THE END OF AMERICA State of —BOOK REVIEW— he End of America: Letter of Warning to an American Patriot (2007, Chelsea Green) is Disunion T a well-researched and informative survey of the attacks on American democracy during the Bush NUMBER OF We Vote No Administration. Best-selling author Naomi Wolf FEDERAL DOLLARS (The Beauty Myth) provides a solid compilation allocated to security for of examples that illustrate a “fascist shift” in our ESTIMATED NUMBER FEBRUARY 2008 VOL. 6 NO. 2 the DNC: OF PEOPLE society today: Rights being trampled on, voices 50,000,000 being silenced, and powers being abused, right that will attend the DNC: 35,000 here in the good old USA. Described by readers NUMBER OF U.S. as a pamphlet in the tradition of Paine’s “Common CITIES Sense,” the book is a very handy summary of AGE where protests or actions that MESA STATE HOUSING: the real state of our union in a tight 155 pages. occured on ‘Super The “fascist shift” Wolf refers to, consists wrote his fi rst book on A CLASSIST SYSTEM Tuesday’ including GJ: : of ten steps that are universal tools for would-be 6 dictators trying to close down an open society, such 10 as we consider ours to be. Yes, all ten are visible in PERCENT OF PERCENT OF U.S. TV the U.S. today, from arbitrarily detaining citizens, THE AMERICAN to establishing secret prisons and developing STATIONS POPULATION that are owned by paramilitary forces. Wolf addresses each of the that are racial/ethnic ten steps in turn, showing with a multitude of minorities: minorities: 3.15 examples how these and other activities taking 34 place in post-9/11 America have chillingly NUMBER OF MEGA paralleled tactics and policies seen during NUMBER OF the transformations of Italy under Mussolini, MEDIA COMPANIES AMERICANS that control 90% of all Germany under Hitler, and Russia under Stalin, arrested in 2005 for drug among others. These similarities range from the media: offences: 6 broad, such as the arbitrary detention of citizens 1,846,400 who have criticized or questioned policies or TOTAL NUMBER simply fi t a profi le, to the very specifi c, such as the NUMBER OF methods of “interrogation” used at Guantanamo OF AMERICAN AMERICAN SOLIDERS and in prisons run by Hitler’s Germany. SOLIDERS For those who would insist that “it can’t killed in Iraq: killed in Iraq in January: 3960 happen here” because of how our government is 40 structured or how uniquely dedicated Americans are to democracy, Wolf has a crucial observation: both Mussolini and Hitler came to power legally in * Sources for the State of Disunion can be found at lass appears all over the world and Costs per semester for dorm living “fragile parliamentary democracies,” manipulating www.gjredpill.org has existed since the beginning of range from $2,007.47 (Walnut Ridge the system to indoctrinate their agenda. Steps C written history. College is the time to Apartments, where a meal plan is not taken under the Bush Administration that leave class, age, sex, and race out of it and required) to $4,593.10 (a ‘super-single’ could be seen similarly include the Military CALL TO ACTION create equal opportunity for all students in the new hall). Pinion’s nickname, the Commissions Act, which denies habeas corpus The Red Pill is looking for volunteers: graphic designers, to acquire an education, right? Wrong. Pinion Projects, illustrates the class division to those detained as “enemy combatants,” and writers, poets, cartoonists, artists, and photographers are The ever-changing dorm situation at between the old and new dorms. Grand the Defense Authorization Act of 2006, which modifi es the President’s abilities to declare needed. Get your work published now. Help distribute Mesa State has given rise to a classist system. Mesa Hall, also know as “The New Dorms,” martial law and deploy troops within the U.S. The Red Pill in your community, church, and school: Even now, the Board of Trustees has decided are fully equipped with fl at screen TVs in Wolf demonstrates a strong understanding contact us at [email protected]. You can also do to build another new dormitory; construction every pod, a computer lab, and conference of the topic, correlating each stage in the “fascist your part to keep us in print by donating time, paper, will begin just after the Saunders Field House rooms. Tolman resident, Justin Reed, shift” to a new level of acceptance and submission renovations (capped at almost $41 million), said there are fi ve computers available in in the people. She stops short of predicting martial fi lm, copies, and of course money (it doesn’t print itself). and before Houston Hall renovations. With Tolman, one of which makes an incredibly law or a massive crackdown on opposition in this 85 percent of Mesa State’s budget going strange clanking sound when you turn it on. country, but challenges the reader to seriously toward buildings, why not another new dorm, MSC students, Luke Hurt and Pat consider what direction America is taking and whether Americans have forgotten the forefathers’ even though the kitchen at the cafeteria is Warnes, roommates in Monument Hall, gave apprehension of the rise of a tyrant in America, insuffi cient for more students. Members of TRP their opinion. Warnes said he picked whether it be the current President or a future one.