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It's been a long haul for the punk rock movement. After being built up and then discarded by profiteering bandwagon jumpers -
we stand alone. Many claim that punk rock was simply a selfdefeating anti-movement that had no particular goal except selfdestruction. Others have mocked the efforts of punk by
FROM A PROFANE EXISTENCE
disregarding any serious attempts at creating an alternative and perpetuating the myth that we are only in this for fashion and kicks. Nobody believed punk would still be around over a decade later. Who would have thought of an evolution of punk into a formidable voice of opposition? Who would have imagined how
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universal our cries for change would become? Yet we are here now and that is undeniable. We have survived criticism from all fronts. We have been subjected to the worst abuse, even by those who believe in similar fundamental ideologies. We have been ostracized from within the ranks of the so-called alternative movement. We have
become adjusted to being everybody's kick dog-like it or not.
Yet we still persevere. Why then? What have we created? After many years of struggle We are winning control of our lives. Our lives are controlled by those who couldn’t give a toss about us except for their share of the profits. These people are our oppressors; from those in the government to the perpetuators of the sterile manufactured corporate hell. We are putting a stop to this. We are learning from each other and taking inspiration through example. Even some of the seemingly small steps are in-effect giant leaps; we are creating our own alternatives. We have created our own music, our own lifestyle, our own community and our own culture. The more we kickat the foundation of our oppressors, the closer we will come to true freedom. Over the years, a serious movement has emerged. Obviously the label “punk rock" has become archaic as a universal label. We no longer need such alimiting term: Through the course of time we have become bonded by attitude - a common desire. The point is that we still exist and struggle through the profane
existence the best that we can. All boundaries aside, we are
alone, but our strength is great. Our culture is one of resistance and we are growing both in numbers and diversity. We can no longer be laughed off and pushed aside.
Although the day may be far off when we can truly claim to be free, we still carry on building our alternative. We are building a movement based on love, taking actions in hope that some day peace may finally be achieved. We may stumble in our efforts, but We still struggle to carry on. Freedom is something we can create
everyday; itis up to all of us to make it happen.«
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NATIONAL NEWSIN BRIEF
BOYCOTT GREYHOUND
Leave the Drivingto Them! On March 1st9400 Greyhound drivers, mechanics andofficeworkers hit thepicket lines ‘all across the U.S. The malor issue in the strikes Is wages. Since 1963, Greyhound
‘workers havegiventhelrwage Increases back tothecompany, which claimed poverty and threatened tofileforbankruptcy. Now Greyhoundis making moneyagainandthe workers. want their share. Their struggle is another
example of workers having 10 clean up the
mess made by the business unions andtheir concessionary tactics.
Greyhound Driver KilledbyScab On Saturday, March rd, a striker was crushed todeath by a scab-driven bus atthe , California, busterminal, The striker, driver Robert Waterhouse, was scheduled to retiro inAugust. "Itreally wasn't hisstrike,"said
hiawile DorleWaterhouse, "ButhewasthereIn
Support ofhisfellow drivers. Hekeptsaying It мав а matter ofpride.” The factsinvolved Inthe death have beendistorted Inthelocalmedia. Although the Investigation is still underway, localpolicehavesaidthat theybelievethescab
driver was unaware of hitting Waterhouse.
AN'T PAY - WON London, England | On Saturday, Marck 3ist, central
London erupted in mass rioting asthousandsofpeople tought against the police: during the biggest demonstration against the hated Poll Tax seen inEng-
Source: Anarchist Labor Bulletin
land se far. itis estimated that nearly a.
Post-Earth Day Action
AY-THAT'SALLIMGOING TOF crowds out of the Square, Protests occurred jn Bristol) Reading: As the police Jines were pushed back Swindon, Nottingham, Plymouth, thebattie inthesquare soon sproadand field, Manchester, Cardiff and all ov other targets were attacked. Thousand London, to name But a few. From thi pfpeople turned their angeron the posh inner cities ta Tory run villages, peo shops and theater landof the rich - were out in force tovoice thelr anger swanky restaurants, shops and banks against the Poll Tax. i d -gotirashed, yuppie carswereovertumed 1n April, Councils throughout England
quarterora million peopleshowed up to. and were set alight to become blazing and Wales were scheduled {оsend out demonstrate on the daybefore full im- barricades, McDonald's hadit's windows thefirstbills forthe Govemment’s Рой
(New York City
Hundreds ofpeoplegathered at Broadway plementation. The demo began in Kön- tun through, asallaround people battied and WallStreet,neartheNew YorkStock Ex- Sington Park, South London and as it withpolicewithjustabout anything they
Tax. Every adultwillbe expected:
thesamelevetafPoltTax,regardi income level. People’ fiving in crowded, previously low-rated homes
passed Downing St. (home of Prime could gettheirhands on. FromiLeicaster Minister Thatcher) was attacked by Square to Covent Garden to Picadilly Wereslogans thatechoed offthetallbuiidings mounted police who were insisting a ihis continued for many hours - at 2:00 Will suffer the most, especially in inner: throughout theday.Theprotestors tried tostop section ofthecrowd end their sit-down AM the next morning there were still city areas where Councils have been top people fromentering the stock Protest, People foughtbackdeterminedly reports on theradioofgroups hundreds forcedtalevy ahighPollTaxtomaintain and near-by banks and halted trafficsevera! weeniecopsiried Sees up strong still buming and looting on the services. Overall, the working times byblocking thestreets. itoanalready packed Trafalgar Square. West Епа! Я off,e whils peoplewillgenerally bewors Throughout the day Police harassed the Over 350 people were arrested inthe therich will benefit greatly. demonstrators, numbering over700people at The area soon became abattle ground ; times, and over 200 people were arrested. as Policeonhorses and in vehicles rode. end, witticourtcases expected to runion Despite the threat thousand of fines, s There was anattempt made toreach outtothe intothe mass of demonstrators, injuring for months. Both the police and tha do- of people throu ghoutEngla andWales nd Wall Street employees with chants of"We're many and indiscriminately arresting and gooders of the leit are blaming ‘anar- have refused to register, in Scotland tosave yourlivestool" and"Takeofthe. tor as summed upby one passers by's beating anyone who happened to be in chists’ {even *squatters't!) for the vio- where the Poll Tax has been in force tar their way. response, their efforts may have been to no Jence- totally unable tocomprehend that ayear,anain fourpeople areno ing. Angered by this behavior, people it was thousands ot ordinary working- in Glasgow 4196 are n avail: "iftheydon't likeAmerica, they should і nt move." began todefend themselves with any- class people whoused violence asre- Pall Tax groups have sj j ‘Stolenwithoutregardtocopyright laws from thing they could lay their hands on sistance on the day. | areas. Local Councils seem the Now YorkTimes. bricks, bottles, pieces of scaffolding, During the monthofMarch, leading uy doanything - not one warrant н placards, etc. Thepolice's huge array of to the London rioting, saw numerous been successfully carried out, and the flotweaponry (truncheons, riotcothing, ‘angry demonstrations throughout Eng- government is being totally humiliat shields, helmets, armored vans, etc.) land and Wales, as local councils metta Source: Echomedia (London} was not enough to drive the massive Setthe rates of the Poll Taxintheirarea. change Ina
Protest against corporate
greed hasgottogo!” and"People before profiti"
RECYCLE IHE POLICE!
JA.N.C. TORTURES "ANARCHISTS"
Shut down. Withchants of "Shutitdownl” and
The accusations that they are
and “whipped, and then shutinside
"Reduce, reuse, recycle, revolil" peopleblock- "anarchists" is being usedas an ex- ironcontainers where were exposed aded the entrance tothe burner, andtied up cuse for torturing dissident mem- tothe sun. Some were even bumed
rush hour traffic. Police began arresting perceived leaders ofthegathering, attacking with bers of the ANC, according to a Hot sticks andstrangle holds. Onegroup of reportinaarticle which appearedin wimmin engaging in a dis-arrest had a gun thethe April 26th issue of LeMonde pulled onthemby acop. Tense moments were ‘smoothed out by drumming and dancing, as Libertaire, the weekly journal of the the entrance way was blocked by people French Anarchist Federation. demanding mandatory recycling, andanendto The Articles cites information carcinogenic processing ofwaste. When the gathering began moving toward from seven ex-ANC members, now thecenterofthebusiness district, police maced living in Kenya, who said they were and clubbed anyone they clalmed they saw tortured following a failed revolt in Spraypainting orspeaking ofprotecting each-
otherfrom policearrest. No one sustained serious Injuries, but police claimed that they andpolicewere hitbyrocks. Source: Northem SunNews 1Article byKate.
"Umkhonto We Sizue," the armed wing of the ANC. The seven were
"attachedto trees," thearticles says,
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dering South Africa between 1984 and
1988. Torture, according to the statement above, is justifiable when ‘anarchists' are undergoing it" There are with plastic.” "In the space of several years,” presently 200-300 dissident ANC memthe article continues, "60 militants of the bers, the article says. ‘The accusation of “anarchism” as an ANC who were on poor terms with corrupt leaders have perished while they all-purpose epithet has a long history. were being tortured. In light of such a Classic is it's use by the media, police, scandal, a spokesman for the accused and Thatcher government in their atorganization has acknowledged, with- tempt to putthe finger on and demonize out a hint of remorse, that "some 'anar- the “organizers” of the recent London chists' who were accused oftreason, re- anti-Poll Tax riot. Anarchists joyously bellion and of killing officers have in participatedinthe event, beyond a doubt, effect been imprisoned in ANC camps butthereisno indicationthattheyorganwhich were set up in the countries bor- ized it any more than the Brixton riots, which they also participated in. - M.W.
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IS OUR MESSAGE TO By Osla and Victor Laslow
and McDonald's was paint-bombed with red
New York City
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AND CLEAR
The police announced they were clearing the
paint, signifying blood as a more dramatic vis- ‘streetand began pushing people back ontothe. ualeffect. This immediately angered thepolice| s!idewalk.
On Sunday, March 18th, a demonstration
was held in front of the McDonald's on Broadway, south of Astor Place. The demonstration scheduled for noon to 4:00 PM was called by the Anti-Death Corporation Group to protest
McDonald's Corporation's destruction ofSouth American rainforests, murder of animals, use of styrofoam packaging , their contribution to third world starvation due to meat production,
substandard work conditions as well as many
other atrocities.
who quickly called for back-ups. However, they The demonstration reappeared at the were not ableto identify theperson whodid it. McDonald's located on 1st Avenue and 6th Shortly after a McDonnald's garbage can Street. The police werenot thereto greet us, mysteriously burst into flames.
This time the butwhen they finally caughton they showed up.
cops didnt hesitate to react.
They began
pushing at the crowd with their nightsticks, ordering them off the sidewalk They pinpointed onedemonstrator, slammed himagainst
in force. This phase of the demonstration was short. The demonstration appeared forathird time atthe original location. Therewas still a police
acarand cuffed him. A second demonstrator Presence butthedemonstration continued. This
tried to pull the first one away from the police. final phase was peaceful. Although there was
The second demonstrator was pushed to the no literature left,we were still abletoeducate The demonstration started peacefully, as ground by another group of police, his arms peopleby speaking tothemdirectly. McDonald's planned, with free vegan food being distributed were held behind his back as his head was did not maketheirsales statistics available to as away of educating meat-eaters about alter- pressed into the pavement. His face turned us,butwearecertain theirbusiness wassorely natives. Literature was passed out and signs bright red, hewas obviously in great pain. The Injured.
were held for passers by to read. As a result crowd chanted “let him go." Many of us put many people decided nottoeat atMcDonald's, ourselves between the police and their cars,
and thosethatdidwereJeered bythe growing but thepolice pushed their waythrough, hitting
crowd of demonstrators. Shortly before 3:00 P.M. the literature ran ‘out and the more militant demonstrators be-
came bored. The crowd had swelled from 50 demonstrators to over 100, Including passers by. The chanting became Increasingly louder
many people with their nightsticks in the process. Thetwo demonstrators were taken away. By this time the entire crowd was in the street
blocking traffic and chanting “no police state.” Supportive passers by and N.Y.U. students
hanging out their windows chanted the same.
SQUAT REPORTS COPENHAGEN, DENMARK In the beginning of February Police evicted two squats, Sorte Hest & Mehanisk Music Museum at Vesterbro in Copenhagen - squats
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
FORTRESS EUROPA?
As Western Europe moves. towards the elimination ofits own borders and the building of the so-called European Market, taking place in secrecy is the creating of a new. Orwellian police program. Four years ago, top level Euro- crats met in Schengen, atiny village on
the borders of Luxembourg, France, and West Germany and determined the
general outline of an agreement for law enforcement. Since then they've kept meeting and are planning the implemback a demonstrator liberated a turtle from her entation of the Schengen Agreement suretobetorturous death as soup. Theturtle which is to create justice and police colwas quickly transported to Minneapolis where she will be released into her natural environ- laboration for drugs, expulsions, refugees, and immigration policy.They plan ment. on building a wall around Europe by collaborating on immigration policies (bringing them up to par with Europe's most racist government - England?). Another point of the Agreement is the creation of the "Schengen Information Service" which will bring together and After the demonstration winded down we (a large group of vegan demonstrators) went to Chinatown fora post-demo dinner. On ourway
allow for exchange
that have existed for several years. The cops
of data on crime,
had wanted to get the squatters out for a long time and on February 2nd they got (made up
drug traffic and terrorism. There will be.
themselves) their excuse - a police patrol was
puter, and when we talk about “crime” we know everyone's concerned. Prisons, expulsions and arrests are the keywords in the Schengen Agreements. Meanwhile, 40,000 children die everyday, suffering under the heal of west-
800,000 people filed in the SIS com-
“trapped” and attacked outside Cafe Morgenstjerne in Sorte Hest. TheIncident, as tokd by some squatters, was
the result of a police patrol passing the cafe where three people where having a play fight. The four cops in the patrol tried to arrest the three which resulted in fighting with the police. The police left without making any arrests with ‘one of their ranks wounded (from a bottle
ern greed. Nationalist Europe is following the lead of the United States and is
closing it's frontiers to foreigners in an attempt to avoid sharing the wealth with the overwhelming majority of the planet. As inhabitants of the first world we must.
thrown ontohishead). After thisallwholeftthe cale werearrested (about 30 people). At about 2:00 P.M. the following day the squats were evicted - the 36 people sleeping in the houses
were arrested and hand-cuffed - no one had time for resistance, the eviction only took ten minutes. Intheevening there was achaotic meeting in Ungern (Youth house) and also revenge: bank windows were smashed, street fighting, people
see the importance of. actions within our
own countries, Free the world-smash the imperialist scum! Source: NABATE
ECHOMEDIA
are forced back into a remaining squat,
Baldersgade, tear gas and molotovs are used
while the fighting continued for several hours. Demos
and solidarity actions continued for
several days.
Echomedia News and Prison Update
A police station In Christian-
are regular features of Profane Existence. We feel it necessary to pass on information of anti-authoritarian and prisoner struggles to build solidarity and resistance within our movement. We are a part of the world-wide Echomedia
shvan (in Copenhagen) was burned down and
another, inVanløse, hadk'swindows smashed.
The Danish Embassy inOslowas attacked on
three days in a row, while the embassy in Stockholm and Genera! Consulate in Hamburg also got a dose of sprayed-slogans
smashed windows.
and
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(photoVancouver Ecomedia)
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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
the ongoing attack on Barrington Hall, a long.
VANCOUVER, CANADA ‘Since thebeginning ofMarch ‘90four houses inonecity block, slated for demolition atthe end of May, have been occupied by 15-20 squatters. Unlike other squats in Vancouver, these
four houses, located inthe East EndofVancou-
ver, have begun publicly organizing & employ-
Ing methods of self-management. A regular feature of the squats has been meetings to solve Internal problems, particularly sexism, as
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person proposal madeby thesquatters. On Monday,A April 16, the deadline foreviction, up to 100 people showed up for a "Squatters
Jamboree" and enjoyed afulldayofmusicfrom
min, aspace whichthey can feeltheir ownself-
various bands, food, a free store, anarchist literature & speeches. No doubt ifthe developers had shown uptoevict thesquats they were. deterred by thisshow ofsolidarity bythelocal community. In fact, after going door-to-door and notifying the local community that they
empowerment and security from the typical
were squatting, the squatters received unani-
patriarchal attitudes of too many men.
mous support.
well as discussions on the various aspects of
‘squatting asanaction. Amongstthefourhouses there is algo a wimmins squat, with only wim-
For the first month this was all done under the very nose of the developer. Once the company
became aware of the squats, it
demanded arental fee but refused the $1 aday
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people gathered in the downstairs lounge to
more is being done to help further squatting
efforts in Vancouver. Source: Vancouver Ecomedia
Thepoliceriotwas the latestdevelopmentin
standing home of radical activism In Berkeley.
In November 1989, the University Students' Cooperative Association voted to close down
the hall. Eighteen residents remained in the. building after the USCA closure to fight the. to threes dozen police broke into the party, eviction and many other former residents and declaring the reading to be an illegal gathering community supporters arecommitted to keepandordered everyone outofthebuilding. The ing this center of Berkeley radicalism alive. residents and the guests refused, thus begin- According to their slogan, they will “Squat or
quietly listento poetry. At 10:00 P.M., upwards
ning a five hour confrontation with the police
As of April 28th the squats still remaln and
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On Friday, March 2nd, Students at the University of California Berkeley's Barrington Hall hosted a private poetry reading. About 40
which ended with eight people in the hospital,
17 in jail, ten injure cops, a demolished police
lot
Source: Love and Rage
Ed and over $10,000 damage to student's
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PEROTTI UPD
Hungerstrike Over
RITISH PRISONS EXPLODE On Sunday, April 1st, over 700inmatesattheovercrowded Strangeways Prison in Manch-
priso allacross ners thecountry take part in a huge explosion of anger at being locked up and
ester, England, rioted in protest treated like shit throughout the the dehumanizing and humili- British prisonsystem. Over 100 report on the Hunger Strike of Correctional Facility. Since his ating reality ofprison daily life. inmates took to the roof at John Perotti, aprisoner inthe J- arrival there, Perotti's isolation The rooftop was occupied, Dartmoor and also wrecked 1 Control Unit at the Ohio state ofthe lastfew years has continwindows were smashed and cells, etc. Similar occurrences prisonin Lucasville. Perotti and ued. Heis segregated, the only fires were set. The prison built happened at Horfield Prison twoothers, Sudan Swafford and one in his cell block. He is in 1868 for 970prisoner outras (Bristol), Armley (Leeds), Micheal Day, began a hunger- having trouble both sending and geously overcrowdedatthetime Brixton, Pentonville, Shepton strike on February 14th to pro- receiving mail (so much for mail of the uprising with about 1600 Mallet, Long Lartin, Portland, test the conditions in the Con- tampering and Federal laws! prisoners there when the revolt and at the modern maximum trol Unit. (former J-1 inmate, Ed.) and denied access to the began. Prisoners controlled security prison at Shotts in Gerard Valdes wrote "The law library. sections of the prison for sev- Scotland where a screw was Control Unit is made to break a The only visitor Perotti has mans spirit, to make him submit been allowed is his mother; no eral weeks before finally sur- taken hostage. rendering. Source: Echomedia (London) to the prison guards and be other relatives, friends, or supE April saw thousands of and news service re brainwashed to do exactly what porters has been permitted. they are told, to be a robot and John has written to the warden not think for yourself, but only protesting these restrictions but be told what to do...These has received no answer. There At Lantin Prison in Liege, Bel- lawyers) on grounds of violaControl Units serve no rehabili- has been a lot of pressure on gium, level 2, seven HIV-posi- tion of their fundamental rights, tative purposes at all. They the warden in the form of phone tive prisoners are living (or sur- and demand their going back only try to control a man to the calls and letters. As a result viving) in inhuman conditions, into the population oftheprison. point of non-existence.") John's most recent visit with his totally isolated from other in- Last September in Montreal, In a letter sent to the Príson mother was extended from the mates. They have their visits, seropositive inmates went ona News Service postmarked usual one hour to four. cinema, walkings in the yard at hungerstrike to protest the disMarch 5th, Perotti said that he, Perotti is perceived to be a different times, so they can criminationtheytoohaveunderand the others, called off their threat by the prison staff, due to never come in contact with their gone; they are held in the infirhungerstrike. Certain goals his organizing and legal work fellow prisoners. It also seems mary for 23 hours out of every were achieved. Perotti and onbehalfofthe other prisoners. that all documents concerning 24. - NABA Swafford were sent out of the J- They are determined to keep the seropositives clearly notify EDITORIAL 1 Control Unit and Mike Day him as isolated as possible, but their condition with the mention Someone once'asked why we was promisedthat he too would they seem to be responding to "AIDS," as if to influence all print reports and articles in be transferred out. The state outside pressure. Write or call decisions concerning them. Support of anarchist and class police are investigating Perotti's and demand that Perotti be al- Furthermorethe medicalfollow- war prisoners. They thoughtit beating prior to the hunger lowed; visits with family, friends, up of the prisoners living with pointless tohelpthose whocan strike, while the governor has and supporters; access to the AIDS is really unsatisfying, for nọ longer help the movement also promised an investigation. Law Library; and an end to his everything looking like a symp- because they ara locked away. As Perotti says, one can not isolation, and the freedom to tom (even a mere pimple) the disagree. Notonly doIthink all expect too much from these send and receive. mail freely. infirmary replies; normalevalu- forms of imprisonment ara a investigations, but itwill make it Write to: · ation forthe disease. Seroposi- sad reflection on society, and more difficult for stormtroopers tives complain they're notgiven mans inhumanity to other man, Warden William Dallman any sedatives. Two inmates but | feel we are obligated to in J-1 to jump on anyone else for a while. Wayne Taylor and LebanonCorrectlonalFacility |were so stressed they had a support those who have fought nine other brothers joined the P.O. Box 56 knife fight, with nobody step- for us. In fact, 1 am extremely Lebanon, Ohio 45036 pingin. Anoverwhelming para- disappointed that there is not fast for seven days in Wisconsin; Effren Gamboa and Phil noia pervades among the much broader supportiorpolitiPhone: (513) 932 - 1211 screws who fear they might cal prisoners in tha United Scalice from the I.M.U. unit in Skelton, WA joined in as did [Note: we apologize for the |Catch AIDS just like one would Veronica Compton and Suz- layout error in the last issue |Catchacommoncold... Thestaff solidarity isan issue that must zane Sprights from Gigi Har- which resulted in losing the last |(voluntary withbonus) don'tcall be put to the forefront of зирbor, WA. There have also been part of our report of Perotti. We |theseprisonersbytheirnames, port in the anarchist commureports that prisoners joined in will make an exraeffortto make | instead they usediscriminatory nity. Are we not building 4 at Marion. surethesekind of mistakes don't|terms like "hey AIDS, there's a Movement based on compas: sion for all living creatures? In areport printed in Love and happen in future issues. Now | Visit for you!” Rage, it is said that Perotti has that we have proof readers this|Four detainees have lodged a. They are in there for us- we been transferred to another should be solved! -Ed.] complaint (with help of their Should be hereforthem!- Troll PAGE 6 PRISON UPDATE In our last issue we printed a prison in Ohio, the Lebanon
CRIME IN AN ANARCHIST SOCIETY By Felix One of the most frequent criticism of anarchism is that criminals will be able to tun amok, raping and pillaging the popuатала. наадаан lace. The argument goes that the governmentis necessary because only the state can effectively make and enforce laws to govern social behavior, provide a police force, and punish offenders. Throughout history anarchy has been stereotyped as lawless disorder and chaos where the strong victimized the meek, taking what they wanted at will. The ruling class has forever used this argument to justify the
controlled growth of state control over every aspect of our lives. First a distinction must be made between anti-social crime, and that which is viewed as crime only in the eyes of the State. Anti-social crime is crime which victimizes the community. It is that behavior which infringes on people's personal freedom to live their life without being assaulted, robbed and so on. These are the crimes that must be prevented withinthe community and dealt with when they occur. Then there are the "crimes"
the rich and propertied. The state will would be eliminated-want. If everyone bringin the full force of the FBI to deal with felt secure about their economic wellbank robbery, tax evasion, or any other being, why would they need to victimize crime which threatens the interests of the others to survive? If afew hours of honest powerful. Yet rapists and child molesters work each day brought all the necessities get a slap on the wrist. Oliver North gets of life, why take the risk? In an anarchist probation, and millionaire bankers and society the emphasis would be on equalbusinessmen who embezzle from and ity and community. Everyone who could mismanage their firms are "bailed out" would contribute to the survival of those with our tax dollars. The law is applied who could not provide for themselves. harshly against the poor who cannot buy The sense of community and equality lawyers who can kiss enough ass to get would be a major deterrent to crime. In their clients off the hook. Minorities are small towns and rural areas where everyconvicted at far higher rates than whites one knows each other and respects one for the same crimes. So where is their another, there is little or no anti-social justice? Does the state "serve" our inter- crime. Why alienate the neighbor who will ests and protect our property or it's own? probably be able to help you more volunDothey make laws to protect society from tarily than, you stand to gain from robbing harm, orto keep the peasants in line? Do them? These are some of the basic they punish those who commit crimes economic and social reasons why crime against society or "crimes" against their would be reduced in an anarchist society. power? But isn't that utopian? Won't there So what about anarchy? With no state, always be scumbags who prefer to leech no laws and no police to stop anybody off and victimize society rather than do honest work? Are there not alot of sickos who enjoy raping and molesting children? Of course crime will never go away en-
tirely, there have always been those who choose to exploit the community for their gain. But are today's injustices any worse than what could happen in anarchy? If anti-social crime is endemic to human society why counter it with a system of injustice and inequality? Why not counter itatthe level where itoccurs? Why not put the task of defending the community against crime in the hands of the community itself. Hf the state did not make inane laws which deny our right to bear arms and defend ourselves wouldn't criminals think twice? Most anarchists admit that
which the government has decided it is in the interest of civilization to defend the
community against. These are such offenses as spitting on the sidewalk, drinking in the park, skateboarding, and so on. If you or |were to rob a congressman, we would spend yearsin jail. Yet these fat wind-bags live off of the money that we earned which has been extorted from us by threat of imprisonment. Which is the ` greater crime? Some would argue that there is such a thing as social crime, the
classic Robin Hood scenario of stealing fromthe rich and giving to the poor. Then ofcoursethere isthe anarchisttradition of expropriating the unearned property of the rich to fund the cause. The difference between social crime and anti-social crime is well illustrated by public attitudes. For example, rapists and child molesters are universally despised for their anti-social
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who wants to from victimizing the defenseless? Most anarchists envision a society where people live together in collectives, that is worker owned and operacts. Yet bank robbers from Jesse James without bosses to the present are admired and often ated farms and workshops tun forthe benefit of the community rather become folk heros. than for profit. These may be grouped The state is threatened by breakdowns into cooperatives of many farms or reof authority such as riots, and the laws are lated industries, or federations of many made to defend their power and privilege. enterprises exchanging goods for the The police are paid from property taxes, which clearly shows who they "serve and benefit of all. Intheideal anarchist society protect," not honest СЕУ Е but one ofthe fundamental reasons for crime я
even a utopian anarchist community would
require some sort of militia to defend itself from crime and attack. Not a standing army or police force with allthe corruption
and abuse you would expect, but a volunteer posse of those against whose com-
munity the crime has been committed. There are also theories about community policing, or even a sort of anarchist neighborhood watch to prevent and detect antisocial crime. Aren't we the community better able to uphold justice than an arbi-
trary set of laws enacted by politicians who don't act in our interest? Anarchy may not be perfect, and crime may never
go away, but given this system and it's injustice how could it be any worse? РАСЕ 7
Dear Profane Existence, Your third issue was excellent. | am writing to take issue with some of the things said by Felix in his latest column. Felix says that "all divisions of race and culture merely divide those who are oppressed, making them easier to rule and be manipulated.” This is far too simplistic. The very real divisions of the world's people into distinct cultures is quite evident in the pages of Profane Existence which is overwhelmingly orientated towards white people. The writing is mainly by white people. The records reviewed are mainly by white people. | don't think people involved in such a euro-centric project are in much position to point the finger at oppressed nationalities fighting for national self-determination.
