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Don't worry,
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If you read this 'zine for longer than 30 seconds
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you will NOT have to pay 2.3 million dollars. For,
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Activist Times is not brought to you by Morgan Stanley
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C I N
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T M T
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V S O
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.......
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.Issue.
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.261!!.
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27jan01 7pm & 28jan 1655hrs
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OPEN QUOTE TO WILLIAM "Not Jefferson" CLINTON
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"If the building of a bridge does not enrich the
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awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge
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ought not be built."
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--Frantz Fanon
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"In order to understand what Gandhi was really talking about
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requires a re-evaluation of our central assumptions about war
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and violence. The 52nd anniversary of Gandhi's assassination
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is [Jan. 30.]
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"It's a reminder that the nonviolent way is in fact a serious
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threat to oppressive power.
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"Imagine an army of Gandhi's. Here's to the naked emperor and
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people power!"
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--Sean Gonsalves.
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Cape Cod Times staff writer
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and syndicated columinist.
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HI, I'm prime anarchist and this is the 'zine for Sunday -
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(and saturday) end of january, 2001.
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So, did you see Hitme Steers NSyncing her little
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Mary J Blige off tonite?
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It is a Cotton Schwaab Tampa tail, and you've
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tossed your cookies.
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And whatever you do, don't show Joe Perry's guitar
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for more than a millisecond. (psst, no one's s'posed
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to know that he can't even play the thing anymore..)
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Yeah, so. What of it? I watched the superbowl tonite,
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but I'm not gonna write about it today. You'll have
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to hear how I feel about that next week. I've got more
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important things for you to read. Yo. Check it out...
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]prime[
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#'s
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http://shadow.autono.net
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http://www.mp3.com/univybe
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http://www.mp3.com/deanstrickland
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http://www.survival.org.uk/kogi.htm
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http://www.austinmetro.com/poetpage.html
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http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism
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http://members.aol.com/macondo1/bananas.htm
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http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id747/pg1
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http://www.theroc.org/roc-news/miscellaneous.htm
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http://www.PetitionOnline.com/3d4b/petition.html
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http://members.freespeech.org/ehj/html/fraehj.html
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http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/bopeepshogan/SongBlackMesa.html
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http://community-2.webtv.net/opriest/aphotojournal/page6.html
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http://www.feedmag.com/templates/default.php3?a_id=1583
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http://www.yankthechain.com/bushdaughters.html
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http://www.davidicke.com/icke/index1c.html
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http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm
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http://www.prime-number.com/Main
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http://bounce.to/radicalcheers
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http://www.twinkiesproject.com
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http://www.killrockstars.com
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http://www.impactvisuals.org
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http://www.crankygirls.com
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http://www.nerve.com
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LETTUCE From Thems 'Areadin' Us
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Who is Abbie Hoffman?
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Dan
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to ATI:
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It's out there if you want to sign
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it or put a plug in for me at ATI !
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http://www.PetitionOnline.com/3d4b/petition.html
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---doug
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to marco:
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news flash for ATI:
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2 scientists in madagascar discovered a new dinosuar
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they thought what to name it and dire straits was on
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radio so they named it after mark knoffler the lead
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singer
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no joke
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Fah-Q2
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hey marco polo,
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how about "WEF & WTO, WTF?"
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and "WEF? NWO?? NFW!!!"
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Little Bird
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And we just picked up our
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(860)887-2600 box 5293 voice-mail
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for the first time in over a month,
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[get your shit together prime]
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And here's the calls that didn't begin
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or end with "fvck you," "you suck," or
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"I'm going to shoot your dog."
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That's weird.
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Brooke Darby
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I just read your zine
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It kicks ass.
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Take it easy.
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Anon
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and
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i
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overheard
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the
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police
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captain
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saying,
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"this
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is
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not
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where
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we
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want
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the
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battle,
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we
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don't
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know
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who
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is
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friend or foe down there."
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"The image of a group of nuns
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crossing the line side by side
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with a group of black bloc
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anarchists complete with black
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bandanas over their faces is a
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powerful expression of strength
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through unity and diversity."
