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Anarchy: a journal of desire armed. #38, Fall 1993
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LETTERS part six
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DIVINE REHABILITATION
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Dear editor,
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You may not believe how I got hold of your magazine (#36 /Spring
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'93), but this is the honest truth. I got in a poker game one day
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and it lasted nearly eight hours. This guy ended up owing me a lot
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of money. He gave me twenty dollars and all his books, his radio
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and your magazine. To be honest, before I won your magazine I
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didn't see to much reason to really give too much of a damn about
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anything. Man, your (my) magazine has really opened my eyes to a
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lot of things. But that's not the real reason I am writing this
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letter. The real reason is concerning the lawless confusion and
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political disorder here in Louisiana.
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I stole $25 in an unarmed robbery. I was later apprehended, and
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sentenced to 50 years in a rusted-out cage...simply to
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"rehabilitate" me (according to the prison authorities). Society
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supports these cages which house only indigent people! Society is
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a malevolent mass of morons as far as I'm concerned! I have a
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friend in here who got drunk one night, thrown in a jail cage, and
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ended up kicking the toilet off the wall. The courts sentenced him
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to 12 years in a cage...to "rehabilitate" him! At $20,000 per year,
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per prisoner, that toilet will cost $240,000... think of all the
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poor people that money could feed!
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The state is willing to waste $240,000 to get revenge on a drunk
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for destroying a stinkin' toilet! You see in Louisiana a toilet is
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held in higher esteem than 12 years of a man's life! In a
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materialistic country like Amerikkka it's considered a terrible
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thing to steal money, but it's okay to put poor people in cages and
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leave them there until they go mad, and then release them on
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society! I was a robber when I entered prison at 18. And now after
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only four years of being "rehabilitated," in a cage, I am
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contemplating becoming a sniper when released. Society has gotten
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its revenge on me... they've shown me revenge is the righteous,
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holy way...that the only way to "rehabilitate" people is to punish,
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punish, punish! So after completing a four year course in
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"rehabilitation" I want to spread this "divine rehabilitation" to
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our wonderful society!
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Yes...just as the authorities have attempted to ameliorate me by
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punishment...so in like manner, I do wish to ameliorate society by
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punishment!...I have reached the inevitable conclusion that society
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is insane! [...]
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Darrin Robinson #158443
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La. State Prison
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Jaguar 3-left-3
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Angola, LA. 70712
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RESPONSE TO MOLLY GILL
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Anarchy staff and readers,
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I want to let you know that Molly Gill's letter directed to me in
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the Spring '93 issue has not gone unanswered. I have written her a
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brief and not-nasty-enough reply. If anyone wishes to see a copy,
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all you need to do is send me an SASE.
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Thanks,
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Lawrence
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POB 410681
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San Francisco, CA. 94141
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A BUNCH OF SCHMUCKS
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Anarchy,
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I find it ironic that a magazine that prints the writings of
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Vaneigem, Debord, and other Situationists and anti-ideological
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thinkers could also print a bunch of schmucks' appalling attempts
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at ideologically justifying fucking children. What does fucking
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children have to do with the revolution of everyday life? Ok, your
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sexuality is blatantly being suppressed and stifled by laws of a
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traditional society, and your first step towards happiness is to
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fuck kids. Maybe if these idiots could really justify this kind of
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behavior to themselves, then they wouldn't have to ideologically
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rationalize it to other thinkers.
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C.N., Tucson, AZ.
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HORRIFIED
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Dear Anarchy,
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I am horrified that people who were sexually abused as children
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were brainwashed into liking it. It is inhumane that this act of
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control and violation could be twisted in the victim's mind into an
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act of affection. My fianc=82 & I were intensely offended by your
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article on this subject.
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I am a volunteer worker for a sexual assault support centre. I do
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not think any of the people calling our crisis line would find your
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article to be on the avant-garde, cutting-edge of journalism. Nor
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would they be comforted by your views on healthy adult-child
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interaction.
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The person who wrote in that was an incest subject and is now a
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psychologist saw their sexual abuse as the only filial affection
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they received from their mother & grandmother. In light of the fact
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that this person was physically & emotionally abused heavily I can
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understand why they feel the sexual abuse was a good thing.
