Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Post-Historic Primitivism

Paul Shepard, above all, has probably been one of the most important influences on anarcho-primitivism and is often shamefully overlooked. This essay is one of his later ones and proves that Shepard was metal before metal existed.
When it comes to critiques of domestication, framing the vitality of wildness, the connectivity of all life, Shepard laid the path.

Post Historic Primitivism

Monday, April 25, 2011

Against His-Story, Against Leviathan

Much of the contemporary anarcho-primitivist milieu owes its existence to Fredy Perlman.
A devout anarchist who escaped the Holocaust, waded through the workerist-productionist notions of anarchism to become a voice against the father of the State: civilization itself. Along with the post-left anarchists and far-left communists like Jacques Camatte, Perlman overturned traditional notions of power, revolution, the left's embrace of production, the spiritual crushing of the civilizing process, the innate destructiveness of modernity on our earth, and the lineage of opposition to civilization from its inception.
His life was cut short in 1985, but he's left behind a legacy filled with inspiration, devotion and a sense of emotion that has hardly been replicated since his demise.
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan is his masterpiece. A history of civilization told through its dissidents in an oral fashion. It's a scathing critique of civilization and one of the most powerful texts ever written.
I'm no fan of reading shit online. I have copies of the book, but too far behind on mail order to post it up for sale till I get a system figured out for getting packages out the door faster. Pick up a copy of the book. If you can hack online reading, the link below is for the entire book.
I can't recommend this enough.

Against His-Story, Against Leviathan

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Memories of Freedom

Free PDF. You have no excuse not to read this.
Trust me, you won't regret it.

Memories of Freedom

Green is the New Red

For those of you who are unfamiliar, we've done a lot of benefit work for those caught up in what is called the "Green Scare". This is an important cause for us and something that we throw all of our weight behind.
The "Green Scare" refers to the ongoing roundup of anarchists, eco- and animal liberation oriented groups/individuals, and activists working against the spread of civilization further into the wildness that surrounds us. The targets of this effort, carried out by the NSA, FBI, CIA, and any number of Joint Terrorism Task Forces, are the formless cells of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Spurred from a refusal to rely on aboveground resistance tactics, "members" of the ELF and ALF have set forth an underground campaign against those enslaving, torturing and abusing animals, as well as those who have threatened our wildness.
The primary tactic has been arson. With an established set of guidelines centered on causing no harm to any life, the past decades have seen hundreds of millions in damages and freed untold numbers of animals without ever having harmed another person or animal.
Despite this, the ELF and ALF have been deemed the number one domestic terrorist threat in the United States and likewise throughout Europe. In the wake of 9/11, the lingo that had been presented beforehand to suppress the discussion and prevalence of animal and earth liberation thinking/action fell into place with newly invigorated terrorism legislation.
As the corporations and officials always wanted, those who protested and defied notions of Progress could be locked away without question and written off through a veil of patriotic vitriol.
The ensuing campaign which would engulf underground and aboveground activists led to lengthy jail sentences, entrapment, a bevy of snitches and informants, scare tactics and threats. What remains is many of our friends in jail facing the most strict regulations and ridiculous sentences.
Because we have been labeled eco-terrorists.
Because we have seen the lies of Progress and refused to sit by.
Because we have felt the destruction and enslavement of wildness and known it is ours.
Because we have seen beyond the promises of modernity and know the emptiness it brings.
Because we know, in our hearts and minds, that this won't stop until the earth, our earth, is dead.

Take the time, learn about what is going on. Support the Green Scare prisoners. Understand that as the laws and language surrounding terrorism legislation barrels on into the end times, it will only get worse. Understand that we must get louder.
Our friend Will Potter just published a book called "Green is the New Red" via City Lights books. It lays out first hand the history and ultimately the goals of the Green Scare. It shows who has been caught up in it and why.
This is contemporary history at it's best. And it is a sign of the times.
Pick it up here.

Read it. Pass it on. Rewild. Resist.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

In the works.

We are on the search for a new drummer. Anywhere in the Philly, Baltimore/DC, or Harrisburg area. Must have reliable gear, be down, be able to write/record/play/etc, maintain 220-230 bpm blasts, and so on. No racist, sexist, homophobes, junkies, religious fiends, or otherwise douche-prone turds. Experience is more than beneficial.

With the costs of touring these days, we're not a super intensive band when it comes to touring, but we need someone dedicated, able, and willing.

We've got some new material in the works and we can expect a new EP sooner than later.
We're still really open to getting people to weigh in on whether they'd like to see an EP or an LP from us next.

While long term plans are being set, I'm stoked to say that we'll be working out new material with Tim "Frosty" Rowlands. If you are familiar with our split CD with Auryn, you should know what to expect.