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Activist Times Inc. Issue 268
ALL YOUR SANDBARS ARE BELONG TO US.
LISTEN, When you wake up in the morning and
171 whales have washed up on a beach, it's
probably time to ask them WHAT THEY'RE TRYING
TO SAY.
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ATI - Like white phosphorus to get the lead out.
IN HONOR OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, THE
MOST REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT WE'VE YET TO SEE;
we now list the ten most Republican Democrats
in Congress right now.
Sanford Bishop Jr, Bob Clement, Gary Condit,
Bud Cramer, Bart Gordon, Ralph Hall, Ken Lucas,
Mike McIntyre, Collin Peterson, James Traficant.
If one of these are your's you might wanna have
a little talk with him.
Hello, welcome to ATI Live.
From "BEER!" capitol of the world.
I'm your roast, prime anarchist.
And this is the 'zine. Hey all you
skankers, half moon, can you hack it?
0113161244 hrs.
ATI. 2,6,8. Who do you confabulate?
Ready for some columnizing?
IF I'M EVER REALLY GOOD AT REMOVING ALL PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE; I THINK I'LL START WORKING ON THE VERBAL.
Swearing, cursing and putting someone down can be
"useful" tools in oppression. Ashley Montague
wrote about this at great length in a book called
"how to swear" or "how to curse," I don't remember
the exact title.
[wakeup call for mr. prime anarchist - it's "Anatomy
of Swearing. At least, you got the author right!]
Another author from a century ago with the ironic
last name of Lynch said some of the same exact things
according to Louis Farrakhan. Something to the effect
of "get each of the minority groups cutting each other
down, building pecking orders and each oppressing the
other, and you'll have a lot less work to do yourself."
I believed that was true long before I knew who Montague,
Lynch OR Farrakhan were. To read them just left me saying,
"aha, that's what it is, ok..."
I believe with all my heart that hurtful mascot names
are at the very roots of our racism. Because generations
later the exact same sentiments become embedded in our
"socially acceptable" language, perhaps even showing up
as dictionary definitions.
How subtle it has been that we so quickly forget
"Reds" might be just as devastating a slam as "Redskins"
or "Braves." And perhaps a double-whammy slam because
when we say "reds," none can tell if we're slamming a
"communist" like Mother Jones or Hillary Clinton or
commUNALists like Crazy Horse or Seattle.
Once, my ex-wife pointed out during a City Council
or County Supervisors meeting that the expression "Rule
Of Thumb" is so deeply embedded, that almost none of us
think about where it began. If an American husband beat
his wife even close to death with a stick smaller than
his thumb, the evidence would be disallowed from court.
While trying to remove all violence from my life,
I've been noticing things like this.
---==({prime outa here})==---
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http://www.soaw.org
http://www.ginzy.com
http://www.webzine.ws
http://angrycoffee.com
http://www.banjolero.com
http://www.plagiarist.org
http://www.mustardplug.com
http://www.pipedangler.com
http://www.towardfreedom.com
http://www.maydaymonopoly.net
http://members.tripod.com/ailecia
http://www.scottdamgaard.com/linkband.html
http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/01/03/14/080209.shtml
http://www.michaelochs.com/artistPages/ochsp/ochsp_1.html
http://www.sfbg.com/Guides/underground01/zine.html
http://www.research.att.com/~mjm/cgi-bin/ttsdemo
http://216.38.145.225/spotlight/current/sfo
http://www.mybizz.net/~axels/mna.html
http://www.lakotanationjournal.com
http://www.newbreedlibrarian.org
http://www.guerrillagirls.com
http://www.fuku.mainpage.net
http://prorev.com/bush.htm
http://www.sitescene.com
http://www.amnesty.org
http://burn.ucsd.edu
LETTUCE
to marc:
Translations of over 200 graffiti from
the May 1968 revolt in France are online at:
http://www.slip.net/~knabb/CF/graffiti.htm
A few examples:
No forbidding allowed.
Be realistic, demand the impossible.
It's painful to submit to our bosses;
it's even more stupid to choose them.
When examined, answer with questions.
..
I like the way you converted my cartoon essay
in a page, along additional text.
Congratulations!
:)
I am sending essay to many high schools in US,
and already get a message from a student in NY
who lost his cousin in the Columbine Highs Massacre.
