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:5E ‘Q?uu s Bl°°dY Sunday Wednesday28thofJanuarywasthe 26thanniversaryofBloodySunday. TheCRUXIFYERis no longergoingto The anniversary ofthe day when is also a matter of severity and bearegularpublication.Thisispartlydue l4 ‘rioters' were killed by the concernthatthearmycangetaway tolackoffimds,andpartlyduetothefact British army in occupation of withthemurderofinnocentpeople, thatlwishtospendmoretimcinstudy Northern Ireland, apparantly onthegroundsthattheremayhave andinsettingupaworldwidercstistance because the army heard the firing been riot! to the sex industry. All the same, The ofLR.A.gunsfromthewindowsof If this enqiry does go on to CRUXIFYERwillstillbeprinted,asand the street. Who's orders it was to justify the actions of the British whenwehavethe funds, andtheC.C.A. open fire in the first place, is still army in this bloodshed,then what will continue to exist as a campaigning organisation.Thereisanarticleontheback anissue.Itisanissuethathasbeen doesthisimplyformovementssuch pageaboutmembership, foranyonewho ‘openedup toenqirey' bytheNew asthe anti poll tax movement? Or may be interested. Labour dictators. Strangeways? Wedoaeceptthatthenewslctterstillneeds Althoughthisenquiryisover20 Doesitmeanthatthearmywill improvement, but hopefully The years too late to be of use to havetherighttokillpeopleincold CRUXIFYER willbecomeabetterissue anybody, Norman Tebbit, writing b l o o d ‘! aswecontinuetoprintit.Wedidgetsome for the Mail on Sunday, still tried Weareawarethatthesituation veryadversecritismfromissueno.2,one totwisttheargumentintoanattack in Ireland is serious and bloody in letterisprintedoverleaf,butwestillhave on the I.R.A. itself. But we are not trying to support as an anarchistgroupsettingup toadvocaterevolutionasanalternativeto "Bloody Monday, bloody oflendanyone,orgetinvolved,with organised capitalism. Tuesday, bloody Wednesday, any part ofthe Irish struggle. Yes, TheaimoftheC.C.A.hasalwaysbeen bloody Thursday, bloody Friday wesupport the actions ofguerillas toinspiredebateandto discusstheissues and bloody Saturday"‘;'he accused (as stated in 101 Questions to the inanarchism,suchasthequestionofthe inhisarticleon theannouncement C.C.A.), but totrytogetourselves free distribution of food, and in ofthisstrangelyarrangedsituation involved with the faction fighting particularly,theroleofthesexindustryin earlier N this month. of Northern Ireland would only therunningofthestate.Nowthatwehave Bloody Sunday must betaken serve to be counter productive. set up fromwithinapsychiatrichospital asasituationofmassiveseverityby What we are saying is that, the t0debatetheseissues,wefeelthatitisnow time into setting up the C.C.A. as an all free thinking people of this massacreofinnocentpeoplebythe organisation who can actually debate. country, and more widely. The state, can never be justified. We As with all political issues, there will implication of the army getting must take this with the most always be a number ofpeople who will away with killing 14 innocent severity that we can. Bloody disagree. However,theC.C.A.havedone catholics on the grounds that they Sundaywasnotanisolatedincident well in setting up to discuss these may have been ‘rioting’, is both of goverment atrocity. Authority arguments,aswellasourown,andwenow shocking and concerningfor all of exists around us every day; and if believethatitistimetopunmoreenergy uswhostandbytherighttoprotest. authoritydoesdecidetojustshoot into setting up a group. This does not only mean 'peacful people, then there is little we can Iwasrecentlysentanarticleforpublication onthe MayDay '98 conference that was protest‘,as issooftenpushed