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(en) US, Building A Revolutionary Anarchist People Of Color Movement! - by Angel Gonzalez
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:27:56 +0100 (CET)
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The following is one person's account of the Anarchist People Of
Color Conference held in Detroit Oct. 3-5, 2003. Angel Gonzalez is a
revolutionary Puerto Rican/Spanish Anarchist living in Portland one of
three persons locally who attended the Conference. Angel works with
Revolutionary Anarchist People Of Color (a local APOC group),
Portland Anti Capitalist Action (www.pdxaca.org) and Burning Rose
Collective (part of a Northwestern federation of Anarchist-Communists
currently being organized.) You can contact him directly at
agitate@ziplip.com
It Is Our Duty To Fight!
It Is Our Duty To Win!
It Is Our Duty To Love Eachother And Protect Eachother!
Because We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains!
-Assata Shakur (Chant at the APOC Conference)
On October 3rd through the 5th approximately 140 people of color
convened, in Detroit, for the first time in U.S. history to discuss
revolutionary anarchist struggle. The event was by far the single most
inspiring and moving conferences in 12 years of anarchist organizing I
have attended. I can't imagine a time standing in a room with a hundred
or so people committing themselves to revolutionary struggle and
actually feeling it, actually believing that this is for real. That these
people are not playing at games and sincerely aim to see this revolution
through. Like the chant goes "we have nothing to lose but out chains!".
Let me break down the dynamics that played out. I have been to several
anarchist / anti authoritarian conferences and meetings, and as anyone
Building A Revolutionary Anarchist People Of Color Movement!
by Angel Gonzalez
Email: agitate (at) ziplip.com (unverified!) Current rating: 1
27 Oct 2003
The following is one person's account of the Anarchist People Of
Color Conference held in Detroit Oct. 3-5, 2003. Angel Gonzalez is a
revolutionary Puerto Rican/Spanish Anarchist living in Portland one of
three persons locally who attended the Conference. Angel works with
Revolutionary Anarchist People Of Color (a local APOC group),
Portland Anti Capitalist Action (www.pdxaca.org) and Burning Rose
Collective (part of a Northwestern federation of Anarchist-Communists
currently being organized.) You can contact him directly at
agitate@ziplip.com
It Is Our Duty To Fight!
It Is Our Duty To Win!
It Is Our Duty To Love Eachother And Protect Eachother!
Because We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains!
-Assata Shakur (Chant at the APOC Conference)
On October 3rd through the 5th approximately 140 people of color
convened, in Detroit, for the first time in U.S. history to discuss
revolutionary anarchist struggle. The event was by far the single most
inspiring and moving conferences in 12 years of anarchist organizing I
have attended. I can't imagine a time standing in a room with a hundred
or so people committing themselves to revolutionary struggle and
actually feeling it, actually believing that this is for real. That these
people are not playing at games and sincerely aim to see this revolution
through. Like the chant goes "we have nothing to lose but out chains!".
Let me break down the dynamics that played out. I have been to several
anarchist / anti authoritarian conferences and meetings, and as anyone
involved with the movement can imagine, they were inundated with
straight white men. The decision to create a People Of Color (POC)
only space for these discussions around experiences, and around
building bonds in a movement where most of us feel isolated, was
brilliant and moving. People from all over the country (KS, MD, IL, MA,
CT, NY, AZ, OH, LA, NC, CA,. NJ, TX, MI, PA, WA, OR, and even
Canada and Brazil) attended. There was a lot of discussion of the
hundreds of other comrades who could not make it. The desire to see
something like this happen, was clear, and we were doing it. It was
clear to everyone that not only were we making history, but we were
planting the seeds towards a new revolutionary movement.
