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ATTl.LA SATURDAY 21 AUGUST 1971,

But fortuna tely it i sn 't a ll h e,avy •. This ,.e ek Tom h a s opened up his v ege t a rian r es t aurant in Trafalga r Stree t with pre tty ni~e f ood & & re a l go od a tmosphe r e t o go with it.

And Allan a t Open h a s fOFIDcd a PARANOID LIBERATION FRONT (morc next we ek) •

On the other side Sc'ot l and Yard Bomb Squad h eavie s r a ided ev erybody in London l ooking f or a nything a t a ll ( omitting only the Church of England Commissioners ••.• haven't they h eard at Scotland Yard of the Church Militant?)

$1';1/ . Pril!lice~s Anne isAc e-lebrating h e r 21 st birthday party ••• which is . fortuna te because Augus t is a slow mon th for n ews and there had to be a lot of space-devouring c o l our pix of h e r •••• a ll of which were shot in the b est "Dia mond is forever " blurre d Disney style .

Felix Dennis' n e w h a ircu l ooks pre tty go od if y ou like short back and ' sides.

The current is~ue of INK is prob a bly the b es t they'll ever do. Which argue s a lot in favor of more i diot pro s ecutions & still h eavie r idiot sentences from idi ot judges.

Richard's litho ma chine is in and beginning t o work.

&, ATTILA still n eeds stre et s e lle rs. If it's ev er g oing t o b e litho and have pretty pictures mor e than it d oes now we've got

t o sell about 350 more c op i e s than is possible a t the ./.~~ moment. & th ere's n obody here t h at can ••• Steve 's Vt;;;;:;r"''/ already working flat out writing the thing, Char lie . . /1 oJ - J ohn, & Neil put in a s much time a s they can on d Oing A liI ~" the picture,s ••. and if it's g oing t o be done right there r \ \, " /\ h a s to/ be, s omewhere , people who can street -sell

f ~, . ~ -~ . ,,'" a few •• !delighting the citizens of Churchill Square , f. \ ~;/' r. ",\ t li'e Seafront, or the Lanes. And remember I y ou , } /.' { ' .t.. ?---n even ge t .. ~ paid f or d oing it! (Very lititl e )

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~:"'----- the COMMUNES issue. Next week ATTILA takes up DEMOCRACY, the right to choose, & similar exciting t opix. Plus grafix by IDlybody (you?) & a further extrac t from Ca rlo s Ca staneda & other good things. It's still wha t y ou make it, ~Tite it, d r aw it. It you've g ot ideas drop in and let s omebody know a bout them. Better yet, get them d own & we'll print them.

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Futuro issues on VIOLENCE, SEX, DRUGS, SCHOOLKIDS, HONEY, l-IEDICINE, THE UNIVERSITY, WITCHCRA?T, HOUSING, & EMPLOYMENT. Other issues as they become necessary. ATTILA'o '1>"'1>~"1oA'1>A'1>A'1>A'1>A'1> A'1>A'1>A::yA'1>

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Dear J\.ttila,

' I p icked u p n c opy o f y our . • .. I s u ppo s e y ou' d c a ll it " maghzine " .. f or t h e f irst time t his week a n e' it d i scust e cl me s o mu ch tha t I h ad t o s oil this ~ i e c e of pape r b y wri t ing to y ou . You try t o put out such si ckly, child ish" good vib e s ", s u ggesting Ut opi an i deal s "lhile at the s a me time publi s hing thi s l oacl of ego - pe rve rt ed cra p . It doe sn't f ool me . If y ou wa nt to ge t a ny thine; t oge the r a t a ll - '''hich y ou try <U1d kia u s you- do - why n ot try ( o ing s ome thing wort while f or p eopl e inst ead o f per pe tua ting such a g arbage h eap o f h a lf-hearted d r op - out s under t h e name o f Attilo . An d a s f o r Buffa l o Bill ••. I want t o kn ow wha t h e REALLY h a s unde r hi s counter . I b e t y ou've go t good c a us e t o worry a n d b e 'upti ght a b c ut the fuzz, e s pec i a lly with a ll those dumb hipp i e s a r ound . ' ;Thy the fuck don't y ou l o t st op h a ving a crood time for y ours e lve s am' do s ome thing t o h e l p thos e in n ee d . The r e a r e m<U1Y worthwhile orga nis a ti ons a r ound in Su ssex whi ch ma nage to c r e a te s ome kind of s e rvice to o the rs without g r owing their h a ir l on g , ma king u p child i sh magazine s, nne stirring u p h a te f or o the r p e opl e unde r a p r tence of l ove .

Yours et c . J . Nagrnosa.

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A SEPARATE REALI TY , by Carlos Castaneda .• • . con 'rl from ATT ILA 15 .

Don Juan had once t old me that a man of lrno\lledge had predilections . I a sked him to explain, his statement . " My predilection :j.s to ~, " he said . " Hhat do' you mean by that? " " I like to ~, " he said, " because only by seeinp; can a man of knowledge kno\l . " " I~hat kind of things do you ~? " " Everything . " " But I also see everything and I ' m not a man of knOl·/ledge . " " No. You don't seeT " " I think I do . -,,- / " I tell ' you , you don ' t . " " lihat makes you say that , don Juan'? " 11 You only look a t the surfa ce of things . " " Do you mean that ever y man of kno~lfuedge actually sees through everything he looks at? " " No. That ' s n'ot I'Ihat I mean . I said that a man of kno\lledge has his o ~m predilections; mine i~ jus t t o see and t o kno 'l; others do other things. "

' " What other thinr;s, f or example? " " Take Sacateca , he ' s a man of knOldedge and his predilecti on is dancing . So he dances and knous. 11

" Is the predilection of a man of knowl edge something he diD es in order t o knOl~?" " Yes, t hat is correct. " " But hovl could dancing help Sacateca to knOl'I'? " " ,One can say that Sa cnteca dances with al l ne has. " " Does he dance like I dance? I mean like dancing? " " Let ' s say that he danc es like I see and not like you may dance. " " Does he also see that v/ay you see? " " Yes , but he ~lso dan ces. " " HOI~ does Sacateca dance? " " It's hard to explain that . It is a peculiar l'/ay of dancing he does \'Then he wants to knou. Dut all I can s ay about i t is that , unless you understand the ~~ays of a man uho knOl'/S , it is impo'ssible to t alk about dancing and s eeing ." " Have you ever s een him doing his dnacing? " ---" Yes . However it is not possible for everyone l'/ho looks at his dancing t o see that it is his peduliar \lay qf knoNing . " I kn el'l Sacateca, or at l east I kn el'l \<Tho he \<las. lie had met and once I had bought him a beer. He uas very poli te and t old me I s hould fe el free to stop a t his home anytime I \;,anted to. I toyed for a long time v/ith the idea of visiting him but I did not tell don Juan . On the afternoon of Hay 14, 1962, I drove up to Sacateca 's house; he had ~ven me directions hOl'I to get t here and J; had no t roubl e finding it. It Ims on corner and had a fenc e all around it. The gate \'/aS closed . I ~1ll1ked around i to see if I could peek inside the house . It appeared to be desert ed. " Don Elias , " I ,cCllled out loud. The chickens got frightened and scattered about cClckling furiously . A small dog came to the f enc e . I expected it to bark at me; instead, it just sat there looking at me . I called out onc e again and the chickens had another burst of cackling . . An old woman CClme out of the house . I asied her t o call don Elias . " He 's not here , " she said. . " Where can I find him? " " He 'S in the fields . " " Where in the fields? " " I don't knoH. Come back in the l ate afternoon . He'll be here a round five . "

