GREENGREEN ANARCHYANARCHY AnAn Anti-CivilizationAnti-Civilization JournalJournal ofof TheoryTheory andand ActionAction www.greenanarchy.org SPRING/ SUMMER 2008 we live to live ISSUE #25 (i guess you could say we are “pro-lifers”) GREEN ANARCHY PO BOX 11331 Eugene, OR 97440 [email protected] $4 USA, $6 CANADA, $7 EUROPE, $8 WORLD FREE TO U.S.PRISONERS Direct Action Anarchist Resistance, pg 26 ContentsContents:: Ecological Defense and Animal Liberation, pg 40 Issue #25 Spring/Summer 2008 Indigenous Struggles, pg 48 Anti-Capitalist and Anti-State Battles, pg 54 Prisoner Escapes and Uprisings, pg 62 Articles Symptoms of the System’s Meltdown, pg 67 Silence byJohn Zerzan, pg 4 Straight Lines Don’t Work Any More Sections by Rebelaze, pg 6 Welcome to Green Anarchy, pg 2 Connecting to Place In the Land of the Lost: Fragment #42-44, pg 46 Questions for the Nomadic Wanderers The Garden of Peculiarities: by Sal Insieme, pg 8 State Repression News, pg 70 Hope Against Hope: Why Progressivism is as Useless Reviews, pg 74 as Leftism by Tara Specter, pg 12 News from the Balcony with Waldorf and Statler, pg 80 Sermon on the Cyber Mount Letters, pg 86 by The Honorable Reverend Black A. Hole,pg 14 Subscriber and Distributor Info, pg 90 Second-Best Life: Real Virtuality Green Anarchy Distro, pg 90 byJohn Zerzan, pg 16 Announcements, pg 92 Canaries In the Clockwork by earth-ling-gerring, pg 17 A Specious Species by C.E. Hayes, pg 18 Alone Together: the City and its Inmates .. .. .. inin thethe midstmidst ofof activity,activity, by John Zerzan, pg 20 therethere is a blurring between The End Of Slavery: Urban Scout On Creating A World thethe solosolo and the swarm. Beyond Civilization, with Lisa Wells, pg 23 Dwelling-while-letting-be by Dr. Peters’ Cassandra Complex, pg 32 Reflections on the Joys, Dilemmas, and Miscellaneous and the pieces Exhilaration of a Decivilizing Papa, part I by Felonious Skunk, pg 36 fall Reclaiming the Myth-Time: Finding our Place through Story and Song by Scavenger, pg 44 Force of Habit, Habit of Force: where they may The (Screen) Door of Perception by Dan Todd, pg 47 with a little help A culture beyond time by Thomas Toivonen, pg 52 from Maroons: Guardians of the flag of liberation by Hadotso, pg 58 thoughtfulness Laughing in the Face of Power by a disgruntled recklessness animal with a sense of humor, pg 64 hopelessness Zerzan & Zerzan Anti-Civ Madness Tour 2007, pg 81 connectedness happiness G8, Germany: The Aftermath, by Jacob Duval pg 82 and the mess Feral Visions: Fight or Flight?, by Allie MoCat pg 84 Page 1 SPRING/SUMMERwith ‘08 timeISSUE to rest was Silence, a look at the overwhelming “roar of standardization, its information-noise and harried, surface ‘communication’ modes”. He declares a need for silence as a response to and an escape from the “unrelenting, colonizing penetrability of non-silence, pushing into every non-place.” John also examines the bleak urban landscape in Alone Together: the City and WelcomeWelcome its Inmates, and the hyper-alienated cyber-world (back) in Second-Best Life: Real Virtuality. There is (back) an interesting look at techno-narcissism in A Specious Species by C.E. Hayes, and a spoof of the overwhelmingly obedient religiosity towards science in Sermon on the Cyber Mount by The Honorable Reverend Black A. Hole. Hope Against Hope: Why Progressivism is as Useless as Leftism by Tara Specter, challenges us to “feel life itself coursing through our veins in the act, to feel ourselves at one with the spirit of all that lives,” as it critiques the likes of Murray Bookchin and those who “buy into the time of Issue #25-Spring/Summer 2008 the false ecology and thus into the myth of progress.” There are numerous personal, reflec- tive, strategic, and practical thoughts expressed in pieces like Connecting to Place In the Land of the Lost: Questions for the Nomadic Wan- to Green Anarchy derers by Sal Insieme, Reflections on the Joys, Dilemmas, and Miscellaneous Exhilaration of “Oh, a false clock tries to tick out my time. a Decivilizing Papa, by Felonious Skunk, To disgrace, displace, and bother me.” Reclaiming the Myth-Time: Finding our Place through Story and Song by Scavenger, and Lisa – Bob Dylan, Restless Farewell Wells’ interview: The End Of Slavery: Urban Scout On Creating A World Beyond Civilization. Well It’s Time, Time, Time… We still wish to do so, and our goal is to con- Dwelling-while-letting-be by Dr. Peters’ Time moves fast. Time moves slow. But for tinue to publish about twice a year. However, Cassandra Complex, explores the topic of those who are still trapped by it (almost every our release date won’t be as predictable six “death consciousness, including the fear of