The go arounds introducing ourselves on Saturday morning illustrated
another dynamic. People were for real. The vast majority in that room
were down for struggle in their communities, and in their workplaces. I
am used to the typical anarchist "I am in such and such anarchist
collective and do anarchy and punk blah blah" but the people here
worked with/against/around : immigration, aids activism, co-operatives,
queer/trans politics, housing, Palestinian solidarity, labor, Copwatch,
prison abolition, with low income pregnant women, student organizing,
working with gangs, youth, revolutionary radio, day labor, anarcho punk,
Zapatista solidarity, women's health, social services, popular education,
queer youth of color, self defense, military industrial complex, senior
citizen, farm workers... The cross section of work people were doing in
their communities was brilliant and an inspiration in and of itself. As
well the make of the group came from all walks of life young , old, queer,
women, men... I thought it was interesting that maybe 20 out of 140
identified as punk/hardcore as well. A dynamic that is grossly reversed
in the general anarchist movement. Which of course begs the question
why? Lastly it was also clear that there were people there who come
from 20 plus years of revolutionary struggle to those who had never
heard the word anarchism before in attendance. There were even a few
old Black Panthers there.
The organizers of the conference definitely had their hands full putting
everything into place. Workshops were rearranged as presenters
cancelled or showed up late. Which was a little frustrating, but the
workshops were not in my mind the sole reason I was there. I would say
that the workshops were either geared towards introducing those new
to anti-authoritarian community organizing such as Copwatch, or
Critical Resistance (prison abolition). Regardless though, the
presenters were generally amazing and on point, and the perspectives
were vastly different from other similar topics at other conferences I
had attended.
Some notes on workshops I attended. There were of course several
more which took place including Women of color only discussions,
queer anarchists of color discussions, POC and anti-war work, FTAA
organizing, alternatives to the NYPD, etc. a full list should be able to be
viewed on http://www.illegalvoices.org
ANARCHISTS IN THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
There was obviously a clear anti-Zionist anti-white settler colonialist
mentality amongst the participants. There was some group dynamic
issues with a couple over bearing men. But over all the discussion led to
how we can speak of and look at fighting US sponsored imperialism.
How people involved with Palestinian solidarity work looks at reaching
out to other communities. The discussion also led into what exactly as
Anarchist people of color do we envision as an alternative. The two
state idea is clearly taking a pro-imperialist stance as well as just
advocating a Palestinian state goes against basic anarchist anti-statist
ideas. Another question posed was 'does a state give you self
determination?'. How do we illustrate anti-statist ideas when building
solidarity with people who have no home. Is a state a home?
We talked about influencing debate, making crucial separation between
anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic bullshit. Making this in the forefront of our
dialogue. A discussion around the tendency of anarchists to rewrite
slogans when doing support work for other communities. That we need
to come at people from where they are at, using their language and only
going so far as these communities, our communities, can go. The
dynamics existing in this country right now have left many in Arab /
Muslim / immigrant communities terrified. We need to understand this,
and using slogans like 'Death To Israel' is not going to be speaking to
the struggles people are facing here in America when doing this work.
The recognition of Israel being a police state of US funding in the middle
east, and recognizing that being in the belly of the beast, understanding
and connecting the struggle of Palestinians to indigenous struggles here
and around the world, and working from within is our struggle.
ORGANIZING AGAINST THE US CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Two persons from Critical Resistance an prison abolitionist group and
one persons from Copwatch, a community police accountability and
monitoring group spoke on how they organize and why they organize.
Abolition is believing on faith. Like Christianity its about community
building, information sharing, history and practice. We need to believe,
and talk, and communicate it in a real way. In NYC Critical Resistance
has many projects underway including the development of dialogue as
to alternatives to incarceration, corresponding with prisoners, printing a
newsletter including prisoner input, implementing a visitation program,
developing multiple strategies, and finally holding arts and cultural
workshops. The idea behind these workshops is that activism lacks a
sustainable culture to keep it fueled, so thus setting up workshops
incorporating daily experiences with art and revolutionary culture to fuel
these fires. For example doing hip hop workshops and discussions
around the mainstream idea of prison as a right of passage for young
men.
The workshop broke down the three strategies of prison abolition work:
-Link up with cross issues -Sustainable community building -Paying
attention to needs, which includes playing into reform with the idea of
building for the future.
AFRO PUNK
"...for the longest time I used to identify as 'punk' first..."