• The Red Pill is collectively produced by Grand Junction the Board of Trustees want to accommodate Monument because it’s “better” than the Alternative Media, with the aim of publishing stories and ‘everyone’ with a variety of housing choices old dorms, and he looked down on sharing ideas that the mainstream media won’t cover. 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www.gjredpill.org www.gjredpill.org “CLASS” FROM FIRST PAGE KNOW YOUR MEDIA! WHERE DO YOU GET $110,000 a year. bragging. “I don’t like the way they make me Sophomore feel.” When speaking about students from YOURYOUR NNEWSEWS Walnut Ridge apartments, he said, “They’re Monkey Bjerk, a uring the past twelve years, U.S. media resident of Tolman below us (Tolman, Pinion and Rait).” He said they’re like homeless people, sitting ownership rules have been relaxed several times, Hall, said that the D first in 1996 with the Telecommunications outside the cafeteria hoping for a bite to eat. new hall is “set Act, and then again in 2003. The first move by the up like a freakin’ Both Bjerk and Reed described similar scenarios; they each had friends who lived in Federal Communications Commission was met hotel.” He says with some opposition by the public but eventually he picked Tolman the old dorms with them last year. This was passed. This caused a wave of media mergers because it’s “a hell in which a handful of multi-billion dollar companies of a lot cheaper” year, their friends owned by a media conglomerate. The big four are Fox Tolman Computer Lab moved into the took control of a vast majority of our major sources and his parents of information. And when the FCC moved to relax (owned by News Corp.), CBS (owned by Viacom), are just blue collar rich dorms and are ABC (owned by Disney), and NBC (owned by no longer friends. the rules once again, over three million citizens citizens. When voiced serious concerns about the further limiting of General Electric). The most interesting of these analyzing the This classism is insthe GE/NBC deal. There is an obvious conflict causing cliques American voices in the public arena. Media activists housing situation, took their complaints straight to the FCC and to of interest when one of the world’s largest weapons Bjerk said he’s not to ruin social manufacturers (and the manufacturer of a gattling relationships— Congress, eventually resulting in the Senate passing sure if there is a (by an overwhelming majority) a resolution to revoke gun which exclusively uses Depleted Uranium shells, class difference, when will it spreading radioactive waste throughout Iraq and start affecting the changes. Activists sued the FCC for ignoring but the new and Leaky Tolman Hallway public opinion on the matter and won in a Federal Afghanistan) owns the news group that people get most the old halls the educational of their news about these wars from. You never hear process? district court in Philadelphia. The changes were are defi nitely officially abandoned in 2004. The original ownership anything too critical of the war effort on any of NBC’s Thanks to broadcast or cable outlets. GE very recently signed a Grand Mesa Computer Lab forming cliques restrictions were put in place for the obvious reason on campus, like the class structure $193 million contract with the Defense Department, of Mesa State that a healthy democracy needs a multitude of voices a North vs South to be heard in order for freedom of thought and so it would not be in their best financial interest to campus. He noted undoubtedly that “a lot housing, the allow NBC to report any bad news about the war. rich kids are as opinion to prevail. But now FCC Chairman, Kevin of kids in the new dorm come from money.” Martin believes these restrictions are obsolete and On a local level, the Daily Sentinel is owned Reed said that a classist system exists comfortable as by Cox Enterprises (one of the largest groups of possible (enjoying “need updating.” Big media companies argue that at Mesa State. He said that the new dorm cross-ownership of local media outlets allows the newspapers in the country). KKCO Channel 11 is students don’t really associate with the old their fl at screens owned by Gray Television, and KREX Channel 5 and new furniture) media to provide better quality journalism if various dorm students and won’t even give him the news staffs “share resources,” but this actually results is owned by Hoak Media (and it houses KFQX and time of day. “I don’t think they even realize and the poor kids are Grand Mesa Hallway KGJT also). We have a very limited selection of voices as uncomfortable in more cross-promotion between news outlets they’re doing it, honestly. They just get in and less real reporting. So the battle rages on.... in the Grand Valley, and these are the same voices that their little cliques.” Reed also said that they as possible (with their dysfunctional other towns and cities all over the country get to hear. computers and ancient buildings).