Irregular distro news

We have some exciting news. So, not only are we introducing new theories and new words. We are also brining something very new and insurrectionary as fuck to portland.

On december 1st we are going to announce something big and awesome so mark your calanders!

The flier for the event is here!

Ageism and anarchy: towards a critical theory of ageism.

When: December 7th, 7pm

Where: Red And Black Cafe (SE 12th amd Oak street, right across the street from the church, one block north of stark

What: Join us for a presentation and discussion of ageism led by me, cracklemore. Ever wondered how youth are specifically affectes by capitalism, or patriarchy, or whiteness? Have your own theory amd want to discuss it? Well come on down!

For about an hour and a half I will be talking about ageism and all that jazz then we will have a discussion about what I said, and about what you think.

After that we will do a Q&A about the distro and myself or even about dinosaurs, we will answer almost any question you have!

Since this is technically a fundraiser admission is whatever you want to pay. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds!

Now a special thing for our readers. I am going to tag this as something completely random. If you show up with that tag written down, or just say it to whoever is at the table you get as many zines as you want for FREE. Yes we are doing a promo for our readers because you are what keeps ua going and we wish to show our appreciation <3

So you have the info, spread it!

Moving forward: Next Steps For The Distro

So there recently have been some problems, such as echo leaving temporarily for school but fear not, we have a new member. Their introduction will come soon but yeah. So 3 of us in total are doing this project but we would love help in spreading our zines and such. Our digital copies of our zines will be up in 1 month due to scheduling and such. They will be free to download, but in the meantime physical copies will cost 2 dollars. We wish to have physicall copies be free but with limited money we cannot. Eventually though they will be free.

We have also decided that instead of having a focus printing older zines, we have decided to put a focus on printing newer zines. Granted you will still be able to pickup some renzo novatore from us, but mostly new zines from a new generation of anarchist writers. Pieces from 40+ years ago are great, but we should be writing newer stuff and constantly be in motion with our theories. Anarchism has grown so much since proudhon first coined the term, and we should keep it growing. SO with that, if you have writing you want out, send us a copy digitally, and at least 10 dollars (so we can make copies for you) and we'll print it! Keep in mind this is an POST-LEFT ANARCHIST distro, so sorry leftist we will not print your shit, go to AK press for that.

You may be confused why we are asking you to give us money to print your work. Well, we're all poor. Most of the printing comes out of our own pockets. We wish we could do it for free, believe me, but we cannot. We will email you the cost of printing after we review your piece and let you know how much we will be able to pay. We hope this does not diminish your urge to write and cast out your own theories.

With that, we also want to remind folks, the more donations we get, the more zines we can print. If you want to see original work, you're going to have to pay for it. It's just another reason to hate capitalism, and it pains me to tell folks this. So far, we have been donated a total of 60 dollars. That means we have printed less than 60 zines. We can print 5 a month because of a monthly donater. If you can donate just a 1 dollar a month, that would help us GREATLY. Please consider it.

Now, for good news. We have 2 ORIGINAL PIECES already printed and bought and such. We are VERY happy about that. We are also starting a band, so you get to hear us be play music. We are also in the planning stages of a monthly publication. That's right, a newspaper. We are an ambitious group, and we are going to continue that ambitiousness. Starting a newspaper will be hard, but hey, YOLO

We thank all our readers and those supporting us through our mini hiatus.

For a world without oppression, for a society without civilization

For anarchy!

So, I'll be on hiatus

Some shit recently got complicated, so I will be on hiatus for a very long time. I haven't been able to post as much as I would like to, and I haven't been able to print as much as I should have been able to. So I'll be off the blog for a while, and out of the distro, but this does not mean I am abandoning the struggle, as I will always be an insurrectionary anarchist.

Which brings me to my final words: Stay Insurrecto.

-Echo

Towards An Insurrectionary Critique Of Ageism

Ageism is a word you never really hear in depthly talked about in any circle of anarchist really. Folks will call it out from time to time, but, do they even know what it means? Do they know how it works even? Does anyone? These are the questions we need to ask. If we are about destroying every hierarchy, and freeing ourselves, why are youth like me an echo thrown under the bus when it comes to analysis and just general participation?

I have been in several circles. From a left-anarchist circle, to a maoist circle. In all the groups I have been in there have been re-accuring patterns. I have to debate, just to be able to be listened to. Now, this is nothing new for a teenager. because of stereotypes and such youth are seen as "dumb" or "immature" and there for their opinions and ideas are de-legitimized on the basis of intellectual pedestal placement above youth done by middle aged folks.

Don't get me wrong. Ageism is weird in the sense that, not one group is directly affected, rather 2 groups. The youth and the old. Actually old folks are treated like children. Not taken seriously, and trained to be obediant to middle aged folks and listen to them because they proclaim that they know best. They act like they have the direct authority.

I introduce a new word, well my friend did but I want to introduce it into the academic world. This word is "Medivitarchy." The word comes from the Latin/Greek words medius [middle] vita [life: our life] and archy [rule, rule of]. I use the word to refer to how the youth/young adults and elderly are ruled by those of the middle age (people around 30-55).

I propose talk and discussion about this. use this word, and think about middle aged domination. How do you yourself interact with youth and aged folks? How do you view teenagers and toddlers differantly? how about how do you view them similarly? Now apply those same questions to aged folks.

If we truely want to see a free world, then we need to analyze everything about this world. This is not a call for identity politics, rather the opposite, in a sense. For how can you destroy something that you don't know exist?

Official Statement In Support Of THE CUSP

The Cusp is an upcoming anarchist social center in downtown olympia. Their tumblr url is thecuspolympia.tumblr.com check it out!

We praise this. We have been beaten and bruised. Some of us have fought back in our own ways, but not on the scale we use to it. We have isolated ourselves and hid for too long. Though, from this isolation and fear from the state we have grown tighter bonds, found more points of affinity, and have had more passion. These past 2 years have been as positive as they have been negative. Now is the time to put both foots on the gas.

We can't be in isolation anymore. Kasama, and other communist groups have filled the power vacuum that anarchist held. We were a force to be reckoned with. We are still here, but a shadow of our formerselves. Are we really going to let the same folks who slander us, and will kill us without batting an eye be the dominant anti-capitalist? This is not a proposal for popularity, this isn't even a proposal. It's too true. We have found ourselves again though, and we are slowly coming back stronger than before.

This is why we proudly support The Cusp. They even state it's time to get out of the defense. We have stronger bonds than ever before. We have better theories than ever before. What better way to celebrate this and push back by opening a social center? This has been needed for a long time now. The most recent social center was Firehouse 51, but they are long gone. Now we will have a new social center, to better our critiques, to strengthen our already tight bonds, to gain new ground.

Please consider donating to them. So many donations are going around lately but guess what? We're all poor. Help them out. They deserve it.