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"Look over there, up in the sky!"
"It's a bird!"
"It's a plane!"
No! It's..
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Issue #205... January's new moon - 2000!!!
Special "k00l submissions" Issue!
Activist Times, Inc.. a voice for the
people in an age of silence..
Write to us: ati@etext.org
Call us: 860-887-2600, box #5293
Howdy folks; welcome one and all to ATI.
We've got a lot of great store in stuff
for you, and first up - an article by
ATI's originator, Prime Anarchist.
Take it away!
b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r
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OUR MISSION YOUR FUTURE: A Real Look At Taco Bell.
in 3 parts by the Prime Anarchist
"Most energizing place to work."
"Up to $7 per hour."
"Need Motivated people."
Taco Bell's hiring. They're always hiring, aren't they?
Will they ever not? Not on this growth model, pal.
I was made a Taco Bell manager today. Well sort of.
Just for the day. I don't work for them, likely never will.
Sorry, I can't work for a man who drapes taped job app forms
from the ceiling in hopes to "lure" another fish. For me that
goes hand in hand with having an employee with his resume
online 24/7 telling the whole world he's "still looking."
I mean a market where someone offering 5/hr tries to
require a resume as opposed to a job app? Do these people
think an online resume will get them even 30 cents more per
hour??? Well I was a manager for a day because they'd fouled
up my order in a local store. I got two free meals as an
apology. And the only way to ring it up so I get me a free
meal in "proper" fashion was to call me a manager and ring
it in under the manager key. Otherwise the theft involved
in giving me a free meal would have to be called, well, theft.
Let's take a look at all that is Taco Bell. I mean a
real in-depth look. Don't just scratch the surface. Dig some.
What do we find?
Most of them are shaped like what? Like a southwestern
mission. And what kind of images does that bring up? 40% of
this planet would have to say genocide, repression, inquisition -
they would cite half a millenium of general bad mood.
Another 40% would call it some kind of outreach of something
trustworthy, noble, external, distant, not requiring any further
thought. That leaves 20?
Almost 20% (18.7 to be exact) would tell you right away they
just don't care. Not their world, not their life. Kind of like
an earthquake that kills 50 million people on some other planet
or something.
The other 1.3% of the world's population has a job shooting
gooey green guacamole-substance (tm) out of a grouting gun at a
Taco Bell near you!
b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r
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"Fight the power, IWW," says a Taco Bell manager to a young
black counter person wearing dreadlocks.
"In fact I think when we print up new name-tags that's what
we'll make yours say - 'IWW.'"
It's nice to see the manager has plenty of time to think up
nicknames, after all the other Responsibilities she has to pay
out. Team Chief, I believe they call her. It was written on a
Taco Bell bulletin board one other time I was able to see from
the customer side of the counter. They choose to differ in name
I guess, from the McDonalds managers who are called Crew Chief.
Team Chief is in charge of telling everyone what to do; and
passing out nicknames. If she's caught doing anything else, she
probably gets written up for not following policy.
IWW (never did get her name) is in charge of squirting guacamole
from a device that looks like a short fat caulking gun. While
pushing avocado mush onto burritos that pass her by, she seems
adept at double-tasking - discussing opression, economic slavery
and "the man."
Taco Bell is owned by PepsiCo who has a reputation for treating
American employees much better than "those other companies" do.
But then, so does Microsoft. As do Coors, Gannett and come to think
of it - so did Henry Ford and Ross Perot. What do all these companies
have in common? Draw the word UNION inside a circle and put a big
diagonal red line through it.
Can that manager have meant the Wobblies when she called the avocado
gunner IWW? That's the only reference I can think of for IWW -
International Workers of the World. No one seems to know out there
how the nickname "Wobbly" came about.
Do they still even exist? I knew Workers World still puts out a
newspaper somewhere near Chicago, but they're a whole different
"animal." As are Catholic Worker, putting out their paper in New
York City. I know there are Catholic Worker houses all over the
United States and much of the rest of the world, each doing their
own version of Dorothy Day's published vision. But besides the
newspapers and the houses, is there still some semblence of a
workers movement out there?
The only two Wobblies I've ever met in person were in their 50's,
white, college educated and well dressed. The only things that might
stand out about them bringing the word "radical" to mind would be a
pipe wrench (monkey?) lapel-pin and dread-locked hair. That was New
Mexico somewhere and many years ago. Was it 1992? 1988?
Well, just a tiny bit of research shows that IWW is very active in
Seattle, WA; Ypsilanti, MI; and Philadelphia, PA. In fact, when asked
why Borders Books fired Miriam Fried, June 15, 1996; the Philadelphia
model employee (by Borders' own standards) sticks to, "For wearing
an IWW button to work," as her soundbite. The wider story includes
that, and also serving on union committees, signing flyers, and
petitions and raising embarrassing questions about company
policies.