atus do about it. organised beforeTheCRUXIFYERwent by ‘democracy’, but also the right That is without solidarity. The to print. Unfornmatly, by the time of toprotestthroughtheactsofdirect revolutionandtheoverthrowofall publication, itwillbetoolatetoprintit. action and riot that are denied us authority is theway that this, and Aswellasthat,theC.C.A.havetosupport because of the laws passed to everyotherinjustice,willbesorted the people who cannot attend-meetings protect the ruling classes and the out. Only through taking up the such as this; in particular psychiatric s t 8 t e . gun ourselves, will justice prevail patientsandthoseinprison,nomatterwhat IftheBritishgoverment,orany for the downtrodden. we are doing time for. goverment at all, decide that to The C.C.A. are nothing to do Evenso,contributionsforfutureissuesare always welcome, as are submissions for shootinnocentpeople,thenthatcan with the politics of Northern the Guerilla Press. All support is only point out the totalitarian Ireland. But our philosophy alwaysappreiciatedongenuineterms,and nature of state. But it supports the revolution. wevaluedebate.Notethatwehaveanew address for correspondence in London Sundown 26th g of January ,~fi 1972 INSIDE INFO theywere formedbyClass War. I The Anarchist Black Cross are still I GreetingsTim, neverrecievedaxmascardfromthemei- producing their exellent paper, Taking I will get straight to the point therbutthatwasnotthepoint. Solidarity Liberties,althoughithasnotcomeoutnow ‘brewer’, The Cruxifyerno.2 is the big- wasthepointnotabloodyxmascardlist. foraboutninemonths.Asaresultofthis, gestloadofcrapthatIhavereadsinceI Thirdlyhowcanyourecommenda production ofthe paper has moved to lastpickedupaG.A.paper. newsletter (Freedom) to people and not Sheffield,wheretheyareplanningtobring Iwillgothroughmycritisismsone knowwhattheyareonabout,Ihavenot outabiggerandrevampedT.L.Tocontact by one, now it starts with an apologyto readanyofthistwiceweeklystufl‘soI them,writeto:ShefiicldA.B.C.,c/oBOX ClassWar,Ihavevelygoodfiiendswho cannotcommentonthequalitybuttorec- 446,SHEFFIELD,S1 INY. weretheoriginalsofClassWarandthey ommenditwithoutunderstandingiscrass. have never claimed to be a vanguardof Now we get to you worst ‘crime’, Action Against Injustice continue their any resistance,just a part ofa working how canyoudisrespectone ofthe great campaign, issuing questionaires to all classmovementwhich startedinthelate revolutionaries in historywho was sadly those who took part in the November 70s‘andearly80s’.Unfortunatlythemove- murdered. Che Guevarais dead, hedied hunger strike. Although not relavent to mentslowlyerodedintojustwhatitwas forhispeopleandhisideals. Toclaimhe psychiatrichospitals,it'ssussed.Togetin against, they were infiltrated by middle istheleaderoftheCCAisnotonlyabsurd contactwiththem,writeto : A.A.I.,P.O. class assholes whowere more interested butisadisrespecttohisnameandadisre- BOX858,LONDONE9SI-IU. in selling the paper and the real people specttothereaderofyourcomic.Youare driftedawaytodobetterthings.Bytheend averysickmanTimandyouhaveinsulted A.L.F.SUPPORTERSGROUP: Class War as amevementhadbecomea myintelligence. Youareadisgrace toall B.M.1l60,London,WCIN3XX. joke! TheywereNEVERtheonlypeople TRUEana1chists.Ihavebeenananarchist whorealisedthenatureof revolutionary allmylife,Ihavesuiferedinside,diusall struggle.TheABCweredoinggoodwork afavorandFUCKOFFwedonotwantor Itshouldbepointedoutthattheaddresses well before Class Warwaseventhought needyou. I-laveyougotmymessageyou for the GANDALF defendants (see of. Tell me is the CCA an anarchist phonypieceofshit‘? below), are: NOEL MOLLAND mevement,ifsothenyoujusthavenotgot (CK432l), and SAXON