THE UNGOVERNABLES PRESENT PACE UNIVERSITY, NYC CAMPUS
2018-2019
your guide to anarchy
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Contents
04 STRUGGLING ON YOUR OWN TERMS 07 BRIEF COLONIAL HISTORY OF LOWER MANHATTAN 12 PACE UNIVERSITY SHUTS DOWN DISSENT & STUDENTS FIGHT BACK! 16 ON-CAMPUS GROUPS 17 OFF-CAMPUS GROUPS 19 THE UNGOVERNABLES' READING SELECTION 22 SAVE THE DATES: DAYS OF ACTION AND REMEMBRANCE 24 ANARCHY ON THE WEB 25 "LEAK COLLEGE TEXTBOOK PDF FILES NOT NUDES"
You are not a student and this is not a welcome packet. Dear “Student”: This is not a welcome packet. This is a prison break manual. The histories, how-tos, and counter-information contained herein are intended to help you find others fed up with the mediated, scheduled life. You’ve probably already met them.*
*Adapted from the 2014-2015 Disorientation guide by the UNControllables of the University of North Carolina
Anarchism is a political philosophy based on freedom and the idea that groups of people should not hold established power over others. This power over others is authority, and it happens in a lot of ways: the rich over the rest of us, white people over people of color, men over women, etc. And those in power enforce it in many ways: the police, the KKK, domestic abuse, etc. An anarchist is someone who tries to live life fighting those power structures so that we can all come up and achieve freedom without becoming the oppressors.
- Anarchy In The Town: An intro for people of color
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Struggling on Your Own Terms - some suggestions for doing anarchy at Pace There's no official organization you can join the become an anarchist in Pace, so it can be hard to understand how to engage that tendency. There's also a high risk of what we call "recuperation" - the university does offer plenty of opportunities to channel your ideas and intent to struggle into less threatening forms of social action. Like many other liberal cities, there's a ton of non-profits and organizations that form a visible social scene with its own resources and infrastructure. This means that single-issue activism and advocacy is usually the most obvious and easiest way to get politically involved. Moreover, this "involvement" tends to be representational and indirect, afflicting participants with a false sense of power while effectively defanging them.
If you're miserable, if you feel exploited, if you want revenge, you're not alone. Some of us here are into exposing and attacking this dystopia, we feel good about it and it's fun. Some of us are developing skills and resources outside of activism in order to build a material force the could fight back and decolonize this institution. But it's not always easy to figure out how to get started. This zine is about getting involved with some ungovernable folks trying to get free who lurk beneath the surface of Pace's progressive scenes.
Forming a Crew For small-scale illicit activities, all you really need is two things: (1) some close friends who ideally share your distaste for cops, respectability politics, etc, and are good at keeping secrets about unauthorized behavior (see "Security Culture"), and (2) the absence of chumps, bootlickers, and adversaries around you who might say some junk about it. The friends don't have to be "anarchists" or otherwise share the some political ideology with you - in fact, sometimes it's better to hit up friends who just have a slightly sketchy hobby, tagging along with them in order to get used to doing something illicit and getting away with it. Experiential knowledge go a lot farther than theoretical knowledge in this dimension.
5 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ Writing and distributing propaganda and counter-information is another thing you can do as an individual or with only a few friends - you can publish zines, newspapers, and other publications. This collective-made guide is an example. Counter-information can be combined with low-key getting/making posters and stickers and wheatpaste them everywhere. What's counter-information though? Just anything rewrites the information we usually hear about everyday events or local issues and makes it more accurate, or generally takes a stab at the established values of civil society.
Picking a Target and taking Initiative You may also need a sense of the social context and existent tensions (for example, in Pace NYC: respectability politics, r*pe culture, inherent settler colonial logic, superficial social justice, labor exploitation of students, right to assembly & expression), as well as some specific things you don't like, order to pick targets to attack. Follow your heart, but think strategically and don't discuss it afterwards.
Also, try not to let cynical people explain to you why you shouldn't do a thing. It's probably effective if it feels like the right response to you. It may or may not serve some broader plan or strategy, it may be repaired or buffed the same night and even be covered by insurance money. But being out there and ready to strike is a real thing that goes beyond material damage sometimes.
Not Getting Caught Learn to dress for the occasions, look at the area ahead of time so you can plan a route for approaching and leaving a target, and figure out where you won't be caught on camera. Don't make plans or talk about the action with other people or phones around. Practice running, lying, and hiding.