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However, I feel this person needs a lot of counselling themselves
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& should not be a psychologist.
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As for the rest of the responses to this article, I found them
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vague, confusing and back-boneless. If you have something to say,
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say it! Please don't use jargon & ramble.
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I used to really enjoy this mag. Now, because of this article, I
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am not renewing my subscription to Anarchy.
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L.K., Kelowna, B.C.
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PS: Print in whole, or don't print at all. No editing.
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SELF-APPOINTED CENSORS
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Yo! You! Halt! Cease & desist, ye enemies of the State! It is
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futile to resist, join us, while ye can! We will rule the future,
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we can do anything, anyplace, anytime! Witness the shooting death
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of a Pensacola doctor; expect the body count to rise accordingly
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(mass graves, a la Guatemala, Panama & Iraq; dug by the National
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Guard, filled by the Marine [sic] Corpse). John Burt can go on
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national TV, and proudly espouse to membership in the Ku Klux Klan;
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the founders of the Ministries to the Preborn, the Lambs of Christ
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and Operation (Mindfucking) Rescue testify before a House Judiciary
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Committee & impose their agenda, insisting they be allowed to play
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a videotape, designed to discredit anyone "Pro-Choice" showing
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themselves to be the reprehensible assholes they are; an unknown
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Cuban is indicted on drug trafficking charges, setting the scene
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for another Bay of Pigs. Remember Bush/Noriega? Probably not,
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considering the soap opera show trial of Wlm. Kennedy Smith, conve-
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niently staged at the same time, only 40 odd miles away, setting a
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dangerous historical precedent; this being the first time the USofA
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has invaded a sovereign nation, for the sole purpose of kidnapping,
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prosecuting and imprisoning a foreign head of state, just to shut
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him up. This coming right after the appointment & subsequent media
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fuckover concerning Clarence Thomas & his alleged sexual misconduct
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as regards Ms. Hill & several others. And one cannot help but
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wonder if "Operation Desert Scam" was nothing more than a CNN/CIA-
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Pentagon-approved government attempt to play on the short memory,
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as well as the racist tendencies of the American people, to wit;
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consider the fact that Geo. Bush's son, Neil, was under indictment
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for banking fraud, extortion, and myriad other allegations, none of
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which he did nay jail time for, and for which his cheque probably
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bounced. That is, if he even bothered with the fine levied for such
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a royal impropriety. Meanwhile, brother Geo. Jr. sells off his
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land, oil & stock holdings, days before the "deadline" is imposed,
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bordering on insider trading like a motherfucker, yet he's never
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called on it. At the same time, gasoline prices soar, before a shot
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is fired, and, you can buy your "Kill Hussein" T-shirt right at the
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pump, along with your requisite flag decal and yellow ribbon; one-
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stop shopping for phony patriotism. Of course you bought 'em.
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Now we got "Bubba" Bill & the yuppie housewives from hell, but
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perhaps I should get to the point, which is this; there is a "new"
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element at play in these fields, that being an unholy alliance
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between the fundamentalist "Christian" right-wing religious groups,
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the Moral Majority (which is neither), the Aryan Nation, Amerikkkan
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Nazi Party, KKK & ultra-conservative factions, passing themselves
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off as "Concerned Parents" at a grassroots level[...]. Make no mis-
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take; these bastards have an agenda; nothing less than a total
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takeover of local, state & federal level government by year 2000,
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at which time they are certain their "Jesus/Hitler" is coming back.
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Using pornography, rock music or media as their "issues," they are
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able to motivate large numbers of "just plain folks" to approve the
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actions of these self-appointed censors. They claim they want to
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"clean up dirty, smutty art" using almost the same words as Adolf
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Hitler used when he declared it "undermines the purity of the Aryan
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race." Substitute "Family Values" for "Aryan race" & you get an
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idea as to where they're coming from.
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These "Christian" cocksuckers are nationally organized, extremely
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mobile, above the "law" and arrogant in their certitude of
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"Victory." If you recall, Hitler was a Christian, also. His SS &
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field troops wore belts inscribed with the motto: "God is on our
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side."