Afro-Punk is a documentary directed by James Spooner, following the
stories of four African Americans within the punk rock subculture. The
stories of these persons is interspersed with dialogue with many other
musicians, artists, and participants within the punk community. Many
performances throughout as well. The film deals with a lot of issues
regarding cultural identity within punk, isolation and loneliness,
inter-racial dating, and cultural backlash. The room was packed during
the screening and the entire room enjoyed and in some way related to
the film. As James, who fielded questions after the film said, "try
replacing the work punk throughout the film with other white
subcultures or with society". People who knew nothing about punk rock,
people who were once active in this community, and those of us who
still have affiliations GOT the film. This film is highly recommended and
I will be trying to attain a copy to screen in Portland soon. Check out the
website at http://www.afropunk.com.
SATURDAY CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
The closing plenary on Saturday opened with the question "What does a
People Of Color Anarchism look like in our organizing?". The response
was overwhelming as the room took the question to heart detailing the
uniqueness of being POC within the anarchist movement. We talked of
our passion based on experience, and looking at our histories and
cultures for guidance. We talked about not looking to white models or
language to define ourselves or our work; to detach ourselves from
white leadership in the movement. As throughout the entire conference,
a focus on positivity, and community development. Having patience in
our work and building a sustainable committed movement. We
discussed out internalized oppression and having a sense of constant
healing and constant growth. And in general we discussed our
recognition that too often times gets overlooked amongst the general
anarchist community-that we ARE the people and we need to come at
our organizing understanding our communities concerns.
The discussion then went onto "What is needed to build this
movement?" Which led to many different means of organizing and
communicating towards building a sustainable revolutionary struggle.
[Saturday night, just to mention, Trumbleplex theatre in Detroit hosted
an off the hook party that was out of control till four am! All POC mosh
pit included to Latino hardcore - another historic moment!]
Sunday was a shorter day and was rushed into with much enthusiasm.
LYRICS ON LOCKDOWN:SLAMMING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX
This workshop dealt with a few workshops that we can use as tools in
talking about the Prison Industrial Complex in our communities. The
presenter took us through these workshops step by step, drawing on
peoples own interpretations of the individual words 'Prison' 'Industrial'
and 'Complex'. We developed our own definition of these words
collectively as whole to define it in a meaningful way from our own
language.
We then learned a few exercises in the Theatre Of The Oppressed,
which were fun, educational, and thought provoking.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY
The Critical Race Theory workshop had and air of tension throughout
the workshop. Critical Race Theory is a hyper-intellectualized idea and
was presented by members of RACE from the bay area. The language
of CRT is pretty intense. The pamphlet RACE handed out was more
than half definitions. The workshop went down hill primarily because of
the language, and the presenters defensiveness. People questioned not
the ideas but the intellectualized language. But this was
miscommunicated and led to some tension. So much so that the
workshop ended before it was even half way through. The presenters
said they had a plane to catch and left the room at this point.
Then something that I have never seen happen before happened.
Everyone in the room stayed there, and talked. We talked about what
had just happened in the workshop. We analyzed the power dynamics,
the miscommunications, the ideas that were said. Something that led to
making this workshop another inspiring moment throughout the
weekend.
BUILDING AN ANARCHIST PEOPLE OF COLOR MOVEMENT
This was the last workshop I attended. The conference was marred by
tension regarding two proposals for national APOC organizations to
form. It appeared as though most people at the conference while
recognizing a movements birth, at best felt skeptical about forming an
organization at this conference. The United Front Proposal was never
brought up as its presenters withdrew from the conference (you can
read the proposal at http://www.illegalvoices.org) and the APOC
Network proposal was instead turned into a development discussion
around what we need to do to create some sort of coherent movement in
the future. The questions posed were "what can we do in our
communities now?", what do we need in terms of
support/communication/and networking with non anarchists?", and
"where do we go from here?".
The first question of how is our work as anarchists best suited within
our communities of color. Many people brought the point of whether the
label 'anarchist' is essential in helping people to understand their own
self-empowerment. Another prominent idea was that we must approach
our respective communities and cultures with respect and come at it
within their frameworks, not ours; this also illustrates the need to look
where people are at and go from there. We need to see ourselves as
part of what's out there and to see and support the anarchism that
exists already in communities. We recognize anarchism is organic, and
also that we need to show our visions in our practice. This is revolution.
Again highlighted throughout the conference the need to understand our
histories, and the histories of the communities that we work within. We
need to build off of our relationships and break the isolationism that
traps us too often.
