Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed 29 (Summer '91)

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2-3 Openers the background of the anarchist movement year-which includes a First Class subscrip­
Welcome to the Summer '91 issue of in Poland by Piotr J.K. Tyminski, along with tion! We can always use more support!
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More 'Peace' in the Middle East,
importance and influence of the Situationist odical reviews, columns and letters. And in
by Noam Chomsky. p.4
International for contemporary anarchists. this issue Anarr:hy continues to be graced
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slavish imitation, the SI did-at times-set Baer (front cover), Johann Humyn Being For those who are interested in such things, If you re·
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A brief interview with Noam Swperrien ga.b Ales ato r eosbutlat,i nw hai lbe rhieef winatse irvn itewow nw withe CDoAlu. mobfi a,C MarObo.; nAd.aMle., oIf LF.a; rmAi.nHg.d aolef , NNJew.; tshcehmem, oa,r jmusaty mbea ywebe ymoaur'kree dn otht ewmh owr yoonug s,e memayl be we forgot
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Page 4 Summer 1991
More ' Peace' i n the M idd le East
By Noam Chomsky
w
II hen twhairsi so verG,e•o rge whatever "the team" is doing.
Busha nnouendc inJ anuray, Since 1989, the official "peace process" has
"thUen tiedS ateist,cs r eidbtiyl i been the Baker plan, which, as Baker an­
nounced loud and clear, is identical to the
andi trse liltaiybr iesrteo,d lwhlia vea key
Shamir plan, more accurately, the coalition
leadsehrirpo le heilnp itnobg r inpge ace
plan of Israel's two major political blocs, Labor
tot her esotf t heM iddlEea st("A nrdew
and Likud. Palestinians will be limited to dis­
Rosenatlh",B usVho wst oT acklMeid dle cussing its modalities, with the PLO excluded.
EastI ssueNews," Y Oik Times, Jan2.9 , The current pretense is that when "The Pales­
p.A31)Wi. th the war over, James Baker flew tinians supported Iraq during the gulf war and
at once to the region, meeting with Israel and endorsed its missile attacks on Israel, Mr.
the Arab allies: the six family dictatorships that Baker's response was to freeze the Palestine
manage Gulf oil production, the bloody tyrant Liberation Organization out of his talks" (Fried­
who rules Syria, and Egypt. In a "watershed man, April 14, "Week in Review," 1). All of
NYT,
event," they "endorsed President Bush's broad Baker's conditions were explicit long before
framework for dealing with the Middle East," the gulf war.
Thomas Friedman reported (NYT, March 11). The Baker-Shamir-Peres plan had three
Even critics were impressed. Anthony Lewis "Basic Premises." First, there can be no ''addi­
wrote that the President is "at the height of his tional Palestinian state," Jordan already being
powers" and "has made very clear that he one; there is no issue of Palestinian self-deter­
wants to breathe light into that hypothetical mination, whatever the foolish and irresponsi­
creature, the Middle East peace process" (NYT, ble world may think. Second, no PLO; Palestin­
March 15). Helena Cobban found "great inspi­ ians may not choose their own representatives.
ration" in Bush's statement that "The time has Third, ''there will be no change in the status of
come to put an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict," Judea, Samaria, and Gaza other than in accor­
words "spoken with commitment by an Ameri­ dance with the basic guidelines of the Govern­
can president at the height of his powers" and ment" of Israel. The plan then calls for "free
forming part of his "broad vision of Middle elections" under Israeli military occupation with
East peace-building" (Christian Science Moni­ much of the Palestinian leadership in prison.
fDr, March 12, p.18). John Judis praised James The outcome, as Israeli officials have made
Baker as the hope for peace, a dove who "has clear, is that Palestinians may be allowed to
stood for multilateral and diplomatic solutions" set local tax rates in Nablus and collect gar­
and has "emphasized that the U.S. would have bage in Ramallah.
to work on resolving the conflict between Israel Unlike US commentators, the semi-official
and the Palestinians" (/n These Times, Feb. Egyptian press finds little "inspiration" in the
27). Bush-Baker rhetoric. Any hopes evaporated
The New Yorlr Times editors saw "a rare after Baker's March visit, when he underscored
window for peace." "The P.L.O's Iraqi debacle traditional US rejectionism (al-Mram, cited in
...c ould bring forward acceptable negotiating Mideast Minor, 27 March). There were no
partners" among the Palestinians, permitting grounds for optimism in the first place, given
"direct bargaining between Israel and represen­ that the great power that has long barred any
tative Palestinians" (March 11) -"representative"
meaningful peace process has now estab­
being a code word for "acceptable to us." The
lished that ''what we say goes," as the Presi­
Washington agreed that talks between
Post dent put it a few days after "staking out the
Israel and the Arab states were preferable to
high ground."
an "unprepared and unwieldy international
A central task of the educated classes is to
conference," and offer ''the best way to make
fix clearly the bounds of opinion. At one ex­
sure that the Palestinians, once they locate
treme, we have Yitzhak Shamir, who holds that
representative and plausible spokesmen, will
the "land for peace" formula of UN 242 has
receive their regional due" (editorial,
WP-k­ already ,been satisfied. At the other, we have
ly, March 11-17). The Wall Journal an­
Street the opposition Labor Party, which sees advan­
nounced that although "Bush Hopes for a
tages for Israel in "territorial compromise"
Solution," "the PLO's Leaders Must Want One
along the lines of labor's Allon plan, leaving
as Well" (WSJ headline, p.1, March 6). The
Israel in control of the useful land and resourc­
editors of the Angeles admonished
Los T1111BS es but without responsibility for most of the
the Palestinians that they "will have to do
Arab population. The US is an honest broker,
better than" Arafat, even if he is "their sincere
merely seeking peace and justice, trying to
choice." They must abandon the "leadership
steer a path between "the conditions the Arab
that has habitually opted for no-compromise terrorize the region and bomb elsewhere at will In the real world, Washington is willing to
nations and Israel have put on their possible
dogmatism at the expense of conciliation, (see my "Letter from Lexington," Lies of Our allow the Soviet Union to co-host a ceremonial participation in any peace conference" (Fried­
frequently using assassination to silence mod­ August 1990). "event" on the assumption that in its current
Times, man, NYT, April 13). The world is off the spec­
erate opposition voices within Palestinian In the real world, the Arab allies have some straits, it will follow orders. But as Kissinger
trum entirely.