speak of the Soviet Union and Arab states bankrolling the PLO, which you simplistically call a "terrorist group." But you ignore the $3 billion a year subsidy by the United States to Israel (the single largest recipient of U.S. military aid) in addition to the substantial investment in Israel by unions, pension funds and others. The budget ofthe PLO, of course, pales by comparison. Israel would not exist without U.S. aid. Beyond the military considerations, U.S. aid maintains a standard of living for Jews of European descent far beyond that of any other people of the region. Without this huge payoff, a huge number of Israelis would flee to greener pastures in the U.S., and elsewhere. The PLO is abroad collection of groups united around thefight for a "democratic and White people tend to secular"Palestine. While presume their national | regard their leadership culture is “universal”, as a collection of armed while people whose culpoliticians like many othtures are under genoers, it is insane to decidal assault have to scribe them as "as propositively assert their gressive as the the govcultural identities. ernment of Iran.” Islamic lam an internationalfundamentalism is onthe ist. believe that the aurise in the occupied territhoritarian structures of tories, but that reflects in state, patriarchy, capital part the looser reign the and national oppression Zionists have givento the can only be defeated if Mullahs in hope of raising the oppressed people of divisions within the Palthe world unite. The estinian community. The question that confronts Palestinian people are the us is "what are the main most educated and secubarriers of unity?” Is it lar people of the Arab the national self-asserworld. This kind of rhetotion ofoppressed nationric plays intothe anti-Arab alities or is it the racist racism that has been so defense of privileges by skillfully employed in the the people ofthe oppresdefense of Zionism. The sornations? lwould sugPLO has certainly engest that national selfgaged in terrorist actividetermination is a necties, but that in no way essary condition for A kicktothe balls of the life hating institutions which drain our reflects the complex tomeaningful cooperation world of dignity, selfdetermination, and liberty! tality of a very large orbetween the working ganization. Furthermore, people of the oppressor to emphasize such acand the oppressed nations and fail to describe tions. It is absolutely es" Anonymous dead asshole, the considerably more sential that the colonial ferocious butchery of the mentality that distorts reЕ Zionists plays into the lations between peoples be fought within the revolutionary Zionist misinformation campaign about the conflict. For every movement as well as society at large. Israeli civilian killed by Palestinian resistance 20 Palestinians This doesn't mean slavish devotions to the politicians of the have beenkilled by Israeliterror. This isthe same ratio employed FMLN or the Mujahideen. But it does mean building serious by the Nazi occupation forces in Greece and other countries solidarity with the struggles of the people of the oppressed where the resistance was strong. You ask whether we can nations who are fighting for their self-determination. choose sides in such a conflict, | have no problem, | am on the | was particularly distressed by the grotesquely one-sided side of the Palestinian people intheir fight for self-determination account of the Palestine-Israel conflict. The insane crimes апа Гат against the Zionist colonial project. |believe in a world visited on the Jewish people no more entitle them to somebody without borders. |believe Jews and Palestinians should be free else's homeland than the religious persecution of Puritans to live wherever they wish as long as they don't make anyone entitled them to Indian lands. The Zionist project is ultimately a else homeless in the process. The racist regime of Israel colonialist, and thereby racist, project of establishing a Eurorecognizes the citizenship of a third generation Jew born in American outpost in the midst of a volatile Arab region. You and—— denies eluzensnip citizenship to to a a tPalestinian born in inJerusa-—————— JerusaMÀ Brooklyn Mr eno cenis atestinan M born
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lem. With anti-semitism on the rise in Russia and Easter Europe, The Palestinian Intifada has radically restructured the PalesJews will continue to seek refuge among theirown people. You tinian community while it has fought the Zionist occupation. It also seem to overlook the fact that there has been a Jewish should be an inspiration to revolutionary anti-authoritarians. population in what is now Israel since Biblical times, and that The Intifada has pushed womyn and youth forward and left the considerable numbers of Jews from Ethiopia and Somalia have guerrilla / bureaucrat / patriarchs of the PLO leadership in the moved to Israel (thousands more await granting visas by the dust. It has created structures of local self-management that tyrannical communist hard-liners in Ethiopia). So much for the deserve our serious support and study. We should not have any Israel as a European colony. This kind of reasoning would illusions that the Intifada will bring about an anarchist society in condemn the "Americans form African decent” who moved to Palestine, but more than most national liberation struggles it has Liberia in the late 19th century. fostered self-organization from below. The pointIwas trying to make in my article was that the British The question of nationalism can not be resolved with a simple territory of Palestine was partitioned into Arab and Jewish "poxon both houses." The halves. The fact that nationalism of aerial bomthe Arab half was never MEDIA CHILDREN*MEDIA CHILDREN*MEDIA CHILDREN* bardment by the U.S. or constituted into an Palthe Soviet Union is very estinian nation is the ANIMAL LIBERATION*ANIMAL LIBERATION* different from the the naresult of Arab attacks We want to be in contact with you!! tionalism of Salvadorans on Israel, not Israeli We're doing a variety of different or Afghanis fighting to colonialist expansion. things: record distribution, fanzines, throw the imperialists out Israel has been peractions, contact lists, independent of their countries. One fectly willing to give back record label (Mass Media) along with should not be critical of the territories it has alot of other things. Record labels: the latter, but the main occupied in exchange please contact us with lists and prices enemy of humanity is the for a recognition for its Individuals:contact us for news on former. local actions. right to exist as it has People interested in regular correspondance and record/ Anarchy and Solidarity, done with Egypt. But tape trading contact us as well. Christopher Day / Box 3 continued threats such For a demo tape send $2.00 to cover cost Prince St. Station / New as that of the Iraqis to of tape and postage or a blank cassette York, NY 10012 use chemical weapons and 3 stamps. For Time to Unite Zine on Israel, necessitates send $0.50 for postage. Bands: write Felix K.Otik Responds (in the eyes of Israeli us for record distribution. Well Chris you've raised| Activists: strategists) the mainteContact us so we can work together on some interesting points. | nance of asecurity zone actions, demonstrations and protests. still think that there is a as abufferin the case of ANYONE INTERESTED IN ANY OF tendency in the anarchist ABOVE invasion. | don't conPLEASE CONTACT US AT: 52 4 movement to line up bedone these actions or MEDIA CHILDREN as hind any national liberation the states that perpetu-
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of the people of East Timor, or the Timils in Sri Lanka? What about the genocidal use of chemical weapons on Khurdish refugees by the Iraqis? When do we hearabout the the brutal oppression of the Armenians by the Turks? I'm not saying that any of these groups aren't oppressed or shouldn'tbe fighting for their self determination. |just think that anarchists should look closely atnational liberation movements before they take up the cause of anyone throwing rocks at cops. . We have to realize that these issues have two sides and the groups fighting for self determination may befar from libertarian in their tactics and vision. Dear Profane Existence, This letter goes out to all anti-racist punks and and skins as wet
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as others concemed with racism and are willing to crush it. Enough has not been
associating us with a right-wing, nationalist, politically-questionable skinhead done, therefore enough has not been said on the problem of attacks carried outby band you totally misrepresent our position and its origin. While | am only one those who have blatantly mis-identified the good skins along with the punks from member of Destroy! I'd like to offer my opinions on welfare and food stamps with the oneswho they have reason tobeatup - theNazi skins. Butforthem (mainly enough detail thatyou can agree ornot. Certainly there are people onwelfare who black people) they've based with assumption thata white person who is decorated are in need. Single mothers frying to raise families, the elderly, the disabled, all ina fashion, with ahair style and clothing of such asthe individuals they may have need support of the community to survive. viewed on Rivera or Winfrey are ones they view asthe groupthathates them. To My parents divorced when |was two. Since my father was in and outofjail all them there is an overwhelming similarity in appearances. Because of the talk through the 70's child support never materialized. My mother was on welfare and shows vague and brief messages from the Nazi skins andtheanti-racist skins, this working, but she got hepatitis and didn't work for almost a year. If it hadn't been is no doubtthe perception they may have andit needs toberestored toan under- forthesupport ofourfamilyandwelfare there's no waywecould have made it. My standing. We need to reach the people creating an awareness of just who we are mom was able to make enough money togetoff welfare and never gobackon. I'm and what westand forand whatthe Nazi skins represent. What tolookforin the notnottrying toillustrate some sortofcapitalist success story, I'mjusttrying to give. way aNazi skinhead wears in dress andwaystoidentify them from anti-racist skins a case example of how a person who needs help can eventually get back on their and punks and the way we dress. To clearly differentiate is the key towards feet. creating an open-minded understanding among even those who are bored and Iwould rather not have it be the state which provides us with this charity. The have nothing to better to do than to go outand bash "Caucasian freaks". It's up to money they dole outas welfare isjustour money stolen through taxation anyway, us nowto speakup and outon ourmotives andtoletitbe known whattheNaziskins. and we're supposed to be thankful when they let us have some back. In an are and who we are. Even having the media informed and up to date would be. anarchist society persons unable to supportthemselves willbecaredforby the helpful. And it may be necessary and require consistent effort towards getting the able bodied. If there were a greater sense of community, equality and social remedia todo something ontheairor in the pressbutthatis goingtobesome of what sponsibility than in today's competitive capitalist society people would be more it will take. I'm open to comments or if people would like to write me etc.. willing to support their comrades who are having a stretch of hard luck. Den Van Lanen / 1125 Rutledge St. / Madison, WI 53709 Butthen what abouttheablebodied who refuse towork? Whatabout parasites who would greedily prefertoliveoff of others labor? Betheytheidle richorthe Dear Profane Existence, welfare cheats these people are parasites uponthose who workonlytosee their Your zine was recommended to me by that anti-authoritarian spitfire, internapayextorted bythegovernment. |feel thesame disgust when |see a guydrive tional jetsetter and profound music critic ("they really sucked; need I say more?) a Cadillac uptotheTom Thumb onthecorner wearing halfthegold production of Rachel Rinaldo. Mr. Troll seems to me to be the most emotionally committed to South Africa around his neck and buying junkfood with food stamps as | dowhen whathe's saying underground columnist since Ace Backwords. On the otherhand, | see the rich driving around the lakes intheirlimousines. They didn't work to earn | found Felix & Rat's commie phobia extremely distasteful and stupid. I have the. their wealth, they stole it from us. deepest respect for Saint-Simon, Proudhon, Blanc, Morris and Kropotkin, Shaw Inan anarchist society we would all still have to work. Perhapsifthe economy and Gorbachev. The theoretical differences between socialists and anarchists was organized for survival rather than profitwe would onlyhavetowork afew hours have always been more about means than goals. Ontheother hand, | findtheidea a day, butwe would still have towork. There would still be parasites who would that mindless violence will create a situation where the noble working class will thinkthatthey can leech off our good intentions, and they would have to learn to spontaneously create theidealsociety tobesentimental, impractical and irresponpull theirweight for the benefit of the community or get out. sible, and this problem is common to Bakunin and Marx. |appreciate and respect While | would agree that one of the contributing causes to the institution of the what Gorbachev Is doing in the U.S.S.R, but in the U.S. & it's sphere of capitalist welfare state (particularly during the depression and the unrest of the 60's) has influence, where only the soulless remain above ground, I feel that the creative been placating those who might seek a radical solution to their plight, Idon't really underground misfits have a responsibility to create an anarchist underground think welfare is partof adiabolical plot forsocial control. Itdoes however, increase. culture / society / economy to gradually and peacefully take over the Western the dependence of the working class on the state as those who are out of work, world. Capitalism is withouta brain; thinkers are considered subversives bythem injured, etc. have to go to the state for support which they should (and in days of and are outcast. These oppressed intelligent people should unite underanarchism old would) get from their community. and pick up the pieces of the west as they crumble from the capitalist maniacs" lagree that welfare is only asmall part ofthe federal budget, the billions thatare destroying hands. How to relate to socialist governments is a problem for the swindled by the hosts of other parasites in the bureaucracy are by no means future. However, Gorbachev would probably be happy to see free anarchist-style overshadowed by whatgoesto welfare. You may notice that we were asked about cooperatives working there before itfallswillingly into the hands ofcapitalist swine. what we thought of welfare and food stamps in the interview, not the military The world is beyond ripe, it's rotten for an international anarchist movement. Let's industrial complex. All of these parasites are making theirliving off of mylabor and stop bickering and stop doing. Maybe ifyou like my ideas you'll giveme a column? I don't like it. Sincerely, Elliot Cantsin / 1961 Cedar St. / N. Merrick, NY 11568 You criticize thefactthat some of Destroy! are anarchists yetwe all work and pay taxes. Well, | used to squat and eat out of dumpsters, which was fun, but in Elliot, order to help the movement ! think | can get a lot more accomplished by making Thanks for your praise and the comments. However, yourletter raised some acompromise withthe system Ihate. |couldn't be typing this responseto you right interesting contradictions upon which|would liketocomment. |finditdisturbing now if |hadn't worked long enoughto buy a computer and pay renton aplaceto thatyou respect Gorbachev forwhatheisdoingintheSoviet Union. Sure, the man plug itin. Amplifiers, mountain bikes, Discharge records and other items essential has effected some cosmetic changes of thegoverning body, but| feel he is only a‘zine and working with the A.Y.F. don't come for free. | think to life, putting out doing this to keep the communist party in power and quell disgruntled citizens. Ican get a lot more done in the anarchist movement in this capacity than | could Gorbachevhas beenhighlypraised foropeningtheEastemBlocto the Westwhich when | was squatting and not working. means he is selling his great communist empire and buying capitalism in hopes it This brings us to the major difference in our opinions about human control over will keep the republics from revolting from Moscow. |don'tthink the Soviet ‘our own destinies. | think that all of the members of Destroy! would agree that communist party (Including Gorbachev) wouldtolerate anarchist-style collectives human beings determine their own fate. There is no such thing as predestination. within theSaviet Union as they wouldbe breaking from party authority. A look at While we may have alotgoing against us (like my mom did a few years back) we how the Moscow government has treated thesituation in Armenia and the Baltic must have the guts to fight for semething better. | think Crass put this pretty well Republics will exemplify this, in the song "Big A Little A” ` Ido agree that wehave to form an international anarchist movement andit's really nottoohardtosee it forming. Ipersonally thinkthat it'sabouttime we take Be exactly who you wanttobe, do what youwant to do ourpolitics outfromthe underground. We needtoapplyourviewstoeveryday life lam heand she is she, but you'rethe only you and teach by example. Most importantly, we needto come out of the cupboards Noone else has gotyoureyes, can see things you see andstophidingourrebellion asthepathtofreedom has beenhiding forfartoolong. ITS UP TO YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, AND MY LIFE'S UP TO ME The only way |canthinkofto dealwith a socialist government istodoawaywith THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU SUFFER FROM ARE PROBLEMS THAT YOU itlike anyother. MAKE Troll THE SHIT WE HAVE TOCLIMB THROUGH IS THE SHIT WE CHOOSE TOTAKE IF YOU DONT LIKE THE LIFE YOU LEAD, CHANGE IT NOW IT'S YOURS NOTHING HAS EFFECT !F YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE CAUSE IF THE PROGRAMS NOT THE ONE YOU WANT, GET UP AND TURN Felix K. Otik replies to Dan Tranquility of N.Y.D.A.C OF THE t SET (Seeletters Profane Existence 43) IT'S ONLY YOU THAT CAN DECIDE WHAT LIFE YOU'RE GOING TO GET Dear Dan, Well, |don't think |canput it muchbetter thanthat. |hope thisclarifies some Ithinkyouread a lot into a few sentences inourinterview in Profane Existence ofour opinions. Agree todiffer? #1. First ofall |don'tthink wedeserve the comparison to Agnostic Front. By
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(For Publication) Like Felix, we also feel the discussion occurring in the letters pages of Profane Existence is important. For thatreason we would like to respond to the discussion in P.E. no 3 on “population policy.” It seems things weren'tclarified enough on the question of “overpopulation” and the corresponding result of imperialism. We have already gone over contributing factors to extremely dense population areas in the three continents (Africa, South America and Asia)... These are: Extreme levels of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, the export dependence of these countries (i.e. cash crops, the I.M.F. and World Bank debts). In these conditions the family becomes a method of survival, and where one in four children die before age five, the practice becomes a necessity to counter the high death rate and to
provide more wage-earners/ food suppliers to the family. Without radical changes, decreasing the birth rate via sterilization in the present situation will only lead to more severe conditions. And so we come to the heart of the matter: Itis not that there are too many people destroying resources; but instead the deadly and destructive patterns of global capitalism -- imperialism. There is no doubt that presently the population density and economic conditions lead clearly to ecological destruction. Butwhatis also clear is that our orientation cannot lay in decrying the “overpopulation” crisis, real or imagined, but fighting against conditions that create the need for large family units, fighting against the exploitation carried out by capital. As to Felix's disbelief that “third world populations are controlled for some diabolical capitalist purpose,” letus determine who does initiate population control and who develops sterilization techniques. In 1989, as a part of the ILM.F.'s condition for aloan, Brazil was forced to meet a set sterilization quota, an example
International Planned Parenthood Federation). Who develops and profits form the sterilization methods? Multinationals such as Ciba-Geigy, Bayer, Sandoz, Schering, and other pharmaceutical industries. And then there is also the multitude of genetic research laboratories from West Germany to England toCanada andto the United States. Population policy is directed not by miniscule little "third world” countries out of help to help “their people,” but instead by the interests of the imperialist centers. Population policy is indeed a global strategy, but rather than a"diabolical" purpose, itis instead a systematic and developed strategy to ensure the continuance of exploitation. Lyndon Johnson, former U.S. president stated "Letus acton the fact thatless than $5 invested in population control is worth more. $100 invested in economic growth." Most "right wing capitalist" opinions do not favor unchecked population control as a source of cheap labor and a merketfor. their products because it is instead an obstacle to these goals, and in fact, as Johnson's quote shows, the large populations living in such desperate conditions pose a constant threat to their interests. The logic that millions of people living in total poverty, malnourished and uneducated, would somehow contribute to alabor force or (considering there is up to 60% un/under-employment) be a consumer
market doesn’t make sense. The laboring, and consequently the consuming, force already exists in "third
world" industrialized cities. Aswesaid inoutlastletter, population controlis applied to those who don't have a place in capital's productive process.