All the best,
Latuff
..
to marco:
Finally, a ballplayer who puts today's
inflated salaries in perspective!
Thank you Todd.
NY Mets first baseman Todd Zeile said, "I hear a
player say 'How can I be paid $5 million less than
Player B?' My response to this is 'How can you
make $11 million more than Willie Mays?' "
--M.G.
..
I think the Little League article touched on
something central to the way this culture works.
I'm no expert on the subject but I think there
might be more (academic) stuff in the same area
under "the social construction of gender" or
something like that.
Anyhow here's a link to an interesting Quicktime
lecture by Sut Jhally, a UMass media professor,
who has some resemblence politically to Chomsky.
http://www.sutjhally.com/lectures/toughguise.html
Also, he has some interesting articles:
http://www.sutjhally.com/onlinepubs/onlinepubs_frame.html
regards,
walden
..
to ati:
would you consider my poetry for your station?
http://mp3.com/hellomynameisphil
thanks
phil
[ed note: hells yeah...]
..
So Mark (the guy I met at the wrap party last week!)
did, in fact, CALL ME. I listened to his message several
times to check for signs of nervousness. He sounded a
little nervous; he beat around the bush for a long time.
The message was like 45 seconds long, and he gave me five
ways to get in touch with him. Home, Office, Cell, Pager
and E-mail. That about covers it.
I think I'll make him wait a little. I can always say
I didn't know how to reach him. Maybe I'll send him a
fax. This is fun!
XOXOXO
Tia
..
AND THIS JUST IN FROM THE CHESHIRE CATALYST:
There are a lot of folks who can't understand how
we came to have an oil shortage here in the USA.
There's a very simple answer ... nobody bothered
to check the oil. We Just didn't know we were getting
low.
The reason for that is purely geographical. All the
oil is in Texas, Alaska, Canada, Oklahoma, Wyoming,
Colorado, etc.
All the dipsticks are in Washington, D.C.
___press__releases?___we___get____some__
The Gathering #1
An Occasional Exclamation from the Peoples Poetry
Gathering A Woodstock for Words in Lower Manhattan
Friday March 30 - Sunday April 1, 2001
*Highlights: Poet laureate! Slammers! Loggers! Dub!
*Patti Smith, Stanley Kunitz, John Ashbery, Anne Waldman,
*Jerome Rothenberg, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Sekou Sundiata,
*Jayne Cortez, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Gypsy Poetry and Music
*More than 120 events!
http://peoplespoetry.org/pg_spotlight.html
SRANTO: The Cunning Linguist.
"one guerrilla of ink and Internet"
Wow, that translated well.
It was "una guerrilla de tinta e
internet" in Spanish. I must say
I honestly don't know which one I
like better, the english or el
espanol. Both of these are so,
so, um;
so cute.
[ref]=[http://www.rebelion.org/opinion/fazio050301.htm]
Altered Headline Of The Week:
[one letter people. world's record?]
Newspaper: Gore Might Have One
OPEN LETTER TO JOHN ASHCROFT:
I believe you could solve two major Untied
States problems at the same time.
But you'll run the same risk Gorbachev
faced when he gave USSR people the vote
and they voted him out.
Problem: Voter Apartheid
Problem: School Shootings
Solution: Voting Age 13.
Popular vote by telephone
is final and immediate.
Reason: They're already voting with their
fathers' guns. Why not let them use the
ballot box instead???!!!???
So Mr. Ashcroft. Are you ready to take
anyone but yourself seriously? Are you
ready to take a serious risk? Solve a
couple problems, I dare you.
Let democracy ring,
marco
VICTORIA'S SECRET: All You See Is Ribs.
Saturday, 10 March 2001. Party and music in Milpa Alta
More than 20 thousand people received with music and
party the zapatista delegation, in Milpa Alta, part of
Mexico City. In the meeting in San Pablo, Oztotepec,
there were present many natives from Anahuac Valley
as members of the civil society of the capital,
many of them young students.
[ref]=[http://www.semanariodigital.net]
ATI: No Relation to "ATI Group Of Companies" or MCA.
Betcha Didn't Know:
Milt Bullock, formerly of The Platters gives non-
violence programs at local Milwaukee public schools.
CLOSE THE SOA - ARE YOU DAFT OR WHAT???
THAT AIN'T RIGHT IS IT?