single one of us to some degree), it sure moves. months in advance. Who knows what might death, as one of the key pillars of the civilized Being an abstract understanding of reality, time come up? Babies? Rabies? Scabies? Maybes? order engulfing us in artificiality.” A culture can be subjective, collaborative, and authori- We would rather organically balance our ener- beyond time by Thomas Toivonen, focuses on tative. It changes pace and purpose depending gies and take our time to create a provocative the Piraha people and their perceived immediacy on the situation, temperament, or company, but and worthwhile project, then rush some partial of experience in their view and comprehension for most of us, it still ticks out our lives. It product for people to consume at regular of the world (with limited binary quantification: slips away, catches up on you, and drags on. intervals. We realize that some people will give numerals, color, language, etc.). In applying this But, there is so much to think about and so us shit (especially our major distributors), call concept to the rest of us, Toivonen asks much living to do despite its oppressive us slackers or lifestylists (anarcho-careerists and “Perhaps time is not linear and part of the looming death tone. And, priorities shift as activists), or predict our eminent demise (those fundamental structure of the universe, not a time adjusts. We find ourselves immersed not who have always wished for it), but we ain’t dimension in which events occur in sequence in better or worse activities, but different and sweatin’ it. We’re not fighting for a world with but a constructed dimension. And perhaps it’s sometimes still very similar. As you may have trains that run on time. We don’t even fucking possible that instead of being an objective thing noticed, some time has passed since our pre- want trains, nor the mass society or culture that to be measured, time is actually part of a mental vious issue of Green Anarchy. Time got away needs and wants them. Don’t worry, we plan measuring system that keeps us from descend- from us while we were busy living (exploring on unleashing the virus we call GA as often as ing into total anarchy.” Maroons: Guardians our world, licking old wounds, playing with we can and as thoroughly as possible. But, we’re of the flag of liberation by Hadotso, extensively wee ones). And no matter how hard you try gonna do it on our time. And our watches seem reports on the various fugitives and runaway (caffeinated or not), you can’t catch time. to be broken… captives who disappeared into the wilds of the This being said, we still very much feel the Americas to create autonomous and resistant importance of this project, despite (and maybe cultures. Laughing in the Face of Power by a because of) a depressing social scenario for What’s In the Mix? disgruntled animal with a sense of humor, takes all who wish to live, and especially for those This issue was some time in the making and an unexpected peek at comedy as a strategy of who wish to live wild. We want this journal to includes a variety of articles from the collec- subversion, focusing mainly on anti-authoritarian remain a breathing and blossoming forum for tive and by folks who sent them in to us. We’d comedian, George Carlin. Our State Repression all those who want to see civilization aban- like to thank all those who contributed. Always News section covers most of the suppression doned and life freely experienced. We have extremely anxious for us to get another issue and legal news facing those attempting to pose attempted to balance a huge and extensive of the magazine out on the streets, John Zerzan a challenge to the machine, including a rap-up project that advocates, debates, reports, and ex- was quite prolific this time, as he kept writing on the “green scare” trials and sentencing. We plores ideas and practice with a life fully lived. while some of us were off doing other things. took a slightly different approach for most of Perhaps his most unique and unexpected piece the direct action reports, as a year was a lot to GREENGREEN ANARCHYANARCHY #25#25 PagePage 22 cover in our usual listing format. Let us know If it is at all possible, try to if this was more interesting and helpful. We, of share the magazine, as our what’s black and white and read all over? course, also have the customary opinion sec- costs for this particular aspect tions, consisting of reviews, letters, reportbacks, are about $1,500 per issue and everyone’s favorite grumpy ol’ men, and steadily rising. We also Waldorf and Statler. We hope this will give you ask that non-incarcerated more than enough stuff to chew on for a while.