Is it she who moved to my local Taco Bell to get picked on
by Team Chief? Or does she perhaps have a sister? Body double -
or coincidence?
"IWW Songs" was published 1991. "Something In Common: An IWW
Bibliography?" 1986. And "Solidarity Forever: An Oral History Of
The IWW" was 1985.
What could all this have to do with giving a new name-tag name to
a young black woman who works hard caulking burritos with guacamole?
Let's see what Ashley Montagu had to say about name calling in his
timeless text, "Anatomy of Swearing."
The most cultivated form of swearing is invective, which may be
defined as polite swearing. The shafts loosed in this form of verbal
assault are often most skillfully wrought. Though the target may be
discomfited, the wounds they inflict are seldom serious and upon
healing frequently leave the victim all the better for having
suffered them. The social function of ridicule, persiflage,
and invective has not gone altogether unrecognized in its
effect upon persons and upon institutions.
b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r
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OUR MISSION : YOUR FUTURE
Gone Fission : Still Lookin
b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r.b.o.r.d.e.r
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DO THE NUMBA RHUMBA...
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http://www.wm3.org
http://www.psr.org
http://www.mikenew.com
http://www.antiwar.com
http://www.psv.com/hopi.html
http://www.therealmonica.com
http://www.etan.org/weave/How.htm
http://www.poetrysociety.org/head.html
http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/abbie.html
http://www.internetworkers.com/joke/anarch.htm
http://members.xoom.com/RedVelvet0101/chick.html
http://members.tripod.com/badscorpions/phone.htm
http://www.tekknowledge.com/gonzo/tgh/II/index.html
http://www.sptimes.com/Hackers/history.hacking.html
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1996/111496/film1.html
http://www.oz.net/~hayduke/Abbie/AbbieHoffman.html#anita
http://www.pagewerx.com.au/nitroland/hacking/started.txt
http://www.newschool.edu/mediastudies/immediacy/boyle.htm
http://www.solcommunications.com/bigmountain/map/sdnareamap.html
http://www.l0pht.com/pub/tezcat/Skolnick_Interviews/Skolnick_Interview_3.txt
LETTUCE
no chainsaws today
Monday?
stay tuned....
also
sign the debt petition
(http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/petition.html)
-anon-
>->a
you've probably seen it...
http://www.luminanet.com/matrix
-daver-
>->a
>One gospel song I won't be singing near the metal
>detectors until at least AFTER the millenium is
>"There is a balm in Gilead..."
ROFL!! Might be best not to yell Hi Jack! to
anyone you know by that name, either.
lol
Stephanie
>->a
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Shared Smiles
by Brooke Soles
Honduras
"here's an article i was asked to write for the
Peace Corps Times Newspaper. I was only allowed the
number of words I have here on this page so that's
why it may sound simple. Enjoy, brooke"
In the U.S., women deal with sexism on a daily basis.
Here in Honduras, we too experience these similar issues.
As a health volunteer, I find it empowering to work with
the local womens groups. Also, considering I am vegan,
it isnt hard to utilize what Ive learned about health
and respect for all living beings with my Peace Corps work.
Over the past year, I have worked with soy cooking classes,
organic family gardens, medicinal plant making, teaching
English, HIV/AIDS education, and several other health
related issues. In my village, most women understand
the benefits of what I am doing. In fact, two women
in my village are successfully selling soy enchiladas
to the public, and the health care workers are selling
medicinal plants made right in the health center!
One of the most rewarding experiences I have had
is teaching a "Como Planear Mi Vida" class to a group
of young adolescents in my community. We focus on sexuality,
gender, self-esteem, and making choices for their future.
Its satisfying to see young adults voicing their opinions
especially when others disagree with their opinions.
Health is not just about healthy eating habits, its
about community, the environment, the animals, women and
children, and all the facets that are the foundation for
societies around the world. Once we and our host country
nationals begin to see the true interconnectedness of life,
we will realize that we are not just sharing ideas of health
but rather sharing ideas on how to make this world a better place.
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A participatory
article about
R&B D. The kind
you've come to
know and love,
huh?
> please tell me more about Red & Black Disco.
> I'd love to mention it in the zine I put out.
> marco
Dear Marco
Happy New Year from Red & Black Disco.
We're Pete & Jade. Red & Black is a mobile Disco
working around the North Manchester UK area. We're
based in Rochdale.
We offer a full mobile disco service. Something
for everyone with music from the twenties right
up to latest club mixes. Over 6,000 tracks all put
through a state of the art digital 600 Watt rig with
full light show. As anarchists by persuasion we do a
couple of benefits and fundraisers for selected groups,
working ether for free or for a door split if there's an
admission fee.
