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  1. Slingshot Collective

    Zine A Mountain River Has Many Bends

    From Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness This text is an excerpt from A Small Key Can Open A Large Door from Combustion Books. It is a great primer for both understanding the history of Kurdistan in the grand scheme of things and in the contemporary realm of national liberation struggles. It...
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    Zine The Cloak and Dagger Compendium

    At long last the second issue of Cloak & Dagger is finished! This edition contains basic, intermediate, and advanced information for the bypassing and picking of warded locks, pin-tumbler and wafer-tumbler locks, and tubular locks. Information concerning the home-manufacture of skeleton keys...
  3. Slingshot Collective

    Book Reviews: Fighting for Spaces, Fighting for Our Lives: Squatting Movements Today

    https://slingshotcollective.org/a18-book-reviews-fighting-for-spaces-fighting-for-our-lives-squatting-movements-today/ Squatting Everywhere Collective (SqeK) Edition Assemblage 2018 Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 37, D – 48157 Münster Review by dj dio This book is 356 pages long and contains 30...
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    Tony Longshanks RIP

    He was also involved with the online literary magazine, Synchronized Chaos: http://synchchaos.com/?s=longshanks
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    Tony Longshanks RIP

    Sad news... thanks for posting. Tony was a member of our Collective, here are a couple articles he wrote for our newspaper about squatting in the Bay Area: Not Our City Anymore: https://slingshotcollective.org/not-our-city-anymore/ Break off the boards build our dreams...
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    News & Blogs History of Health: Needle Exchange in San Francisco

    Taken From: http://sfaf.org/client-services/syringe-access/history-of-needle-exchange.html Throughout the history of HIV/AIDS, there are many moments that stand out as bold acts of courage that forever changed the course of the epidemic. Syringe access in San Francisco is certainly at the top...
  7. Slingshot Collective

    Needle Exchange

    Please contact the Berkeley and/or San Francisco Needle Exchanges directly.
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    Needle Exchange

    The ex-member of our Collective who made this post has been sober for over a year and a half.
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    Needle Exchange

    We share a building with the Berkeley Needle Emergency Exchange Distribution (NEED). https://berkeleyneed.org/ Among other things, "NEED offers overdose prevention treatment through the distribution of naloxone, an opioid antagonist that can prevent overdoses." Narcan saves lives! Please...
  10. Slingshot Collective

    Kansas City Squatters' Handbook from the feral cat collective

    I would post this in the library but the PDF isn't downloading to this computer. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223190626/http://zinelibrary.info/files/kcsquat.pdf Anyone else who has lost 'zines when zinelibrary.info went down, please check archive.org for it!
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    R.I.P. Rosa

    Sorry for your loss. She used to post on tumblr as filthy-and-free, and one of our ex-members used to correspond with her. We share space with a needle exchange, and hopefully injection sites will become legal in California and another state or two soon. Until then, everyone should know the...
  12. Slingshot Collective

    Michael Israel died fighting the fascists- Rest in Power!

    I hope someone let you know it did get printed, and it's posted here: http://slingshot.tao.ca/?p=116153
  13. Slingshot Collective

    The Church Of Carl Sagan Squat

    This was just after RCA caught on fire last year. You can see the Hot Mess all boarded up...
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    The Church Of Carl Sagan Squat

    Well, here it was just before we got evicted earlier this year...
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    The Church Of Carl Sagan Squat

    Hot Mess and RCA both got evicted last year. :(
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    The Church Of Carl Sagan Squat

    It was bought site unseen at auction for over $400,000.00 (nearly 500K if my memory serves me correctly) last year, and the eviction was carried out by the county this spring after a court case.
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    The Church Of Carl Sagan Squat

    Ha, that was our media name. It was really called Hydra House 'cause it was the third of three squat that came directly out of the Stay Away after it was evicted.
  18. Slingshot Collective

    "The Anarchist's Guide to Travel" is now available!

    Can you send us a review copy? Slingshot Collective P.O. Box 3051 Berkeley, CA 94703
  19. Slingshot Collective

    The Three Sisters (Corn, Beans, Squash)

    We printed a three sisters companion planting tutorial: http://slingshot.tao.ca/?p=116195 though the online version doesn't include the art, which is sort of essential, and derived from this draft: https://web.archive.org/web/20101011200945/http://zinelibrary.info:80/files/tscpzine.pdf
  20. Slingshot Collective

    Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair

    10:00am – 6pm Saturday, September 16, 2017 Oakland, CA http://bayareaanarchistbookfair.com/
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    East Bay Homes Not Jails upcoming events

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    Humboldt Anarchist Bookfair

    Oh cool, thanks, that interview was fun. All three of us who worked on that are hanging out tonight, but only one of us will probably be in the crew that goes. I don't know, we were going to try to find housing and have some feelers out, but it might be nice to camp. We just don't have much...
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    Humboldt Anarchist Bookfair

    Right on! We finally got ourselves together too, and have room for one more person from the East Bay, but not much room for gear and what not because we're tabling.
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    Humboldt Anarchist Bookfair

    http://www.humboldtgrassroots.com/?cat=2
  25. Slingshot Collective

    Open Organisation of Lockpickers

    Here's a website to check out: http://toool.us/
  26. Slingshot Collective

    Bay Area Spanish Civil War Memorial

    It came up in recent discussions that a couple Collective members are descendants of this Spanish Civil War veteran!
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    Ashville Anarchist Book Fair

    http://acab2017.noblogs.org
  28. Slingshot Collective

    Spanish Squatters' Movement Discusion-Berkeley

    Yes, sometimes we film stuff, but not often enough. In this case, the speaker wished to remain anonymous.
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    Spanish Squatters' Movement Discusion-Berkeley

