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Most anarchists fall somewhere be
tween these two extremes.
Reflecting this division within
the anarchist community, Eugene
anarchist activity is Janus-faced.
Headline-grabbing violent protests
counterbalance peaceful organiza
tions and programs aimed at culti
vating strong community ties.
Riots in the streets
The first direct-action protest
that put Eugene anarchism in the
spotlight was the vandalism of
NikeTown Eugene in November
1998, when a handful of anarchists
trashed the inside of the store.
The anarchist community had
been developing in the Whiteaker
area for a few years before the van
dalism, and anarchists were begin
ning to make their presence known.
The NikeTown attack “ was a
step forward,” Zerzan said. “It was
beginning to be announced that
something was going on.”
In June 1999, an anarchist rally
in downtown turned into a five
hour riot of vandalism, looting and
defying police. Then came the
World Trade Organization protest,
when Eugene anarchists participat
ed in the first of a worldwide series
of massive protests against interna
tional institutions.
On April 24, 2000, about 100
protesters, many of them anar
chists, took to the streets to protest
the imprisonment of Mumia Abu
Jamal, who is on death row for
killing a police officer. Last June, a
re-enactment of the 1999 protest
turned-riot led to a large protest and
the arrest of more than 60 people,
including two anarchists who were
convicted of arson.
Area anarchists say these
protests are vital to their communi
ty because they bring attention to
anarchist ideas, as well as help an
archists make connections with
other activists.
“For a lot of people, it’s the first
time defying authority for a moral
conviction,” anarchist Marshall
Kirkpatrick said. “Making that step
is a real meaningful opportunity for
some people. It’s one thing for
someone to have a philosophical
opinion of the world, and it’s an
other to put your safety on the line
as many of us do.”
Kirkpatrick and other anarchists
expect more large-scale protests
this year in Eugene and throughout
the world.
“This movement is really going
to be big, starting this year,” Zerzan
said. “It’s just going to make Seattle
and all that look pretty small.”
Such massive protests have
made their mark in the Eugene
community, specifically in police
policy. Since the Eugene Police
Department was caught off-guard
by the June 1999 riot, the depart
ment and the Police Commission
have analyzed and altered crowd
control tactics and use-of-force
policies.
Within the Whiteaker neighbor
hood, anarchist slogans are often
spray-painted on walls, and the
EPD Public Safety station in the
area has been vandalized numerous
times. But police are hesitant to at
tribute these crimes to anarchists,
stating that copycat vandals might
be to blame.
“Anarchist stuff is really a non
issue,” said EPD officer Richard
Bremer, the Whiteaker Public Safe
ty Station manager. “They’re here.
We co-exist, and everybody goes
about thfeir business.”
But anarchists generally dis
agree, saying they are often targeted
by police. Eugene anarchists have
actively participated in the Inde
pendent Police Review Project, a
community organization that area
activists founded last summer as a
forum for complaints about the
EPD.
Free food, radical thought
Between protests, anarchists try
to cultivate a community ambiance
in the Whiteaker area through proj
ects offering free food and radical
thought. Eugene anarchism often
takes on a social feel more than a
revolutionary one.
Organizers of Eugene’s version of
Food Not Bombs cook and serve
free, vegan meals at the Washing
ton-Jefferson Park every day at 4
p.m., except Mondays. Food Not
Bombs, a nationwide program, was
founded in 1980 in Boston to
protest hunger and the proliferation
of nuclear weapons.
Until recently, one could see
dozens of people every morning at
West Third Avenue and Van Buren
Street drinking coffee and socializ
ing at an event dubbed “Cafe Anar
quista.” This activity has lagged re
cently because some organizers
moved out of the area and because
of bad weather. Though mostly
non-confrontational, Cafe Anar
quista organizers had a run-in with
the EPD last summer when several
people were ticketed for blocking
the sidewalk.
At the same location, The Sham
rock Info-Shop, which opened in
December, is an anarchist hangout
with a full kitchen and a library of
radical literature.
“Its intent is to extend the
amount of literature to the public,”
said Cheryl Reinhart, who owns the
60-year-old house where the Info
Shop is located. “It’s a really impor
tant thing for our neighborhood be
cause Whiteaker doesn’t have one
place to gather where people don’t
have to pay for something.”
Reinhart, who doesn’t consider
herself an anarchist, hopes the
Info-Shop will become the hub for
another ongoing Whiteaker proj
ect called Free Skool, which is or
ganized by various community
members and offers grassroots
clinics on topics ranging from
wilderness survival to flu immu
nizations.
Also, the Subversive Pillow The
atre, an activist-organized weekly
showing of radical films and
videos, might move from the Grow
er’s Market Building at 454
Willamette St. to the Info-Shop.
On the airwaves, Radio Free Cas
cadia broadcasts from the Whiteak
er area, and television shows Casca
dia Alive! and Anarchist Forum air
on cable access.
Dreams of revolution
Despite all this activity, there is
a sense of cynicism and hopeless
ness among many Eugene anar
chists. Few anarchists expect to
see a sweeping revolution in
America during their lifetimes.
“There used to be more idealism
and optimism,” Zerzan said, de
scribing the ‘60s activist move
ment when he was first introduced
to radical thought. “Today, some
body will ask even the people will
ing to fight in the streets if they
think they’ll win, and they’ll say
‘no.’”
This cynicism is understand
able. Every major American insti
tution, from police to government,
directly stands in the way of the
anarchist cause.
Still, some anarchists, such as
Zerzan, are optimistic that some
type of change will occur.
“Who knows, maybe we won’t
get anywhere,” Zerzan said. “But I
think there’s a worldwide move
ment starting, and we’re going to
see how bad people think things
are, how badly they want freedom
and health, life and authenticity.”
There is also an understanding
among many anarchists that a new
form of protest is needed to accom
pany or replace the mass street
protests the world has seen during
the past two years.
“Unfortunately, police in this
town and others have figured out
how to stop street protests,” said
an area anarchist using the pseu
donym Amanda West.
West said new tactics should be
devised that would rally the larger
community around the anarchist
cause.
“Mass change isn’t going to
come from a bunch of black-clad
kids in Whiteaker,” she said. “I
don’t think the world is going to
change tomorrow. Nobody knows
what is going to happen, but I do
have great hope that something
will happen.”
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