THE COMING
ISSURECTION State of
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—BOOK REVIEW—
he Coming Insurrection is a very
hot book. Not only is it some of the
most poetic revolutionary political
theory to come out in generations, but also
it is getting it’s authors into some hot water.
Written by the anonymous “Invisible
Committee,” The Coming Insurrection lays
out its case against the modern western
world in seven circles. After blasting work,
capitalism, politics, consumption, and
civilization, the book transitions into how and
why we can stop this capitalist culture. At
times the text seems like a surrealist manifesto
of 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 are
facing Terrorism charges for writing the book
really shows how scary these ideas are to the
ruling 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 street
corner. Bigger gatherings on the boulevards,
deep in serious discussions. Attacks flash
from one city to another, from one day to
the next. A new barracks has been pillaged
and burnt to the ground. The Inhabitants
of a foreclosed-on house have stopped
playing tug-of-war with the mayor’s office;
they live there in his office now....” from
the epilogue of The Coming Insurrection.•
You can find an English pdf of this
soon to be counter-culture classic at:
http://tarnac9.files.wordpress.
com/2009/04/thecominsur_booklet.pdf
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Disunion
NUMBER OF DAYS WE’RE STILL AT WAR
the Elliot Free State held NUMBER OF FREE
the logging road: STATE PROTESTERS
4 arrested in defense of SEPTEMBER 2009 VOL. 7 NO. 6
our forests:
MINIMUM NUMBER 27
OF DOLLARS
that the roadblock has NUMBER OF WEEKS
cost ‘the’ authorities it took HF! NMD! to
so far: out two undercover
93,000 GJPD officers at their
meetings:
NUMBER OF YEARS 3
in Prison faced by the
authors of The Coming NUMBER OF TRAINS
Insurrection: alledged to be disabled
25 by the authors of The
Coming Inssurection:
NUMBER OF PEOPLE 160
who died on the steets of
Grand Junction in 2008: PERCENT OF LOCAL
16 houseless people that are
veterans:
NUMBER OF 36
MONTHS
Confluence Books was DATE
open at its old location: Confluence Books
9 will re-open:
9.11.09
* Sources for the State of Disunion can be found at Undercover police officer “Vic” (left) and his partner pose as houseless people at the
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police officers had joined their organization. themselves through a secured door into the
The two undercover officers participated lobby and then out the rear secured door of
in meetings, trainings, and signed the the police station. “I got up to make sure they
membership list joining the organization. were the same guys that were at the meetings,
“I’m honestly not surprised,” said and they both looked back as they were
Connie Murillo, “they stood out since leaving. It was definitely them.” Murillo said.
The Red Pill is collectively produced by Grand Junction the beginning.” Murillo said that she was Minutes before the beginning of the
Alternative Media, with the aim of publishing stories and disappointed that the police would resort first HF! NMD! on July 7th in Whitman
ideas that the mainstream media won’t cover. It is distributed to political surveillance. “Undercover Park, police scanner traffic indicated that
free, collects no advertising, and is completely staffed by policing of public political organizing two officers were on “special assignment at
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INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AT ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY
BY PETE PEARSON
A
rizona State University, home
of Sparky the Sun Devil, has
the reputation for partying and
cheerleader porn above academics, but there
is also has a much darker secret. A secret
that weaves the trauma of fear, exploitation,
suffering, and pain on individuals whose
only offense is being born non-white. That is
the act of racial and sexist terrorism coming
directly from ASU President, Michael Crow.
During the spring 2008 semester,
there were rumors at ASU West that a
number of Black professors and staff were
fi red outright or denied tenure. The ASU
– Counsel of Concerned Student, (ASU-
CCS), an independent student organization
for equality and justice in academia, began
an investigation into the rumors. What was
discovered turned out to be shocking. At the
start of the spring 2008 semester, well before
the economic downturn, the small campus
at ASU- West had 11 Black professors.
By the end of the semester, Mr. Crow had
effectively removed four Black professors
devastating programs, moral, and confidence
in a basic college education. The ASU-CCS
began an interview process of the professors
involved, the obvious question was, what did
you do to get fired? None of the professors
“UNDERCOVERS” FROM FIRST PAGE
planted undercover officers at that meeting.
One of the officers who called
himself “Vic” claimed to be an Iraq War
vet who had been houseless since he
discharged from the military. Vic and
his fellow officer told members of the
organization two different locations of
where they were supposedly camping.
“This is really just more of the same
police intimidation and harassment that is
directed at the the houseless population in
our city on a regular basis,” said HF! member
Laurel Ripple. “I don’t see what the city and
police find so frightening about the poor
and the houseless organizing themselves.”
In addition to police survailence
homeless individuals involved with
HF!NMD! have been harassed by the police
after the first HF! NMD! meeting on July
7th. “Three different people all said the
same thing: that officer Cody Kennedy and
four other officers told a number of homeless
involved knew each other directly; they
were from different colleges and disciplines.
What they had in common were names that
reflected an African or Islamic heritage.
In the course of our interviews, a pattern
emerged; all the professors were recognized
in their respective fields, in fact one of the
professor’s has published several books
on African and Black history. All the
professors had a stellar academic record and
had been recommended for tenure by their
respective departments. However, Mr. Crow
had personally fired each one within a day
or so of going before the tenure committee.
There was another Black professor who
was fi red but chose not to be interviewed;
she retired early and gave up the fight. At
least two Black staff members were also
forced to resign at the West campus as a
result of oppressive working conditions.
During the investigation, ASU-CCS
turned up some interesting statistics where
Mr. Crow had effectively eliminated all
Native American professors from the
West campus. As opposed to contacting
mainstream media, ASU-CCS attempted
to bring the finding to the attention of then
Arizona Governor, Janet Napolitano, as
“RACISM” ON PAGE SEVEN
people in the park that they ‘never should of
had that meeting,’ that they ‘have the wrong
idea,’ and that ‘you don’t know what kind of
trouble you’ve started,’ said Jacob Richards.
Despite all this the group is still
willing to work with the police department.
“Deputy Chief John Zen has made an effort
to establish open lines of communication
between the police department and our
organization, and though the discovery of
undercover police at our meetings sets things
back a little bit, we are still willing to work
with the GJPD. In fact they are vital partners
if our organization wants to achieve our
fi rst goal which is “No More Deaths on the
Streets of Grand Junction.” said Richards.•
Editor’s Note— This press release
was sent to all the local media and
state media. The Red Pill and the
Western Slope Watchdog were the
only papers that published it. Where
was the mainstream press?
“RACISM” FROM PAGE TWO
with the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR).