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Letter to the movement:
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Dear Friends,
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The spirit of resistance has never been stronger at the entrance
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to Ft. Benning -- home to the School of Assassins -- than it was
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on November 18th and 19th. Despite a cold, steady rain, more than
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10,000 people stood vigil in solidarity with those who continue
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to suffer and die at the hands of SOA graduates. Speakers from
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Colombia and Chiapas, Mexico set the tone with first hand accounts
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of repression in their communities. The voices of Pete Seeger and
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acclaimed Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn amplified this cry for
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justice. 3,400 crossed the line as part of the solemn funeral
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procession. 200 more followed in a second wave of affinity group
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and high risk actions including an 80-person parade of giant puppets.
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Over 2,100 were arrested and given ban and bar letters. The final
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group of people who had been processed were greeted by a cheering
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throng of supporters when the MP's dropped them off at a park a
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few miles from the base.
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It will take time to appreciate all the implications of what we
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achieved together at Ft. Benning. The creativity and diversity of
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this movement was brought to bear as never before. The women and
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men religious, veterans, union members and students who have been
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the backbone of this movement for 10 years accounted for the
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bulk of our numbers. This presence, this grounding in our
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tradition, was an invaluable gift. Welcomed into this gathering
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were hundreds of new activists as well, many from the ranks of
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those who protested at the meetings of the WTO and IMF/World Bank.
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Together, we debunked some myths that have become prevalent in the
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media this past year.
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We showed that young anarchists can come into a nonviolent
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protest and not only be respectful of the tradition, but
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strengthen the witness with their courage and commitment.
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We showed that faith-based activists are not afraid of
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working with those who are different, but create a
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community that welcomes all who would nonviolently
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resist SOA violence. The image of a group of nuns
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crossing the line side by side with a group of black
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bloc anarchists complete with black bandanas over their
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faces is a powerful expression of strength through unity
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and diversity. We go forward from this moment re-affirmed
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in our commitment to nonviolent struggle, aware that
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creativity will win over domination and this School of
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Assassins will close.
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Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Nonviolence
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training teams took the SOA Watch road show all over North
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America, and people came to Fort Benning well prepared. Local
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groups worked tirelessly to spread the word about our gathering,
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and coordinated the formidable logistics of getting thousands of
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people to Columbus, GA. Peacekeepers gave up their freedom and
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mobility to take on a broad array of tasks that were absolutely
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essential to the success of the vigil. Puppeteers gathered a
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week in advance, and using only recycled garbage and their own
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imaginations created a beautiful pageant expressing the hope and
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resistance of the movement. Speakers, poets and musicians traveled
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from across this hemisphere to add their voices. To these people
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and all those whose spirits remained vibrantly alive through two
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days of cold rain, who risked their freedom in solidarity with
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those who risk so much more, go our heartfelt thanks. You are an
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inspiration. To Megan Rice, Charlie Liteky and Chuck Butler, still
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imprisoned at the time of the vigil, your spirit was "presente",
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pushing us forward. To all who have served prison time for acts
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of conscience, to all who stood vigil during those early, lonely
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years at the gates of Fort Benning, we say thank you for paving
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the way for us. Together, we are strong, and justice will prevail
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in the end.
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Fr. Roy Bourgeois
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PERSPECTIVE
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'Zineriter Travelling Uncle Nat has another way of looking
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at the recent protests in Washington DC that some might not
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have already considered. He's pretty "ontop" of it. Read on.
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The only thing I can say in my defense is that, having lived
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in the beltway for 10 years now, I realize that I've become just
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as jaded to protests as the rest of the people that live here.
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I've seen so many come and go, having lived just up the street
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from the White House and the State Dept. and Congress, that it
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just...doesn't seem to have any point or novelty to me.
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For example: several months ago, I was walking downtown to
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drop something off at an office I used to work at, and I walked
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right into the middle of a protest about Tibet - an issue I clearly
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agree with. I didn't even look. Nobody was looking, and there were
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thousands of people walking down the street. I didn't even realize
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it until I ran into a cop directing traffic. There are, literally,
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hundreds of protests in DC every year, most of which used to run
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right by my house on the way to the white house. There could be
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a million people walking by my front door carrying signs and making
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noise, and I wouldn't even notice it anymore. I guess that I've just
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become jaded about the whole notion. The only time it would ever bother
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me is when my blading group would be blocked by the police from skating
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in front of the white house. And even then, we became so well known with
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the cops that after a while (this is when they first closed off Penn ave
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in 1995), they let us through anyway because we were just trying to live
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out our lives in a place which happens to be the center of attention for
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much of the world. I think that the only people who actually attend
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protests in DC who happen to live there are either full time activists
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or new students. Everyone else just shrugs it off because, here, it's
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just another day and you've got other things to do. :)
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Sort of like most New Yorkers have never even been to the Statue of
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Liberty - something that everyone else in the world does when they
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visit NYC. :) I know...I lived there and was the same way about it.