DISORIENTATION GUIDE _____________________________________________________________ The Scene Keep attentive for public anti-authoritarian assemblies and conversations, autonomous demos, and radical events at the various anarchist spaces in the city. However being a part of a radical scene isn't the same thing as doing meaningful political action. It is way more important to be taking initiative with your own friends than trying to befriend cool kids and fit in with whatever they might be doing. For one thing, the kind of informal approach to struggle that we're describing depends on decentralization and autonomy. It won't work if everyone trying to operate as one friend group, and it won't go anywhere interesting if everyone if following the lead of one person or small cadre of people. It's better to if people work relatively privately to develop their own skills and initiatives. Another thing to consider is that any aboveground scenes are bound by virtue of being aboveground, and can only go so far in terms of what types of attacks they can do. Is what you're doing better suited to being off the radar? A list of physical spaces we fux with! The Base 1302 Myrtle ave. Brooklyn, NY Bluestockings Radical Books 172 Allen St, New York, NY May Day Community Space 176 St Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn NY Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY New Women Space 188 Woodpoint Road, Store 1A, Brooklyn, NY Starr Bar 214 Starr St, Brooklyn, NY
REST!!! - Seriously Don't exhaust yourself. We are not machines. Sleep. Take breaks. Play. Daydream. Skip class. Don't show up for work. Nap on the job. Practice being still. Reach out to those you love. Stay home. Go outside. Rest all day or week, whatever you need. *Adapted from Struggling on Your Own Terms - some suggestions for doing anarchy in Philly
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Brief Colonial History of Lower Manhattan Colonialism is fundamental to the contemporary geopolitical order. The borders that separate the U.S. from Canada, Mexico from Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from Haiti represent the interests of the European settlers who stole the land rather than those of the vibrant communities they pillaged it from. As a structure, rather than distant historical event, colonialism has shaped our ecology since 1492, when Columbus set off for India, and continues to today. The colonial history of Pace’s land is not isolated from the mass displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples, or the kidnapping, chattel trade, and forced servitude of black Africans. (Adapted from Tufts' Disorientation Guide 2017). The area that eventually encompassed modern day New York City was inhabited by the Lenape peoples. These groups of culturally and linguistically identical Native Americans traditionally spoke an Algonquian language now referred to as Unami. These peoples all made use of the abundant waterways in the New York City region for fishing, hunting trips, trade, and occasionally war. Some of their place names were adopted by Dutch and English colonists. The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata translated by some as "Island of many hills". Many paths created by the indigenous peoples are now main roads, such as Broadway (originally the Wickquasgeck Trail) in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester. Historians estimate that at the time of European settlement, approximately 15,000 Lenape lived in 80 settlements around much of the New York City area alone.
The Lenapehoking region
DISORIENTATION GUIDE _____________________________________________________________ Lenapehoking is a term for the lands historically inhabited by the Native American people known as the Lenape (named the Delaware people or Delaware Nation by early European settlers) in what is now the Northeastern United States. The term's meaning, 'in the land of the Lenape', has gained widespread acceptance. The Dutch came across Manhattan Island and the Lenape people living there in 1609 and claimed it. By 1624, the permanent Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam was constructed in what is now Lower Manhattan. Lenape primarily interacted with Dutch traders through trading beaver pelts for European-made goods. Unfortunately, the Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases originating in Europe, mainly smallpox but also cholera, influenza and dysentery, and recurrent violent racial conflict with Europeans, and neighboring native rivals, like the Susquehannocks and the Iroquois, both of whom were armed by the Dutch fur traders, while the Lenape were at odds with the Dutch.
An illustrated panel showing the Nahuas of Mesoamerica infected with smallpox disease. Florentine Codex
By 1700, the Lenape population of New York had diminished to about 200. During the decades of the 18th century, most Lenape were pushed out of their homeland by expanding European colonies farther west. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in Oklahoma, with some communities living also in Wisconsin and Ontario.
9 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ New Amsterdam grew and farms began to expand, so the demand for workers increased. In 1626, the settlement introduced slavery, trading and importing African peoples as property and slaves to the new colony. In the 1640s, the city government constructed a fortification, a 12-foot (4 m) wall using both African slaves and white colonists, which served as an early border and defend against neighboring Indigenous peoples. The wall spanned along what is now known as Wall Street. Wall Street was also the unofficial marketplace where owners could hire out their slaves by the day or week. The wall was removed years after Dutch rule. A new one was built further north as the city grew. This new wall stretched behind present-day City Hall. In 1665, New Amsterdam was reincorporated under English law as New York City.
