Category Archives: Race

Cancer or Cure? A disruptive hooligan’s solution to incarceration

Posted on April 29, 2015 by mamos206

This winter, a broad coalition of people disrupted the King County Council meeting where they voted to authorize funds to build the new Juvenile detention center.  In response, a judge and several media pundits accused the growing prison abolitionist movement of … Continue reading →

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What is Christmas for Mike Brown’s Family?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by mamos206

The past few weeks, friends and I have been in the streets of Seattle, participating in the #Black Lives Matter/ Ferguson solidarity protests.  I wrote a reflection on the Black Friday actions that disrupted commerce in downtown Seattle, shutting down … Continue reading →

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Dark Ecology, Hyperobjects, and the New Materialism

Posted on February 7, 2014 by mamos206

I recently wrote a piece on ecology, spirituality, and philosophy entitled “White Baby Jesus Vs. Dark Ecology” for my Aroma of the World blog.   Our comrade Matt, aka Bypolar the Toxic Cherub, turned it into a piece of youtube video … Continue reading →

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“How to Overthrow the Illuminati” Pamphlet

Posted on February 1, 2014 by mamos206

This summer, I collaborated with comrades in New York City to produce a pamphlet criticizing conspiracy theories.  We also set up a website to discuss and distribute the pamphlet.  For some reason, I forgot to link it here on the … Continue reading →

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Kshama Sawant and Capitalism’s Shock Absorbers

Posted on November 30, 2013 by mamos206

“While you waitin’ for the mention in the pages of ‘The Stranger’ You can find me in the basement makin’ heaters for later… we’ve been living in conditions we’re tired of Come on and rise up” – Blue Scholars, “North … Continue reading →

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Some healthcare organizing resources

Posted on September 22, 2013 by jomo206

Some folks in NYC are organizing around with healthcare workers around hospital closures and mergers. See their fliers and updates here A few years ago, some of us in were doing work in nursing homes and organizing around staffing ratios … Continue reading →

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Vanilla Twilight / White Noise

Posted on September 6, 2013 by mamos206

As Noel Ignatiev argued, there is a civil war going on in the mind of each working class white man.  That war is between his working class consciousness and his white consciousness.  Both are in a state of crisis right … Continue reading →

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Summer update: Youth Rally, Prison Strike Solidarity, Creativity Not Control

Posted on August 9, 2013 by mamos206

Folks in BOC have been busy recently, and we haven’t gotten a chance to update this blog for a while. I’m gonna post links to a few activities that some of us have been involved with or have been supporting here … Continue reading →

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