• Recent media mergers include News Corp. talk-up the new dorms all the time, as if (who owns Fox News) buying MySpace, and Rupert So if you watch NBC News or read the Daily Murdoch admittedly censoring and removing Sentinel, just be aware that the people who own those anti-Bush statements from people’s MySpace companies have certain ideas about what news they WE VOTE NO! profiles (including statements posted on Tool lead want you to have access to. We should all pay more singer Maynard’s page). Also on the horizon is the attention to the motives of these parent companies controversial merger between the only two licensed so that we can digest their news with a critical palate, satellite radio carriers in the U.S., XM and Sirius. instead of a passive one. These companies are a lot The National Association of Broadcasters has take more concerned about their profit margin than they a strong stance against this move, seeing it as an are about a true democracy in America. What can impending monopoly in the satellite radio market. you do, besidesbesides raisingraising a stinkstink inin thethe faceface ofof youryour But so far there has been very little public opposition elected officials every time media ownership rules to this merger. And this is such a complex issue that are going to be relaxed, is to support independent it is now the longest pending case the FCC has ever media in all its forms. A good starting point is not-for- faced. We’re still waiting for a decision on this one. profit media ventures (a little shameless promotion Also, Microsoft is bidding $44.6 billion to buy out for The Red Pill). An even better way to take action is to BE THE MEDIA! Start your own news outlet, n February 5th a banner reading: “WE VOTE NO” appeared on the new parking Yahoo. This is currently facing scrutiny by the FCC to see if it abides by antitrust laws, but even if it passes dig up your own facts, and share those facts with garagegarage inin downtowndowntown GGrandrand Junction.Junction. EmblazonedEmblazoned withwith a redred anarchyanarchy sign,sign, thethe bannerbanner as many people as you can. If more of us did our O facedfaced thethe WayneWayne AspinallAspinall FederalFederal Building.Building. 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The wording is vague enough to O Tracker shows which confl icts in the Thinking about all this makes me -BY ART GOODTIMES- I include just about any protest that incorporates world grab the international media limelight. ask: What is the reason that some news is As expected, the war in Iraq holds the pole important to us and the ‘media-makers’ and a snowy day at home civil-disobience, but then again I think that it infringes on free speech to such an extent that it position of this ranking with 25380 articles some is not? One possible answer is that thank goodness for the coverup since the tracker started counting in September there is only so much reality we can stand, the treacherous passes wouldn’t hold up on appeal. As a Coloradan and an anarchist I hope they try to charge someone with 2006. Second and third are Afghanistan with especially when sitting on a packed tube and this law at the DNC, so that it could be struck down. 7510 and the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict with tired after work. In a moment like this I don’t let others shop Noel Night 6194 articles. Burma and its recently re-fl ared want to read about genocide in Darfur or the sip lattes at Two Candles 18-11-203. Membership in Anarchistic and Seditious struggle for democracy is still among the top fact that 27.000 women have been raped by or score more stuff Associations. 10, but the question remains: for how long? Hutu men in 2006 alone. I’m rather likely (1) Any association, organization, society, or Many confl icts and even wars in the to look at a picture of Amy jumping out of on the road To-Hell-U-Ride corporation, one of whose purposes or professed world are left out by the mainstream media, a car to get a last drink before going into i treasure a day alone purposes is to bring about any governmental, social, here in the UK as well as in other countries. her Xth rehab and think a bit gloatingly to at Cloud Acre industrial, or economic change in this state or in Once or twice places like Uzbekistan or Haiti myself how horrible her skinny legs look. the by the use of sabotage, terrorism, make the headlines when riots break out or a But the point of the media should tinkering with clutter physical force, violence, or