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COALITION TO DECRIMINALIZE POVERTY,
Santa Cruz, CA

1. Police made only a token presence at this week's Wednesday Food Not Bombs
meal on Pacific Avenue mall today, which drew about 250 people. After the
food was served, San Francisco FNB provided an open mike rally, which was
followed by a march & sit-down at Book Shop Santa Cruz. Mayor Scott Kennedy
& councilman Neal Coonerty, owner of Book Shop Santa Cruz appeared on the
scene & spoke amid heckling and heated rebuttals. The rally continued at Book
Shop Santa Cruz for several hours.

2. This response is in stark contrast to last week's Wednesday meal, during
which half of Santa Cruz's police force showed up in riot gear & arrested
55 people for sitting on the sidewalk. For two hours police made arrests,
and others would sit in their place. When police left there were as many
sitting on the sidewalk as when they started. Police returned later and
sealed off several blocks when youth began throwing rocks through business
windows. Several participants were charged with resisting arrest, and two
were held for two days when they refused to sign their sitting ban tickets.

3. Seven participants of a week-long World Peace Vigil, which included a
nightly camp-out on Pacific Avenue to protest the camping ban will be going
up for pre-trial on Friday, May 20. Charges include violation of the
camping ban and conduct on public property.

Crys-Vad Hyphus,
CWSC/Industrial Worker, S.C. bureau



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hi deke, vad here; your call woke me up enough to get on line and send
what i wrote before i crashed up to iww.news L&R, & Resist!. i was too beat
to even get on line once i'd written it!

i'm really stoked about CopWatch; it looks like we have a core that will
make it happen this time. tai's hot to get it going in our neighborhood, and
the group includes (gasp!) a couple of new people. we really had it together
today in terms of communication & carrying through with what we planned at
our strategy meeting.

we're burnt out down here; most of us main organizers for the coalition left
feeling really down despite our successes today. i think we're getting so
tired that it's getting hard to imagine really pulling together a long-term
sustainable thing. we really don't know where to go from here, and our
process is so bad that it's a drain in and of itself.

i listened to celine & rene on `closet-free radio' on KZSC on monday; it went
pretty well. FW Bob called in and said he's doing copwatch, food not bombs,
that he's a wobbly, and went on to talk about the vigil, etc. it was rad.

anders got some really good pictures of last week; he's going to give me
some copies. there's one shot of you that's really cool. anders did really
well in organizing the march portion of today's event; he even produced lots
of little handbills saying "march to BSSC in 5 min" so word got passed real
fast without any announcement ever being made until we were off. i was so
gratified to see someone else taking some initiative to help out.

anyway, i'm starting to get that tired feeling again. i'll see ya tomorrow.
vad.

From vad Wed May 18 10:15:39 1994
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hi deke, vad here; i got a message to call you or e-mail to you. since it's
2:40 a.m., i'm gonna e-mail.

i've been running myself ragged, alternating between productive activity &
profound depression. i never got off my bulletin for last week, but FW Bob
just put together a fabulous scrapbook-like zine that he's copying tonight
that i intend to send to sundry IWW branches. i'll have my chance again
tomorrow, i guess.

we got a branch meeting scheduled for this coming sunday, at 7 p.m., the 
place as yet unconfirmed, as well as a copwatch meeting tomorrow at noon. 
the last coalition meeting was hell but wetook a big step in 
self-definition when we nailed down what our demands are: we stand for 
the position of no compromise (consensus!) on repeal of the ordinances & 
the camping ban.

la familia center kicked food not bombs out this week. they say a vcr was 
stolen, but we think the political pressure has something to do with it. 
i'm rather sad to see such allies drop us in a pinch like this. not very 
surprised, but sad. we still don't have a new shed either, and we have to 
be out of the old one by june 1. 

matt miscreant returned for a few weeks. as i suspected he intends to 
move to NYC. he is to be the next paid staff person of L&R. he's pretty 
much as he was, only more so. he spent a week in EZLN-occupied territory, 
and so has some interesting perspectives. he is staying with eric gross, BTW.

i went to the legal support committee meeting tonight; i think our legal 
support will be significantly more organized than last time. i do not 
want to be arrested this time, as i want to do copwatch & news reporting.

robert flory & i figured out how to transfer x-modem files from machine 
to machine; we succeeded in transferring several files from tony mellow's 
computer (@ linda lemaster's house) to alexander. i'll finally be able to 
get a copy of qmodem for this system; a program that is a lot better than 
geocomm.

well, i'm beat, so i'm gonna go.
yours for the revolution,
vad.