Five basic tenets were echoed throughout regarding networking with
non-anarchists:
-find common ground and be in the community
-bring together by using each others resources together
-focus ON community
-be honest when balancing our values and other groups as a basis for
building trust
-be humble -talk about how you can support, learn from mistakes and
support community decisions.
The ending of this workshop closed with the formation of at least five
organizing groups towards as many regional APOC conferences to be
held within the next year leading to another National APOC conference,
which was tentatively proposed to be held in NYC during the RNC next
year. There will also be many new networking and organizing tools
added to the APOC website http://www.illegalvoices.org/apoc
IN CLOSING
The first ever Anarchist People Of Color Conference was rushed in
such a short amount of time but has definitely given birth to a new
revolutionary anarchist struggle that will bear fruit in due time. The
energy level, the inspiration, the support and the foundation building of
solid relationships within our movement have taken hold and without a
doubt our struggle will build. Again like the chant says 'IT IS OUR
DUTY TO WIN'.
Thank you to all those who helped with fundraising (although for future
reference do the fundraising well ahead of the event, many people could
not come even though there was money available because the funds
were handed to us moments before the conference.) thank you to Russ
(MO), Emily (IL), Britta and the Bloomington House (MN)and the
Trumbleplex house for housing and food and good times. Also thanks to
the conference organizers for taking the time to organize this event and
give space for this seed to get its shit together and raise up a
movement.
Love and revolution-Angel Gonzalez
See also:
http://www.illegalvoices.org
involved with the movement can imagine, they were inundated with
straight white men. The decision to create a People Of Color (POC)
only space for these discussions around experiences, and around
building bonds in a movement where most of us feel isolated, was
brilliant and moving. People from all over the country (KS, MD, IL, MA,
CT, NY, AZ, OH, LA, NC, CA,. NJ, TX, MI, PA, WA, OR, and even
Canada and Brazil) attended. There was a lot of discussion of the
hundreds of other comrades who could not make it. The desire to see
something like this happen, was clear, and we were doing it. It was
clear to everyone that not only were we making history, but we were
planting the seeds towards a new revolutionary movement.
The go arounds introducing ourselves on Saturday morning illustrated
another dynamic. People were for real. The vast majority in that room
were down for struggle in their communities, and in their workplaces. I
am used to the typical anarchist "I am in such and such anarchist
collective and do anarchy and punk blah blah" but the people here
worked with/against/around : immigration, aids activism, co-operatives,
queer/trans politics, housing, Palestinian solidarity, labor, Copwatch,
prison abolition, with low income pregnant women, student organizing,
working with gangs, youth, revolutionary radio, day labor, anarcho punk,
Zapatista solidarity, women's health, social services, popular education,
queer youth of color, self defense, military industrial complex, senior
citizen, farm workers... The cross section of work people were doing in
their communities was brilliant and an inspiration in and of itself. As
well the make of the group came from all walks of life young , old, queer,
women, men... I thought it was interesting that maybe 20 out of 140
identified as punk/hardcore as well. A dynamic that is grossly reversed
in the general anarchist movement. Which of course begs the question
why? Lastly it was also clear that there were people there who come
from 20 plus years of revolutionary struggle to those who had never
heard the word anarchism before in attendance. There were even a few
old Black Panthers there.
The organizers of the conference definitely had their hands full putting
everything into place. Workshops were rearranged as presenters
cancelled or showed up late. Which was a little frustrating, but the
workshops were not in my mind the sole reason I was there. I would say
that the workshops were either geared towards introducing those new
to anti-authoritarian community organizing such as Copwatch, or
Critical Resistance (prison abolition). Regardless though, the
presenters were generally amazing and on point, and the perspectives
were vastly different from other similar topics at other conferences I
had attended.
Some notes on workshops I attended. There were of course several
more which took place including Women of color only discussions,
queer anarchists of color discussions, POC and anti-war work, FTAA
organizing, alternatives to the NYPD, etc. a full list should be able to be
viewed on http://www.illegalvoices.org
ANARCHISTS IN THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
There was obviously a clear anti-Zionist anti-white settler colonialist
mentality amongst the participants. There was some group dynamic
issues with a couple over bearing men. But over all the discussion led to
how we can speak of and look at fighting US sponsored imperialism.