Finally, once again addressing Felix's column, the PLO is not Marxist and
Islamic, but rather a diverse spectrum of Marxists, capitalists and a variety of other tendencies. To say “the Palestinians... (use) terrorist measures" is too extreme a generalization. Some Palestinian groups have engaged in irresponsible actions, not all. Kropotkin supported the allies in World War One, do we say “anarchists Supportimperialistwars?” Anarchists entered the Republican governmentin 1936 Spain, do we say “anarchists support governments?” Of course not! For the immediate shutdown of the ruling Class. A comrade at Endless Struggle
consistent with the interests of the I.M.F. and it's role. Who developed the theory of “over-population” as the cause of world-wide poverty? Mostly, this idea was presented and developed by the U.S. State Departmentin the late 60' - early 70's via the Agency for International Development (AID), the Peace Comps, and the U.S. Information Agency. The Nixon Administration established a “population office” [Since we received this letteron two days before publication, there was no time for which coordinated the above organizations with the aim of encouraging “less developed nations to focus on ‘population matters’.” In thefirstfour fiscal years of Felix towrite aresponse. Maybe there will beoneinthenextissue? Besides, Felix has already all over the letters page in this issue! Another thing, just because we this program, the State Department increased the budget for population control Say "we don't care if our politics offend you," we aren't open for discussion. We from $10.5 million to $250 million. In addition, the AID contributes monetarily to encourage dialog and response to the contents of this publication, Write us!] “charity” organizations who also focus on the "population problem” (i.e. the
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Caravans (for the tougher jobs, sa they
dying!
can take more thugs). They even had planes from what | Know, They'd go anywhere at anytime to get new kids, for ‘over thirtythousand dollars a year, they are well prepared to make sure you get there and stay there. The name ofthis placeis irrelevant, but l'litetyou anyway- Provo Canyon School.
1 was sentenced to my own
atayouth Institution, andthis isthe (fs
_ Fd already been lockad up for nearly
yaar. (just kept causing too much Хе forthe places I'd been sent. So under the penalty of law, | was being contined па тема! ward of a hospital 800 milas from homa, fifteen ~ Id been there for eleven days without going outside atall. Nothingto do, |was
All you rebelous youth out there, BEWARE! This could very well happen to you! At anytime and anyplace; home,school, or even when your parents take you on "vacation" somewhere.
hospital had given mie that day. Now| know why. Because the nurse brought
l didn't believe in places like this until it was toa late, yet if I'd known |could have prevented it or at least fought back! It's
years old.
waiching television, on some drugs the
in two
men fo "talk" to me about their
“school,” Twovery large men came into
tbe room and the nurse lett. | really 9ібпїсагеwhothey were and Iwasn'tto jay walked fo either side of me, the
been three years now since 1 дої ош, after two years of my life were wasted! The last three years have been spent trying to put my life back into order after having everything torn apart. No longer will lifeevarbe the same forme, not after
be“iree”now, e (Karr) doing all tho talk- whatthey didiome. Imay themselves realftiendly.
but the memories still haunt me and as long as Ican still reamemeberthose black-
est days of my youth, I'll never be free!
Ah yes, 1 да get to grace the finger
blackening pages of Protane Existence again (ha-hal}. Well, what shall | write
about? ( know, the giant sheep farm called the U.S.A., That's what! What keeps the sheep happy? Entertainment, adistraction fromthe realworld, Yes, football, wrestling, monster truck pulls, T.V., the whole nine yards. But I thinkthe sheep are getting bored and no high-tech expensive toys keepthe child-
like sheep population happy for long
enough so what to do? What do they want to ses? Blood. Sex is a product
they've been sald long enough, we're talking about gladiatorial combat, fuck-
ing guts and blood! The greedy sheep
want to see the other sheep slaughter each-other. It's too easy for the pig
sheep or thegeneral sheep to do it for them, they want it in bright neon lights, not in some dark alley where nobody
gets to watch. Why? That's free snter-
tainment gone to waste!
1 say let them have their their blood, but we should haveouts too. Isay wego back, way back into history and bring
back the only good spectator sport bo-
fore hockey. Yes,that's right, fm talking
about throwing Christians to lions. Oh boy, whatfun! You gotta hand itto them
Romans, they had the rightidea. Throw
themsnotty self-righteous fuckers tothe
fils hand, next thing 1 know these two men are pulling ma to my teet, cufting
As jong as we know that there are kids.
my hands behind my back, Searching
authority , none of us are free! Wall that's it for this issue, next issue | guns to keep the "game balls" (Chriswe will take a look inside the ever so tians that is) in line so they don't "roll
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yourself andco-operate
What could { do?l | was fed,
barefoot, and drugged.
dwentco-operatively, but notwithout
privately imprisoned by their parental
"popular" corporate youth institutions, wha are more concerned with money
than the well-being of the youth impris-
onedintheir"school", Infact money is all they are concerned with!
young and old, who are unfairly and in-
Know. what? This is ‘the You are not forgotten! Don't lose { you get
my 51017 if | dont
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away,” and we could get some big fat
lions (hungry of course). Then we'll get
us teams and start the "U.S, Christian Tossing League." Hell, bring the kids - 1
bet they'll never pick up the "Book oi This iswritten in support ofallpeople, i Bullshit” again.
humanly victims of an authoritarianstate.
і Гуе вуег Баеп abducted ba-
good old lions. Man what a cool sport!
We could build big arenas, or hell, just rent out the Doma, get same machine
hope, YOU WILE BE FREE! We'll alt be freet
itll ba fun and we can start with the tich Christians, 99% of the government
too, and do ourselves a big favor while having fun.
We won't have to worry
about those pesky foud-mouthed “pro-
COLUMNS EEE S See]
life" pricks ever again. Better yet, we Ẹ could have a special event night where
who profess to believe in life without
rules, but it all makes sense to me. f
we round up Nazi skinheads and catapult them across the playing field and
those who criticize were totake the time
to investigate some of the issues that
see which ones don't dent the floor with
effect ourchoices maybe they too would Start to give a fuck. Then again, maybe
the rocks between their ears.
Joseph yelled back that Manray fi
got that mouse. Up until than idea that rodents could scream,
My relationship with wild mice is a
Now | know the Christians won't like this sport foo much, but than again so
fittle unusual. There's some basic
what? Nobody cared much tot all their
*yelp" when Isoea wild mouse. it'sг
male part of me that insists on makir
wars and church is boring anyway. Plus,
like I'm afraid of rodents,
they close down the liquor stores hare on Sundayson account ofthose glassy“ay
heard this horrandous scream. out"What thefuck was that?" My
$
causes some primal reaction in me. Ona morning |wentinto the kitchen halt asleep. There was a mouse on the counter. He didn't run away, just looked
eyed liars - so there. if anyone wants to write me and talk about this stuff or has
any more good ideas about the U.S.C.T.L. just wtite to me at my new
atme.
address: 1001 24th Ave S.E. / Minneapolis, MN 554147 U.S.A.
| asked him what he was daing
out of his cage, thinking ha was one of ours. Then [said to him "we don't have
Why go fishin’ when you could be
lossin' a Christian? (clever eh?) - Rat
Just that
distinction between wild and domesti
OF MICE AND IGGY Have you ever noticed that in this lifa
that you've lived so far, there is one
[d constantelement? in my life it’s rodents. don't know why but in one form or Е another there's always been a rodent in
any micel?* A couple seconds passed
whenitdawnedonme he was wild. And
upcame thathighpitchyelp, ed Fucking| freaked me out. I woke upthen,
work ata boarding kennetand we're in the middle of nowhere. Our nearest
neighbor is mora than a couple acres away, Sothere's lotsoffields and lots of mice. Addto thata coupl oftons e of dog, food and you've got mouse central, ME sevenrats sharing my bedroori with me. About once a week I declare war onthe Mi | even have rodents tattooed on me. | mice when discovering yet anotheropen had a boyfriend named Rat. Goofy. bag of food. Some days |think | clean 1 offen here critics of the anarchist In this one apartment | lived besides up after the mice more than the dogs. E my life. When twas litte always had pat mice. Then when I got bigger I graduHi ated 10 rats. At one point there was
punk movement and life-styles utter thingslike Тога bunch of anarchists you
guys sure follow a lot of rules, no meat, no Coke, can't eat at McDonald's, can't
tell racistor sexistjokes, don't buy G.E., don't drink Coors..." and so on. Though
our lifestyle may seem filled with petty rules itis important to make adistinction
here between RULES and ETHICS.
our four tats (Larry, Curly, Moe and They create a lot of shit. Lucifer) we also had wild mice. My room i So wa get bait bars and throw ‘em was tight across form the bathroom where the mics run and the dogs can't
where they emerged from a hole behind
when you poison them they know itwas
the hall. fcould never figure out what
know when you're going to be coming
was so interesting about my room.
Lucifer always had the run of the place and one day | caught him stealing his
Most anarchist punks live by the maxim "strive to survive causing the least food out of the bag and stashing itunder amount of suffering possible.” This the radiator. No wonder the mice loved
means living our lives as true as pos-
my room so much. Someone once told
sible to our beliefs. tt means not contributing economically to’ oppression and injustice. It means not consuming products that degrade women, put down ethnic groups, etc. This means not
me that mice and rats don't get along,
listening to Guns n Roses, Skrewdriver or Carnivore, This means not eating meat, wearing fur, not using cocaine, nat buying products fram companies doing business in South Africa and so on. This means living ourlife as best you can according to what you believe.
Maybe this saems like some paradoxical set of rules, self imposed by those
Lr
c
——
get ‘em. Funny thing about rode
the toilet, [could sit in the living room andwatch mice runbackandtorth across
well then Luciter was a traitor!
Every now and then we'd catch one of those mice and let itgo outside. Every
you. And they have excellenttiming and by. So you're whistling along, days
going wall, and then a mouse throws. itself in your path to die. Very dramatic
when they die.
The convulse and
stumble and it lasts for quite a while. |
They do iton purpose because itmak те want to save it and feel guilty
cause { gat the poison.
Crafty, t
buggers. The poison makes themthi
so they also tend to go inta the wat time they would gostraight back intothe dishes and end up drawning thems building. Finks! Then one day Manray
the catcame fo live with-us and the mice disappeared. They should mass-market cat scent, very effective in the un-
wanted rodent war. There was this one mouse who lived behind the stove.
Manray would sit for hours inthe kitchen just waiting for him to come out. After about three weeks |went to sleep and 1
Á-——J
icome ininthe morning, get busy cl
ing and there's à mouse floating. dn someone's water. Blach!
And really, this wholepoison thing is sort of worthless whenyou think
i.Namatter haw many come outtodi
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then $0 an hour and all the headachas | could ever wish not to have, it's fun to tramble on- It's some sort of revenge ori |
So the saga continues.
I'm down to
only one rat now, his name's Packard.
Andlife.gous on in the Kennel. You know they even have a hole just like in the
the rast of the writers | think. So what, they like to feel superior whether they'll
edmit it or not. à As many ot you avid readersoi Profana Existence (О.К. so maybethere's adozen
some strange reason. | figure knawing how smart and possessive my rats are, wild rats must be the most obnoxious ass
holes. Ehave yet to meet.a wild rat. For awhile incertain parts ofSt. Paul wild rats were coming up threw the toilets. That
would turn. my body off a bowel movement. And |would probably yelp.
or so who don't do other fanzinas, etc.) may know, I was in New York wreaking
chaos and destruction on law and order.
Actually, | was in.a pretty reserved mood the whole trip and the faeling lingers: There's so much that learned while was
there and it still hasn't all soaked in yet. Whatlwanttoknowis why did ittakethree
trips to N, Y.C. to finally feel like 1 knew what i was doing there?
New York's a crazy place for a Mid-
Westerner like myself and tt still amazes methatastronganarchistandpunkscene
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PORNOGRAPHY, CENSORSHIP & ANARCHISM | didn't set out to write this article because | love pornography (| don't), but I've seen some pretty disturbing developments in the anarchist community. More specifically, I'd like to respond to an article that appeared in the Minnesota Daily, the U of M newspaper, on April 3rd. The article, which appeared (thankfully) on the opinions page, was credited to AnnElisa S Easthausen of RABL and I've included a copy of it so you can judge for yourself. On March 29th, Susie Bright (a.k.a. Susie Sexpert) spoke at Wiley Hall about the history
live in. | won't go very deep into the pornography / violence connection argument, but | will say that most people are smart enough to understand the difference between fantasy and reality, and that not everything that is a tum-on in bed is feasible or even desirable in "real life." | think that most people have, at some time or another, had fantasies of forced sex, or atleasta situation where someone else
OPINION BY MAX DAMAGE
used is more important. |think that of all the pornography that deserves to take the blame forviolence against women, OnOur Backs isn't included. | think it's important to examine the real reasons behind rape and violence against women. Perhaps we should take a close look atreligion and the puritanical views on sex that most of us were brought up on. The ideas of virginity, chastity, possession, and the good/ bad girl mentality have definitely messed with women's heads and made sex harder to enjoy, and have been responsible for more rapes than any amount of pictures will. ! think that trying to determine (and eventually make laws
was in control. | don't think this is necessarily linked to a desire to actually be raped so much as it reflects the desire to give up control of lesbian erotica, and showed clips of 15 (responsibility?), which may be something we differentfilms, from both porno and mainstream have too much of in ourdaily lives! If the image sources. of “powerlessness” is what it takes to allow based on) the difference between "good" erot| should say here that| use the words erotica someone who is ordinarily very self-controlled ica and “bad” pornography will only lead to and pomography interchangeably, because of and reserved to really let go, go wild to really more repression and make th forbidden fruit yet no one has been able to come up with a get off, then so be it. Anything goes in bed (or seem sweeter. Isn't that one of the motivations definition ofthedifference between the two that wherever you happen to be having sex), as behind rape? everyone can agree on. | dread the day it long as all parties are enjoying it. Since sexual fantasies will always exist, happens because that will be the day when the Although peoples’ sexual practices can be a wouldn'twomen benefit by producing their own anti-censorship battle is lost. window into their psyche, not everything portrayals of sexuality, to shed some truth on | went to see Susie Bright speak because | through that window should be taken literally, an industry filled with lies? Why not create am afan of her work. She is the editor of On and it is my opinion that there are a lot of something really enjoyable, instead of tho Our Backs, a magazine of lesbian erotica / por- mentally healthy people who enjoy sexual prac- degrading women-hating shit that makes up nography produced by and for women. |feel tices that might seem disturbing to others. | 99.9% of pornography today? Better yet, how that hermagazine is really the first of it's kind to might also add that the tension that makes about something that appeals to both sexes? show such fair and creative representation of flirting, courting, or having sex for the first time If pornography / erotica doesn't suit a perwomen's sexuality (not even strictly limited to with someone new so much fun. son, then they shouldn'treadorwatchit. Simple lesbians). | don't think it could even be comI guess the point l'm trying to make is that | as that. But shouldn't pro-choice extend bepared to traditional, male-produced pornogradon't think the portrayal of sexuality is the yond the abortion issue? phy. It's a refreshing, open and original mix of problem, | think that how it's construed and stories, poetry, art, and photography about all different types of women; different races, classes, body types, and a wide variety of sexual practices ranging from flirting to masturbation to tribadism (you can't look this up but you can askafriend!), and yes, even S & M, which seems to be the part everyone's getting with sex itself. Porn institution worked up about (pardon my pun). this ideology of sexuality regardless alizes By AnnElisa S. Easthausen of gender, When |went into the auditorium and saw and shows how to aci out male supremacy а how-to guide on violence against women, — people there who are involved with RABL and In 1986, women fought and won the It is not a question of consent. Women battle to eliminate Tornado Warming (a recently formed women's pornography from cam- have not consented 10 pus newsstands. It is ironic that in 1990, it is Consent is not necessary this system: Our or required. White self-help collective), it seemed perfectly norwomen who are bringing the pornographers men sct the standards and either. back on campus in person. Susie Brighi, self80 along and get along or trywomen mal to me that they too might be Susie Bright 1o think of proclaimed pornographer and supporter of ways to resist without getting killed, We get sadomasochism, spoke and showed film clips killed either way! fans, or at least be interested in women's last Thursday at Willey Hall. Now Susie Bright wants us to believe portrayal in film. Imagine my surprize when , In a show of protest, the Revolutionary that chains freedom? That gags speak Anarchist Bowling League (RABL) deliv- of consent? equal several days later, the article appeared and | That humiliation is sexy? That ered the following message. domination and submission are the basic found out that they were there protesting the dynamics ofsexuality? We are appalled by Susie Bright's invitaIs Susie Bright telling us that event! Notonly that butaccording to these "antion to our campus! We are outraged by uptight good girls, and we shouldwe are just and the playful endorsements of torture, humil- eroticize our destruction? Are we torelax archists", some of my sexual practices repretation and slavery. Whips, chains, racks, That truly adventurous lesbians don'tbelieve dissent the "...replication of the domination and shackles and other instruments of torture mantle male supremacy, that they perpetufepresent our imprisonment passed down ate it? subordination.” Apparently, |haven'tconsented through the history of oppression. We don't buy it, Susie because We must question this legacy which to it either, and by buying this magazine, I"m we question all systems Bright, of oppression, finds handcuffs and chains alluring,slavery especially in our own communit y! We perpetuating male supremacy. Wow. Whata erotic, torture pleasurable. We must change refuse to leave the structures of male how we view our sexuality, because S & M dominanc e intact so women like you can pry harmless little pair of handcuffs can do. and porn have been around fora long time your way into them, professing freedom of First off, I'd like to respond by kindly asking — from the atrocities of the Roman expression. We know that there can never Empire, to black slavery, to the Holocaust truly be any freedom until justice exists, you to get out of my bed. It's really none of your and now, to the University campus. all authority and hierarchy are smashed. until On We must refuse the lie that lesbian your back? Until your brand of violence business and | can't think of anything more S&M and porn is avant garde or about ‘against women stops, we won't stop cither!! anti-anarchist (read:authoritarian) than attemptfreedom of sexua) expression Long live the revatution! S&M is not accidental, or .onlyLesbian ing to determine the proper anarcha-feminist activity conceived in the privacy ofsome a_n the bedroom. It is the replicatio stance on sex. Because sexis not political- it's the sexuality of male supremacy. Itn isof comAnnElisa Fasthausen is advocate for personal. And no amount of Andrea Dworkimitted to the eroticizing of domination battered women and a an member of the and subordination. It equates hierarchy Revolutionary Anarchist BowlingLeague. nesque philosophizing is going to change peoples' true fantasies and turn-ons. If anything itwill only create more guilt, which seems to me to be the real root of the problem. 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WHATIS"POLAND?" Some days ago alreadan article in the
Polish zine "QQRYQ" #14 (whichI think is the best Polish zine) inwhich the author wrote the Poland was paying for forty years of communist stupidity. Anyone who knows anything about the situation inPolandhas to agree with it. That's the absolute truth! Our country is a very good example that anarchists and all people who want to do anything for themselves should never cooperate with any communistmovements! Doyou know that Lenin's army destroyed the first uprising of anarchists and libertarian socialists? Do you know that Stalin killed more people than Hitler? Do you know what happened in December 1981? It was the first day of a long time to come when all of your telephone calls were controlled, when there was censorship of all of your letters, and sometimes youcouldn'teven leave your flat. The were cases of people being imprisoned for some years because they had one leaflet in their home. But in spite of it all, the governmentcouldn'tdestroy themovementin minds, which appeared at that time. But soon some people started topartit, especially when they couldn't agree with "Solidarity" leaders. Forexample, because itbecame a very Catho-
lic movement and some people didn't believe in church. They didn't believe in church, which voted against thefirst strikes when they broke out in August of 1980. Another importantreason for us was thatthis time there were the first cases of refusing to join the army At the time every young man had to join the army for two years. If he didn't want to he was imprisoned for three years and then asked to join the army again. Youth didn't want to be soldiers because of their religious / ethical ideas, but the leaders of "Solidarity," at least the majority of them, were not interested in it.
