Since my arrest in Philadelphia during the RNC I have been trying to read more about people who have lived and endured incredible sacrifices in hopes of contributing to revolutionary social change. It has really allowed me to put my situation in perspective, and gain a lot of strength to …
reviewed in Antidote #3 by S. Rosedale “For much of the U.S. left, fascism is little more than an epithet – simply another way to say ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’ applied loosely to quite different social movements as well as to various aspects and elements of capitalist reaction. But for …
Ever since Italy’s fasci di combattimento rocketed Benito Mussolini to power in 1919-22, leftists have been grappling with the question of fascism — what it is and how to fight it. Fascism is a complex, contradictory enemy. It murders and vilifies leftists but often calls itself the true force for …
You may know David Gilbert from his appearance in the recently popular, award-winning documentary “Weather Underground,” which has played in art houses around the US and is now available on DVD. If so, you know he is a warm, engaging, committed, optimistic and insightful person, capable of unflinching self-criticism but …
“My only love affair was to be knowledge that I had blood on my hands and I wanted it to be some confused, afraid cop. Because tonight, we weren’t in the Denver I called home. We weren’t at the permitted feel-good-fest where we’d watch ourselves on the 9-o-clock news. Tonight …
Considering that U.S. imperialism is an enthusiastic sponsor of genocide, and that the history of this country is solidly rooted in genocidal practices, it’s striking how little attention this subject receives even among those who consider themselves anti-racists and anti-imperialists. Genocide in our midst is the ultimate “dirty little secret” …
Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier’s Story reviewed by International Minister,  MIM Notes 230, March 15, 2001 This pamphlet comes from the better section of anarchists. We have the political prisoners from the Black Liberation Army — e.g. the Panther 21 — and people like J. Sakai writing supplementary material to the material Balagoon …
With racism becoming more intense in the US and the Canadian state, there are signs that some young activists are taking anti-racism more seriously than was the case in the recent past. Searching for analysis that helps us understand racism so we can fight it more effectively is part of …
Since David Gilbert has rightfully started off a re-evaluation of the entire question of the white working class, i would like to throw a few points into the discussion. First off, i think the value of Looking At The White Working Class Historically is in what it attempts. Examining a …
“AIDS Conspiracy Theories: Tracking the Real Genocide” By David Gilbert ($4 from Kersplebedeb, CP 63560, CCP Van Horne, Montreal, Quebec H3W 3H8, CANADA) In this well-written and readable pamphlet, Dave Gilbert, who as the introduction points out, “is serving a life sentence on charges of participating, as white ally of …