Call for Contributions

Help us create a zine by and for radical, anti-capitalist social organizers - a forum for those who feel threatened or concerned by the consequences of mass mobilizations. These mobilizations all too often decimate radical communities by demonizing them and alienating the general population. They thrive by exploiting the impressionable dreamers, impatient for change, who want to "belong", angry at the system which has entrapped them. The are often higher for these young kids, trans folk, people with few resources, people with mental or physical health issues who all too frequently have too little support. Speaking out about this problematic organizing is discouraged, viewed as security betrayal and ineffectual weakness.

Organizers who share the goals and direct-action values of the anti-globalization, anti-capitalist, an(ti-heir)archy set, who simultaneously question the effectiveness and ethical inconsistencies of the controversial mass mobilization tactics, are invited to expose those critiques here.

Our vision for this zine is that it be available online and at infoshops, and that it be handed out at convergence spaces. It should provide the counterpoint to all the glamorous war stories and riot porn we are barraged with. When someone we love talks about going down to smash a social relationship somewhere, we can point them in the direction of this zine, or hand them a copy.

Share your contributions or comments with us at

anarcho_anarchy@riseup.net


-Alicia & Elie



::Criteria to consider while writing a submission::
While never censoring our sense of humor, phrasing should be sensitive to the fact that insulting the competency of anarcho-molotovists is counter-productive and creates divisions rather than unity and collective critique. Abstain from too much inundation of obvious existing anarchist identities, for example citations of, "the IWW gets it right, the rest of you numnucks take a dagflabbin hint already!" Instead, try to bring more universal critiques.

Please do not submit anything that will incriminate anyone, or put yourself or others at legal liability. If you want to talk about details you could change names, change places and use words like 'allegedly', 'may have' or 'was charged/accused with.' Don't tell us the name of your group, or the city. These these things don't matter; they are universal. What matters is the context. What themes were troubling; which were productive? We can identify these problems without identifying the participants.

We've been discussing the potential value of submissions of jail trauma personal accounts, examples of mass mobilization's effects on local organizing and solutions both theoretical and practical.

Preferred submission length is under 1000 words, though we're open to convincing.
(For reference, this entire post was 425 words, but now it's 437)

Anonymous submission is fine, however some form of contact will facilitate communication on editing. If anonymity is a major concern, consider guerillamail.com.