From vad Tue May 24 16:28:49 1994
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From: vad (Crys-Vad Hyphus)
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Subject: fabulous realities
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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 09:28:48 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke, vad here; i can hardly begin to express what i'm feeling right 
now, but it's good, real good...

someone donated 10 gallons of beer from a wedding to food not bombs last 
night, so we had one of the best parties i've ever been to here. maile & 
lisa brought theri tv & vcr over, and showed an incredible video 
documentary on what's been going down. i will send you a copy asap cuz i 
know you'll max out its usefulness to limits of your imagination.

thanks to fw miscreant, i got rent covered this next month here; i still 
can't believe it. earlier yesterday ginny proposed holding a benefit for 
"copwatch & vad's rent." no, really! "because you bust your ass 
organizing," she says. i love the SCGMB, too, and apparently it loves me too.
fw miscreant & i are getting together at 4 p.m. today to discuss CWSC. i 
just dug my calendar out of my jacket pocket & found $2.00 someone must 
have given me last night after my memory failed. did i say i can't believe 
this shit?

maile got a modem for her birthday, so i'll personally help her connect 
it and get her on line as soon as we can get together. we were going to 
do it last night, but then the beer came, and even she drank some! i wish 
i could remember the end of last night. really!

fw bob is looking into getting an advance from his boss & selling his 
truck to move in here. i wish him the best of luck. if i had the money 
i'd give it to him. i never woulda imagined.

prospects look good for me staying in your old room, the way the room
availability dialogue is being framed. sean is getting laid, which makes
him 80% more pleasant to interact with, and he is practically living at
his lover's these days.

well, i gotta go; i think someone wants to use the phone, so i'm going to 
food not bombs.

yours for, as always, the revolution,
vad.


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hi deke, vad here again; i made it to food not bombs & ran into fw gene, 
who says hi. he's planning on visiting the city soon, so if you can give 
me your work phone again i'll pass it on.

i can't thank you enough for the security deposit beyond assuring you 
that the campbell street resource will continue to serve the community as 
it has for so long. i don't know what cory's talking about, actually. i 
showed the house to three people last night, and we have a list of six 
people who are interested in the two rooms opening up on june 1.

i meant to ask you if MDC would be willing to play a warehouse benefit 
for copwach/dan gee welcome back party sometime soon after june 14. ginny 
& monica are interested in organizing such an event, and dan gee as the 
guest of honor is so very poetic.

there's going to be a downtown workers' association meeting tonight; it 
looks like the energy is just right for finally launching this for real.

my headache hasn't gone away yet. i got reports that i was so drunk i 
couldn't stand without teetering, and was loud and belligerent, though i 
didn't offend anyone except someone i met & didn't like earlier that 
evening, whom i kicked out shortly before i crashed, so the report goes.

the new sciww account came at a perfect time now that maile is on line. 
i'll start notifying everyone i can think of soon. please relay my thanks 
to tom.

yours for the revolution,
vad.


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hi deke,

i just got the scoop on what's been going down here; perhaps it explains 
what cory was hinting at. it appears that chriss left without paying a 
lot of her bills, and kat & andy persuaded chriss's friend emily to give 
them chriss's deposit to apply towards these bills. chriss claims she 
didn't owe anything, so emily ended up paying twice. it is for this 
reason that emily is moving out next month. if it wasn't bad enough that 
chriss tried to screw the house & screwed her friend instead, chriss went 
around telling everyone that *you* ripped off the house and spent it all 
on smack. nobody *i* know believes that shit, but that's what's been going 
around. what a fucking bitch! this situation contributed to kat & andy's 
giving notice.

what a vortex! i'm sorry to tell you how chriss sought to sacrifice your 
reputation for her own, but since you have defended her in the past, i 
thought you should know how she returns such favors.

yours for the revolution,
vad.