WOOD aclueaboutwhatanarchismmeans. (CK4322), H.M.P. Guys Marsh, Secondly,the24hourhungerstrike PabloLocke. HH2797 Shaftsbury,Dorset, SP7OAH. Thethird whichIjoinedinwithwasashowofsoli- defendant,STEVEBOOTH(CK4323)is, darity for framed prisoners like myself. Doesanybodyouttherehaveacopy H.M.P.Lancaster,TheCastele,Lancaster, And theAAI didnot come outofClass of‘TowardsaCitizensMilitia‘,that LAI IYL. War,afewmembersmaybeex-ClassWar we can forward? butthatdoesnotmean Itmaybeusefultoknowthefollowing: SECRETARY OF STATE, C3 Division, HomeOfiice,QueenAnne'sGate,London SWIH9AT. Complaintsaboutthementalhealthsystem Although the GANDALF support speakingot,andthissystemhasfotmdBig standabetterchanceofbeingheardifthey campaigntakealongtimetorespondto Brother. Wecanonlyfightthis ifweare are senthere; MENTALHEALTH ACT mail (werenot even sure that they do), together. Weurgeallactiviststowriteto COMMISSION,MaidMarianHouse,56 we have written to the prisoners the extraparliamentary lefi, urgingnon- Houndsgate,NottinghamNGl SBG. themselves,andareexpectingareplyas sectmianism,solidarityanddiologueonthe thisisbeingwritten. issue. Write to the politicians to declare ItispossiblyofusethattheA.B.C.address First, we should explain that your anger against the issue. Most list is being updated by their Brighton G.A.ndA.L.F.standsforGreenAnarchist importantly, write to the defendants; gag.Addressunavailableatpresent. andAnimalLiberationFront;theeditors addresses in inside info. Help with the ofthemagazineandtheA.L.F.newsletter organisation of protests, through beingthedefendants againstcharges of contactingtheaddressesbelow.But,above STRIKE NEWS conspiricy, relating tomaterial that has all, beaware. New Labourwill nothelp been printed in the so-said us.Speakfordirectaction,standfordirect periodicals.Three activists from these action.Aboveall;fight. movementshavealreadybeensentdown, TheHillingdonhospitalunionshavebeen withothersawaitingtrial. Thetotalcost GREEN ANARCHIST: BCM 1715, onstrikenowforlongerthantheLiverpool ofthis episode so far, including police LONDON,WCIN3XX. Dockers.AbandonedbyUNISON.HSSC, investigation and the trial, has cost c/0 27 Townsend Way, Northwood, £2,000,000. ALF Supporters Group: BCM 1160, Middlesex,HA6 lTG. Theissueatstakehere,isfieedomof LONDON,WCIN3XX. t DontforgettheMagnetWorkers:STRIKE speechTheissueisaboutcensorshipand COMMITTEE, c/0 Ian Crammond, I09 the reporting of direct action. Three GANDALF Supporters Campaign, Jedburgh Drive, Darlington DL£ 9UP. activistshaveaheadybeenimprisonedfor P.0.BOX66,Stevenage,SGI ZTR Watchthisspace. Source: Pablo. Saddam Crisis Impends We know that there needs to be Once again, the U.S. play God in the deep penetration nuclear missiles as a improvement in The CRUXIFYER. perpetualwaragainstanythingtheyseeto means of achieving their military Thingslikelayout,paragraphspaceswhere be ‘1mdemocratic'; democracy being the objectivesinIraq.‘ articlesleadonfromone anothm, andof frontusedtothreatentheeastwith atomic WedonotputitpasttheU.S.toactually course, in thecontentofthe leaflet Our weapons. AndNewLabourseemtolike go tlnough with their threats, and drop excuseisthatweareonlyjustgettingused thegame. Thousandsoftonsofchemicle nucleararsenalonlraq.Butwemustbuild tonewsoftware. andbiologicalweaponslieinthehandsof now,aswehavedonesointhepast,to TheCRUXIFYER#2wasproducedon Saddam Hussien, andthe westernworld avertanuclearcrisis. alockedwardatbedtimes,sothereforeit areplayingheartstringswiththethreatof The C.C.A. is theaddresstosupport obviouslyoouldnthavebeenthebestthat absoluteanhilalation. consientious objectors to war, and we wewerecapableof. The sanctions instated against Iraq, intend to oppose