197 " Ar e you don Elias' wife ? " " Ye s, I', his wif e . " shc s aid , a nd smiled . I tried to ask h e r a b ou t Sec'ltoca but she excused h erself and said that she did not spea¥ Spanish v e ry well. I got into my car and drove away . I r e turned to tho hous e around six O'clock. I drove to the door and yelled Sacateca's n a me . This time h e came out of e house. , I turned on my tape r ecorder, which irt its brown l eather case looked like a camera hanging from my shouldor. He seemed to r ecognis e me. " Oh, it's you, " he .said~, smiling. " How's Juan? " " He's fine. But how a re you, don Elias? "

He did not answer . He seemed to b e n e rvous. Overtly he w~s very composed , but I f e lt that h e was ill at ease, " Has Juan sent you h e r e on some sort of errand? " " No. I came h e re by mys e lf. " " lfha t in the world for? " His question se emed to betray bona fide surprise. " I just wanted to talk to you, " I said, h opin g to sound as casual as possible. " Don Jua n has told me ma rvelous things a b out you and I got curious and want e d to a sk you a few questions. " Sacatoca was standing in front of me . Hi s body was lean and wiry.He was wearing khaki pants and shirt . His eyes wore half-closed; h e se e med to b e sleepy or perhaps drunk. His mouth was open a bit and his lower lip hung. I noticed that he , .. as breathing deeply and seemed to b e almost snoring . The thought c a me to me tha t Sacate c a was undoubt edly plaster ed out of his mind'. But that thought s eemed to be very incongruous beca use only a f e w minutes b efor e, when he came out of his hous e , he h ad b een v ery a l er t and a,,,are of my pres enc e . " lfhat do you want to t a lk a bout ? " h e finally said. His v o ice was tired; it was a s though his words d r agged after each other. I felt very uneasy. It wa s as if his tiredness was contagious a n d pulling me. " Nothing in particula r, " I answered . "I just cam e to chat , ... i th you in a friendly way. You once a sked me to come to your hous e . " " Yes, I did, but it's not the same now. " " lvhy isn't it the s ame? " " Don't you talk with Juan? " " Ye s, I do. " " Then what do you want with me ? " " I thought maybe I could ask you some questions. " " Ask Juan. Isn't h e teaching you? " " He is, but just the same I woul d like to a sk you a bout what h e is teaching me , and have your opinion . This way I'll b e a ble to know wha t to do. " " l-lhy do you , ... ant to do that? Don't you trust Juan? " I do. "

" " Then why don't you ask him to tell you wha t you want to know. " " I do. And he tells me. But if you could also tell me about what don Juan is teaching me, perhaps I will understanc it better. " " Juan can tell you everything. He alone can do that. Don't you understand that? " " I do, but then I' c'. like to talk with peop l e like you, don Elias. One dO El s not find a man of knowl edge every day. " " Juan is a man of knowledge . " " I know that. " " Then why are you talking to me? " " I said I came to b e friends. "

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19 S " No, ~U didn't . Th ere is somethin g e ls e abo ut you this t ime . " I wan t e to e xpl ain myse l f and all I c oulci. do ·, .'a.s mut;lble inc oherently . S a c atcc did not s a y anything . He s eemed to listen attentively. His e y 'es were h a lf - c l osed again but I felt he ~';as peering at ce. He nodded almost i npercept i bly. The n his lids opened .:m.d I · sa,v his eye s . He seemed to b e l ooking past me. He casua lly tapped the floor with the tip of h is r ight foot , just behind his left · h ee l. His l egs were sl ightly ar c h ed; h i s arulS ,,;ere l imp against his sides . Then h e li'ftcd his right a r m; his h::md ~"as open wi til the pal m pe:cpendiculo.r to the g r ou :.,d ; h i s . f i ngers were exten ded and pointing towards me . He let his h a nd wcbble a coup l e of t i mes before h e rcu g ht i t t o me face leve l. He held it in tha t position for a n instnnt and then h e said a fe\V wo r ds to me. His voice was v ery clear, yet ~he worde dragged . Af't e r a meme n t he drcrppcd his h and 1:0 his s ide and r emained motionless, t aki ng a stran ge pos i t~_on. He was s tanding , r es ting on the ball of his l eft fo ot . His r i ght fo o t ";as c rossed b ehind the hee l 0'1: his Ieft foct "-nd he "as tapping the flooor rythmi::ally and gently with t ce tip of h is right foot. I fe l t an u:i liarrant e c appreh ension, a. form of r est lessne ss . Ny thou ghts seemed to b~ di ss ociated . I was thinkin.h lli", rel::ted n onsensical thought that h"d ·n ot~1.in·g to d o ~·!ith what ,vas go i n g on . I n o tice d my discomfort and tried to steer my thou ghts bac!.;. to the si t'.la..ti cn at hand, but I . c ouldn ' t in epite o f 0. g reat struggle. It ,,,:!.!: if s ome force ,,,as k eeping me fro n: con cent r ating or thinking r e levant thoughts, . . Sncateca had not sai d a No r d , and I tlidh ' t knm" ~,hat else to say or do. Qu::' te m:tomat ica:'.. l y , I turned nroun[~ a nd left, L::t t er on I f 'el t compelled to tell don J UCll1. abot'!.t my encount er , ... i th S acateca. Don Junn r oared ,'lith 'l a u ghter. " What rea.1.1y took p:.ace :th e:!:'e? " I asked. n S2.c·a~; e c a danced! \I d on Juan sai d. "He saw y ou , t h e n h e dar.ced . \I

\I 1111at did h e do t o me? I felt very cold and d i :;zy . " " He aPP2.:!:'ant l y didn ' t l i k e y ou a n d stopped you by tossing a word at you. \I How cou~d he possib le do that? " I exclaimed incredulously. " Ve ry s::'m:;?le; h e stopped you "i th h is '·lill . ., " 1{.; lat did you say? \I

"He stopper y ou wi t h h is '-ri l l . " The e x pla.'"1ation did Hot s u:ffi ce . His s t atement s sounded like g ibbe rish to me , I t:!:'ied to prob e h i.m f u rthe r . bu t he could not explain t h e event to my satisfac tion. Obv ious:!.y t ;'1.ut event or a n y even t t h at occurr ed ,dthin this alien , systen of s e ,1.s ible :i.n terpre t ation cou ld be e x plained' or understood only in t e r :ns of the uni t s o f meaning p r oper to that .system, This wo r k is , the :cef'oi'e , a repor tage and s h oul d b e read as a r eportage . T h e system I r ec orcled " a s i n c ompre h ens i ble to me , thu s the pretence to anything oth er t han r ep or t ing a b out i t "'QuId be misleading and impertinent . In t his r e s pe ct I h ave adopted t he phoncme n o l ogioa l method a n d hav e s triven to d e al "li th sorcery solely as phenomena t h a t were p resented to me . I , as the p er c e i ver, recorded ~lat I pe r ce ived , and a t the mOlfl<>n t of' r e cord ing I endeavou red to sus pend j u dgement .

