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Anarchists in the Occupy Movement LBC Books 2012 Occupy Everything: Anarchists in the Occupy Movement LBC Books 2012 licensed under creative commons This book is set in Gentium Basic, Gill Sans, Gill Sans Light and Segoe Script ISBN 978-1-62049-000-6 Occupy Everything: Anarchists in the Occupy Movement 2009 - 2011 edited by Aragorn! acknowledgements Most of the material in this book has been written by anonymous anarchists and posted to the Internet. Anarchists write anonymous- ly because they don’t believe in singular authorship. They write anonymously because in many contexts what they are saying is illegal. We write anonymously because we are conspiring to take apart everything in this world. Occupy has been as energizing of a moment for anarchists in North America as we have had since the events in Quebec City in 2001 and Seattle in 1999. This book is about this moment in the context of past anarchist occupations and of future anarchist actions. It is an expression of anarchist hope, anger, and energy. This book would not have been possible without the great effort of many people. This includes the named and unnamed authors in this book and Ariel Attack, Alejandro De Acosta, Gold Tooth, Lawrence Jarach, Sam K, Kathyrn, Brandon Long, Mitch, Tim Simons, the STL crew, the NC posse for showing me a time, SC “Team Oocupy”, The Oakland Commune for making me believe, Zoe from Denver, and the Phoenix Class War Council for being the coolest class es- sentialists around. Special thanks to the authors of Occupied with Class (Phoenix Insurgent), the Antistatestl articles (anonymous), For the Rupture of Reality (R.R.), Occupying Terminology, Decolonizing Assumptions (Dot Ma- trix), and I’m Tired of This Shit (anonymous), whose pieces were written (and re-written) for this book. Table of Contents Introduction i History From Tsarist Russia to Zuccotti Park: the Paradox of Anarchism by Thai Jones 2 Squatting in the Beginning by ADILKNO 5 We are the Crisis by anonymous 9 The Characteristics of the Occupation by anon 22 Resolution by Public Assembly of Syntagma 38 Ideas as Origins - Theory Autonomous Organization and Anarchist Intervention by Wolfi Landstreicher 41 Occupy Wall Street’s Anarchist Roots by David Graeber 52 Reclaim the Cities by Cindy Milstein 57 Occupied with Class by Phoenix Insurgent 66 Locations various i. Chicago – Open Letter to Occupy Chicago by some potential friends/enemies 77 ii. Portland – An Anarchist Account by A Former Occupier 79 iii. Southern Ontario – Why are Anarchists Involved by Some Southern Ontario Anarchists 85 iv. Vancouver – Occupation is a Fuckin’ Freak Show & notes for We, Antagonists by d. 85 v. Chapel Hill – This Building is Ours by anonymous 89 vi. Santa Cruz – 75 Hours In by anonymous 91 Philadelphia i. Who Threw the Can of Green Paint by Ben Webster 97 ii. We are Anarchists by anonymous 98 iii. We are Our Own Demand by Cindy Milstein 106 Denver i. #occupywallstreet Begets by Ignite! Collective 112 ii. Eyewitness Testimony by anonymous 113 iii. Denver ABC Statement on Occupy Denver 115 St Louis i. Introduction by anonymous 119 ii. Are We an Occupation or Just a Gathering by anonymous 120 iii. N17 by anonymous 123 Seattle i. The Port Shutdown was a Wild Success! by anonymous 130 ii. Capital Hell Commune by anonymous 131 iii. Becoming Uncontrollable: an Anarchist Reflection on Occupy Seattle by anonymous 133 Oakland i. Open Letter to the Anarchists of Occupy Oakland by TEOAN 140 ii. #occupyoakland: One Week Strong by Autonomous Individuals 142 iii. Dear Occupy Oakland by ingirum 148 iv. Letter from an Anonymous Friend after the Attack by anonymous 149 Oakland General Strike/Port blockade a. Statement on the Occupation of 520 16th St. by Some Friends of Occupy Oakland 152 b. Blockading the Port is Only the First of Many Last Resorts by Society of Enemies 154 c. The Anti-Capitalist March and the Black Bloc by member of Bay of Rage 161 d. Oakland’s Third Attempt at a General Strike by Hieronymous 170 Violence and the Police Seven Myths about the Police by CrimethInc 190 Next Steps (Strategy) The Other Way to Occupy Denver by igloosRforever 196 A Somewhat Belated Intro Communique by The Turritopsis Nutricula Collective 197 Occupy Wall Street Act 2 by Peter Lamborn Wilson 200 Occupy Boston’s Anarchist Alliance Calls for Neighborhood-Based General Assemblies by anon 203 Occupy Wall Street’s Next Steps by John Jacobsen 204 Criticisms Lost in the Fog by Lost Children’s School of Cartography 210 A Debate on Occupation and the 99% by Cresencia Desafío & R.R.(anon) 227 Occupation, the Other Word for Work by Wylden Freeborne 235 On the Recent #occupations: a communique from W.A.T.C.H. 238 Occupying Terminology by Dot Matrix 245 I’m Tired of This Shit by anonymous 246 Appendix Thank You Anarchists by Nathan Schneider 256 Sources ADILKNO. “Squatting in the Beginning.” of Many Last Resorts by Society of Enemies” Cracking the Movement New York: Autono- Bay of Rage. http://www.bayofrage.com/from- media, 1994 the-bay/blockading-the-port-is-only-the-first- of-many-last-resorts/ Anon. “We are the Crisis.” After the Fall Com- muniques. Anon. “Statement on the Occupation of http://afterthefallcommuniques.info/?p=47 520 16th St. by Some Friends of Occupy Oakland” Indybay. Anon. “The Characteristics of the Occupation.” http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011 Crimethinc. http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/ /11/03/18697018.php?show_comments=1 recentfeatures/barc.php#b Anon. “Letter from an Anonymous Friend Anon. “Open Letter to Occupy Chicago by after the Attack.” Bay of Rage. some potential friends/enemies” Anarchist http://www.bayofrage.com/from-the-bay/ News. http://anarchistnews.org/node/15459 letter-from-an-anonymous-friend-after-the- attack-on-the-oakland-commune/ Anon. “An Anarchist Account by A Former Oc- cupier” Anarchist News. http://anarchistnews. 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