this entire episode as Butitprovokedaresponselikethis. scantohavehadlittleeffectonthe anotherviolation ofourrightto befree. Weunderstandthattherewill always dictatorship(ofeithercountry),despitethe Noothercountry,exeptBlairsNewBritian be difierences inopinion, and trying to factthatsanctionshavealreadykilledmore haveofleredtosupporttheU.S. intheir promoteanewlefiwingextreme,weare thanhalfamillionIraqichildren; Itwont bullying ofnations which threaten the bound tohave our critics. But we didn't bemakingthesituationforthemanyeasia stabilityofcapitalistdemocracy;notthat expectanythinglikethis. ifchemicleweaponssitesarebombed. wesupportdictators.Bythetimeyouread Dontgetuswrong,wearenotprinting Itwont make lifeeasier foranybody this,theremayhavealreadybeenanuclear thisarticleinanywayinordertotryto else,either. strike.Wemaynotbeabletoreadbecause critisize the author; we have been in The military action that has already weareblind;orworse,wemayailbedead. correspondencesincethisletterwassent, been taken against Iraq hasn't helped The C.C.A. are in contactwith the andwearegettingalongagain. anybodyyet,sowhythethreatofanother NationalPeaceCouncil,andtheyseemto Thepointisthat, ifwearemnningan war? Some say that the threat ofwar be organising against war already. They anarchistcampaign,thensomepeopleare, against Saddam Husien, is only likelyto seem to be the only people doing that ofcourse,goingtobepissedoft‘.Butthere endtheworkthathas alreadybeendone aswell. issuchathingasfi'eedomofspeech.In by U.N. inspectionteams. But the U.S. Therefore we have written to them thiscasethisgoesbothways.FirstlyPablo havetheirsightssetfinnlyonwar,andno askingtobecomecontacts. Contactthem Lockedoeshavearighttoexpresshimself. oneis goingtostopthem. Thatis, exept through the following address, or He is a friend and an important forthepeople. alternativlyviaus. correspondent Ontheotheghand,weare Ittakesthesolidarityofeverybodyto printingTheCRUXIFYERasanissueto avertanuclearstrike,butwehavedoneit National Peace Council, 88 lslington protest against the state monitoring before.Andifwecansaythat,thenwhois High Street, London N1 8EG. thoughtonpoliticalsubversives. therealmadman‘?IsitPresidentClinton, Allthesame,mostpeoplewillnotbe orSaddamhimself? WWW.GN.APC.ORG/NPC able to believe that 1984 is happening IftheweaponsinspectorsthatIraqare today,soletsgettothepoint.CheGuevara soopposedtowerenotateamofinspectors is dead. He died trajically inthe 1960s‘, fortheU.S.,thenmaybetheattitudeofthe defending his name and the Cuban Iraqis‘ would be a different attitude OBSCENITY revolution. We apologise ifwe have altogether. It would seem that what As reported by 'Freedom' inthe issue slandered his name, and we are SaddamHusienisagainst,isthatweapons dated,7/2/98,prefiontallobotomyisset understanding that we have made some inspectorsareworkingagainsthiscountry, toreturn. Notonlytbis, but itistobe peopleupset. and on a biased principal. Don't get us administeredwithouttheconsentofthe So lets get on with it. We welcome wrong:chemicleandbiologicalwarfareis personinvolved. peopletosendintheirow1iviews,points anissuethatweareopposedtomorethan As reported in 'Freedom': "This and opinions. The CRUXIFYER is a anythingelse. But we strongly urge the operationisduetobeforcedonsome newsletterfortmCestreCmtreAnarchists government ofTony Blair to align itself patientsinScotlandfollowingadescision tocommentonthecampaignsthatsupport with a broader view, to withdraw their by Sm Galbraith, the Scottish health our organisation. The CRUXIFYER is support for the U.S. position. We urge minister, and, ifthey get away with it free,andanyonereadytoexressaviewon thm,insteadofwagingawarthatcould