Anonymous Comrade writes:

Species Traitor #3 Available

Green Anarchist Gathering Planned for Central Pennsylvania, July 10-13, 2003

        The primary section in this issue is on symbolic culture. We feel very strongly about the subject and feel that it remains a kind of academic or fringe obscurity while it is central to understanding the existence of civilization. It seems that any act of liberation will require a turn on this totalistic world view that we’ve been domesticated to.


        Despite the enormous efforts and focus of anarchists like John Zerzan, a critique of symbolic thought/culture tends to get shoved to the side when talking about practical means of destroying civilization and reconnecting to wildness. When we brought up the idea of doing a focus on symbolic culture, we were criticized for picking a ‘timeless’ and ‘academic’ philosophy that had no direct relation to dealing with the problems we face. Obviously we feel the opposite. How can trying to understand and revolt against the way we (the civilized) interact with the world be considered unimportant?


        The topic really couldn’t be timelier. In this time of State conflicts and seeing how Bush could very well be giving civilization a final shove (albeit on a potentially nuclear level) it becomes all the more important to question what the protagonist may be. It is vital to realize that every bit of propaganda that comes out (and my how surreal that has gotten…) is nothing but a complete show of how symbolic culture functions. While capitalism is the current face of civilization, the spectacle is the current face of symbolic culture. We have the media (consolidated spectacle) contorting the way we deal with others and trivializing our existence and people eat it up so long as we are preoccupied with ‘material comforts’.


        Our goal here is to draw upon a critique of the totality of civilized thought, symbolic culture, as a pivotal part of our relations and movement towards liberation. The focus here is to expose all the underlying aspects of civilized, and even most ‘revolutionary’, perception and question at the source. The continued existence of civilization carries on through an infection of the being from cradle to grave (literally). We hope the critiques given here will encourage others to work with these concepts and social relations. To destroy civilization, we must seek it out in its totality. We hope this issue will be another step towards total liberation.


        The other sections in this issue are ones we hope will remain constants and that all you folks reading this will contribute to. Those are: revolution and insurrection and explorations of anarchy and anthropology/archaeology. We feel that there is much talk about ideas of destroying civilization, but much of the debate has been in the terms of those seeking to seize state power, whereas we feel liberation will only come through the abolition of power. This section is a starting point to opening up practical ideas of bringing this about.


        The ‘exploration’ section opens questions about the ‘sacred cow’ of anthropology. We realize that the anarcho-primitivist critique of civilization is generally considered dependent upon this field. We realize that anthropology is a science, and therefore shaped by the problems that come with it. This section began with the essay ‘anarcho-primitivism beyond anthropology and archaeology’ from Species Traitor number 2, and with an interview with anarcho-primitivist archaeologist Theresa Kintz and some more about the limits and uses of anthropology.


        This issue is at 108 pages, half sized. It is available for $4 North America/$5 World. Bulk rates and flat copies are available. For more info. Check out:
http://www.coalitionagainstcivilization/speciestraitor/st.html



Summer 2003 Green Anarchist Gathering

July 10-13, 2003. North Central Pennsylvania U.S.A.




      We are currently organizing for a green anarchist gathering this summer which will take place in a Pennsylvania state forest to be announced.

The location will have normal park facilities as well as areas for wilderness skills. The emphasis of the gathering is two fold: to teach wilderness skills giving a contextual and practical basis for green anarchist theory/action.


      It seems a vital point for green anarchists to have our own convergence instead of having a few workshops at other gatherings. We are hoping that this environment will be permissive for detailed discussion, debate and

experience. This, however, is not for 'green anarchists only' and we hope that people will take this chance to learn more about wilderness skills, the

green anarchist critiques and develop stronger alliances to further insurrectionary action.


      This gathering is for green anarchists and future primitives all over the world to gather and get serious about the direction and actions that we are a part of and prepare for life beyond civilization. We hope that all people who are serious about this will come. For the destruction of civilization and the reconnection to life.


      We are currently taking any help we can get. We are in desparate need of funds, equipment, field kitchen collective/s, advertisements, people who can help with skills workshops, ideas for discussions, organizers, and any suggestions. Please write: bandgnet@yahoo.com or to Black and Green PO Box 835 Greensburg, PA 15601.

For more information and updates, check out:
http://www.blackandgreen.org/gath.html


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Check out these websites:

Black and Green Network (green anarchist resource/network, lots of information here)
http://www.blackandgreen.org

Coalition Against Civilization
http://www.coalitionagainstcivilization.org

Green Anarchy:
http://www.greenanarchy.org