ranks" (Feb 26). The next day, Israel arrested company in calling for an international confer­ warned years ago, Europe and Japan must be
One technique is to attribute to "good Arabs"
yet another leading Arab advocate of Palestin­ ence. The matter arises regularly at the UN, kept out of the diplomacy; they are too inde­
positions held by the Washington-media alli­
ian-Arab dialogue, Dr. Mamdouh al-Aker, most recently in December 1990, when the call pendent. The President of the European Com­
ance. Thus in Friedman's version of history, in
subjecting him to torture as usual and keeping for such a conference passed 144-2 (US, Israel munity and its official in charge of Middle East
Jerusalem in 1977 President Sadat "offered the
him from his attorney for a month (Mideast opposed). In the preceding session, the As­ affairs recently reiterated the EC position Israeli people full peace in return for a full
Minor, 27 March)-the real story about "moder­ sembly had voted 151-3 (US, Israel, Dominica expressed in the UN Resolutions, declaring withdrawal from the Sinai desert" (NYT, April
ate opposition voices" for many years, regular­ opposed) for an international conference to that "The outside powers should not let Israel 14, "Week in Review"). This was Menahem
ly suppressed in favor of convenient fictions, realize the terms of UN Resolution 242, along get off the hook once again"; Israel should Begin's position, while Sadat reiterated the
such as the "no-compromise dogmatism" of with "the right to self-determination" for the withdraw from Lebanon and the occupied international consensus. And now, Friedman
those who have been far closer to the interna­ Palestinians (UN Draft A/44/L.51, 6 Dec. 1989). territories, and reach a settlement with Syria on writes, "The Arab countries have been demand­
tional consensus on a political settlement than A Security Council resolution in similar terms the Syrian Golan Heights (annexed in defiance ing that Israel commit itself to an interpretation
Washington-media rejectionists for 15 years. had been offered by Syria, Jordan, and Egypt of a Security Council resolution and a General of 242 that leaves open the possibility of
It did not pass without notice that a few as far back as January 1976 with the support Assembly vote of 149-1). But, they added, the trading land for Peace"(NYT, April 10, 1991). As
problems remain. After hailing the "watershed of the PLO and indeed initiated by it according EC would have no major role in the diplomatic he knows, they reject this US-Israeli formula,
event,• Thomas Friedman added that "The to Israel. It was vetoed by the US. Europe, the process, a US monopoly (Jacques Poos, joining the world in an interpretation of 242
Arab ministers clearly differed with Mr. Baker USSR, the Arab states, and the world generally Eberhard Rhein, Mideast Minor, 28 March). that calls for political settlement on the interna­
on one very important detail: how to make have been united for years on such a political In their own quaint way, the media acknowl­ tionally recognized (pre-June 1967) border.
peace with Israel." They called for an interna­ settlement, but the US will not permit it. The edge these realities, the New Yorlr Times has Palestinians and authentic Israeli doves have
tional conference under the auspices of "the facts are unacceptable, thus eliminated from mentioned that the US is alone in the world in commonly regarded the Labor-US "territorial
United Nations" while "Mr. Baker, by contrast, history. endorsing Israel's Shamir plan. But "the Soviet compromise" variety of rejectionism as "much
said an international conference would not be For twenty years, the US has backed Israeli Union has moved away from a policy of con­ worse than the Likud's autonomy plan"
appropriate at this time." "On secondary is­ rejectionism. For that clear but inexpressible frontation with the United States and now (Shmuel Toledano, endorsing the observation
sues, such as the Palestinian-Israeli dispute, reason, the peace process remains a "hypo­ indicates that it prefers partnership with Wash­ of Palestinian moderate Attorney Aziz Sheha­
[the Arab states) still prefer the safety of the thetical creature." There is one simple reason ington in the diplomacy of the region," the dah, March 8, 1991). The reasons are
Arab lowest common denominator-at least for why an international conference is "unwieldy": Times later added hopefully under the headline well-kHano'warfltzn, b, ut must remain as deeply buried
now." participants will support "the right to self-deter­ "Soviets Trying to Become Team Player in as the true history.
The official Arab statement after the "water­ mination" for the indigenous population. Mideast." This "shift away from confrontation" Washington's rejectionist stance must be
shed event" reveals another "detail," recorded Friedman observed further that Washington brings the Soviet Union· "closer to the main­ adopted as the basis for reporting and discus­
without comment (Excerpts, NYT, March 12): is exploring the idea of peace talks with "a stream of Mideast diplomacy" (Joel Brinkley, sion, while its advocates are lauded as doves
the Arab allies "demand the full and uncondi­ ceremonial opening 'event'" hosted by the US NYT, Sept. 8, 1989; Alan Cowell, NYT, Dec. 12, who intend to breathe light on the problems of
tional implementation of Security Council and USSR. ls.raeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Sha­ 1989). To translate from Newspeak: The Soviet suffering humanity. The US and Israel can then
Resolution 425" of March 1978, the first of mir would find this preferable to an "open­ Union may join Washington off the spectrum proceed with the policy articulated in February
several calling for Israel's immediate withdraw­ ended, gang-up-on-Israel international confer­ of world opinion, becoming a "team player" in 1989 by Defense Secretary Yitzhak Rabin of
al from Lebanon. The plea was renewed by the ence" (NYT, March 28, p.A6). Judis detected "the mainstream." "The team" is the United the Labor Party, when he informed Peace Now
government in Lebanon in February 1991, Baker's benign hand in this move towards States, "the mainstream" is the position occu­ leaders that the US-PLO dialogue was only a
ignored as usual while Israel and its clients peace. pied by "the team," and the "peace process" is
Continued on next page
Summer 1991 Page 5
THE S A D TR UTH
Retail n uclear terrorism in the U .S.?
Ann Howe
By
/
11 f the personality of the terrorist is weapon in the hands of non-U.S.-government
to be a psychological-psychiatric terrorists would be limited, though potentially
concept rather than a legal-politi­ devastating for the immediately targeted area.
cal concept, its study should include And long-range effects on the environment
many statesmen, military personnel, po­ might prove even more destructive. However,
lice, businessmen (particularly armaments the use of such a weapon in the "right" inter­
national political situations could also provide
manufacturers), scientists and technicians
a possible spark for a far-wider nuclear war.
as well as skyjackers and urban guerril­
As residents of the Earth we must protest
las," said Risto Fried of the Department of potential mass-destructive weapons prolifera­
Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, Fin­ tion at every level. Whether they be chemical,
land, for the Berlin conference on terror­ biological, nuclear or large-scale conventional
ism. But even if the personality of the terrorist arms, they all remain a constant threat-in the
is a legal-political concept, the greatest terror­ hands of governments, or out of them.
ist organization on Earth is still the U.S. Gov­
(This is' an edited except from Ann Howe's essay titled
ernment. Not only does the U.S. state kill its
own citizens through police murder, neglect, "World policeman or numero uno terrorist?." Ann Howe
pollution and imprisonment, it also annually can be contacted al POB 311712, New Braunfels, TX.