there, introducedinEnglandandWales whatwesay,iswelcometodosointhese impend the end ofmammal life on the as represented by the government- pages. TheC.C.A. werefoundedtoofi'er planet,tousetheirgoodrelationswiththe appointed Good Practice Group on sdolidaritytothoseexploitedasthemost U.S.tourgenegotiationstofmdasimpler Neurosurgery, to the shame of the downtrodden in society, and topose the solution to the crisis than chemicle, surgeonsinvolved". g alternativeofrevolution, whilststanding biologicalornuclearwar. Forthosewhodon'talreadyknow,this todebatetheissuesinvolved.Westillstand ‘We areunitedinouraimtoridthe is the operation where they operate on todebatetheissuesofanarchism,viceand worldofallweaponsofmassdestruction, somebodiesbrain inordertocurethem the asylum system. Letters asking including those held by Britian and the ofmentalillness. questionstotheC.C.A.aboutourvieware U.S.,andwereparticularlyalarmedbythe Thismustnotbeallowedtogoahead, welcome.Andwealwaysrespondtomail. statement made last week by U.S. andeverypersonwhostandsagainstthis, Todebatetheseissuesisourmost Assistant Secretary ofDefence Kenneth particularlythosewhowishtosetup a fundamentalline,andwewouldwelcome Bacon,refusingtoruleouttheuseofB6l- anyresponse. an I111;ShOllldiIfII1.‘l6di GOIIIBCILUS. Membership of the Cestre Cantre -aignagainsttheinstitutionsthatthreatet Thanksto thosewho sentus stamps for Anarchistsisopentoeveryoneinvolvedin tocorruptrevolution,thenweneedsup-~ = the last issue. They were used to send a political campaign, and is free to (financiallyandmorally) manuascripts. Nice little orange bits of prisoners. Tojoin the C.C.A., apply by TheC.C.A. areessentiallyestablish paperwiththemonarchsheaddecapitated writing a letter to the below address, to discuss the issues involved wit and stuck inthecorner. We like stamps, explainingyourinvolvementwithactivism, anarchism, to supportthe downtrodd butwedonotlikePrincessDiana. andexpectareply.Membershipthencosts wherewecan,andtodiscussthepolitic Don't the postal service have any £20 (free to prisoners). This is not an rightiousness of‘from here to there‘. i awarenessintothesituationwithanarchist attempt to be sectarian or elitist, it is a anyonehasanissuetoputtotheC.C.A. paperstoday?We'resuretheydo. measuretopreventthepoliceandtheright thengetintouch.Campaignliteriturean Socan'tanyonedoanythingagainstthe fi'omgettinginvolvedandscrewingthings literiture are available from this addres spectreoftheLadyDianabeingstuckonto up. in return for a donation; and we ar everyenvelopesenttothethinkingpeople Itisimportantthatpeoplejoin, aswe particularly interested in interest fro ofthiscountry‘?Wearesoincensedbythis desperatlyneedthefundsinordertokeep publishers.Onthesamenote,anyone tt 'figurehead‘ being stuck onto the faceof runningthenewsletter(althoughitwillbe istoo skintto affordmembership is -= British postage, that we are asking for moreerraticfromnowon),andtosetupin to puttheirname on the mailinglistf-S supportfromthepostalworkersunionto campaigningonaworldwidescaleagainst TheCRUXIFYERwhenitcomesout. get this situation changed. Does anyone thesexindustry. WearealsowillingtoofierdistributioI have contacts with anyone inthe postal Weintendtoraisefundsbysettingupa forleaflets producedby animalrights o service that can take this matter to the politicalpublishingpress.Wehavealready anarchist groups inourmailouts, if - unions,eventheT.U.C.