"...you expressly permit and authorize Juno to initiate
a telephone connection from your computer to Juno's
central computers using a dial-in telephone number
you have previously selected for accessing the Service."
--PART OF A LETTER FROM JUNO.
[ed note: didn't they used to call that wire fraud??]
SCAREY AS IT'S BECOME: School Violence Is NOT New
by Marc Frucht.
Previously published in ATI Midweek Crisis. March '01
MYSTIC, Conn. 1982. RACE RIOT; FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
I will use first names only. Jasmine was dating Darryl.
Darryl's Afrikan Amerikan; Jasmine Puerto Rican. Darryl
has a twin brother named Deane. On the basketball court
they were given the nickname Heckel and Jeckel. Back then
I never thought there was much harm in it. They didn't seem
troubled by it either. Craig is White (or "Anglo you could
say...) and he also has a twin brother Carl. I swear I'm
not making any of this up. I don't have to. All are seniors
with me that year. Or was Jasmine a Junior? No she was our
age.
Craig and Carl would taunt Jasmine endlessly without
mercy from fall 81 until early 82. (maybe February? many
details lost to time and cobwebs and all that) Terms like
"niggerlover," and "oreo cookie" were used just about
every day for months.
5TH PERIOD.
Lunch. I ate "second wave" of three and had a studyhall
first and third. It was "first wave" and I was walking by
the cafeteria to get to the men's room when it began. I'll
make a long story medium sized here and write you the rest
some other time. Craig or Carl called Jasmine a "niggerlover"
again but this time was different. Darryl or Dean was right
near and actually heard it. They'd said they'd kick some
serious ass if they ever heard it. Only it wasn't one of
the brothers who began to rumble.
Jasmine grabbed racism by the throat and said, "call
me that one more time I'll kick your ass." Well she got
punched in the head and then all hell broke loose. I
don't remember who hit who, who pulled out what weapons,
etc., but the thing blew over to a major standoff that
was far from peaceful, but at least seemed civil within
10 or 15 minutes. At least it felt like it. Maybe a little
longer.
Shortly after that, about 40 local uniformed police
officers filed in looking all like Dudley Dooright asking
a million questions and spreading additional fear all over
the place for another day and a half or so. Thanks a lot
people! Too little and too late, and the WRONG energy,
but no one's ready to discuss THAT, are we?
NEXT DAY...
[get the rest at:]
[ref]=[http://www.etext.org/Zines/ASCII/ATI/violence/violence3.txt]
[and the rest of its context at:
=[http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/latuff/violence.html]
News Of The Totally Wack (we're NOT makin' any of this up...)
LOS ANGELES ("roto" Reuters) - LA County lawmakers, responding
to last week's shooting rampage by a teenager at a California
high school, have passed a law forcing students caught with
guns or making threats to view dead bodies and watch autopsies
being performed at the coroner's office.
Young people need to see the results of violent acts,"
LA County Supervisor Mike Antonovich said. "Far too many
youngsters are desensitized to violence. They need to realize
it's not a movie or a video game when someone is shot."
[wait, I follow this. Kids are far too desensitized these
days, let's shock them out of their zombification. So what if
it desensitizes them even more. I know. At all ambulence
scenes, lets accost everyone under 20 and force them to come
up close and stare until they puke their large intestines out
too...]
ATI - No Relation.
WELL THAT'S ALL S/HE WROTE...
Hope you liked! I did.
FEEDBACK? ati@etext.org
We end with a poem,
because after all...
SKA GIRL
by Marco
Whip,
Wind, dancing, twirling.
Motion moving mixing
Dance with theatre,
Acting
On the - on the dance
the dance floor.
Whirl -
Girl, dancing, rhythm.
moving dancing moving.
Like -
Whirl, girl
Ska me out.
Wild - wild ska girl.
You make my eyes dance.
Glancing, following, spinning -
Move girl
Spin me around.
Wayout
Ska Girl you're way out
Form, move, whirl
Way way motion
Act girl,
Make my eyes dance.
Worldly -
Energy, feel, move.
Fuzzbox, connected.
Floor, earth, feel.
Ska Girl, move
Move my eyes about the world.
Wow Ska Girl.
Ska Girl - wow.
Whip, whirl, wild
Wayout, worldly wow.
Wow, ska.
Girl.
SKA.
Ska Girl.
1990 Colorado.
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this issue dedicated to Keiko - someone please tell her I'm bored
