem

pt

to p

artic

ipat

e in

and

cre

ate

the

spac

e, th

e am

azin

g po

litic

al w

ork

of t

he c

ampa

ign

“Pyr

anha

,” an

d th

e w

ill t

o re

sist

mad

e it

poss

ible

that

a c

ontr

act b

etw

een

the

owne

r “S

park

asse

” an

d th

e au

tono

mou

s ce

nter

’s de

lega

tes w

as w

orke

d ou

t at t

he la

st m

inut

e on

Frid

ay A

pril

1. I

t pe

rmits

us

use

until

O

ctob

er 2

011

- aft

er t

hat

perio

d of

tim

e th

e “Sp

arka

sse”

has

to se

ll th

e bui

ldin

g. A

s I

said

, it’s

ver

y lik

ely th

at th

e ci

ty o

f Col

ogne

w

ill b

uy it

. So

at le

ast

from

now

on,

we’l

l ne

gotia

te w

ith t

he c

ounc

il, s

o th

at t

hey

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nim

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lant

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river

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onom

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and

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thre

aten

ing t

he ec

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life

on

eart

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elf. Th

e de

velo

pmen

ts th

at th

ey h

ave

prop

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in

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rora

pro

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ilipp

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w

adva

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d cr

eatin

g m

isery

for a

ll liv

ing

entit

ies.

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is a g

over

nmen

t pro

ject

with

bac

king

from

a w

ell

know

n fa

mily

, the

Ang

ara.

The

proj

ects

of A

PECO

su

ch a

s ho

tels,

a f

ree

port

, re

sort

and

cal

l ce

ntre

offi

ces

will

lea

d to

ext

inct

ion,

ass

imila

tion,

and

de

struc

tion.

Ext

inct

ion

beca

use

man

y liv

ing

spec

ies

will

be

lost

such

as

bird

s, fis

h an

d m

ost

anim

als

that

hav

e al

read

y liv

ed h

ere

for m

ore

than

a d

ecad

e. A

ssim

ilatio

n be

caus

e an

Indi

geno

us tr

ibe

(the

Agt

a-D

umag

at tr

ibe)

will

be d

ispla

ced

and

have

thei

r lan

d,

cultu

ral a

nd tr

aditi

onal

righ

ts gr

adua

lly a

ssim

ilate

d.

Des

truc

tion

will

occ

ur -

of

the

livel

ihoo

d of

the

co

mm

unity

such

as fa

rmer

s and

fish

erm

an, a

nd m

ost

impo

rtan

tly d

estr

uctio

n of

the

env

ironm

ent.

All

deve

lopm

ents

that

are

mot

ivat

ed b

y gr

eed

are

equa

l to

the d

evas

tatio

n of

all.

No t

o de

velo

pmen

ts!

No t

o ec

olog

ical

de

vast

atio

n! N

o to

APE

CO!

We a

re ex

cited

to a

nnou

nce t

he b

egin

ning

s of a

colla

bora

tion

with

the E

ntni

ko B

andi

do In

fosh

op fr

om

the P

hilip

pine

s. In

this

issue

they

writ

e abo

ut o

ppos

ition

to A

PECO

(the

Aur

ora

Pacifi

c Eco

nom

ic Zo

ne

and

Free

Por

t), w

hich

is p

ropo

sing

deve

lopm

ents

that

will

end

ange

r the

live

s and

live

lihoo

ds o

f loc

al

com

mun

ities

- Eds

.

city

of C

olog

ne w

ill b

uy it

. So

at le

ast f

rom

no

w o

n, w

e’ll

nego

tiate

with

the

cou

ncil,

so

tha

t th

ey c

an’t

turn

aw

ay f

rom

thi

s re

spon

sibili

ty b

y ig

norin

g us

.

Mor

e tha

n 30

0 da

ys o

f eve

nts,

part

ies,

film

s, a

peop

le’s

kitc

hen,

bik

e w

orks

hops

, qu

eer

spac

es, a

rt sp

aces

etc,

show

that

Col

ogne

has

a s

elf-o

rgan

ised

auto

nom

ous c

ente

r, an

d th

at

occu

patio

n w

as th

e onl

y w

ay to

achi

eve t

his.

Mor

eove

r, th

e re

sista

nce

and

the

keep

ing

of

the

auto

nom

ous

cent

er C

olog

ne h

as b

een

mot

ivat

ing

for

activ

ists,

give

n th

e re

cent

evic

tion

notic

e in

Ham

burg

(Ro

te F

lora

an

d W

agon

plac

e Zo

mia

) an

d aft

er t

he b

ig

evic

tion

in B

erlin

Lie

bigs

tras

se in

Feb

ruar

y th

is ye

ar. I

f the

coun

cil c

an fi

nanc

e a m

illio

n Eu

ro p

roje

ct fo

r an

oper

a, w

e ca

n ha

ve fr

ee

cine

mas

and

con

cert

s. If

the

coun

cil b

uild

s a

new

com

mer

cial

city

cen

ter,

we

will

hav

e fre

e sh

ops

and

peop

le’s

kitc

hens

. The

fact

th

at C

olog

ne h

as a

n au

tono

mou

s ce

nter

is

by th

e po

wer

and

will

of t

he p

eopl

e w

ho

part

icip

ate i

n it,

supp

orte

d it

and

wor

ked

in

it. N

ow th

ey ca

n ig

nore

us n

o lo

nger

. If t

hey

do, w

e wou

ld d

o it

agai

n. Y

ou k

now

it. (

:

or w

ere t

hey

just

tryi

ng to

conv

ince

peo

ple

they

had

the

‘rig

ht’

anal

ysis?

Com

rade

s, w

e do

n’t k

now

eve

ryth

ing;

non

e of

us

can

mak

e m

illio

ns o

f pe

ople

ana

rchi

sts

over

nigh

t; w

e do

n’t h

ave

all t

he a

nsw

ers;

if w

e di

d w

e w

ould

hav

e w

on a

lread

y. W

hat’s

th

e poi

nt o

f get

ting

toge

ther

if w

e don

’t fe

el

we h

ave a

nyth

ing

to le

arn

from

each

oth

er?

A c

omra

de n

oted

that

ass

umpt

ions

alw

ays

exist

whe

n gr

oups

com

e to

geth

er f

or t

he

first

time,

and

may

be t

he n

ext

time

we

mee

t we’l

l kno

w e

ach

othe

r a

little

bet

ter.

For

me,

it’s b

een

hard

to s

ee w

hy w

e ne

ed

to b

uild

less

sup

erfic

ial r

elatio

nshi

ps a

nd

unde

rsta

ndin

gs w

hen

ther

e isn

’t ne

cess

arily

an

ob

viou

s ca

mpa

ign

or

thin

g w

e’re

wor

king

on

toge

ther

. This

is no

t say

ing

we

don’t

nee

d to

do

that

, jus

t tha

t I fi

nd it

har

d to

poi

nt t

o di

scre

te r

easo

ns w

hy.

