Species Traitor
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Species Traitor is a sporadically published U.S. journal, focusing on insurrectionary anarcho-primitivism. It is printed as a project of Black and Green Network and edited by anarcho-primitivist writer, Kevin Tucker.[1]
Background[]
Species Traitor (ST) was initially labeled as a project of the Coalition Against Civilization (CAC) and the Black and Green Network (BAG). The CAC was started towards the end of 1999 in the aftermath of large-scale protests in Eugene, Oregon (Reclaim the Streets) and the Seattle WTO protests of that year. These protests raised interest in green anarchist and anarcho-primitivist writers and viewpoints, with particular media attention turned to writer John Zerzan, the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and critical views of technology. From this context, a number of ecologically-minded anarchists began mobilising, sparking a new wave of green anarchism, which included the CAC, ST, BAG, as well as Green Anarchy, distributor of the Green Anarchist journal.
History[]
Species Traitor was established in 2000, and the first issue came out in winter 2001,[2] containing a mix of reprints and some original articles from Derrick Jensen and John Zerzan among others.[citation needed] Issue two came in the following year in the wake of the September 11 attacks, with articles taking a more in-depth analytical and critical draw between anarchy and anthropology, critiques of reason and the Progress/linear views of human history and future that underpin the ideology of civilization. The magazine is based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[3]
Early 2003 saw the release of Issue No.3, which was just over 100 pages. This issue began to focus upon more specific issues, primarily on a critique of symbolic culture, a further analysis of the relationship between anarchy and anthropology, and a critique of the concept and form of revolution. In examining the limits and failures of revolution and revolutionary thinking, the writing looked more towards insurrection, rewilding and a deeper understanding of the collapse of civilization and its relationship to resistance. This was the last issue published by the CAC, which was wound up in 2005 so Tucker could devote more time to BAG and ST.[citation needed]
Issue No.4 was released two and a half years later in Fall 2005, now nearly 200 pages. The included works related to critical theory (looking at the relationship between sedentism and domestication with the formation of hierarchies, coercive power and its other side effects), the relationship between rewilding and resistance, primitive skills and more in-depth glances at what form a non-revolution, anti-civilization resistance might take, attempts to distinguish animal liberation from animal rights, and others.
See also[]
- Green Anarchy
- Rewilding
- Neo-luddism
References[]
- ^ "Wild Times Ahead: Waiting for the End of Civilization with Anarcho-Primitivist Kevin Tucker". Pittsburgh City Paper. July 13, 2006. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ^ "Species Traitor". Black and Green Press. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Theodore J. Kaczynski; David Skrbina (February 1, 2011). Technological Slavery. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-4596-1038-5. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
External links[]
- Political magazines published in the United States
- Anarchist periodicals published in the United States
- Annual magazines published in the United States
- Anarcho-primitivism
- Green anarchism
- Anti-consumerist groups
- Magazines established in 2000
- Magazines published in Pennsylvania