2008 Summer Solstice STONES ACCESS: the gates will be opened at 8:00 pm on Friday 20th June, 2008 (However there should be no gates or fences at Stonehenge, and all visitors should behave with respect...) Please use public transport and bring more drums! Don't climb on the stones, as you may damage the lichen, and higher up you may damage your credibility, ego and small children below... if you must dance on a fallen stone please remove your shoes and other clothing first! For details of English Heriticage's Summner Solstice carpark see: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.116 10
In memory of Mikey Dread who passed away recently...
Mikey Dread was a key player in the marriage between punk and reggae that enlivened British pop music in the late 1970s. When the Clash invited him to London to work with them in 1979, he was already an award-winning broadcaster in Jamaica and a well-known dreadlocked reggae performer. But his production work on the Clash’s hit single Bankrobber and his presence on the band’s albums Black Market Clash and Sandinista! introduced him to a wider audience. He also toured with the Clash in Britain, Europe and the US, helping to introduce reggae into the mainstream.
IF ONLY...
PROTECT AND SERVE????...NO...selling anus candles at festivals...
“If man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.†Thoreau.
AGITATION PROPAGANDA...
"Every person who is not helping to bring about a better state of affairs for the future, is helping to perpetuate the present misery and is therefore the enemy of their own children".
Robert Tressell.Thanks to henge Tash for the following vid- check out- http://tash.gn.apc.org/
LIKEMINDED WEIRDOS/ANARCHISTS/ARTISTS AND FREAKS...LIKE THIS CREATIVE BUNCH!!...(Castlemorton - last big free festival)
FREE Leonard Peltier! 33 years of injustice !
June 26, marked the 33rd year since the tragic shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation:
http://www.FreePeltierNow.org/shootout.htm.
A Message from Leonard Peltier
June 26, 2008
Greetings my relatives,
I say relatives because you are all my family. I am honored, greatly honored today that you would listen to my words and come together in this way so that our future generations' will not forget what happened here in this land.
You can't imagine how much I miss walking on the bare earth. Or brushing against a tree branch or hearing birds in the morning or seeing an antelope or deer cross my path. I have been here in federal prison for 32 years; if you could imagine being in your own home stuck in one room for one year without leaving it, multiply that by 32 and you might have some idea of how imprisonment plays on your feelings. I really get tired sometimes living here in this cell, this prison. Yet at times I feel really good because for some reason I know that there are those out there who have prayed for me in some way. And it helps me because there are moments when a peaceful feeling will wash over me in my solitude.
I try to keep up with world events like the war in Iraq, where those people are going through the same thing our Indian people went through and over the same things. The US wants their resources and they have divided those people against each other. Those children over there and families for generations will still feel the effects of that onslaught of destruction.
When I look at our own people's situation I see a people who have not recovered from the destruction put upon them in the past. Today, the greater society of America doesn't want to accept us for who we are because we will always stand as a reminder of the immoral wrongs that they do and have done all over the world, all in the name of technology and progress. Our people have told them from the very beginning about the consequences of mistreatment of individuals and mistreatment of Mother Earth. There are history books that quote our chief headmen and medicine people cautioning them about there destruction of the earth and nature.
We know the first concentration camps America ever had held Indian prisoners. The first biological warfare was used on our people with poisonous blankets. The first atomic bomb dropped was dropped on Indian land in Nevada. Today there are abandoned uranium quarries in Navajo country that cause genetic defects on a lot of their people. When you look into the past, America has used us Indians as their social experiment. They tried to destroy us with boarding schools, relocation, and even the first slavery practice was with American people. However Indian people would fight or commit suicide than to become slaves, and so they imported Africans.
Forgive me if I am repeating things you already know, but I just wanted to bring these things up because these are the reasons behind the Wounded Knee takeover in 73 happened and the shootout at Oglala happened. Our people were not just taking a stand against this government for themselves; they in essence represented Indian people all across the Americas. Our resistance wasn't to kill anyone; our resistance was to remain alive while we let the world know what had been and what was being done to us, the Indigenous people.
I know for a fact from communication all around the world, that we Indian people inspired many other indigenous people to stand up and defend themselves because of our actions. I have gotten letters from all over the world where people said "if the native Americans can stand up to people like that being in the belly of the beast, surely we can do likewise in some way."
I recognize that my being here isn't all about me; my continued imprisonment in essence serves as a warning to others willing to stand up for their people. The US has violated their own constitution they violated the treaties we had with them, they violated all kinds of moralities to bring about my conviction. The average non Indian American either doesn't know or couldn't care less. As long as they can keep their high standard of living our struggles mean nothing to them. Most recently other nations have raised the issues of America's mistreatment of the people in the concentration camp in Guantanamo; issues of lack of a fair trial, issues of physical, mental abuse and of sanctioned torture of prisoners. I want to also mention that our people were the first to be tortured by this government and we were the first to be victims of scalping by the Europeans. The colonizers were paying for our men, woman and children's scalps.