The Slave Market Illustration by Bob Powers
With the aggressive increase in the slave trade and the expansion of the city, in 1711 an official slave market for the sale and rent of enslaved Africans and Native Americans opened in upon Wall Street. The enslaved population—literally built the city and was the engine that made its economy run.
DISORIENTATION GUIDE _____________________________________________________________ By 1730, 42 percent of the population owned slaves making NYC one of the largest slave populations of any of England’s colonies, second to Charleston, South Carolina. The enslaved population—ranged between 15 and 20 percent of the total 10,000 inhabitants. Conditions under slavery were very different from life in the South and the Caribbean because there were no large plantations, and thus it was more difficult for whites in maintaining supervision. In an urban setting enslaved people and free blacks could communicate and plan relatively easier than those on plantations. To combat any possible insurrection, upon the capture of the New Amsterdam, the English enacted new slave codes that restricted the lives of the enslaved population even more so than before. On the contrary, the colonists' fear of retribution and desperation for control presumably led to more resistance and unrest. Which would then be meted out using brutal punishments to instill order and protect the heavily invested institutions. In 1696, when the mayor of New York City (William Merritt?) ordered a group of slaves to disperse, they refused. The mayor was then punched when he threatened to strike some of them and take them into custody. The brave soul received lashes. In 1708, an enslaved black woman and an enslaved Native American sought revenge on their owner, killing him and his family. The couple and two suspected co-conspirators were executed. The woman was burned to death and the man was suspended in chains beside a blade that cut his flesh as he moved. (Long Island) The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was a large well-planned and violent uprising that began on Maiden Lane. The uprising involved around 23 armed Africans (some reports claimed Native Americans were also involved) setting fire to a building and attacking the white colonists. Twenty-one were executed, resulting in most being hanged or burned at the stake, except one who's body was broken on a rack while alive, and another who was left suspended in public in chains until he died. The New York Conspiracy of 1741 - After a series of fires broke out, a rumor spread that blacks and poor whites were conspiring to seize control of the city. Around 30 of the convicted blacks and whites, were hanged or burnt, at the execution grounds behind what is now the City Hall Building. The bodies of two supposed ringleaders, were posthumously suspended in chains as display, left to rot in public. Around 70 blacks were expelled from New York. And not forgetting, the numerous slaves who ran away leaving their owners successfully or not.
11 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ Labelled on old maps as the "Negros Burial Ground," the 6.6-acre area was first recorded as being used around 1712 for the burials of enslaved and freed people of African descent. The first burials may date from the late 1690s after Trinity Church barred African burials in the former city cemetery. The burial ground remained in use until 1794. After the city closed the cemetery in 1794, the area was platted for development. The grade of the land was raised with up to 25 feet (7.6 metres) of landfill at the lowest points covering the cemetery, thus preserving the burials and the original grade level. As urban development took place over the fill, the burial ground was largely forgotten. In 1991, the remains of 400 Africans from the colonial era were uncovered during an excavation in Lower Manhattan. Scholars have estimated that 15,000 to 20,000 enslaved Africans and African Americans were buried during the 17th and 18th centuries in the cemetery in lower Manhattan, making it the largest colonial cemetery for Africans in North America.
Aerial view of the African Burial Ground National Monument 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
This discovery demonstrated the large-scale importance of slavery and African Americans to New York and national history and economy. The African Burial Ground has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Monument for its significance. A memorial and interpretive center for the African Burial Ground have been created to honor those buried and to explore the many contributions of Black residents and their descendants to New York and the nation. These sites opened in 2007, followed by a Visitor Center in 2010.
