Here is a new post from Moment of Insurrection: 

 

 

Its got a brief intro discussing the current rebellion of indigenous folks in the north against the pipelines, and how an examination of past anarchist struggles in the "BC" wildness can strengthen our intervention in this war -now.

 

Then we are delighted to share with you excerpts from a zine published in 2001 by the Elaho Valley Anarchist Horde.

 

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Intro {click on link up top to get to post}:

Even behind the walls of the city we can hear the war in the woods. A growing resistance to the pipelines of Empire –and a rejection of this civilization in crisis. “The largest mobilization in history of indigenous peoples of the north” (Zig-Zag) has drastically destabilized efforts to secure the pipelines. There is no doubt that as resistance escalates –Empire, that is globally running on fumes, will retaliate. We also know that in this war –the best solidarity is to attack.

Movements happen in cycles; sometimes there is a rupture that unleashes a cyclone of struggle, but usually one movement cycles into the other. Sometimes these cycles are similar to previous movements. Not the same –not even close. But certain moments share commonalities that open the potential to extract power and knowledge –and like all moments, offer the chance for rupture. For us, this war in the woods that is spilling south, is our chance – and we are willing to take it.

From a constellation of forgotten movements we choose to remember the direct action camp of the Elaho. Not to put it at risk of becoming another ‘heritage moment’ for radical environmentalism –but for its consistency in wrecking havoc. There is much inspiration to be taken from this small crew of anarchists (or rather, as they referred to themselves- ‘a horde of sasquatch’), whom with limited resources in an isolated space committed excessive sabotage to decisive infrastructure.

Below is a reproduction of a zine published in 2001 by the Elaho Valley Anarchist Horde. Written in the haste of action it has found a new urgency, and as such we have decided to post these excerpts –for strategy and critique, thinking and for action.

The opening article conveys the spectrum of protest, from NGO’s, grassroots environmentalists, indigenous folks and anarchist. What is clear, through the complexities and contradictions of such unstable allies, is the anarchists uncompromising defense of wildness and militant solidarity with indigenous sovereignty. Following this longest article is a chronology of actions against ecocide in the Elaho Valley, then a fragment of an article written by one of the tree sitters during the Lava Creek Bridge barricade, and finally a couple communiqué’s.