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Intoxication Culture: A Straight Edge Anarchist Critique

From back cover: As much as I value destruction toward the creation of joyful rebellion, I refuse the self-destruction created by intoxication culture – a form of self-destruction driven by the inherent power imbalance between an individual and the (mental … Continue reading →

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Cut The Shit: For Vegans, Anarchists and Other Radical Folk Who Smoke

Did you know that American Spirits cigarettes are tested on animals? Did you know that some of the people picking your tobacco are children? Did you know that it takes one tree to wrap 300 cigarettes with paper? The zine … Continue reading →

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Is Straight Edge Political? A Fanzine on the Political Potential of Straight Edge

A few words before you start reading this fanzine here. First, let me briefly explain how I came up with the idea to address the question: Is Straight Edge political? I myself have been living drug-free for several years and … Continue reading →

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Out of Step With the World: Exploring Straight Edge as Anarchist Praxis (English & Spanish versions)

A zine that explores an anti-authoritarian overlap between straight edge and anarchism by exploring both the origins of the straight edge movement and the history of intoxication culture. Out of Step With the World_Exploring Straight Edge as Anarchist Praxis pdf … Continue reading →

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The Anarcho-Primitivist case for Straight Edge: Against His-Story, Against Alcoholocaust!

From back cover: “The foundations of colonial genocide bear the stench of a long and protracted alcohol induced nightmare — nearly every indigenous culture the Europeans encountered was destroyed by European alcohol and disease. The spreading of firewater among indigenous … Continue reading →

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Anarchy & Alcohol: Wasted Indeed & How The Fiends Came To Be Civilized

Text from the zine: “The foundations of colonial genocide bear the stench of a long and protracted alcohol-induced nightmare – nearly every indigenous culture the Europeans encountered was destroyed by European alcohol and disease. Th e spreading of firewater among … Continue reading →

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Confronting a Silent Assassin: Intoxication Culture in Resistance Movements

From back: “From an anarchist perspective, intoxication remains a source of contention. Many radical anti-capitalist anti-statists remain unaware of the ways intoxicants, stimulants, and depressants have been deployed by ruling classes throughout history as mechanisms for diminishing the self-defense capacities … Continue reading →

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One For The Resistance? Oppression, Anarchism & Alcohol

Text from the zine: “Aside from my personal aversion to alcohol and the abuse thereof, I strongly feel that alcohol consumption – and production – is a highly political issue, which anarchists should not ignore. In this article I will … Continue reading →

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