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Pace University Shuts Down Dissent and Peaceful Protests & The Students Fight Back! On March 5, 2006, Pace students, alumni, faculty, and staff from all campuses convened on the Pleasantville Campus in a University-wide Centennial Kick-Off Celebration. Former President Bill Clinton received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Pace during the ceremony. Toward the end of the Q&A session, two Pace student, when they did not hear their questions asked of Mr. Clinton got up and shouted "You’re a war criminal! What about Iraq and Bosnia and so forth?” This prompted the United States Secret Service to apprehend the students. After the university threatened expulsion of the two protesters, Pace Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) began a campaign that helped pressure the President of Pace at the time, David Caputo, to resign. On March 7, Dean of Students Marijo Russell O'Grady interrupted a regular meeting of the Campus Antiwar Network and Students for a Democratic Society, claiming that "unrecognized" student groups had no right to meet on campus. On March 13, Pace students from the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) and the Students for a Democratic Society — joined by other students, professors, original SDSers, and CAN members from CCNY — launched a demonstration on the steps of New York City Hall addressing the repression of both students and workers at Pace and Pace’s denial of free speech rights.
13 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ While Pace University President David Caputo was giving his “State of the University” address, the student activists revealed their account of the the state of the University, including: infringement of civil liberties; union-busting of the adjunct professors’, cafeteria workers’, and transportation workers’ unions; and a university deficit of $3.2 million.
On November 15, a student-organized protest calling for the resignation of former President David Caputo, was broken up by police who were called to campus by Pace administrators. Five students, three from Pace, were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after demonstrating on the Pace University campus without permission. The demonstration followed a rally at City Hall, where students had called for David Caputo to resign. Students were concerned about the president’s salary, free speech issues and general management of the university.
One student said, “He is making $700,000 at the same time that he has raised tuition, decreased financial aid, raised housing rates and increased the price of the meal plan.” At this time, students came across a newspaper article that reported that Caputo received $672,239 in compensation in 2004-5. Although the trustees said that their consultants had examined what presidents earned at similar institutions Pace student arrested (Photo: Thomas Good) and believed the money was warranted. The Chronicle of Higher Education said in November that its annual survey of compensation found that among leaders of 853 universities, colleges and specialized schools, 112 were paid at least $500,000.
DISORIENTATION GUIDE _____________________________________________________________ In December 2006, some faculty members responded to the arrests with their own demonstration. More than 100 people turned out, with signs that read, “Defend Freedom of Expression” and “We Protest Student Arrests.” After a hail of criticism, ranging from a tuition increase that precipitated a plunge in freshman enrollment and led to a hiring freeze, a sizable deficit, and demonstrations, as well as criticism over his compensation package of nearly $700,000 a year, and a threat of a no-confidence vote by the faculty, David Caputo ultimately stepped down and was replaced in 2007 by Stephen J. Friedman.
Christopher Malone, a faculty member, protesting the arrest of student demonstrators at Pace University. Credit G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times
15 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ References Gibberd, Ben. “To the Ramparts (Gently).” The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/nyregion/thecity/23sds.html "Pace University students threatened by administrators/Facing expulsion for speaking out." SocialistWorker.org http://socialistworker.org/20061/580/580_02_Pace.shtml Kelly, Brian. “Does Pace University Support Free Speech?” MR Online, mronline.org/2006/03/15/does-pace-university-support-free-speech/ “Pace University Withholding Two Student Degrees Over Free Speech Fight.” Industrial Workers of the World, iww.org/node/3465 Arenson, Karen W. “At Universities, Plum Post at Top Is Now Shaky.” The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/education/09pace.html “History of Students for A Democratic Society.” Tuscarora High School Students For A Democratic Society, thssds.wordpress.com/about/ “20 Arrested At SDS New York Counter Recruitment Action.” New Students for a Democratic Society, www.newsds.org/2007/03/20-arrested-at-sds-new-yorkcounter.html Chen, David W. “Pace University Names Head of Oberlin Its Next President.” The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/pace-universityset-to-name-head-of-oberlin-as-president.html
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ON SOLIDARITY We recognize that liberation--or any kind of significant change--won’t be led solely by one group. The struggle encompasses many different issues, and some people feel called to focus on a certain kind of injustice that is particularly important to them. In the spirit of total liberation, we include this list of on-campus autonomous groups & off-campus groups that fight against oppression. We also think that solidarity between groups makes all of our struggles stronger.