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All I'm trying to say, in a cheap tequila swilling, lemon-sucking
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way is that we will all have a huge fucking problem if these cheap
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thugs have their way. Wait till Pres. Pat Robertson & VP Pat
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Buchanan take office. We will no longer have to speculate as to
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what life might be like in a totalitarian banana-republic style
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police state, we will in fact, be living in one. A place where you,
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too, may "disappear" or "commit suicide" or be "shot trying to
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escape."
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I am not trying to be alarmist, and hope I'm not coming off
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paranoid. I have been on vote strike for nearly 20 years; voting
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for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. My political
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leanings have always been towards the anarchistic, be that Groucho
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Marxist or John Lennonist; I am pro-psychedelic drugs (the only
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true pathway to God), pro-choice, a feminist, anti-racist & anti-
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fascist. That's why this "grassroots" movement disturbs me, and it
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should you, too. It is happening, even as we speak. They already
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own nationwide TV & radio franchises, which allow them daily
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diatribes to a converted audience, saying outrageous shit like
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"Radical homosexuals are poisoning the water supply with AIDS" and
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"Abortion causes breast cancer." Don't take my word for it, I have
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hours of this filth on tape, if you want to hear it. Write me for
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a sample.
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I submit it to you, your friends & co-conspirators, that we need
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to educate ourselves and each other as to the true aims of these
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latter-day little Hitler-boys & their busybody wives. I would
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greatly appreciate any correspondence with any groups or indi-
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viduals who are likewise concerned by this alternative to personal
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freedoms; the fundamentalist "Christian" police state, coming soon
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to a mindset near you!!! Word.
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Increase the Peace,
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R.E. Bareaux
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108 Herndon Ave.
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Stanford, KY. 40484
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PS: A quick postscript; Rev. Wildmon is also a member of the Board
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of Directors of Focus on the Foetus Family, and is more well known
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as the man who took on "Mighty Mouse" and won, making accusations
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that because a fucking cartoon character sniffed a bouquet of
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flowers & it went up his nose (this is a cartoon) CBS was "de-
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claring war on our children" by promoting cocaine abuse. He was
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most recently in Wisconsin w/a few hundred thousand perverts like
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himself for the purpose of blockading/boycotting Johnson Wax Co.
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for sponsoring/advertising on shows like "Northern Exposure" and
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"The Simpsons." [...]
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NATIONAL SOCIALIST
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Dear Anarchy,
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I write to comment on a letter from Librairie Alternative in
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Anarchy #36. First of all I view myself as a socialist but I have
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heavy nationalistic beliefs. Also let me state Molly Gill seems
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like a level headed sister. Molly says we should support white
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POWs! We should, but this is disputed by Librairie Alternative
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(hereafter "L.A."). But I am willing to bet L.A. supports black
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racist/sexists such as the Nation of Islam and other black
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nationalist groups who teach the white devil concept. If they ac-
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cept black nationalism, why not white nationalism? White people are
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being oppressed in this country. Look who can no longer speak their
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mind with out being called "racist." As for a world Jewish
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conspiracy mentioned in the letter, I say look around you. New York
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has more Jews than Israel. I shall also state that those of us who
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choose to keep our race white by not race mixing are free to do so.
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I absolutely agree with some of the policies of national socialism.
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I think Molly Gill has every right to be published in your open
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letters section. Now I would like to comment on Jason's comment to
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this letter. He begins with "Fuck white nationalism, fuck Marxist
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obfuscation." I have never read Jason stating "Fuck black
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nationalism, fuck capitalism." This is the huge problem with
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Europeans in this country today. they readily denounce white pride.
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But they embrace the black nationalists who rant about how evil all
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white people are. I have seen a lot of black nationalist letters
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which don't cause an uprise, but when my sister Molly Gill writes
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a letter, oh shit, you'd think it was Judgment Day. I think you
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were wrong Jason, you can't denounce one form of nationalism while
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allowing another more destructive nationalism to be unscathed in
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your zine. As for "Fuck Marxist obfuscation," I thought that maybe
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we could work together for a common cause. But I see you don't want
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this, so be it. I still enjoy your zine for the most part. You also
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call "authoritarian" Marxists and fascists "enemies of freedom."