HORE fr om Ca rlos ' a c cotl..'1.t of his le s sons with don J u a.'"1 wi l l be published i n ne x t week' s ATTILA. Hurrah !

ANALYSIS OF A COMtruNE". 199

The re s eems to b e a n ee d :tor m:'l.terial on communes .. . therefore I offe r mll e xperi enc e s in a r eal true -life d rama . Scene: a l a rge Somerville / Cambridge , 1I1a ssachusetts ghetto a p a rtment. At any given time there we re e ight to eleven p eopl e , two dogs , a rat, and several cockroaches .

Communal living, as we found, wa s not easy . The person a li ty diffe r ences we r e ' tremendous .

A sma ll rundo,m on a few of the p eopl e and a ccompanyin g probl ems :

E . was the get-things-doner. The original organiser ( a Virgo) .01' rent, bathroom cleanings, picnics, dra ft counselling etc . A poorboy who had made it rahrah a t Harvard a nd was now rahrah yipidiioh cO~Qunal l1ving.

D was basically s e lfish but could logically argue his reasons for doing or not doing anything --- ma inly c l eaning the kitchen after cooking two roast pigs, t h r ee turkeys a nd four chicke ns. D like d helping people he fel t ,,,ere ,,,orthy of his attentions, . and w e continu a lly had to make up personal problems so h e could c omfort us in time ~f n eed .

C was pretty introspective a nd didn't demand much except quiet time to paint.

F 'i"as a lone r. Neve r joined with E 's organised people things but was extr e mely funny whenever he emerged from his room. \'!as dubbed the historian of the group. The obs e rve r.

L was a back-sliding soc i al climber. Ve ry much female ( would come over b efore moving in in h e r nightgo,m to find someone to take home witlj. her ) wanting the p erfe ct l a y and husband.

1-1 was sexually f'rustrated so she publicly stripped a l ot . Took a lot of drugs and never said more than " wow "

K was v ery inte lligent and etherea l. Had made u a l a nguage and music to fit h er " p e rfect place It. Ha d a bort e d a child by D.

B was a J;'hilosophy major. Young. Impre ssionable , v e ry s'lfeet.

G was fr om a big money family ( has a trust fund for his future presidential campaign ). Notlling but the best pot . Hung up on skirts so couldn't pull one. Very witty but on acca sion c ould b e highly verbally abusive .

S moved in p'O try communal livi ng and b e cause she dug E. ~rought a dog and rat with her.

E h a d mad e it with Land IIf wh9 both r e sented S' s pre s enc e , but S eventually made fri ends with L and was a p e rfect enemy feu:- M who finally made it with D ",ho immediately went a,,,ray for two weeks with B who liked S but felt guilty as she was his cousin. K liked B ( a fter all, she and D had be en close ) and tried to commit suicide whenever she got his attention. Which ·threw C and S together f or a while until B . returned with strong feelings for E who wa v e r e d b eb"reen S and L. G liked M,S,L, ruld K in turn and would have been a p e rfect partner for L ( S tried to set that up ) e xcept L ran off to J a maica and finally married a doctor there ( dreams come true ). 1vhich l eft M out -of-s orts so she returned to California to go into intensive therapy. 1Vhen K came out of hospital, she and D were h a ppy - - so wa s C, h e c ould paint.

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,'lith diminishing numbors p eople gradua lly drifted --- 'th e d og first, then F to N. Y .C . , E ,t o South Carolina , G t o d a ddy mon eyb ags , S to a n o the r communal set - up, C went back t o s chool, :lnd Band D live d h appi ly ever a'fte r .

l,jadame X (S) .

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HOROSHIT _ •. . CANCER •• • CANCER is a PLAGUE sign •. . (you reme mber, the signs a r e divided into groupings of FIRE , IITND , SHIT , & PLAGUE for convenience by a strologers. In f o :rmer days these divis ions ,~ere FIRE, AIR, EARTH , & l'IATER. But, jus t as the.se former divis i ons bore no r e semblance at a ll to the signs ,"hich they il clude d , the nm~ system Is a lso nonsensical . Tha t is, none of the n e " di vi s ions rela t e in any ,.,ray to the old divisions and none o~ the groups rel a te to the signs which they include or the s igns to the groups . Or something .)

CANCER is a PLAGUE sign ••.• ( PLAGUE h a s been d e fined by some author:lties as being only those ill n e sses of the bl ood tha t afflic t Mediterranean pe oples « and , in general, people who do not hav~ the a dvant age s of i n door sanitation and fine rime minist e rs that \Ye en joy here in :;l1e QUEEN I S 0';'1'1 UNITED KINGDOr-l! Othe rs, myself included, h a v e tillcen the o..lt e~Date position that PLAGUE can be anything horrible at a ll ; but i t ,dll usually be FOREIGN I f ! For exa mple •.• BERNADETTE DEVLIN is for e ign. S o is Richard Neville. And, so a s well, is Jim Andc;:::-30n, And ALL OF THE?>! PLAGUES throughout this f a ir land.)

CANCER :I.s a PLAGUE sign •• • •• And I PRZDICT FOR CANCER PEOPLE in 1971 , • • • UNt-HTIGATED HELL I In 1971 BERNADETTE DEVLIN ,dll be come pregn, lt by a HAN SHE ISN ' T EVEN MARRIED TO I! !

I PREDI~ tha t in 1971 RICHARD ~~VILLE will SEEK TO CORFUPT public moral a iYi tli a publication of obscenity NEARLY AS GREAT AS THAT OF HANSARD I ! ! !

I PTIEDICT tha t in 1971 JIM ANDERS ON \Vill AID &; ABET RICHARD NEVILLE i n his wl cked , wicked attempt -Co divert ENGLISH money from the pocket s of' the righteous PORN BARONS OF SORO int o their grubby, f orei gn hands o

I PREDTCT 1'!eeping and wa i l ing and gnashing of te e th in 1971.

I PREDI CT .E;ta~ for anyone born of CANCER ( or, for that matter, SCORPIO, ARIES, PISCES , SAGI TTARIUS , CAPRICORN, GEMINI, LIBRA, AQUARIUS, VIRGO , TAURUS, or LEO ) in 1971 • . •• especially if they a r e IAN PAISELEY, or J u dge ARGYLE, or the QUEEN ~fUM 0

Oh, dear ie me, I PREDICT YET ANOTHER OZ. IYhe re, oh where , will it all end .

I T ISN'T FAIR .

201 GUNO'E

ATTILA :still - and just as desperately - n eeds s t reet-se ll e rs . This is the opportunity YOU'VE been waiting for. The chance t o e a rn 33 per cent or MORE on e ach Ji:opy you sell a nd a money - back guarantee on an~ you don't ( though you '''ill ). ATTlLA is produced at UNICOHN BOOlCSHOP, 50, Gloucester Road, Brighton. Everything in it is non-copyright. Everything in it is the work of people in Brighton. HELP US SELL OURSELVES. NOW!