May

be

one

reas

on is

the

simpl

e fa

ct o

f our

dai

ly

lives

in S

ydne

y. O

fferin

g so

lidar

ity, s

uppo

rt

and

‘wor

king

toge

ther

’ mig

ht n

ot h

ave

to

be o

n as

form

al a

bas

is as

we

mig

ht th

ink.

Just

qui

ckly

I w

ant t

o ad

dres

s so

me

of th

e po

ints

m

ade

by ‘P

eter

Gar

rotte

’ in

thei

r re

view

of

sum

mer

sch

ool

in th

e la

st is

sue

of M

utin

y...

Firs

tly,

I lo

ve J

ura’s

lig

ht u

p sig

n to

o,

and

the

cour

thou

se (

but

defs

not

on a

w

eeke

nd).

But

mos

tly I

wan

na t

ake

up

this

idea

tha

t de

cent

raliz

atio

n, c

onse

nsus

and

horiz

onta

lism

wer

e ‘ar

ticle

s of

faith

’ at

sum

mer

scho

ol (a

com

mitm

ent t

hat a

t tim

es

prev

ente

d di

scus

sion

from

goi

ng fo

rwar

d),

whe

reas

‘a c

omm

itmen

t to

the

ove

rthr

ow

of c

apita

lism

’ was

not

. I w

as s

urpr

ised

to

read

this

and

hope

I’m

not

misi

nter

pret

ing,

bu

t fo

r m

e an

d m

any

othe

rs a

narc

hism

is

abso

lute

ly

abou

t de

cent

raliz

atio

n,

or

dem

ocra

cy-fr

om-b

elow

, an

d de

volu

tion

of d

ecisi

on-m

akin

g to

as

smal

l a

scal

e as

re

ason

able.

That

the a

utho

r felt

that

sum

mer

sc

hool

was

not

sui

tabl

y im

bued

with

ant

i-ca

pita

list

ferv

our

is di

sapp

oint

ing

to h

ear,

but

I do

n’t s

ee h

ow t

his

is op

pose

d to

a

com

mitm

ent

to d

ecen

tral

izat

ion.

In

fact

th

e tw

o th

ings

toge

ther

are

wha

t mak

es a

n an

arch

ist! I

also

did

n’t s

peak

to, o

r he

ar o

f an

y, ‘in

divi

dual

ist’,

‘righ

t-win

g’ or

ot

her

not-a

ctua

lly-a

narc

hist

‘anar

chist

s’ at

th

e co

nfer

ence

, whi

ch l

eads

me

to a

ssum

e al

l th

e ot

her

(rea

l) an

arch

ists

wer

e ok

with

th

e re

volu

tion.

But

can

we

talk

and

thi

nk

mor

e ab

out h

ow o

ur r

evol

utio

nary

pol

itics

in

form

the

strug

gles

we’r

e in

volv

ed in

, and

ho

w t

o av

oid

wat

erin

g do

wn

our

polit

ics?

A

lway

s! G

arot

te a

lso w

rote

tha

t th

e de

sire

to

appe

ar

anti-

auth

orita

rian

dam

pene

d di

scus

sion

or s

topp

ed p

eopl

e fro

m t

akin

g re

spon

sibili

ty-

this

was

also

disa

ppoi

ntin

g to

hea

r. Bu

t I w

ant t

o su

gges

t tha

t if t

his d

id

happ

en, i

t was

bec

ause

we w

ere a

ll tr

ying

to

deal

with

a b

ig q

uesti

on r

aise

d by

sum

mer

sc

hool

and

men

tione

d by

Gar

rotte

, ‘h

ow

to m

ake

disc

ussio

n m

ore

lively

with

out t

he

reve

rsio

n to

dom

inat

ion

by a

few

peo

ple.’

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

thei

r ow

n co

llect

ives

and

affi

nity

gro

ups.

This

is an

amaz

ing

aim

; but

I’m

inte

reste

d in

ho

w w

e ac

tual

ly d

o th

is. Th

is w

as a

maj

or

poin

t of d

iscus

sion

at th

e A

.S.S

. caf

é ni

ght

held

to d

ebrie

f abo

ut th

e eve

nt, w

hich

to m

e su

gges

ts fo

lks a

re th

inki

ng an

d ta

lkin

g abo

ut

‘recr

uitm

ent’,

wha

teve

r tha

t mig

ht lo

ok li

ke.

In t

erm

s of

new

ini

tiativ

es,

post-

sum

mer

sc

hool

Syd

ney

has

seen

the

dev

elopm

ent

of a

few

new

gro

ups/

colle

ctiv

es a

roun

d th

e to

wn.

O

ne

is a

fem

inist

re

adin

g gr

oup;

an

othe

r is

a gr

oup

of

Sydn

ey

Uni

vers

ity

wor

kers

an

d stu

dent

s w

ho

wan

t to

or

gani

se

agai

nst

neo-

liber

alism

on

cam

pus,

with

a p

artic

ular

foc

us o

n re

struc

turin

g ha

ppen

ing

at th

e mai

n lib

rary

.

Fost

erin

g co

oper

atio

nI

pers

onal

ly f

elt t

hat

the

supp

ort

rece

ived

by

the

A.S

.S.

orga

nizi

ng c

olle

ctiv

e fro

m

the

Jura

and

Bla

ck R

ose

colle

ctiv

es w

as

real

ly e

xcep

tiona

l. Th

e or

gani

zing

col

lect

ive

wer

e a

bunc

h of

kid

s m

ostly

fro

m t

he

stude

nt

envi

ronm

ent

mov

emen

t w

ho

deci

ded

to h

ave

an ‘a

narc

hist’

con

fere

nce,

havi

ng n

ever

rea

lly b

een

invo

lved

in e

ither

of

the

tw

o m

ain

anar

chist

col

lect

ives

in

Sydn

ey.

We

appr

oach

ed t

hese

col

lect

ives

to

use

the

ir sp

aces

and

wer

e m

et w

ith

enth

usia

sm

and

cons

truc

tive

inpu

t.

In t

erm

s of

int

er-g

roup

coo

pera

tion

mor

e br

oadl

y at

the

con

fere

nce,

it w

asn’t

all

smoo

th

saili

ng.

Unh

elpfu

l as

sum

ptio

ns

exist

ed

abou

t gr

oups

w

hich

w

ere

gene

raliz

ed t

o in

clude

eve

ry m

embe

r of

th

ose

grou

ps.

A m

embe

r of

a u

nive

rsity

en

viro

nmen

t col

lect

ive r

ecou

nts b

eing

aske

d at

the

conf

eren

ce, ‘

Oh,

you

’re o

ne o

f tho

se

envi

ronm

ent a

ctiv

ists,

I’ve

hear

d ab

out y

ou’.

(Bec

ause

all

envi

ronm

ent

activ

ists

are

the

sam

e, ye

s?)

Blac

k Ro

se c

olle

ctiv

e m

embe

rs

have

talk

ed si

nce

A.S

.S. a

bout

the

idea

that

‘the

Blac

k Ro

se c

olle

ctiv

e ar

e th

e co

llect

ive

that

do

Blac

k Ro

se t

hing

s at

the

Bla

ck

Rose

sp

ace’,

refle

ctin

g as

sum

ptio

ns

that

th

is gr

oup

is clo

sed

to w

orki

ng w

ith o

ther

s or

cliq

uey,

etce

tera

. N

egat

ive

assu

mpt

ions

ne

ed to

be b

roke

n do

wn

befo

re w

e can

wor

k to

geth

er p

rodu

ctiv

ely, i

f we

wan

na d

o th

is.