bodily injury, or which president has to fl ee the country. Follow-ups not be to produce this malicious joy. Of cataloguing the haphazard teaches, advocates, advises, or defends the use of are rarely made, news reports are unlikely if course, news shows and newspapers cannot congeries of a secret life sabotage, terrorism, physical force, violence, or bodily the situation has not changed dramatically. tell us about everything, but they should injury to person or property, or threats of such injury, It does not even have to be the Zapatista be able to produce curiosity. They should one face public to accomplish such change, and which shall, by any movement in Mexico, trying to build a socially encourage us to fi nd out more about places like Janus at the door such means, prosecute or pursue such purpose or just and economically independent society. and things that are going on – even if we & the other a very private professed purpose is declared to be anarchistic and Somehow mainstream media is able to suggest might not be immediately affected by them.• seditious in character and to be an unlawful association. to its many readers that Jordan’s baby is more holding company (2) Any person who, in this state, shall act or profess important than the kids starving around the This story was originally published by happy witht he lyric valuables The Canvas, an underground newspaper to act as an officer of any such unlawful association, corner. Which is sad, since there are 3.8 based out of England. of its serendipitous assets or shall speak, write, or publish as a representative or professed representative of any such unlawful association, art goodtimes or, knowing the purpose, teachings, and doctrine of such UNCONVENTIONAL DENVER union of street poets association, shall become or continue to be a member vincent st. john local thereof or contribute dues, money, or other things of CALL TO ACTION! colorado plateau value to it or to anyone for it commits a class 5 felony. DISRUPT THE DNC! aztlan kuksu brigade (ret.) san francisco It should be noted that Class 5 felonies carry a 1- narchists and Anti-Authoritarians: policing. We will expose to the nation that join us in Denver, Colorado, August 14 dec 2007 3 year sentence with 2 years mandatory parole.• the Democrats and Republicans are two A 24th-28th as we engage in coordinated sides of the same coin, both parties funded Direct Actions against the Democratic by the same corporations and upholding National Convention, its corporate sponsors, the same unjust political system which fails and the military/police occupation of to meet the needs of the vast majority of public space. Respecting diverse tactics people. Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians and the autonomy of affi nity groups are urged to engage in a broad variety of and individuals, Unconventional Action tactics to disrupt fundraising events and has created the following framework to prevent Democratic delegates from voting maximize our impact as we disrupt the DNC. for no-choice candidates. Unconventional Unconventional Action’s strategy at the Action will honor and support autonomous Democratic National Convention will hold the actions while coordinating a highly Democratic Party accountable for promoting publicized assault on the pageantry, unjust policies: environmental degradation, violence, and abuses of the Democrats the enforcement of arbitrary borders, attacks and the two-party capitalist system. on the poor, complacency in war, and racist “DNC” ON FOURTH PAGE

NEXT SUMMER•DEMOCRATIC and REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Saturday & Sunday March 1-2, 2008 Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 • 5PM You’d better mark it on you calenders now, and request the time off of work, because at the end of next summer, large 7th Annual Local to To Global Justice Teach-In Drinking Liberally protests are going to rock Denver and Minneapolis. The DNC is going to be in Denver from Aug. 25-28th and the RNC For more info contact: Get Together. is going to be in the Twin Cities from September 1st-4th. Check out www.recreate68.org and [email protected] Kannah Creek Brewing www.rncwelcomingcommittee.org for more info and updates. ASU Tempe Campus, Tempe, AZ 12th and Walnut, Grand Junction, CO See you in the streets. AM: All are encouraged to continue their celebrations of environmental, participate in an Anti-War/Anti- economic, and social destruction, political Occupation March and related actions. corruption, and failed policy. UD will provide more information about events/locations. PM: Directly following the march, Unconventional Action Denver will TUESDAY AUG 26: plan for a low to medium risk reclamation Environmental Issues/ No Global of space somewhere in the city, as yet to Warming Day be determined.. This action will be widely publicized, although the location may be AM: STOP THE VOTE!!! WE VOTE