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That is a cold lie. Marxism is a dictatorship of the people and
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fascism is the uplifting of one's race. If one is to combine the
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two you have then achieved "peace through revolution" (my
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statement). You claim communism to be dead, but it's not. The only
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reason I attack you this way is because I am offended by your
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attitude towards Europeans. The Red Army won WW2, Stalin's only
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feat (which is not great). The frame up of Germany by Stalinist
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forces who conducted the "Holocaust" I doubt you'll publish my
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letter, but, I am asking you to. Peace through Revolution!
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Jayson Josef Strieter #186727
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Waupan Corr. Institution
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POB 351
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Waupan, WI. 53963-0351
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[This letter is too stupid to merit much of a reply. We stand by
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our unvarying anti-nationalist stance. White or black, racial
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"nationalism" is unsavory. However, the total confusion here of all
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the worst aspects of racism, nationalism, authoritarian socialism
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and, apparently, anti-Semitism as well, makes this letter about as
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appropriate for this magazine as would be a bowling ball on a bil-
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liard table. -Jason]
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OFF THE SHELF
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Dear Jason/Toni,
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Buying Anarchy in Tower Records feels decidedly odd, but I'm not
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going to complain since spreading not just the message but the
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profile of anarchy can only be a good thing. Issue 36 was a fine
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one and I continue to applaud your move to glossy coffee-table
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magazine format, since I'm something of an armchair anarchist
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myself. Seriously, to have views that most people associate with
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hairy punks expressed in a cogent and visually stimulating form,
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and available off the shelf of a major record chain, is very
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encouraging. [...]
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Keep up the most excellent work.
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Yours,
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J.W., London, England
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FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
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Dear folks at Anarchy,
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Greetings from "Oblando", the number one tourist destination in
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the world. [...]
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If the free exchange of ideas and information is to occur any-
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where, the halls of local gov't would seem likely hubs of such
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activity. But on 12/09/91 I was driven from city hall, as Candide
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was from Westphalia, "at the point of a jackboot."
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Detained for nearly an hour by an armed uniformed cop and the
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mayor's chief of staff (who is also an armed police lieutenant), I
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was finally issued a trespass warning, banning me from the building
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"and its curtilage" for one year, with threat of arrest. The ACLU
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of Central Florida sued the chief of staff for $10,000 in Orange
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County circuit court in 03/92 for violating my 1st (Free Speech),
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4th (Search/Seizure, because I was actually "seized"), and 14th
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(False Imprisonment without Due Process) rights. The city's risk
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management carrier (they're self-insured) paid for his defense and
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settled out of court in 09/92 for $5,000. (A week or so later,
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another Orlandoid settled a case with the city for $16,000. He'd
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been arrested & booked for wearing a ski-mask & black shirt with
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"police" scrawled on it, and passing out handbills poking fun at
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our local vice squad. The arrest took place on Halloween night,
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1990. Among thousands of masks on the street, his was the only one
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cops didn't like.)
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Even before I sued, on 01/13/92 (my fellow) members of Central
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Floridians Against Censorship went to city hall to distribute more
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copies of the newsletter that caused the trespass warning. They
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were met at the front door by the city attorney, a mayor's aide,
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two employees with video cameras, and six OPD goons. They were
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handed copies of the enclosed "city policy," which was hastily
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prepared by bureaucretins operating in reactionary mode, and is un-
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signed, undated and on City of Orlando letterhead. It states that
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"DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS, LEAFLETS, AND/OR OTHER PRINTED MATERI-
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ALS IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY HALL OFFICE BUILDING." (As
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written, this would seem to prevent a citizen from even such
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Anarchy as hand-delivering a letter to one's city commissioner.)
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I have since been writing to the city attorney, with no reply, and
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to the newly elected (and first ever female) mayor, also with no
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reply yet, as to whether they will continue enforcement of this
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policy. I have repeatedly brought the policy to the attention of
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the editorial board of the Orlando Sentinel and they have not
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acknowledged my correspondence. Anarchy is only the second out-of-
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town publication (so far) to hear this story; Gauntlet was the
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first and they heard it from the editor of the Orlando Spectator,
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a local alternative 'zine/paper. I have not yet told it to the gang
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that does the Bill of Rights section near the front of Playboy.