78131.)
kills tens of thousands of people in other
countries in its constant battle to maintain con­
Barricades in Vancouver
trol of the major portion of the world's resourc­
es. While, through the indirect terror of eco­
nomic, military and nuclear blackmail, the U.S. Continued from page 3
keeps the peoples of other countries in line
and passing a special demolition permit. With
without the need for any direct resort to mass
this, the houses were demolished on Nov.
murder. 29,
despite the fact that some squatters still had
For the U.S. media and government propa­
possessions in the houses, and despite the
gandists, though, terrorism consists only of
fact that some of the houses were still livable.
retail violence deployed by small groups
In fact, only two of the six houses had received
against U.S. interests (or those of its client
heavy damage. One of the main demands of
states). Though this can add up to a substan­
the squatters all along had been to be allowed
tial number of attacks, the actual number of
to occupy the houses until demolition day,
people directly effected has remained relatively
which developer Ning Yee hadn't obtained
small when compared to the "legal" violence
approval for until the city council, including the
deployed by states against "their" citizens the
"progressives," unanimously gave it to him. A
world over, or even when compared only with
few squatters who had stored their belongings
the number of people affected by U.S. whole­
in a comrade's bus found their money was
sale terror.
missing after it was raided by the cops.
However, despite all the U.S. media and
On Nov. a strong, angry protest was held
governmental rhetoric about the threat of 29
at Grandview Park in the east end. Well over a
"terrorism" directed against U.S. interests, the
hundred peo!Jle marched to Frances Street
potential avenues for the escalation of retail
where some squatters made speeches on their
terrorism within the U.S. are rarely considered.
determination to fight on and continue squat­
This is partly because-unlike other countries
ting. From here the demo proceeded towards
-the U.S. hasn't directly experienced the trau­
the downtown area, blocking up traffic with a
ma of any large-scale terrorist attacks in recent
banner in front which read "Police Repression
years. However, this is not because oppor­
Builds Our Resistance." On the route, an
tunities are lacking. In fact, the U.S. govern­
agitated driver tried to drive through the demo,
ment and U.S. corporations provide anywould­
nearly injuring a comrade, and was quickly set
be terrorist with an enormous stockpile of
upon, escaping with a few dents. The second
readily available potential weapons of mass
stop for the demo was the main target of
destruction, including nuclear weapons. Nucle­
people's rage: the Vancouver police station.
ar materials, from weapons-grade plutonium to
The main entrance was blocked, and police
reactor fuel, from nuclear waste to uranium
inside -clearly intimidated, locked the doors
mills, is vulnerable. After all, the nuclear mate­
and called in more officers. A police car out­
rial itself doesn't have to explode in order to
side was attacked, but because there was no
cause widespread damage. -
preparation beforehand, people lacked the
One of the more frightening possibilities is U.S. rolls out the red carpet to welcome the New World Order.
necessary tools to do real damage to it. Before
the vulnerability to theft of U.S. nuclear weap­ Collage by James Koehnline (POB 85777, Seattle, WA. 98145-1777).
the cops could organize or call in more offi­
ons themselves. After a "fact-finding trip" to the
U.S. Air Force NATO NW installations in Tur­ goes, that we haven't reached the worst stage tion and Safeguards." After giving two basic cers, the demo moved down through the
key, columnist Bob Wiedrich wrote that "nucle­ yet. We have spread thousands upon thou­ methods of nuclear weapons assemblage, the tourist-trendy Gastown area. Here people
ar weapons are potentially ripe for the plucking sands of artillery shells of nuclear capability report stated, "Given the weapons material and became bolder and some began knocking
by any band of terrorists dedicated enough to around the world. We have increasing capabili­ a fraction of a million dollars, a small group of over postal and newspaper boxes. The protest
ty to miniaturize these weapons. Someday, people, none of whom had ever had access to then moved back up to Hastings, where eight
risk their own lives." U.S. Senator John Glenn
wrote, "I would submit, as far as terrorism one or more of them will turn up missing. the classified literature, could possibly design to ten motorcycle cops arrived and attempted
Someone will be able to carry them in a back­ and build a crude nuclear explosive device." to cordon off the demo, bumping into people
pack." And, for example, a plutonium dispersal de­ in the rear and hitting others who got in their
More 'Peace' Nuclear weapons-grade materials have vice, which could cause widespread radioac­ way along the side of the demo. Here, the
already proven even more vulnerable. The tive contamination, would be even simpler to demonstrators, now numbering between 30
Energy Research and DevelopmentAdministra­ make than a nuclear explosive device. and 40, linked arms and refused to allow the
in the Middle East tion released a report in 1977 saying that U.S. A former U.S. Navy demolitions officer cops to intimidate them.
authorities have had very serious problems stated before Senate hearings that any three to The overt repression of the cops was intend­
Continued from page 4 keeping track of bomb-grade materials in the five Green Beret officers or Navy Seals could ed to stop the growing radicalization amongst
hands of private companies. In another exam­ "sabotage virtually any nuclear reactor in the the squatters. But instead, the opposite has
means to divert attention while Israel suppress­ ple, two foreign governments "lost" enough country." After new safeguards had been occurred, with the repression radicalizing
es the Intifada by force. The Palestinians "will uranium to make at least 10 nuclear weapons. implemented, the General Accounting Office people even more. The experiences at the
by broken," he assured them, reiterating the It was shipped out of the country in "collusion stated that "Licensee and Atomic Energy hands of the cops, the discussions in jail, the
prediction of Israeli Arabists 40 years earlier: with a foreign customer." And there is still the Commission officials agreed that a security surveillance openly displayed by police, and
the Palestinians will "be crushed," will die or unsolved mystery of the disappearance of a system at a licensed nuclear reactor plant the fabrication used to justify the military
"turn into human dust and the waste of soci­ large amount of highly enriched uranium from could not prevent a takeover for sabotage by attack on the squats have contributed to a
ety, and join the most impoverished classes in a nuclear facility in Apollo, PA., in the mid- a small number, two or three, armed individu­ process the police had clearly hoped to curtail.
the Arab countries." Or they will leave, while 1960s. als." One NRC official stated that "Several The parallels to the confrontation between
Russian Jews, now barred from the US by In response to Senator Glenn's inquiry in people with high explosives who really know the Mohawks and the Canadian state in Oka
policies designed to deny them a free choice, 1978, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission how to use them can probably go through a have not been missed: the extreme offensive
flock to an expanded Israel, leaving the diplo­ (NRC) sent him a list of incidents or threats nuclear facility like butter." Between 1969 and launched by the state, the criminalization of
matic issues moot, as the Baker-Shamir-Peres known to the NRC that concern nuclear facili­ 1979 there were 94 incidents involving threats resistance, and the counter-insurgency tech­
plan envisions. ties. This "Safeguards Summary Event List" of violence or acts of violence to licensed niques have all occurred in a common pattern.
