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Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. #37, Summer 1993
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INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST NEWS
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-includes "Anti-Fascist-Action Edinburgh" by Rachel Rinaldo; "The
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Anarchist Scene" compiled by Jason McQuinn.
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Anti-Fascist-Action Edinburgh
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Anti-Fascist-Action has chapters throughout England and Scotland
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and is probably one of the most active groups around these days.
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They are dedicated to fighting fascists, such as the British
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National Party (B.N.P.), and nazis, through propaganda and, if
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necessary, physical confrontation. A.F.A. started the autumn with
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a successful action in London, where they prevented hundreds of
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nazi skinheads from getting to a Blood and Honour gig where the
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band Skrewdriver was playing.
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I've been involved with A.F.A. Edinburgh for several months, but
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they formed about a year ago. In that time, they've plastered the
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city with stickers and graffiti (and wiped out B.N.P. graffiti), as
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well as held gigs at the Unemployed Worker's Center, had stalls at
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local clubs, picketed a bookstore for selling a book by a nazi
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revisionist historian, and written letters to the local B.N.P.
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members. A.F.A. Edinburgh and Glasgow were also at an annual anti-
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racist march in Glasgow, which 25 seig-heiling B.N.P.ers tried to
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disrupt. Most recently, we've put up posters all over town, with a
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picture of local B.N.P. members and their addresses and phone
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numbers, urging people to write nasty letters and harass them by
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phone. A.F.A. members have been known to make annoying phone calls
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to local fascists and nazi skins at odd hours of the morning.
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A.F.A. is an alternative to mainstream/liberal groups, most of
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which won't even recognize the existence of fascism in Britain.
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Groups like the Anti-Nazi-League are mainly fronts for various left
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parties and do little besides carry placards at big demonstrations.
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A.F.A. especially concentrates on rooting out fascism in working
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class communities, the favorite recruiting place of the B.N.P. The
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mostly wealthy fascist leadership targets disaffected youth in such
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areas, turning their anger away from the establishment and towards
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neighboring minority communities.
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Not surprisingly, A.F.A. gets a lot of criticism from the so-
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called `left'. An editorial in the left University of Edinburgh
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student newspaper called groups like A.F.A. "the violent fringe"
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and "leftist thugs." Other groups within Edinburgh have sharply
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criticized the anti-B.N.P. posters and our confrontational tactics.
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But it is a pipe dream to think that merely by distributing
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leaflets and holding demonstrations, the fascists will go away.
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This kind of thinking on the majority of the left has fed the
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recent rise in fascism and nazism in Germany, France, Italy, Spain,
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and even Sweden, where Jewish cemeteries have been desecrated. Mass
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demonstrations are important, but the reality of fascists on the
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streets must be dealt with before they can terrorize the local
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community and recruit vulnerable youth. -Rachel Rinaldo (from Love
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& Rage).
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_The_anarchist_scene_
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Compiled by Jason McQuinn
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EPHEMERA BUTTONS INC. (POB 490, Phoenix, OR. 97535) has a 16-page
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button catalog displaying hundreds of designs and slogans,
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including a few anarchist ones. Send four 29=9B stamps for a copy.
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LOVING MORE Annual Conference on Group Marriage and Expanded
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Family will take place August 20-22, 1993 in Berkeley, CA. Contact
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PEP (Box 6306, Captain Cook, HI. 96704; phone: 808-929-9691) for
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more information.
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A DISTRIBUTION has moved to a new address at POB 2361, Landover
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Hills, MD. 20784, and no longer distributes a retail catalog. All
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sales are now wholesale, while requests for retail catalogs are
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being referred to Perennial Books (Box B14, Montague, MA. 01351).
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Send a 98=9B 6"x9" SASE for a copy of Perennial Books' large catalog.
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EXTREME BOOKS (POB 11704, Portland, OR. 97211-0704; phone: 503-
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249-8090) has reprinted the first and only edition of the
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Situationist International "review of the American section of the
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S.I.," which was originally published in June 1969. This 46-page
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review contains short critiques of socialist economists Baran &
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Sweezy, critical theorist Herbert Marcuse and media-guru Marshall
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McLuhan, along with other short texts of some historical interest.
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Copies have a $4.50 cover price, but it's not clear if the
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publishers are accepting retail orders.
