The final piece from END:CIV is both a reality check and a call to arms. Can we really expect the power structures to change their destructive ways by asking nicely? Do we have unlimited time to stop the destruction of the planet? The answer to both questions is no. If we are serious about defending the biosphere and abolishing the institutions responsible for the hyper exploitation of the land, we have to become a resistance movement and go beyond “feel good” symbolic actions.
Some of the most celebrated social justice victories of the 20th century are attributed to the great pacifists of our time, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. This constitutes a historical whitewash, as these “victories” were achieved when the state weighed its options and chose the lesser of two evils: the pacifists. In this segment Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Aric Mcbay, Harjap Grewal, Gord Hill and Peter Gelderloos deconstruct the Gandhi myth and show us why militant action plays an important role in movements of resistance.
Last week the supposed defenders of the environment, A.K.A. the Environmental Non Governmental Organizations or E.N.G.O.s, cut a “deal” with timber industries to protect a large chunk of the boreal forest. On the surface this agreement looks good, but the entire deal was not published, only an abridged version was made available online. Some of the groups that took part of this deal are Greenpeace, the David Suzuki Foundation and Forest Ethics.
The one aspect of this “accomplishment” that they are not publicizing is that they struck it without consulting with the First Nations, the original human inhabitants of those lands.
As we face increasingly catastrophic environmental destruction, it is imperative that we seek guidance from those who “managed” the environment sustainably for over 10,000 years.
This short piece from “END:CIV” is a visual interpretation of Derrick Jensen’s Second Premise from ENDGAME:
Traditional communities do not often voluntarily give up or sell the resources on which their communities are based until their communities have been destroyed. They also do not willingly allow their landbases to be damaged so that other resources—gold, oil, and so on—can be extracted. It follows that those who want the resources will do what they can to destroy traditional communities.
“I don’t know if you know this, but the original draft of the movie star wars was not written by Lucas, the original draft was written by environmentalists. And it’s a little bit different”
Those were the first words I ever heard Derrick Jensen speak, and my world view has never been the same since. The year was 2006 and I had just moved to New York City to work for Democracy Now!. I was taping the Community Solutions conference, a peak oil convention held at Cooper Union. Unlike the other speakers, Derrick did not talk about about solar panels or wind turbines. He spoke of our culture’s systematic destruction of the planet and of the failure of the environmental movement. After hearing his talk, I immediately sought out his books and the first seeds of END:CIV were planted.
The “Star Wars” piece is one of Derrick’s best analogies, one that delivers a precise critique of mainstream environmental groups.
Directed by Franklin López, Motion Graphic support by pussykrew. Production assistance by Paul Clarke, Annette Fick, Rosalee Yagihara and Chris Bevacqua.
“I want to live among people who are conscious that we live in a war. A war against life, against the spirit. I want to live among people who don’t look down at their feet, or won’t look you in the eyes when you speak of struggle or insurrection, because In their heart they know they have surrendered, and because—maybe, just maybe—they never really hated the system. Among people who have not been bought, who did not take the pills they were offered, because they preferred to struggle with their feeling of pathologized anxiety than to live in the dead zone. People who don’t pretend to be struggling when it is obvious that what they are doing is turning a battlefield into a garden. I want to be in a place where the war is admissible.”
