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An examination of our movement anby Dave Strano, edited

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include a “war”against Meth, many ruralfinding themselves in prison and on thetheir neighbors in guard’s uniforms.Wepeople so they don’t get sucked into usinit’s the only possibility for incomeor esc11) Do anything you can to take back rekeep this suggestion intentionally vague.all the money, all the wealth, and all theAny way we can.

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Resources:

http://flag.blackened.netwww.anarchistfaq.orgwww.infoshop.orgwww.democracynow.orgwww.theanarchistlibrary.orgwww.anarchistnews.orgwww.zmag.orghttp://libcom.orgwww.prole.infohttp://threewayfight.blogspot.comwww.chomsky.infowww.thetake.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_swhite working people arether side of the bars fromneed rehab and jobs for ruralg or making Meth becausepe.ources from the rich. We’llThe rich have all the food,power. Let’s take it back.

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bank’s attempts atevictions and foreclosures.4) Refuse to pay any debts you “owe”to the rich elites who ownalmost everythingalready. Don’t pay your hospital bills, your creditcard bills, or any other debts you have. Don’t give these people thathave been exploiting us any more of your money. They have plentyof it already.5) Support soldiers’ resistance to war and occupation. Many people just like us are refusing orders to deploy, and resisting theoccupations of Iraq and Afghanistan in other ways. Lend them yoursupport at couragetoresist.org6) Don’t join the military, and help prevent your family members from joining the military. This institution has robbed too many workingpeople of their lives by convincing them it’s their patriotic duty. Wemust stop falling for this line, and go to battlefor our own economicsecurityand jobs that don’t get us killed, not to help the politicalelites.7) Follow the examples of other working people and occupy yourworkplace if threatened with layoffs or terminations. There have beenoccupations of workplaces in the U.S. and across other countries asthe economic crisis has broadened. These reclamations ofworkplaces have ended with workers receiving back and severancepay, and sometimes even preventing their workplaces from closing.8) Organize with your neighbors to grow food for your communities,or set up connections with local farmers for food. Don’t rely on theeconomic elites for your foodany longer. Starting a personal gardenis a good first step, and community gardens can provide even morefood and create important community ties and working relationships.Talking to local farmers cuts out the middle man of big agribusinesswho cheatsboth the farmer and the consumer.9) Be ready to actively defend your neighborhoods, workplaces, andcommunities from the police and state forces. Take whatevermeasures you deem necessary to do so. The rich will not let us stoppaying them our debts withouttrying to stop us.10) Don’t get a job as a cop or prison guard. These jobs reinforceracial divisions between people in similar economic conditions, aswell as create domestic armies to use against us when we do worktoward our own real freedom. Cops arenot our friends. The policesystemically exist to protect the rich and their property, which is 90%of the law, because the elites wrote the laws! Prison guards are notany better. Especially with the expansion of the war on drugs to

Of Tea-Parties and Patriots:

Liberty, butfor who?

As the growing “pro-liberty” movement gains traction and headlines,a look at the situationwe are facing and an analysis of the strategiesof the new pro-libertymovement is necessary. The author of thisarticle isa white, blue-collarmale that comes from a military familybackground, and identifies as being a libertarian. This description isimportant as it helps show where this is coming from.

The Tea Party Movement…

Let’s start with the idea that most of us want similar things. We, asmost people do, want security, freedom, prosperity, comfort, andsafety. We don’t want to have to worry about where our next meal iscoming from, how we’re going to be able to afford school supplies forour children, or whether or not we will fall victim to a “terrorist” attack.We don’t want to constantly fear losing our jobs or living the rest ofour lives in precarious economic situations. We now live in a countrywith a huge division between rich and poor. We live with a failedeconomy. We live in a nearly failed state. The government of theUnited States has systemically become a monstrous giant ofbureaucrats and neo-tyrants. The whole government, every singlepolitician, is part of this corrupt system. Meanwhile, in ourcommunities, both rural and urban, we are losing our jobs. We arewatching our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, dying indeserts and mountains halfway across the world. Our police forcesare growing larger, just as our prison populationsare, too. We, asworking people, are losing everything. But, there may still be hopefor us. White working people are starting to organize on a nationallevel, as shown with the wave of “Tea Parties” and protests againstwhat many feel to be an impending socialist nightmare inWashington, D.C. Thousands have mobilized in past months to sendclear messages to the politicians in charge of this mess that we won’ttake it anymore. And now, we’re mobilizing to shut down what manysee as a socialist attempt to take away our health care options andbuild even more government power. But what have we gained bydisruptively protesting these town hall meetings on health carereform? Are we gaining ground? Or are we merely paving the wayfor more losses in the future?

On Race…

The Liberty Movement resembles the broader Libertarian Movementin a lotof ways. One of these ways is in racial composition. To beplain and up front, the U.S. Right is mostly comprised of white