Steel City Revolt #1 (Fall 2008)
48 pages, quarterly
(POG, c/o The Thomas Merton Center, 5125 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224)
(Full Disclosure: I was affiliated for a couple years with the group who put out this publication. )
I was unsure what to expect from this project, since I hadn’t been keeping up with POG’s recent activities, membership, [...]
Apparently life goes on whether I remark on it or not, and I feel half guilty taking September off, so I’ll try and catch up. There’s some big stuff in the works, including a collaboration with a dear comrade and little brother, on a piece about the folly of ethical consumption and an overblown commentary [...]
Any effort to counter military recruiting, reformist or otherwise is fine with me, since I favor reinstating the military draft. Although their (public) numbers are shrinking, since 9/11/2001, there are still far too many flag-sucking sheep, who beat the drums of war, but refuse to to take up arms themselves. A draft would give [...]
This call was issued several days ago, but due to an awful infection in my writing hand, yinz have been spared my awful prose. My failing health will prevent me from participating in these actions, but that’s no reason for you not to. It’s a shame, as it seems like a genuine attempt to step [...]
Sorry to come back after a health/legal related hiatus, and beg for money, but the Thomas Merton Center is one of the key defensive (as are all formal organizations) structures for participants the social war, as it is carried out here in Southwestern PA.
The TMC is one of those rare places in North America, where [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to find a place to rent. There are any number of reason used by landlords and property managers to exclude you from shelter. They don’t need a reason.
Perhaps another worthwhile strategy that could be explored by counter-recruiters is to make the recruiters themselves homeless? Maybe the pickets and other activities could be [...]
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
It’s still technically Spring, and it’s not an ozone action day, so that must be love in the air. Could Bill Peduto’s amateur counterinsurgency hobby lead him down the aisle? [...]
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
Pittsburgh City Council parking pass holder and self-described “liberal”, Bill Peduto, [...]