They didn't want to help young people, so many young people stopped helping them. In 1983 began the first activities of the first. Polish anarchist movement, which still exists
today: RSA / Ruch Spoleczenstwa Alternatywnego - Alternative Society Movement. It was a very dangerous activity, so very few people knew about it. Ididn't know. They did some very important things including publishing the first Polish anarchist magazine, "Homek," which looks like a leaflet and the first issues were printed very poorly - of course. They also organized some demonstrations, one of them on May 1st even became famous. In my opinion one of the best ideas was Hyde Park. These were meetings of all people, not only anarchists, who wanted to exchange ideas, opinions and friendship. They
acted especially in Gdansk, which is still the
WHAT DOESIT MEAN?
most important center of Polish anarchism. tion. His plan is to carry out a capitalist In 1985 the most important peace / anareconomy in Poland. Fromthe point of view of chist movement started activity: WiP / many people here it isn't bad because there's Wolnosc i Pokรณj - Freedom and Peace. They nothing worse than a communist economic have become quite well-known and for that system. But I am afraid that Poland as a reason many people act with them, not only country is unprepared forit. At the momentit the young but a little older. They have made just means that prices will grow higher and two especially big actions: The first against higher and of broken promises given to socilegislation about the army. Thanks to it you ety. During thelastelection "Solidarity" leadcan work instead of being a soldier. A popular ers usedtosay someslogans which many ofus sentence is "You'd better copulate with an agreed with. The slogans for example were; eagle than be soldier"(In Polish there is a economy without damage to the environment, rhyme in it). Also, there were two atomic new regulations for youth cases (i.e. army) power stations built in Poland. Thanks to WiP and more political freedom. During the eleconis already stopped and wenow fight against tion "Solidarity" also voted against the Soviet the second. army presence in Poland (they have their In 1987 began the activities of M.A. / bases near my town so many people were Miedzymiastowka Anarchistyczna- Anarchist angry for that reason). Now this organization Intercity, where people from RSA, WiP and is doing nothing to fulfill it's promises; it is other similar movements can work together. concentrating instead only on it's own exisIn the beginning it acted as a "Positive Extence in leading the country. A good example change Network" and now has become the is the nuclear power station in Zarnoweic. Anarchist Federation. I don'tthink thechange During the election leaders of "Solidarity" in character of the movement is useful, but used to say that if they had power the cdnthatis my personal opinion and maybe I'm not struction would be stopped, so many people right. Anarchist ideas are becoming more voted for them. Now, when they can make a popular here, but there are also still many decision onit, they say itcost toomuch money people who don't even know what the word and that it's nearly finished and shouldn't be means. They think that anarchy is killing, stopped. Last time there was a hunger strike robbing and so on. It's very difficultto change of some young people in Gdansk protesting their ridiculous opinions. Ilike M.A. because the building, but the leaders of "Solidarity" they are people who really want to cooperate were not interested - the same with the local with other people thinking in similar ways. authorities. For that reason one of the young Forexample many punks takepartin it, which people named the people who made the decisometimes is extremely nice and useful. sions "criminal." Don't you think he was Now, one of the most important problems right? 3 is cooperation between the independent culInthe near future we will have elections for turemovement and anarchists. Especially the local self-governments. I know that some punk movement, because they are able to do people from M.A. want to be candidates. In many things due to thenumber of people in it; my opinion it's a good occasion for acting in so if they take part in any action, that action your local area and we shouldn't support any becomes very strong. Unfortunately many candidates of "S" (Solidarity). During the punks are not interested in it. I do hate to see election for parliament some anarchist voted some of them when see they are bored, drinkfor "S" because they didn't want the commuing alcohol and really doing nothing (sounds nistto have power (as[have said thereis nothfamiliar - ed.). Of course there are also many ing worse then being led by communists) but punks who really want to act. Last year there now they arereally angry. Theman youvoted was a meeting called "Hyde Park" in Lu- for is acting against you, using police censorbieszewo, a small village, with the aim to join ship andso on. Yes, there is anew kind ofcenthese movements. It was unsuccessful besorship in Poland, although it isn't strong yet. cause only some h.c. /punks took part in dis- It is connected with the fact that it's a very cussions. Only some of them showed up that Catholic country. So the church is organizing really wanted to cooperate and fight for the anew way of making censorship. We must possibility of free thinking. ButI still hope the oppose it. situation will change andthatis quite possible There is one more thing which should be in the near future. said about "Solidarity." As a matter of fact, Do you know what the "Balcerowicz" plan there is some groups which don't agree with is? Balcerowicz is one of the most important Walesa and his band. Some of them are have people in the Polish economy and administraan interest inus. The biggest group is the so-
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called "Fighting Solidarity," which is not an anarchist movement, but they use some ideas
POLISHSCENE REPORT
of Edward Abramowski, one of the first liber-
tarian socialist thinkers inPoland. During one of the last demonstrations in Poznan (against the the existence of SB - security service), I
Saw a transparent Solidarity written "Solid@rity” anditwas aninteresting thing. I still have some nice friends in "S." They are young people who believe in their way - I try to understand them. Onthe otherside, itisn't truethatthe communists
have completely fallen. As you probably know, the president of Poland is General Jaruzelski. He is the man from the communist party who was the leader forsome years andinvented the state ofwarin 1981. Authorities are using slogans that give thanks to himthat there wasnoRussian invasion in 1981 -but in my opinion thisissoridiculous thatIdon'teven liketodiscuss it.A similar stupidpraise wasthathe secured quiet in Poland and that he was "right." He secured quiet in Poland with full prisons, censor-
ship and violence if you didn't agree with the government's way. Communists are also still present in the Polish economy, still have many buildings, magazines and power. Anarchists (and others)trytooppose them. Forexample, afewdays ago in the town where I study there was an occupation ofabuilding ofthecommunist party. Young people came in and demanded that it be assigned for the university, where the situation is really bad. The
occupation was quite successful because they reached their aim. Now, in many towns one of the most important anarchist activities is organizing independent clubs
and possibly even squats. The first such club came into being in Pila, called the "Kulturka" club. It is now the converging point for anarchists, punks, vegetarians and soon. Now thereis a second similar clubin Lublin (LAGA - Lublin Autonomous Anarchist Group). People are also trying to get them started in other cities and towns, like Gdansk (there was a hunger strike to reach it), Poznan, and Wroclaw. There aremanydifferent means toachieve an aim. I've written about hunger strikes, demonstrations, sit-ins, and the most popular now, occupa-
tions. What does an “occupation” entail? You go into the authorities’ building and refuse to leave. This gives them two possibilities; they will do what you ask for or use force to have you removed. Fortunately now, they don't use force very often. It's extremely difficulttowrite about everything thatisimportant inonearticle - there areso many problems and things to do. The best way for you, dearreader, is to write me if you want toknow more about Poland. If you want, we could exchange ideas, information, opinions and soon. Alsoifyou
are interested in the Polish free press - write and we could swap. Poland changes dayby day,solcannot write abouteverything inthisarticle. Soif you want to know more, please contact me!
RAFAL KASPRZAK ul. BIERUTA 17/40 64-920 PILA POLAND
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Hello there! Greetings from the land of heros and alcoholics. Here's a few lines about what's going on in Poland. Well; recently communism is over in my lovely country but is it a reason to go into ecstasy? Personally, I'm not nostalgic for the past but I'm not satisfied with the present. Now Solidarity is different than it was in 1980. Most of the leaders are nothing more than politicians. Our new government decided they'll not make “experiments” because it's beyond our means (as they claim) and introduce a good old system that really works - capitalism.
It sounds
strange, at least be-
Cause turning socialism into capitalism is also an experiment isn't it? But, | guess for them, experiments are only those solutions which aren't appreciated by the International Monetary Fund. The most visible effects of their policies are gallop-
ing inflation, increase of prices (although now it's not as galloping as before but
everythingstill seems expensive because wages didn't go up as fast as prices), and lately, unemployment. Every daythere is more
Unemployed
people
because
of
(often senseless and unfair) reductions! Some little producers can't give work to people because of the new bigger taxes, which they should pay their employees, and for some of them it's even too expensive to keep their business. This is a chance for western capitalists to buy the country. Idon't think we could blame allof these things on the despotic commie morons who ruled this country for many years (but | must add that the shit we live in is partly created by them). When some workers weren't satisfied with the present situation and decided to go on strike, government and Solidarity leaders said “It's a violation of the laws. This is not the way to solve our problems.” | think I've heard it all before. Most people seem to accept the present situation. |suppose that people are so tired after many years under the com-
mies' regime and trust in Solidaris ity their lasthope. Thatis probably why they don't wantto see whatis going on around them. I'm; only complaining
about the new
Situation, but there's been a few good changes too. We have more freedom than ever. For instance there is no more censorship, which is hard to imagine as it was a basic institution in this country for many years. It really could give you an
illusion of freedom after many years of Oppression. But! don'tknow forhow long because except that we're slowly becoming a capitalist country and we're also slowly becoming a church state (and | think this has nothing to do with freedom). Poland has always been a very Catholic country (it's very sad but true) but the church didn't have the possibility to get as much power as now. Here you can hear some ultra-shitheads who claim that real
Poles are Catholic. One year ago some religious wankers made a proposal of a law that would provide an absolute ban on abortions. A lot of people protested against it and parliament didn't pass it. Now new lovers of the Middle Ages and the Inquisition are again preparing a new project that makes abortion absolutely illegal under the sentence of imprisonment. This project also provides for the withdrawal of the best and most popular contraceptives. It speaks for itself. As| said before a lot of people are against it but there's people who support it and also people who don't have an opinion about and the Church will probably put pressure
on them.
| hope that in the next report |
won't have to write about inquisitional prisons and statutes.
OK, if you're not asleep yet, now I'll tell you something about the scene. For many years it was impossible to earn money when you played punkor hardcore. But when the chance came some bands availed themselves of an opportunity. These bands, like KSU, TILT are nowonly
rock stars who hold themselves
up to
ridicule. The same is with MOSKWA now they only have one original member (who was already fucked up) and the rest of them are fat old rock musicians. I think Lshould tell you a little about "Scouts Hadio" because it played an important role in an attempt to destroy indie activity. It was created a few years ago and in the beginning it wasn't as bad asnow. They started to promote alternative music from Poland and other countries. At that time it was very unusual, surprising and rare. But later on they started to promote bands that were de-
scribed by them as alternative but these bands had nothing to do with the real alternative. They just tried to get control over the underground scene, fortunately without success. However this radio still
exists and is still trying to fool the youth.
"e
most
famous
band is DEZERTER (which you may know from the LP "Underground out of Poland” released by MRR) still exist and they justrecorded their next LP. In my. opinion they don't still have their old Spirit. Imeanthey were something morethan just another band.
However they're not a commercial band with rock star attitudes and their lyrics and music are worth a listen.
TRYBUNA BRUDU is quitea
DEZERTER The alternative scene is growing everyday now. There's more zines, bands and
gigs organized independently as much as possible. More foreign bands are coming to Poland (as of January 1st there is no more obligatory exchange for foreigners and now you can exchange as much as you need). Of course it doesn't mean that everything is O.K. within the scene. Except drunk idiots there's a lot of passive consumers. So many people care only about music that they seem to forget what's going on around them. Recently the American snobbish attitude also appeared
good band (lyrically and musically) to me, although some people dislike their music. The fact is that they're progressing so slowly (partly due to the problems with places to practice). In the beginning their music reminded me of Dead Kennedys a lot but they're different now. They have a good
one of the best new Polish bands. | haven't yet seen them gig but | have
listened to their live tape. It's very interesting and powerful hardcore (fuckin' great atleast). Their lyrics are greattoo, mostly dealing with religion and it's relations to Polish society. Another new promising band is APATIA. APATIA was formed by two members of H.C_P. (If you want to know H.C.P. has an EP out in Switzerland on Resis tance Prod. c/o Hinterdorf 164 / 8133 Maschwanden / Switzerland). This band could crack your ears - It’s very fast angry hardcore with vocals which remind me of Raw Power. Besides the band they're doing a zine "Greencore" and as the title suggests, it's a musical and ecological zine. | recommend that you write them. BUSH DOCTOR - They have just announced that they split up. It's too bad because they were putting some diversity into the scene. Their music was an excel-
lent blend of reggae, rap and punk with political lyrics.
There is also bands like S.K.T.C., NO PASSARAN, KOMPANIA KARNA and a few others who are probably worth a listen but I don't know much about them. Also there's a lot of grind core (or playing in Similar style) bands but most of them aren't worth mentioning. It's not a question of my musical taste nut rather an attitude.
That's all about the Polish scene for now. If you want to know more information (not only about the musical field)m quality (studio) tape outon QQRYQ tapes exchange records, or just say "hello" or which is run by their drummer. “fuck you,” write me. Also if some AmeriCHAOS - In the past they were a very can bands who will have a tour in Europe promising band for me but actually I've and would like to play in Poland write to been disappointed with them lately. | me or Piotr Wierzbicki- QQRYQ Zine. My
think their attitude doesn't fit well into the alternative scene. Maybe I'm wrong but |
in Poland so you can see some bands only wanking over American stuff and dutifully wearing the hardcore uniform.
think it's not a place for ambitious musicians who only want to be the best. U.O.M. isn'ta new band but for several years they were unknown. They've had many changes in line-up and now there's
Even some people who do zines, organize gigs and seem to be positive are really acting like 12 year old yuppie kids. You may say that drunk idiots, passive consumers, etc. are in all scenes but Ibelieve we have too many ofthem here. lthinkit's time to refute the myth oppressed poor Polish punks who are aware, active and fightthe system. Mostofthem are justlike the stupid rock crowd (except for the different uniforms they wear). OK now something about bands. The
them in the new line-up but they play for surefasthardcore. They're one of the few straight edge bands in Poland. S.E. is a very surprising and rare attitude in Poland. These guys aren't fanatical idiots who preach to you and tell you what to do. Our nation has more alcohol in it's veins than blood. S.E. would be very good therapy for some punks here. Old members of U.O.M. (some of them) formed a band called INKWIZYCIA. It's
only one original member. | haven't heard
Address: Dariusz Stewula/ul, Pereca 13/ 19 m712 / 00-849 Warszawa / Poland Some other address: QQRYQ Zine с! o Piotr Wirzbicki / ul. Prasuyska 14m69. APATIA (& "Greencore" Zine) c/o Piotr Bielewski/ ul. Nad Potokiem 24 m13/63639 Poznan / Poland. NOPASSARAN c/ o Robert Wegrzyn / ul. Swierczewskiego 77/39 / 23-200 Krasnik / Poland. U.O.M. c/o Piotr Siatkowski / os. Teatrlne 3/88 / 31-34 Krakow / Poland. TRYBUNA BRUDU and QQRYQ Tapes c/o Zbigniew Matera/ Skrytka PT 157 / Warszawa 86 /
Poland. INKWIZYCJA c/o Dariusz Eckert / ul. Borsucza 5 m98 / 30-408 Krakow
Poland. PORTEKCJA (thebiggest Polish independent distribution) c/o Wojciech Kozielski / ul. Wyzwolenia 103 / 44-321 Wodzistaw SL. / Poland
When went to New YorkIspenta lot of time with members of the band INSURGENCE and conse-
sing about straight edge and wearing Sneakers and stufflike thatsowe figured
like we could do what we think and
things that you are taught from birth. P.E: Do youbelive thatanimals havethe
same fundamental rights as human
: quently decided to interview them educate people in our way. There really beings? forthisissueof Profane Existence. wasn'ta good outlet for thatin New York. JASON: Yes and no. A right to life City. definitely, the right to drive a car maybe After seeing them |ivel'mconvinced P.E: How doyour political ideals fitinto not. “All life is sacred and should be they're going tobeoneofthe best what youare doing asa band? preserved. up and coming bands in the ALICIA: They fit in really well because LOREN: Animals are not ours to exploit hardcore community. Larrywasn't everything that we sing about we try to and have the right to live free lives just presentherebecausehe was InJail do real life. like we do. (see "McFuck OFF..." article on KEN: |think we all try to live up to our P.E: Whataresome important reasons page 5!)and Amy (NAUSEA) and political beliefs as much as possible and forthe abolition ofanimal experimentamyself flelded the questions for in the band we all have a say, everyone tion? contributes their own part. KEN: It's a farce, it's killing people. You P.E: Whathas beenthe reaction from can't base human medicine on nonthe New York City scene? human systems. JASON: Very surprising. Wejuststarted ALICIA: Plus you can never reproduce out and we haven't been gigging that in the laboratory something that occurs long andwe don't have anyvinyl outand spontaneously in a human. Cancer for P.E: WhoIsinINSURGENCE and what we don't even have any equipment, but example isn't the result of thousands of doyoucontributetothe band? the reaction at this point has been just milligrams ofcarcinogens being injected JASON: I'm Jason and | play bassand phenomenal for a band that’s just start- into your body. It's something that ocwrite lyrics and music. ing out. curs overa large period oftime with diet, KEN: I'm Ken and | sing DAN: We've gotten a lot of support from exposure tovarious environmental things ALICIA: I'm Alicia and | sing and write other anarchists in New York City. coming into effect. It's not just somelyrics. P.E: Whatis yourfavorite NewYork City thing that occurs in a laboratory but DAN: I'm Dan andIsing and write lyrics. band? something that effects your whole orLOREN: I'm Loren and | play feedback. JASON: BOLD, YOUTH OF TODAY... ganism. It's totally false. The whole way DAN: Larry plays wild ax-wielding guitar P.E: Do youvalue yourlives? thatwelive andwhatwe are taughtto eat but he's in jail right now. Ed plays the (after much debate and more threats...) is designed to make us sick. The way crucial mosh beats. ALL: NAUSEA! that we live now in an industrialized P.E: Does having seven people in the P.E:(changingthe subject...) Ifastate of society is to do bad things to your body bandcreate any problems? “class war"were/isin-effect, howwould and then when you get sick there's a KEN: Yeah, wecan'tall fitonthe stage... you definetheenemy? cure for it. We're not supposed to live JASON: Andit's really hard togetevery- DAN: The people who hold back the thatway. We're not supposed to rely on one together at one time to get anything majority from creating a true alternative medicines and vaccines that just make accomplished todoan interview, record- that's based on equality would somehow you sicker anyway. ing, or even gigging. has to be eliminated. This does not P.E: (Changing the subject again) Do DAN: We feel it's actually good because necessarily mean violence since the youthinkthe'revolutions' IntheEastern itcontributes alot ofdifferentideas tothe system is basically based on the labor of Bloc countries willhave anylasting ef-
Profane Existence. it'salittiejumpy from subjectto subject butwe didn't havealotoftimetodo theinterview In- Troll
band.
the majority, and therefore if the majority were to withdraw their support these other people would collapse down as if LOREN: Because there weren't many they were riding on our backs. | don't political bands in New York. think | could giveajustification for vioDAN: Thereweren'tmany political bands lence except for individual situations in New York except our good friends because ititis not something thatcanbe NAUSEA... drawn into black and white. JASON: Come on now lets be serious! ALICIA: 1 don't think the enemy is necKEN: Most of the bands in New York essarily the people but institutions and P.E: Whatreasons were behind forming
theband?
AM
Y QA e
fect? KEN: It's nice to see communism falling
apart- it's nice to see any system falling apart - but | don't think they're going to extend their revolutions to get freedom. They're going to sell out for their VCR's and color televisions. JASON: |think that time will tell that's going to be the end result. ALICIA: It's a revolution to capitalism. | think in most of the cases these countries just want to catch up to the West economically. If the abolition of communism means they can compete more
then that's what they're going to do. Look at Nicaragua, most of the people were for the Sandanistas but a look at the United States giving support to all these groups that make up the Uno party
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- itjust goes to show how the U.S. can orchestrate their own revolution. P.E: Canyouseethe downfall ofcapitallamafterthedownfallotcommunism? KENNY: | think people have had a resurgence of faith in the capitalist system now that they see all of what's going on. You know "capitalism must be good because everyone is after it now." ED: | think capitalism means translates into greedfor alotof people and greed is a very vulnerable trait. Capitalism is a harder system to break out of because capitalism is greed and more people acquire that greed. DAN: I think|havealittle more faith that itwill thanthe rest of the band. | see something like the 60's where a lot of
repressed populations gained some conciousness. As things getworse that always happens. Some rights were gained, which is an important gain, but we are Still not totally free-just slightly better off then we were. We're running out of time and we definitely have to go all the way. Do | see this resurgence happening? Without a doubt. The 90's are going to havetobea decade ofresistance. Wether it's an ecological movement or a labor movement because the U.S. refuses to raise minimum wage and people are starving and the homeless problem is out of control. These things
P.E: Do you feel that feminism tothe other race is good. extreme ofsegregation isjustifiable? ALICIA: |think pride in your culture is KEN: Itdepends onthe extent of segre- good because in this culture everyone's gation. If it means the segregation of culture is destroyed and made homogeSociety, when men or women don't want nized into one soul-less void based on to be with each other | think it's their business. We're allin the same boatand choice, but! don't necessarily seeit as a we should concentrate more on making positive thing. things better as a whole, not going off ALICIA: Ithink in the short term itis OK. into our separate groups. Lets say a group of women have been P.E: What about our own movement, raped and saythey just don'twantto see what should we dowith thepeoplewho a man, sothey get together and talk seem to exist solely to tear the moveaboutit, fine. Butif itgoes on for long it mentapart? Could turn really nasty, people could get ALICIA: People gossip and talk shit really bitter and people could think all because their lives are really fucking will begin to hit people. The problem I menare this way and all women are that boring - that's all |can say. by putting think with anarchism and the left in the way. Men can always learn, Iwantto do other people down they can cover up the United States is we really don't have our athing about alternative women's health fact that they aren't doing shit and they roots in the people. When we get our care atthebookstore but |don't wantto feel some needin themhastobefilled by roots back in the people then that's when exclude men. They canlearn, they have putting other people down. It’s always we start making things happen again. girlfriend, mothers, etc. | think separa- the people who are doing lots of things ED: But the problem that people just tion turns people off because it creates that get gossiped about in any scene. take the little bones they are tossed. 1 bitterness and barriers. mean I hate to quote the NAUSEA inter- KEN: Ithink separation could be good in The people that stand outand say things get it the worse, view (in MRR) butall made a good point. the short term because we leam so KENNY: The way we were taught to live LOREN: | think a lot of people are much about our individual sexuality as is based on competition and in almost becoming aware of how important the we're growing up, that spending time everything we do the aim is to gain whole ecological system is. | think a lot with our own sex in any other way than power. In relationships, on the job and of peopleare justbeginning towake up. "yo, look at that bitch she's got nice it's the same way in the scene. People Itstarted outas atrend maybe, butI don't hooters” |can seethatas being positive. who don't take part in this are not trying think people can forget about it easily. LOREN: | think it's OK for women to tobe a partofthescene, butare tryingto ALICIA: | think that what is going to have separate groups butin the long run live out their own reality on their own happen in the United States, is thatwhile if we want to smash sexism, men and terms... capitalism is falling intheEastand people women have toworktogether todo it. To are gaining more freedoms, the U.S. is work together we have to understand O.K-yourhumble editoris quitting here really going to sink down from a first each other. although theinterviewwenton foralittie world nation to like what Englandis now. P.E:Withthatin mind whatdoyouthink bit more andthey had alotmoretosay. There's going to be mass unemploy- ofblacknationalism vs.white natlonal- Its8:00 AM andthezinehastobe atthe ment and that's when shit's going to ism? printers in 4 hours (and there's still 2 happen. LOREN: | can understand that black pagesto go)and l'vestayed upalinigh. P.E: Doyouthink anarchists and com- people are so angry that we may have Sorrybutyou'll Justhaveto writethemif munistscanworktogether? black nationalist groups. But! think that you want toknow more of thelr views, KEN: On short term goals yes. In the in the endwhite people, black people- all (P.S. beatyou Joel-Istayed up working long run, history has shownthat they end People - have to work together and 26 hours straight on P.E. #3!! Nana! A up killing the anarchists. understand each other. competition? Bah! -Ed.) DAN: On an issue like getting the U.S. DAN: |understand black power whichis out of EI Salvador I think we can agree different than white power orwhite pride. INSURGENCE / N.Y.D.A.C. thatis something thatshould happen. I'd You have to understand that they are support something like what happened living in an oppressive society that tells P.O. Box 365 Canal St. Stn. in Spain with a popular front where we them that everything about them and New York, NY 10013 work together but we still have to fight everything about them is wrong. |think against government. Fact is that the black people are going to have to gaina foundationofcommunismis government litle more consciousness in their culture which is the total opposite of anarchism. while atthe same time live with all people KEN: It's like working with what you are in society. Ithink minorities should live in against. a society because they want to, not LOREN: In some demos that we've had because they are forced to. Ithink alot of in the past they've screwed us over. minorities are forced into ghettos and ALICIA: Yeah, they suck. They walk communities and told everything about around with their marshals... | went to a them is wrong. |think to have pride in CISPES demo and Iwas called an agita- yourself isimportant to achieve any sort tor and screamed at because |wouldn't of change. I don't think white prides the wait when they told me to stop. same because as a whole white people KEN: Evenleftistgroups like PETA, they are not oppressed. | mean there are want to have people get arrested. things that oppressive in this society -DAN: In every demo there's always a based on the class system. Yes, poor really organized group of anarchist who white people are oppressed, but not really want to make things happen but because of their color. As far as black it's always the leftist groups who hold nationalism and black power goes, | People back. They try to control the think that hating another race is not a people's rage into their revolution which good thing: I think that you can have always ends up selling it short... pride but nothate everyone else. | think JASON: So | guess that means no people have to realize is that we're all P.E: Good because the next question oppressed by this system and having was going tobe howyoufelt afterthey faith in the human race is better. , hadyouupagainstthewallinfrontofthe P.E: Whatabout blackseparatism? squad!! DAN: | don't support Farakahn. To KENNY: Well, I'd firsttry totalk tothem... make divisions based upon hatred for
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tell him / her where to stick their oneway moral views... P.E: On a day to day level, what drives you to keep goingwiththeband or just life in general?
interviewed by Rat / Answered by
Scruff.