On June 25, 2008 the documents and
affidavits were published for download on
a blog at Guerilla News Network, filed by
user “drp2p” titled, “Stop the hate at ASU.”
Interestingly, Senator McCain replied to
our inquiry and forwarded a request to
Governor Napolitano with the hope that
it would be resolved. However, to date, no
one from the Arizona governor’s
office or ABOR has acknowledged
receipt of the information
although all correspondence
was sent certified mail.
September 2008 the ASU-CCS,
Rev. Oscar Tillmann with the
local chapter of the NAACP and
Arizona Rep. Cloves Campbell, Jr.
discussed possibly having a news
conference at the State Capital.
The idea was to get national
attention on the issue of blatant
institutional racism at Arizona
State. Rep. Campbell canceled this because
of the pending presidential election with
the idea to present something to the media
in 2009. This has not happened. With a
sense of growing frustration, ASU-CCS
compiled the affidavits and subsequent
letters that were sent to Arizona official
and sent these to: Attorney General Eric
Holder, Department of Justice; Secretary
Arne Duncan, Department of Education and
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, Department
of Homeland Security and other officials.
Those letters were received March 2009.
On July 23, 2009 the ASU-CCS received
a letter from Chief John M. Gadzichowski
Employment Litigation Section, Department
of Justice, acknowledging receipt of our
letter. What is interesting, our letter was sent
five days after the arrest of Harvard Professor
Henry Gates leading some to speculate that
CONFLUENCE BOOKS HAS RE-OPENED
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onfluence Books, which is operated along
with the Red Pill by Grand Junction
Alternative Media, has moved to a new
location. Confluence Books which operated at
600 White Ave. since November. We really had
a good time in White Hall and we had some of
the most memerable parties and get togethers.
We are sad that we are having to move,
but we have found a smaller and cheaper space
near the intersection of 8th and Rood.
Confluence Books is still the only
outlet in Western Colorado for alternative
the issue of the institutional racism at ASU
was in the hands of some powerful people
in Washington DC to be acted upon, had the
Gates matter not grabbed national headlines.
During this period, freelance journalist
Jana Bommersbach was working on a
related story regarding open and blatant
racism and sexism at the Tempe campus
coming directly from Mr. Crow. What was
also discovered during her investigation
was the long history of sexism
and related issues that Mr. Crow
had while working at Columbia
University as Vice Provost. Ms.
Bommersbach’s article titled,
“ASU’s True Colors” appears in the
August 2009 Phoenix Magazine.
Why is this important and is there
a solution. Racism is more then the
infrequent white supremacist who
commits a hate crimes. Racism in
the U.S. is the hegemony of power
maintained by the dominant culture.
This can be seen from the U.S. Congress, to
the CEOs and Executive Boards that makeup
the leading global corporation, down to the
local municipalities. The dominant white
culture holds over 98 percent of this power
structure. Non-whites, women of color,
gays and those who identify as “others” pose
a direct threat to this hegemony if they are
properly educated. The key to breaking this
structure is education of minorities in all
disciplines and then placing these educated
individuals in a position to teach; however,
as long as the dominant culture relegates
minorities to ethnic studies, sports, or a
two-year college for a menial job, the power
structure remains. The solution is to expand
this powerbase to reflect the actual social
and cultural make up of the country. The
first step in the revolution of equality is to
realize that racism, in any form, is terrorism.•
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“REBEL” FROM PAGE THREE
An intense, poetic collection of nine
anthropological essays by the 1990 Nobel
Laureate in Literature, this work, published
originally in 1950, is an in depth examination
of not only the Mexican character, but the
human character. Stripping away the layers
of history that have formed the character of
his people, Paz etches from the dark stones
of the human heart images of persons
who have worn the chains of their culture
since before they were born, yet violently,
and sometimes ecstatically, persist. A
ruminative, ponderous work informed by
both Paz’s personal experiences and academic
knowledge with a visionary scope, this work
will leave you elucidated and breathless.
•Out of the Night by Jan
A forgotten masterpiece that sold over a
million copies when it was first published
in 1941 and possibly the greatest political
memoir of all time (certainly one of the
most exciting), this is the autobiography of
a communist deeply engaged in party affairs
after the first world war and into the second.
Not only an incredible insiders account of an
idealist devoured by the REBEL READING LIST
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very machine he seeks
to serve, but charging, ere’s a list of ten books this work lays bare the systemic tragedies
ceaselessly enthralling every rebel should read. which so often serve as the foundations for
adventure story that the empires of wealthy white comfort. A
is at times heart must read for anyone wishing to combat the
stopping, infuriating, •A People’s History of the United class exploitation that has been ravaging
dizzying, and, States of America by Howard Zinn our planet and our psyches for centuries.
ultimately, shattering,
This groundbreaking •The Cave by Jose Saramago
masterpiece, originally
•The Tin Drum published in 1980, is exactly The Portuguese master of magical realism
by Gunther Grass what the title suggests: a and 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literature
history of the United States weaves in his typically incandescent prose
Published in 1959 by a man who won the told through the stories of a story of commercialism gone rampant and
1999 Nobel Prize in Literature and came out the indigenous peoples and one man’s struggle to keep his soul in a world
in 2006, after a lifetime of being hailed as a the workers who are the where simulation has become more real than
moral authority, as having been a member life blood of this nation. reality. The title refers to Plato’s allegory of
in his teenage years of the Waffen SS, this Omitting the typical hero the cave and the story examines the allegory
Valtin seminal novel is considered by most the worship and grandiose as it relates to common people, not just the
first great novel of post WWII Germany. A depictions of politicians and robber barons that people in charge. Gorgeous, incomparable
strange, immense book whose main character, most high school and college texts wallow in, storytelling that illuminates the struggle of
Oskar Matzerath, is in many ways the this is an essential read for anyone who wishes the modern world to maintain its humanity.
quintessential misfit genius, this tale proves to know what it means to be an “American”
that in the land where you must sacrifice your and inimitable for those who want to challenge, •Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
humanity to be accepted only the real freaks destroy or recreate the system to serve us.
who will never conform will remain human.• This book will show you not only how to
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire fight a war against the imperialist powers
now raping our world on every level possible,
The 1968 masterpiece that paved the way but teach you why Che, possibly the best
for a whole new perspective on what exactly known counter culture figure in the world
the word “education” means. A necessary and a man who gave his life in the battle