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Th e II Angry Brigade II Supt" Habershon busted Agitprop on Monday "morning with an explosives ,,,arrant! They didn't find any

explosives, but they decided to take away posters, stickers and leaflets about I an Purdie and Jake Prescott, - who , ... ere arrested by

Haberscone in connection with the Carr bombing. Habershon said he was busting the place :for II conspiracy to pervert the course

of justice ". Eight police were involved in the raid . II They weren't very friendly, II said someone from Agitprop, II but they didn't leave

the place in as much of a , mess as they could ( have )." The Notting Hill Community 1>Torkshop were a ls 0 bustrl at the same

time - II and while we're at it, lads .. II - under a s.imilar warrant and "for the same " re as on ". 1"e couldn't ge t hold of thet:!, th ough we

tried. ' (1)1(1)!(I)!(!)!(! )I (!)!(!)!(!)!(!)I(!)! (!)!(!)!(! !(!)!(!)!(!)!(!)!(!)!(

\>TOr-lEN HANT 'HMPYS •...••. shock report! The Putney High Street l'limpy Bar, scene of many a sensation, was

invaded by Homen's Lib very early on Tuesday morning . The lad i es demanded service, though it is common knowledge that "limpy let not

a l ady soil her mouth after about eleven o'clock. Poli c e were eventually summoned and they were told to go a'''ay. 1>Thich they

eventually did ..

shiticantfindanyinterestingsyrnbolstc~akethesefuckingmarginswithanymore!

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM THE HASH HUNGRIES TOO? READ ON !

Suffer n~ longer. Here's a RECIPE! Flapjacks. '>That you need is 40z of butter or margerine, one oz of suger, 50z of golden syrup, a teeny pinch of salt 'and 80z of wrolled oats . No,,, cream the

butter and sugar until both light and fluffy, sit in the syrup ( that's what · it says •• ... no wait •.. STIR in syrup) salt ann oats into the

~creamed mixture until well blended. Spr ad evenly in creased

I. ~ x 6 inches tin. Bake for 30 minutes regulation 4 (375 ). . r"'" ( .<\ND NOT A "PLEASE" COULD BE HE RD )

I fl.' '/.\., thanks to Sara for the directions. ' y ' )~'\ '\'\ ..... - tt- - i \~V/\ :\1 -. ), .. \; \ ~~'.~ ,1 \

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by our crime correspondant Hichael Bannisters .

The two peopl e in the dock a week l ast Friday,,, re Juli e Boyson (l11d Kei th Landells, who ,,,ere accus ed of obstructing the police in the execution of thei de,,,ty"; JUlie was acqui ted after a speech by ' thelir solicitor, Michael Hastilow; without any defence being offered on her account. Keith's defence, and the charges against the other seven people a rrested, were both ad j ourned till Sept. 28. Hastilow manage d to prove that Julie did not obstruct the police in the execu t ion of the ir duty b ecause they went beyond their " duty " in asking her to move and arresting her '''hen she didn't . Other things brought out during the prosecu tion case was a definition of " breach of the p eace " as b e ing " anything contrary to normal routine" ( copyright Can. Colin Rain es , Brighton, 1971 ) and " angry scenes " as b e ing " cries of ' l et them go ' and I l eave them a lone ' ", ( Insp. " ge t ,off my patch" Roberts ). Insp. Robot s s aid that arrests were made individua lly and not sp ontaneously, but Hastilow suggested he gave a definit e order to move in and arrest. Roberts also said that a l arge crowd of about 50 we re pressing him and his me n v ery c l ose and blocking traffic at the mome nt of the arrests. Phot os showed that the cro,,rcl was on the other side of the road at the time . Hastilow a ls o drew the magis trates attention to the l ack of violence in spite of the gathering of a l a r ge nur.,b e r of young peopl e . j- i th a passing r e fere mc e to the days of the mods a nd rockers, Hasti low said that a ll they wanted to do ,,,a s to listen quietly to music '''hich Edgar "BroughtC'n and his b a n d want ed to play for free . A breach of the p eace wa s more likely to b e " occasioned " by the police acting in the wa y the y did.

: : : : : ': : : : : : : : : : ': : : : : ; : : : : ': : ': ; ': : ~ : ': : : : : ; ': ; ': L: : : : ': : : : : : ': : : : : : ': ~ ': : ': : : : : : ': : SNAKE LIBERATION FRONT .

Much a s I do n a t wa nt to start a whol e new seri es of liberation fronts, but seeing your Sag Libe r at ion Frent in a r ecent issue ( ATTILA 14 ) I feel the time h as come to speak out on behalf of the snakes of the world. Th e re can b e no other c l as s of b easts so misunderstood or badly treated a s our bro the rs a n d sis ters of the snake world.

Ever since Adam, in the Garden of Eden, was told by the " Big Animal Lover in the Sky " to put his h eel on the nasty s e rpent , ponr l'!r . Snake h a s b een getting a bashing that no s e lf-respectin g Gay or 1-Tomen's Lib memb"er would h av e stood f .9:r:: ,. ___ _

Sitting on my shoulder at this v ery moment i s a delig-4tful lady by the / _.r- ' '' ' '~ I n ame of, •• , .we ll, as I can't spel l what '''~ call her, I " /1 ,\ "1 , I. ~~ l et ' s ~y, Fred. Now F r ed is oIto of--th~ mns-t' charming

If -; -; - \ of h e r c;I.an - clean, noise~e§s, not smelly, good 'J :\ :... '- ,'t e mpe red • . ( h ow many pe 7 p l e can you say any of those

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"" II .. , ": .-D..~~hingS' bout??). She wil l si t quietly in her box till r . ~\: -..;_, ~' food tear till s9'me body takes her ou t . She gives I (\v...\) no tro 1;) e to a :fan e .

, ~- -: Of the 2,600 odd species ( Fred \ • , "~ SE\.;~:;I! 2 , 684 ) of snake s so far

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s p r e a d ov e r the who l e wr;l:['l rt , so n ob ody ca n s a y a l l s n a k e s a r e h a rmfu l .

You would b e horrified a t the price of bread if the r e we r e n o s n a kes to eat the r a ts and mice tha t would othe rwis e b e eating a ll the wheat. In India a t one time they imp ort e d thousa nds of mon g e ese t o kill all the cobras in one district; six months l a t e r, du e t o f a mine , that killed ma ny people, they found it n e c e ssa ry t o kill a ll the mongeese and to import thousands of cobra s. So d on't p l ay around with nature - she knows '''ha t sh e 's do~erything ' s h e r e for a p orpois e .

So ' next time you see a sna ke whil e y ou're wa lking throu gh t e woods even looking through plat e g lass a t the zoo, don't shudd e r •• .. •

cos they 're nice; don ' t say " nf~sty " •.•.•. cos the y're n ot; don't say slimey ••.•••• cos they're not; d en't say evil ..•... c o s they'r e not; don't ~ n a sty •...•• cos they're not.

If you can learn to l ove snake s you c a n e v e n lea rn to l ov e p eopl e .