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:)
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Nat.
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Well, that's about it for ATI Zine issue 261. Hope you liked
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it, and we end this up with a news rewrite. Because after all.
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This has been ATI please tell your friends thanks
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(A) (C) (T) (I) (V) (I) (S) (T) - (T) (I) (M) (E) (S)
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Positive feedback. | Negative Feedback.
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"TO PERFORM AN UNNATURAL ACT"
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--Lenny Bruce
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INTRUDER TOUCHED BUSH'S YOU-KNOW-WHAT
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Another Neo-Ancient ReWrite
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By Mavis Gomeranz
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Washington Toast Staff Writer
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Tomorrow, January 26, 2001
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Four years after he pulled the same stunt at President Clinton's second
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inauguration, a man without the proper clearance walked through security
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checkpoints to touch President Bush's you-know-what shortly after the
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swearing-in, sources familiar with the incident said tomorrow.
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The ability of the same man to penetrate security this time was all the
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more stunning given the unprecedented levels of cash that law enforcement
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officials said they fundraised for going into this inauguration.
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The U.S. Capitol Police and the Secret Service would confirm only that
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a man about "this tall" had obtained what they termed an "unmentionable
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action" with Bush. Agency spokesmen refused to identify the man because
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he was not charged with a crime.
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Other sources said the Capitol Police had been on the lookout for the
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man, going so far as to show officers a videotape of him in questionable
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poses with Clinton four years ago. The man is rumored to work in one of
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the DC basement barber-shops or at least frequent one and hide behind a
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week-old copy of The Hill. He might work in one of the cafeterias and
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wear a funky hair-net, according to someone who will remain nameless.
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After "dancing" with Bush in the Capitol, where the new president
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was to have lunch before joining the inaugural parade, the intruder
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who claims to be an ordained wicca priest was spotted by officers,
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who knelt down and supped with him, before asking him to leave.
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The Secret Service said the nature of his behavior was still under
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review. The man was not carrying a weapon. Law enforcement officials
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would not comment on what he said or did when he was questioned.
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"Believe me, if he had committed a crime, the U.S. Capitol Police
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would have arrested him," said Lt. Dan Nichols, spokesman for the
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agency.
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"He went through the magnificent magneetometer, which is the big
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deal for us," said Jim Mackin, spokesman for the Secret Service.
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"Did he pose a threat? He went through the magnificent magneetometer,
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and he did not pose a threat."
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The man might have had a standing-room-only ticket, according to
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a nurse with comfortable shoes. The nurse said the man would have
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reached out and touched Bush somewhere else after passing through
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a checkpoint where bags were searched. But he went for it earlier.
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He then somehow made it into a VIP section, and then into the
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Capitol, where Bush was. No one would comment as to which barber-
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shop he left to go touch Bush, because they said it would reveal
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such security secrets as what underground trains are for tourists
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and which are for "bigwig mucky mucks."
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Someone declined to comment on whether any mistakes were made by
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Capitol Police that let the man get so close to the president.
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They would only say who had highest score on "Spider Solitare for
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Windows-ME."
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A Capitol Police officer said he and his colleagues at a recent
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roll call were shown video footage of the man touching Clinton's
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you-know-what and told about that incident four years ago.
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Another person who saw the video said, "That's Willy," the minute
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she saw it, but would not answer any other interrogation questions
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and demanded her attorney come before she would talk anymore. The
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frame was frozen on the man touching Clinton and rewound at least
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432,964 times, so officers could get a good look. The man was
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wearing a cashmere scarf, white high heel patent-leather shoes
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and a long dark overcoat. He apparently engaged in a conversation
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with a genuine VIP, and they swept through a checkpoint together.
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Someone, who would not confirm that a similar incident happened
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at Clinton's second inauguration, said that in any case, no one
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was charged, no one was hurt, and "heck, the potus probably liked
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it."
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Staff writer Willy P. Richardson contributed to this report.
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