Diff

eren

t sty

les

of

orga

nizi

ng

do

exist

, fo

r su

re.

My

expe

rienc

e of

the

stu

dent

en

viro

nmen

t mov

emen

t is m

ostly

of h

ighl

y str

uctu

red

and

faci

litat

ed m

eetin

gs w

ith a

n em

phas

is on

for

mal

con

sens

us p

roce

sses

. M

y ex

perie

nce

of m

eetin

gs w

ith p

eopl

e fro

m o

ther

col

lect

ives

is q

uite

diff

eren

t. Bu

t as

ano

ther

mem

ber

of th

e A

.S.S

. col

lect

ive

poin

ted

out,

ther

e ar

en’t

two

disc

rete

way

s of

org

aniz

ing

[the

‘capi

tal A

ana

rchi

st’ w

ay

vers

us th

e stu

dent

envi

ro ac

tivist

way

, in

this

case

] tha

t are

irre

conc

ilabl

e an

d fix

ed; t

here

ar

e m

any

proc

esse

s and

tool

s (fo

r ex

ampl

e, us

ing

smal

l gro

ups

in w

orks

hops

) th

at c

an

be u

sed

in a

flexi

ble a

nd ex

citin

g way

. Peo

ple

talk

in

mee

tings

and

do

thin

gs d

iffer

ently

an

d w

e ne

ed t

o ap

proa

ch s

ituat

ions

with

pe

ople

we

have

n’t w

orke

d w

ith b

efor

e in

a

way

tha

t is

open

-min

ded

abou

t th

at.

Did

peo

ple

com

e to

sum

mer

sch

ool

with

op

en m

inds

? I

thin

k so

, m

ostly

, ye

s, bu

t m

aybe

so

met

imes

no

. I

was

n’t

in

the

insu

rrec

tiona

ry a

narc

hism

wor

ksho

p, b

ut

anec

dota

l evi

denc

e su

gges

ts th

at so

me

folk

s w

ho c

ame

to t

he w

orks

hop

didn

’t co

me

to

disc

uss

wha

t th

e or

gani

zer/

faci

litat

or

sugg

este

d,

whi

ch

was

th

e qu

estio

n of

in

surr

ectio

nary

tac

tics

in t

he A

ustr

alia

n co

ntex

t. In

stead

the

y to

ld t

he w

orks

hop

that

they

did

n’t w

ant t

o be

insu

rrec

tiona

ry

at a

ll, in

a n

on-r

espe

ctfu

l way

, and

tal

ked

abou

t an

arch

ism

as

bein

g in

here

ntly

or

gani

zatio

nal.

Gen

eral

ly, o

ver t

he w

eeke

nd

I felt

like

I lis

tene

d to

a fe

w p

eopl

e (li

ke, a

he

aps s

mal

l num

ber)

talk

ove

r and

ove

r and

ov

er a

gain

. Did

the

se f

olks

lear

n an

ythi

ng

Minor edits to the

translated

version

have

been made

for

gram

mar.

The

translated

version can be found here:

http://kasam

aproject.org/2011/03/0

1/alan-badiou-during-arab-revolts-the-

universal-reach-of-popular-uprisings/

- M

utiny Zine C

ollective

“The Tunisian and the Egyptian people

are telling us: rise up, build up a public

space for the communism

of movem

ent,

protect it by all means while inventing

the sequential course of action.”

The

win

d of

the

east

car

ries

away

the

win

d of

the

wes

tUntil when will

the idle and crepuscular

West,

the

“international community”

of

those who still believe themselves to be

the rulers of the world, continue to give

lessons in good managem

ent and good

behavior to the rest of the world? Is it

not laughable to see som

e well-paid and

well-fed

intellectuals, retreating

soldiers

of the

capitalist-parliam

entarianism

that

serves us as a

moth-eaten

Paradise,

offering

their

services to the

awe-

inspiring Tunisian and Egyptian people,

in order teach these savages the A.B.C.

of “democracy?”

What

pathetic persistence

of colonial

arrogance! In the

situation

of political

misery

that we’ve been living

for the

last three decades, is it not evident […

] that it is us [in the West] who have

everything to learn

from the

popular

uprisings of the mom

ent?

Don’t

we

have the

urgency

to give

a close

look to everything over there,

that made possible by collective action

the

overthrow of oligarchic and

corrupt

governments who […

] stood

in a

humiliating

position

of servitude to the

Western w

orld?

Yes, we

should be the

students of

these

movem

ents, and

not their stupid

professors. For they give life, with the

genius of their own inventions, to those

same

political principles that for some

time

now the

dominant powers

have

tried to convince us were

obsolete.

In particular,

the

principle

that [Jean-

Paul]

Marat [a radical journalist and

politician

during

the

French Revolution

-eds]

never

stopped

recalling: when

it is a

matter of liberty, equality, and

emancipation, we

all have to join the

popular upheavals.

We

are

right

to r

evol

tJust as in politics, our States and those

that benefit from them (

political parties,

unions and

complacent

intellectuals)

prefer m

anagem

ent to revolt. They prefer

peaceful dem

ands and ‘orderly transition’

to the breach of law. What the Egyptian

and Tunisian people remind us is that

the only action appropriate to […

] the

scandalous takeover by State power is

the mass uprising. In this case, the only

rallying

cry

capable

of linking together

the disparate aspirations of those making

a crowd is ‘you there, go away!’

Ala

in B

adio

u on

A

rab

revo

ltsTh

e un

iver

sal r

each

of

pop

ular

upr

isin

gs

art f

rom

kat

hsar

tybl

og.b

logs

pot.c

om

:

The exceptional significance of the revolt,

namely its critical power, lies in the fact

that its rallying cry, repeated by m

illions

of beings, gives the

measure of what

will be, undoubtedly, irreversibly, its first

victory: the flight of the designated m

an.

And whatever happens next, this triumph

of popular action, illegal by nature, w

ill be forever victorious.

That a revolt against the power of the

State can be absolutely successful is an

exam

ple of universal reach. This victory

points out to the horizon over which any

collective

action

unencumbered

by the

authority of the Law outlines itself: what

Marx

called

‘the

deterioration

of the

State.’ The knowledge that som

eday the

people, freely

associated and

resorting

to their creative

power,

will

be able

to throw away the funereal coercion of

the

State. That’s the

reason why this

Idea arouses

boundless

enthusiasm

in

the

entire

world and

will

trigger the

revolution

that ultim

ately

will

overthrow

the authority in residence.

A sp

ark

can

set t

he p

lain

on

fire…

It began

with the

suicide, a

self-

immolation by fire, of a man who had

been

downgraded

to

unem

ployment.

[Because]

he

was

forbidden

the

miserable com

merce that allowed him to

survive; and

because

a female

police

officer slapped him in the face for not

understanding what in this world is real.

