The radical environmental movement along with the animal liberation struggle has often stood on the fringes of social justice movements. There was a time not to long ago when these struggles were dismissed by the larger left leaning social justice movement as non-essential. I went to prison at such a time.
Continue reading Open Letter From Jeffrey Luers (& other texts + interview)
Following 3 weeks in transit, Kevin arrives at prison.
After a few weeks at a reception facility, where his communications were limited, Kevin arrived at his prison destination this week. And it’s a strange one.
Continue reading Kevin Arrives at Prison
The PG&E Metcalf Transmission Substation, adjacent to Highway 101. (Via: Google Maps)
Around 1 a.m. on April 16th last year, a team of attackers cut phone lines and took out 17 power transformers at a PG&E substation south of San Jose, nearly causing a blackout throughout Silicon Valley. According to the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, it was the “most significant incident of domestic terrorism” involving the nation’s power grid. No one has been charged or arrested in the attack.
Continue reading Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year, Destroying Power Transformers
Brian was arrested on February 9, 2013 in Chicago for allegedly trying “to burn down a slaughterhouse known as McDonalds.”
Continue reading Brian Vaillancourt Gets 9 Years for ALF Arson
The Homes not Jails (HNJ) San Francisco chapter was formed in 1992 in response to the reality that while there are huge numbers of homeless folks on the streets, vacant houses in the city go empty for months or years. Through covert housing takeovers, public building occupations, and direct action, HNJ aims to fulfill the basic human right to free and safe housing for all. As they case the streets for houses to put people up for the night, HNJ is influenced by slogans like ‘property is robbery’ and ‘property is violence’: “There’s people out in the streets every night that are being hurt- people that are starving, dying, getting harassed by police…how is that not violence when there are all these homes that are owned but not being used?”
Continue reading Interview with Homes Not Jails! (en/fr)
From The Final Straw
This week’s show features a conversation with Hannah Dobbz about their new book, Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States. Hannah was also the creator of the documentary “Shelter: A Squatumentary”. We talk about squatting in the U.S., homesteading, market values, views on squat resistance in other countries from the U.S. and more. The latter half of the show features a musical selection from the metal and gothy end of the spectrum.
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The show will stream at www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw from 4/1/13 til 4/8/13. Podcasts will be available from Radio4All.net. The show will be archived after a week at finalstrawradio.noblogs.org . Check out the site, which is growing all the time. You can contact us via that for content suggestions if ya care to.
The playlist can be found here
Greetings my Friends, Relatives and Supporters:
I know I always say it this way, “ Friends, Relatives and Supporters” and all that, but in reality you are ALL my relatives. I know when we sweat lodge we always say “all my relations” and when we come out we say “all my relations” and at the end of my letters I say Mitakuye Oyasin and that means “all my relations.” I am deeply, deeply thankful for you, my relatives.
Continue reading February 6 Statement from Leonard Peltier
Earth First! Direct Action Manual. To support this publication, preorder your copy or donate today.
After several years in development, the Earth First! Direct Action Manual is ready to go to press. A group of frontline activists has assembled over 300 pages of diagrams, descriptions of techniques and a comprehensive overview of the role direct action plays in our campaigns in defense of the Earth.
Continue reading Earth First! Direct Action Manual Is Ready for Print
L’esame e la considerazione di certe attitudini demagogiche, come quella che implica la parola d’ordine dei bolscevichi sull’unità del proletariato, ci hanno condotto, noi anarchici, di nuovo in faccia d’una questione punto facile a risolversi: l’idea delle classi e della lotta di classi. Noi non abbiamo dato alcuna soluzione teorica fondamentale a questo problema; non abbiamo fatto altro che mettere in dubbio la concezione marxista, criticarne le basi e, forse, preparare il terreno a qualcuno dei nostri che un giorno s’occupi seriamente del soggetto dal punto di vista libertario.
Continue reading La rivoluzione non è una questione di classe
Alix Shulman has provided a truly elegant collection of Emma Goldman’s speeches and writings. Shulman’s introductions also display a rare and genuine knowledge of anarchist political thought. In her comments, Kates shows the relevance of Goldman’s life and work for the contemporary world.
Continue reading Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (Edited by Alix Kates Shulman)