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Collective Liberation on my mind

Collective Liberation on my mind by Chris Crass Introduction: The essays collected together in this pamphlet are intended to further debate and discussion about some of the challenges facing the contemporary anarchist/social justice movements. The challenge of developing a critical political analysis and organizing practice based in an understanding of …

Woman Dies in 107-Degree Cage in Prison: SWOP Remembers Marcia Powell

Reposting this important piece from Bound not Gagged: Woman Dies in 107-Degree Cage in Prison: SWOP Remembers Marcia Powell For Immediate ReleaseContacts: SWOP-USA 1-877-7… ext 2Liz Coplen- SWOP-Tucson Peggy Plews- Arizona Prison Watchinfo@swop-tucson.org freemarciapowell@gmail.com On Friday December 18th sex workers from around the country are gathering to remember Marcia Powell, a …

Upping The Anti #9

The latest issue of this volume of theory and action just arrived in my mailbox – which means it’s available to all of you via leftwingbooks.net (just click on the image, or right here). Here’s the table of contents, to whet your appetite: IntroductionLetters to the EditorEditorialInterviews Eli Clare: Resisting …

H1N1 Vaccinations: Some Thoughts from an ICU Nurse-Comrade

Received this email from Scott Weinstein, a friend of mine who is an ICU nurse, and thought it worth sharing for the light (as opposed to just heat) that it shines on the question of the H1N1 vaccine: This mail is unsolicited, so you may trash it or read it. …

2010 Slingshots AVAILABLE NOW!

By far the most popular way for anarchists to stay organized, the Slingshot 2010 organizers are here, complete with mini-calendar, daybook planner, address book section, international radical contact list, and nifty “what happened on this day” notes scattered throughout. The artwork, as ever, is wonderful in a chaotic punk rock …

Antifascism and Violence

These thoughts are provoked by a number of recent incidents: the assault on Sofia Papazoglou in Greece, bricks thrown through the windows of anti-racists in Bridgeland, Alberta, threats from Blood and Honour boneheads against Barricade Books in Australia, an autonomist youth center burned down by neo-nazis in Germany, as well …

Don Hamerquist: Lenin, Leninism, and some leftovers

This is a rough piece, slightly modified from two earlier drafts that were circulated privately to generate some discussion. This version is also unfinished and its analysis and strategic and organizational conclusions are tentative and provisional. I apologize for this and for the casual citations and references to authors and …

Jim Campbell, Remembered

A debonaire looking Jim, 1981 It is two years today since Jim Campbell died of a heart attack, bicycling in rural Ontario with his partner Julie. He was 57, and had been looking forward to retiring in a few years, to finally being able to move out of the city. …