“We need condos babel tall to the sky!”- War on the poor in downtown St. Louis
On Thursday, September 6, in the latest move to displace the homeless, the city of St. Louis closed off the sidewalks of the 1400 block of Locust St. in front of Larry Rice’s New Life Evangelistic Center. The following was first published at CASINO*TOWN*POETS in reaction to the city’s latest move and to the attitudes of […]
An Open Letter to Occupy Regarding the Controversy Over “Demands” and the Movement’s Way Forward
The following article was written by anarchist political prisoner Sean Swain in response to an article in Rolling Stone “Why Occupy Needs to Start Making Demands.” To write to Sean, see his address below. A recent article in Rolling Stone presented a picture of Occupy divided over the issue of “demands.” According to the […]
Watch Your Back
As yet another college semester begins, one less rapist will be returning to St. Louis University – but only for one semester. At a Take Back the Night event on SLU campus this past Spring, 30 or more people marched through SLU’s campus carrying banners which read “Touch me and I’ll fucking Kill you” and […]
Non-violence Must be Anti-Police
The following is a letter to the editor published in the Summer 2012 edition of The RoundTable, a publication of the St. Louis Catholic Worker Community. Dear Roundtable, I appreciated the latest issue about the occupation movement. It seems to me that the Roundtable offers a practice of concrete analysis of current social movements and […]
In the Spirit of Stonewall: Reflections on PRIDE and Queer Assimilation
Long gone are the days when our bars were raided by the police on a daily basis, when trannies carried bricks in their purses to swing at the cops, and pumps were both a fashion statement and a weapon. We have lost the sexual liberation we once found at truck stops and bath houses. Gone […]
On “The Icarus Project” – experiences from a St. Louis participant
The following text was published recently in the latest issue (volume 12) of “Soliloquies From Strange Dislocales” – a zine of poetry and prose of mad-pride, surrealist rebellion, and rebellious surrealism. The entire issue can be downloaded here: sols.pdf Here are documents which concerns St. Louis Icarus Project itself and something crafted for a film […]
Local community member visited by FBI
This morning 2 agents from the local FBI office visited a member of the St. Louis radical community. They first went to this individuals parents home where they were given this persons home address. The individual was approached at home and taken to the local office and asked a few questions. They were asked ‘if […]
One Year Anniversary of Scott Perry’s Murder
SCOTT PERRY, MURDERED BY THE STATE One year ago yesterday, guards at the St. Louis Justice Center held Scott Perry against his will, refused him medical treatment and let him bleed to death. Scott is one of six people known by name to have died in custody in St. Louis in the past few years […]
In Defense of Graffiti and Those Who Write
“The ugliness of buildings excites vandalism” -Raoul Vaneigem “Society gets the kind of vandalism it deserves” -Banksy “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress” -Frederick Douglass (from a wheat-pasted poster in Toronto) Take a walk through the heart of any American city and you will see two things: […]
Chicago Solidarity Demonstration In St. Louis Ends With Arrests After Police Scuffle
On the evening of May 24th, 30 to 40 people converge to voice their anger against the brutal repression of Anti-NATO protesters by the Chicago Police Department. Protesters from around the world met in Chicago the weekend of May 19, to confront the NATO summit. During this three demonstrators were arrested for an alleged terrorism […]