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I will not dwe ll too long on this d ipositi on. Only t o s a y the y a r e hitting us hard now. Every kind of trick is b e ing pulle d out and althou gh -they are making themselve s l ook 'rid icul eus no one a s y e t is in a position to stop the m. I will ~ake ~ them look even more foolish if I can, but what good is it. Be lfa st is a d er:t d city. No one ,,,ants to b e there j us t no,,,. Mo s t c ities a r e dying . The re wa s an e a rthquake and tidal wa ve hitting pacific islan ds. Only to say they a re in.jured. An agony of pain hit th~ pl::m e t and I knew some kindness even yet. • My teeth are a l l on edge. , 2,000 miles away and the terrain is cra cking . No hope i n that direction •. only desert ed hill villages RDd surg ing wa ter. Bla ck the sky for the las t thr e e days . The plants a r e all rotting the ~ stench is t errible. Nothing will ever g row. You lie down on ~~~ the mattress, overlooking the half~submerged f a ctori e s and .~ \

the lines of old I know by the magic touch I held. .' \ So few survivors . •. The open towe r hanging down beside the Eagle annu al .

It is your job to perform in the interplanetary Olympiad on Mars, 1993. I threw the l etter out of the attic window. It fluttered down

onto the so~king luminous ground . In the d ista nce a uffled r ,o¥ and then the

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fl a s h a s a no t h e r gas t a nk expl ode d . SOW1.r~ tra v e ls f aste r tha n l i g h t out h e r e . Ev e ry t hing i s r e v e r s e d . Th e t e l eph on e we n t dead , my l ast link with the' s ub consci ou s mine! of Illy f onne r wife c u t off . You l a y w tr ous e r s at your a n k l e s a n c I pee l ed t h e m off t o g i v e y ou fre ed om of mov e ment. .

Out of t h e sky burst a n o r a n ge g l ow. Some cra zy as t ron a u t st ill t ryin g to make it t o ano the r gal axy. Oh God ' 17h y? I k e pt on repeat ing , h a mmering j e we lry to putre sce n t dus t .

The 1;clcvision is wo rking , s h e s c r eamed . Look. I t rippe d ov er t h e ma ttre ss and c a u g ht a g limp s e o f the g r ey whi te i rdage lig h t of death t ·.v. The y a r e a ll zombie s, rob o ts, liv ing de a d. L ook! row a f te r r ow of blocks of fl a ts' , they a r e c onveniently packaged . A c a r slurped forwa rc into th0 g rey b e lching mud , its ,Ying s pain ted wi t h f l owe rs. A r e lic of the burnt out ge n e r a ti on.

But it's working . L ook! S ee the t a nks in To~yo , S tockton, Bu e n o Air, George t own, Tashkent. Look aga in ! t h e n e ws of I t a lia n s t rike s, earthqua kes. It's O,K., man, we 're' b a ck t o the 70s. Look! Oh l ook! t h e prime minist e r a t 10 Downing Stre.e t, th e "!bit e Hous'e , Th e Kremlin. Tea rs streamo d d0117n h e r f a c e bring ing e y e 'line r ,vi t h them .

I stord up and shatt e red the s e t aga inst the wa ll. Ge t u p y ou punk! Ther e 's nothing t h e r e , nothing . You're h a lluc i n atin g , Come on, let' s get out of here. I p a cked the t e nt in minut e s a s I c a n n 0117 a n d we waded on in the dim luminous nig ht. She mut t.e r ed t o h e rs e lf, I s a w them, the soldiers in Vi e tna m, th e gas of L ond onde rry, t h e pl a guq, the Pakistan, the B~afra . I s a w the m, I t e ll y ou. Th e y we re on the screen. \.. .

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DOGS IN COt.ft.HJNES •..... J,R. Crmd e y ,·{rit e s.

A p ity about the poor turn but f o r the f irst Dog Libe r a tion Front demonstration on Sa~urday in Churchill Squa r e . Th~ Edga r Brough~on

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i (\:V ~~~. i ., ' _ _ ..... . ~. move me nt • . ~ . ...... . c::;: ',1 1 " '. \ .... < ~,{f-... ' ~, f M n.' _.J , ",,, • ( But neve r ~ I bPi .,". . ; t.\,~ ', ~:~""V""'; '#'iI, " .. 1 - ~. .. ,~ . . ........ mind. e

al l l earn f'rom ou r mi stakes , nn d we 'll do b e tter n e xt time .

Re a ct i ng l ast we e k' s is s u e on c ommune s it occur erl t o me . tha t -the r e e r e several advant ages f'or dogs , as ,,,e ll a s f'or peopl e, wh o live in such set-ups.

I'm n ot personally a wa r e of' wha t a c ommune me a ns, or wrot; make s it c1 if'f' e r ent f'rom any other p l a c e , or h ow and why it's d if'f'ere nt. My cpnt ac t with othe r peopl e who live n ear me - a p a rt f'rom my wif'e , Lilly, and Ben, our l a brador - i s l arg e ly lililit ecl to my f'r e quent " n at t e rs " ov er t h e ga r den f'e nce t o Mr . Jenkins, our n e i ghb our, who has jus t b ou ght a n ew e l ect ric l a wn-mower . But I suppose that :::t clo'g living in a h ou s .:: f'ull of' peopl e woul d b e b ette r of'f' tha n one living (- a n d " owned " ) by just a couple like us .

The dog is like ly to f'ind hims e lf' l e ss n eur otic, l e ss ." owned ", less treated a~ something on n to*a lly dif'f'e rent l ev e l of' e xist ence.

Anywa y tha,t 's · what I think a b ou t communes relate r! to our own particula r m9v e ment. By the ,Yay, I'll try and. answer a ll the l e tt e r s tha t have b een s e nt t o me a t ATTILA f'r om r eaders inter e sted in the issue of' dqg libera tion. But in case it t nke s a little while f'or the replie s t o b e ' wri t .ten a n d r each y ou , I would like to thank y ou ' a ll very very much.

NOT AN ESCAPE BUT A. I[; ONFRONTATION ••. ::1 view of c ommunal lif'e .

In an amplif'ier n e gat ive f'eedb a ck i s app lmed t o improve the stability a n d the quality. Thi's is done by t a king a s ::1mp l e o f' the out pu t and a pplying it in opposition a t t h e input. It is v e ry ef'f'e ctive and its only disadvantages a r e t hat it lowers the gain sligh t ly and n e c essitates a f'e edback l oop.

This ma y b e us ed in analogy when c onside ring the f'uncti on of' a ' commune in society. Its aim is t he b'ett erment of' s oc iety, the isolation f'rom society is v e ry relat ive and more geog r aphical · and cultural than economic.

