Students revolt in Australia

Perth, Australia: DECEMBER 12th- The Arson Squad is investigating fires at Rossmoyne Seinoir High School and Seaforth Primary School over the weekend which have caused $40,000 in damages. Education Minister Ljiljanna Ravlich say the School Watch Hotline has recieved more than 3,000 calls this year reporting susicious activity at schools. WA government say that $4.5 million has been spent cleaning up vandalism at Perth schools this year.

Blackout in PA

South Middleton, PA: NOVEMBER 21ST- Vandalism at South middleton's electrical substation was the sourse of last wensdays power outage that blacked out part of three counties according to police at Charlisle. they say the outage- which knocked out power to 20,000 costomers in adams, cumberalnd, and york counties- was caused when someone shot at the electrical "sting" insulators that hold high voltage wires at the Zion Road substation. South Middleton, Dickenson, and Monroe townships where affected. the sabotage coused $300,000 dollars in damage. power was out for up to six hours, some schools where caused to close.

government building target of arson in Australia

Mount Isa, Australia. DECEMBER 12th West St. 3:15 AM- An alleged arson attack destroyed the administration building of the Council Works Department in the early hours of sunday morning. this was the latest in a series of long-running attacks made towards council property. "ther have been break-ins there but this is the first time someone has set it on fire" said Cr McCullough. "it will inconvinience us greatly and cost us a great deal of money", "we had to remove roof sheeting, but the fire destroyed about 30% of the building" he also commented. there are no suspects at this time.

UNDER CONTROL, OR OUT OF CONTROL: the formation of society and the deinition of bounderies

You've probably heard these phrases before; from parents to policemen, and maybe even from yourself. 'everything is under control' or 'this is out of control'. The policemen stands in front of the video camera to assure the public that everything is under control, that nothing is out of control and they can rest assured that (the unnamed thing) is secure. So what is it they are trying to secure? What is it that is either under control (good), or out of control (bad)? They are trying to secure, or fix in place, the behavior of people, other animals, or plants to fit within the boundries of society, which is to say within the relm of control/inside the gates. the phrase "to be under control", is very clear on what the dynamics of that relationship are. To be beneith the Control, the limiter. This seems to imply that Control is not merely a way of acting but a dominating force unto itself, almost independent of the will of the individual. The acting out of the will of Control, is the setting up of fences to define the boarders of what actions, and sometimes even ideas, can and cannot happen. It is this force, Control, that creates and maintains society. Although, possibility could also be said to be such a force, but that is not pertinent to this tract and whould require its own. How this force is expressed can take many forms; from auto-repressively with or without violent enforcement where the voice of control is in the heads of the controlled, to physical others who, violently or non-violently, coerce or present as beneficial the will of Control, the acceptance of boundries. When "to be out of/in control" is said, another atribute or the nature of Control is shown. that control is not only something that we are beneith, but it is also a place that we are either inside of, or outside of, a place with boundries. a world unto itself. This can only be maintained by what is "outside" not percievably existing so that the relm of Control is seen as everything, the extent of the existant. Difference cannot be astablished to exist if there is not a with and a with-out to which to draw a conclusion of difference. Thus the act of declaring and/or pointing to the existance of an "outside the gates of Control" is in and of itself a direct attack on Control. Control is then presented with three options; assimilate (bring under control), exterminate, or loose. The most beneficial and easiest for Control is to assimilate, the least beneficial is to loose. Therefore, it is most beneficial for Controls general state to be one of expansion, growth. for it to loose, is for it to contract. This pattern of behavior, is entirely similar to that of Civilization.

NOTE: To fight civilization one must understand its nature, where it is/what it is.

ELF suspect, Bill Rogers, found dead in jailcell

a member of the Catlyst Infoshop collective who has been charged with eco-sabotage in WA by the state whas found dead in his jailcell in Flagstaff AZ early thursday State sorces said. the offical cause of death was called Suicide by suffocation from a plastic bag over head. However, there has been conflicting reports of actual time of death where the first official release stated it as monday, and the stary has changed a few times. of the 6 people rounded up in a nationwide millitant eco-defender roundup he has the most support from his local community. given the nature of this case and the context in which it has occured, i think he has been murdered.

i can't spell but i dont care

i am sorry about the inproper grammar to the extent that it confuses what i am trying to say. it will be fixed this from this point forward. but as far as the spelling goes, can you understand what is being said? OK then, no problem. i mis-spell on perpose, no rule is unquestionable.

