Digital Zines

I spend a lot of time on my on the internet. As I comb though the collective database that is the net I copy anything of interest and store it on my computer. Pictures, Music, Movies, Zines, Ect. Now I have begun  compiling and distributing some of the things I feel more people need to see. These two are data disc DVD's that only function in computers but have a lot of info on them.

For A Better Tomorrow
This collection contains a sampling on many things ( but by all means not all things) anarchist. From communities that believe we should police ourselves, to parents who don't school their children. A history of anarchism in the US and several other tid bits. Think of it like a buffet, pick and chose what you like and leave out what you dont.


Cop Out
This set focuses on the Prison Industrial Complex, Police Brutality, and Knowing Your Rights.

Message me if you want one.

A donation of a few bucks will speed up the process.

Protips: A Primer on Computer Usage

Check it out: http://zinelibrary.info/protips-primer-computer-usage

This zine is a product of the 24 Hour Zine Thing, hosted locally by The Hen House Distro.

 The idea came about earlier in the summer when a man approached a friend and myself asking if we knew of anyone who was hiring, or needed help, ect. I felt bad because I dont know of any...  Then I asked if he has ever heard of Creigslist, then I asked if he had access to a computer. He replied that he wasn't good with them. Not surprising really, he looked to be in his mid to late forties, probably never needed to use one before and has gotten by just fine up until now. Here where we reach this particularly interesting intersection of two line on a graph the first being the exponential growth of technology and the other being the the slow, all encompassing collapse of the world economy which is reflected in the rising price of necessities.

When the housing bubble popped so did a lot of peoples sense of reality, people who settled in their ways way back in the 60's 70's and 80's, they stopped keeping up with the trends and now that they have no safety nets they are having a hard time getting started again. Through the recent influx of natural and man-made disasters there has been a steady flow of former home owners and career holders to the streets as the bubbles just keep popping. Not to mention those who grew up and still live in poverty who haven't had the privileged of owning a computer.

So we thought it would be good to put together a zine on using a computer, just the basics: identifying  the parts of the computer, how to interact with one, use the internet, and set up an email. Then weeks later another friend contacted me with the 24 Hour Zine Thing so that weekend we showed up and worked on the lay out and got like 1/5 of it put together. Over the following week I made frequent trips to the library to  print out and assemble the rest of the the zine. So seven days instead of one, meh, I can live with that. So now I'm going to run off a bunch of copies to give to Hen House and to stock at FnB.

I would like to follow this up with a workshop if there is interest in it. There a few libraries around and I know someone who works at one so that's a plus. The city has plans to build a computer cafe, and I'm interested to see how it is going to be set up, I see the lower class taking advantage of this service as a good thing but for some reason I think the city might be intending this facility to cater to the student and business class of the city. We'll see.

Mission Statement

Welcome to "For A Better Tomorrow" it will for now be a place for me to keep track of a projects, ideas, and interesting articles from an anti-authoritarian and anarchistic perspective, moreover, I want to make these ideas appear palatable to the everyday person. These so called "radical" ideas are in my opinion practical solutions that empower those who participate in the process. No leaders means everyone has to work together, which is what a community is suppose to in the first place.

 My immediate audience is not the ideal demographic either... The Heart of Dixie, Central Alabama.

"Fight Where You Stand"
Approach people on their terms 
           Before the rise of the Neo-Cons, before the south fell to fervent patriotism there was the attitude of "a country boy will survive". It isn't a difficult task to point out this pertains to views commonly held by anarchists, self-reliance, respect for nature, close-knit families and small communities. Then there's the real Appalachian Mountain folk, real Anarcho-primitivists I know, I know, the phrase also hearkens to the ol' "The South will rise again"  Confederacy mindset. Just have to take one step at a time.


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