When an individua l bec omes d is enchanted with s oc i ety h e tends to .-1 . ' become a ~loater, society waste, as h e no longer con t ribut es: he' _ I I

drops out. This dropping ou t allo,.,s a period of' quiet , a f'irst . t a ste of' f're ed om - f'reedom £'r om the dut i es, imposed f'rom without. ".~

Duties f'rom p a r ents, t eache rs, empl oy e rs and society-in-the - ~~I:~ , mass. This kind of' f're~dom is enj oyed f'or a while I~I • . ~'"? I until f'urther d is enchantment occurs, . :i.:- .-. limit ed " ~'

11~> f're edom, a n d r ealisa ti on of' this brings a b out t h e . ~'\t:\ . ~ <?"\, discontent. ~ ~\ '

~.t\~ . ~ . i. 1 To enter int o society once again ' \' ~ ,~ / ~. ~) )..',. in such a sensitive state woule' i~ ' "

I( . ;~ ~ .~ be~ s e lf'-ruinous and S e lf'-ef'f'aCing ./.~ , . . \~,-7 . .\: .... L ~ V I To ~o this is, o. ~c epting d~f'eat '"

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t o run with the herd r e sulting in a h a lf-heart ed way of life once again, but with mor e consci ous sorrow. The a lt e rna tive is t 'o form y our own closed circuit of life -sustaining a ctivi ty ••• t o h av e a ,creative a im.

Not knowing how one can fit int o s o ciet y in a creative ma nner, a further p e ri od of qui e tude i s nece ssary - b t on e in \~hich the struggle for survival d oesn't b e come a ll enc ompassing . To do this on e must become economically independent and the purest wa y t o t his e nd is to 1i,-:e ;.ri th out luxury ••. wi th sufficiency ane! n o mor e . This ca n b e clon e m'os effective ly in a group a n d natur a lly in a ' g r oup ent e rtaining a simila r search would be the i deal

A 'community.

Eventua lly people c overing such a p r o tra ct ed pr o j ec t wm11 mature int o their 0\= creative mood and a suit abl e mode of act ivity will sure l y result. Such an individua l will then know his own ' most effective life-loving wayw'arclness a n d 'on returning t o society will n o t be ca u ght up in the swirl of events, but will b e abl e t o produc e r eal individual action, from within what h e h as crea t ed hims e lf, instead of outside influenced micro-pa tt e rns of soci e ty-a t-1a r ge .

This is n egative f eedb a ck, thou g h its n e t r e sult is p ositive.

A mental institutiol1 provid e s p ositive fe edb a ck. As its small output reinforces the orig inal input it caus es e xc e ssive d isha rmoni ous a ction resulting in an unsta ble s o cie ty of 10w,~lity .

• • , .1ifted from COt>1MUNES, the Se pt, 1970, j ourna l of the C'ommune Movement.

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20"7 P.ZALI SI1 OR I ·EALI Sr·1 ?

" The tru t h i s "' h at is , n ot ",h a t s h ould be . . 'h a t shoul d b e i s a dir t y lie. " - Lenny Bruc e .

In the pas t i t ha s b een common pl ace f o r reb e l s to " drop ou t" from society or for di sc ont ent e d libe r a l s to tut-.t u t at t h e " injust ice " or " unrea sonablene s s " of society, a n d for b ot h to thu s con s id e r t h e ms e lves as revolutionarie s or r a dica l s . I t i s time on c e a n d f or a ll to d emon st r ate the compla te ineffec t ive n e ss or t h ese ide a list i c s t a n dpoin ts and t o contra st them with tha t of the r ealist i c r evolu t iona ry.

Maybe there wa s ouc e a t ime whe n a r e b e l mi g nt \<l i t h a n ea s y c onscie nc e sail off to a dista nt l ean d , " some whe'r e wh e r e we can l a u gh aga in " , and to esca pe a repre ssive politica l sys t er . T oda y t hi s cours e o f a c t i on is no solution; The reb e l i s qui:'te like ly; ·1;2 ;fi nd his pa r a di se irrepar a bly polluted a nd rende r pd uninha bit abl e b~ c a p. t a lis t profi tee rs .

An a d e qua t e a naly s is o f mod ern s oci e .t y r-e v eals that en orm ously e xpa nde d technology h a s r endere d our soc i a l e x :L s te n c e 'truly int e rnat iona l. Int e rna l politica l s t rugg l e s h a v e imme ciute int e rna t iona l r e p e r cus si ons . Simila rly the evmls . of c a pit a list society h a v e b e come m~cabrc g l ob a l n i g h tma r e . Hoboay c a n e sca p e the p e rils o f sys t e ma ti c e col ogi c a l de struc t i on or of nuclear warfa re. ,'lhether you a r e living on n tiny t r op ical isla nd or in

. the heart of New YorJ< will mak e no diffe r enc e wha t soev e r s hould nuclear ,,,arfarc break out. You ) vill b e a nnihila t e d by f n ll-ou t p e rha ps f ive minutes later on your d e s e rt isla nd ( jus t long e n ou gh to say your prayers ) but ther e is no possibl e es c a p e fro~ t h e d es truc t i on of the whole planet.

America alone h a s uanufa cture c1 e nough n e rve gas to ' de s t roy the entire world:s popul ation 14 tir.1CS ov e r . ( · just t o mak e sure? ) a n d t h e s urplus gas is dUr.1ped in c a nisters which ·will de c ompos e l on g b efor e t h e gas ceases to be l ethal; a nd serious a ccid ents h a v e occured a t t h e U.S. nuclear establishment Holy Loch, S cotland wher e S oPlCt hing l i ke 750 nuclear warheads a re k e pt - each one 50 time s th e size of t h e bOr.1b dropped on Hiroshima. Th~ destruction of our environment pr o c e e d s r e l ativ e ly unchecked, posing n ev e r-g r ea t er threat to our e xist e nce as a species .

Americ a 's pollution expe rt, Dr. Pa ul Ehr1iGh h a s publicly for e c a st tha t even i~ all forms of environr.1e nt a l pollu t ion c ea s ed tomorrow ( which possibility, of course, the pre ssure 9f d e spe r qt e intern~t iona1

cOh' pani e s would never a llow to materia lise ) th e human r a c e would only then h ave a two to thre e per cent chaJ?- c e- 'o f surviving to the end' ,~f the r.enturyl

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REALISM OR IDRALIS}! ... . . c:ont ' C: .

I "U e th · s e e x ampl es to i l l u strat e the futility of a ny a ttempted es cape fr lJm the s e pr obl ems which immec!.intely en dan ger everyone of us on the pI et ; t he y must b e f a c ed r ealisticnlly . Now .

In f'a cb j)d>lluti on is n particul a rly good ex a mp l e of' the n eed fo r s ocial c on trol and p l a nning over essentia lly s o cial pr oduc tive p r o c_esses <.lnd the disastrous conseque nc e s of a ll owing the control and dir ecti on of proc]u c ti on to be r e tained by priva t e owners and specula t or s . For the p r i v ate owner is ou t f or t h e quick pr ofit for himself and i s not c ompel l ed t o conside r the poss ible l ong - t e r m socia l consequenc es of his nct i ons. Henc e he may m<.lk e cars Hihh che a p exh a ust systems in order to keep prices 1 01" un concerne Cl by the damage h e may thus ind irectly b e cnus ing to the a ir which " e a ll br eath e ; or h e ma y manufa cture c a rs ,,,ith b u i l t -in obs o lescence to ensure a c ontinuing t urn ov e r in b oth s a l e and profi ts . j'fhereas s ocial control over the c a r indus try " ou ld produce l on ge r- l a stin g c a rs built to serve r a the r than t o expl oit p eople . It i s priva t owne rship whi ch e n a ble s the mass of the pe opl e t o be expl oited r a t h e r t han s erve d by production. This int ern<.lt i on a l capita list expl oita ti on i s dire ctly t o bla me f or a l a r ge proporti cn of e c c l ogical p ollut i on , a n d t hus the only cha nc e of successfully h a lting t h e de structi on of our environment lie s in ov er t hrowin g c a p italism . An d if Dr, Ehrlich' s pr ed i ction is correct then the n eed for an int erna t i on a l s ocia li s t r ev oluti on is even mor e immediate .