From vad Thu May 26 04:29:01 1994
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hi deke,

well maile's fully on-line, though not up to the whopping 14,500 bps 
capacity of this modem. for some reason the cats 9600-baud access line 
kept hanging up, so we're slugging along at 2400. she's been to wps & we 
changed the sciww password, as well as having visited peacenet. i got her 
software installed & configured, and she has the copy of Unix for 
Dummies. Her software is really powerful; it's the same software matt m has.
our side just got stronger.

we had a downtown workers' assn meeting two days ago, with a turnout of 
about 8 people, including marco, who's really hot to get involved. i 
never could locate that "homes for all" thing for him, though. we will be 
getting a phone number & setting up a new newsletter. we divided up tasks 
in an accountable fashion, so i really think its gonna happen.

also, linda lemaster  has a copy of that video for you, which i'll get 
out asap. it's certainly not without its faults, but it's a small step 
towards getting some kind of video documentation going. matt m paid his 
dues to me, so i'll get that branch mailing out soon.

maile has joined love & rage, so we will be working together to 
distribute L&R and other literature. i don't think CWSC can do more than 
that at this time, but that's where that lays. she & i have the P.O. box 
keys now.

maile is working on an article for L&R on S.C. FNB, so look for that.
well, i gotta go, so, goodbye, and know that i'm yours, as always, for 
the revolution,
vad.


From deke Thu May 26 07:12:29 1994
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> 
> hi deke,
> 
> well maile's fully on-line, though not up to the whopping 14,500 bps 
> capacity of this modem. for some reason the cats 9600-baud access line 
> kept hanging up, so we're slugging along at 2400. she's been to wps & we 
> changed the sciww password, as well as having visited peacenet. i got her 
> software installed & configured, and she has the copy of Unix for 
> Dummies. Her software is really powerful; it's the same software matt m has.
> our side just got stronger.

Well, yea for our side! I'm *really* excited about all this; I'll go off 
in a sec...

> we had a downtown workers' assn meeting two days ago, with a turnout of 
> about 8 people, including marco, who's really hot to get involved. i 
> never could locate that "homes for all" thing for him, though. we will be 
> getting a phone number & setting up a new newsletter. we divided up tasks 
> in an accountable fashion, so i really think its gonna happen.

(P.S. The Homes For All thing is in the possesion of FW Shyka, at least, 
that's where I last handed it... the FW involved is FW Eugene Nelson, 
4930 Webster St., Oakland CA  94609. I believe we were to be one of his 
first stops; contact GHQ for a phone #, but it should be possible to 
reach him by standard means, even at this late date...)

I'm so very pleased to know that through the turbulence is coming new 
growth. As much as I had to let go either way, it was sort of an ultimate 
test for me to walk away from that branch, which I love so dear, and see 
if it sank or swam. It was sorta the gamble I took when I moved down 
there-- "Is this IWW organizing thing for real??? I mean, the End-Up is 
cute, *but* 1) can it really happen from scratch (i.e. a vacuum?), and 2) 
can it survive my absence, after such primary (and personal) involvement? 
     It hasn't been *that* long since I left, but it didn't take that 
long after I'd left for things to fall apart in S.F. (No, Really!) What 
it seems to be, to me, is that 1) it grows *best* in a vacuum! Life's 
only alternative response is to give up and die. Things die, but life 
*never* gives up! The wobblies are a kind of living consciousness (at the 
risk of sounding *religious* or some shit...) Also, 2) Hell yes! My 
physical presence is not the same as my being there for something. It's a 
lot to do with my current realm of organizing (xref that mail I've been 
trading with Jeff Ditz, and you've only seen some of it! Still I won't 
communicate directly with Jon Bekken. Whatever-- I just utterly refuse to 
acknowledge his existence. The vacuum is the challenge; his growth is the 
direct response. Anything less is, well, pulling a Chriss. But I digress...)
     P.S. I'm secretly madly in love with *each and every one* of you 
S.C. wobs! And of course, the scandal doesn't stop there! or I wouldn't 
be the Deke Motif...