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Anarchy is the first to hear this other item from "Oblando"
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(world's #1 tourist spot): on 07-27-92 the City Council unanimously
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approved (without comment) a nine page [...] between the Barbara
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Gillmann Gallery (270 NE 39th St., Miami, FL. 33137) and an entity
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known as the "City of Orlando Public Art Advisory Board." The
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contract was for the exhibition by Florida Hispanic Artists, to
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hang in the city hall Terrace Gallery from Aug.-Dec.'92. On page 3
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of 9, fourth paragraph, the contract stated: "ALL ART WILL BE
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ORIGINAL WORK DEPICTING NO VIOLENCE, NUDITY, RACIAL PREJUDICE, OR
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STRONG RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL OVERTONES." Gillmann was paid $6,000
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for curating.
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This last is purely coincidental to the goings on in our city
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hall, the top of which is superbly built to one day perfectly
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accommodate a giant one of those black mouse ear beanie-caps, sold
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by the millions just down the highway, by Walt Disney's heirs.
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Orlando city hall is barely two years old. Its 1958 predecessor can
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be seen being blown to rubble, near the beginning of the film
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Lethal Weapon 3, as the two stars run from the front door. Please
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let me know if you hear plans for production of Lethal Weapon 4, or
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other movies in search of buildings to be dynamited. I wish to
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nominate Orlando's "new" city hall.
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Love, from "Oblando," don't come here and spend any money.
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Michael, Camarata
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Orlando, FL.
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IWW FAR FROM IDEAL
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Dear Anarchy,
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Jason, in his response to my letter defending the IWW (Anarchy
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#36), suggested that I was arguing that the IWW should be above
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criticism. I never made such a claim. I just feel that if we are
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ever going to be able to work together as revolutionaries, then a
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distinction must be made between criticism and baseless
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accusations. Jason simply as no evidence to prove that the IWW is
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a political "gang" or "racket" with totalitarian aims. I can
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understand how he feels about the slogan "One Big Union," but as I
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showed by citing the IWW Preamble, the reference is intended to
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convey the notion of working-class solidarity as an alternative to
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the narrow self-interest practiced by the AFL-CIO. Jason, however,
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prefers not to take the IWW at its word for anything. Then why
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insist on holding one phrase against the IWW, "One Big Union,"
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while not taking serious anything else it says? Isn't there a
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contradiction here? Besides, if the IWW were to change its slogans
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to something more "anarchistically correct," Jason would be no more
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likely to join it than before, because he opposes all unions and
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organizations, anarchist ones as much as non-anarchist ones.
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My experience within the IWW, as well as co-operatives, the anti-
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nuke movement, and various anarchist federations, has taught me
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that the IWW is certainly no less democratic nor less member-run
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than the average, and probably a little more than most. I have
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witnessed informal hierarchies, and careerism at work in many
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organizations, and have never been one to hesitate to call this to
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other peoples' attention and fight against it. Certainly the IWW
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has had its own share of these problems, and its organizational
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structure is far from ideal (if organizations could ever be so).
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But I have never witnessed the IWW recruiting "cannon fodder," nor
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cynically exploiting the ecology movement, women's movement, or any
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other radical cause. When the IWW supports something, no matter how
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misguided, it has always been honest and sincere about it. Again,
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I put it to Jason, if you have proof, where is it? Show us the
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smoking guns and dead bodies, not just hearsay and gossip, or the
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Gospel according to Cammatte and Collu.
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I recognize the role of criticism in the revolutionary movement.
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It keeps everyone on their toes, and ultimately can help to find
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answers to our problems. Perhaps Anarchy should be willing to take
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some honest criticism yourselves.
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Fraternally,
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Jeff Stein, Champaign, IL.
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Jason responds again...
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Beware of organizational manipulation
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I have no desire to continue taking the digressions of this argu-
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ment further and further from the original point I made in a
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footnote to a review I wrote back in Anarchy #28 in the Spring of
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1991! At that point I commented on the opportunistic way in which
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it appeared that those in control of the IWW newspaper made the
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decision to suddenly back Earth First! in the Summer of 1988=FEand to
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do so in a fairly jingoistic manner at that. At this same time,
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those wobblies who were critical of this organizational decision
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(from what I heard from a couple IWW members supportive of EF!)
