Wild Roots Feral Futures 2011: Updates & Call for Workshop (& Other) Confirmations
dirty...@riseup.net
confirmations for workshops, discussions, presentations, performances, and
more at this year's Wild Roots Feral Futures, the 3rd annual direct
action, eco-defense, & rewilding encampment this June in Southwest
Colorado.
Don't like the focus of our event? We're open to more! Got ideas? We want
to hear them! We don't give a fuck if you're crimethInc., anti-civ,
RAANistas, "without adjectives", or even fuckin' BANA: come one, come all!
This is a completely open & free event. Just expect as intense a response
as the stimulus you provide. (wink)
Send ideas, suggestions, proposals, and confirmations to
feralf...@riseup.net and/or post them to our message/discussion board
at http://feralfutures.proboards.com/ (also post announcements as comments
wherever you're seeing this post!)
Open site scouting has begun. Consensus scout council will convene at an
undisclosed location on Saturday, May 28th. Contact
feralf...@riseup.net for more information.
Scouting considerations:
• National Forest land
• Roads accessible to non-4WD vehicles and large vehicles like busses
• Parking adequate for 50-100 vehicles, where all four tires can get
off
the road
• Adequate gathering/camping space (the more spread out, the better!)
• Water! (Springs? Filtration? Haul it in?)
• Preferably large trees (like Ponderosa Pine) for climbing trainings
(We are open to other suggestions/considerations…)
"The whole earth is in jail and we're plotting this incredible jailbreak."
The 3rd annual Wild Roots Feral Futures direct action/eco-defense/climate
camp will take place during June 14-22, 2011 in the foothills of the
mighty and wild San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado.
Up for discussion and consensus is the site location. Autonomous and
independent scouting is encouraged.
Contact feralf...@riseup.net to provide input and/or get involved.
We are looking for folks of all sorts to join us and help facilitate
workshops, conflict resolution and management, direct action and medic
trainings, wild food walks, and much more! We will be focusing on many
things, including but by no means limited to anarchist theory and praxis,
unpacking privilege, decolonization, rewilding, ancestral skills,
indigenous solidarity, direct action, forest defense, earth liberation,
animal liberation, security culture, civil disobedience, hand to hand
combat, survival skills, evasion tactics, green anarchism, anti-civ,
post-civ, star watching and navigation, maps and orienteering, shelter
building, permaculture, and whatever YOU care to bring and provide. But we
need everyone's help to make this as safe, positive, and productive a
space as it can be. Our own knowledge, skills, and capacities are limited.
We need YOUR help!
http://feralfutures.blogspot.com/
http://feralfutures.proboards.com/
https://groups.google.com/group/wild-roots-feral-futures
http://www.myspace.com/feralfutures
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144156462306036
Flyer:
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(Email feralf...@riseup.net for PDF or other file formats)
More info:
Roles we REALLY need filled:
• Kitchen! (last year's informal kitchen was facilitated by Food Not Bombs
chapters from Taos, NM and Durango, CO and upheld communally by event
participants, but this year we are once again reaching out to the likes of
Seeds of Peace and Everybody's Kitchen in hopes they'll provide kitchen
support this time around)
• CRAM team (conflict resolution and management: we need people of diverse
gender/sexual orientations who know how to give support to survivors of
sexual assault and to people with PTSD)*
• Medics! (especially WFRs, WEMTs, & EMTs of diverse gender/sexual
orientations)
• Child care! (We will have a kids space and support parents in
participating in communal child care)
*There is a need for both womyn (cis and trans), queers, and trans folk on
both the CRAM and Medic teams because many people in our communities
aren't going to trust men, cis people, or heteros with their health or to
help with conflicts. We do not expect womyn (cis and trans), queers, and
trans folk to do the support work, but seek to create and maintain a safe
and welcoming space that allows for plenty of room for it.
We at the Wild Roots Feral Futures organizers collective feel that white
dominated spaces & racism within our communities are a significant
problem, & feel the need to confront that. Due to the legacy of racism
within our communities of resistance we will be holding workshops on white
privilege, settler privilege, & cultural appropriation.
We also feel that cis-hetero, male dominated spaces and hetropatriarchy
within our communities are equally problematic, and will also be holding
workshops on patriarchy and (anti)sexism.