> also, linda lemaster  has a copy of that video for you, which i'll get 
> out asap. it's certainly not without its faults, but it's a small step 
> towards getting some kind of video documentation going. matt m paid his 
> dues to me, so i'll get that branch mailing out soon.

     Send me one! SVP.
     Also, I'll be glad to work that video every chance I get; more on 
that in a sec...

> maile has joined love & rage, so we will be working together to 
> distribute L&R and other literature. i don't think CWSC can do more than 
> that at this time, but that's where that lays. she & i have the P.O. box 
> keys now.

Way cool. (Settling for information redistribution, eh? Same charge 
*could* be levelled against me, but, I have the nerve to think I'm even 
of direct usefulness to the *revolution* in Santa Cruz from up here, in 
*sleazy*, *decadent* Sin City (I'm afraid I mighta mislead FW Miscreant 
about NYC on that point, but that's too complex for text-based 
monologue...) 
     Meanwhile, in addition to getting SC shit out to the world, and the 
world into SC, I can already see signs that my departure opened up whole 
*fuckloads* of new space for other FWs (of whichever gender proclivities) 
to get involved. That means the branch, and all it touches and all that 
touches it, gets fresh flows of energy, and isn't stagnating. *Yea For 
Our Team!!!* Is that what's happened to other branches in recent 
*decades*? The same people, doing the same things (or *not!* doing), year 
after 
year after year kept the pond stagnant? Just a wild glimpse of conjecture 
there...
     Meanwhile, in addition to this *job* thing, and all the coolness 
connected with that, and Tom in general, and my happenin' shit in 
particular, there's FNB, and HNJ, and BACORR... it's got me putting in 
days like... well, like I used to put in in SC! (Except, instead of 
18-hour shifts for the revolution, 8 of those 18 hours is for work and 
$$$, and access, etc.etc.) I'm no richer (yet), but I eat better, and 
we're better-connected, in a two-way kinda way. SHeeeit-- this summer is 
lookin Heavy on the BACORR scene. (Like it isn't with FNB. As for HNJ, 
well-- that's a constant, now *isn't* it? Maybe we should ask Marco about 
that... ANYway). I gotta remember to take it easy. (Oh yeah-- *that's* 
why I went back to being a slut!!! BTW, so Sean scored anew. I pity the 
fool, but you don't have to tell either of them I said so, no *really*. 
I'm counting on my, er, change of "lifestyles" (TM) to make that 
clear(er) *for* me...)
     Well, Tai's coming in tomorrow evening, and not only will I download 
to *her* about currently-developed details (so much more *secure* than 
this e-mail, n'est 
pas? tho' this email channel's so much more secure than that last one, 
and there's a fwd pending on *that* [not ucscb.etc in particular... yet..]), 
but *also*, I have a relatively FABulous time in mind for her. As 
I hope I did for you. Actually, I think you, Vad, may know the secret (it 
involves coming down to SC next Tues. evening, to get my shit, and 
Demian's too), but don't tell unless it's important for the revolution 
that others know (which it may be, as I hope others are around to meet 
our Driver!!! *Yes* really!!!) We have a lot to catch up on... ALL of us...
     Which is why I hope my *new home!!!* (and Demian's too!!!) will make 
it so that *more* FABulous FWs come up here and visit us, here in sleazy, 
decadent... oh, you know!!! And likewise, I presume...

> maile is working on an article for L&R on S.C. FNB, so look for that.

I will!!! Please send me a Cc:.

> well, i gotta go, so, goodbye, and know that i'm yours, as always, for 
> the revolution,
> vad.
> 
> 

Likewise to all of you!!! (I'm crossing into my 19thy hour later [awake] 
and simply *must* go, tho I'd sure love to keep fillin' y'all in!)

Maile, and Lisa! please feel free to write me anytime, about anything, 
and I'll do likewise! Vad, please share *this* with them! At the moment, 
I generally check this mail at *all hours*, but I'm hoping to stabilize 
that at a mere *many* times a day...