P.E: History ofthe band / line up changes, etc. HB: Ok, we've had a few line-up changes since formation, but I'll not mention this as it's
HB: Ok, the love of heavy fast music, the kick from playing live, and the fact
pretty irrelevant...
that we havealot of
Let me just say the material still isn't
being played right (my material anyway-
fans of our style of music.
there, but my idea of that word is more
P-E: What problems / Joys have you
and that's 99% of it!) we've had attitude/ — extreme, more positive, morecaring,trust, background problems inthe past but the
respect and more death brutal music,
encountered with record labels, zines,
line up we have now is pretty much apermanent one. Me (Scruff) lead guitar /
positive lyrics- life! P.E:WhydoyouthinkU.S.hardcorehas
HB: Oh dear, I'll tryto keep this short. Eric Cook (neat Records) took us for a ride, Meantime Records Owe us a lot more money than we gotforour first LP, Temple of Love Records (W. Germany) ripped us off of 200 copies of our 7" "They Brought Death"...In fact, | won't bore you with anymore cos’ I'm liable to take up your whole mag with bitching about labels and shit.
vocals, Drew Wright (our 3rd) bass, Brian Newton (our 2nd) drummer) and Ali Lee (our 3rd) 2nd lead guitar. P.E:Whatare your Influences? Lyricalor otherwise?
glgs? Worst/best?
caughtonsobigintheU.K./Europe?And doyoucar for skater/hardcore? e Н.В: | couldn't tell you, althoug Р
HB: They stem from our background, which is punk, although no one seems to influence us these days... we only get ideas. P.E: Fromthe outset ofthe band howhas
P.E: Why the name HELLBASTARD? Where did youcome up with thatrather
the band progressed, musically and lyrcally? Asa "thrash metal" or whatever band, why do youavoldthetypical Satan Igore lyrics? HB: Well, anyone just has to listen to ('85 rehearsal or '86 and '87 demos or LP or EP) tapes, and then the newest Show-
case material for Earache; better song
odd, butcool name? (Ha-ha!) HB: Alien from the band Sons of Bad Breath (London) wrotea songfor S.O.B.B. called "Hellbastard.” Itis him who derived our name. P.E: What do you see in the future of HELLBASTARD, the "scene"or justthe
and Europe always takes and exports
World? Thisisapretty general question
structure, well-constructed very tight
fashion and ideas from the U.S. of A. (or soplaythe"Psychic Predictor" for abit!
toreadbetweenthelines(onsomesongs)
whatever). People can skate if they like,
HB:
it doesn't bother us. But when some self-
layouts, bigger shows, etc. Just the same
rhythm guitar... You know lyrical youhave
Better produced records, neater
lo understand what they mean. They righteous British straight-edger tells me really. The scene, well, the underground aren't so basic as "we hate this, we hate — not to smoke or drink alcohol (of which | — will always be here | think. The world,
that"..etc. Satan/gorelyrics have never
came into this band because it's not what
we're about. We have more in common
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going too commercial and boring and to
with Crass / Discharge / Bad Brains, etc.
(lyrically) than Morbid Angel, Macabre, Massacre, Death or anyone like than..you
know?
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you think it has on the world H.C. /punk sceneor doesthere come a point intime where iteven mattersanymore? one is doing their own thing now.
hun? I don't know...no one does. Oh, to
keep HELLBASTARD the same without
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written are starting to get to my wrist over the years (yeah, no shit - Rat). Thanks Rat for the interview. Peace and extrem-
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l'vebeenrunning intomembersofthe DISTURBEDfora number of years and! think it's long time overdue foran interview. So, never mind theintro... P.E: What made you decide torelease acassetteasa toyouralbum?
follow-up
Earl: Number one was finances. It was cheaper than a record. Micheal: Two, it was more immediate than a record.
Earl: Yeah, it took so good damn long to get the record out that it was passe, almost embarrassing by the time it did come out. Jimmy: A lot of people don't even own turntables these days. Earl: Plus, like it says on the tape, it was a demonstration - a demo. We're looking for another label, one that has some money. P.E: So you weren't happy with Channel83? Earl: It's not like we are unhappy with them. | mean it's not that they didn't try or the lack of trying or anything of that nature. At the time the finances were not where they needed to be. They didn't have enough capital to push a band they way it should have been Jimmy: That band was dead before it even got released. Earl: That band that is on the record had broken up by the time the record was out. By the time it came out we were playing with a new band, a new DISTURBED. It was completely different. Jimmy and | are the only survivors of that old hack shit.
P.E: Isthisnewtape better describe where you're at right now? Jason: They were the first four songs we ever wrote together. P.E: Does the name of the band have any relation to the message that you're trying to convey? All: Definitely! Jimmy: Yeah, we're annoying, disgusting... Earl: The definition is showing signs of mental instability and emotionally unbalanced. P.E: Whatdo youthinkaboutpeople pushing legislation toput warningstickersonrecords?
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Micheal: It's a violation of freedom of speech. Jimmy: In Floridayoucangeta misdemeanor for listeningto Too Live Crew. They can throw your ass in jail for selling it. But, if you think about it, it might be good to have a record with a ае) harmful to children-type lyrics.” Earl: It's a forbidden fruit kind of thing. If 'm not supposed to do itthen it must be pretty cool! It's working to the opposite of what they want but it's still a sick and twisted idea that somebody can -I mean, who's to say what's obscene to somebody is obscene to somebody else because |find their lifestyle obscene, I find therr life-styles obscene, I find what they've done to this country for the last 200 years obscene. O.K. | see what they've done to our environment, the state of the economy, and everything else - the whole god damn nine yards. We're out here trying to change things and get all together and be real; P.E: Whatdo youthinkof like "metal" imagery? Jimmy: If you're going to look ridiculous then you better sound ridiculous. Earl: Afewyears back itwas coolbecause it was thing to do. The big thing was Slayer and their big ten penny concrete nails and allthatotherstuff was absolutely ridiculous - but then again they were pretty ridiculous when they first came out. | guess |really don't understand the people who really take this shit really se riously, | mean to the point where it's almost like a religion Jason: They've got the mirrors and the dressing room with rows upon rows of hair spray and Australian moose shit... Earl: It's really hard to take this too seriously because it's only metal. Jimmy: You seethere'sthese poser motherfuckers who do noth ing but play the rotation circuit. You know they'll play at one club. one night and anotherthe second night. They always look down upon us because we play Minneapolis only four or five times a year which is our own choice. They consider us as doing noth ing but they go and break up after six months and get in new bands and do the circuit again. Troy: The thing that kills me is the agencies most times don't want the bands to work; they don't want you to have a job. So these people sit around and have nothing to do all day and yet all they do is practice cover songs. They have all this time to be Creative and they use their time to figure out the newest Van Halen song. Jimmy: Or else see how dressed up they can get and go watch each-other at the clubs. P.E: Would you say you feelisolated herein Minneapolis? Jimmy: Yes, definitely. Minneapolis is 500 miles out in the middle of nowhere. Troy: There's a scene here but not big enough to get a lot of support. Jimmy: There's a small minority of metal kids who come to shows if they find out about them. Earl: You know what's killing the scene is VCRs and Nintendo. Why the fuck would you want to go out and pay five bucks for a cover, two bucks for a beer, hassle with parking and hear some lousy fuckin’ band play cover material when you can stay at home and watch "The Rolling Stones Live in California 500 Years Ago" in Dolby stereo on a wide scree TV with a bowl of popcorn and a six pack of beer.. It's tough!
DISTRUBEDurge you to get in touch so feel free: DISTURBED/ P.O. Box 6001 / Minneapolis, MN 55406
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During my trip to N.Y.C. in March Alfrom Nausea introduced me to a friend of his - none other than Danny Lilker from NUCLEAR ASSAULT. AswesatinlMona'spubonthe Lower East sipping cider itbecameapparent that! should definitely interview him for Profane Existence. So, two days later we
hooked up back in Minneapolis where they were abouttokick off their North American tour at First Avenue. So Bill and | kidnapped Danny before the show and did the following interview... Troll: So what do you do In NUCLEAR ASSAULT? Danny: play bass and growl alittle bit. Then there’s John who sings and plays guitar, Anthony plays’ guitar and Glenn plays drums. Trot: Sohow long have you been intheband? Where youinsincelt started?
were their guinea pigs. Troll: How long has the new record been out? Danny: It came out in October so I'd say about five months. Troll: Any idea ofhow many records you've sold? Danny: World-wide | think like 150,000. It's done good. Troll: What other bands have you beeninvolved with? Danny: Anthrax and S.O.D. I'mnot sure all the people reading this - well, they're probably pissed-off at S.O.D. but those people don't realize is that we made a bad joke. | made a mistake doing it. The music was crunchy but we just made lyrics like that because we saw a lot of people with real uptight attitudes. People like time Jello and Tim Yohannon and wethoughtitwould begreatto do something that would really get their goat. |regretitnow because there Were a lot of cool people, like you guys, that aren't so uptight but we might have been of-
fended. | don't regret it totally because it was fun. As far as Anthrax, that's something Scott
Danny: | formed the band but the and |formed in high school and I band didn't achieve the line-up it was thrown out but it doesn't has now until November of 1985 matter because |personally don't when Glenn the drummer joined. like their direction now. You're That's when we became a cohenot going to see us putting "New sive unitwithno member changes York Hardcore” on our shirts or . That's when we released our secanything like that. ond demo and that's when things Troll: Whatare some ofthe good really took off. things that have comeoutofthe Troll: So what stuff do you have fusion ofthehardcoreand metal out? scenes? Danny: Our first full length LP was Danny: There's alot of bad news called "Game Over^ and before and a lot of good news. The best that was a 12" which came out in things is that a band like us will Novemberof'86. Then in June 87 "The Plague" came outwhich was just sell like 150,000 records and all those kids will be seeing our lyrics. A lot a six song EP - that's why it came out so fast. Then there was all that of punks think that you're selling outif you sell more than 25,000 albums bullshit with the labels where "Survive", the nextalbum, ended up on IRS but that is really stupid because | don't have a 9-5 job and | have to do whichis amajor- butwe don'twantto go back tothem. We havea fucked this for a living. Every album we have has intelligent lyrics, like songs up deal now where we have to go back and forth between IRS and about apartheid and vivisection. Metal bands tend to get across to a lot more people. Combat. Our new LP, “Handle With Care", is out on In-Effect, the label that, between me and you and who ever.is reading this, | would like to Troll: Is therea trend in metal bands to sing about more political stuff satan and whatnot? stay with. The major label thing kind of turned us off - not just because rather than ghouls, goblins, of political reasons, but they really didn't know what to do with us. We Danny: | think it's healthy. Take a band like Sepultura, killer Brazilian death metal band, and now all their lyrics are personal stuff like that. For ~ some people it's areal trend but we've been doing this for years and it's good when metal bands pick up on that. You reach a whole different audience because alotof metal bands are notgoing to hear about E.N.T. or bands like that. Most of them are not exposed to that, but if they are exposed to good lyrics and stuff like we're doing or Sacred Reich then that's good. Of course a lot of punks will probably attack us saying we're trying to be trendy or jump on the band wagon. | don't have time for people like that. Troll: Whatis your Invoivementin the punk scene? Danny: My involvementis |like it. |was roadieing for Nausea at the Right Trackand people were flipping out. They seem to think that I'm some sort of big heavy metal rock star and that | don't go to anarchist shows and if| do, |standaround and sign autographs or some shitlike that. I've been going to hardcore shows for five years. The album that changed my life was "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" by Discharge. | said this was great, this was brutal music. When | got into hardcore |was into the fast music and then |gotintothe lyrics. That's how we tookourinfluences from hardcore, from bands like Discharge. We just took the realistic and down to Earth attitude and lyrics. Just because we look and sound like ametal band doesn't mean we have to actlike one. We're trying to break down this fable that metal bands have to grit their teeth and fuck chicks
in the back of the bus. So what do you think the readers or your magazine are going to think of us being in it? Troll: Well, we wrote in the first issue that we were not going to limit
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ourselves to just being another punk ‘zine. Wedidn'twantto limititto
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CRITICAL MASS THE BIO-SPHERE, THE PLACE WE LIVE
IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN OTHER SPECIES FLUSHED DOWN THE TUBES WE NEED ANOTHER PLACE TO RAPE THE WAY WE LIVE WE WILL DESTROY
EVERY OTHER LIVING THING “TIL NONE ARE LEFT EXCEPT OUR RACE AND THEN WE WILL DESTROY OURSELVES
ANOTHER OIL SPILL ATOMIC WASTE DISPLACED ANOTHER FOREST DIES
=
BRING ON THE ACID RAIN
SLIGHTLY INSANE, THE TYPE OF GREED THAT MAKES THE WORLD UNFIT FOR LIFE TOXIC WASTE DESTROYS THE SEAS WHILE POISON GAS POLLUTES THEAIR A WASTE OF LIFE, WHILE NO ONE CARES THE EARTH BECOMES A TOMB. CRITICAL MASS WILL BE ACHIEVED
AND RUINS WILLBE ALL THAT'S LEFT. A HELL ON EARTH, WHAT WE CREATE DRAGGING LIFE TO DEATH WITH US ALL LIVING THINGS DESTROYED OR USED BY SHORT SIGHTED HUMAN BEINGS WE DO THESE THINGS, LET THEM BE DONE APATHY CREATES DESPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE WILL BE TOO GREAT
punk, basically anything that is cool or has something to dowith whatwe'redolng. Danny: That's the best way to be. Big metal magazines don'tknow whatto think of us. They call us a hardcore band because they have no way of coping with the fact that we have lyrics like we do. We hate classifications. If you have to call us anything, thrash metal or cross-over will do but | say that reluctantly. We're NU-
CLEAR ASSAULT! Troll: Doyou thinkalot
of bands areinhibited
bylabels? Danny: A lot of people get too into the categoriesthatare imposedon them. They get trapped and pigeon-holed. Troll: So how did you get hooked up with peopleinthe punk scene? Danny: Well, a long time ago |wrote aletter to Maximum Rock n Roll because | was just fed up to here with this hypocritical anti-metal attitude. | mean | don't care if people don't like it, but | think it's stupid that people don't like it because it's cool not to like it because your friends don't like it. | envision all these punks hanging out saying "metal sucks" and then going home and listening to Slayer and then
shutting them off if the telephone rings or something... Well, wehad to bring Danny back forsound checkatthat pointso that's all folks. Justas anote to end this up we did get achanceto seethem playlaterthatnight. Although they only gotto play for35 minutes, they rockeddude'Actually;itwasreally fun. Wejust want tosaythanks to Danny forgettingusonthe guestlist (and Destroy! says thanks too!) andcheersforthebeersand T-shirts!!!If you wanttocontactNUCLEARASSAULTplease writeto them... NUCLEAR ASSAULT P.O. BOX 4164 OSBORNVILLE, NJ 08732 U.S.A.
COLORAD O SPRINGS SCENE REPORT Greetings from Colorado Springs! Colorado been playing groovy energetic shows around
springs, probably like most other cities in the midwest, is an exciting hotbed of right wing fuckheadism, and as far as the local punk scene goes, nothing really matters much more
than clothes, music andhair To quote afriend of mine “justa bunch of oxygen thieves“ Some of us however, are attempting to break that mold and prod some people into awareness in one way or another Nearthe beginning of this year myself and a few local anarchists decided to start an anarchist collective based loosely around the Infinite Onion zine It's name (the Infinite Onion) comes basically from our explanation of a stagnant culture which peel after. peelneverreally seems to change significantly in any crucial way So far our efforts have largely gone towards the production of flyers andourzine. Flyers have recently turnedup at local shows as well as schools, cafes, clubs and various other conspicuous locations We have strong feelings concerning government and corporate sponsored Earth rape, as well as racism, and general government hypocrisy Each issue of ourzine costs $1 incash, stamps, or a reasonable barter (send me some gas) Issue number two is out and has stuff about anarchist violence, our president, racist fuck heads and assorted anarcho art Aboutotherlocalanarchisthappenings, zines and stuff, | know very little The Stupid Party is apolitical party comprised of Colorado Springs punks with a foundation based on stupidity and beer | don't see any ideology or political alliance here butthe dohavealogo Startyour own chapter, | doubt they mind PZKWis anartsy little zine that would mostly appeal to those involvedin hallucinogens Joe Ralston puts this together and does a mighty fine job. Send him a buck for a copy! Don't let the war pics scare you he’s nota fascist. Joe Ralston, 934Old Dutch Mill/ Colorado Springs, CO 80907
My Kinda Zine is a cool short zine with reprints of flyers and stuff about the environment, political prisoners, local bands and other stuff Send: one dollar to ‘l Wish | Had a Typewrite Prod.' c/o Mike Colin /3705 W. 68th Ave. #405 / Westminster, CO 80030 About our music scene When people who know what they're doing put on shows and lots of people hear about ‘em they get packed. Usually about 150 people atgoodshows Most people have good attitudes but there are always the select few who start shit They get booted most of the time anyway Ground Zero, previously our only alternative (ie. non-preppy, non-yuppie,non-heavy metal) allages club has gone a wee bitnutso banning bands and 86ing people left and right | have a strong suspicion it is being converted to an institution of high school preppydom and inconsiderate capitalism As far as OK places to play the Clubhouse is the only place in town doing cool punk shows. To set up shows on Sunday nights call (719) 633-0590 NINE TWENTY NINE is mostlikely the most intense band in Colorado Springs. They've
Ecc ——CMMMMNMNEEMNMEEENEN
Colorado for alittle while now and have
come
outwith two tapes inthe lasttew months Their music ts Kind of reminiscent of 78 style female
vocals punk yet it really isn't at all Look for them on tour this summer $3 for their < ша demo and $3.50 for the live tape Get then now, cuz they rock! Add below SPLITTING HEADACt
$ anew band that
remind me a lot of West Coast bands like D I They've only played one show so far but could make quite a name for themselves if they aot off their asses and played some THE CREEPS have been playing pissed energetic hardcore for a few ycars nov indjust played their last show in Colorado Spir Sunday They wentout with a bang pr probably the wildest show in quite « They'll be moving to Boston by the d of tho summer so watch out Wrecking Crew! RU RU are one of my faves down here They do stuff that reminds me of Gang of Four wit alittle touch of older Damned Butthatdoe mean much unless you hear them They have a tape out which is pretty hip from what I hear
It's $4 from Jeff at Big Body Parts ; P O Box 9813/ Colorado Springs, CO 80932 0813 PHANTASMORGASM hail from Den О do great shows Powerful hardcore funk stutt I'm pretty sure they're planning to put outan LP or EP soon so buy asap! Also a couple of Songs on an upcoming Flush comp. | think
NINE TWENTY NINE has been playing
show’
with them alot and |think both bands are vie dangerous Write to PHANTASMORGASM at Mike Colin's address above GERBIL INSERTION CREW are new to mv and do 79 style punk shit They sound like à cross between 999 andthe Ramones Proba bly could work on some bite in the vocal dept but otherwise they do OK They have been opening shows around town recently and hope they dont get killed by gerbil rights activ
ists BLISTERING BODY PUS are way thrashy Intense and kinda metal They remind me of the Accused but different (notreally) Their ex guitarist and part time singer went to Jail re cently andlreadhe got 24 years for something
but local hearsay says he'll be out in a month They've gone through a line up change and a slightstyle change butthey're still dorng shows They also haveatape outthatyoucangetfrom Mosh Pit Records at P O Box 9545 / Colorado Springs, CO 80932 The Infinite Onion Collective ts planning a benefit show in the near future partly to raise money for Infinite Onion printing costs and partly to flow to other beings in trouble or in needofmoney Probably some cash to PETA and Earth First! To hear more about any of the above write me! I'm Dave Fischer and|live here 7559 Red Mountain Dr / Colorado Springs. CO 80920 My address is the address for the Infinite Onion and NINE TWENTY NINE too Well that’s all folks so see ya next time, | hope!
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After the '89 Anarchist Gathering in San Francisco rumors floated around about this great crust/H.C. band that played called GLYCINEMAX... Well, that sounded great so we investigated abit and got in touch with Ron, vocalistand guitaristand thingswentfromthere. Notinthis interview butalso in GLYCINE MAX are John on bass and vocals and Mark on drums. Questions were asked by Trolland the interview wasdeliveredtous by Bobatthe post office.