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AN ENLARGED RANTS ANTHOLOGY is currently being edited by Adam
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Parfrey and Bob Black, who are still looking for nominations or
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submissions. "Although this was not, and will not be, an `anar-
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chist' anthology per se...about 40% of the contributors [to the
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original edition] were anarchists." Contact Adam Parfrey at: Feral
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House, POB 3466, Portland, OR. 97208, or Bob Black at: POB 3142,
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Albany, NY. 12203-0142.
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NORTHLAND POSTER COLLECTIVE (POB 7096, Minneapolis, MN. 55407) has
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published a free Summer 1993 tabloid catalog of posters, notecards,
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buttons and t-shirts.
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THE MID-ATLANTIC ANARCHIST GATHERING will take place from Friday,
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July 30th till Monday, August 2nd in Philadelphia, PA. For
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information on housing & setting up workshops, or to send donations
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to cover the expected costs drop a line to: MA@G (POB 31889,
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Philadelphia, PA. 19143).
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LEFT BANK DISTRIBUTION (4142 Brooklyn Ave. NE., Seattle, WA.
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98105; Phone: 206-632-5870) has published a huge new 64-page Winter
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1993 book catalog with probably the most comprehensive coverage of
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anarchist and related titles available in North America. Anyone who
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reads should have a copy of this catalog! The catalog is free, but
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it would be nice to send a buck to help with postage.
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A DISTRIBUTION (84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX,
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England; Phone/fax: 081-558-7732) has published a handsome 8-page
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catalog of books on anarchist, feminist and situationist topics.
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LOOMPANICS UNLIMITED (POB 1197, Port Townsend, WA. 98368) has re-
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leased another annual edition of its main catalog for 1993. With
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over 800 books on unusual topics, this 280-page catalog covers
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topics from cops to guns, bombs to sex and survival to sex.
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Especially welcome in this edition is the expanded coverage given
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to books on self-publishing, media and censorship, along with the
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traditional section on "Anarchism and Egoism." Copies are $5.
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SOAPBOX JUNCTION (POB 597996, Chicago, IL. 60659) has released a
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1993 Action Resource Guide containing a selection of alternative
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press periodicals, pamphlets and books, including a variety of
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anarchist titles. Also included are listings of zine and mail-art
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addresses. Copies are $3.
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PHILADELPHIA SOLIDARITY (422 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA.
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19119), emerging from ten years of relative inactivity, has
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released a 6-page catalog covering materials by Cornelius
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Castoriadis and other anti-hierarchical socialist publications.
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Send a 29=9B stamp for a copy.
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AUTONOMEDIA (POB 568 Williamsburgh Station, Brooklyn, NY. 11211-
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0568) "is preparing an anthology of essays and possible visual
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material for a book (and electronic media) on the issues
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surrounding communications, intellectual property, work, and new
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information technologies." Topics to be addressed include: "The
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anti-copyright movement, State information control
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mechanisms,...Class struggle on the high-tech front,...The politics
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of mail art and free radio,...Electronic banking, digital cash, eht
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end of `money',...Primitivism and the anti-technology
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movement,...Surveillance & popular defense," etc. Send suggestions
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for contributions ASAP, or write soon for more information. The
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deadline for submissions is October 1st.
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A FEW BACK ISSUES OF ANARCHY: A Journal of Desire Armed (C.A.L.,
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POB 1446, Columbia, MO. 65205-1446) are still available in bulk for
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free distribution at the cost of postage & packaging. We now have
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extras of several issues including #19, #20-21, #25 & #31, along
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with a very few extras of other issues. For those living in the
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U.S. we suggest you send about 10=9B to 25=9B each (depending on the
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size of the issue[s] requested and your distance from Missouri) for
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50 to 150 copies. (Unless you live in the Midwest - where postage
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will be cheaper, send a minimum of $7.50, and make any checks out
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to "C.A.L." only. Those outside the continental U.S. need to send
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much more to cover the higher costs of postage.) All copies will be
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marked "FREE" on the covers. To order bulk copies for resale, see
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the terms listed in the box on page 2.
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If you have announcements concerning anarchist gatherings, new
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publications, or other anarchist activities or projects which our
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readers might find of use, you can send them to: Attn. Anarchist
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Scene, c/o C.A.L., POB 1446, Columbia, MO. 65205-1446. Please
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remember, for more information, or for ordering materials listed in
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this column, you must write to the addresses given above and not to
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C.A.L.
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