On-Campus Autonomous Groups The Ungovernables The Ungovernables is your local anarchistic group. As an autonomous group we address the experiential struggles of students within Pace, and cultivate spaces for students to scheme, act, organize, and scam on their own accord with peers. We also coordinate activities and events for anarchists & sympathizing students/staff/faculty. In short, we practice reclaiming power in ourselves, and acting without leaders. Instagram: @the.ungovernables beUngovernable@gmail.com It's Called "The Ungovernables" on Facebook
#PaceUEndRape
#PaceUEndRape is devoted to initiating and continuing dialogue on transforming rape culture into consent culture through events and campaigns that spread awareness and calls-to-action on issues of sexual violence. From it's roots as an online movement, #PaceUEndRape was created for students, by students. We are an independent student organization comprised of survivors and allies who advocate for an end to all forms of sexual violence on the Pace University NYC campus. We believe and support our survivors. Instagram/Facebook: @paceuendrape PaceUEndRape@gmail.com
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Our Off-Campus Friends Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council MACC is an organization based on the guiding principles of horizontalism, antioppression, mutual aid, direct democracy, and direct action. We seek to strengthen and support New York City’s anarchist movement through coordination of existing and emerging projects. With the present atmosphere of hatred, bigotry and greed, we seek to seed resistance to an emboldened rightwing through an alternative, radical form of participatory politics. MACC is open to all anarchists. Attending a monthly General Assembly is a great way to get connected to MACC working groups and projects http://macc.nyc/
QTPoC Mental Health / Rest for Resistance QTPoC Mental Health exists to provide greater access to community healing, to discuss the impact of trauma & to amplify the voices of LGBTQ2IA people of color. Meditate with us once a month in the NYC area. Rest for Resistance is an online mental health zine by queer & trans people of color (QTPoC). We're dedicated to creating and collecting resources that support communities who are left out of mainstream health care systems across the world. @qtpocmentalhealth https://restforresistance.com/
BUFU: BY US FOR US BUFU is a collaborative living archive centered around (pan)Black and (pan)Asian cultural and political relationships. We, the founders of this project, are a collective of queer, femme and non-binary, Black and East-Asian artists and organizers. Our goal is to facilitate a global Conversation on the relationship between Black and Asian diasporas, with an emphasis on building solidarity, de-centering whiteness, and resurfacing our deeply interconnected and complicated histories. We attempt to achieve this through our collaborative programming, our visual archives, and through building long-term partnerships with collectives, organizations, and individuals. @bufu_byusforus
DISORIENTATION GUIDE _____________________________________________________________ Forum for Feminist Discussion of Masculinities A safe space to discuss the gendered expectations placed on men and boys in a patriarchal society, and how these have affected, and continue to affect, all of us. The forum is open to all, inclusive of gender and level of knowledge of the subject matter. Each month, we will discuss a theme, which will be posted in the facebook group. The forum was founded on bell hooks' The Will To Change. https://www.facebook.com/groups/feministdiscussionofmasculinity/
No Flowers For Yt Powers A (QT)PoC punk collective based in NYC. @noflowersforytpowers
Black & Pink: NYC Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing. nyc@blackandpink.org http://www.blackandpink.org/
The Unapologetically Brown Series The Unapologetically Brown Series is a creative house & street art series meant to empower communities of color by any means necessary. For us by us. Created by Johanna Toruño & based out of NYC. @johannareign @theunapologeticallybrownseries https://theunapologeticallybrownseries.format.com/
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The Ungovernables' Reading Selection The following is a select sample of books/zines that we feel our readership might be interested in. It is inherently incomplete and some may be found in our student-run Infoshop. Most of these works and many more are available for free online. Anarchy Works This book takes examples from around the world, picking through history and anthropology, showing that people have, in different ways and at different times, demonstrated mutual aid, self-organization, autonomy, horizontal decision making, and so forth–the principles that anarchy is founded on– regardless of whether they called themselves anarchists or not. Too well documented to be strictly mythology, and too generalized to be strictly anthropology, this is an inspiring answer to the people who say that anarchists are utopian: a point-by-point introduction to how anarchy can and has actually worked.
This is Not a Dialogue: Not Just Free Speech, but Freedom Itself “Maybe you missed this, but you’re not in a dialogue. Your views are beside the point. Argue all you want—your adversaries are glad to see you waste your breath. Better yet if you protest: they’d rather you carry a sign than do anything. They’ll keep you talking as long as they can, just to tire you out—to buy time.”