P.E: Sowhat'swith the name GLYCINE MAX? Do youall have secret fantasies aboutbeing soy bean farmers? G.M: Yeah, ever since | was alittle kid I've always wanted to live
on a soy bean plantation and try to take ove
1e meat industry
G.M: Well, | think the main message we try to put across is to break out of the mold that you've been in since day one. Stop letting people hammer you into shape like a piece of clay. Try to see through the conditioning and the brain-washing that Society pumps into you in the name of the almighty dollar. Basically just look inside yourself and be you, not who everybody else wants you to be. P.E: | assume you're all vegetarians (is this true?), how are some constructive ways to persuade others from eating meat? G.M: Yes, John and myself are vegans and mark is a vegetarian. I think all you can really do is just tell people your opinion about eating meat and show them an alternative. Show them that eating animal products is not necessary for survival.
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with soy beans. No but actually, when we were first getting going we saw the name Glycine Max anditkind of started out as a joke.
P.E: Areyouanarchists? Do you believe ananarchist society
But we decided to keep it since we practically survive on soy bean products. P.E: Whatisthe currentsituation forthe band? Doyou haveany immediate plans forfurther releases? G.M: Well, we've finally got a solid line-up; we all seem to click together pretty good. And that's been our major problem since we've been together, finding the right people forthe band. Sowe plan on recording in the next week or two all of our songs. And hopefully put out vinyl or just release it as a demo. P.E: Ifthe gods of chaos came down frombeyond the spheres and demanded toknowwhat sort ofband you mere mortalsare, whatwould your reply be? G.M: Idon'tknow, that's kind of atoughoneforme. Iguess we're just a lot of energy, loaded down with a lot of emotion and drowned out by a lot of distortion.
G.M: Well, it depends onwhat your definition of an anarchist is? Idon'tbelieve in any form of governmen orany t form of authority. Soifthatfalls under the label “anarchist” then |guess that's what lam. | don't believe an anarchist society is possible within our lifetime because people have been conditioned far beyond being able to take care care of themselves and get along with each other without somebody to tell them what to do. But hopefully, somewhere down the line there will be a time when people can live together in freedom without authority and oppression. P.E: What do you perceiveto be keeping us from achieving anarchy and peace?G.M: Ithink society has fucked itself up so badly that it will be along time before people can get along with each other without authority. | think one of the reasons is that our society runs on the idea of "he who dies with the most toys wins." Somewhere down the line people got the idea that they weren't worth
P.E: Whataresome importantmessages youtryto convey in yourlyrics?
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anything unless they had a lot of material possessions. | also think that people have become too lazy. They've come up with a machine for just about everything. We've got remote control T.V. and the clap on light. People have gotten to the point where they can't do anything ontheirown. They have to have someone to tell them what to do, then they have to buy a machine to do it for them. They've surrounded themselves with allthis useless bullshit that they depend on. If all of the sudden it was taken away they wouldn't be able to survive. Everyone wants more and more. When there's someone getting more and more, then there is someone else getting less and less. Basically people have become too greedy and lazy, and they just don't give a shit about anybody else. (Jesus, did any of that babbling make any sense? | hope so) P.E: Doyouthinkwe'llbeabletos grip ofmashthe multi-national corp andorat institutions like ions thI.M_F. and World bank?
G.M: I don't know. |think it will definitely take some time to escape the grip of greed and the power-hungry monsters that control society. P.E: Doyouthinkresistancetothese institutionscanbe bred in thepunkcommunity? G.M:
Definitely. Ithink it really opens people's eyes and helps
In an attempt to do a monumental feature on the fanzines that have influenced Profane Existence, we mailed outover a dozen questionaires to some seemingly worthy people. Alas, our illusion of fanzine editors being on top of things was shattered by the fact that we had only four responses. Curses toall those who didn'treply andwe hope bands never answer any ofyourinterviews. Seriously, since there were so few replies this time, maybe we'll make this an ongoing feature in up-coming issues of Profane Existence and give the lazy bastards who didn't reply another chance at fame (hint!).
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL
Answered by Tim Yo. c/o P.O. Box 288/ Berkely, CA 94701 NAME OF ZINE: MAXIMUMROCKNROLL WHEN DID THE FIRST ISSUE COME OUT?: August 1982 HOW OFTEN PUBLISHED: Monthly HOW MANY ISSUES OUT TO DATE?: 84 NUMBER OF PAGES OF THE LAST ONE: 128
done forselfish reasons, likeboredom, stagna-
tion, desireto learn new skllis and meet now
people. Some of it is done because It absolutelyneeds tohappen and we're in a good
Positiontoorganize and finance It. It's alot of WHAT WAS THE CIRCULATION?: 12,000 ‘work, sometimes too much, but It feels good. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND THE ZINE WAS THERE ANY PARTICULARLY EXCITAND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ING MOMENTS OR REWARDING EXPERIWISH TO STRESS?: The main idea is(1)to ENCES HAD BY PUTTING OUT YOUR ZINE? provide aforumfor progressiveattitudes within The best partofdoing thezineisbeing in the punk/H.C. scene. (2) To provide avehicle. contact with so many people from around the for the ongoing growth of grassroots activity. world. Despite all the assholes that are in the. (3) Toprovide adocumentation of thechanges. "scene," meeting goodpeople ls the most Internationally thataffect us politically, socially, rewarding feeling, aswellasgivingandgetting and culturally. encouragement and friendship from them. ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS YOU ARE WHATISTHE DULLESTPART ABOUTDOING INVOLVED WITH THAT ARE RELATED TO A ZINE OR IS IT CHAMPAIGN AND CAVIAR YOUR WORK ON THE ZINE?: We havetaken ALLTHE WAY?: A lot ofshitwork Istedious profits from the zine to (1) put out occasional (yourtelling me - Typlet). Every day wegeta records orspecial editions. (2) Start acommu- tonofmail, which must beanswered, procnity run club, Gilman Street. (3) Start a non- essed, typed,scanned, layedout, etc. Thereis profit distribution, Blacklist. (4) We will start a abigcrewofvolunteers tohelpwithalllthat,but Community run record store/community cen- Itcanget old.Its amazing how many people ter,Epicenter. (5) Do a weekly radioshow. stick aroundforyears, willingtochip In.
666 1/2 Answeredby Steve 111 FarninghamRd. Caterham, Surrey
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them to see through the lies we've been fed all of ourlives. know it made me more aware of the evil in our world. P.E: If you could describe your feelings towards the punk
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO DO THIS SORT OF UNGLAMOROUS WORK?: Some of it is
girls, drugs, | get invited toallthe parties and
when |walkdown theroad peopleworship me,
Ohno,that's what happens when you're In a
band, haha!Theonlythingthatmotivateme. s
isdead serious people coz |goouttobethe total opposite - crazyll
WAS THERE ANY PARTICULARLY EXCITING MOMENTS OR REWARDING EXPERIENCES HAD BY PUTTING OUR ZINE?: Exciting, wellwhenyougetthatnextlesuo out that's about the only exciting thin. Rewarding,
haha! Selling allthecopies IstheonlyrewardIng thing,andallthe freerecords, well free
NAME OF ZINE: 668 1/2 record (whichis a liebecause |don't getany. WHEN DID THE FIRST ISSUE COME OUT?: “hint hint” ha hal) Late 1986 *| think." WHATS THE DULLEST PART ABOUT DOING HOW OFTEN PUBLISHED: About oneayear A FANZINE OR IS IT CHAMPAIGN AND HOW MANY ISSUES TO DATE?: Seven CAVIAR ALL THE WAY?: Woll i's not being NUMBER OF PAGES OF THE LAST ONE: 44 able tofillit,bands not replying, andthere's WHAT WAS THE CIRCULATION?: Varies, beon a good fewofthem. Actually there's alot | 300-400 of dullpartsbut thegoodparts normally comWHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND THE ZINE pensato that, champalgn and caviar - hahaAND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU
WISH TO STRESS?:
keep me occupied, get-
more like manky homebrew andcrustsofbread.
Just for something to Hahal
"scene" whatwould they be? ting personal thoughts G.M: People who have a common goal and a common interest and views into the outworld. Having the in acertain type of music getting along together and having fun side chance to ask bands over the tcp questions, (yeah - a good dose of positive attitude!! -Ed). and trying to make P.E: Anylastcomments? Noizeavailable? GLYCINE MAXT- People laugh | hope. ARE THERE ANY shirts? Skateboards? Scooters? Bath salts? PROJECTS YOU ARE G.M: Thanks alotforthe interview and for asking usto be onthe INVOLVED WITH THAT RELATED TO "Nightmares of Reality" compilation. We still just have our ARE YOUR WORK ON THE "practice - demo" available for $2 or send a tape and postage. ZINE?: Not much really for distributing We should be going into the studio very soon to record so keep except stuff for people (hooray an ear out. Hello to all of our friends.
O.K. Cheers to Ron for answering our questions. Everyoneis encourage by usto get their demoand we'llbe eagerly awaiting future releases. Contact: GLYCINE MAX/ 932 Temple #A/ Long Beach, CA 90804 / U.X.A.
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direct actiontype of stuff
as |said it's a personal
thing so there's nothing really related. WHAT MOTIVATES YOUTODOTHISSORT OF UNGLAMOROUS WORK? Well, all the
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCENE REPORT Hello everyone from sunny Southern California... Wait! Itrained today so things aren't so sunny. Well, it rained only for about an hour. This summer looks like a big water ration already. It's fucking dry, dry, dry, there isn't a cloud up in the sky. Anyway, this here is a scene report / babble article for Southern California for all you crazy punkers. If | forgot to mention something oh well, there are other sources. And | hope | don't say anything that will piss people off because it always seems like someone gets pissed over something some other punk says in every issue of this zine. Actually | like itbecause it brings up room for growth and change and there ain't nothing wrong with that. OK I'll be writing from a pretty wide spectrum here, stretching from Santa Barbara to Orange County. |live in between these locations and this is where we get involved in whatever activities come up. Both areas |just mentioned are about two hours or more apart from each other but are only an hour in each directionfrom me. Sol may be able to mention more shit then say someone from the South Bay in Los Angeles (a well-known area for psycho skinheads called , what
else but South Bay Skins and other great people - sarcasm). Music, music, music. Whether you believe it or not Southern California does have apunk scene and there's been things to do every weekend for some time now. In Santa Barbara we REALITY CONTROL (who are featured on the new comp EPfrom "Hippycore"), SUCKER PUNCH, and | believe a few members of DOWNCAST. I'm sure there are more bands out in that area but I'm clue-less. Oh, |heara friend of mine has just started up an all-girl thrash band in the vein of Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Plasmatics, etc. Thereisa great place for shows in the vicinity of the State College in Santa Barbara called "The Red Barn" whichisliterally just atiny barn. Shows are always free and there’s always zines and music for sale. Lately they've had touring bands come through, for free, with the likes of PLAID RETINA, RESOLUTION, andcoming up this weekend CORRUPTED MORALS. There are also shows held in the park up there for free and benefit shows for Sane / Freeze are held in this ancient gym. The people that organize these events are really cool and they are also involved with "No Angs SWers" zine, which | isahuge, thick punk
mag that’s almost entirely straight edge but is still in= credible, and also
"the
zine
Fanzine
"The
That Had
' No Name," which is more light hearted and features a wide spectrum of punk. Oneisfree,theother
; is not
You'll just
TNR UTC CRM! out. No Answers:/ . P.O. Box 680 / Goleta, CA 93116 and
T.F. T.H.N.N: / 1693 Franceshi Rd. / Santa Barbara, CA 93103. The band i REALITY CONTROL can be contacted care of
T.F.T.H.N.N. and no they're not the old English Reality Control. Contact
these zines if you want your band to play at The Red Barn too. Down south alittle more we have my neighborhood. |live in what is known as Ventura County which harbors these towns; Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Camarillo, Westlake and border cities that are L.A. County but they connect us more are Agoura, and Simi Valley / Moorpark. Oxnard is perhaps the most widely known in Ventura County for churning out such greats as ILL REPUTE, AGGRESSION, DR. KNOW and more. Nardcore is what they called it and the scene is now dead. Anyway, Thousand Oaks hails two bands but I'm only going to mention PURPLE HOLOCAUST. They have a demo out and have played a few shows now. Two of the members are on a big ska trip like the rest of the fucking world seems to be on, so you'll probably hear a little less punk from them. Contact them at 1382 Calle Fidelidad
/ Thousand
Oaks,
CA
91360 There's anew straight-edge band from Moorparkcalled MONSTER SQUAD who are pretty good, sorry no address. My local favorites, RHYTHM COLLISION from Agoura, have an EP out and are working on an LP which is to be released on Moral Crux's label. Contact RHYTHM
COLLISION at28951 Marlies St./Agoura, CA 91301. There are a few zines out here. First the raging comic zine that everyone should have, "Life is buta Joke.” Anyone with a bent frame of mind should getthis from 2288 Hawk /Simi Valley, CA 93065. | hear there's a skate zine from Oxnard with color pictures but Iforget the name. Then there's "Disobey" which is the zine my girlfriend and | do, which is very punk. Now we move on to Los Angeles and Orange County. I'm going to try to get as much of this down as possible so if things seem alittle shaky you'll have to excuse me. We'll start with the San Fernando Valley. There are lots of things going on with a good number
of punks.
Some
bands are the FIXTURES, EXOTERACY (agreat politicalthrash band from Granada Hills), ONE STEP AHEAD (straight edge with ex-Misguided members), and I think the GRIMisstillaroundA.D.S. (ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE SYSTEM) used to be from this area waaay back. "Dead Letter” zine is from this area is currently being processed out. The editor organizes demonstrations, record /zine swap meets
id other things. Contact Ryan or "Dead or" at 7146 Remmet Ave 4120 / Canoga Park, CA 91303 He could probably tip you on me other bands in area and other happen-
ings. Ohyeah, SOCIETY GONE MADare from the San Fernando Valley and are pretty good. In the North Hollywood area we have a couple zines. "Local Disturbance" has put out a few issues which don't have much content” musically, but they have occasional articles that are good. “Attitudes of Contradiction" is good and can be reached through P.O. Box 187 / North Hollywood, CA 916083. A new straight edge zine that | haven't seen yet is "Under Cover" with their firstissue getting good reviews. Undercover / 12226 Victory Bvld 31151/ North Hollywood, CA 91606. The editor of"Attitudes of Contradiction" helps puton free shows in Orange County at Hart Park, It only costs $20 to rent the place for a day, so get in
contact with that ‘zine if you want to do a show in Orange County. Hart Parkis a mellow place forgigs and! could not imagine any fights there ever. Let's get on to some more bands. Rich and Ralph just recently booted outtheir bass player and drummer (huh? -ed) so | don't know what APOCALYPSE is up to other than I've seen them play two benefit gigs with the likes of MEDIA CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST, INSECTICIDE, GARBLECRAT and the INFECTED, all of which are excellent bands from the L.A. and O.C. area. Oh yeah, all of those bands except for the insect one are of the anarchist nature and have demos and other things available; like "Filthy Fuckin' Punx" whichis an incredible zine put out by Pete of HOLOCAUST.
Maia,
HOLOCAUST's bassist just hada baby. Well, Ijustcalled Pete and it'sa girl -congratulations! Peoplein MEDIA CHILDREN work on the "Unscene" fanzine and organize various animal rights activity. GARBLECRAT and INFECTED are just cool bands, no other activities | know of besides drinking, smoking, working, blah,blah, blah.. Pele was telling me about a newer band out ofthe Pasadenaareacalled UNAUTHORIZED and are said to have FINAL CONFLICT influence. A demo is available with possibly some cool lyrics in an anarchist nature. 554 E Howard St, / Pasadena, CA 91104. ALL SYSTEMS GONE justrecently lost their vocalistsol'msurethey'llbe outforawhile. They still have agreat demo out with smart, catchy punk buttheir mail has been fucked with by the gov ernment for some reason. CONFRONTATION still have an EP out and some songs in the pipeline | believe to be put outon acomp by
ting because
I'm
sure there would be: mews about them: There is also a big homeless scene in S. Cal. Along with
gangs. Allthe punk
stuff | was talking about before rarely sees dick head gangs but there are sull Goldenvoice irre Ко gangs and nobody inthe audience does athing aboutit. I've attendedone Country Club gig and the whole event was violent with an apa-
thetic crowd “Turning the Tide“ ıs a great newsletter out from the Burbank area, GARBLECRAT (L-R)Seth, Marshaland Chris which — focuses mainly on racists and racist violence, org; Зу has a new issue out and should be packed radica the Los Angeles Student Coalition demios against the reading Send Camille some postage P © Box 1857 South Afncan Consulate and related racial injustices Tustin, CA92680 through-out L.A. Both of these organi 15 паме: Additional address: "Filthy Fuckin’ Punx" and mailing lists, but ! only have the address for the racist HOLOCAUST co Pete | 4611 12 152nd St newsletter which is available fron) PA RT (People Lawndale. CA 90260. INFECTEDcoWWMU PO Against Racist Terror) / PO Box 10488 . Burbank, Box 2246 / Anaheim, CA 92814 GARBLECTAT CA 91510. Um, there also chapters ofS H.A.R.P. but РО Вох 8620 Long Beach, CA 90808. "Unscene" Ireally don'tcare about that sorry folks Surprisingly P.O Box 6188 |Fulleton. CA 92634. "OC Peace the Nazi skinhead scene is almost non-existent At Punx" a zine put out by Jae who used to sing for least! haven't seen any problems, just Suicidal type MEDIA CHILDREN White to the same address as dicks. “Unscene” zine. Jae's also starting to organize punk Other bands | should mention would be INFEST, picnics again in theO © area Sogetin contact ifyou who | heard recently played a show after hiding for a wanna be on a mailing list while. !wonderwhatmakes then) hide? Ithink theyre Unity? Aaah... thereis nounity. Things are a hie releasing an EP by a New York band and they're the quieter in Southern California, but they're not dead people to get in touch with to get CONFRONTA, Things just seem to be spread out a lotmore. It you TION's EP. C/o Matt / 27118 / Vista Encantada / wantazineorany extrainfo drop usaline- send some Valencia, CA 91354. HAY WIRE are playing around postage though because we are not rich. Thanks for alot. Theyhaveashow comingupatthe anti-club and. the space Dan (who? -Ed )Bye - love Dale Our zine afree one with NEUROSIS and BULIMIA BANQUET address is 3739 Oak Glen Dr. ; Newbury Park, CA Other notables areSDIfrom Riverside, HEADFIRST, 91320. My address Is. 166 Dewey Ave. — Newbury GLYCINE MAX, etc. Park, CA 91320. Ycan'tforget"System Opposed" is sull around and
EAU iani
WISCONSIN SCENE REPORT
this here zine and a split EP with APOCA-
LYPSE. CORRUPTED IDEALS, no, not morals, is still around. They have a demo out that comes with a button, sticker, lyrics all for 99c. I'll include addresses for all of these bands at the end of this. Coming May 18th there's going to be an anarcho-punk camp-out in the mountains. There's going to be free vegan food, a generatorwithasmany bands as showup |can'twait! There are no squats that | know of out here Atleastthere areno punks involved with squat-
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organization s;
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starting here. So pl опемћос У БЕА As far as bands three come to mind, CONTAGION, THE KNUCKLEHEADS, and CRASH. The first has a new demo called "Sphere of Hate" thatis ar 1 /thrash for $3 from 2930
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TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE: A Wimmin's Guide to Alternative Health Care _ Part Two: Healing Common infecti oftheVaginaand ons Bladder By AlicianonGrata
The methods discussed in this article as self-help for the treatment of various ailments are in no way intended to substitute a physician's advice. Methods discussed herein are for historical purposes only. I have to put
this here so I don't get sued for “practicing and prescribing medicine without a license"... Bullshit - but you can learn, ex-
periment, and... Candida Albicans. Hemophilis. Gardenerella. Trichomonas. Nonspecific Vaginitis. These are the scientific names for a variety of bacterial overgrowths or one-cell organism invasions of the vagina and / or urinary tract, but let's put these things in terms more easily recognizable. Every womyn will, at one time or another in her life, acquire one or more of these infections; for some the infections can reach chronic proportions. Intense itching, pain and soreness, unusual heavy discharge, strong odor; annoying clues that somehow you are not treating your body well. Rather than correcting the source of the problem (i.e. thereason yourresistance was lowered enough for infection) many wimmin run to the doctor for a "cure" which in many cases merely masks the real problem, or in many cases worsens it. WhatI'm going totrytodo is setascenario to de-mistify ‘medicine’ and the body's processes (your body) enough so that we can help ourselves, with as little outside interference as
possible. The first step is becoming comfortable with our own bodies, noting their own
quirks and irregularities. For example it's very important that you keep a calendar of your menstrual cycle; if you are prone to a lot of infection note which days of the month the
symptoms worsen or get better. Most importantly however, is that you start paying attention to the way you live your life, what foods
youeat, etc. You want to start looking at your body holistically; that is looking at the whole life process, the way that anything you do to
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your body has a consequence (negative or positive). A problem which arises is dealt withinrespect toyourentire body system (i.e.
your immunity suppressed, your vaginal Ph altered, nutritional deficiencies, etc.). Modem medicine often deals with eliminating one problem which is often merely a symptom of alarger disorder. To do so will only keep the problem reoccurring (how many of you have reoccurring yeast infections, endless trips to the doctor, feeling like shit...) yetitis avicious circle. Inmany cases the 'cures' will cause another type of infection (such as the use of Flagyl for Trich. infections can cause a yeast infection). The only way to break this cycle is to treat the entire system and to use our plant allies to correct the manifestations of the illness. With the holistic approach in mind, let us
now try to de-mistify and conquer some common ailments /problems that womyn. VAGINITIS: A catch-all term for basically three different disorders - yeast (Candida) infections, Trichomonas, and non-specific (usually Gardinellaor Hemophilis). Let's start with the two most common. Candida Albicans (also called Monilla or yeast infection). Symptoms include a white, thick discharge with a sweetish odor, intense
itching; andifyou canuse a vaginal speculum and hand mirror, you can often see white patches on your vaginal walls. This infection
douches, sitz baths, and poultices. Remember, douching should only be done for medical reasons (more on that later). A sitz bath is when you sitin the bath tub with a few inches
of liquid in the tub, your hands and feet oùt of the water. The most common herb used in medicinal douches is goldenseal; combinations include:
e Make a past of slippery elm powder and water, apply it to the vaginal tissues to help with the itching. Later, douche with a tea of motherwort, or goldenseal, or oatstraw®.
e Adouchemadeofateaof comfrey leaves, goldenseal, chamomile and sage. e Sitz bath of tea of goldenseal root, buchu leaves, witch hazel leaves, plantain, myrhh
gum, juniper berries and squaw vine“, * Acidopholis. Acidopholus are live bactetial cultures found in yogurt whichcan also be grown in other medicines. Lots of alternative wimmin's health manuals recommend using yogurt, applied to the vagina and surrounding area as relief for yeast infections (as well as eating it regularly for prevention). I feel that due to the fact that a lot of people are allergic to milk and milk products (as well as us vegans out there) it is best to use pure acidopholus, whichis availableinhealth food stores. If you insist on yogurt make sure it is unpasturised and contains live lactobacilli (inhealth food stores - none of that Dannon shit you get in the supermarket). But why not just use acidopholus, get a good brand - expensive but far more potent. Acidopholis should always be bought fresh (should be dated) and stored in the refrigerator. Also suggested if you are prone to alot of yeast infections is the following daily vitamin
therapy (individual needs may very),
is caused by a yeast-like fungus which is normally present in small quantities in your
Vitamin A - 25,000-50,000 I.U.
vagina, lower intestine, mouth and stomach. Normally the vagina protects against infec-
Vitamin Vitamin Vitamin Vitamin
tion by the occurrence of Doderleins Bacilli, beneficial bacteria which helps keeps the vagina acidic”, When this acidity is altered bacteria such as Candida which are normally held in check multiply and overgrow, causing the ‘infection.’ There are anumber of theories on whatconditions Candida fungi are allowed toovergrow. Themost popular seemsto bean increase ofestrogen (such as being on the pill or pregnant), as well as a diet deficient in B vitamins, stress, fatigue, and a lot of sugar in the diet. In addition, poor "hygiene," tightfitting underwear, jeans, leggings and panty hose that don't allow your crotch to breath, all
contribute to the problem. Some herbal remedies to check the problem include various
TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE
Vitamin B complex - high
B1 - 25-50 mg B2 - 25-50 mg B6 - 25-50 mg D - 400 LU.