New excuses will be devised fo.r old policies, contained 9 categories of events including the nuclear facilities in the U.S. and 91 to unli­ It's clear that the Native struggle for sovereign­
which will be hailed as generous and forth­ category of "missing and/or allegedly stolen" censed ones. They included pipe bombs found ty and the struggle for autonomy and self­
coming. Failure will be attributed to the "no­ materials, which included 84 entries. The near reactors, break-ins, serious fires and determination involved in the occupation of
compromise dogmatism" of the extremists transportation category included 34 entries. breaching of security perimeters. Three Mile empty housing, present a threat to the state.
who fail to adapt to Washington's "broad The NRC says that "transportation related Island had a number of security breaches on When people struggle collectively and fight
framework for dealing with the Middle East," events include any occurrence where licensed record before its infamous accident. together, they gain power and develop possi­
which is by definition right and just. material was misrouted, threatened, or report­ Although the mass deployment of domestic bilities for fighting back.
/1 was(Th oriis esginaysal lyap wripean11en wi forth Liutheperm Of Ouisr r,,sion of,.u t haen adu ttihtlor.ed edT mheis sOfinfgic oe ro sft oTleecnh dnuorloinggy t Asranssepsosrtm.·e nt pro­ tpeortreonr tbiayl trheeta Uil .tSe.r rsotaritset itthserelaf taslw, sauycsh d twhraerafsts a rney­ Dwru(Thti,is PinOBform �ation S in.A,is from V anRcuislaouver,11u, B .cC/o, FVri6Cen ds2N of6
"Leiter from Lexington, April 12, 1991. ") duced a report in 1977 titled "Nuclear Prolifera- main real. The direct effects of a small nuclear Canada.)
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Page 7
Su rvival For What?·
by
Review Toni Otter
The Swvivor, Voll & VoL2 by Kurt Saxon (Atlan of jars and Jfds, so there should be lots of
Fonnularies, POB-327, Harrison, AR 72601) VoLJ home canning this summer. The only workable
p(1a9pe87r). 477 pp. $17.00 paper; VoL2 (1988) 480pp. $17.00 way to get this done is to go back a long way­
the women and children do their work, the men
ired
here seems to be a vast amount of stand guard, hunt, and heavy work. This is the T of being told what to do, how to feel, and what to think?
most workable system, no place for women's
Tpractical information in these two Discovetrh ew orlodf a narchTyh.e rwei lnle vebre a nyf inaanlws erst o
lib in a survival situation. Our forefathers sur­
volumes, which are only part of a vived and maybe that's why.• (V.2, p545) In the theq uestiono fh oww e canc reatae g ennueilfyr eaen d satisfysioncgi al
five volume set. Saxon reprints or writes
same short story Murphy makes it clear that worldb,u tw e'dlk iet os earcthh el itmsio fr aditcahley o &r practwiicteyh o u.
articles on greenhouses, home workshops,
his main character is one tough hombre, the
alternative energy sources, etc. Oriented to­ Anarchy isa jorunaolf d esire an!ned Netihelrfte nor ritg,hw e'er juts
kind of man who makes a gal feel secure: 7he
ward surviving the coming collapse of modern · old wild !Nest idea-shoot first and ask questions uncomopmrisinagnltyi -aruiattrhioaAnarchyn. refusalel isd eoloWgey c.rt iizcei
civilization, Saxon advises us to locate our
later-hard words but it's gonna be a hard life.• alrlei lgioanls,lp riiatluisamlm,lo railsma,lp lo iltiidceaollo gyW.e refutsoeb ow
homes or retreats 100 miles from any large
city and to take other precautions against the (V.2, p.544) Especially hard, it seems, if you're beforteh ea ltaorfs God ort hen ation-stWaet es.pit on natioanlism,
not content with your work detail while the " "
starving mobs who may flee urban areas men are 9ff doing things, as Tammy Wynette miilatrisramc,i samn dh iaerrchWye. d onw'atn tt ol eavea ntyhionug tN.oth ing
during social dislocation. He urges people to
sang, you don't understand. issa cred,l easofta laln arcsmhi.
stockpile tools, weapons, medicines, food and
Saxon don't cotton to homosexuals either,
other supplies, and regretfully reminds us we We wantt oc reaat gee nuilnyde fiferaelntte rnvaitisvi-eor naidclaylc oopae­r
since, as we all know, "homosexuality is addic­
may have to turn a cold shoulder, or gun tive and since it is spreading like the plague, tiv&e communtiaarni,e coliocgaalnd femiinsts,p onatneouasn dw ild-a
barrel, toward the improvident who failed to
prepare for a major disaster. Saxon likes Ayn you mighteven say it's contagious.• (V.2, p.579) liebratorvyi siforne fer omt hec onsatirtnso fo uro wnh umans elfo-mdetsiac­
Editorializing, Saxon writes, "there is litlet you
Rand's Atlas Shrugged and is critical. of TV, can do about the national gene polo. But you tion.
politicians, refined foods, and electoralism. An
must guard your own family gene polo. ..No w Anarchy defendwsh atlt itel itnegrsititlyrl e mainisno urh igh-laiylneate,hd i­
anti-authoritarian tendency is evident at certain
points: "Rulers, generals, and gods have ever with homosexuals agitating to teach as ident� tech" barven ew world.W"e defentdh ei ntegroiftt yh ei nidvuiad.l We
able perverts, our national gene polo is in even
been the enemies of liberty." (V. 1, p.13) Self­ encoaugrea ttempttocs r eaatnde maitnaing enuicnoem muntiyn,o tf otrh e
sufficiency is vital to Saxon, and to empower mano read dmainttegedr .h oIfm I hoasedx au aklid, I'whod sesee tethaact hteear cwasher sake ofr epressuilvtee rmiootri v-emsoneyG,od , morality-sboueltl fyo trh e
others in that direction he reprints many pages
from turn-of-the-century encyclopedias, the on the road or under the ground.• (V.2, p.580) sakeo ft hepl easeusrw e mayf intdh erAend. mostf undamtealnyl,w ed efend
Well, OK, there won't gays, uppity wom­
contents of which he feels are most accessible be thei ntegrofit oyu rd eseisr.F orif ourow n mosti nmtaitea ndi anlienable
en, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, or maybe anyone
to those who wish to survive the coming crash.
else on Kurt Saxon's side of the mountain who deseisrca nnotb et rutsed,w hyb othwerit hl ivign?
