Welcome to the online hub for goings-on of anarchists and anti-authoritarians in Milwaukee, WI! We are a diverse group of anti-authoritarians seeking to connect with each other, our community and all like-minded individuals in non-hierarchal ways, as well as seeking to remove all vestiges of authority from our daily lives. To this end we are opposed to such institutions as the state and capitalism, etc, in favor of a free society based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation.
To the left are listed a number of projects and activities we are currently, or have previously, been involved with. New people are always welcome to join these projects if they're interested, and we're happy to answer any questions you may have about our projects or our ideas.
We hope you find this website useful, and that you get in touch!
Current News:
5-16-08
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ATTENTION ALL BASH BACK! and ANTI-RACIST FOLKS:
The National
Socialist Movement (NSM), A racist neo-nazi organization, has announced
its intentions to protest Milwaukee's Pridefest the morning of Saturday
June 7th. Coincidentally, Bash Back! Milwaukee had put out a call for
radical transfolk and queers to come to Milwaukee the very same
weekend.
Thus, Bash Back! Milwaukee and Milwaukee Anti-Racist Action are calling for all radical trannies, queers and allies to go all out against the Nazis the weekend of June 6th - 8th. Following our previous call-out, Bash Back! will still be hosting an RNC strategy session the night of Friday the 6th. Plans are also still in the works for guerrilla workshops and anti-capitalist/anti-assimilati
onist actions all throughout pride weekend. Sunday the 8th a Radical Trans/Queer contingent will join the Pride Parade. The difference is that now our plans for the weekend will have the added fun of fucking with the American Nazi Party.
We can use all the help we can get for the weekend. We would love canned food, pink and black flags, banners, rotten vegetables, sex toys, drums, more canned food, and anything else you can bring. If you are planning to stay the weekend in Milwaukee, Bash Back! MKE will arrange places for ya'll to stay and some stuff for ya'll to eat.
Those planning to attend the RNC strategy session should arrive at the Cream City Collectives (732 e. Clarke) between the hours of 3 and 7 on Friday the 6th. And anyone planning to take part in the weekend's fun should email
BashBackMKE@gmail.com to let us know you're coming.
Thus, Bash Back! Milwaukee and Milwaukee Anti-Racist Action are calling for all radical trannies, queers and allies to go all out against the Nazis the weekend of June 6th - 8th. Following our previous call-out, Bash Back! will still be hosting an RNC strategy session the night of Friday the 6th. Plans are also still in the works for guerrilla workshops and anti-capitalist/anti-assimilati
onist actions all throughout pride weekend. Sunday the 8th a Radical Trans/Queer contingent will join the Pride Parade. The difference is that now our plans for the weekend will have the added fun of fucking with the American Nazi Party.
We can use all the help we can get for the weekend. We would love canned food, pink and black flags, banners, rotten vegetables, sex toys, drums, more canned food, and anything else you can bring. If you are planning to stay the weekend in Milwaukee, Bash Back! MKE will arrange places for ya'll to stay and some stuff for ya'll to eat.
Those planning to attend the RNC strategy session should arrive at the Cream City Collectives (732 e. Clarke) between the hours of 3 and 7 on Friday the 6th. And anyone planning to take part in the weekend's fun should email
BashBackMKE@gmail.com to let us know you're coming.
In love and rage,
Bash Back! Milwaukee
3-23-08
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It is still on: An account of the actions surrounding the fifth anniversary of the occupation of Iraq
In the week leading up to the fifth anniversary
of war in Iraq (and the one year anniversary of the M19 angry mob
attack on the Milwaukee Army Recruitment center), the recruiters were
attacked again. An individual (or individuals) clandestinely smashed in
the glass door of the center and vandalized the windows. The attack
came after a long weekend of "mass rallies" that have happened every
year in the same place, using the same tactics and rhetoric. Clearly,
nobody was satisfied with (or pacified by) such mundane and ritualized
protest. Following the attack, the recruiters boarded up their windows
in shame and fear. The center is at present under constant guard by
police officers.
The vandal's spray paint foreshadowed the events to follow; the words "expect resistance" adorned the windows of the recruitment center. While the law's enforcers were busy defending the precious windows, a group of anarchists from around the Midwest (Milwaukee, Chicago, the Twin Cities, and elsewhere in Wisconsin) had a surprise in store for the city's downtown business district. On Thursday the 20th of March, in the midst of the evening rush-hour cluster-fuck of capital, dozens of unapologetic dance-party enthusiasts took over the intersection of Water and Wisconsin. The ruckus of the jubilant street party (and the blaring horns of the furious motorists) could be heard from twenty stories up and blocks away. With bikes, mobile sound systems, drums, pink and black flags and banners reading "End War, Dance More" and "Dance, Dance, Revolution", the anarchists and anti-authoritarians brought the dreadful flow of capital to a screeching halt. They held the intersection while the police hopelessly blared their sirens blocks away, unable to contain the chaos.
Upon growing tired of the intersections, the rowdy party turned into a spontaneous march. The march went on for blocks and further disrupted business as usual. Chain-link fences, dumpsters, and other obstructions were dragged into the road, leaving debris in their path and keeping the cops at bay. Several suited businessmen, infuriated with the anarchic defiance of their rules, almost came to fisticuffs with the rabble-rousers. By the time the march dispersed, the police were caught unawares and wholly confused; entirely unable to remedy the mess. After dispersal, four people were arrested (two of whom were assaulted by the unprovoked and bewildered buffoons). Currently all arrestees have been freed from jail and face charges (all of which will surely be dropped).