Vitamin E Vitamin C - 1000-2000 mg Pantothenic Acid - 100 mg
A gynecologist will most likely prescribe the fungicidal antibiotic Nystatin (monostat cream or suppositories) which works well yet is a bit taxing on your system if you have repeated yeast infections (as well as expensive) so why not try one of these herbal remedies first? Also, take a long, hard lookatyour lifestyle. Be sure you're getting adequate amounts of sleep and rest. Watch your sugar
intake! Avoid white sugar like poison! Diet
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is very important -make sure you areeating foods rich in B vitamins (dark green leafy veggies, etc).
There are a lot of theories dealing with the negative effect yeast has on the body. So if you find you are prone toalot of yeast infections you may want to check out a few of the many books written on the ‘yeast syndrome.’ These approaches deal mainly with cutting out foods from your diet that have yeast and mold fungus in them - cheese, alcohol, mushrooms, yeasted breads, etc. By cutting out as
many yeast foods as possible an improvement may be noticed. Another common infection is Trichomonas, a one-cell parasitic organism which can be be seen quite easily under a micro-
can resultin ectopic pregnancy and/or sterility. In a paperentitled "Association Between Vaginal Douching and Pelvic Inflamatory Disease," authors Pal Wolner - Hanssen et al
compared the douching habits of 100 consecutive municipal hospital patients with PID with 762 randomly selected women (controls) and 119 wimmin thought to have PID but in whom the diagnosis was not confirmed by laparoscopy and / or biopsy (internal controls). They found that current douching was more common among those with PID than among random or intemal controls. Among current douchers, PID was significantly related to frequency of douching™. Scary isn't it? Don't buy the bullshit that the media tries to sell you about scented douches, ‘feminine
scope. The presence of the Trich. organism in sprays, etc. They're all iatrogenic and designed to make wimmin feel ashamed and the vagina causes a greenish-yellow discharge which smells quite bad, pain, and itching. dirty about theirnatural bodyfunctions. Some discharge is normal and necessary; it is how Standard medical treatment will include metyour vagina cleans itself, sheds old cells and rodiatole (brand name Flagyl), a very powerexpels dirt, etc. If you want to clean out any ful and dangerous drug which lowers your secretions or lubricants after sex, etc. use white blood cell count, may be carcinogenic, vinegar and water or just plain water. Better and (of course) should never be taken while yet, take asitzbath when you douche, always pregnant. Flagyl also produces and intolerance toalcohol - ifyou take thedrug anddrink doit gently andnever hold the bag above your even the slightest bit of alcohol you will waist. Better still is to use an infant syringe, available at drug stores. Douching forcefully become violently ill. So if you want to avoid may make the infection worse by forcing itup this potentially dangerous drug, some herbal into your uterus, where it can lead to PID. remedies include: You should also be aware that whatever e Straining a tea of chapparal and slippery birth control method you are using (other than elm, periwinkle and oatstraw, and then gently douching with it. You can also drink the tea. condoms or natural / rhythm method) may be Also a clove of garlic-which is wrapped in responsible for aggravating your infection. gauze or cheese cloth and inserted into the Birth control pills and anti-biotics upset your body's pH balance, thus making it easier for vagina (leave a string of gauze so you can the infection - causing organisms to grow and remove it later) is said to produce oxygen and flourish in your vagina. IUD's are often resulfur and has been used medically for centusponsible for making the membranes of your ries, vagina more succeptible to infection. Even • A douche made of the teas of myrrh, goldspermicidal creams /jellies/foams may cause enseal, twice a day for one or two days™, an allergic reaction to sensitive tissues. Real¢ Warm water/ apple cider vinegar douche. izing that your birth control method may be The lactic acid in the vagina kills the Trich. When you are stricken with a Trichomenas responsible for re-occurring infections may prompt you to change to a method less taxing infection it is very important that you realize to your system (more on birth control in later that Trich is transmitted sexually. Make sure articles). any male sexual partner wears acondom. He Bladder Infections - They really suck. can harbor the infection without showing any symptoms and then re-infect you; so this is You always feel like you have to pee, and important. Any remedy that you are using to when you do it's excruciatingly painful and /or pus. The getridof the infection should also be used by may be mixed with blood and your partner (if male, he candrink the teas). If reason wimmin get them more often than men is due to wimmin's shorter urethras, which you opt for Flagyl often the doctor will preallows bacteria to enter the bladder more scribe it forthe both of you. easily. Selfhelp? Atthefirst sign of abladder Now a few words about prevention. A recent study has suggested that frequent douch- infection, startdrinking huge amounts of water, ing for non-medicinal purposes (i.e to feel asmuch as you canstand - at leastthree or four big glasses every hour. This may be enough "fresh and clean") has been linked to pelvic to flush the bacteria out before they have a inflammatory diseases, which if leftuntreated
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chance to multiply and really cause problems. Also drinking cranberry juice (pure-no sugar!) may help; The acidity in the juice will kill the bacteria which are alkaline, thus refurbishing your bladder to it's more acidic state. Ifyou're in the throes of a painful infection, you can try
douching with a mixture of acidopholis, cranberry juice and garlic®. The conventional way of treating a bladder infection is by antibiotics, The problem is that once your infection is cleaned up you may be stricken with a yeastinfection due to the anti-biotics effecton your vaginal pH.. A lot must be said for preventative measures. If you're prone to alot of bladder infections always pee after you have sexual intercourse; the frictionmay have forced bacteria upyour urethra into your bladder. And the age-old warming that your mom always taught you but never explained why always wipe from front to back after you've gone to the bathroom. Bacteria which is perfectly normal and healthy in your lower intestine may cause a serious infection if it finds it's way into yourvaginaorurethra. Also you should drink lots of water every day whether you have an infection or not. Ithelps to eliminate toxins through your skin and
urine and it is good for your skin anyway. Well, that about wraps it up. The key word
here in overcoming infections is prevention! Take a look at your life and the way you treat your body. Stop making meals out of Jolt and candy (once my dietary staples)! Remember that alcohol is a diuretic and may worsen a bladder infection, so cut out drinking - if you have one that is! Be Well!
Next issue: Self-help for problems of your menstrual cycle. E равна REFERENCES © Mills, Simony. (U.K: Thomsons Ltd, 1985. S210 9 Parvati, Jeannine. ' (U.S.A: Freestone Collective, m p91
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workers realized that they had just elected another set of impotent politicians. Once inpowerthe socialists toned down their tirade against injustice and worked within the system. Tokenreforms kept many workers happy, but others realized that
parliamentary democracy was little better than monarchy as far as the worker was concerned. Elections resulted in a new set of faces in the
industrial workers of Europe and America in the late nineteenth century sought an end to their inequality and injustice in their society. They THE
LIBERTARIAN
WORKERS
1900
'
MOVEMENT
-
1940
Few people are aware
turned to the ideas of socialism which offered the ideal of social org tion for the benefit of the workers, not the bosses. But, when the socialist parties formed and were elected, the
ULUR
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ENEMOS funus Í of the
size and impact of the liber
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tarian working class movements
which existed prior to W.W.II.
paper, but no real change. These workers realized that their power lay not in vctes, but in their economic power. Was it not the workers who built the homes, paved the streets, keptthe trains running? Their power lay in the labor union and the strike Workers could win more benefits by walking out for a day than politicians could legislate in decades. In the 1890's the syndicalist movement spread across Europe, the Americas, Australia, and parts of Asia. The syndicalists believed that social change would come through the actions of the workers themselves,
not bourgeoisie politicians.
They
Statistics for Australia and Brazil are not available, but in the former, the vast majority of organized workers were in the OBU and the Brazilian enough tosupport a dailynewspaper. Therewerealso federations inalltheSouthandCentralAmerican countries as wellas EastemBrope, Many syndicalists remained outside of the federations and this was particularily true for Brazil and Argentina. In Great Britain they formed a militant opposition within the right-wing dominated TUC. It would not be exaggerating to say that in the 1920's there were easily three syndicalists world-wide. ‘Theanarcho-syndicalist international, the International Workers Association маз formedin1922 andmuchhopevasheld forthiscreanization and forLibertarian unionism generally. Butthisyear hedancther significance, which haditbeenknown, wouldhave dampened muchoftheoptimism. Theperiod 1917-1922 was a timeofworld wide workingclassrevoltwiththe thegrowth ofworkerscouncils, general strikes and jons ina scoreofcountcies:Thisrevoluticn fatlad; boves. The Bolsheviks crushedtheworkers atKrondstadt, Fascism triumphed in Italy, theSocial Desccrat therevoltinGermany brokeneverywhere. 1922 En andstrikes were E
Part of the reason for this ignorance is that historians
have created a myth of a 'golden age of anarcho-syndic-
alism, which was supposed to. have occurred before 1914.
According to this legend such
were replaced by 'modern' business unions - a natural evolution out of the
Tprimitivisn' of the earlier organizations. This pamphl thisviewandattempts todojustice thethousands of libertarians who struggled for freedom in the 1920's to and 1930's. A word about definitions; syndicaliom refers to a theory andpractice whichseeks toreplace capitalism and the state by theworkers! cwn organizations - a view critical cf parliamentary politics and self-managed in of federalism or local autonomy. Allsyndicalists are libertarians,favor they wish toabolish the state rather than take it over, but are dividedsincebetween the revolutionary syndicalists, often based upon Marx's ideas, and the anarcho-syndícalists
As the historians have pointed Out, the First World War was a disaster for the syndicalists since many workers got caught up dRünSEESEBERJ in thewar fever. Butinthe years following 1918, there wes m a great. resurgence of working class militancy and libertarian doubled and trebled in size. The largest membership was found in the '20's, not the pre-war period.
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= IntheU.K. theTUCwent from6.5million membersin 191toonly3.7 іл1920 ~ andthissituation vasuniversal. Inspite ofhelping toundermine syp- mil ion dicalism, theCammnists andSocial Democrats werenot spared theattacksbythe Glass.It isinthe1930'sthatthe moverent thefull brontofcomterTevolution andthelibertarian unions arereduced tofeels fragments. ‘TheArgentine FORAwasinthemiddle ofaninternaldispute jn 1931andvescrushed by a harshdictatorship, leaving a muchsmallergroup, theUnited Syndicalists, whowerefinished offbyPeroninonly the 1940's. TheMexican government adoptedcorpur-
After W.M.II Theoldmovements didnotrevive afterWII and it wastheCommunistswhobenefitted fromthepost-warlabormilitancy. By 1950,the oncegreatmovementwasreducedto a
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envisioned asociety where the means of production were the communal property of all the workers. Industry would be orientated towards providing for human needs not profit. Each factory would be run by those who worked in it. Workers would meet to decide policy in a demo-cratic fashion. The main form of social organization would be the trade union. The union would look after the welfare of it's members and provide the hands-on running of industry. The different trades would be federated into "one big union"
works. Syndicalism was a powerful force around the turn of the century. Unfortunately the nationalism and carnage of
world war one led to the oppression and destruction of many radical unions. The oppression of the post war years finished the process. Syndicalism survived, but in many nations it was no longer a major fofce. In Russiathe communists crushed the labor unions and took control of the factories. In the United States the Industrial Workers of the World fought against brutakrepression to organized the underwhich would represent the entire working class. The syndicalists set out to - paid and exploited. In Spain syndicalism remained a major force. The anarchoorganize labor to achieve this idea! socisyndicalist CNT / FAI fought against fasety. The culmination of this organization cism in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. which would open the door to freedom The rise of fascism in Italy, Germany, and equality was the revolutionary genSpain, and along with the authoritarian eral strike. The workers with their labor regimes of eastern Europe crushed most | power kept society running, and made syndicalist unions with brutal oppression. the capitalists exploitation running. Ifthe By World War Twofew unions were strong, workers were all to go on strike at once many of their members were in prisons their labor power would force not the and concentration camps. The harsh accession to a few demands by the repression kept them from organizing bosses but a reorganization of society. Their labor withdrawn, the bosses, poli- openly. After the war syndicalism no longer had its mass base. That is not to ticians, and bankers would have no say that syndicalism is dead, syndicalist choice but to admit defeat. The unions unions are active around the world. Many would then take over industry and public чота cal | ‘ofthelate ‘50's ~ early ‘60's shrunkthese Dutch
of these are federated into the International Workers Association. The American branch is the Workers Solidarity Allilance. They publish a number of free pamphlets on anarcho-syndicalism. Contact P.O. Box 40400 / San Francisco, CA 94140
Belowisareprintofapamphlet by Red Lion Press which gives more information onthe history ofthe liberationlabor movement.
After the split, the ‘official’ Cor rejected ‘Marxiem’ edthetheories ofProudhon, partofwhichvos a plan forand cegeniting upon the syndicats and cooperatives. The general
jected - moderation
In conclusion, the libertarian workers" movement wasreduced to virtual extinction, notthrough ‘socialevolution', but viatheterrorism ofMussolini, Salazarandtheirilk. TheCommunists andSocial Dewcrats played Hitler,Franco,
the rule. rule. But the union still maintained anti-clerical and anti-parliamentary stances. (while becking theitsSocialists on the sly) Inthe 1930's the Commun made ists serious gains overthe revoluti. ofthe anarch CGTSR and Syndicalist League, but even in 1937 the ists latter were still able to control the Teachers Union (100,000 members) Printers, (60,000) and Postal Workers (119,000) The CGT andtheCGTU united in 1936toform a newunion also called the OGT, Theold CGTmenders werecritical ofthePopular FrontGoverment ofLeon um, Blum. fundamental
‘organizations weakenedthemintheface oftheenemy. зестаг:ianimmand fragmentation were very damaging and unfortunately these factors still plague the libertarian movement. Brief Outline of To Syndicalist nts Australia —The TWала 000 ‘TheIWWofAustralia was formedin1907 bymembersof the Socialist. labour Party. SincemanyAustralians opposed WHI, the Wobbly initiated Antí-Conscription was a majorsourceofgrowth andby 1916theunionreached itszenithwith aver 2000 menbers. Syndi ideas permeatedand became almost universali; y accepted by workers. Thebosses, in retaliation, outlawed theIW,destroyed its pressandframed a dozenleadersonarsoncharges.. Theunion wassmashed , butnot the ideasbehind it. A generalstrike wascalledin 1917andwasbrokenupbythe government. ‘The right-wing dominated Australian 5
‘seekunitywiththeO8Uforcesin 1921. By thistime, however, thebiggest faction Mho sought the syndicalist moverent were the Communists, j, who ise withthe ens sey pct} (ie MM sa icd [foc cs nuhi ceNostradaijpolicy): But the AW) soon got into jurisdictional disputes witi other unions and brought government help, so in 1924, the OBU collapsed, stillborn as the unified voice of Australian workers. Nonetheless, upuntilthetimeofthe PolishWorkersPovementin 1981,this wasthenearestworkers haveevercometoOneBigUnion. Semeunionscontinued to promote syndicalist viewsand n theTW4 wasrevived, butmostofthesupportwas lost in the 1930's to the Communists. The French cor Formed in1895, influenced byBakuninist andProudhonist foderalism and political Mootofthestrikes anddemands
took OGTSRwhich joinedtheInternational WorkersAssociation. Another anarchist faction forme. the syndicalist leagueandworkedas a caucuswithin theOsT andOGTU.
Sources forthestatistics onunionmembership available onrequest. For futher information on syndicalism, IW# or ic workers! movements, contact RedLionPressorVancouver anti-bureavcrat ГНИ, Box65635, StationF ‘Vancouver B.C. VSNSK5 А Red Lion PressPanphlet #1,published byRedLionPress c/oLibrarie Alternative, 2033 Boul. St. Laurent, Montreal Que, H2X2T3 Other pamphlets available are; ‘Joseph Dietzgen, His Contributions To The Movement" (12) "The Myth of Marxism’ "The Forgotten Libertaríans' (14) and 'Who The Hell Is Hegel?' (45) (#3) The complete set is available for a $2.00 donation.
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Ihopel So whatdowe havehere;nice,cleanlayouts,sarcastichumor,goodwritingand NO EXTERNAL COMPULSION #3/ ? ‘anumber ofinterviews |.o.FUGAZI, GOI, RORSHACH, HOLY ROLLERS, 51/2 x 81/2"- copied - 12 pages. BORN AGAINST, CRINGER, MikeBullshitandSamEvec.Alsoofnotisa ‘Some partsofthisarealitlecidbutwhocarosanyway?Thoquality ofthe pagobytheanarcho-hardcore peopleinBORN AGAINST (!havetomeet stuff withinthese 12 pages (i'sreducedtypesoloisofstiftoread)ispretty. these peoplell), reviewsandloadsofphotos.Lot'sofvariety -good! impressive endlmaanalready. There's aninterview withFUGAZI aswol 901MoorefieldRd./ Saunderstown, Fl02874 aswihJohn YatesofPUNCHLINE famo. What | reallydugwas thearticle опfeminismwhichisaltooftenignored inthepunkANDanarchist LET'S FACEIT#2/ communities. There'salsoreviewsandotherthingstomakecuttherestof 81/2 x 11* - copied - 8 pages space. 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P.O. Box 69601 Stn. K Vancouver, BC V5K 4W7 Canada NAME OF ZINE: Endless Struggle WHEN DID THE FIRST ISSUE COME OUT?: April 1987 HOW OFTEN PUBLISHED?: 2-3 timesa year. HOW MANY ISSUE TO DATE?: 12 NUMBER OF PAGES OF THE LASR ONE: 34 CIRCUTLATION: 1000 WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND THE ZINE AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WISH TOSTRESS?: Themain focus ofthe zine has been a constantly developing idea. Of course, we are first motivated by a creative urge, but otherwise our motivation is now to present the possibilities of building a radical resistance, as well as providing information on what we fight against (corporations, capitalism, patriarchy, etc.), and to hopefully inspire people to participate in the process and break the complacency of "arm chair activism."
ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT ARE RELATED TO YOUR WORK ON THE ZINE?: The zine itself is merely a tool which reflects our practical Participation in the struggle... Projects whichwe have participated in include organizing anar-
chist conferences, book fairs, video and information events, demonstrations, distribution of literature and music, publishing leaflets, taking part in militant actions such as Days of Action, etc.
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO DO THIS SORT
OF UNGLAMOROUS WORK?: It's both a personal and collective motivation... to fight fora better world, to develop revolutionary resistance, andas we saidalready it's a projectwhich allows one to create and communicate, to have a voice. As for “unglamorous work,” | guess Profane Existence would know more about that (ha ha). WAS THERE ANY PARTICULARLY EXCITING MOMENTS OR REWARDING EXPERIENCESHAD BY PUTTING OUT YOURZINE?: Well, there's not a lot of exciting moments in putting outa zine... it's quite mundane actually.
Some rewarding experiences are making good friends thru the post and then meeting them, and when other groups or publications feel your articles are worth something and reprint them! Checking the mail is sometimes exciting. WHAT ISTHE DULLEST PART ABOUT DOING A ZINE OR IS IT CHAMPAIGN AND CAVIAR ALL THE WAY?: We blew this one as we already said itwas mundane... The dullest part for us has to be folding and stapling the stupid thing, and mail-outis always tense asweuse an "illegal" method to post them. We've yet to see champaign and caviar, though these things are rather bourgeois anyway, eh? (Take offí - Ed.)
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DEVIATED INSTINCT - "Gutteral Breath" LP
Wow, what more can |say? This new LP by D.I. is just fucking
Incredible. Ifind:nothing tofault, except maybe itwasn't adouble
LP you know? The sound is different from their last ("Rock-nRoll Conformity) LPas they lost Leggo to FILTHKICK, butthat
really doesn't hurt thisband, no way. This record truly lives up. to the last sound byte on side two; "Fuckin' A." (Rat)
Peacevillo
APOSTATES - 7 song demo These guys play gutsy old punk a lot like early SUBHUMANS.
The lyrics are heavily political, mostlyanti-militarist orobservationsofsocial controlinaction. Ifyou're sickofcrustand want good, honest punk tockwithsincere lyricshere's a tape foryou. (Felix)
vewepaper put cut by UC Berkeley students and $3 to Box 3036, JFKAirport Statio /Jamaica, n NY 11430
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community members. Eachissuehasuptodataarides ofhehappenings Inthocommunity I.e.demonstratione, housing evictions, policeactions,otc. -"Hearts ofStone" 12* A widevariety oflesueecovered butmuch ofhostuffwiilonlyeffectyouIf ATTENTION |hopethisIsn't a one-off by various members from the youliveinthearea. Quitegoodnothelees.