We would like to put out a request for workshops on white privilege,
hetero privilege, cis privilege, and male privilege. We recognize that
it's not the job of those of us oppressed by white supremacy and
heteropatriarchy to facilitate those workshops. We don't expect oppressed
people to attend, but you are welcome to. While it is not the
responsibility or duty of queers, POC (People of Color), and other
oppressed and marginalized people to assist white, cis-hetero, and
privileged people unpack, deconstruct, and confront their own privilege,
these processes will be open to all.*
*The above statements are, of course, over-simplified and
over-generalized. It is highly important to operate from an awareness that
these are not monolithic, static categories and that individuals do not so
easily fit into a simplistic "either/or" scenario of oppressed/oppressor.
Rather, there are many layers and intersections of oppression and
privilege interwoven and intermixed (and often colliding) within the
conglomerate we call the self, formed through the reciprocal processes of
social construction and autonomous individuality. "Privilege" and
"oppress" are situational verbs and constructed social qualities, not
inherent and hegemonic qualities of individual human beings. (For more
insights into the failures and limitations of dogmatic "anti-oppression"
rooted in the false fight against alleged "identity politics", we
recommend the three "Lines In The Sand" articles regarding identity
politics, anti-oppression activism, and social war. The first, "You Have
to Do It My Way," confronts the dismissal of identity-focused struggle or
activism by many anarchists; the second, "So Fucked Up," analyzes the
dynamics of guilt, disempowerment, and marginalization built into common
practices of anti-oppression activism; and the final, "Some suggestions
for real solidarity," proposes ways to improve mutual support between
conflictive and supportive anti-authoritarian practices. They can be found
on http://AnarchistNews.org as well as a printable zine on
http://ZineLibrary.info)
We intend to create clinic space with some privacy provided for patient
care so that the bodies of trans people (and also cis womyn) aren't on
display during vulnerable moments. We will also be implementing a safe(r)
space policy to keep perpetrators of sexual/physical assault out of our
community and support survivors by respecting any processes of
accountability they initiate.
Womyn (cis and trans), queers, and trans folk have full support of the
Wild Roots Feral Futures organizers collective to establish safer spaces
for themselves, including spaces that are only for people who are
oppressed by sexism, people who are queer, and people who are trans. We
recognize the need for those spaces because no matter how much we work on
our privilege, as recovering hetropatriarchists still in the process of
mental and psychological decolonization and recovery, we're still going to
be bringing heteropatriarchy into the space (hopefully unconsciously and
unintentionally, which does little to change its effects).
We also intend to create family/child friendly space that includes
multigenerational workshops and activities appropriate (and fun!) for
kids.
Camp guidelines (in progress):
We seek to create safe(r) space for all, including families and children,
the sober, and those who identify as GLBTQ.
Please do not make assumptions about an individual’s gender, and if you
feel unsure, do not be afraid to ask what someone’s preferred gender
pronoun is. If you use the incorrect gender pronoun, you will be
corrected, but it is not something to be ashamed of. We have all been
raised within a gender binary culture and breaking free of these false
binaries is a process of learning and growing for all. It is also
appropriate to introduce your preferred gender pronoun when first
introducing yourself to new people, if you feel the desire.
Due to natural circumstances and the lay of the land (rocky trails on
steep hills, etc.), ableism and “disability” may hinder accessibility for
some to the inner reaches of the gathering, including the hot springs.
This is a reality of the natural world that is beyond our ability or
desire to alter or control.
We expect everyone to observe good security culture. If you are unfamiliar
with security culture, check out our security culture workshop(s), check
the zine library for security culture literature, or just ask an event
organizer for a basic overview. Basically, don’t talk about your or
someone else’s involvement in illegal activity, and don’t make jokes,
because even jokes can be used in court as evidence against you. Keep in
mind that ANYONE could be an infiltrator or informant. While we must act
accordingly, it is also important to not let this reality sow seeds of
distrust and suspicion within our communities that leads to
self-repressive restrictions on our ability to form and build
relationships with one another as human beings and creatures of this
Earth. Following good security culture allows us to interact and build
relationships without placing ourselves in unnecessary and risky
situations because of potential surveillance.
When it comes to physical intimacy and sexual contact, ASK FIRST! No
Compromise In Defense of Consent!
For more on consent, attend our consent workshop(s) or inquire with event
organizers.
Violence, physical assault, emotional assault, and/or sexual assault will
NOT be tolerated under any circumstances and anyone who engages in such
assault will be asked to leave. In instances of assault we will trust and
believe the survivor and respect any processes of accountability they
initiate.