Two conclusions need to be drawn from the past week's events. Firstly, that the police are growing ever more incompetent in their desperate attempts to defend capitalist order. Meanwhile we grow ever better in our war against it. And secondly, that it is still on. Now more than ever.
The vandal's spray paint foreshadowed the events to follow; the words "expect resistance" adorned the windows of the recruitment center. While the law's enforcers were busy defending the precious windows, a group of anarchists from around the Midwest (Milwaukee, Chicago, the Twin Cities, and elsewhere in Wisconsin) had a surprise in store for the city's downtown business district. On Thursday the 20th of March, in the midst of the evening rush-hour cluster-fuck of capital, dozens of unapologetic dance-party enthusiasts took over the intersection of Water and Wisconsin. The ruckus of the jubilant street party (and the blaring horns of the furious motorists) could be heard from twenty stories up and blocks away. With bikes, mobile sound systems, drums, pink and black flags and banners reading "End War, Dance More" and "Dance, Dance, Revolution", the anarchists and anti-authoritarians brought the dreadful flow of capital to a screeching halt. They held the intersection while the police hopelessly blared their sirens blocks away, unable to contain the chaos.
Upon growing tired of the intersections, the rowdy party turned into a spontaneous march. The march went on for blocks and further disrupted business as usual. Chain-link fences, dumpsters, and other obstructions were dragged into the road, leaving debris in their path and keeping the cops at bay. Several suited businessmen, infuriated with the anarchic defiance of their rules, almost came to fisticuffs with the rabble-rousers. By the time the march dispersed, the police were caught unawares and wholly confused; entirely unable to remedy the mess. After dispersal, four people were arrested (two of whom were assaulted by the unprovoked and bewildered buffoons). Currently all arrestees have been freed from jail and face charges (all of which will surely be dropped).
Two conclusions need to be drawn from the past week's events. Firstly, that the police are growing ever more incompetent in their desperate attempts to defend capitalist order. Meanwhile we grow ever better in our war against it. And secondly, that it is still on. Now more than ever.
"Forward everyone!
And with arms and hearts,
Speech and pen,
Dagger and rifle,
Irony and blasphemy,
Theft, poisoning and fire,
Let us make...war on society."
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Some Recent Actions Compiled:
January 8th two banners dropped reading "destroy the election" and "choose your own adventure" claimed by some Milwaukee anarchists
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/209003.shtml
January 17th three banners dropped reading "whoever wins we lose", "9-1-08, st. paul, it's on!" and "let the end come: 9-1-08" claimed by some Milwaukee anarchists
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/209062.shtml
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/209003.shtml
January 17th three banners dropped reading "whoever wins we lose", "9-1-08, st. paul, it's on!" and "let the end come: 9-1-08" claimed by some Milwaukee anarchists
January 17th anti-RNC graffiti on condo developments that read "shut down the RNC" and a circle A.
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/209067.shtml
Febuary 5th banners dropped reading "victory against politics", "9-1-08" and "shut down the RNC" on the national day of action against the elections called by Unconventional Action.
http://prod.milwaukee.indymedia.org/en/2008/02/209185.shtml
Febuary 5th banners dropped in Osh Kosh reading "Demicrans and Republicrats both fuck working class" and "8.24.08 Receate68.org / 9.1.08 NORNC.org."
http://prod.milwaukee.indymedia.org/en/2008/02/209183.shtml
March 18th recruiting center on Oakland vandalized with spray paint and window broken for the anniversary of the war in Iraq. http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/03/209413.shtml
March 20th Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians from around the Midwest blockade downtown Milwaukee and halt traffic for about 40 minutes leaving fences, news paper boxes and trash bins in the middle of the roads in wake of their path. 4 people were arrested. http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/03/209446.shtml
March 24th The CEO of Oshkosh Corporation, Robert Bohn, arrived at the Oshkosh Country Club to give a presentation to the future business leaders of the world finding a message for him painted across the front entrance and door. It read 'You're Days Are Numbered Bohn (A).'
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/209595.shtml
March 31st It was reported that early in the morning the intersection of Highway 21 and Sawyer Avenue was blockaded. Dumpsters and their contents, along with other debris, were strewn across the intersection effectively blocking it for morning rush hour traffic. An altered road sign was placed in front of the toppled dumpsters reading 'Road Closed Due to War.'
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/209595.shtml
March 31st Two banners were spotted within the city of Oshkosh. One was hanging from a security fence in front of an Oshkosh Corporation Defense factory. It read 'Oshkosh Says Fuck the War Truck.' The other was hung on a guard rail overlooking Highway 41. It read 'End the Slaughter in Iraq.'
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/209595.shtml
March 31st Around a dozen people gathered at the headquarters of Oshkosh Corporation dressed as robots. They were accompanied by a shopping cart fashioned into an Oshkosh Truck which was devouring a young child while robot techno was blasting out of its mouth. The people played games and danced for a little over an hour bringing laughs, frowns, and looks of intense frustration and disgust to the faces of Oshkosh Corporation employees and police alike.
http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/209595.shtml
"Throw out morality & justice, and people will do the right thing, throw out industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves."
- Lao Tse, 5th century BCE
- Lao Tse, 5th century BCE
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