How people involved with Palestinian solidarity work looks at reaching
out to other communities. The discussion also led into what exactly as
Anarchist people of color do we envision as an alternative. The two
state idea is clearly taking a pro-imperialist stance as well as just
advocating a Palestinian state goes against basic anarchist anti-statist
ideas. Another question posed was 'does a state give you self
determination?'. How do we illustrate anti-statist ideas when building
solidarity with people who have no home. Is a state a home?
We talked about influencing debate, making crucial separation between
anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic bullshit. Making this in the forefront of our
dialogue. A discussion around the tendency of anarchists to rewrite
slogans when doing support work for other communities. That we need
to come at people from where they are at, using their language and only
going so far as these communities, our communities, can go. The
dynamics existing in this country right now have left many in Arab /
Muslim / immigrant communities terrified. We need to understand this,
and using slogans like 'Death To Israel' is not going to be speaking to
the struggles people are facing here in America when doing this work.
The recognition of Israel being a police state of US funding in the middle
east, and recognizing that being in the belly of the beast, understanding
and connecting the struggle of Palestinians to indigenous struggles here
and around the world, and working from within is our struggle.
ORGANIZING AGAINST THE US CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Two persons from Critical Resistance an prison abolitionist group and
one persons from Copwatch, a community police accountability and
monitoring group spoke on how they organize and why they organize.
Abolition is believing on faith. Like Christianity its about community
building, information sharing, history and practice. We need to believe,
and talk, and communicate it in a real way. In NYC Critical Resistance
has many projects underway including the development of dialogue as
to alternatives to incarceration, corresponding with prisoners, printing a
newsletter including prisoner input, implementing a visitation program,
developing multiple strategies, and finally holding arts and cultural
workshops. The idea behind these workshops is that activism lacks a
sustainable culture to keep it fueled, so thus setting up workshops
incorporating daily experiences with art and revolutionary culture to fuel
these fires. For example doing hip hop workshops and discussions
around the mainstream idea of prison as a right of passage for young
men.
The workshop broke down the three strategies of prison abolition work:
-Link up with cross issues -Sustainable community building -Paying
attention to needs, which includes playing into reform with the idea of
building for the future.
AFRO PUNK
"...for the longest time I used to identify as 'punk' first..."
Afro-Punk is a documentary directed by James Spooner, following the
stories of four African Americans within the punk rock subculture. The
stories of these persons is interspersed with dialogue with many other
musicians, artists, and participants within the punk community. Many
performances throughout as well. The film deals with a lot of issues
regarding cultural identity within punk, isolation and loneliness,
inter-racial dating, and cultural backlash. The room was packed during
the screening and the entire room enjoyed and in some way related to
the film. As James, who fielded questions after the film said, "try
replacing the work punk throughout the film with other white
subcultures or with society". People who knew nothing about punk rock,
people who were once active in this community, and those of us who
still have affiliations GOT the film. This film is highly recommended and
I will be trying to attain a copy to screen in Portland soon. Check out the
website at http://www.afropunk.com.
SATURDAY CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
The closing plenary on Saturday opened with the question "What does a
People Of Color Anarchism look like in our organizing?". The response
was overwhelming as the room took the question to heart detailing the
uniqueness of being POC within the anarchist movement. We talked of
our passion based on experience, and looking at our histories and
cultures for guidance. We talked about not looking to white models or
language to define ourselves or our work; to detach ourselves from
white leadership in the movement. As throughout the entire conference,
a focus on positivity, and community development. Having patience in
our work and building a sustainable committed movement. We
discussed out internalized oppression and having a sense of constant
healing and constant growth. And in general we discussed our
recognition that too often times gets overlooked amongst the general
anarchist community-that we ARE the people and we need to come at
our organizing understanding our communities concerns.
The discussion then went onto "What is needed to build this
movement?" Which led to many different means of organizing and
communicating towards building a sustainable revolutionary struggle.
[Saturday night, just to mention, Trumbleplex theatre in Detroit hosted
an off the hook party that was out of control till four am! All POC mosh
pit included to Latino hardcore - another historic moment!]