Meanwhile, I remain, to all of you,
Yours For The Revolutions,
--Deke
 

From vad Thu May 26 04:08:06 1994
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From: vad (Crys-Vad Hyphus)
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Subject: FNB, etc.
To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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hi deke,

FNB was pretty peaceful today. it seems that the city has concluded that 
de-escalation is where it's at. they even blocked off the parking lot, 
leaving us plenty of room. a good thing, too, as the crowd was huge. the 
city did quite a lot to publicize food not bombs, i'd say. B.D. hung a 
banner in front of cat `n' canary that said "down with unjust laws & 
police brutality." i left with maile early to get her on line, but lisa 
was there, and ...

Lisa here (I'm the one using capital letters).  It was a pretty trippy 
scene on the mall today-- mostly a happy hippie drum circle, lines and 
lines of people waiting to get soup.  It was "uneventful" in a cd/legal 
sense, except that around 6 p.m., two cops went over to our 
abovementioned  banner and watched the crowd while leaning against the 
lamppost from which it was hung (they would have been in violation of the 
panhandling ordinance had they asked for change-- maybe they were in 
violation of the conduct ordinance about not "misusing" public 
property?).  So, Robert N, Kim, Linda, Lisa G. and I went over to the 
banner, by the cops, and sat down right under it, in flagerant violation 
of section 9.50.012 (no sitting).  Well, they didn't know what to do.  I 
even did a "flagerant lounging/sprawling" move to see what would happen, 
but people just applauded.  About 5 minutes later, the police, having 
done nothing so far, quietly moved on down the street, away from the 
demo.  Yeah for us!  Instant police repellant:  just add activists!


From vad Sat May 28 04:18:20 1994
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To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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hi deke; i'm on line over at maile's; for some reason wps wasn't 
responding this morning. she telnetted and it said it was trying, and 
then gave some message to the effect that some host wasn't responding. do 
you know why this may have happened?

well, anyway, i'm going to help maile finish & send her fnb article 
tonight; this after a long but good legal meeting tonight. legal is so 
together, you wouldn't believe (i wouldn't have!). suffice it to say at 
this point that the courts are going to have a big problem on their hands 
for the next few months!

i was wondering if you could send me copies of harry's GEB reports when 
you get the chance. no hurry, but i left them at GA. i also am missing 
one of fred chase's GEB reports, the one where he voted for the new IW 
computer. i did not see it in the file when i was making copies. it was 
that purchase that originally spurred tai & i to get the reports in the 
first place.

well, maile just called me for dinner, so i gotta go...
vad.



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Subject: hi there...
To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 01:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke, vad here; just checking the GMB mail; it's been more active than 
ever! i gotta figure out how to use these elm folders! we've got 60 
messages and i don't yet know the equivalent of mbox or how to get back 
to new mail once i've changed folders. it's amazing how much we can get 
done with so little knowledge!

tai & i just got back from making copies of 50 enveloped fancy 
invitations to her food not bombs volunteer & friend banquet for june 2 
at 5 (thanks to a donation from her relatives) which we produced on our 
computer right before. hung out with wolfe for a while...

tai & i intend to put a deposit on louden nelson tomorrow, which will 
probably wipe the scgmb general fund out. it says something that we're 
putting up most of what we've raised behind our proposal. i really hope we can 
all pull together down here as delegates (including the non-delegate 
delegates)  & collect the votes we need.

maile commented tonight how wierd it is to be trying to *pursuade* people 
to do an action, but i realized later that persuading people to take 
direct action in their lives is what i really feel i need to be saying 
as a wobbly. i realized tonight while hanging with wolfe that the scgmb 
is so diverse that there are parts of it i have little contact with, 
people with very different problems in their lives from mine, people 
with different modes of life united only in the knowledge that we're all 
getting screwed by the one big company town.

i'm glad i got this room here; my down payment for the assembly has only 
begun. amid everything else i may be doing this summer i will nurture my 
fellow activists as much as i can; providing a safe space to eat good 
food and hang out and making fancy invitations are good things for that; 
if you could have seen raphael's face when i gave him his invitation at 
kinko's tonight while *he* was there with cory doing *their* work... i 
just hope i can pay my bills! (and i'm *chained* to this goddamn 
phone... no, really!)  

vad,
yours for the revolution.