NO!! revealed only in the lead up week or two, Tuesday is the day when all the delegates and will be designed to show our strength put in their vote for who will represent the and ability to create our own systems Democrats in the election, BUT THEY of organization. After our reclamation, ONLY HAVE UNTIL 6PM TO VOTE and we will PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG!!! it is a long, arduous process. We encourage From this party, affi nity groups will people to focus on ways to stop the delegates be encouraged to depart and engage in from getting to the Pepsi center to vote. “DNC” FROM THIRD PAGE autonomous actions targeting those who Our targets: hotels, intersections, and profi t from wars and our oversized military. transportation systems. Special attention Unconventional Action will target a will be given to keeping the so-called variety of the 1,500 proposed fundraisers, MONDAY AUG 25: “super-delegates” (what funny comic book countless delegate hotels, and designated FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS/ characters they would be...) from being institutions perpetuating global injustice. HUMAN RIGHTS DAY able to attend the vote. ALL TACTICS Using space reclamation, street theatre, direct WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED!!! confrontation, positive action, and a broad AM: Participate in a Free Peltier/All Come prepared with a plan and ready to make array of other tactics, we will force the Political Prisoners march ending at the a stand with your affi nity group and friends. national media to question the Democratic capitol across from civic center park. bike rides, helping negatively impacted Party’s failures, hold Democratic candidates Because Peltier has a vital hearing later PM: Tonight, we’ll target fundraisers of communities, impromptu dance parties, and accountable for their abuses of power, in the week that could free him from his corporations profi ting from and furthering anything else you creative people out there can and engage in direct actions that refl ect long illegal imprisonment, Unconventional global warming. We will also shut think of. Thematically, we call for people to our ultimate goals of joy and liberation Denver encourages all to attend this march. down actual sources of environmental engage in actions targeting corporations and through creativity and confrontation. degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. individuals profi ting from the criminalization Below we have outlined our anticipated PM: SHUTDOWN THE FUNDRAISERS!!! Get creative and use a diversity of tactics. . of immigration and contractors in schedule of for the DNC. The DNC/Democrats are hosting a giant Denver working on the border-fence. While rough, our outline can be used as party to raise as much money as they can. WEDNESDAY AUG 27: a guide to schedule and develop actions. On this night, we will interrupt this fl ow NO BORDERS DAY THURSDAY AUG 28: END Our calendar is a fl exible work-in-progress of capital and disrupt the fundraisers. Our RACISM/IMPERIALISM DAY and will shift as needed. Unconventional theme: no business as usual. The Democrats AM: A NO BORDERS march will be Action Denver will provide updates on the and their corporate backers will be unable to planned by other groups. Unconventional AM-PM: Today we will engage in website, www.dncdisruption08.org. This Action hopes to see no actions during the visually stunning, media attracting actions is at best currently a rough outline, and will time of this march that compromise the targeting the Democrats’ complicity in most likely change and solidify as the weeks safety of march participants. Our goal racism in Denver and nationally through progress. Take this as a guiding schedule is to ensure that the march is safe for all gentrifi cation, police brutality, criminal for your actions, and expect to hear more people, regardless of documentation status. injustice, the prison industrial complex, etc. from Unconventional Denver about these We will target institutions and corporations events and actions. Denver organizers have AFTERNOON/PM: At the People’s Feast that bring US imperialism and racism to designated certain themes for particular we will share food around Denver with as the rest of the world and infl ict it upon us days. Consider coordinating the message many people as we can, especially those of your actions based on each days theme. negatively affected by the DNC’s presence Late PM-Friday AM: Tonight we will party, The calendar is as follows: in town. Focus on food liberation. Do the sleep, and support our comrades before delegates really need that much food? heading to Minneapolis to disrupt the RNC...• SUNDAY AUG 24: ANTI WAR/OCCUPATION DAY PM: Concrete decentralized actions. Guerrilla gardening, free school/workshops, gentrifi cation reclamation, informational

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