A-Infos (en) US, North Eastern Anarchist #15, 2011

The Northeastern Anarchist is the English-language magazine of the Northeastern Federation 
of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC), covering class struggle anarchist theory, history, 
strategy, debate and analysis in an effort to further develop anarchist-communist ideas 
and practice. -- Welcome to issue #15 of Northeastern Anarchist. This issue was edited by 
NEFAC members in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhodes Island, Massachusetts, with 
further contributions from our comrades in Ontario, Tennessee, Illinois, and California. 
This distributed means of editing and production seems to be working well for us so far, 
and we look forward to future collaboration. We’re starting things off right with an 
interview with bell hooks! ---- Amidst the recent economic crisis, our ongoing ecological 
crisis continues.

Forty years after the original Earth Day, our problems seem even more manifold and 
complex. Held in late 2009, the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Conference has widely 
been regarded as ending in failure. In 2010, the explosion at British Petroleum’s 
Deepwater Horizon oil rig has created the largest marine oil spill in the history of the 
petroleum industry--devastating the gulf coast and the lives of the people who were 
already hit hard by hurricane Katrina. The twin powers of global governance and 
multi-national corporations seem both unwilling and unable to address environmental 
destruction.

Sometimes, the rhetoric turns towards an eco- Keynesian stimulus of “green” capitalism and 
“green” jobs. The actuality of those promises are quite different. In this issue we are 
talking first hand to workers in the “new green economy” about the complications and 
contradictions of the efforts to reduce negative human impact on the environment within 
the context of societies dominated by capital markets and state bureaucracy. It’s not all 
bad news; but we are pessimistic that alternative technologies are enough to improve our 
situation without mass social movements capable of taking direct action for environmental 
justice.

We do have hope that humanity can turn things around and we invite further discussion on 
these issues.

This issue's contents:


FEATURE:
"How Do You Practice Intersectionalism? An Interview with bell hooks", Randy (NEFAC, Kentucky)

TRANSIT:
"Organizing Around Transit: At the Intersection of Environmental Justice and Class 
Struggle", Tom Wetzel (WSA, San Francisco)

"Transit and Environmental Justice in the Windy City", Mackel Garrison (Four Star, Chicago)

"New York Transit Workers Elect New Leaders: Can they Stop the Bosses' Onslaught?", WEB 
(NEFAC, NYC)

FOOD:
"A Fishy Future? Interview with a Recirculating Aquaculturist", Red Herring (NEFAC)

"An Anti-Civilization Mythology: A Review of Lierre Keith’s The Vegetarian Myth: Food, 
Justice and Sustainability", Abbey Volcano (NEFAC, Syracuse)

ENERGY:
"Ontario's Objective to Kick Start the Industry: A Dialog with a Solar Power Worker", 
Ashanti Cabral (Common Cause, Ontario)

"Your Pretty, All-Glass Building Isn't Green: The Truth About LEED and Green Building 
Design", Harry Tuttle

CRISIS:
"The Ecological Crisis is an Economic Crisis; the Economic Crisis is an Ecological 
Crisis", Wayne Price (NEFAC, NYC)

"Nature of the Period: Background and Perspectives", NEFAC

Letter to the Editor: "Response to Federici & Caffentzis", WEB (NEFAC, NYC)

EXTRAS:
The following articles do not appear in the print edition, but are available online:
"Capitalism Bleeding Gulf: BP’s Deepwater Horizon Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico", Frank 
Rizal (WSA, Florida)

Review of "Green Metropolis Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the 
Keys to Sustainability", Jason Lewis (Baltimore)
POSTER:
The print edition includes this beautiful poster of "Cassie the Caulker" from Rebecca Wilson:

Readers might also be interested in:
The Ecological Challenge: Three Revolutions are Necessary, Alternative Libertaire, 
published in North Eastern Anarchist #13, 2008
Right To Know Committee: Southwest Philadelphia Workers And Residents Fight Back!, Strike #1
Lethal Labor: Meet the Tunnel Rats, Sophie Morgan, Insubordinate #1
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