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[Noticias de la Guerra Social] In the early hours of Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at about 2am an anonymous shadow approached and left an incendiary device in the doorway of the Circle of retired prison officers located at José Toribio … Continue reading →
translation received anonymously: Translator’s note: This sabotage took place during the ongoing movement against the “loi Travail” (the work act). The university of Tolbiac is on the frontline of this struggle in Paris. This rampage was commented in the bourgeois … Continue reading →
(WOS note: Here are links to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd communiques of the new phase of ITS.) from Maldición Eco-extremista, translated by “Chahta-Ima”: “ITS is in Argentina” That was part of the message that we left along with an … Continue reading →
from Maldición Eco-extremista: Merely being an eco-extremist propagandist, I am forced to pay attention to reactions of anarchist and leftist readers to the actions of ITS and other eco-extremist groups. The first reaction I encounter is usually one of disgust. … Continue reading →
(WOS Note: Here are the first and second communiques of the new phase of Individualists Tending toward the Wild (ITS), both in Mexico. This translation by “Chahta-Ima” with some edits.) From maldicionecoextremista: We are curare arrows of the ancients against … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, translated wos: During the night between the 19th and 20th of November we placed an incendiary device on a lateral conductor on the tracks of the Turín-Milán line. Onward with the sabotage of the tentacles of the system! … Continue reading →
From Contrainfo, translation WOS: Communique received February 11, 2016 Below we leave some words from anarchist compañera Mónica Caballero in relation to the logic and functioning of the respect unit (m-R) in multiple prisons in the Spanish State. With the … Continue reading →
Text from Contrainfo, translation WOS; also see this report from the press: Santiago, Chile, February 11, 2016 On February 11, we headed for the intersection of Pedro Lagos and Arturo Prat, where the Chilean gendarmerie have their Center for Social … Continue reading →
we receive and publish an extract from an article about the attack, followed by a translation of the communique claiming the attack: In the fourth anti-GMO terrorist event in Latin America this year, the Mexico-based organization Alianza Pro Transgenicos (Alliance … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, transl. waronsociety: The reasons to act, motivations, and urgencies remain. Also in many the excuses to not do it remain. We will always consciously choose the first option. Saturday, July 4, minutes before the “copa américa” began, which … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, transl waronsociety: Chikomoztoc, July 3, 2015. “But how can we pretend that one dies in time who has never lived in time? It would be better if they had not been born. This is what Nature desires for … Continue reading →
from refractario, transl. waronsociety: Claudio Lavazza’s contribution to the “Days of Resistance and Solidarity” held March 26-28 in Athens organized by the Assembly of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Imprisoned and Accused Fighters. The compañero remains imprisoned in the dungeons … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, transl waronsociety: Chikomoztok, July 8, 2015 The company ICA (Civil and Associated Engineers) is the giant of infrastructure in Mexico. The construction of freeways, urban complexes, hydroelectric plants, airports, refineries, metro stations and more, are the areas that … Continue reading →
translation we receive and publish (original is at contrainfo [pdf]): Pachuca, Hidalgo, November 13 2014. With this statement, some groupuscules of “Wild Reaction” (RS), will respond to the text “Some ideas about the present and the future” from “Ediciones Isumatag” … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, transl waronsociety: 1st Message: Declaration of Permanent War Everyone get out! “Bakunin said that revolutions are three quarters fantasy and a quarter reality. The important thing is realizing where the fantasy that leads to the explosion of generalized … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, translated by waronsociety: Don’t vote them in, kick them out! “As writers of an essay of political philosophy, the Invisible Committee affects a strong contempt for speculation and a marked penchant for practice. And this is good, above … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, translated by waronsociety: Several months ago, the communication media falsely attributed to us a series of attacks on various targets in different parts of the Mexican republic, for which reason we want to present the following: 1. The … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, transl waronsociety: At almost two months into the liquid hunger strike of compañerxs Juan Flores, Nataly Casanova, and Guillermo Durán, today [June 5th] one of the most important demands was achieved: compañero Enrique Gúzman was moved from prison … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, translated by waronsociety: In the morning of April 14 of this year, we left a book-bomb in the facilities of the University of Mexico Valley (UVM), on its Coacalco campus in Mexico State. The explosive was addressed to … Continue reading →
from contrainfo, translated by waronsociety: The morning of May 14 of this year, we prepared a fire extinguisher full of dynamite, black powder and phosphorous powder with a homemade slow-fuse detonator. We abandonded it on the outskirts of the Cuautitlán campus … Continue reading →
But it’s not anymore. Three years to the day of the first post to This Is Our Job, I’ve decided to end this particular anarchist project in order to devote myself to other anarchist projects. Primarily, I want more time … Continue reading →
As we’ve already stated, the police will be attacked, whether with bullets, fire, or explosives. We call the things we do by their names, and we want our comrades to do the same. We’re not going to say we’re carrying … Continue reading →
On Tuesday, October 2, the sentences were announced in the second trial of the Fire Cells Conspiracy Revolutionary Organization. The trial began in December 2011 and dealt with three bombings carried out by the Fire Cells Conspiracy in 2009: at … Continue reading →
Operation Ardire prisoner Giulia Marziale has just released two fascinating communiqués about the ludicrousness of the charges against her and about the hypocrisy of people who sympathize with political dissidents elsewhere while condemning those in their own backyard.