DISTURBED - Don't Expect any Miriclos" demo
This four song derno features some powerful yet very complex
thrash. It's obviousthese guysaro excellent musicians and play
well together; each song has like ten different parts and wild shifts between instruments and riffs without losing any power. DISTURBED play pretty heavy thrash metal but with a.high degreeof musicianshand ip structure that is trulyawe-inspiring. "Cease to Exist" is a great anti-hard drug abuse song. (Felix) P.O. Box 6001 / Minneapolis, MN 55406
likes of L.U.L.L, ANGOR WAT and PISSED BOYS. Musically EXIT 13- "The (Bill needs to leamhowto write) something Love. wefind a somewhat eclecticbrewofhardcore tunage.Now to for Chicken Soup" EP. SOMEPLACELIKEEARTH #7/508рра. me thisistherealdeal. "You'renotgetting anyclosertothe Ive been informed by Bill of EXIT 13 that this is no longer 51/2" x8 1/2"- copied - 24pages thatyouwant, when youkeep ondestroying yourself - available. However, due tothefacttha is totalbrainrippage tthis Primarily a cutandpastjobofflyersendarticles fromotherecurco. А zine world don'tletyourweakness politicalactiviem,thishasbitaboutcen: , deteneecorpora: not that it'sallthatthey tum tomadness" kindofsaysitallbut stuff, and keeping the faith it may be reprinted ITy we're 8o. havetosay - so listen up you'll. (Sids) fucking overextended it's unbelievable) here's ‘tone!connec withthetion musicindustry,N.Y.C. equatin animalliberation tho scoop: 1/2 g, Fuck YourBrainsRecords / Schaluppenweg 1 /2400 Lubeck / Speed, 1/4 speed vocal tracks, maybe even backwards (oohl), and more.Aleocontains a listofcassette tapesavailable fomtheeditor. A bitchoppy. West Germany @ pulsating, thobbing, aching, beautiful musical backdrop cry LastMinuteProductions c/oChrisCaggiano / 1737GroveSt.# / Fidgeом to be heard (Since the reviewer didn't mention It, this has. wood, NY11358 BOB Z. - "Endless Sluts" cassette ofthe best lyrics everpenned! -Ed.) (Sids) ‘some Thistapeconsists ofBobZ.playingaccoustic and Contact electricgulta Pat /P.O. Box 342/Camp Hill, PA 17001-0342 r TASTE BUDS INBED /$1 ppd. and singing. Except for "Poster Cop" and “Shopping Mall 51/2 x 8 12"- copled -16 pages thelyrics a" aretooartistic for metofigureout. EXIT 13 - "Eat More Crust" demo Some poetryand thoughtsbyPaulWeinmanofthe"WhiteBoy"poetryfame Fiends ofSuburbi "Билмек, поsarcastic "WhiteBoy"pooms? Anew twiatto theongoing talos. For some bizarre reason this makes me think ofMojo Nixon on Fucking awhole: 90 minutesofthose guys! Well Ibetter ot. qualudes. This didn'treally makeanimpression onmebutfans. call 911 sothey'll know whenitstarts tohit me. Look, with songs. Plesona ConvictPress/232E, 2nd (AC / NewYork,NY10009 ofartinaction willdigit.(Felix) like"Subliminal Insemihow nation manytimes Bob Z.c/oSarris Bkmktg. /125E.23rdSt.#300 /New York,NY this Is mental bliss... maybe even better than am| going tosay ТІМҮ/? that. Thisspool-
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which isthestoryof three Irishmen who were hung forthe thythm that chugs right along is appreciated. (Sids) rescue oftwoIrishrebelleaders in1887,andsoon. 1foundthis Knall Syndikatet/ Box4386 / Hospit Alslokkan / 7002 Tronheim massively interesting as'd neverheardofanyofthesestruggles. /Norway "throughout England's history, whilst peasants and workers
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ballads andsongs...written sothat someparticular pleceof The trials and tribultations of being a white middle class female. history canbopassed on fromgeneration togeneratiom." This. Few time do |find musical and lyrical content that tranescends
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prevent you from.... (Sids)
Meantime Records LEATHERFACE - "Beerpig" EP
1 believe that LEATHERFACE has the drummer from the almighty SOFA HEAD, anyway these guysdo a cover ofthe Elvis
V/A"Fuck the Poster Police” cassette Number nineforBadNewz.This tapecontains RAT AT RAT R, REVERB MOTHERFUCKERS, THE FIXTURES, and OTHER PEOPLE's CHILDREN tonamea few.It's really interesting and different at least. (Chris) Bad Newz C/o 125 E.23rd St#300/ New York, NY 10010
V/A “Only a Waming" Cassette
song “Ghetto,” which waswritten by MacDavis and ifinthat don't This wastotally inaudible (| had to turn my stereo uptobarely
peak your interest in LEATHERFACE myboys, itjust ain'‘tgonna hear something thatsounded as though itwould begood, only happen. Apparently theyalsodoan Elton John cover “Candie,” itl couldhear'.) Has KILLERKRUST, NOFRAUD, ANARCHUS, a tribute to Marylin Monroe. (Sids) E 69 and CULTURE BRAIN ROT to name some bands.
Meantime Records
(Chris)
LOST - cassette Melodic power punk with plentyofclean guitar workthatdoesn't get too overbearing. No lyrics were provided so I'm not sure what they're saying butitseems worth checking out. Interesting.
(Mark)
Brian /Lost / 777 Nagle Road /Erie, PA 16511 MASSACRA - "Flani Holocaust" Well,foraFrench speed metalbands, thisisapretty coolrecord.
Napalm StixProd.c/o EddieM. / 10435 S.W. 152nd St./Miami, FL 33157
V/A-“Murders Among Us* EP. This Is simply agreat EP with four powerful tracks, one each by ABSOLUTION, LIFE'SBLOOD, NAUSEA and BORN AGAINST. My favorite tracks ar of course by NAUSEA with "Electrodes"
and a rager from BORN AGAINST called "The Good Father." Besides four great tunes - thelyricsofallthe tracks areexcellent and make validsocialstatements. Greatpackaging makesthis
The music is good and the lyricsare great, for a matal band ren econ anyway.
Pick It up, it's worth the money.
(Rat)
Massacra c/o Phill GALLIANO / BP 44 / 62710 Courrieres /
France
ahard one to match. Don't miss out!
(Trol Vermiform Records/ P.O. Box 1145, Cooper Stn. /New York,
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NAPALM BREATH -"No Tolerance forStraight Edge” cassette Ah,a mega whirtwind-sand storm-chaineaw-grinding casstte of sonic ear slaughter by Portland mayhem monsters NAPALM BREATH (a.k.a. SWEATY NIPPLES). The sound quality is poor, but with songs like "Warzone - Retard History Part 1" or “Only Stupid Bastards Sign to Combat" or best yet, "Death to Harley Flanagan.” It doesnt really bother me because l'm too busy laughing. Be sure to order this one. Hilarious. (Mark) Legions of Breath (official fan club) / 5610 S.E. Steele St. / Portland, OR 97206
V/A - "Pathological" LP This compilation is areal mixed bag. Appametly i's an attempt
to sell records to two different audiences at once. The big
PARADISE LOST - “Lost Paradise” LP Whoah fuck | just shotgunned abeer and my head is reeling (Hal) HEAVY dirge/ deathmetal. These guys chur forth a devastatIngonslaught ofdoom and gloom sothick you could cutitwith ‘a sword(those ofyouwho don't haveswords will justhaveto
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crusty new version of "Genital Grinder" which is fucking gut wrenching. The other isa song called “Hepatic Tissue Fermen-
tation" which | didn't get into as much. The NAPALM DEATH
song on here ls a real surprise. After setting an Incredibly high standard with “Mentally Murdered" | was expecting more in-
CLASSIFIEDS VIDEO! Need five gig shots from CRUCIFIC, C.0.C., A..F... cable T.V. Sessions, all from U.S.-Series SLEDGEHAMMERS
pretend). Lyrically this record approaches the world from the mindset of the outcast/observer. Heavy on the emotional andall onNTSC - VHS. Also intorecordtrading! Want AO.F. torment ofdeath, doom, and depression they probe the darke - "Wait" 7", Offenders - 1st 7", MAJOR ACCIDENT 7" ... have. corners of the human mind. “Our Savior” is an excellent anti- early U.K., Sweden, Finland and Japanese anrchy stuff (GISM religious song. The music these guys produce is beyond -glgfreebeel). Write Tyman/Oberrecht 7B/2082 Neuendeich comparison in it's style and structure. Indeed the orily thing as. / West Germany heavy at this speed is WINTER (see review below) but PARADISE LOST hasadifferent style so the comparison ends there. HAVE YOU EVER wantewd to produce a record? Surewe all This record is very well recorderd and produced. If you're like have. Now's your chance. If you are willing to donate $2.60, me and spenddark and gloomy days in eternal torment lament- then send your name and address to: S.I. Population Records Ing the suffering of the human soul pick this one up! /3332 Peachtree Place/ Lima, OH 45805. Ifyou donate, you Peaceville Records will receive a freerecord and your name will beprinted as a producer onthe insert, Together we can make It happen! SHRUG - "September October No'Wonder* LP Idon't know howto approach a review dueto the factthatwhen SILK SCREENED T-Shirts, patches, etc. done cheap! Bands, | originally listened to it | was overwhelmed by the amount of etc. write to Waltat2932 Pleasant Avenue S./ Minneapols, MN keyboards In the mx. However, after paying a little closer 55408 or call (612) 825-8596 attention and hearing somehintsoftheFLESHTONES and JOY DIVISION. Ithinkthis one passes thetwo listentesttime (Sids) Meantime Records/11 Salutation Rd./ Darlington, Co Durham
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attraction hereIs thetwo songs by CARCASS, oneisanextra
tense, powertul thrash, Instead | got doom and gloom GODFLESH styletune with bells andstuff in it. It's OK but not NEUROSIS - “The Word Is Law" LP. what youwould expectírom theblg N.D. GODFLESH havetwo Finally it's ot. Eight songs ranging from 43 seconds to seven pretty good songs here whichsound pretty much liketheir other minutes, averaging outatabout 5 minutes atune.Itrips, ittears, stuff. The remainderofthe bands, TERMINAL CHEESECAKE, IIl blowyour mind. Intese music with desperate cries of anger, STREATCHHEADS, GOD, COILand the bonus7"by SILVERhate and utter contempt for westem civilization. A seriously FISH are more Іп the art/noisy/experimental vien which | can't depressing recordwith songsa about workandthe human mind; relate toatall. Ifyou're Intothat kindofstuffcheck this record you'll want to rip your hair and scream. Cheers to NEUROSIS, arene Itaped the CARCASS songs and filed away. great release. Oh yeah, they've added Steve of TRIBE OF ix) RESISTANCE onguitarand vocals -smart move. Thebesttune Вавоюока! Records, adivision of Earache Worldwide Record is "Blisters" yeah! (Rat) Empire. Lookout Records / P.O. Box 1000/ Laytonville, CA 95454 WINTER demo NJETTROCK - "Doenia Crusher" demo This istheheaviest stuffI'veheardin along time. When |got Creme də la krust! This is the best thing I've heard in months. this from Troll | listened to It like five times a day for weeks. Along with the WINTER demo this has taken up permanant These guysplaySLOW, HEAVY dirge, sludge, death metal sort residence In mytape deck. Fucking incredibly awesome thrash of like old CELTIC FROST but slower and heavier. You will be power with super heavy dirge madness. These guys are so banding your headin seconds after thisamazingblasts ofpower fucking crusty you won't believe It. More powerful than E.N.T., begin to eminate fromyourspeakers. |justcan'tthinkofenough faster than NAPALM DEATH, able to leap DESTROY! in a good things tosayaboutthese guyssodon't takeItfromme ‘single bound, fucking killer, blazing mosh power. This is get this tapel (Felix) ‘extremely highly recommended, If you buy one tape this year P.O. Box 455 / Woodmere, NY 11598 thisistheone to get. When these guysputout a record itwill blow alotof Earache bands out ofthe water. Oh yeah, these NOTE: Duetothe fact | hadbeenrushedatthelast minute| guys get first prize forthe crustiest DISCHARGE cover ever. | didn't getachanceto finishallofthereviews |wantedtodo - next. listened to itten times before | even realized they were playing time.Inthe meantime youshouldall gettheKISMET HARDCORE. ——————X “A Look At Tomorrow.” (Felix) 7 NO THANKS / SCHERZO demo from the A.Y.F. because it's $3 and 2 IRC's fromDrop It! / Sulkerstr. 58 / Dordecht / fuckin’ great! Also, there will be absolutely no proof reading of Netherlands the reviews because there's no time...cops! - Troll
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dedcatedtravel, adventure, happenings, andwhatever else wedecide toueethespace for. In thefalifo1990we wilistarta gig/eventsection whichwill coverthingsgoingonailacroesNorth
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IGGY'S TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS: GOING TO EUROPE? The first time |went to London |was
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where youdon't know anyone to write
to scene reporters and ask them stuff likewhere thefave pubis, record stores, venues, etc. However, don't expect them to putyou up. That's sometimes hard when you don't know each other. Until Imetup with myfriends |had a hell of time finding record stores in Germany. [didn't know what the German word was, so |couldn't look it up in the phone book. It's Schallplatter by the
and asked to bring a package to such 15 and | thoughtitwas all pretty neat. and such a city. With this you must be When Iwentto Germany lastyear!was able to leave at the spur of the moment ‘scared stiff. |don't speak German and and notreally care where youaregoing. | had no idea what it would be like Again, Minneapolis isn't a real hub for way. Ithink. In the future Iwill include somewhere they didn't speak English. this activity, but L.A., Chicago, New addresses and numbers and maybe I've been to Britain now three times, York, and D.C. are. | suggest going to even direction. last year | saw West Germany, Berlin the library for more info. Everybody does things differently and we got lost in Switzerland. And no But mention ticket prices, and hey, and lots of people have been to more I know there's nothing to worry about if we're cooking! There is a huge differPlaces than myself. But when 1 go you know what to expect and what to ence in prices between summer and some place new l'm happy forsuggeskeep in mind. And that's whatl'm going winter. In summer a round tipticketto tions and that's what I'l be trying to do to try to do, plus eventually include London from Minneapolis runs $600righthere. Imighteven torture you with Specifics about certain cities and/or 700. When | went in February | paid stories! Aarrgghhh! |know my friends countries. $400. That was a special deal and are sick ofthem. For our foreign read"Roam if you want to roam...roam there were plenty of restrictions, such ers, |highly suggest visiting Minneapoaround the world" is how a song goes. as lengthof stay, whatdays of theweek lis. And good luck, our customs occaAnd it sounds pretty damn good to you can fly in and out on. | suggest sionally rivals that of England. іп the almost everyone | know. However, always flying on a weekday, or leaving nextissue; “Customs: how togetthrew unfortunately for most people, it's not in the States on a Sunday and arriving them” and more! the budget. Hitch hiking is legal in there Monday morning. Nothingis open Europe, the rule I've been told is not to on weekends, so it's just easier. Felix K. Otlk's Travel Tips acceptrides from truckers, while it’s the Now before you go anywhere, you All these were iearned the hard opposite in the U.S. |don't know why. first need a passport, and , depending I'm not real turned on by hitch hiking, way on the country, maybe a visa. France maybe someone cane tell us. has been the only Western European 1. When you set on trip always make To get overseas one generally flies. country requiring visas for Americans. sure your stuff is some place safe, It is possible to get a job on a freight But, | believe they were going to dispreferably in storage or with relatives. ship or some other sea faring vessel. | continue that this summer. | suggest Youwill be amazed to findhow many of met a South African Womyn who making sure though. It takes quite a worked on aship to getto London once. while to get your passport; 60 days | your "friends" attitudes about your possessions change when you are not So I'm sure you can do it from here. think. So if you're think of going over 3 However, Minneapolis hasnoseaports some day, | suggest getting one now. around. 2. Always carry a Swiss Army Knife $0 can'tgive much information on that. Besides maybe someone will offer you with you, when the cops take it away, Another possibility, especially within aticketand departure's in a week. You get another one. the States, is being a courier. With this never know. Remember also that you 3. Always carry a weapon, when the Job you are contracted on short notice usually havetobookyourflight 30days Cops take it away get another one. or more in advance. 4. Make sure that there is someone Also, if you don't have any dead normal clothes, gotothesalvation army whowill bailyououtofjail wherever you wind up, memorize their telephone and getsome. Beprepared tobeclean number. and look straight; bleach your hair or 5. Don't pass outon benches in parks, dyeitblack. Don'thave atotally shaved Are you ready for a little fun in head, letsome hair grow. Butworkitall or in bus shelters, people will steal your ear rings while you're asleep. the sun? On July 9-11, this sum- out before you leave. The can and will 6. Enjoy yourself. refuse to let you in the country for no mer's I M.F. (International Mone tary Fund) Conference will be held other reason than appearance. Think about what you want to bring. in Houston, Texas When these scumbags meet in Europe they Depending onthe weather, try to keep There will be three in Minneapolis things light and few. Expect rain, wind are greeted by thousands wield this summer. They will all be held and yes, snow in winter. However, ing rocks, sticks and rotten vege compared tosome ofourwinters |think at the park on 22nd and Stevens tables! Letus show our European it's warm over there. You want your Avenue, South in Minneapolis comrades that we won't be up Stuffeasytocarry. | found an amazing (Southeast comer of the park). staged! The IMF are directly rucksack for $25 and I'm in love with it. The picnics will start and 1:00 PM It fits under the airplane seat so I don't responsible for a great deal of andwill be proceeded byanA.Y.F. forchecked baggage. Even suffering and starvation in third have towait meeting at noon. Bring food and world nations - lets show the 30, |still always packtoo much. |forget beverage toshare; records, tapes, I wear the same thing every day anybastard they're not welcome here and zines to sell or trade; soccer way. So for sure you need something The Black Banner Brigade is en balls, etc. waterproof, a towel, and a notebook. couraging “out of town folks to Towels are important because most MEMORIAL DAY PICNIC - Mon-
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PRODUCTIONS Sonic Warp is an independent production group arranging shows in Minneapolis. Allthe showslisted herearetaking place in the Avalon Theater (1500 East Lake Street) and are “all ages" gigs. Look for flyers around town for specific informationin times, cost, etc. Sonic
Warp shows are put on as cheap as possible so give them your support!
JUNE 15th - M.D.C. / LIFE SENTENCE/FILTH/ THE SCRODS ($6.50 at the door) JUNE 16th -FUGAZI/FUNSEEKERS / GUILT PARADE JULY 8th - APOCALYPSE / CONFRONTATION /MISERY/ DESTROY! ($5 at the door) JULY 19th - DOA / NOFX / DROWNING ROSES JULY 28th - NEUROSIS / CRIBDEATH + two more AUGUST 4th - OFFSPRING / ECONOCHRIST + two more Also tentative are GWAR, NEGATIVLAND, and TOXIC REASONS. For bookings call John at (612) 822-3346.
PUNX PICNICS
come and join” them. them and make ments now!
Write to hostels don't provide them, Ifound them
travel arrange
Black Banner Brigade P.O. Box 7962 Austin, TX 78713-7962
to be expensive, and make decent pil-
lows. The notebook is to write friend's addresses in (new ones too), directions to stuff like gigs, and to record what you've done. Ifyou ever go back you'll knowhow togetplaces, and when your memory slips, you can read it and
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day, May 28th. Will be held the following Sunday in case of rain.
MID-SUMMER PICNIC - Saturday, July 7th. Will be heldthe next day in case of rain.
LABOR DAY PICNIC - Monday, September 3rd. Will be held the next Sunday in case of rain.
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JUNE 21st - MEMPHIS, TN* JUNE 22nd-LOUISVILLE* . JUNE 23rd - CINCINATTI, OH* JUNE 24th - DAYTON, OH* JULY 5th - DETROIT, MI JULY 7th - MINNEAPOLIS, MN at the Avalon w/ MISERY and DESTROY! All date marked * are still tentative. We
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LP's ANHREFN / LAST ROUGH CAUSE split LP. $7.20 - U.K. ATTENTION "Hearts of Stone" $7.20 - W. Germany BOLT THROWER "In Battle There is No Law" $8 - U.K. BOLT THROWER "Realms of Chaos" $8 -U.K.
DEVIATED INSTINCT "Gutteral Breath" $8 - U.K. DISSENT "Epitome of Democracy" $5.30 - U.S. DOOM "Inhuman Beings War Crimes" $8 - U.K.
FILTHY CHRISTIANS "Mean" $8 - U.K. FLITOX "Radio TV Active" $6 - France F.U.A.L "Fuck Up and Live" $7.20 -U.K. HELLBASTARD "Heading for Internal Darkness" $7.80 - U.K. HERESY "13 Rockin' Anthems" $8 - U.K. INSIDE OUT "Take You Apart..." $7.80 - U.K.
ISRAELVIS "Heart to Heart Politics" $7.20 - West Germany JOYCE McKINNEY EXPER. “Joyce Offspring" $7.80 - U.K. L.U.L.L "The Highest Wall" $7.20 - W. Germany L.U.L.L. "Freakline" $7.20 - W. Germany NAUSEA "Extinction" $6.90 - U.S. NIGHT SOIL MAN "Garden cf Delights" $5.80 - U.S. PSYCHO "You Love Us... You Hate Us" $6.75 - U.S. SATANIC MALFUCTIONS "Disgrace to Humanity" $5.80 - U.K. THE SECT/ RED LETTER DAY Split LP $7.20 - U.K. U.K. SUBS "Motivator" $6 - U.K. V/A "Exclusion" $6 - Belgium V/A “Pathological” $8 - U.K. V/A "Spluerk" $7.80 -U.K. V/A "Spluerk 2" $7.80 - U.K. V/A "Stop Vivsection..." $7.80 - Finland
V/A "Vile Vibes" $8 - U.K
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As many of you may know things have beenalittle fucked up withthe recordlabel partofthe Collective. AIL.
of our projects have been delayed -
many of youalready finding this out the hard way. At this point, the NAUSEALP is outin both vinyl and
cassette format. We are currently awaitingthearrivalofasecondbatch of Doom EP's and the release ofa SOFA HEAD EP -a license of the
"Invitationto Dinner" 7" release. It's
gotfours songs, each one quite different from their Debut LP. That shouldbeoutduring June sometime. Duetothe ever-incredible high cost ofdoing LP's, the compilation "Nightmares of Reality" and a planned ATAVISTIC EP won't be outuntil Late
July/early August. The compilation
FELIX WHIPS THE HORDES OF DESTRUCTION INTO A THRASHING, SEETHING FRENZY
isadoubleLPandisstillunder constructionlacking certainimportant parts. Thereis alsoa possibility of Some more EP's around late July / early August. Formoreinformation or a mail-order catalog, write us. Remember, all Profane Existence releasesareavailablethrough A.Y.F. Distribution which by far has the lowestpricesaround.