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were not allowed access to voice their opinions in this same news-
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paper. I certainly don't know the whole story involved here, and it
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isn't the most earthshaking piece of news, anyway, at this point
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five years later! But it does point to the existence of typical
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forms of manipulation and informal hierarchies which all anarchists
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ought to be very concerned about eliminating. In this case, at
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least, Jeff Stein obviously isn't so concerned.
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Jeff is the one making a mountain out of the molehill of the "One
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Big Union" slogan. I consider its use a mere symptom of the ideo-
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logical mindset of the IWW administrative and propaganda hierar-
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chies (those in control of the public image presented by the
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organization), not something that can be taken as a serious plan of
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action for implementation by such a minuscule group. I suspect that
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this has become a major concern of Jeff's because it serves him as
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a diversion from any talk about other specific and genuine problems
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with union organization, like the episode I mention above. (Howev-
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er, just to let readers know that I'm not the only one concerned by
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the "OBU" slogan, a recent IWW General Secretary-Treasurer, Jess
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Grant, has been quoted as writing, "If we are to redefine the IWW,
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as we must to be successful, taking a hard look at the [concept of]
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One Big Union and its scary implications is a good place to
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start.")
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As for the accuracy of my characterization of the IWW as one of
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the many leftist organizations which function as "political rack-
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ets," rather than repeating myself I suggest that readers check out
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my reply to M.S.J. in Anarchy #34 pp.68-9. Or for a more general
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theoretical discussion of the phenomenon see a copy of On Organi-
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zation by Cammatte and Collu (a pamphlet available for $1.00 post-
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paid from C.A.L., POB 1446, Columbia, MO. 65205-1446).
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GREEK ANARCHISTS
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Dear Anarchy and readers,
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I've been reading your journal for the last couple of years and
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found it quite an interesting work, surely, one of the best in the
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international anarchist press. I would very much like to have
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contact with anarchists from U.S.A. and I suppose that the best way
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to do this is by exchanging letters and anarchist material (or even
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visiting each other's country!). Thus, I send you this periodical
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that we publish in Thessaloniki, in Greece.
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I believe you have already had an idea about the anti-authori-
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tarian movement in Greece. In the issue #35 there was an article
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sent by the comrades from the information bulletin Stiu Tsilia (who
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are active in Thessaloniki, too). As I've spent the last year
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abroad I'm not the best person to inform you about what's happening
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now in Greece. Anyway, I suppose that many of you are more or less
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informed about the situation in the Balkans and the war in former-
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Yugoslavia. Of course the international mass-media had found guilt
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just in the face of the Serbs, yet, the truth is that almost every
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power in the area is to be blamed together with the countries of
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the "European Community" and, of course, the U.S.A. whose role as
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the Empire of the New World Order strikes dangerously once more. On
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the other hand, the societies of the Balkan countries are not yet
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ready to resist a possible war and that is the worst of all.
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However, in Greece the anti-militarists are able to fight against
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such a possibility, perhaps more than in any other Balkan country;
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what is of a great need is a permanent and willful contact between
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the anti-authoritarians of the area, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians,
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Serbs, Rumanians, etc.
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I'm also sending you the addresses of the anarchist groups in
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Thessaloniki. In a future letter I'll also send addresses from
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other groups in other towns of the country.
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Anarchist and Libertarian Groups in Thessaloniki
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Committee for Total
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Objectors
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fax: (031) 285604
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PO Box 50042
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Thessaloniki 54013
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Greece
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Ektos Nomoi
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(@ newspaper)
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PO Box 11251
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54110 Thessaloniki
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Greece
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Radio Utopia
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(alternative radio)
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tel: (031) 214272
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Konstantopoulou 1
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54634 Thessaloniki
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Greece
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Mavro Rodo
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(@ periodical)
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PO Box 10005
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54110 Thessaloniki
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Greece
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As it was mentioned in the article presented by the Bulletin Stiu
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Tsilia, there are also two occupations in Thessaloniki where anti-
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authoritarian groups are gathered and also where parties and
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concerts take place. I really hope that either Anarchy or its
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readers will use the addresses I've sent. The communication between
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anarchists is as essential as ever.
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Fraternally,
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Loukis Hassiotis
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Filikis Eterias 29
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54621 Thessaloniki
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Greece
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