From Contra Info (September 27, 2012): Rat poison campaign: At 11 p.m., we torched a new red Volkswagen belonging to the 7th Precinct criminal investigation squad at the corner of Calle Irigoyen and Calle Jujuy. The action was carried out … Continue reading →
The general contact e-mail address for the imprisoned members of the Fire Cells Conspiracy has changed. The new address is: sinomosiapf [at] riseup [dot] net
From Liberación Total (September 14, 2012): CLAIM FOR REVOLUTIONARY CRIMINAL ATTACK ON LA FLORIDA PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE We attacked the Southern Prosecutor’s Office because it symbolizes law enforcement. From there, people are sent to prison. People are sentenced for crimes and … Continue reading →
Wednesday, September 5 The four Fire Cells Conspiracy members refused to attend this trial session, thereby showing their opposition to the vindictive transfers imposed on them during the summer, as they were brought back to Korydallos Prison in Athens just … Continue reading →
In this most recent letter from Stefano Gabriele Fosco, who ran the Culmine blog before he was arrested in the context of Operation Ardire, he fires back at those who have been criticizing anarchist prisoners for using elements of the … Continue reading →
The prisoners explain why their order for custody is not something they want shared, while Sergio Maria Stefani joins the hunger strike. Act for Freedom Now! has it all covered, here and here.
Free the Warsaw 3: London Banner drop and upcoming solidarity events !! Last weekend, individuals handed out zines and dropped a banner at TRESPASS ( DIY Punk show ) to raise awareness and support for the Warsaw 3; three anarchists arrested and charged under new anti-terror laws. Donations were also collected … Continue reading →
via:antisocialevolution.blackblogs.We received and publish : Inside the increasingly growing modernization in the already rampantly developed urbanization I feel my individuality to suffocate. The urban field in my eyes is an area of open prison. Inside it humans just exist, as … Continue reading →
Two years since the kidnapping of the comrades for the Bombs Case 2 we recall the events that have occurred in this case. At dawn on September 18, 9 police bastards of the carabineros brutally raided the residence of Nataly … Continue reading →
PDF : The insurrectionist attack and international solidarity continues in the hearts and action of the rebels around the world . Repression will lead to nothing more than their spreading .The attack of the state will only fuel the insurrection. … Continue reading →
We announce that all three of Warsaw are freed. After nearly 4 months of absolute isolation we managed to pull them out of jail. This release proves how weak is the police evidence and how “necessary steps” of the prosecution were just playing time, using detention as form … Continue reading →
[In July 2016, an incendiary attack took place against an urgency telecommunication tower stat ion belong ing to the Zurich Police. As explained in the following article published in the biweekly anarchist newspaper Dissonanz issue 34, a repressive situation followed … Continue reading →
Prisons in the usa – The dark side of slavery in american society In order to be in the position to understand the importance and necessity of the us prisoners’ struggle, we first need to analyze the role of slavery … Continue reading →
Prisons in the USA – The dark side of slavery in American society In order to be in the position to understand the importance and necessity of the us prisoners’ struggle, we first need to analyze the role of slavery in the foundation and evolution of the american state and its historical and integral ,until […]
Yesim Nurova is a journalist affiliated with R9 Media. She is an animal rights activist known throughout Turkey and Europe. She has organized and led some of the largest animal liberation and animal rights demonstrations and protests, many with a Direct Action component, in Asia. Also, she is the Founder of the Spanish language A.L.F […]
Update: The 3 comrades have all been released on bail. The Warsaw 3 have been arrested in May and kept since then in a high security jail with very limited contact to the outside and are facing severe sentences under the new anti-terrorist and anti-anarchist laws. They are still awaiting trial. Today during a court […]
This is dedicated to all the very young ones, youths with no direction yet, the kids that punch out at everything. Those that hate being told what to do and hate authority, who’ve fell foul of the law, who don’t even consider anarchy. Rebels without a cause. A prison gate is a border, it is […]
PDF: “Individuality and the anarchist group” by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Urban Guerrilla Cell. Individuality and the anarchist group Prologue This title from Black International, “Individuality and the anarchist group”, written by Gerasimos Tsakalos of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Urban Guerrilla Cell, is about a topic that concerns many of […] […]
Received: video of prison strike solidarity noise demo, fireworks, flares. smoke bombs at juvenile ‘detention centre’ in Narrm (so-called ‘Melbourne’) Wurundjeri land https://we.riseup.net/assets/326582/demonstration.webm
The 9/9/71 marked one of the most important dates for the struggle against prisons. The uprising in Attica would still be a major event, even without the subsequent massacre committed by the cops who acted in compliance with the mandates of the Law and Order doctrine, which has found various diversified applications in the western […]
On September 8th, in solidarity with prisoners taking action for the 9/9 prisoner strike, about a dozen people disrupted activities at the local Democratic Party campaign headquarters. Standing outside the building, people held a large banner announcing the prisoner strike while a statement was read and others passed out handbills. Additionally, a group of p […]
What is so special about this site? I have a text I’d like to see in the library. May I submit it? I uploaded something, but you censored me! What about my zine? What about my scans? Hey, you started without me. Can I join you? What about support for other languages? Tell us about your technology. Why don […]
An update from the Anarchist Library: Fall 2015 Getting old? or just the weather... Languages: Social Media: Mirrors: How to help: The Libraries: October 4, 2014: a shiny new library April 2014 December 2013 update (2) The bright side The dark side December 2013 update October 6th, 2015 An u […]
The torrent Search plugin for Calibre Code The torrent A torrent release is available here (January 22, 2016) It ships the CD/DVD images with the full archive of this site and of its sister sites: Anarchistische Bibliothek Anarhistička biblioteka Anarkistinen kirjasto Библиотека Анархизма La Biblioteca Anarquista Анархистичка библиотека The […]
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Introduction Installation Essentials Full-featured installation (PDF) Introduction The texts stored on the libraries are formatted with a dialect of the Emacs Muse markup, which is described in deep details in the manual. The files are pure plain text (with the popular and ubiquitous UTF-8 encoding), and you can edit them with any […]
Welcome to The Anarchist Library. You can find all of the libraries on torrent here, along with the magnet link. The previous announcements are located over on the wiki.