Saxon is obviously a technically proficient
isn't as "self-sufficient" and dedicated to genet­
fellow who plans to be around after nuclear ff you haven't already, pl subscribe today!
winter. But how much different would Saxon's ic integrity as Kurt. While Kurt and the boys ease
stand guard and hunt, the women and kids will
side of the mountain than what we have
today? Saxon says he isbe cr itical of government, do chores. "It is too late,• writes Saxon, "for
today's majority to escape the fate of Atlantis.
yet prints an article by Bradley J. Steiner which But with individual effort and stem measures of 1..--------::-::;-�
paradoxically argues for cutting off welfare
population control, Paradise on Earth could be
while subsidizing federal troops in New York
a reality. The next generation, descended from
City "for as long as necessary to suppress the
the surviving remnants of this one, could inau­
inevitable uprising of the savages who will,
gurate the next step in the evolution of human
expectedly, protest the end of their freeloading
civilization. Then our surpluses could go, not to
ride.• (V.1, p. 129) Steiner also writes about the
the upkeep of human vermin, but to the provi­
importance of self-defense, especially where
sion of land and !Nell-equipped homes for all
"bongo-beating, drunken, screaming jungle
and then even Starships. • (V.2, p.479)
savages, rule the streets ...: (V. 1, p. 122) Then
you like social Darwinism with a triple twist
there is the editorial by T.A. De Mattis which If
of sexism, racism, and homophobia, or if you
defines more clearly who the "savages" may
like books with lots of technical/practical
be: "Mililons of people who reside in quiet,
information, The Survivor fits the bill. I can see
orderly communities are naturally disturbed by little difference between neo-nazism and
the loud and raucous conduct of African and
Saxon's philosophy except that Saxon would
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dom in the Bulletin of Anarchist Research, ing Free, 174 pp., $7 postpaid, was mini-re­
The War in I reland No. 22. She comments, 7hough the boko viewed in NAAR #2.)
touched on a few examples of republicanism as Another publication by Attack is Until All Are
a working class movement of self-activity, and Free: The Trial Statement ofR ay Luc Levasseur,
Reviewed by Toni Otter though it presents a coherent argument for 47 pp., $2 postpaid. This U.S. political prisoner
British tropo s getting out of Ireland, it goes no · is quoted on the back cover: "I've gone into
way to persuade me of a developed libertarian those factories, those mills, those fields; I've
The Spirit of Freedom: The War in Ireland by Attack the tired leftist jargon which, inspires only consciousness in Irish republicanism, which sweat for the boss and know what it's like. I
International (BM 6577, London WCIN 3XX, 1989) cynicism? seems blighted by IRA vanguardism and nation­ was in the Army. I was in Vietnam. {. ..] I've
71pp. $2.00 (plus $2 postage for overseas delivery) And if one is critical of nationalism, which alism. But as a volunteer reviewer of this book been in their jails and prisons. This is how I
booklet Attack is, one must take care with expressions after it lay unclaimed for six months (suggest­ came to understand. .. class struggle and class
7he booklet is not just an informative guide like "united Ireland". Or is national unity liberat­ ing a blindspot about the war in Ireland in conflict, and this is how I became a revolution­
to Ireland; there is plenty we have had to leave ing in Ireland and Lithuania, but evil in Britain English anarchism), I can say that it got me ary.• Attack comments in the introduction: We
out, which is why we have included a list of and the USSR? Cries for national unity are thinking again about the problem.• have printed it not because we believe in
books at the back. More than anything, we want effectively appeals to reaction and conformity, Attack has also published a cartoon book, bombings or clandestine activity-as a general
this boko let to be a guide to action. That's not and I doubt this is what Attack desires. The Breaking Free, which is, in Attack's words, a rule, we don't. We have printed it because it is
to say we have the 'correct' line on Ireland. But slope toward over-simplified class analysis and "well-written, beautifully drawn, politically a moving and inspiring declaration of war
ifth rothuegreh iss trau g'riggle-ht's atrunsgwegler, thweat lweailld fis ntod litibe onraly­ natKioanreanli sGmo aism salinp preevryie wanedd bTehset Savpoiriidt eodf .F ree- cpoohsseirbeinlitty, oafn wd ovrkeirnyg calcacsess rseivbolelu tliooonk." (aBtr etahke- ahgumaiannst neae ds.oc Iti iesty o nteh amt apnla'sc setso ryp. ro..• fi t before
tion on both sides of the Irish sea and across
the world.· (p. 5) Reviews in brief
he Spirit of Freedom is an excellent
Tshort history and agitational work
on Ireland. It reads easily and has Reviews by Lev Chernyi (LC.) and Toni Otter (T.O.)
punchy cartoons and photos.