In a few days this gesture becam

e wider

and in a few w

eeks m

illions of people

scream

ed their joy on a distant square

and

this entailed

the

beginning

of the

catastrophe for the powerful potentates.

What is at the

root of this fabulous

expansion? Are w

e dealing with a new

sort

of epidem

ic of freedom

? No. As

Jean-M

arie Gleize

poetically said, ‘the

dissem

ination of a revolutionary movem

ent

is not carried by contamination, but by

resonance. Som

ething that surfaces here

resounds with the

shock wave

emitted

by som

ething that happened over there.’

Let’s name

this resonance

‘event.’

The

event is the

sudden creation, not

of a

new reality, but of a

myriad

of

new possibilities. None of them

is the

repetition of what is already known. This

is the

reason why it’s

obscurantist to

say

‘this movem

ent claims

democracy’

(implying the

one

that we

enjoy

in

the

West),

or that ‘this movem

ent

pursues

social improvem

ent’

(implying

the

average

prosperity

for

the

petit

bourgeois de chez nous). Starting with

almost nothing, resonating

everywhere,

the

popular

uprising

creates

unknown

possibilities for the entire world.

The word ‘dem

ocracy’ is hardly uttered

in Egypt.

There

is talk about ‘a new

Egypt,’ about the ‘true Egyptian people,’

about

a constituent assembly, about

complete

changes

in everyday life, of

unheard-of

and

previously

unknown

possibilities. There is a new plain that

will

come

after

that that no longer

exists, the one that w

as set on fire by

the

spark of the

uprising. This plain-

to-be stands between the declaration of

an alteration

in the

balance

of forces,

and the holding of new tasks. Between

the

shout of a

young

Tunisian: ‘we,

children of workers and of peasants, are

stronger than the

criminals,’ and

[that

of] a young Egyptian: ‘as from today,

January 25, I take in my own

hands

the matters of my country.’

befo

re.

Whe

ther

or

no

t pe

ople

di

d th

em w

as a

noth

er t

hing

! Th

e ‘id

entit

y po

litic

s an

d so

cial

war

’ w

orks

hop,

for

exa

mpl

e, ha

d ab

out

seve

n of

th

irty

to

fort

y pe

ople

sa

ying

th

ey’d

done

th

e re

adin

g [a

pam

phle

t by

Pet

er G

elder

loos

ca

lled

‘Iden

tity,

Opp

ress

ion

and

Soci

al W

ar’].

But

a f

ew o

f us

did

, an

d m

any

of u

s ha

ve b

een

priv

y to

co

nver

satio

ns ab

out i

dent

ity p

oliti

cs

since

the

conf

eren

ce. M

any

of th

ese

conv

ersa

tions

hav

e be

en i

nfor

med

by

th

e de

bate

s ar

ound

id

entit

y po

litic

s th

at

the

Geld

erlo

os

text

br

ough

t to

lig

ht (

at l

east

for

me)

.

I do

n’t k

now

if t

his

wou

ld h

ave

happ

ened

w

ithou

t the

sum

mer

scho

ol, i

f the

pam

phle

t ha

d ju

st co

ntin

ued

to s

it al

l lon

ely o

n th

e sh

elf i

n Bl

ack

Ros

e. O

r may

be a

simpl

e well

-or

gani

sed

and

well

-adv

ertis

ed re

adin

g gro

up

arou

nd t

he p

amph

let

coul

d ha

ve a

chie

ved

the

sam

e le

vel

of d

ebat

e an

d di

scus

sion.

A

focu

s on

le

arni

ng

toge

ther

at

th

e co

nfer

ence

, abo

ut a

nyth

ing

and

ever

ythi

ng

to

do

with

an

arch

ism,

mea

nt

that

w

e co

vere

d a

wid

e ra

nge

of

topi

cs

and

perh

aps

lack

ed fo

cus.

Ther

e w

ere

no g

rand

co

nsen

suse

s (c

onse

nsi?)

rea

ched

abo

ut t

he

way

forw

ard

for a

narc

hism

in A

ustr

alia

; and

th

e wor

ksho

ps I

wen

t to

acte

d m

ore a

s a w

ay

of ra

ising

que

stion

s and

star

ting

disc

ussio

n th

an fo

cusin

g in

on

one

or tw

o th

emes

or

prob

lem

s an

d co

min

g to

any

con

clusio

ns.

Perh

aps t

ryin

g to

lear

n ab

out ‘

anyt

hing

and

ev

eryt

hing

’ also

mea

nt w

e tr

ied

to c

ram

too

man

y w

orks

hops

int

o th

ree

days

. Pe

ople

sa

id th

at g

oing

from

long

talk

-y w

orks

hop

to lo

ng ta

lk-y

wor

ksho

p w

as ‘v

ery

inte

nse’,

and

that

the

y w

ould

’ve li

ked

mor

e va

riety

in

the

typ

es o

f w

orks

hops

. M

any

peop

le

said

the

y fe

lt th

ere

was

a la

ck o

f pr

actic

al

wor

ksho

ps

(onl

y tw

o w

ere

offer

ed).

Bri

ngin

g ne

w p

eopl

e in

Part

of t

he r

easo

n fo

r ho

ldin

g th

e su

mm

er

scho

ol w

as t

o re

ach

out

to p

eopl

e ou

tside

th

e an

arch

ist m

ovem

ent

and

give

the

m

the

chan

ce t

o le

arn

abou

t th

e id

eas

and

aspi

ratio

ns o

f an

arch

ism a

nd t

alk

abou

t w

hat t

hey

thou

ght a

narc

hism

was

. Man

y of

th

e w

orks

hops

on

Frid

ay w

ere

aim

ed a

t thi

s le

vel,

inclu

ding

the s

essio

n on

‘Myt

hbus

ting

abou

t an

arch

ism’

and

the

‘Fro

m H

ere

to

Ana

rchy

’ w

orks

hop,

whi

ch a

ims

to d

raw

ou

t diff

eren

t opi

nion

s abo

ut a

narc

hism

and

ho

w to

mov

e to

war

ds a

n an

arch

ist s

ocie

ty.

A g

ood

ques

tion

to a

sk a

bout

the

chal

leng

e of

brin

ging

new

peo

ple

in i

s: w

hat

wou

ld

we

be b

ringi

ng n

ew p

eopl

e in

to?

Ear

ly

disc

ussio

ns

arou

nd

hold

ing

the

even

t ex

clusiv

ely a

t Ju

ra B

ooks

and

Bla

ck R

ose

led

som

e (th

e au

thor

inc

lude

d) t

o vo

ice

conc

erns

tha

t th

e su

mm

er s

choo

l w

ould

ap

pear

to n

ew fo

lks l

ike

a cy

nica

l rec

ruiti

ng

exer

cise

fo

r th

ese

two

colle

ctiv

es.

