Monthly Archives: January 2014

Why We Go: On Taking the “I” Out of Nietzsche and Becoming Wetzscheans Together

If you were in the streets of Fullerton on Saturday, January 18th, 2014 – you assuredly encountered a strange tension. No, it didn’t come from the Fullerton Police, who made a tactical decision to avoid any overt presence at the … Continue reading

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Occupy’s “Bloody Mary” – No Joking Matter

Folklore has it that if you stand in front of a mirror and say “Bloody Mary” three times,  a malevolent spirit will appear in the reflection there to do you harm. It’s one of those rituals kids often do to … Continue reading

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We Go

  With sadness tinged with hope… There’s a quote at the top of our blog that merits some consideration today, on this all-too-quiet morning after a jury in Orange County acquitted two Fullerton pigs, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, in the … Continue reading

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A Eulogy for The Ghost of Tom (Geode) Pt.1

“The Tom Morello” Can’t Save Us All & Maybe Music Itself Is The Savage Beast I wasn’t born with perfect politics and I certainly don’t presume to embody 0r espouse them even today. I’m fucked up – I’ll be the … Continue reading

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Via Chicago

(ed. The following post presents an anarchist comrade’s perspective on the current challenges facing the movement in Chicago. OLAASM has added a few hyperlinks to the text to [hopefully] help contextualize some of the subjects the comrade addresses. Otherwise, all of … Continue reading

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On the Sith Order Of Things and Lee Baca’s Doge

“This is the way of our Order. An individual may die, but the Sith are eternal.” ― Darth Zannah Like a true Sith Lord, 16-year Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca didn’t assume leadership of his dark order until his mentor, … Continue reading

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Kill the Tom Morello In Your Head

(ed. Originally published December 20, 2013 – here!) The very first frame reveals a rainbow, arcing triumphantly across an otherwise bleak, almost-monochromatic sky. We quickly zoom into a dusty, hillside village. Then – with another frenetic cut – we see a … Continue reading

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“From Saying ‘Officer’ to Screaming ‘Pig’; How I Learned to Stop Equivocating and Hate the State” [PART 2]

(ed. Originally published December 10, 2013 – here!) [An Origins Story]   I grew up in bucolic, Great Falls, Virginia – a sleepy, suburban village that transformed before my young eyes from a community of rolling horse farms and their … Continue reading

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From Saying ‘Officer’ to Screaming ‘Pig’; How I Learned to Stop Equivocating and Hate the State (Part 1)

(ed. Originally published December 10, 2013 – here!) [Introduction] Four days after I got out of the LA County Jail, released on my own recognizance after a brief three day stint there, an unarmed 19-year-old was shot and killed by … Continue reading

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The Missed Insurrection

(ed. Originally published November 10, 2013 – here!) “Find Each Other” (just don’t tell Glenn Beck)…     We found each other with a conspiratorial wink – our alliance affirmed. We spilled our secrets deep into morning, sparking at the resin … Continue reading

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