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Table of Contents
Taking the challenge to Kill King Abacus; or trying to
create relations without measure ... an introduction to
this anthology
by Chris Kortright ix
Turning to Insurrection
by sasha k xii
Political Imagination in the Age of the Smart Phone
Leila xiv
UNTIMELY
for Worlds Without Measure
(being my thoughts on the project Killing King Abacus)
Wolfi Landstreicher xix
Section One: Issue # 1 Spring 2000
Killing King Abacus 3
Action 5
Anarchists and Action
by Alfredo Bonanno 6
The Elves and Lit up Signs 9
ELF Communiques
by Earth Liberation Front 10
Letter Introducing Nikos Mazotis
by Comrades from the Anarchist Circle and the Collective
Anarchists in Solidarity 11
iii
Excerpt from Mazotis' Court Statement
by Nikos Mazotis 12
The Acme Collective Communique
by Acme collective 19
On Behalf of the Barbarians
by Bleu Marin 24
Caught in the Web of Deception: Anarchists and the
Media
by Wolfi Landstreicher 35
Against War and Pacifist Bliss
by Neither their War more their Peace 39
Kula Shells and Zombies: Notes on Value
by Leila 41
Enter ... Enter ...
by Diavolo in Corpo 43
Drowning ...
by Wolfi Landstreicher 46
Necrophiliac Logic and the Revolution of the Imagination
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Civilization and the Creative Urge
by Wolfi Landstreicher 51
From Thought into the Unknown
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Clocks
by Julio Cortazar 58
The Persistent Refusal of Paradise
by Penelope Nin 59
Capitalism at the Crossroads and Opportunity of the
Yugoslav crisis
by sasha k 61
Freedom
by Albert Libertad 69
iv
Obsession
by Albert Libertad 73
The Particular and the Universal
75
by Julio Cortazar
Fixed Abodes
by Leila 76
In the Distance: Suburbia Against the Barricades
by Leila 80
The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism Among
Anarchists: A Review of Hakim Bey's Millennium
by sasha k 85
Section Two: Issue # 2 Spring 2001
Killing King Abacus #2 91
Notes on Insurrectionary Anarchism
by sasha k 92
A Few Notes on Alienation
by sasha k 97
Notes Towards a New Analysis of the Institutions of
Domination
by Wolfi Landstreicher 99
Civilization and History: A Comments on John
Conner's The Rise of the West
by sasha k 101
Parody and Subversion: Notes on Roles
by Leila 104
Never Cry Wolf
by Wolfi Landstreicher 107
Unmasked Simulations in White Overalls
by Sandra K. 110
Brittle Utopias
by Leila 112
v
We Go On
by Albert Libertad 116
The End of the World
by Mara Almani 119
At the Center of the Volcano
by Dominique Misein 123
The Anarchist Ethic in the Age of the Anti
Globalization Movement
by sasha k and Leila 133
The Ferocious Jaws of Habit
by Mare Almani 152
Alienation, Marvelous Pursuits and the New Nomadic
Sciences
by Leila 157
A Balanced Account of the World: A Critical Look at
the Scientific World View
by Wolfi Landstreicher 162
Where Do We Meet Face to Face
by Wolfi Landstreicher 171
Money and Logos
byM.D.P. 177
China: Capitalist Discipline and Rising Protest
by sasha k 187
Section Three: Hot Tide Discussion Bulletin
Hot Tide Bulletin #1
The Scale of Capitalism and Resistance
by Leila and sasha k 196
Terrorist Threats
by Leila and sasha k 198
Hot Tide Bulletin #2
Direct Action cannot be Televised
by Leila and sasha k 200
vi
Comments on Hot Tide
by Wolfi Landstreicher 203
Our response
by Leila and sasha k 206
Hot Tide Discussion Bulletin #3
Solidarity, Analysis and the North-South Divide
by Leila and sasha k 209
Assault on the Border
by Leila and sasha k 213
Section 4: Discussion between sasha k and
Chris Dixon on Activism and Organization
Finding Hope After Seattle
by Chris Dixon 218
"Activism" and "Anarcho-Purism" a response to Chris
Dixon's Finding Hope After Seattle
by sasha k 226
Reflections on Privilege, Reformism, and Activism a
response to sasha k
by Chris Dixon 231
Dirty Mirrors and Deformed Reflections
by sasha k 241
Section 4: Killing King Abacus elsewhere
A Brief Note On Insurrection
by sasha k and Leila
appeared in Green Anarchy Issue 8, 2002 252
The Same Old Empire (Oops, I mean Imperialism)
...
by sasha k
appeared in Aporia Journal Issue l, 2003 254
Thirteen Notes on Class Struggle: Some notes for
discussion
by sasha k
appeared in Green Anarchy Issue 18, 2004 260
vii
The Insurrectionary Act and the Self-Organization
of Struggle
by sasha k
appeared in Aporia Journal Issue 2, 2004 264
Insurrectionary Practice and Capitalist
Transformation
A discussion between The Batko Group and sasha k. 2005 267
viii
Taking the challenge to Kill King
Abacus; or trying to create relations
without measure
... an introduction to this anthology
by Chris Kortright
What was the project Killing King Abacus?
What does it mean to Kill King Abacus?
The Project
Killing King Abacus was started as a writing project to challenge aspects
of discourse and practices within the North American anarchist scene as we
anarchists-engage in struggles against capitalism and the state. The project
was the engagement of three individuals Leila, sasha k and Wolfi Landstreich
er. One of the central challenges of this project was to think through/ explore
"insurrectionary anarchism" as a practice/process. The project first appeared
on the anarchist scene as a zine which came out in spring of 2000. Number 1 of
Killing King Abacus was a mixture of translated texts, communiques regarding
actions that where happening in North America and original texts by the indi
viduals involved in the project. A second issue came out in print the following
year (spring 2001). This second issue again had translations and original texts,
but this time talking back to the reception that the first issue recived within the
anarchist scene. Although the print zine only came out these two times, the
project itself became more than just the zine. The project became located on a
website that produced both dialogue and discussion through a discussion board
and letters as well as launching a second connected project Hot Tide Discussion
Bulletin taken up by Leila and sasha. At the time, Wolfi was working on a proj
ect called Willful Disobedience1 which was promoted through the website. The
website also became a space to archive articles and new translations addressing
insurrectionary anarchism and questions of informal organization.
A significant aspect to this project-and one that separates it from
many other anarchist projects-was the influences and tensions that it
brought together. The three individuals came together to explore questions
of insurrectionary anarchism and translate (primarily from Italian) texts that
many in the North American anarchist scene had not yet had access to, but
the project did not have a singular vision or voice. Wolfi, Leila and sasha
entered into this project together, but they were influenced by authors and
ideas that were often in conflict with each other. In these texts you can feel
1. A book collection of Willful Disobedience spanning from 1996 to 2006 is published by
Ardent Press and avalible through Little Black Cart: http:/ /littleblackcart.com/
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Description:This is an anthology of the writing tied to Killing King Abacus. Killing King Abacus was started as a writing project to challenge aspects of discourse and practices within the North American anarchist scene by three individuals Leila, sasha k and Wolfi Landstreicher. One of the central challenges o