Of

cour

se th

is w

asn’t

the

poin

t of A

.S.S

. Qui

te

the

oppo

site

is tr

ue:

disc

ussio

ns a

roun

d ‘re

crui

tmen

t’ in

ana

rchi

st ci

rcle

s ofte

n br

ing

up o

ur d

esire

to

faci

litat

e pe

ople

to

form

Ref

lect

ions

on

Ana

rchi

st

Sum

mer

Sch

ool

B

y L

. Dog

Ana

rchi

st su

mm

er

scho

ol

(see

an

arch

istsu

mm

ersc

hool

.wee

bly.c

om)

was

th

ree

days

of

wor

ksho

ps a

nd d

iscus

sions

he

ld in

Syd

ney

in F

ebru

ary

at B

lack

Ros

e Li

brar

y, Ju

ra B

ooks

and

STU

CCO

hou

sing

co-o

pera

tive.

Read

ings

an

d di

scus

sions

co

vere

d to

pics

suc

h as

ana

rchi

st th

eory

, th

e en

viro

nmen

t an

d an

arch

ism,

wor

kers

’ co

ntro

l, an

arch

a-fe

min

ism,

and

mor

e. It

was

atte

nded

by

arou

nd fi

fty to

eig

hty

folk

s fro

m

Sydn

ey,

Mel

bour

ne,

Adel

aide

an

d be

yond

. At

tend

ees

inclu

ded

folk

s w

ho’d

been

inv

olve

d in

ana

rchi

st co

llect

ives

for

ye

ars,

to fi

fteen

yea

r ol

ds w

ho s

aw a

pos

ter

on t

he s

treet

and

jus

t ha

ted

capi

talis

m.

I w

as p

art o

f the

org

aniz

ing

colle

ctiv

e of

five

th

at h

elped

mak

e th

e co

nfer

ence

hap

pen.

Wha

t did

we

wan

t to

achi

eve?

The

idea

for

Ana

rchi

st Su

mm

er S

choo

l (w

ith th

e hi

lario

us a

cron

ym o

f A.S

.S.)

cam

e fro

m fo

lks i

nvol

ved

in a

fort

nigh

tly re

adin

g gr

oup,

Rio

tous

Ass

embl

y, w

hich

had

bee

n m

eetin

g fo

r ab

out

a ye

ar.

The

read

ing

grou

p w

as m

ade

up m

ostly

of

(ex-

and

cu

rren

t) stu

dent

env

ironm

ent

mov

emen

t ac

tivist

s w

ho w

ante

d to

rea

d an

d de

velo

p ou

r po

litic

s to

geth

er i

n a

supp

ortiv

e an

d re

laxe

d en

viro

nmen

t. W

e re

ad a

bout

the

di

sabi

lity

right

s mov

emen

t, in

surr

ectio

nary

an

d or

gani

zatio

nal a

narc

hism

, sex

wor

kers

’ rig

hts

and

mov

emen

ts, r

adic

al e

duca

tion

theo

ries,

anim

al et

hics

, and

muc

h m

ore (

our

read

ings

wer

e al

way

s ex

citin

g, b

ut a

bit

all

over

the

pla

ce.)

Ana

rchi

st su

mm

er s

choo

l

was

a w

ay f

or u

s to

tak

e th

e op

port

unity

to

rea

d an

d le

arn

to a

wid

er a

udie

nce,

and

a w

ay fo

r us

to fo

cus

on ‘a

narc

hist’

theo

ry

and

prac

tice-

whi

ch h

ad n

ot n

eces

saril

y be

en

the

focu

s of

th

e re

adin

g gr

oup.

Early

mee

tings

of t

he o

rgan

izin

g co

llect

ive

focu

sed

arou

nd a

few

mai

n ai

ms,

whi

ch

inclu

ded:

read

ing

and

lear

ning

for o

urse

lves

an

d ot

hers

who

atte

nded

; br

ingi

ng n

ew

peop

le i

nto

the

anar

chist

mov

emen

t in

Sy

dney

; fo

sterin

g co

oper

atio

n be

twee

n di

ffere

nt

grou

ps

and

hope

fully

bu

ildin

g so

lidar

ity a

nd t

rust

betw

een

thes

e gr

oups

, an

d th

eref

ore

stren

gthe

ning

the

ana

rchi

st m

ovem

ent

in

Sydn

ey.

We

also

th

ough

t w

e m

ight

be

crea

ting

a sp

ace

for

inte

rsta

te

netw

orki

ng,

but

we

wer

en’t

sure

at

this

poin

t if

we’d

end

up

draw

ing

an in

ters

tate

cr

owd

(This

ende

d up

hap

peni

ng w

hen

folk

s fro

m

Mel

bour

ne

and

rAde

laid

e ca

me

alon

g- w

oo!).

We

wer

e al

so e

xcite

d to

ha

ve

the

oppo

rtun

ity

to

orga

nise

a

larg

e ev

ent-

none

of

us h

ad o

rgan

ised

a la

rge

conv

erge

nce/

conf

eren

ce

befo

re.

In

this

refle

ctio

n th

ough

, I

wan

na

focu

s on

wha

t ha

ppen

ed w

ith t

he fi

rst

thre

e ai

ms;

and

then

br

iefly

ad

dres

s th

e re

view

of

A

.S.S

. in

M

utin

y #5

8.

Rea

ding

and

lear

ning

In te

rms

of r

eadi

ng a

nd le

arni

ng, w

e tr

ied

to g

et r

eadi

ngs

up o

n th

e w

ebsit

e as

soo

n as

we

coul

d. Th

is co

mm

itmen

t w

as n

ot

inte

nded

to

mak

e th

e sc

hool

ina

cces

sible,

ba

sed

on a

lot o

f bac

kgro

und

know

ledg

e or

th

e nee

d to

hav

e a lo

t of t

ime t

o do

read

ings

; in

fact

the

oppo

site

is tr

ue. H

avin

g re

adin

gs

avai

labl

e w

as in

tend

ed to

be

dem

ocra

tizin

g an

d en

able

pe

ople

to

pa

rtic

ipat

e m

ore

equa

lly. P

erso

nally

I th

ough

t try

ing

to h

ave

read

ings

onl

ine

befo

re th

e ev

ent w

as p

retty

am

bitio

us, a

nd n

ot so

met

hing

I’d se

en d

one

The

peop

le,

only

th

e pe

ople

, ar

e th

e cr

eato

rs o

f uni

vers

al h

isto

ryIt’s

amazing

that in our

West,

the

governments and

the

media consider

that the

insurgents in a

Cairo square

are ‘the Egyptian people.’ How can that

be? Aren’t the people for them, the only

reasonable and

legal people,

[those]

usually reduced to the majority of a poll,

or the m

ajority of an election? How did

it happen that suddenly, hundreds of

rebels are representative of a population

of eighty million?

It’s

a lesson that should not

be

forgotten, and

that we

will

not forget.

After a certain threshold of determination,

stubbornness and

courage, the

people,

in fact, can concentrate their existence

in a square, an avenue, some factories

or a

university. The

whole world will

be w

itness of [this] courage, and […]

the wondrous creations that go with it.

These creations prove that there is a

People. As an Egyptian

rebel strongly

put it: ‘before I w

atched television, now

television is watching me.’