Sunday was a shorter day and was rushed into with much enthusiasm.
LYRICS ON LOCKDOWN:SLAMMING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX
This workshop dealt with a few workshops that we can use as tools in
talking about the Prison Industrial Complex in our communities. The
presenter took us through these workshops step by step, drawing on
peoples own interpretations of the individual words 'Prison' 'Industrial'
and 'Complex'. We developed our own definition of these words
collectively as whole to define it in a meaningful way from our own
language.
We then learned a few exercises in the Theatre Of The Oppressed,
which were fun, educational, and thought provoking.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY
The Critical Race Theory workshop had and air of tension throughout
the workshop. Critical Race Theory is a hyper-intellectualized idea and
was presented by members of RACE from the bay area. The language
of CRT is pretty intense. The pamphlet RACE handed out was more
than half definitions. The workshop went down hill primarily because of
the language, and the presenters defensiveness. People questioned not
the ideas but the intellectualized language. But this was
miscommunicated and led to some tension. So much so that the
workshop ended before it was even half way through. The presenters
said they had a plane to catch and left the room at this point.
Then something that I have never seen happen before happened.
Everyone in the room stayed there, and talked. We talked about what
had just happened in the workshop. We analyzed the power dynamics,
the miscommunications, the ideas that were said. Something that led to
making this workshop another inspiring moment throughout the
weekend.
BUILDING AN ANARCHIST PEOPLE OF COLOR MOVEMENT
This was the last workshop I attended. The conference was marred by
tension regarding two proposals for national APOC organizations to
form. It appeared as though most people at the conference while
recognizing a movements birth, at best felt skeptical about forming an
organization at this conference. The United Front Proposal was never
brought up as its presenters withdrew from the conference (you can
read the proposal at http://www.illegalvoices.org) and the APOC
Network proposal was instead turned into a development discussion
around what we need to do to create some sort of coherent movement in
the future. The questions posed were "what can we do in our
communities now?", what do we need in terms of
support/communication/and networking with non anarchists?", and
"where do we go from here?".
The first question of how is our work as anarchists best suited within
our communities of color. Many people brought the point of whether the
label 'anarchist' is essential in helping people to understand their own
self-empowerment. Another prominent idea was that we must approach
our respective communities and cultures with respect and come at it
within their frameworks, not ours; this also illustrates the need to look
where people are at and go from there. We need to see ourselves as
part of what's out there and to see and support the anarchism that
exists already in communities. We recognize anarchism is organic, and
also that we need to show our visions in our practice. This is revolution.
Again highlighted throughout the conference the need to understand our
histories, and the histories of the communities that we work within. We
need to build off of our relationships and break the isolationism that
traps us too often.
Five basic tenets were echoed throughout regarding networking with
non-anarchists:
-find common ground and be in the community
-bring together by using each others resources together
-focus ON community
-be honest when balancing our values and other groups as a basis for
building trust
-be humble -talk about how you can support, learn from mistakes and
support community decisions.
The ending of this workshop closed with the formation of at least five
organizing groups towards as many regional APOC conferences to be
held within the next year leading to another National APOC conference,
which was tentatively proposed to be held in NYC during the RNC next
year. There will also be many new networking and organizing tools
added to the APOC website http://www.illegalvoices.org/apoc
IN CLOSING
The first ever Anarchist People Of Color Conference was rushed in
such a short amount of time but has definitely given birth to a new
revolutionary anarchist struggle that will bear fruit in due time. The
energy level, the inspiration, the support and the foundation building of
solid relationships within our movement have taken hold and without a
doubt our struggle will build. Again like the chant says 'IT IS OUR
DUTY TO WIN'.
Thank you to all those who helped with fundraising (although for future
reference do the fundraising well ahead of the event, many people could
not come even though there was money available because the funds
were handed to us moments before the conference.) thank you to Russ
(MO), Emily (IL), Britta and the Bloomington House (MN)and the
Trumbleplex house for housing and food and good times. Also thanks to
the conference organizers for taking the time to organize this event and
give space for this seed to get its shit together and raise up a
movement.
Love and revolution-Angel Gonzalez
See also:
http://www.illegalvoices.org
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