Attack International is critical of nationalism
and not uncritical of the Irish Republican Army New from The Blanks of greater possibility." ings of inner city-scenes. Money, sex and
(IRA), but sees the IRA as grassroots self­ I found this essay to be frustrating in that crack are the major themes of both the poetry
defense against Loyalist persecution of Irish If This Had Been An Actual Emergency by The it raised far more questions about its theses and the art, with a little humanity thrown in,
Catholics. Attack quotes a British soldier to Blanks (Falsified Records, POB 1010, Birmingham, than it was able to adequately answer. In too. Titles include 'Sex comes home,' Fast
tilhlues otrcacteu ptahteio InRA: 's unity with those opposing MsetIt.e 4 8012, 1990) $7.00 ( +$1.00 postage) mini-LP/cas­ faauctth, oitr rleeaftl lym ient eunndaebdle t oto co amscemrtuaniinca wteh,a ats tidhee fmoyo dc,h' e'Ecck.o' n-oLmCic. cosmetics,' and 'Bite out of
"After internment the Catholics went on rent from a vague identification of the words
strike, and there was talk of shutitng off the If This Had Been An Actual Emergeny is a "magic" and "mysticism" with some sort of Allahu Akbar
water and the electricity if they didn't pay up. So new Blanks "mini-LP" worth checking out. problematic experience of liberation from
wbehttaitn dgi ds hPoapd,d yh edldo? uHpe twehe ncta roshuinerd, tora ktheed locin aal Tsthrea igmhtfeolorwdiaersd , aurned eerasstayn dtoa bllies ltyernic sto th, awtaitreh a"kpupltaurreanl"t lyco sonmditeiwonhiantg c. riStitciall,l otfh eth ea uptrhoocre siss 021A8ll0a3h-Gu PAOk, baBrr oobyk lyEnd, wNarYd. N11a2s0h2 ,( S1m9y8rn8) a 4P9r8epsps.,
ifen wt htheo ustsreanedt qanuidd , atshkeend we, 'nhot wto tmheu cfihr std hoo youseu aro cbkig e ffimortpsro. vSoemngesn ti nocvluedr em "oBest fcoalsem ptoa ryaobuler ooft hceivrsil izmaatiyo nb (eannedf iitn ffraovmo r aonf aeuntoconounmtye)r , wanitdh $15.00 paper
owe?' 'Forty seven pounds and twelve pence.' school," "Holy shroud of ruin," "Government these seemingly tentative and under-devel­ Edward Nash's novel follows the life of
'Here's the money.' And he went down the shutdown," "Flying lessons," and 'Weekend oped conjectures, if only because the en­ Basil Primchek, Israeli architect, from his
whole strete with the cash and paid them out. education." -LC. counter may lead to more thought o_n the employment with a New York firm to his
The rent man came, knocked at the first door: subjects treated. return to Jerusalem. The plot moves quickly,
'Mrs. Murphy, you owe ... ' She paid it all, the Treasonofeuass t -LC. providing a lively account of life in Jerusalem,
boko was signed, and so on down the row. The Primchek's affairs, and, eventually, the col­
Waro nt hee nvironment
rent man got to the last house well pleased Uncle Fcster's Feast of Treason by Neal Keating lapse of the Israeli state before combined
he'd got the money off all the stret-e and Paddy (Eleutheros Prod., POB 2265, Albany, NY. 12220, Islamic forces.
bwTaooacskk s totaall nt hdtehin ebog m thokoenireee, yao nondff t t hhthea ect woremanset r it:m. Y'aHonau,n hdgasave veup toit!' a1990mUun)s ccinalessg etFteee sftefercsti veF eaanstti-c oivfi liTzreataiosno nc asiss ettaen pt1ha1e1m W, PpSaaroh lnliein tFtic rtaahln eEcc Gu.iscoolIfo, :gyCA. A nG 9Ero4n1uv1piron4 -(2P5mEG7en7,, ta1599l1 9P1 )eiTpeCa24sptrpcot. i,$ve 1Bo .SbOyx caanAyn nlloaotthh iuem rAk asgtbainartee, ti shi saa t f gIosouroaneddl e,b dloik ooek nS fooviuro ttlhhe onAcsfeeric, wad hoeo­r
admire that: brilliant.• (p. 42) & ceit, and chauvinism, and will someday fall. If
The Spirit of Freedom surveys briefly Irish which jumps from a series of PSAs ("Public Although War in the Gulf went to press only one has a relative or acquaintance who is
Service Announcements" in deejay lingo) to
history from with emphasis on events as the U.S. and allied war for the re-subjuga­ politically naive, Zionist, and/or anti-Arab, this
1170, tunes on both sides of the tape. The AMLI
since The Appendices provide informa­ 10 tion of Kuwait and Iraq was entering its sec­ novel may challenge some preconceptions.
1900. ("Anonymous Movement for the Liberation of
tion on TOM (Troops Out Movement), relevant ond week, it still contains many useful facts Protagonist Basil Primchek is handsome,
periodicals, and groups "who fight for working Imagination") PSAs are the highlight for me. and perspectives on the massive environ­ bright, and defiant He is independent enough
Imagine a radio voice announcing: you
class revolution"(p.65) in Britain. Regarding the "Do mental destruction entailed in this imperialist to confront his military reserve commander
ever think that civilization might be one big
latter topic, the booklet offers, •. ..th e key to mistake? Do you ever dream of its total de­ conflict. The pamphlet is very readable, and maintains friendly relations with Arabs
destroying British imperialism is bringing the concise and graphically well-produced. Top­ despite Zionist harassment If mainstream
Irish war home to this country. The late unla­ struction? ... You're not alone ... ." Or: 'Would ics covered include some of the potential readers can identify with Primchek, they may
you like to assassinate the president? How
mented Tory MP, Sir John Biggs-Davidson, hit short and long-term effects of the use of begin to comprehend, among other things,
about the chairman of the board? Why not?
the nail on the head: 'if we lose in Belfast, we After all, they use you to step on ... ." These various weapons systems, double-standards the folly of colonialism and the suffering of the
may have to fight in Brixton or Birmingham.' We of U.S. foreign policy, the "war at home" (on Palestinians.
need to organize to make sure that the British anritey g raudairoa nstteaetido nto's ldivaeyn iuf yp oyuo cuar nlo scanel coakm thmesue­ U.S. government-funded "social programs" Yet it is little comfort to imagine Israel
state loses in Belfast, as it loses here in Brixton and the domestic environment), and U.S. replaced by another authoritarian state,
on the air! The tunes which follow-all compe­
and Birmingham.· (p.64) tently produced-include "Scratch," "(Anti-) "national security" and oil. The Political Ecolo­ though it may be an accurate prognostication
Attack's analysis seems overly Marxist at gy Group, which has produced this pam­ concerning Middle Eastern politics. Nash's
times. Maybe they've sacrificed subtlety for Work Song," "Artaud Gala," and "Feast Mu­ phlet, calls upon the environmental move­ scenario allows Primchek to successfully rebel
sic."
brevity. For example, "Real freedom will only -LC. ment to "question the premises and conse­ and the Palestinians a moment of justice, but
come about by asking which class will wield quences of that 'way of life' for which more the force which vindicates both is a 'revolu­
power in a united lreland."(p. 45) Since Attack Mysticaanla rchis?m than 400,000 young Americans have been tionary• Islamic jihad. And though Primchek is
is anarchist, I'm required to give them the sent overseas to kill and die," surely a mini­ relatively enlightened, this doesn't say much.