In the

stride

of an event,

the

People

is m

ade [up] of those who know how

to solve

the

problems

brought about

by the event. Thus, in the takeover of

a square: food, sleeping arrangem

ents,

watchmen, banners, prayers, defensive

actions; so that the place where it all

happens, the place that is the sym

bol,

is kept for the safeguard for the people,

at any

price. Problems

that seem

ed

insoluble

at the

level of the

hundreds

of thousands of risen people mobilized

from everywhere, seem

ed all the more

so […] in this place [where] the State

has virtually disappeared.

To solve insoluble problem

s without the

assistance of the

State

becomes the

destiny of an event.

And

this is what

makes a P

eople, suddenly, and for an

indeterminate tim

e, to exist where they

have decided to assemble them

selves.

Without a communist movem

ent, there is

no com

munism

The

popular

uprising

we

speak

about

is obviously

without

a Party,

without

an

hegemonic

organization,

without

a recognized leader. In tim

e, we

can

assess whether this characteristic is a

strength or a weakness. In any case, this

is w

hat makes us, in a very pure form,

undoubtedly

the

purest since

the

Paris

Com

mune, able to call it a communism

of m

ovem

ent.

‘Com

munism’

here means a

common

creation

of a

collective

destiny. This

‘com

mon’ has

two

specific

traits. First,

it is generic, representing, in a

place,

humanity as a whole. There we find all

sorts of people w

ho m

ake up a P

eople,

every

word

is heard, every

suggestion

exam

ined, any difficulty treated for what

it is.

Next,

it overcomes all the

substantial

contradictions that the State claims to be

its exclusive province since it alone is able

to m

anage these without ever surpassing

them

: between

intellectuals and

manual

workers,

between

men and

wom

en,

between poor and rich, between Muslims

and Copts, between peasants and C

airo

residents. Thousands of new possibilities,

concerning these

contradictions, arise

at

any

given

mom

ent,

to which the

State

— any S

tate— rem

ains com

pletely blind.

One witnesses young female doctors from

the provinces taking care of the injured,

sleeping in the

middle

of a

circle of

fierce young men, and they are calmer

than they have ever been, knowing that

no one will

dare to touch a single hair

on their

heads. One witnesses

[…]

a group

of engineers

entreating

young

suburbanites to hold the place and protect

the movem

ent with their energy in battle.

One witnesses

a row of Christians

doing the watch, standing, guarding over

Muslims

bent in prayer. One witnesses

merchants of every

kind nourishing the

unem

ployed and the poor. One witnesses

anonym

ous bystanders chatting w

ith each

other.

One can read thousands of signs

where individual lives mix without hiatus

in the big cauldron of H

istory.

All these

situations,

these

inventions,

constitute the communism of movem

ent.

For

two

centuries, the

only political

problem has

been how to set up in

the

long run

the

inventions of the

communism of movem

ent.

The

only

reactionary assertion affirms that ‘this is

impossible, verily harmful. Let’s trust in

the powers of the State.’ Glory to the

Tunisian and

Egyptian

people because

they conjure the true and only political

duty: the

organized

faithfulness

to the

communism of movem

ent [that] takes

on the S

tate.

We

don’

t wan

t war

, bu

t are

not

sca

red

of it

Everywhere w

as m

entioned the peaceful

calm of the

gigantic demonstrations,

and this calm was associated with the

ideal of elective

democracy that was

attached to the

movem

ent.

Let’s point

out nevertheless

that insurgents were

killed, hundreds of them, and that there

are

[people] still

being

killed

every

day. In more than one instance, those

killed were fighters and martyrs of the

event, they died for the protection of the

movem

ent.

The

political and

symbolic

places of the uprising had to be defended

by means of ferocious fighting

against

the militiamen and police forces of the

threatened regimes. And who [paid] with

their lives but the youth from the poorest

communities? The

‘middle

class’— of

which our preposterous Michèle Alliot-

Marie said that on them

, and only on

them

, depended the dem

ocratic outcome

of the events — should remem

ber that,

at the

crucial mom

ent,

the

persistence

of the

uprising

was guaranteed only

by

the

unrestricted

engagement

of

popular contingents. Defensive violence

is inevitable. It still

continues in difficult

conditions

in Tunisia

after the

young

provincial activists were

sent back to

their misery.

Can anyone seriously think

that these

innumerable initiatives and

these

cruel

sacrifices have as their main

objective

to prom

pt people ‘to choose’ between

Souleiman and El Baradei, as it happens

in France, where we

pitifully surrender

our will

in choosing between

Sarkozy

and

Strauss-Kahn? Is this the

only

lesson of this m

ajestic episode?

No, a thousand tim

es no! The Tunisian

and the Egyptian people are telling us:

rise up, build up a public space for the

communism of movem

ent,

protect it by

all means w

hile inventing the sequential

course of action. Such is the real […

] politics of popular emancipation.

Certainly,

the

Arabic States are

not

the only countries that are against the

people and, notwithstanding elections,

are

illegitim

ate. Whatever will

happen,

the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings have

a universal

meaning.

They prescribe

new possibilities and thus their value is

international.

END T

HE AN

ZAC M

YTH

A M

yth

is Bo

rnO

n 25

Apr

il 1

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oops

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rm a

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each

at G

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poli

and

are

mow

ndo

wn

by th

e de

fend

ers.

The

y hu

ng o

n ti

ll

Janu

ary

1916

bef

ore

evac

uati

ng. I

t is

an

illt

houg

ht-o

ut a

ttem

pt b

y th

e B

riti

sh to

kno

ck

the

Ott

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out

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the

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this

clas

h of

two

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l im

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alis

t all

ianc

es, e

ach

out t

o co

nque

r te

rrit

orie

s an

d m

arke

ts f

rom

the

othe

r. T

he s

oldi

ers

and

civi

lian

s di

ed, n

ot

for

free

dom

or

dem

ocra

cy, b

ut f

or th

epo

wer

and

pro

fits

of

thei

r ru

ling

cla

sses

. In

Aus

tral

ia, A

nzac

Day

has

bec

ome

afo

unda

tion

al m

yth

for

nati

onal

ism

and

m

ilit

aris

m. T

he u

ndou

bted

sac

rifi

ces

of th

e tr

oops

are

use

d to

san

ctif

y bo

th th

e A

ustr

alia

n m

ilit

ary

and

Aus

tral

ia’s

impe

rial

ist w

ars.

Milit

arism

is B

ruta

lity

Thi

s ye

ar, A

nzac

Day

occ

urs

in th

e m

idst

of

a se

ries

of

scan

dals

invo

lvin

g A

ustr

alia

nm

ilit

ary

pers

onne

l. T

he S

kype

sca

ndal

in

volv

es a

fem

ale

sold

ier

unw

itti

ngly

bei

ngbr

oadc

ast t

o a

grou

p of

mal

e so

ldie

rs w

hile

ha

ving

sex

. Thi

s ha

s re

leas

ed a

flo

od o

f ot

her

com

plai

nts,

som

e cu

rren

t and

som

e fr

om

deca

des

ago,

abo

ut b

eati

ngs,

sex

ual a

ssau

lts

and

othe

r ex

ampl

es o

f ba

star

disa

tion

. Eve

n an

inde

pene

nt M

P, A

ndre

w W

ilki

e, h

as b

een

draw

n in

. Mil

itar

y fo

rces

aro

und

the

wor

ld

are

hotb

eds

of b

asta

rdis

atio

n; th

ey b

oth

attr

act m

any

brut

es a

nd tu

rn m

any

sold

iers

in

to b

rute

s. I

t can

not b

e ot

herw

ise,

sin

ce th

em

ilit

ary

requ

ire

not h

uman

bei

ngs

but

obed

ient

kil

lers

.