Author: AnonymousTitle: You Make Plans - We Make HistorySubtitle: Ecological Collapse, Science, the Anti-Globalisation Protests and Reclaim The StreetsDate: September 29th, 2001Source: Retrieved on September 21st, 2016 from http://www.revoltagainstplenty.com/index.php/archive-global/71-you-make-plans-we-make-history.html
Author: LluadTitle: Resignation is DeathSubtitle: Responding to the negation of anarchyDate: April 9th, 2016Source: https://blackbannerdistro.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/resignation-is-death-responding-to-the-negation-of-anarchy-2/
Author: Rudolf RockerTitle: Anarchosyndicalism: Theory and PracticeSubtitle: An Introduction to a Subject Which the Spanish War Has Brought into Overwhelming ProminenceDate: 1938Notes: Originally published in 1938 by Martin Secker and Warburg LtdSource: Retrieved on April 26, 2009 from www.spunk.org
Author: Joseph DéjacqueTitle: On the Human Being, Male and FemaleDate: 1857Notes: (Letter written to P. J. Proudhon by Joseph Déjacque in 1857. Translated from Les Temps Nouveaux by Jonathan Mayo Crane)Source: http://libertarian-labyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/04/joseph-dejacque-human-being-i.html
Author: Donald RooumTitle: The Ethics of EgoismDate: 1962Notes: Published in Anarchy: A Journal of Anarchist Ideas #22Source: Retrieved on September 2, 2016 from http://libcom.org/library/anarchy-022
Author: Choloa TlacotinTitle: A LETTER TO: “HALPUTTA HADJO”Date: 08-20-2016Source: Retrieved on 8-25-2016 from http://www.anarchistnews.org/content/letter-“halputta-hadjo”
Author: Bob BlackTitle: Beautiful LosersSubtitle: This Historiography of the Industrial Workers of the WorldSource: Retrieved on August 25th, 2016 from http://www.inspiracy.com/black/beautifullosers.html
Author: AnonymousTitle: Smarter Prison? — Call for War on the Technology MultinationalsDate: Feb. 2, 2016Notes: Submitted to Return Fire in the last month of 2015, as part of the challenge to create diverse Black December activities. Return Fire take full responsibility for delaying publication while we awaited corrections, which we now amended into the text […]
Yes, a normal wage-labor job is ethically wrong. It is wrong to work with anyone as anything other than an equal: it is wrong to employ wage/salary workers and wrong to accept wage/salary employment. The wage/salary worker is a means to an end -- an input, a factor of production -- and any acceptance of the treatment of a living thing as a tool to be used i […]
Material philosophy is based on the belief that society evolves politically and economically by means of natural law, when I deconstruct the philosophy beneath what this concept represents to me is the belief that the state is not a concept created and supported by the faith and support that humans put into it but a tangible system that serves a vital role i […]
To me it's a curious phenomenon that people go through "rebellious phases" so often only to end up embracing tradition, authority, and organization in the end. For example, most of the people who were part of the hippie movement, which by the standards of the time period they lived in, violated some very sacred tenants, having sex with lots of […]
Right now: "There's no time for hope, there's no reasons for fear, and we need only think of new weapons" - Cody Wilson (paraphrasing Deleuze, I think) Yeah the guy who developed 3D printable guns and worked on DefCAD and Dark Wallet. I feel a bit skeptical about him given that he's seemingly emerged from the anacap/American Libertar […]
Anarchism isn't utopian for the simple fact that many forms of it have actually existed. I'd suggest searching youtube for David Graeber talking about Madagascar and the anarchist communities there. However, as David himself points out, those communities didn't advertise themselves because that's dangerous. Throughout history, violent sta […]
I am an anarchist from Syria, I managed to obtain many scholarships and reach top universities, right now I am studying in the Lebanese American University. I am really suffering and I am becoming a big danger to my existence, In my major political science, I am surrounded with a bunch of people who are really far away from me. It is not my problem that evol […]
Any project of any size can emerge from a network of independent, self-employed individuals with no employees. Just think of all the people involved, from the lowliest laborer to the top engineer, as single-person contractors and contractees with reciprocal engagements that are all very, very short-term. My vision of anarchy is simply the absence of coercion […]