DIY skill of the day: composting toilet, from shit to soil.

one of the most basic ways to start to be self sustainable, or what i think is a more accurate way to put it, or to (re)learn how to take care of ourselves, is to start with what we do with our waste. the mega-systems used by this civilization are aboslutely stupid. first off, if you live in a area more densly populated with humyns; you put the shit in fresh water so that it can be piped many miles where it is then concentrated and pumped full of killer cemicals to kill the bactiria, which eventually make their way into the enviornment and thus everything, at a plant which requires massive amounts of energy, and requires factories to produce the chemicals for killing, which in turn requires more energy. or, if you live in a less densly humyn populated area, you probably have a septic tank; smaller scale, same stupidity. still put shit into fresh water, then put into a giant tank which takes must be paid for (++$$) along with the pluming ifrastructure. after the water and shit go into the tank, they are then "leached" into a field, which is most likely right where you live, this then gets into the water table and everything that uses that water (you and your food). In short, this subsystem of civilization (just like the rest of them) is a helluva lot of work! and requires wonton destruction of your home, and expensive to boot! stupid! but luckily it is much easier to not do this. a composting toilet can be as fancy, complex and expensive as dictator Bush has at his eco-borgeouis green ranch (oh, you didn't know? but he insists that peak oil is a myth and the comsumer lifestyle will go on forever!) , or DIY ($0). Of course, the best solution is to eat all wild plants and animals and be nomadic, as this way ones shit contains the least amount of killer chemicals as possible so it is compost from the start and being nomadic none builds up too densely in one spot as to harber e-coli or other harmful bactiria because it will decomose rather quickly. But in lieu of that, a compost toilet is a geat and easy way to start.

what you need to have: at least 2 buckets (ya know those plastic ones, you can find them behind resturants), sawdust or some other dry organic matter, a bin for the compost (i use 4 wooden pallets nailed together, but anything with good air cerculation will work. Also, it would make it easier if their is a little door at the bottom to geet at the done stuff), hay to put ontop of each deposit of humanure made to compost bin (you could use grass clippings or any dryed out grass or grass-esque plant), and a seat to place the bucket in (this can range from a broken toilet seat to a full blown outhouse). thats it!

what you need to do: the work part of this consists of bringing full buckets to the compost, dumping them and putting hay on top, putting a new bucket with leaves at the bottom of it (important!) in the out-house (or whatever you use), and shitting.

a more thurough explaination and overall good resorse on this is The Humanure Handbook. i hope this is redundant for you, but if it is not and you already have the information, i hope it serves as a reminder and an inspiration to get to it. and if niether is the case, i hope this has opened your eyes. what better time than now, what better place than here?

Maryland development burned by the ELF

Hagerstown, MD: DECEMBER 21, 2005- the Earth liberation Front claimed responsibility for a fire sunday that completely destroyed recently built, unoccupied townhouses. The fire caused an estimated $225,000 in damages. the responsibility was claimed in a letter sent to the local newspaper. it read "Last night we, the Earth Liberation Front, put the tourch to a development of ryan homes in Hagerstown, Maryland (off of route 40, behind the Wallmart). We did so to strike at the bottom line of this country's most netorious land rapist. We warn all developers that the people of the Earth are prepared to defend what remains of the wild and the green. we encourage all who watch with sadness while developers sell out the future of us and our children to join us in resisting them in any and every possible way. the Ents are going to war!"

hit where it hurts! UK substation vandalized

Waymouth & Dorset UK: DECEMBER 16th- electricity was cut to 3,000 customers after vandals broke into an 11,000-volt sunstation and cut supplies. the substations where tageted over a six hour piriod on thurdsday night, Souther Electric said. a spokeswoman said that "mindless vandals went on a spree of destruction". power was lost in the chickerell and weymouth areas.

electric substation sabbotaged

Lakewood, CO. OCT 9th- a substation near Glasgow was sabbotaged by someone shooting at the electrical transformer. damage leaked around 500 gallons of oil(not cool in my book), but as a result WAPA had to put the transformer out of service for 2 hours. transformer repair costs where tabulated to be at $27,000. no damage report for the black out has been issued.