  30. Slingshot Collective

    Video Berkeley Riot Porn

    For more information, please check: https://itsgoingdown.org/berkeley-clashes-break-alt-right-milo/
  31. Slingshot Collective

    Movie Review: Dogtown Redemption

    Okay, thanks! I almost posted the trailer in the library, but was worried about its low traffic. I felt like maybe I was posting in the wrong place, I guess this makes more sense.
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    Movie Review: Dogtown Redemption

    Oh cool, Carts of Darkness looks rad! We're showing Dogtown Redemption at our office next month and I'll propose we watch Carts of Darkness also. The trailer was good and it looks like the whole movie is on the youtube. Thanks for the tip!
  33. Slingshot Collective

    Trump's Inauguration: Jan. 20th in DC

    There's going to be at least two caravans leaving from the west coast next month to protest Trump's Inauguration. http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2016/12/22/earth2trump-roadshow-of-resistance/
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    Movie Review: Dogtown Redemption

    Available at www.dogtownredemption.com Dogtown Redemption (2015) tells the story of some of the poorest of America’s poor, West Oakland’s street recyclers. It focuses on 3 such individuals and allows them to speak for themselves while capturing on film the grim realities of their day-to-day...
  35. Slingshot Collective

    Event 2016 East Bay Anarchist Book Discussion

    "Announcing the 2016 East Bay Anarchist Book event, December 17 at the Humanist Hall "This year’s theme is Community: for good or ill. We will be celebrating, defining, and exploring the concept and reality of community: the good and bad things about being part of a group of people who inspire...
  36. Slingshot Collective

    Denalda, ex-Oakland Squatter, Warehouse Fire Victim

    Thanks, it's been a really hard week...
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    Denalda, ex-Oakland Squatter, Warehouse Fire Victim

    Today and everyday we want celebrate the badass no-apologizes life of Denalda (who the newspapers are calling "Nicole Siegrist" for some reason), who lost her life in the fire at the Oakland Ghost Ship. She was based out of the Scratch Pad, an Oakland dream squat circa 2014. Around, you could...
  38. Slingshot Collective

    Michael Israel died fighting the fascists- Rest in Power!

    You can e-mail us at slingshot@tao.ca, please send it as an attached document and include a black and white picture if you can. Thanks! And we're extremely sorry for you and your community's loss.
  39. Slingshot Collective

    Ara Jo, Oakland Warehouse Fire Victim, Rest in Power!

    Thanks, I was actually shocked we were the first to post one. An ex-squatter who lived at the Stay Away, Fern and Hydra House (AKA The Church of Carl Sagan) who went by Donalda also died in the fire. It's been a bad week here... thanks again though. The out pouring of support has been awe...
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    Ara Jo, Oakland Warehouse Fire Victim, Rest in Power!

    Thanks, it's been pretty tough, but all the support has been amazing. A musician and ex-squatter a bunch of us also know who went by Donalda also died, but we don't have an obit for her yet...
  41. Slingshot Collective

    Michael Israel died fighting the fascists- Rest in Power!

    Your friend is a hero! Please consider sending an obituary in to our newspaper. Our print runs are 22,000 and it's internationally distributed. One of us is working on a book review about Syria, Burning Country, and a 'zine review about Rojava that's already been published on here, so it...
  42. Slingshot Collective

    Ara Jo, Oakland Warehouse Fire Victim, Rest in Power!

    Picture from: http://cargocollective.com/gretaaalborg/BAD-WOMAN-PROJECT It is with a heavy heart that we share that Ara Jo, who drew some of the pages for the 2013 Organizer perished in the art collective fire at the Ghost Ship on Friday. I met Ara at the Paco Dog Collar shop in 2012. I was...
  43. Slingshot Collective

    Slingshot #122 is online!

    Rather than start different threads, and since we don't have a PDF of it posted online, please check it out here if you can't find a hard copy: http://slingshot.tao.ca/?page_id=116065 the first two articles are against the DAPL, for what it's worth.
  44. Slingshot Collective

    Police Raid Landless Workers Movement's National School

    "In Brazil, the Landless Workers Movement, known as the MST, is facing increasing repression, including the detention of at least 10 organizers. On November 4, state police raided MST’s National School in São Paulo, firing live ammunition and detaining two MST members, including a 64-year-old...
  45. Slingshot Collective

    Today in Berkeley, California: Defend the West Berkeley Shellmound!

    http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2016/11/06/today-in-berkeley-california-defend-the-west-berkeley-shellmound/
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    Slingshot #122 Events Calandar

    The deadline for #123 isn't until January, so if you find out about events worth Traveling for late winter and/or early spring, please hit us up at slingshot at tao dot ca!
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    Matt of East Bay Food Not Bombs

    Thanks! I didn't realize how old he was until he passed, but I was still shocked. We weren't super close, all I ever did with him was cook since he had a Stay Away order from People's Park from the tree sit and I'm not 100% sure why he never came by the Long Haul where the Slingshot office is...
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    Josh the Mechanic-Oakland

    He was, thanks! At least a couple of us squatted with him, and tried to crack open another place. We had some good times!
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    Josh the Mechanic-Oakland

    Josh Lipson 1976 – 2016 Josh Lipson, who cooked with East Bay Food Not Bombs and helped with many recent Slingshot bulk mailings, died in his sleep of heart failure in Oakland June 12. He was 39 years old. Josh's death came as a shock to his many friends since he appeared to be in...