I may sound angry in what I am saying, but all this goes back to why we are here today. We must not forget what has happened in the past but we must also find a way to heal from those things that have happened and be stronger in the future. We need to heal our families; we need to heal our family's structures so that what happened to our people in the past can't happen to us again. For several generations our children were shipped off to boarding schools which destroyed their understanding of family and family responsibilities, and you think of the statistics today facing this, they don't have to kill us anymore with guns, our children and adults both are killing themselves.
Again, like I said before we have not healed from the destruction that was put upon us, I know each one of us can be better than what we are, it takes effort, it takes getting back to our ceremonies, it takes getting back to our respect for one another, the earth, the Creator and our respect for our brothers' and sisters' vision. It takes men being men and being strong fathers and uncles and grandfathers and brothers, not just as a matter of birth but as a matter of responsible behavior. It also takes our women to stand as the strong mothers they were meant to be and the sisters, grandmothers and aunties. We need to repair ourselves and not wait for some grant from the government to tell us or guide us in our recovery. We need to take that responsibility ourselves and mend the sacred hoop.
Again I want to say as I have said many times in the past, though my body is locked into this cell, my heart and soul is with you today. In closing I would like to acknowledge the loss of our brother Vernon Belcourt and the great loss of my brother Floyd Westerman, a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights I'm sure that he as well as many others, who like him devoted their time and energies to better the conditions our people face, are here with us today in spirit. We have no guarantees of the time of our own passing but until that time or my time I will miss them greatly as I miss you my family. Be kind to one another, and remember my words; for I have spoken to you from my heart of hearts. And you will always be in my prayers.
In the spirit of Crazy Horse and every Indian man or person that stood for their people,
Doksha
Leonard Peltier
Time to set him free... Because it is the RIGHT thing to do.
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee PO Box 7488, Fargo, ND 58106
Phone: 701/235-2206 E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.whoisleonardpeltier.info
Online donation site:
http://www.freedomwalk.com
If you would like to write to Leonard Peltier:
Leonard Peltier, #035;89637-132, USP Lewisburg, U.S. Penitentary, PO Box 1000, Lewisburg PA 17837
Leonard can only receive letters, cards, postcards, photos (not polaroid), and postal money orders for his commissary account. He loves to hear from all of you. He will respond as he has time and materials.
Friends of Peltier
http://www.FreePeltierNow.org
How can I help?
1. Be an army of one. Write letters, make phone calls, and fax your representatives in Congress. Ask them to support hearings into this case. Call the congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121 or visit: www.vote-smart.org
2. Help educate others. Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper, hold video showings, and distribute literature in your area about the Peltier case. Contact the LPDOC for resources.
3. Donate to the LPDOC. The LPDOC facilitates the national campaign to gain Peltier’s release and is the center of communication between Peltier, his supporters, the media, his attorneys, and his family. Your support is needed and appreciated! contact details above
4. Exercise your influence amongst your peers and educate them regarding Leonard & the human rights movement.
"No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in this together, my friends, the rich, the poor, the red, white, black, brown and yellow. We share responsibility for Mother Earth and those who live and breathe upon her..
..never forget that."
Leonard Peltier
international frontline music of today... most of the 80's anarcho punk plus a whole lot of ska, plenty of full-on dub reggae and a wee bit of hip hop but not that 'glock to the dome'/'I got more bling than you' shite.
Check out WWW.SCRAPRECORDS.COM or WWW.DIRTYSQUATTERS.COM
Or see 'CROWZONE' in friends list below...
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INNER TERRESTRIALS...
www.innerterrestrials.org.uk
sideways SUBHUMANS...!
www.citizenfish.com
Anything that shows a fairer view than the normal shite on TV/Hollywood
WHO NEEDS LOBOTOMY- WHEN WE'VE GOT THE ITV? WHO NEEDS ECT- WHEN THERES GOOD OLD BBC? SWITCH ON THE SET...LINE UP THE SCREEN... FANTASIZE AND DREAM ABOUT WOT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN... WHO NEEDS CONTROLLING WHEN THEY'VE GOT THE CATHODE RAY? THEY'VE GOT YOUR FUCKING SOUL... NOW THEY'LL FUSE YOUR BRAINS AWAY...
Anything festival, anarchist or punk related. BIG UP THE SCHNEWS POSSE!!!I recently interviewed Penny Rimbaud, Eve Libertine, Dick Lucas and Alice Nutter, on a variety of subjects, to try to raise funds for my local Sabs (see friends below) Having made nearly a hundred quid, alas, i have no further funds to get the 78 page zine, called 'Words of Wisdom?', printed again. However- you should be able to download it from here - (just the basic text of interview and one new pic by Gee Vaucher) Thanks to the kind folk at REKNAW for uploading zine to web- check out... www.reknaw.com
Any feedback appreciated- hope someone out there gains sommat from reading it...enjoy!! @@@@@@@
ANTIoh no its the pigs
AN ANIMAL...A HUMAN BEING- THERE REALLY AINT NO DIFFERENCE...
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA EAT YOUR MEAT... YOU MAY ASWELL EAT YOUR PARENTS.