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NUMBER OF DAYSthe Elliot Free State held
the logging road:4
MINIMUM NUMBEROF DOLLARS
that the roadblock hascost the authorities
o far:3,000
NUMBER OF YEARSin Prison faced by the
authors of The ComingInsurrection:
5
NUMBER OF PEOPLEwho died on the steets ofGrand Junction in
2008:
16
NUMBER OFMONTHS
Confluence Books wasopen at its old location:
9
NUMBER OF FREETATE PROTESTERSarrested in defense of
our forests:
7
NUMBER OF WEEKSit took HF! NMD! toout two undercoverJPD officers
at their
meetings:3
NUMBER OF TRAINSalledged to be disabledby the authors of
TheComing Inssurection:
160
PERCENT OF LOCALhouseless people that are
veterans:6
DATEonfluence Bookswill re-open:
.11.09
M embers of Housing First! No MoreDeaths!, in July, were able to
confirmthat two undercover Grand Junction
police officers had joined their organization.The two undercover
officers participatedin meetings, trainings, and signed
themembership list joining the organization.
Im honestly not surprised, saidConnie Murillo, they stood out
sincethe beginning. Murillo said that she wasdisappointed that the
police would resortto political surveillance. Undercover
policing of public political organizing
destroys community trust of the police.Murillo was at the police
station waiting
for a friend who was doing some paperworkaround noon on
Wednesday, July 22nd. Whenshe saw the two undercover officers
lettingthemselves through a secured door into thelobby and then out
the rear secured door ofthe police station. I got up to make sure
theywere the same guys that were at the meeti ngs,and they both
looked back as they wereleaving. It was definitely them. Murillo
said.
Minutes before the beginning of thefirst HF! NMD! on July 7th in
WhitmanPark, police scanner traffic indicated thattwo officers were
on special assignment at
Whitman Park. Indicat ing that the police had
GRAND JUNCTION POLICE DEPARTMENTCAUGHT SPYING ON HOMELESS
ORGANIZATION
THE COMINGSSURECTION
BOOK REVIEW
UNDERCOVERS ON PAGE 2
Undercover police officer Vic (left) and his partner pose as
houseless people at the
rst meeting of Housing First! No More Deaths! on July 7th.
T he Coming Insurrection is a veryhot book. Not only is it some
of themost poetic revolutionary political
theory to come out in generations, but alsoit is getting its
authors into some hot water.
Written by the anonymous Invisible
Committee, The Coming Insurrection laysout its case against the
modern westernworld in seven circles. After blasting
work,capitalism, politics, consumption, andcivilizat ion, the book
transit ions into how andwhy we can stop this capitalist culture.
Attimes the text seems like a surrealist manifestoof yesteryear,
and at other points like a astute
political analysis of the insurrectionary potential in our
modern atomized world.
The fact that the French authors arefacing Terrorism charges for
writing the bookreally shows how scary these ideas are to theruling
elite. Self management, self-reliance,interrelated communes of
resistance, and by
passing the state are the way we the people
can begin to take back control of our lives.....A gang is having
a meeting on a st reet
corner. Bigger gatherings on the boulevards,deep in serious
discussions. Attacks flashfrom one city to another, from one day
tothe next. A new barracks has been pillagedand burnt to the
ground. The Inhabitantsof a foreclosed-on house have stopped
playing tug-of-war with the mayors office;they live there in his
office now.... fromthe epilogue of The Coming Insurrection.
You can find an English pdf of thissoon to be counter-culture
classic at:http://tarnac9.files.wordpress.
com/2009/04/thecominsur_booklet.pdf
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EBEL READING LIST
eres a list of ten booksevery rebel should read.A Peoples
History of the UnitedStates of America by Howard Zinn
This groundbreakingmasterpiece, originally
published in 1980, is exactly
what the title suggests: ahistory of the United Statestold
through the stories ofthe indigenous peoples andthe workers who are
thelife blood of this nation.Omitting the typical heroworship and
grandiose
depictions of politicians and robber barons thatmost high school
and college texts wallow in,this is an essential read for anyone
who wishesto know what it means to be an Americanand inimitable for
those who want to challenge,destroy or recreate the system to serve
us.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
The 1968 masterpiece that paved the wayfor a whole new
perspective on what exactlythe word education means. A
necessaryread for anyone seeking to understand howthe systems of
education the world overare merely tools for the elite to
controlthe rest of us. The central text for anyonewho wishes to
cooperate in educationwith marginalized and exploited peoples.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The book that inspired the rebellion ofthe sixties and the
central milestone of the
counterculture Beatliterary movement.Though Kerouac wasobviously
flawed anddidnt consider himselfan anarchist or anactivist and
hatedhippies, On the Road,first published in 1957,has and will
continueto inspire road tripsand social uprisingfor years to
come.