From vad Fri May 27 02:53:15 1994
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Subject: not to stuff your box, but...
To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 19:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke, vad here; i don't want to stuff your box with a bunch of 
personal stuff that takes too much of your time, but i just had the most 
fabulous day! right after getting back from marco's bob, kim, rob f., & 
chris brozda (yes, that's chris brozda!) came over with the rest (!) of 
the beer that was donated, as well as some other things i like.

then bob & chris pulled that file cabinet out of the bowling alley & set 
it up in this room; making the task of going through this stuff much 
easier. i've started to do that, by the way, so rest assured that this 
room will be ready for your arrival on tuesday.

then i had one of the best conversations i've ever had with sean. not 
that we really talked about anything deep; we just talked about getting a 
meeting of him, ginny, & myself to deal with selecting new housemates. i 
was really afraid that there would be some lingering wierdness between 
us, but it just didn't seem to be there.

then fw gene came by, and told me about this new 65-page report he did on 
community policing. we talk about the wobblies for a while, and takes the 
two most recent issues of the IW as well as one of bob's pamphlets, which 
he saw for the first time.

then matt m came over & gave me a 12-speed he said he got to go to campus 
& back, and takes me out to the asian rose restaurant for one of the best 
meals i've had out in years!

i get back & marco calls and tells me he talked with anders & matt s., 
and that they're renting a room, and marco's been calling around to get 
radio announcements.

and i'm just thinking maybe i'll just go to the campfire tonight & hang 
out outside for a change, 'cause i'm just speechless about how my world 
affirmed me today (for this week, for that matter!). i feel valuable & 
valued. i just had to tell you, 'cuz you're among the best friends i've 
ever had (and i go for quality, too!).

yours for the revolution,
vad.

From vad Tue Jul 19 00:00:09 1994
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Subject: the GST...
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 17:00:08 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke;

i got your e-mail message, as well as a message to call you at work. i 
did so, but only got an answering machine. i'll try again later. rest 
assured that i'm 100% behind you, in spirit if not in body.

we got our first response to our report, from none other than FW bekken! 
what the hell does unsealed mean if it doesn't mean ballots not sealed in 
the inner envelope, anyway?

grrrrr

yours for the continuing revolution,
vad.


From vad Fri Jul  8 21:21:44 1994
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Subject: cruzcorr, UN, other stuff
To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 14:21:44 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke; i was hoping to find that thing about the UN's investigation of 
the Keith McHenry stuff to pass along to FNB; i'm sure they'd love to 
hear all about this.

SCFNB is back to being totally fucked up over the nonviolence thing; i 
expect don fong's thing clued you in to the fact that some people have 
issues... i am really amazed that it is so difficult for people to come 
together enough to agree that someone who repeatedly engages in acts of 
battery should be excluded.

artemis & the lesbian avengers have been filling the cruzcorr void, 
thankfully, in conjunction with R&R! and a few fellow workers. i've been 
providing phone & internet access.

maile, gene, peter j. & i discussed some of the election issues; i intend 
to send some e-mail to josie asking for more details on their situation & 
what they would like to see happen. i feel like i'm in a bit of a vacuum 
here. infiltration or not, i really feel compelled to stand up to what 
appears to be unconscionable irregularities in this election. at the same 
time, the SCGMB proposal was intended to be a unifying thing; putting the 
assembly itself in limbo would probably be divisive & could engulf the 
SCGMB in a faction fight.

the general mood of those i talked to seemed to try to set a middle 
course, suggesting a critique of the process while accepting the results. 
my concern is that such a tack will not send a strong enough message. i 
don't want to see us be too moderate! i don't want to be part of driving 
the last nails in the IWW's coffin either. my agony over this has only 
begun, i fear.

so you got carlos's proposals. i have reservations about them, but it's 
nice to see evidence that there are more decentralists around than i 
realized. we're gonna have our regional gathering whether the 
international comes or not.

well, gotta run, so soli,

yours for the revolution,
vad.