Simila rly, on a more l o c a lised l eve l, it is equ a lly myopic t o " d r op ' out II - t o find a h o l e in the e:r ound a n d to hop e to r e main there , quie tly grooving , unc i sturbec by the r est of so c~ety . The r ecent increase in d rug a rrest s anG the police harassment of' the a l ternat ive publica tions ( ,,'itness ' the OZ, Lit t l e Red Schoo l book and IT tria ls, and the pend ing tria ls of Frie n ds , Un ic o n1 b ookshop and Compend ium b ookshop' ) s h ould h ope fully serv e as a ",a ::-ning t o the un e r gr ound tha t the 1967 scene is dead . Pa ssivewi thdrawal f'rom a r epr e ssive society is n o s olution. No t e ven freaks ca n es c a pe c ap i tal i sm 's clutches. Many, thru beiniS' bus t e d f or dope , h a v e r ealis ed that they can n o ' l ob ge r exis t in a polit ical v a cuum, that they ca nnot c ompletely esca pe from soci ety , that the y a r e s till s ubje ct ed t o it s r epr e ssi ons and tha t if they want t o t r ansfor m that s ocie ty the y should n o t run away fr om i t , but confro~t it and a ctive ly participat e in its overthrow .

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The pollution of our environment has to be stopped : our s o c i ety has t o be transformed . Both can only b e effected by revolut i on . Ne i ther is i t any d efence to claim to be " non-political " . For ro acknowledge the repre ssion and complete inhumanity of s ociety and yet to refus e to participate in its overthrow i s in it se lf a politica l decision~ a political d e cision t o hYP'ocritically acquies c e in that same . 3 t a tus quo which you have derided and r eject ed .

It is vital to realis e that our s ociety can easi l y accomodate tribes of ,hippies. They are regarded with contemp t b y a society that knows that as long as hippies r emain politically naive they '''i ll never constitute a threat to the political statu s quo, and will , in fact, continue to be- a n easy target "s one of soc i ety ' s scapegoats. As such the " filthy layabouts " c a n be h OUlpd ed and repressed wi t h a severity which sgciety ,,,ould no t d a rllr to c on~one i n the case of a mor e ove r t ly political group ( e xcept in t h e case of Northern Ireland, of course , which is another " ,,,ar for freedom l and democracy " or l egalized fascism ). )

In this r e spect dope is now ~l~ng an ~mbiguous pol i t ica l rol e . It is often dope which introduces people to a lt e rna.t ive lifestyle s and l,rhich at first caus e s the m to .fee l alienated from the f ram m,rork of society, thus precipitating the ir r e j ec tion of the social st ruc ture. However it i s also at present playing' a more sinister role in t h at many of these same p e ople b e come sole l y i nt e r ested in dope to the exc lusion of the more urgent political struggles . That i s not to say that dope is counter-revolutionary • . It is no more counter- revolutionary than sex, both being a dmirabl e pleasure - g iving activities; but when it becomes an end in itself and r enders a huge source of pot =nt i a l r e vo l u tiona ries politically incapable and inact ive , then it s eems t o have become disproportionately important to ma ny p eo ple and to b e hindering a s well as helping our revolutionary struggle . Ne i t h er can we a f ford to chanc e the outs orne of wai t ing for" an en t ire gen eratioh's consciousness to b e altell!rl " b y ac id. For as Dr. Ehrlich h as shown we may well have very lit t l e time le ~t in which to avert the death of our species.

If the majority of the underground a r e idealists, ide ly waiting for capitalism to go away, then much the s a me can b e said of liberals. How~ ~adical they may claim to b e , liberals always manage to b e "Fsmayed " . or " disturbe d " by developments wi thin capitalis t _ s ciet~. The :l.r " a~a:r:m ". stems fr~m the i:: ~nability or un'villingne~s t :l.t that the 1nJust1ces and 1ne qua 11 t1e s of society are not )

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isolated and remedj,ab l e but int egra ted into the tota l capitalist system ,,,hose v e ry nature ensur es the exist en ce of hese ine qu a lities . It is idea listic, if not self-con tradictory, to ever adequ ate ly ~ reform" c a pitalism, as its contradicti ons w1d inequ a lities are fundam e nt a l to its v e ry essence. You CANNOT reform capita lism - you must a bolish it by revolution.

Only Revolutionar i e s Are Re a listic .

The hippi e s and the libe r a l, one advocat ing " dropping out " , the other r e form, a r e both essent i a lly idealistic as the ir propos e d " alternatives " are unrealisable or self- contradictor y and thus mystificat ory in the light o f a r ealistic attempt to t r ansform society. Worke rs, bla cks, the une mploYE:.d, stud ents , old peopl e , gay people, hippies , prisone rs e tc ' s hould a l so participate in loca l community proj e cts, h e lping p eopl e to organise thems e l ves in Cl aimant Unions, school =lions, s quatting groups , gay lib e tc . Finally they should also h e lp people to r ec ognize the ir struggles as pa rt of a general revolutiona ry strugg l e to a bolish oppressi on t hroughout t h e world.

Many hippies and a n a rchists still cling to the vision of a pre ­industrial rural society - f a rming and fucking;1;h~y must rea lise that this is merely a vision, unrealisti c and ,,,orthl e s s i~ t a k e n a s anything more than just a pleasent d aydream. The r eali ty is 1971 - post indust r ialisation, technology mushrooming , bureaucracy a n d the servic e economy obscuring olel cla ss definitions - a capital ist system which has almost torn itse l f in h a lf to concea l its inherent contra dictions ( while creating more n everthe l ess ), surviving f"r :j.mmeasura bly longer than anyone h ad forseen . As it creaks and moans i n the f irs t stage of its death agony, i t is more than ever n ecessary to tap every source of r evolutiona ry pot e n t i a l, to fina lly dispel a ll n a ive political illusions - in short to bring p e op l e to r e j e ct ide a listic " solutions " and to adopt instead realistic r evolutionary ac tivities .

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a ,~ord or ·two , wi t h love , from Pa ul and Jac kie .

\fords and ideas a r e c urre n tly f l olving in t h e Bri g h ton stream ot1 progression into more communa l wa ys of living . Pe opl e a r e into i t .