Imper

ialism o

n Fran

chise

The

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

is o

verw

helm

ingl

y th

e m

ost p

ower

ful c

ount

ry in

the

wor

ld, w

ith

the

larg

est e

cono

my

and

a m

ilit

ary

whi

ch d

war

fs

all o

ther

s. W

ith

that

pow

er, i

t dom

inat

esw

orld

aff

airs

, mai

ntai

ning

a w

orld

ord

er

favo

urab

le to

it (

thou

gh n

ot to

the

sam

e ex

tent

as

in p

revi

ous

deca

des)

. Thi

s do

min

atio

n is

kno

wn

as im

peri

alis

m.

Aus

tral

ia s

uppo

rts

the

US

in m

aint

aini

ng th

is

orde

r an

d, in

ret

urn,

get

s to

dom

inat

e E

ast

Tim

or a

nd th

e S

outh

Pac

ific

. It i

s ef

fect

ivel

y a

fran

chis

e ar

rang

emen

t and

the

fran

chis

e fe

e is

Aus

tral

ian

part

icip

atio

n in

Unc

le S

am’s

w

ars

acro

ss th

e re

gion

, reg

ardl

ess

of e

ithe

r th

e ju

stif

icat

ion

or th

e di

rect

rel

evan

ce to

the

nati

onal

inte

rest

s of

Aus

tral

ian

capi

tali

sm.

Wor

kers o

f th

e W

orld, Unite!

The

re is

an

alte

rnat

ive,

a p

ath

to p

eace

, to

a w

orld

wit

hout

the

viol

ence

of

war

and

the

brut

alit

y th

at it

bre

eds

in o

rder

to p

rodu

ce

sold

iers

. As

wor

kers

, we

need

inte

rnat

iona

lso

lida

rity

for

the

dail

y fi

ght a

gain

st g

loba

l ca

pita

lism

. Wit

hout

it, w

e ar

e pl

ayed

off

agai

nst e

ach

othe

r co

untr

y by

cou

ntry

, in

an

endl

ess

race

to th

e bo

ttom

. Wit

h it

, we

can

swee

p aw

ay n

atio

nali

st m

yths

and

sta

nd a

s co

mra

des

acro

ss n

atio

nal b

orde

rs. A

nd it

isth

is in

tern

atio

nali

sm th

at w

ill e

nabl

e us

to

buil

d a

glob

al m

ovem

ent a

nd h

ave

a w

orke

rs’

revo

luti

on th

at s

prea

ds a

roun

d th

e gl

obe.

We

can

esta

blis

h a

wor

ld s

ocie

ty o

f li

bert

aria

nco

mm

unis

m a

nd p

ut a

n en

d to

impe

rial

ism

, m

ilit

aris

m a

nd w

ar. T

hen,

and

onl

y th

en, c

anw

e ha

ve p

eace

.

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eral

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’s b

est t

o st

ay a

way

fro

m a

nyth

ing

elec

troni

c w

hen

orga

nisi

ng

but

wer

e it

not

for

som

e of

the

se c

omm

unic

atio

n m

etho

ds a

lot o

f peo

ple

wou

ld si

mpl

y ha

ve n

ot k

now

n w

hat w

as g

oing

on

bene

ath

the

surf

ace

as a

lot w

ere

first

tim

e pr

otes

tors

and

had

nev

er m

arch

ed b

efor

e in

th

eir l

ives

. May

be w

e do

hav

e th

e in

tern

et to

than

k fo

r so

me

thin

gs?

Yet

it’s

still

a fi

ne li

ne b

etw

een

activ

ely

orga

nisi

ng o

n a w

orld

wid

e sha

red

data

base

and

getti

ng

you

and

othe

rs i

nto

troub

le. C

onsp

iracy

cha

rges

are

th

e ha

rdes

t to

get o

ut o

f.Ta

lkin

g of

trou

ble,

face

book

is g

ood

for s

ome

thin

gs,

mai

nly

uniti

ng g

roup

s of p

eopl

e an

d lo

ng lo

st re

lativ

es

in T

imbu

ktu

and

hey,

we

all

like

to ‘

like’

stu

ff t

o sh

ow o

ff o

ur b

elie

fs l

ike

badg

es.

It’s

also

am

azin

g fo

r in

form

atio

n ga

ther

ing

and

shar

ing

but

serio

usly

gu

ys ta

ke it

from

me,

som

ebod

y cu

rren

tly u

nder

goin

g a

cour

t ca

se f

or p

rote

st r

elat

ed b

usin

ess

this

is

not

the

way

to

do i

t. Ev

ery

time

you

shar

e in

form

atio

n,

that

inf

orm

atio

n w

ill a

lso

be l

ogge

d. C

ourts

now

ha

ve t

he r

ight

to

requ

est

a su

mm

ons

from

fac

eboo

k to

use

aga

inst

you

in c

ourt.

Nev

er le

ave

pape

r tra

ils!

(or i

nter

net s

quig

gles

as

such

) If y

ou’r

e se

rious

abo

ut

dire

ct-a

ctio

n an

d ch

angi

ng t

hing

s, th

en c

hang

e th

e w

ay y

ou n

etw

ork.

I

have

dig

ress

ed,

back

to

the

prot

est.

The

re w

ere

vario

us g

roup

s of

pol

itica

lly m

inde

d pe

ople

who

had

ga

ther

ed t

o st

and

agai

nst

the

gove

rnm

ent,

peop

le

who

cl

aim

ed

to

be

anar

chis

ts,

radi

cal

wor

kers

, m

ilita

nt w

orke

rs,

the

soci

alis

ts,

the

TUC

, pe

acef

ul

dem

onst

rato

rs,

stud

ents

, m

othe

rs a

nd n

ihili

sts

alik

e.

They

all

knew

tha

t th

is d

ay h

ad b

een

thor

ough

ly

thou

ght t

hrou

gh a

nd th

at p

lann

ing

had

been

hap

peni

ng

for

wee

ks a

nd w

eeks

bef

oreh

and.

