Anonymous Comrade writes:

"Call for Autonomous Direct Action"

Buenas Noches Army

A Call for Autonomous Direct Action to Smash the Rise of Fascism and Racism In Our Communities

A Call for Autonomous Direct Action to Smash the Borders That Capitalism Depends On

This is a call to all people who will be converging on the San Diego/Tijuana, Campo and Calexico/Mexicali regions to engage in autonomous direct action to stop the Minutemen, document it and share it with the world.

The Minutemen have demonstrated that they are willing to change their plans out of fear of disruption by Anarchists. The Minutemen have experienced continuous disruption from the Buenas Noches Brigade in Campo, and are changing the way they operate as a result.
In July and August, our affinity group, the Buenas Noches Brigade, successfully engaged in night time interventions using sound, music, light, anti-racist literature and poetry to completely disrupt the activities of the Minutemen. In Arizona over a hundred migrant people were caught. In California, only two migrant people were caught, and they were picked up hitchhiking. Nevertheless, in California two migrant people were mysteriously shot in the area where the Minutemen were patrolling, while the Minutemen operation was going on. Although Mexican authorities claim that it was a "bandit", nothing was stolen and the assailants used laser scopes.

Every time we interacted with the Minutemen, we had multiple video cameras with us and some of the footage was sent to and aired by the corporate media. Even a small group with some bullhorns, video cameras, cell phones and determination can destroy the silence and darkness that the Minutemen need to hunt migrant people.

In September, starting on Mexican independence day, September 16th, the Friends of the Border Patrol, a vigilante group with ties to the Minutemen, have announced that they will be patrolling three locations: Calexico, Campo and "Smuggler's Gulch", near Border Field State Park.

In addition, the California Minutemen will begin a patrol on September 11th in Campo, California, playing on the anti-terrorist rhetoric which has drained our country's resources and heightened anti-immigrant and racial tensions.

As it will be difficult to organize mass numbers of people to intercept the Minutemen in these various areas, we are calling on people to organize themselves into small affinity groups and do autonomous direct action to disrupt and stop the Minutemen patrols. For more info on affinity groups, try this: http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/agroups.html

Also, here are some more ideas for organizing autonomously:

  http://www.crimethinc.com/features/10.html

  http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/daction.html

You can see maps of the areas here:

Calexico:

  http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.727509,-115.4999 54&spn=0.120453,0.216242&t=h&hl=en

Border Field State Park, San Ysidro:

  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=border+field+state+p ark&ll=32.540735,-117.112370&sll=32.727509,-115.49 9954&spn=0.015088,0.027030&sspn=0.126792,0.227623& t=h&num=8&start=0&hl=en

Campo:

  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=buckman+springs+road ,+campo,+ca&ll=32.616966,-116.474991&spn=0.058927, 0.096216&t=h&hl=en

Consider this an invitation. Consider this a list of targets. Consider this a playbill. Do as you will. Come up with the tactics you and your group are comfortable with, and which fulfills your feelings towards the racist vigilantes.

Take some good photos or video. Wear a sexy mask. Be safe. Don't get caught. Or do! Whatever you think will be the most effective to stop these racist vigilantes from ever coming out of their holes again. Smash the Minutemen. Or, just read them poetry at 3am. Or, cross the border and shine lights back at them. Fireworks are interesting at night as well. We must let them know that we will do what it takes to stand up for the human rights and the freedom of migrant people.

Some good places to share the stories from your actions are
  http://sandiego.indymedia.org, http://deleteTheBorder.org,

  http://anarchistnews.org and http://infoshop.org.

As we see more refugees and more internally displaced people all over the world from economic disasters, natural disasters and war in all its forms, we must all defend their right to migrate, to stay and to go as they please, and to be treated with dignity and humanity.

There will also be more centralized actions that you can take part in. In San Diego and Calexico, there will be large marches and rallies and a No Border Camp. More information about these events is available at http://deleteTheBorder.org .

We will take action for Freedom of Movement, Autonomy and Dignity for all people in September. Join us, to end the rise of fascism in our communities.

From A Buenas Noches Brigade, to a Buenas Noches Army!
—The Buenas Noches Brigade