'{e would like to put d01= a small thingy or f our. First ly, pat i e nce , p a tie nce friends . Woz it not just l as t ye a r ( l ast year -- - r eme mber? ) t h a t mast of u s were still spending our good times in twos and thre e s wa nderin g hope f ully round to a fre ndz ' pad or something, getting v ery stone d t o gethe r - crash on floor - maybe first r a p a bit on ,~ot would b e ni ce and ,,,ot was I=ong wi t h the big old ,,,orld and wot a p ity no more Combo (I! I?) h e r e in li tt l e -Brighthe lms t.one t! but South Sea ilubbl e wa s a freak out '''a sn ' t i t - pity no 1Il0re c a me ou t of t h a t, oh, y eah, we were round at so a nd so 's the other d a y and - y u know him, long h air down to h e r e and -- no? Oh. H~y, h ave you h e ard t h e n e w Zed Frcdmost a lbum, ohh --- t hen hit the d e ck a nd qni. e tly wow a nd :fr eak to a ll thos e AY1l1a yzing soundsanllt " /' ''C-6'' '' 'J ng up and gigg l i.n g g o ( t b ank s , it's been really nice ) home thru the weather , dry mouths chatt ering cra zily, to k ill t h e blind munchies with a r a id on t h e l arder -- 'n e v e r b efor e s o ·s tone d. Hh at a r e we doing 10 0111 U.L·J: u'", any'va y (tod :1Y ) oh y e s, Fudge a~d Dutch are coming round tha.t'll b e nice and s o on with the odd Ea sy Submarine for spice?

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Have we not arrived , looning but humble r, at a so much more h e lpfully and hopefully (, ±..o;geth er Now ( tick- tock tick-tock)? :from" let' s a ll trip round atli~r,q,", pla c e somet ime thru a cid bus a cid bus e s in which everyo~ Hel jlY: .'t' , lIystery tours and childre n t s partie s and ha~y birtEt ~ ~d . l es festival and peoples pic-nics a nd a cid } est ary~ peop e, ..:~t. a::\elPful freak services and more ~ltern~\;ive( ,J/

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growing at the VERY SPEED of THough t ev en unto t his t his th i s?

And is this not community c ons ci ou s n ess of a ve ry go od kind ?

Yes, there is far to go But instantly here we are All roads lead thre e ,~ays h e r e t h e r e a nd ev e ryone .

But be tha t as it ma y, the r e i s on:ry on e way to g o and that i s t o grow. Before we can go into commune s we mus t g r ow into each othe r, and for that ther e can b e no hurry +---- jus t t h e t ime it takes. Wh at we h a v e in Brighton ( and ther e a r e g ood signs too fro m o t h e rwise ) we h a v e because it had to b e this wa y. I t wa s the n ext s t e p --- inevi table . Within this broadne ss, tho, we h av e ev e ry kind of sc en e d e v e l oping , root situations :-- a few small commune s ( li ' ing a nd wQrking ) an:! a f ew mor e work communes ( both tho s e mostly centre d on the h ead s hops a nd s e rvic e s already mentione d ); then the r e a r e g roups living more or l e ss togeth e r in l a rge hous e s or fl n is in v a rying st a t es of c han ge ; t h e r e a r e coupl e s in the ir own place s, some with kids; the r e a r e chicks wi t h kids, chicks 'vi th guys, guys with guys, chicks with chicks and. som e on the ir own ( we hope not v e ry ). All th e s e a r e wh e r e they a r e for tho s ame inevitable reasons but a s the s e compris e the e s senc e and tot a lity of the larger community it is h e r e tha t d e v e l opment i s most impor t ant. Th e isolated nucle ar family, bits of big brother, i s whe r e we 're mos tly from and oh, we do not .dig thos e at a ll. S o t)ror e a r e no guide line s, no well trod pa ve ways for a ny of u s . All we would s a y is t his. Inter­personal r e lationships, ind ividua l with indivi dua l, i s ,~h ere the most important, most difficult work has t o b e d ori e on a ll the se plane s i n ' slowly widening circl e s , It's a ll n e w, a ll a ma zine , a ll expe riment. Some experiments f a il but this must not ma k e us d e spondant a bout the whole thing or make us jump to n ew e xperime nts/id eas wilthout understanding our ne~~ r easons or old motive s. We 've got this f a r and it' s G~Nm" we must underst a nd each othe r .a t root l ev e l t OG furth ~/f"~itfully, and b e ca use it's h a rd t d c. we often n e ed . 0 draw on rel?§Urc~ gre a t o r than our own --- sort ,ye s --- l e an o~e I scenM"F'd .... this !s the point (Ah, Ha !!), e sce n e can t ak e ! _ . r~/

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love t o g o a round. The mor e we n eed t h e 1Il 0r e we unc ove r th e mor e the r e is, a simple es ca l at ion of thc p r emi se tha t if i l ov e you and y ou l ove me we both sha r e twic e times l ov e . And i t is h a ppening . We f ee l tha t e verybody h a s got togethe r in Brighton a s t rong e n ou gh l1ac rocosmic community thing ( which we c n n a ll s ec and b e ) t o n ouri s h and support the microcosm, our communa l units and, ul tima tely US . Bu t r eme mb er, it's happening "'ithout b ecaus e it's h a ppening within to o . So b e g entle and ' g enerous, trust each o t her a hd'b e p at i ent. 1;'0 ca n g e t i t on. "Tho knows how f a st it grows.

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AGITPROP - more on Mond a y ' s bust . ,

An injunction t o s e cure t h e r eturn of a l l the J ake Pre scott and Ian Purdie De f e nce Group lite r a ture s e izad by police in Mond a y's r a id on Agitprop wa s fil e d in t h e High Court on Thu r s d a y .

The injunction is like ly to b e h eard by t h e c ourt n e x t Friday .

;+;+;++++++i++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++;++++++++++;++++++++++++++++ CRASH ' PADI II I I II I

Anyone wanting a t e mpora ry crash . pad is invit ed to sta y with Colin and Kathe ryn Stanton at their h~e , No. 17 Ch o l oml e y Gardens, Alfre d Road, N.1f.6. Pleas e RING FIRST - 01 435-7369 .

214 ATI'ILA ON COMMUNI:S ....

& this we ek crowds of peeple t oo k ov e r t h e d e r e lict Vic t oria Dwe lling s 11m Clerkenwell Road, Lons on unci st a rte d the Lon d on s t r eets Commune f or everyone who sleeps in the p a rks, a t sta ti ons or in sh ow r-proo f doorways.

TheY've barricaded the wind ows un d th e door,,,ays a nd a lready r es ist ed one abortive attempt t o ge t rid of them by chopsticks wie ld ed b y the p olis •.

Lack of water is the main pr oblem und t h e build ing is a f i r e risk but they're there and s o far they've st ay ed .

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COOKERS ••• Anyon e wanting el e ctric c ook ers ,.hich PROBABLY ,;'ORK a sk a t the

Church Army Hostel ( just of'f' st. J ames' Stre et pa s t Rock Ga r de ns ). If' u can take them out of' the she d t hen they're y ours. Give a f ew b ob to the old bloke in the h ost e l, wh e t h er h e nsks f' o r it or n o t ( h e probably won't ).

Thanks to Cha rlie f' or the bulk o f' the pics, J ohn f'or the c ov er, Annie f o r the l e tters pa g e , Rick f'o r running it a ll of'f', ]\like f' o r clearing his desk, - Bill f'oX' Horoshit an d o ther s , Sa ra f or the p otatoe omelette and the we ather man f'o r the nice sun we had in mid week.