Community groups, unemployed workers colectives, strike
committees, and gay/bi/trangeneder orgs. We won't work for
'registered' charities or any group where anyone in the
group is on wages paid by the group. I.e. "Professional"
fundraising organizations such as 'Shelter' definitely not
'Amnesty' nor 'Greenpeace'.
We've been up and running for over 15 years Jades 32 I'm
40 (something). So if any of your readers in our area or
further afield ( we did the anarchist squat gig in Amsterdam
a few years back.. if we're flush with cash we like to travel...
but usually we're pretty skint).. then they can contact us either
at our e-mail docpete@tinyworld.co.uk
or by 'phone on UK ....(0)1706-358179.
Good luck with the mag, if you've any spare copies we'll put 'em
out at gigs.
PS: Politically we're revolutionary anarcho-syndicalsts.. but
anything anarchist (NOT Libertarian) is a good enough cause for
us. AGITATE FOR CHAOS wherein shy individualities may bloom &
grow.
Yours comradely
docpete
for Pete & Jade
Red & Black Disco
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& another Prime Anarchist Productions, Technical Moment.
Yeah, yeah yeah. We promised we'd do all the digesting
and get this crap inta plain ole unglush. But trust us
we got this as helpful as we could.
Engineering the new WHOIS
by madmullah
Trouble was expressed regarding the new WHOIS now that
Internicky Servmaster is HQ's in Alexandria. (yes Clifford
Stoll, there IS a musty old book or 2 left...)
And this is the best response of the dozens we could gather
up.
It is not on the client's end, rather it is the server.
In essence they had a hissy fit, since they are not the
only ones who can register .com TLD'. In order to look a
domain up you must do 2 things;
1) whois <tld.arpa> this will tell you WHICH registry
has it and what their whois server is.
2) do a 'whois -H<server blah> <tld.arpa> of course,
without the '<>'s if you have fwhois on linux it is crap
now, broke so to speak. Get the ripe one or something and
compile it.
Yes it is dumb, so are a lot of things that Internic is
doing. mmm... doughnut...
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NSOL finally relented, kinda, and now allows multiple
companies to act as domain-name registrars. Unfortunately
they decided that rather than maintain a central database
for whois queries, you have to query the companiy that the
name is registered with.
Assholes.
Quote me on that.
You can get whois answers for most of the internet by doing:
whois <host.dom>@whois.networksolutions.com
Yeah, and at least they picked a nice, short, mnemonic domain
name for themselves.
See the above "Assholes" remark.
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press release: human rights rally
contact person: shelley nelkens-603-588-2916
e-mail: freedomcampaign@aol.com
INVITING all people of conscience to join the New Hampshire
Leonard Peltier support group on Saturday, January 15th,
10 am to 4 pm at Stanton Plaza outside the Center of
New Hampshire.
Native American drums (from around the northeast)...calling
all people of conscience to a peaceful assembly of human beings
who care about justice and freedom.
Our mission is to bring this story into the light of public
scrutiny. It is our belief that decent people everywhere will
not tolerate this injustice when their consciousness is raised
and they know the facts of Leonard Peltier's story.
Featured speakers: Ben Carnes, of the Chocktaw Nation,
versed in native history, culture, music, and spiritual
practices--a gifted speaker dedicated to justice for Leonard
Peltier. Harvey Arden, for 23 years a staff writer for national
Geographic Magazine, author of several books on indigenous
spirituality, and editor of Leonard Peltier's book, Prison
Writings: My Life Is My Sundance. Rebecca Stoughton, Dakota
Sioux singer, drummer, speaker, storyteller will share traditional
stories to delight both children and adults. Paul Tohlakai,
Dine'h (Navajo) ceremonial leader and speaker.
Write-in LEONARD PELTIER for President on your Ballot in 2000!
us mail: po box 4111, portsmouth, nh, 03802
http://www.freepeltier.org
http://www.LISN.net
http://www.wisdomkeepers.com
All actions to be conducted with love, dignity and humor...
per leonard's request
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HAPPENING
Dress nice, like first class, or business.
Make a sign out of an 8X10 piece of white
cardboard with big black magic marker block
letters that say either
ANONYMOUS
of
Anon.
Go stand at a busy airport terminal and greet
all the people deplaning with just a smile and
that sign.
DATELINE June 31. 2:37 pm.
Someone puts a gold Citizen quartz watch in my guitar
case. I note the time because it's when my high school
used to let out. Just in time to let me get home if
I metalpeddled it to watch Luke and Laura hack into
the Cassadein's mainframe computer by guessing the
IcePrincess' secret password.
DATELINE January 1. 2:37 am. (and 16 seconds to be
exact.) Battery dies or watch stops.
Well, that's about it for ATI issue 205.
The one that came out after 200, which was
before 204. Go figure.