‘? appliedforone I.S.B.N., andbythetime will not be out ofdate by the time t~ Weinvisageadaywhenthepostwere thiscomesout,thenweshouldhaveit.But newsletterisproducedandbackfromth free,evenadaywhentheanarchistswill inordertobeabletosetupinprinting,we printers.Butpleaserememberthatinor-~ have taken over technology to make fust needto raisethe necessary funds in toprint,weneedfunds. communicationameansofthepeople,not ordertodothis. Wealsoneedfundstobe Takeintoaccountthat,nomoney - = buisiness. But to accept the Princess abletoprintleafletsandpayformailouts, totheC.C.A. iseverimbezzled. Sofari Dianas head on the front offirst class therestofthe stuffthat is involvedwith has virtually allbeenpaidforbymyse J stamps,hastobeastepback.TheC.C.A. settingupapoliticaldiresque. withfundsfromcertaingoodpeoplew0 intendtomakcthisamatterofprotest,and Wehavemainlysetupsofarusingour have sent regular donations. Bundles o totaketheissuetothepeople,weareso ownfunds,whicharefewandfarbetween. 100copiesofthenewslettercost£10,an- insulted.Nicehouseplantsstampswould Butinordertobeabletoproperlycampa wevaluehelpwithdistribution. C.C.A. go down O.K. The cartoonvstamps we liked.Buttoputtheheadofafascisticon RED CROSS LAST WARNING onthefrontofstamps,wetakeasaninsult. So what is the solution? Ifwe are unsuccessful in taking the issue to the unions, then maybe amass campaignof We hope the Red Cross k'now what they2 ItistheRedCrosswhomakeapoin defacingstampswouldservetobringthe are doing because the use of their thatthey are impartial to any faction o 1' issue to the ears ofthose that print the ambulances to transfer pati-ents from war,anywhereintheworld.Thereforew things.Attheriskofgoingdown,likethe hospiItalstolockedwards hasbecomean aretakingthisopportunitytodeclare -1 1Q GAndALFthreedid,wethinkwesupport i-ssueofcontenti-onmq i-tself the abuse of psychiatric patients i u amasscampaignofdirectaction. Theuseofambulancestobringpatients somethingthatisnownotonlyapoliti - P Toputasinglefirstclassstamponan into these places, is a cause ofpolitical issue,butisanactualstatementofwar. envelopeandsendabrick,wouldmakethe concerntoourselves,andiftheydonotstop Nothingjustifies the action ofth point.Butthiswouldsurelyonlyserveto doingit,thentheywillbecomeapolitical authoritythat dictates people are lock create trouble and to upset the target. up here. With arsonists and subversiv revolutionarypostmenwhowouldhaveto ItisnottheworkoftheRedCrossto sectionedforpoliticaloffences, weissu carrythemabout. bringpeopleintoprison,andthereforewe thislastwarningtotheambulanceservi ~ Soasolutionmaybetosendthefirst demandtoknow,whatistheirpurposein ingeneral,butparticularlytheRedCross classstampstous,sothatwecanusethem bringing people into these places We Ifyouarenotthetargetforactionsoi aspartofacampaignthatnietherlikesnor sincerely hopethatitISnotduetoanidea war, thenplease understand thatyoud acknowledgestheDiana. TheC.C.A. are, that the mentally ill are somehow notwanttobecomeatargetforaguerill= notabouttostandforanactsuchasthis something different from prisoners in front Weare,someofusarsomnsts,som bythestate.Hasitbeendeliberatlyignored general,becauseintheseplaceswearenot ofusmuchworse Butwearepeople,an- thatamassofleftwingcampaignliteritnre Ifitweretobethecasethatambulances as such demand that we should not b getspostedfirstclass,Isthisdisrespectto wereusedinordertoputpeopleinprison, treatedasprisoners,secondclassprison ~ theleft? itwouldbeapolitical issue Thereforert atthat bypeoplewhopreachcompassi-r Ifso,thenthesolutionissolidarity.If shouldbeseenassomethingpoliticalthat and equahty against war Ifyou do vi we areunified inouranger,thenwecan the Red Cross are involved with the listen,thenourguerrllaswillnotbeat is make changes. Ifwe are divided and sectioningofourselves someofwhomare picnic V sectarian,thenwewillnotgetanywhere. politicalprisoners Thisrsnotthefirsttime Weshouldtakethis as anopportunityto wehavehadthisoutwiththeRedCross TheDowningStreetB0mber: I