An open letter to the Bay Area Anarchist Community

I have been part of a lot the demonstration against the Marine recruiters in Berkeley; in some of them I demonstrated waterboarding, showing people that waterboarding is torture. I’m an Anarchist, but I was very disappointed to not see any anarchists participate in shutting down the recruiting office. Shouldn’t we be part of eliminating the ways in which the state preys on kids to solicit them to next war for rich? Shouldn’t Anarchists in the bay-area be at the front of the campaign to close the local-forces of the state? In many other cities Anarchists has tried and were part of challenging the local army recruiters, what the fuck is the bay-area anarchist community doing to confront this shit?

Look, I don’t agree with a lot of the politics of Code Pink, World Can’t Wait, the RCP, etc., but engaging in direct anti-recruitment action is profoundly important right now, whether your agenda is anarchist, communist, or socialist.
Fuck state power! And let’s be clear, the right wing groups like A Gathering of Eagles, and Move America Forward, are not only all about state power, but they want state power to be used to crush us. They represent the most reactionary elements of the state which support the most disgusting acts performed by “our troops,” from the bombing of Falluja to the torture of Iraqi civilians, to supporting the mercenary pigs of Blackwater.
You can argue that world can’t wait, Answer, and code pink are authoritarian groups, but who do you see wielding the ax at your throat the most, right now as you read these words? What is needed right now is direct confrontation of these right-wing assholes who are coming to our area, in order to silence and keep us in line (oink!). Think what great advancement and opportunities will come if the Marine station closes down, we can already see the great amount of debate and polarization that is happening just by challenging the existence of one military recruitment center. Let’s turn up the heat!!!

Are we just going to passively sit here and allow these right wing political Nazis, to come to Berkeley and enforce their will on us? Let’s shut down the recruiting office, and mobilize people to shut down the war machine, which will only make the March 19 action more effective.

Monday, Feb 11, from 7:00 p.m. to Tuesday Feb 12, 7 p.m. a vigil in front of the Berkeley City Council, the right wing groups are going to be there all day.