For more information on how our communities deal with assault and
accountability, check out our conflict de-escalation/resolution
workshop(s) or inquire with event organizers.
In attempting to manifest the world we desire, we will pursue non-coercive
means of conflict resolution and non-coercive processes of accountability.
Decisions affecting the group will be made horizontally through the
utilization of consensus process. If you are unfamiliar with consensus
process, check out consensus workshops.
We seek to create a temporary autonomous zone which functions as an
egalitarian community. In this spirit of cooperation and mutual aid, we
request that people attending the gathering sign up for work shifts such
as cooking meals, cleaning the kitchen and washing dishes after meals,
digging latrines, doing supply/water runs, security & welcoming, etc. A
shift sign-up sheet will circulate at communal meals.
We ask that people establish communal fires in the various neighborhoods
within the gathering and refrain from making personal fires. Communal
latrines will also be constructed in the various villages and we ask that
people refrain from digging personal cat holes. This will minimize our
overall impact on the land.
Drugs and alcohol are discouraged, but a rowdy zone will be established at
the parking area, where we request the partying be restricted. NO illegal
drugs, please. All other space, including celebratory and ceremonial
space, should be considered sober space. Your personal space is, of
course, your personal space, and you may do what you wish within it.
Please respect others. For safety reasons, we request total sobriety when
attending workshops and trainings. Unlike many similar gatherings, a space
IS being designated for partying. This is more than you will find at most
gatherings of this sort. So let’s have some fun!
Dogs increase our impact on the land and local wildlife, and are thus
discouraged, though we understand and accept the fact many human beings
and their canine companions are inseparable, and they will undoubtedly
remain a part of our rewilded and feral futures upon this planet. We
request that if you bring your dog, you keep it on a leash. If your dog
attacks wildlife, other dogs, or human beings, you will be asked to leave
the gathering. Please bury your dog shit!
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. Also see the
information from last year as much of it will remain applicable this year
as well, though there are also many changes in store to make this year's
gathering a much wilder experience than last year's. See you in the woods!
May the forest bewitch you,
—the Wild Roots Feral Futures crew:
-the Dirty Hands Collective http://www.myspace.com/dirtyhandscollective
-Earth First! Durango (a cell of HC.EF!) http://earthfirst.org/
-Root Force Durango http://www.rootforce.org/
-Rising Tide Durango http://risingtidenorthamerica.org/
-Durango Food Not Bombs http://www.myspace.com/durangofoodnotbombs
feralf...@riseup.net
http://www.myspace.com/feralfutures
http://feralfutures.blogspot.com/
http://feralfutures.proboards.com/
http://groups.google.com/group/wild-roots-feral-futures
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What to bring (suggestions):
Vital items we are seeking:
☆someone with a pickup truck with one of those giant water tanks!
Personal items:
• tent
• sleeping bag
• hammocks
• food & water
• water filter (suggested)
• toilet paper
• adequate clothing for hot days, cold nights, rain, etc.
• your own bowl, cup, utensils, etc.
• flashlight/headlamp & extra batteries
• sunscreen and bug repellent if you use it
• swimsuit & towel (there are swimming holes & hot springs! who wants to
skinny dip?)
• musical instruments
• your knowledge, wisdom, and skills
• your friends!
Communal items (to share or donate):
• tools (like shovels for digging shitters and hatchets/axes/saws for
cutting up fire wood)
• food and water (a communal kitchen will form)
• kitchen gear (large pots, pans, water containers, etc.)
• extra tents, easy-ups, etc. (the larger the better)
• tarps and rope
• hammocks, hacky-sacks, frisbees, etc.
• climbing gear (harnesses, ropes, etc.) for tree climbing/sitting trainings
• First Aid gear!
• random primitive skills supplies (you know better than we do!)
• arts and crafts supplies (think of the children!)
• radical environmental, primitive, and rewilding literature
• local plant and animal identification guides, etc.
• local topographical maps
• your knowledge, wisdom, and skills
• your friends!
Things NOT to bring:
• firearms and other weapons (there's a difference between a TOOL and a
WEAPON)
• parasitic or predatory human beings
• a bad attitude (including racism, sexism, classism, heteronormativity,
homophobia, speciesism, ageism, ableism, etc.)
• the pigs and/or feddies
• a wire (we will be holding mandatory naked security culture workshops.
No just kidding, only with your consent!)