Abolish Whiteness “Whiteness is not a culture. There is Irish culture and Italian culture and American culture—the latter, as Albert Murray pointed out, a mixture of the Yankee, the Indian, and the Negro (with a pinch of ethnic salt); there is youth culture and drug culture and queer culture; but there is no such thing as white culture. Whiteness has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with social position. It is nothing but a reflection of privilege, and exists for no reason other than to defend it. Without the privileges attached to it, the white race would not exist, and the white skin would have no more social significance than big feet.”
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Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing The Ally Industrial Complex The ally industrial complex has been established by activists whose careers depend on the “issues” they work to address. These nonprofit capitalists advance their careers off the struggles they ostensibly support. They often work in the guise of “grassroots” or “community-based” and are not necessarily tied to any organization. They build organizational or individual capacity and power, establishing themselves comfortably among the top ranks in their hierarchy of oppression as they strive to become the ally “champions” of the most oppressed. While the exploitation of solidarity and support is nothing new, the commodification and exploitation of allyship is a growing trend in the activism industry.
‘We’re Trying to Destroy the World’: Anti-Blackness and Police Violence After Ferguson “They would say, ‘the capitalist as a category has to be destroyed’. What freaks them out about an analysis of anti-Blackness is that this applies to the category of the Human, which means that they have to be destroyed regardless of their performance, or of their morality, and that they occupy a place of power that is completely unethical, regardless of what they do. And they’re not going to do that. Because what are they trying to do? They’re trying to build a better world. What are we trying to do? We’re trying to destroy the world. Two irreconcilable projects.”
21 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ As Black as Resistance As Black As Resistance makes the case for a new program of self-defense and transformative politics for Black Americans, one rooted in an anarchistic framework that the authors liken to the Black experience itself. This book argues against compromise and negotiation with intolerance. It is a manifesto for everyone who is ready to continue progressing towards liberation. Understanding Patriarchy Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. Most men never think about patriarchy—what it means, how it is created and sustained. Many men in our nation would not be able to spell the word or pronounce it correctly. The word “patriarchy” just is not a part of their normal everyday thought or speech. Men who have heard and know the word usually associate it with women’s liberation, with feminism, and therefore dismiss it as irrelevant to their own experiences. First, They Shot the Anarchists: Trump and ‘The New Normal’ “Across the political spectrum, at time when so many people are starting to take seriously punching Nazis, blockading airports, and rioting as a vehicle for both self-defense and as a means of collapsing the regime by creating a state of crisis, there is predictably by the State, the media, and the Left, condemnation of these tactics. Why? The answer is as easy as it is simple: for these are the tools that are at the disposal of all poor and working people. And to be able to demonize in the minds of millions not even ideas, groups, or organizations, but moreover tactics – this is the real goal of all apparatuses of control.” How to Join the Resistance: Ideas for Fighting the Trump Regime and Becoming Ungovernable “There is a lot of possibility in the world right now and we shouldn’t give up, even though it feels pretty bleak at times. When things are in flux as much as they are right now, it creates opportunity. People are increasingly looking to collective and autonomous action to exercise power; more people are sympathetic to militant tactics and radical visions of what is possible and desirable. Trump’s candidacy and presidency have created some serious divisions in the ruling class, which destabilizes power and creates vacuums. To the extent that those vacuums can be filled with antiauthoritarian and anti-capitalist principles and organizing, we could see some significant victories for our movements.”
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Days of Action and Remembrance NOVEMBER 2 - ASSANTA SHAKUR IS FREE In 1979, Assata escaped from prison. Radicals from the Black Liberation and white anti-imperialist movements were indicted for allegedly helping Assata escape. Sekou Odinga and Mutulu Shakur remain in prison today. In 1984, Assata surfaced in Cuba and received political asylum. She is a beacon of hope and power for the international movements for Black liberation and to free all U.S.held political prisoners. https://justseeds.org/product/assata-shakur-is-free/
NOVEMBER 24 - BUY NOTHING DAY “Today, humanity faces a stark choice: save the planet and ditch capitalism, or save capitalism and ditch the planet.” – Fawzi Ibrahim
DECEMBER 31 - NYE PRISON NOISE DEMO Join fellow demonstrators this New Year's Eve send loud messages of solidarity to those spending the holidays behind bars, as we celebrate ongoing prisoner resistance, and renew our commitment to fighting for a world without prisons! Every year there is an international call for noise demonstrations outside of prisons. In NYC, the demo happens at Metropolitan Correction Center, the federal prison nearby. 150 Park Row. Bring: Noisemakers, air horns, drums, anything that is loud! And earplugs!