The

re w

as t

he

affe

ctio

nate

ly n

amed

‘B

aby

blac

k bl

oc’

run

by a

17

year

old

, whi

ch d

ispl

ayed

the

bigg

est b

lack

blo

c ta

ctic

th

at E

ngla

nd h

ad e

ver s

een,

the

Mel

tdow

n du

al p

ower

gr

oup

whi

ch to

ok a

bur

ning

Tro

jan

hors

e w

ith th

em

to P

arlia

men

t Squ

are,

indi

vidu

al d

irect

act

ions

that

a

sele

ct f

ew k

new

abo

ut, t

hose

just

up

for

a fig

ht w

ith

the

boys

in

blue

, tho

se t

hat

had

tax

dodg

ing

targ

ets

in m

ind,

thos

e th

at w

ante

d to

occ

upy

spac

es s

uch

as

the

roya

l gre

engr

ocer

s Fo

rtnum

and

Mas

on (t

his

was

a

peac

eful

pro

test

that

resu

lted

in v

ario

us b

reac

hes

of

civi

l lib

ertie

s by

the

polic

e) a

nd th

ose

who

just

wan

ted

to b

e th

ere,

to b

e a

part

of th

e la

rge

num

ber t

hat w

ere

very

, ver

y an

gry

at th

e cu

rren

t sta

te o

f af

fairs

. The

re

wer

e th

ose

that

ref

used

to b

e dr

ones

ens

nare

d in

the

gove

rnm

ent’s

unf

air

cuts

. Th

ere

wer

e ov

er 2

50,0

00

in a

ttend

ance

eac

h w

ith th

eir o

wn

aim

s and

the

polic

e di

dn’t

wan

t to

pla

y fa

ir. T

he m

ains

tream

med

ia

portr

ayed

thos

e sm

ashi

ng th

e ba

nks

and

tax

dodg

ing

inst

itutio

ns s

uch

as T

opsh

op a

nd th

e ph

one

com

pany

V

odaf

one

as a

gro

up o

f sm

all m

inde

d th

ugs.

Yet

they

bu

lly th

e po

or a

nd th

at is

just

ifiab

le?

How

dar

e th

ey

call

us th

ugs,

I se

e sm

ashi

ng a

n ev

il in

stitu

tion

as a

gr

eat a

ct o

f lov

e. B

esid

es th

ere

bein

g th

e bi

gges

t use

of

the

Bla

ck B

loc

tact

ic L

ondo

n ha

s ev

er s

een,

it’s

no

t min

dles

s vi

olen

ce, i

t’s c

onvi

ctio

n, a

con

vict

ion

to

smas

h th

is e

vil s

yste

m. P

eopl

e ac

ting

beca

use

of th

is

kind

of c

onvi

ctio

n ar

e at

thei

r ver

y be

st, t

hey

are

mor

e al

ive

and

mor

e hu

man

than

any

sui

t. N

obod

y R

ules

If

Nob

ody

Obe

ys.

By

nigh

tfall

the

city

of W

estm

inst

er a

nd L

ondo

n ha

d cl

early

bee

n th

roug

h th

e cl

ass

war

s. Th

ere

had

been

lo

t of v

iole

nt d

isor

der (

as th

e M

ET d

escr

ibed

it, I

on

the

othe

r ha

nd p

refe

r to

cal

l it j

ustif

ied

ange

r). B

ank

win

dow

s la

y sh

atte

red

on t

he p

avem

ent

and

graf

fiti

had

run

amok

, cle

ar m

essa

ges

of d

isco

nten

t cov

ered

pu

blic

bu

ildin

gs

and

impo

rtant

st

atue

s. So

me

of

the

fires

that

had

bee

n us

ed to

blo

ck o

ff p

olic

e w

ere

still

bur

ning

, yet

all

who

had

take

n pa

rt fe

lt lik

e th

ey

had

mad

e cl

ear

thei

r po

int,

whi

ch w

as th

at w

e w

ant

chan

ge.

A q

uote

fro

m t

he m

ovie

Net

wor

k (1

976)

co

mes

to

min

d to

exp

ress

the

und

erly

ing

thou

ght

in

ever

yone

’s m

inds

, ‘’I

’m a

s m

ad a

s he

ll, a

nd I

’m n

ot

goin

g to

take

this

any

mor

e!’’

Now

....le

t’s g

et re

ady

for M

ayda

y ;)

For a

col

lect

ion

of d

iscu

ssio

n an

d an

alys

is a

roun

d th

e M

arch

26t

h pr

otes

t and

riot

, see

the

exce

llent

web

site

M

arch

26t

h Po

ster

ous:

http

://m

arch

26.p

oste

rous

.com

/

Writ

ten

by T

he R

ebel

lious

Non

-Obl

ivio

us P

ixie

.C

redi

t als

o go

es to

‘Who

the

fuck

is R

ory.

’

As m

ad a

s hel

l: rio

ting

in L

ondo

n

Sinc

e N

ovem

ber

last

yea

r, th

ousa

nds

have

tak

en

to t

he s

treet

s to

tak

e pa

rt in

pro

test

s bo

th p

eace

ful

and

not

so p

eace

ful.

On

Mar

ch 2

6th

2011

the

TU

C

(trad

e un

ion

cong

ress

) dem

onst

ratio

n of

ove

r 250

,000

pe

ople

too

k pl

ace

agai

nst

the

gove

rnm

ent

cuts

, th

e bi

gges

t gat

herin

g of

activ

ists

sinc

e the

anti-

war

pro

test

in

Lo

ndon

20

03.

Look

ing

out

over

th

e cr

owd

from

the

va

ntag

e poi

nt o

f Nel

son’

s co

lum

n in

Tr

afal

gar

Squa

re

was

ast

ound

ing.

A

t no

ot

her

dem

onst

ratio

n ha

d I

seen

so

m

any

blac

k an

d re

d fla

gs

flyin

g ov

er

head

s, or

pe

ople

dr

esse

d fr

om

head

to

toe

in

blac

k.

Gra

nted

I

pers

onal

ly

knew

that

act

ions

ha

d be

en a

rran

ged

at p

revi

ous

dem

o’s

and

whe

re t

here

is

a pr

otes

t, th

ere

are

thos

e dr

esse

d in

Bla

ck

Blo

c so

lidar

ity,

but

the

grea

t nu

mbe

rs o

f gr

oups

pro

udly

fly

ing

the

anar

chis

t fla

g w

as

exci

ting.

The

coa

litio

n go

vern

men

t se

ems

to

have

sp

awne

d an

aw

aken

ing

of a

narc

hist

s, th

ose

expe

rienc

ed

and

thos

e ne

w to

the

gam

e, b

ut

expe

rienc

ed o

r no

t, th

ey h

ad

all c

ome o

ut to

pla

y. T

his w

as n

o lo

nger

si

mpl

y a

stud

ent m

ovem

ent.

It’s

clea

r to

any

one

in th

e lo

op th

at a

lot

of o

rgan

isin

g w

ent

into

thi

s sp

ecifi

c da

y. M

any

diff

eren

t gro

ups h

ad d

irect

act

ion

plan

s, un

iform

s, an

d ta

rget

s. Th

ere

was

an

arra

y of

arti

stic

and

wel

l tho

ught

ou

t pla

card

s on

disp

lay

and

clea

r, an

gry

voic

es h

oldi

ng

them

up.

The

maj

ority

of

grou

ps h

ad o

rgan

ised

th

emse

lves

via

wor

d of

mou

th a

nd se

t mee

ting

plac

es.

The

seas

oned

act

ivis

ts w

ere

parti

cula

rly c

aref

ul a

s th

ey tr

od, t

he y

oung

er o

nes

not s

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