The Surrealists came out of Dada, and the late Surrealists associated with Andre Breton were explicitly anarchists. "It was in the black mirror of anarchism that surrealism first recognised itself." - Andre Breton, 1952 (La Claire Tour) I have only a passing familiarity with them through listening to a podcast talking about them, but here are some […]
Chomsky is an anarcho-syndicalist. He is NOT a libertarian, nor does he like libertarianism, because libertarianism allows tyranny by private power: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/noam-chomsky-kind-anarchism-i-believe-and-whats-wrong-libertarians
I found out my parents income, at least prior to my moms death, and it was what people would say is lower middle class. My dad is a factory worker and my mom was a medical assistant. Neither went to college but my mom did do schooling for her career as a medical assistant. I grew up in the hood(working class/poor) neighborhood. I know my parents income wasnt […]
i feel about this particular school (of thought and of teaching) as i do most things that are attempts to do good within the system. to the extent that they encourage/allow people to think for themselves and believe that they can make a difference and reject things that suck, and in those ways do better than most western school systems, i appreciate them. to […]
I would ask them how much they wanted to do the job, and then see If I could cope. Disclaimer: my last business, some decades ago, of making and then selling sandwiches on the beach with a friend, wasn't exactly a success because everybody was hungry but nobody had any money, so we ended up giving all the material for free. On the other hand, I'm p […]
My own answer is similar to the one above, but maybe different enough to make it worth writing: I don't like to be a sucker, or see anyone I care about getting fooled in any way. I'm not against voting any more than I'm against fantasy football, as long as the participants realize and accept that they have no actual influence on policy or the […]
No. A religion typically has one or more of these.a belief in a supernatural being or power.a series of beliefs that are organized into a set doctrinea set of beliefs or practices based upon the teaching of a spiritual leader.I'm sure there's more on what would determine what is and isn't a religion, Now, there are anarchists who idolize anarc […]
This is a weird question to me, from an anarchist standpoint. So, borders are not material things that exist in the world, but juridical concepts negotiated between nation-states. I'm not even sure that the ancient world, for example, talked about the somewhat different notions of "territory" and "influence" in those terms, but it is […]
For the sake of having an actual posted answer: Here is what Murray Rothbard, the father of Anarcho-capitalism, has to say on the matter: "We must therefore conclude that we are not anarchists, and that those who call us anarchists are not on firm etymological ground, and are being completely unhistorical. On the other hand, it is clear that we are not […]
I don't think I've ever convinced anyone that anarchists aren't window smashers, and to tell you the truth I like the image a little bit better than "normal, reasonable people.", even though there's no reason why someone can't be both :-). I also don't care what people think of anarchists as a group anyway because some […]
I propose that anarchy is a right-wing philosophy. Here I mean how ordinary people who associate themselves with right/left see the world as opposed to what the leaders who pretend to share feelings of ordinary people actually do. Personally I find spectrums, binaries and generalizations helpful in trying to make sense out of nonsense. Sure, just imperfect c […]
Athens, the Revolutionary Struggle trial: Statement of anarchist Jean Weir to the terror court of Korydallos wp.me/pIlyk-lN3 years ago
International Conspiracy for Revenge – FAI/IRF takes responsibility for arson of a school in Manado (Indonesia) wp.me/pIlyk-lL3 years ago
International Conspiracy for Revenge – FAI/IRF claim bombing and call for global actions in solidarity with prisoners of FAI-Indonesia Eat… 3 years ago
Mexico: Responsibility claim for armed attack on a municipal police patrol car in the municipality of Valle de Chalco in EdoMex… 4 years ago
‘Long-Live Luciano Tortuga Cell – International Conspiracy for Revenge – FAI / FRI’ attack electrical substation with incendiary device in… 4 years ago
October 5th, 2012: Call for Day of Action Against Mexican, US & Canadian Consulates & Embassies wp.me/pIlyk-lq4 years ago