JANUARY 22 -TRANS PRISONER DAY OF ACTION AND SOLIDARITY This grassroots project was initiated by Marius Mason, a trans prisoner in Texas, US. This annual event is being led by trans prisoners and their supporters from around the world. It is a chance for those on the outside to remember those behind bars, give real solidarity and support and raise awareness about issues facing trans prisoners. It is a chance for those on the inside to have a voice and organize together. https://supportmariusmason.org/
23 2018-2019 _____________________________________________________________ FEBRUARY 14 - LILLY, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN! - A DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH SURVIVORS/VICTIMS WITHIN PACE We'll keep cursing the r*pists and administration & writing the names of survivors/victims, because getting revenge keeps their memories alive. We celebrate and remember their lives. We protect their rage. Because, it isn't enough that they get away with it, but they want to make us forget too. Inspired by former Pace student, now survivor activist, Lilly. http://survivorsupport.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/FemaleArtiste
APRIL 15 - STEAL SOMETHING FROM WORK DAY Does your boss work less than you but take home a bigger paycheck? If the corporation is making money at the end of the day, that means they’re not paying you the full value of your labor – that’s where corporate profit comes from! So if you need something in your workplace, take it. You earned it! stealfromwork.crimethinc.com
MAY 1 - MAY DAY! Celebrated around the world as a day of rest or struggle for the working class, historically May Day began as a way to commemorate the Haymarket anarchists, some of whom were executed for their labor agitation. Anarchists celebrate May Day not only for the liberation of the working class, but as a day to struggle for total liberation of all of us who are on the losing side of power
JUNE 2 - INTERNATIONAL WHORES' DAY International Whores Day (also known as Día Internacional de las Putas, PutaDei, International Sex Workers Day, Día Internacional de la Trabajadora Sexual) is a day to gather sex working people, their co-conspirators, accomplices, loved ones and communities together in protest to demand an immediate cessation of police and state violence, the end of whorephobia, stigma and shaming, and call for the decriminalization of all sex work now! This is a day to assert collective power and make demands! https://www.blacksexworkercollective.org/ https://www.lysistratamccf.org/ http://www.nswp.org/
JUNE 11 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH LONG TERM ANARCHIST PRISONERS The crime they punish is freedom. Just wanting a world not based on greed or privilege threatens those in power, and occasionally they lash out with repression and police and prisons. It doesn’t matter if you’ve actually broken the law or not--if your activism threatens the legitimacy of the law itself or the wealth it serves to protect, they will find a way to lock you up. That is why it’s crucial to support political prisoners: if we’re serious about revolution, then any one of us could end up behind bars. https://june11.noblogs.org/
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Anarchy on the Web The Anarchist Library
More anarchist texts than you could read if you dropped out of school and became a monk--and they’re all free! theanarchistlibrary.org
Channel Zero Network A newly formed podcast network of several anarchist and anti-authoritarian English language podcasts. They are proud to unveil a 24-7 radical audio stream, and a website that makes it easier for you to discover new radical podcasts or hear an uninterrupted mix of the shows you already love. Next time you’re bored, shut off that NPR, and get yourself inspired! channelzeronetwork.com
subMedia subMedia is a video production ensemble, which aims to promote anarchist and anticapitalist ideas, and aid social struggles through the dissemination of radical films and videos. Founded in 1994, subMedia has produced hundreds of videos on everything from anti-globalization protests to films about shoplifting. sub.media
Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro We are recording anarchist and related texts and distributing them in audio form as audiobooks and audiozines. In this way we hope to make anarchist ideas more accessible, and anarchist practice more informed. resonanceaudiodistro.org
It's Going Down A digital community center for anarchist, anti-fascist, autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements. Their mission is to provide a resilient platform to publicize and promote revolutionary theory and action. itsgoingdown.org
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"leak college textbook pdf files not nudes" - Sci-Hub is a website with over 64.5 million academic papers and articles available for direct download. It bypasses publisher paywalls by allowing access through educational institution proxies.
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"If the University is notified or independently learns that you have infringed on a copyright while using the University's network, then you may be subject to a range of penalties."
This subreddit is for requesting and sharing specific articles available in various databases: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scholar/ Share textbooks online and physically here: https://www.reddit.com/r/textbooks/
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Anti-Copyright 2018 Borrow whatever you want. We did.