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
A description of how colonialism - specificallyin Africa -
operates and how and why manyof the revolts against it fail.
Published in 1961,
Activist Calendar
VERY SATURDAY 5:00PM
Solidarity Not Charity meets at Whitman Park to serve
ree food for free people.
For more info: 257-9520
VERY SATURDAY 12:00PM
The Red Pill meets at Confluence Books.
GET INVOLVED!
For more info: 245-4442
743 Rood Ave Suite (A)
Wednesday, October 6th 5PM
rinking Liberally gets together to drink and talk
politics the first Wednesday of the month.
Kannah Creek Brewery, Grand Junction
very Tuesday 1:30PM
Housing First! No More Deaths! meets to devise creative
grassroots solutions to homelessness, and prevent
homeless related deaths.
Whitman Park
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riday, September 25th 6PM
ritical Mass. Bring your bike or skate for a
community ride. We are traffic.
Lincoln Park, Grand Junction
this work lays bare the systemic tragedieswhich so often serve
as the foundations forthe empires of wealthy white comfort. Amust
read for anyone wishing to combat theclass exploitation that has
been ravagingour planet and our psyches for centuries.
The Cave by Jose Saramago
The Portuguese master of magical realism
and 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literatureweaves in his typically
incandescent prosea story of commercialism gone rampant andone mans
struggle to keep his soul in a worldwhere simulation has become
more real thanreality. The title refers to Platos allegory ofthe
cave and the story examines the allegoryas it relates to common
people, not just the
people in charge. Gorgeous, incomparablestorytelling that
illuminates the struggle ofthe modern world to maintain its
humanity.
Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
This book will show you not only how tofight a war against the
imperialist powersnow raping our world on every level possible,
but teach you why Che, possibly the bestknown counter culture
figure in the worldand a man who gave his life in the battleagainst
capitalism, would slap you in yourfucking face for sporting your
phony assshirt imprinted with his visage. Stop co-opting our
heroes, you fucking poseurs.
Days of War, Nights of Love by CrimethInc.
Now a modern classic, this collectivelycomposed work of
anarchist thought is a
provocative beginners guide for navigatingthe conundrums
and contradictionsunderlying both theworld of everydaysuburban
malaise andthe world of anarchisttheory and action. The
perfect book for anyonewho is interested inliving their own
lifeaccording to their ownrules, but needs a littlekick start in
their ass,
and also a wonderful read for those who needsome rejuvenation on
the path of resistance.
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
onday, September 29th 1pm
now Your Rights When Dealing With Law Enforcement
training/workshop.
Whitman Park
October 23rd-25th
West Rising! A Growing Resistance
a confrence on radical organizing.
Denver University
www.westrising.org
An intense, poetic collection of nineanthropological essays by
the 1990 NobelLaureate in Literature, this work,
publishedoriginally in 1950, is an in depth examinationof not only
the Mexican character, but thehuman character. Stripping away the
layersof history that have formed the character ofhis people, Paz
etches from the dark stonesof the human heart images of personswho
have worn the chains of their culture
since before they were born, yet violently,and sometimes
ecstatically, persist. Aruminative, ponderous work informed by
both Pazs personal experiences and academicknowledge with a
visionary scope, this workwill leave you elucidated and
breathless.
Out of the Night by Jan Valtin
A forgotten masterpiece that sold over amillion copies when it
was first publishedin 1941 and possibly the greatest
politicalmemoir of all time (certainly one of themost exciting),
this is the autobiography ofa communist deeply engaged in party
affairsafter the first world war and into the second.
Not only an incredible insiders account of an
idealist devoured by thevery machine he seeksto serve, but
charging,ceaselessly enthrallingadventure story thatis at times
heartstopping, infuriating,dizzying, and,ultimately,
shattering,
The Tin Drum
by Gunther Grass
Published in 1959 by a man who won the1999 Nobel Prize in
Literature and came outin 2006, after a lifetime of being hailed as
amoral authority, as having been a memberin his teenage years of
the Waffen SS, thisseminal novel is considered by most thefirst
great novel of post WWII Germany. Astrange, immense book whose main
character,Oskar Matzerath, is in many ways thequintessential misfit
genius, this tale provesthat in the land where you must sacrifice
yourhumanity to be accepted only the real freakswho will never
conform will remain human.
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