benefit of a doubt? a Trotskyist made the Autonomystics: An Essay on Anarr:hism and Mysti­ mal step necessary at this time. Although the His characterization may be realistic, but his
If
same statement I'd laugh in her/ his face. Why cism by Dee Rail (Dee Rai� 4823 Baltimore Ave., pamphlet doesn't explicitly question the paternalism toward the women with whom he
Philadelphia, PA 19143, 1990) 20pp. No prke listed. functions of nationalism, statism and capital­ interacts will discourage some readers. Basil
pamphlet ism in this human and environmental disas­ Primchek makes a good hero of sorts when,
In Autonomystics, after presenting a short ter, even in this brief survey of the situation for example, he severely beats his reserve
"psychic energy" theory of society, Dee Rail any perceptive reader will hardly be able to commander for abusing Arabs, but one
argues for a socially-engaged practice of avoid recognition of their importance in gasps in disbelief as he escapes punishment
"mysticism or magic" with which we can maintaining the eco-toxic U.S. "way of life.• and is merely discharged to civilian life. Prim­
change "relationships that exist both in our Hopefully, now that the U.S. government has chek is admirable in some respects, but also
psyches and in the external world" in a libera­ won a clear-cut victory over Iraq and its a person who, after resisting Israeli stupidity,
tory manner. The exact nature of mysticism opponents on the U.S. domestic front, the suddenly finds no contradiction in placing his
and magic is never really explored in this Political Ecology Group will produce a new architectural expertise at the disposal of the
fairly short essay. Nor is there much reason pamphlet, with a more detailed and more conquering Syrian head of state. (Perhaps
given for picking them out as especially radical analysis of the carnage in the Middle Nash intends one to imagine Primchek even­
worthy of use except that the contention is East, the U.S. corporate and government tually as big a thorn to the new Islamic rulers
made that "mysticism assumes a revolu­ policies responsible for the war, and the need as he was to the former Zionist ones?)
tionary character, precisely because it stands for a militant environmental movement which Despite my discontent with various aspects
counter to the scientific worldview and the sees the links between imperialist wars and of characterization and plot, the author has
life-eating tentacles it has spawned with its the war on the environment. For now War in attempted to capture the vital, bitter atmo­
convoluted (pseudo) consciousness." the Gulf is a good start. -LC. sphere of present-day Jerusalem, and to
However, many other forms of alienation suggest a likely consequence of Israeli arro­
"stand counter" to scientific alienation, and it AllyAl ly Home Free gance. Nash's novel may awaken those who
remains unclear in what way Dee Rail be­ unfortunately would never read Mahmoud
lieves that "mysticism and magic" escape Ally Ally Home Free by Paul Weinman (Dumpster Darwish, Edward Said, Fawaz Turki, Emile
being alienating themselves. However, "Dee Press, POB 80044, Akron, OH. 44308, 1991) 32pp. Habibi, or other eloquent Palestinians (or
Rail does give us a hint at what s/he may $1.SO postpaid, paper. anarchists), to the atrocity and absurdity of
have in mind by saying: "It gives us a means This latest collection of Paul Weinman's Zionism. -T.O.
by which to augment our direct experience,
poetry is graced by Wendy S. Duke's draw-
expanding our damaged psyches into fields
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I N T E R N A T I O N A L A N A R C H I S T N E W S
Night­ completed by a catastrophic fire in an apart­
'Our Dreams Will Become Their 110u r d reams will become ment building which the police ignited killing
mares• -popular high-school student four people.
slogan during the recent '!'obilizations. The next day another demonstration was
n the wake of the outbreak of war in their n ig htmares11 called to protest the climate of repression and
I killings by the police the previous day. Partici­
the Middle East the Greek govern­
pation was again massive and at the end of.
ment is faced with a serious crisis.
the demo conservative party offices were
What sparked the current situation were
Student uprising in Greece attacked and burned down. In the following
the government's educational policies which
clashes, again a large number of people
were met by grave resistance, especially by
battled with the police. Rocks and hundreds of
high-school students. Today, this struggle has
taken on a clearly anti-government line with well the registering of a pupil's behavior as an "indignant• parents stormed many high­ molotovs were used to repel the police who
the potential to target the total of government important factor in the overall student assess­ schools and beat up students, teachers and again fired a generous amount of toxic gas,
policies. Since the outbreak of the Jan. 10-11th ment.) The occupations spread all over Greece supporting parents. aiming them directly at the demonstrators! In
clashes in Athens and other cities the govern­ and quickly became a serious social issue. In In one of these attacks in Patra, a 38 year the two and a half days of riots, police buses,
ment and opposition parties have been lost as the meantime, university students began to old leftist teacher was murdered by a known banks, and government buildings were at­
to how to deal with the crisis. With the help of mobilize as well. The prospect of private uni­ conservative party-member thug. The response tacked. Even though the Polytechnic School of
the mass media, a systematic effort was made versities, the decreased amount of funding for in Patra was swift. After a large demo the next the university and the surrounding area be­
to slander and deflate the situation. Greece's education as well as the connection of univer­ night, a fierce riot erupted with clashes contin­ came the center of the activities, barricades
deep political crisis was once again high­ sity studies and research to the needs of uing into the morning hours. In Athens, two and clashes also occurred all over the city.
lighted. was obvious that no opposition party production were among some of the points of days later, more than 100,000 high-school and Hundreds of people were injured and many
dared toIt ask for the resignation of the gov­ contention. Universities, especially in the university students turned out to express their more suffered from the toxic gases. The sec­
ernment. or move in that direction. No party is countryside, were occupied by protesting outrage with the murder of the teacher. At the ond night, police arrested about 50 people at
willing to take over power at a time when there students. Athens and other cities were rocked end of this demo and while high-school stu­ random and charged about 22 of them. While
are no alternatives to handling the crisis on the by large demonstrations often jointly organized dents were blocking the cienter of the city, the in police custody they were beaten up and
level of power politics. Their interest was by high-school and university students. The riot police moved into action. The clashes that severely harassed. Similar clashes, it should be
therefore to diminish the unrest. is a rule in number of protesters soared to 50,000 and ensued, quickly spread all over the city. Police noted, took place in Thessalonika where three
It people were arrested.
power politics that whatever cannot be man­
aged or manipulated is a threat.
Greece has been undergoing often severe Declaration issued after the
changes in the last decade. The previous
Second Conference of the
social-democratic PASOK government paved
the road for the unprecedented neo-conserva­ Polish Anarchist Federation
tive attack on all social fronts. The Greek econ­
omy has been in a perennial state of crisis and
W
has served as the pretext for a package of e struggle to create an anarchist
measures like: new improved austerity moves,
society which is based on social jus­
lay-offs, privatization or closure of "bankrupt"
tice and common ownership of the
public enterprises-with subsequent lay offs­
means of production, society in which
anti-strike laws, and in schools, intensification
of studies, the connection of university re­ absolute freedom would be limited
search and work with the needs of production only by natural norms, with peaceful
and, finally, the introduction of privately owned co-existence and exclusion of exploi­
universities. To seal all of the above and put tation being a priority. We aim to create
society in a corner, came an anti-terrorist bill
autonomous unions, syndicates, local self­
as well. These measures, in total, are euphe­
managed societies and communities
mistically referred to by the government as
forming regional and country-wide federa­
stabilizing and modernizing programs, or as
tions. This kind of social order is to be
an attempt to deliver Greek society to the
European Community as passively and de� based on mass, direct and decentralized
fenseless as possible. democracy where no division into ruling
The so-called stabilizing of the Greek econo­ and ruled would be acceptable. This spe­
my is primarily a re-adjustment of the priorities cific kind of democracy can be achieved
of a whole society to serve the interests of by making the most of audiovisual media
capital. Greek capitalism is striving to become as well as by means of mass meetings,
a member of the new economic order under gatherings and popular congresses.