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the systems of “education” the world over fucking face for sporting your phony ass
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homeless related deaths. www.no2010.com •On the Road by Jack Kerouac Now a modern classic, this collectively
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 ELLIOTT FREE ST(A)TE
—PHOTO ESSAY—

T he Elliott Free State was an occupation

road block that stopped the clear-cutting
of some of the last native forests in
Cascadia. The blockade forced the logging
companies to sell back the timbersale. More
then 50 people from various EF! groups
from around the country and other local
organizations helped build the blockade.
It took 70+ police armed with “less-than-
leathal” weapons, a bulldozer, a cherry
picker, and other heavy equipment and over
48 hours to dismantle it, resulting in 27 arrests
15 of which were locked down to various
objects from bipod/skypod to sleeping
dragons (the EF! roadshow van on its side.)

For more info on the Elliott

Free St(A)te check out:
forestdefensenow.org

Top Left: Clear Cuts in the Elliot Nation Forest. Top Right
EF!ers man the barricade. Bottom Right: Police stand in front of
a tri-pod with a protester in it. Above: Two people lock-down to
a concrete filled barrel blocking the logging road. Bottom Left:
Two more people lock down to save our wild lands. Middle
Left: Two Protesters dangle from a bi-pod and a sky-pod.
Middle: The last protester arrested at the Elliot Free State.