my feral vision towards a post-collapse Anarchy

civilization has been collapsing for some years now, and this is clearly visible here in north america. we still live in a industrial civilization, as it seems people in this country have forgotten. although that is not without a reason, as it has baisically died in this country. you can see it in the empty factories and warehouses slowly being reclaimed by plants and animals as they crumble back into sand. but in this country, where (as i have been told by my friends from other parts of the world) there is so much space, there is also much opertunitity. civilization is decaying from the inside out. it starts in the imaginations of people, where, one by one, its core memes start to look less and less apealing, as the outward manifestations of them become more and more grotesque. and this spreads until you can see it in the prison cell of everyday life. any wonder then that the specticle of popular culture, or the popular culture of specilce, now so glorifies how new and advanced everything is. why reinforce such concepts if they are such an actual quality of this modern life? unless maybe the story outside my window is looking less and less like their image of it. civilization is not evenly spread out upon the land, but it is just more concentrated in some places more than others. this means that its decay pysically starts at the margins, where it is least invested. if only we could remember the oh-so-apt adage in reference to conflict (and in this case also survival/happiness/escape) of to be where they are not. in reference to civilization(and specifically its chains and watchful eyes) this seems so obvious. many lament the problem of space and how it is dominated by capital, but when profit dries up, when its use-value is gone, it is discarded, this is just as true for land. this has been most definately exploited by the squatter movement, but they have so far focused for the most part on buildings in cities which still may contain profit for capital or some use, even if it is just demolition to maintain the illusion of the absense of decay. for this reason it is not being where they are not, but being where they are! this is obvious. so the problem that i hear from so mayny people and i echoed once is finding space to live outside of the confines of law and capital that inhibit our creation of anarchies. so lets find shelter and be the weeds that sprout in the cracks of civilization, cracks which are much bigger than you think. i like the idea of semi-sedentary scavenger, hunter/forager, and hortiulural squatter communities(tribes).

so now to the main point of this article, there is literally thousands of former agricultural or mining towns and industrial zones in this country that are either completely or near completely abandoned by humans. places that are no longer of use to civilization, but are of use to us. no oppertunity for their expansion means opportunity for ours!

Wild Edible of the Day: wood sorrel/spinnich dock

this is a new plant in my indentification repertoire, and is also my new favorite green. it is a perennial and is related to the smaller but just as tasty, sheep sorrel. this one however is much bigger and just as tasty so it can be more than just a snack. it has a nice lemony flavor and is a hearty green which quenches thirst! i know it grows here in south eastern US, and in europe, but beyond that i am unsure. its medicinal qualities include helping with bladder and kidney stones. highly recomended.

"alternative energy" will NOT save civilization.

although this may seem redundant to some, i have noticed a suprising frequency of people relying on this notion; that is, that "alternative fuels" will be able to replace depleting petrochemical fuels (oil & natural gas). This hope is science fiction, as was recently made so clear in an article posted on From The Wilderness titled "The most destructive crop on the earth is no solution to the energy crisis". In Europe in the 1600's, the net EROEI (energy returned on energy invested) for their primary source of fuel and construction material at the time, wood, past the point of diminishing returns. after this point, they invested more energy into procurring wood than the wood thus procurred could provide them. hence peak wood. so they were faced with a choice, either replace wood with a fuel that had a positive EROEI, or face the collapse of their civilization. they chose coal to replace their wood. so today this civilization has come to the same junction, albeit this time it is a global and techo-industrial civilization with many other additional problems coming to the fore; choose a replacement to oil with a equel or better EROEI, or face collapse due to peak oil. so when are the green fuels and eco-technologies coming allong to save us? they arn't! hello collapse, goodby civilization!

ELF srikes again!

Vally Springs, CA USA.- the Earth Liberation Front seems to have been responsible for vandalism in the sierra nevada foothills. windows were broken and "E.L.F." was spray painted on the gurage of a partially constructed home at a site on loera hills road in Vally Springs, CA. there is considerable opposition to urban sprawl in Calaveras county where Vally Springs is located.

-This is what insurrection looks like!- South Korean farmers express their feelings about the WTO to chinese pigs

What we're about here at the BGB blog

here we are, standing on the precipise of the collapse of civilization, and the project of creating a living, breathing, primal anarchy in the ruins of civilization is now a matter of life and death. think i am being alarmist? apocoliptic? maybe, but it is warrented. don't take my my word at face falue though, use your brain and look at humanities present situation, and look inside yourself, what do you see there, and outside too? humanity is ill(in a manner of speaking) and our illness has made our collective and individual action pathological and destrucive. given that we here in the United (police) State of America, now live in a overtly fascist state, how long will we have to be able to talk like this on the internet? how much longer will there even be an internet? my opinion is that not long iether way, so lets get with the sharing of vital information while we can!

so, that being said, i'll tell yall what this blogs perpose is and more specifically what i hope to share here. i want to post as-frequent-as-possible updates on the spreading social insurrection around the world as it happens. i am also going to try to include practical rewilding/DIY info as i do it/come across it. also i am going to include regualarly updated documentation of the prosses of civilizational collpapse(yes it is happening right now!) in the cultural/pollitical/economic spheres. i would also like to include my own, and others, theoretical developmental writings on anarcho-primitivism/green anarchy/anti-civ theory. i might include other things that are completely random too.

just starting, this is a test.

welcome to Black and Green Bulletin, news and info will be up an soon as i figure out how to.