the best possible prospects. The institutional We struggle to abolish the authoritarian,
infrastructure that the government has been Street fighting In Greece. Photo sent by DislllTbana (POB 31261, 10035 Athens, Greece). consumption-oriented and repressive
building for the last 10 months, with a series of more in the demos. In mid-December one vans were attacked and burned down, fires culture of today's society, in which the
bills, is aimed at creating the necessary cli­ such protest was attacked by riot police out­ and barricades burned in every street in the individual is but a small part of a mon­
mate for easy and total profit-mongering and side the Ministry of Education. Firing a number center of the city. Unlike many other times, strous social and economic megama­
exploitation. In November, and after austerity of toxic gases and using their batons with participation of people in the riots was mas­ chine, while his needs and aspirations are
measures had already been in place, an anti­ astounding ferocity, they managed to oust the sive, with 10,000 to 20,000 battling the police. inevitably reduced to consumption of
strike bill was introduced to curb any workers' students from the narrow streets surrounding Athens was burning; this unprecedented unrest goods. Anarchism means also a funda­
resistance. The reaction of the unions through­ the ministry. The government was not willing was most definitely reminiscent of other times. mental change in human behavior and
out 10 months of conservative rule has been to to back down and they meant it. In front of this explosion the government and morality resulting in liberation of sexual
call for repeated strikes-in fact, in this period Over Christmas the government put forward all official parties were panic stricken. life from all kinds of limits and conven­
more strikes have been called than any other a plan to break the occupations in the high From the start of the episodes the press and
single time in the past. However, the unwilling­ schools. By now the high-school student the media in general tried to diminish, misin­ tions.
ness and treacherous stance of the syndicalist movement had become massive. In all of form and slander the importance and scale of We reject both capitalism and bolshevik
bureaucracy led the workers' struggles to Greece there were perhaps less than a handful the unrest. The "usual" or so anarchists communism as these systems are based
isolation and a dead end. The lack of a politi­ of schools that were not occupied. Faced with were held responsible. 30wa0 s not unusual for primarily on exploitation, constraint and
cal vision to escalate and dynamically confront this severe political and social crisis, the gover­ cries for their arrest-and Ite ven execution-;o be social injustice. That is why we protest
those policies created frustration and hopeless­ nment-with the help of parents who opposed heard from radio announcers and other "jour­ against the policy of Solidarity and the
ness among workers. By the time the anti­ the occupations and party-member thugs...., nalists." What these people all tried to hide and present government of T. Mazowiecki;
strike bill was introduced, only 1000 workers planned to create disturbances in the high­ were afraid to admit was the fact that this both aiming at the restoration of capital­
gathered outside the parliament to protest. In schools, kick out the occupying students and rebellion and popular fury was large enough to ism in Poland. This policy is an evident
the quagmire fed by the syndicalist bureaucra­ terrorize the rest. Teachers were called upon to crush them given the right circumstances. treason against the ideals of the "Self­
cy, there were exceptions that managed to proceed to their schools regularly and record Unable to control the large crowds, the Managed Commonwealth" accepted in
largely escape their control but most often absent students even if they had to do so on police engaged in a chemical war in order to 1981 by the First National Conference of
they were condemned to isolation. the sidewalk. The teachers' union refused to disperse people, but without success. Literally Delegates of Solidarity and can only result
The anti-terrorist bill was introduced to play that role and called for a three-hour work thousands of rounds of toxic CS and CN gas in turning the country into a colony for
complement the anti-strike law. Targeted stoppage for a day. The government however were fired that night rendering Athens air foreign capital. We protest against repri­
specifically at political groups, whose politics proceeded as scheduled. Party thugs and suffocating. The terror of the chemical war was
vatization of common property, against
and practices the government considers dan­
further division of society into the very rich
gerous, it is also directed at society as a
whole, making it responsible for terrorism. Letter from Greece a leftist teacher (member of the "Workers Anti­ and the very poor, and also against plan­
Laws like these, wherever they have been Imperialist Front"). ning and legalization of mass unemploy­
implemented, are aimed at dividing society The biggest riots since November 1973 ment. We disagree with the government's
and rendering its defenses obsolete. By rede­ December (1990) and January (1991), started in Athens, Patra and Salonica. Four project of submitting the country to the
fining the limits of legality and thus stigmatiz­ although they are two cold winter months, people suffocated in a building in a fire started International Monetary Fund'sdictatorship­
ing political ideas and choice, the government were very "hot" all over Greece. Since early by a police tear gas grenade. The riot started -as this organization is a personification of
is attempting to channel any voice of opposi­ December almost 85% of the high schools in Patra and lasted for four days (the 8th & 9th international capitalism-and protest
tion away from becoming a serious threat. were occupied by students. Self-management, of January in Patra, and the 10th & 11th of against the maintenance of relics of com­
The "excellence" of parliamentary democra­ direct democracy and federalism were the January in Athens and Salonica). During the munist rule as the price for sharing power.
cy, if it cannot be proven, has to be imposed. main principles of this huge struggle. The riot two ministries and the central offices of the Society must defend itself against
The student movement was begun primarily government expected that during Christmas ruling left-wing party were occupied and set on
pauperization and exploitation. The only
by high-school students who moved in late vacations the occupations would have ended. fire. Tens of banks, department stores, buses,
way to make this most effective is to
October to occupy their schools in protest of But the occupations were continued and so the and expensive cars were smashed and burned.
propagate and organize mass social self­
the government's plan to institute a series of government decided to form "strike groups" All the arrested comrades are now free.
30 defense actions. We should not be fooled
measures that would limit their freedom and (members of ONNED: the youth of the right­ That's all for now.
exercise more control both in and outside of wing ruling party). Fifty of these fascist thugs -Disturbance by the campaign of delusion which is
the classroom. (Some of these measures attacked and tried to re-occupy a school in POB 31261 being led by Solidarity, the Polish United
included the reduced role of student councils, Patra (the third largest city in Greece). During 10035 Athens Workers Party and the Catholic Church.
limiting the number of allowable absences,as the attack they murdered Nikos Temponeras, Greece