Political Links

The Ché has long been associated with radical/progressive politics, and we continue to support political organizations in need of funding or space by holding benefit shows and providing our space as a venue for other events.

Some links to relevant political groups, websites etc:

Local:

Activist San Diego
Progressive resources and groups in S.D.

The Experiment
A local independent media project

Food Not Bombs San Diego Chapter
Feeding the revolution

Free Radio San Diego (FRSD)
San Diego's Pirate Radio station, dedicated to radical politics and independent music/subculture. Fuck the FCC and Clear Channel!

Groundwork Books Collective
Sister co-op (bookstore) at UCSC, Groundwork has been around for longer than the Che. They're big on collective theory, and their whole "red docs" is online here.

Koo's Cafe
Independent music venue and art space in Long Beach, CA.

San Diego ABC
San Diego chapter of the Anarchist Black Cross, a political prisoner support group.

San Diego Independent Media Center
Local independent media outlet

Activist/ Anarchist links:

Action-Medical.NET
Action medics are the all-volunteer "street first aiders" who help provide preventative education, emergency first aid and aftercare to demonstrators working to resist oppression. This site contains the most up-to-date resources for action medics, activists concerned about health and saftey at actions, and those interested in becoming medics.

AK Press/ Distribution
An extensive catalog of literature from this anarcho-syndicalist flavoured distributor/publisher.

Anarchist Archives
A plethora of Anarchist literature from some of the most prominent historical Anarchists.

Anarchist Black Cross Federation
Supports Political Prisoners

Anarchist Black Cross Network
Works to abolish the prison system

Anarchist FAQ
An anarchist FAQ website.

Autonomedia
Anarchist Publisher

Beehive Design Collective

Billboard Liberation Front (BLF)
The art and science of billboard improvement.

Black Cross Health Collective
More action medic resources and information.

CrimethInc.Com(munication)
"In a society which glorifies their power and our passivity, all thought which challenges this passivity is thoughtcrime."

CrimethInc.Net(work)
this site has been down for awhile. lots of fourms and discussion.

Deadpan Distro
Orange-county based zine-and-other-stuff distributor with a pretty swell selection from DIY & punk type stuff to a range of contemporary anarchist publications and pamphlets.

Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians website
New anarchist collective in the Central Valley - Modesto, CA has a website now. Their group looks like a hodgepodge of different activst and anarchist perspectives, their projects look promising, and their critique is developing. They publish a small rag in their home town.

Earth First! - worldwide
Contains EF! news, information, and extensive links.

Earth Liberation Front
The ELF press office.

Eco-Action.org
Resource for radical ecological activists.

Flag Blackened
Classic Anarchist resource site.

Food Not Bombs Menu
Cook for peace!

Hactivist.com
Where technology and anarchy fuck

Industrial Workers of the World
Radical labor union

IndyMedia
The international independent media outlet, and open publishing experiment.

Left Bank Books
One of the oldest and greatest of radical bookstores/collective, located in Seattle, they also do mailorder.

Lost Film Festival
A traveling showcase of truly independent, anti-corporate film.

Mid-Atlantic Infoshop
One of the best Anarchist InfoShoppes on the Web

Midnight Special Law Collective
Essential legal advice, resources and support for activists and revolutionaries

The North American Students of Cooperation
NASCO - Co-op resources and information.

Omnipresence Collective
This site is an excellent archive of anarchist, insurrectionist & anti-civ writings, ideas, practical applications, and theory. From SoCal. check it!

Raise The Fist
Extensive workshop tool for activism, networked communication, articles, etc.

security.resist.ca
Helping activists stay safe in our oppressive world. Essential security website.

Sin Dominio
In Spanish. The Sin Dominio collective has members all over the Spanis-speaking world and a ton of interesting info on their site.

Slashdot.org
Not anarchist, but a very informed and critical news source for happenings in the tech world. Often a good place for info on latest privacy infringment issues.

Southern California Food Not Bombs Network
Links to all 16 of the SoCal FNB chapters.

Spunk
Another online anarchist text archive.

Wiretapping Primer
An introduction to the vulnerability of today's technology

Worldwide Critical Mass Hub
The revolution will not be motorized!!! This site lists critical mass rides all around the world so you can hook up with them. So there's currently no critical massing in San Diego, but if someone would just start organizing it again...that means you!

Zapatista Index
Index's all the important documents online in English about the Zapatistas

Publications + Zines:

Alternative Press Review
"Your guide beyond the mainstream" Worthwhile collection of highlights from the alternative/independent press - by the creators of Anarchy magazine.

Anarchy: A Journal Of Desire Armed
Critical and consistently intelligent anarchist journal, with the widest circulation of any. 'AJODA' has been around for decades and has recently been at the center of the debate over the relevance of the left (post-left critique). Highly recommended. The website's not that good, so get a print copy.

Do Or Die - Voices from the Ecological Resistance
Long awaited Issue #10, the last one, is out now - its 384 fucking pages, and can't be more recommended. DoD is a UK journal at the frontline of reports and analysis from the world-wide ecological resistance/direct action frontlines. Get it! Their website archives some back issues and a couple of articles fron the new one.

Earth First Journal
"The Radical Environmentalist Journal" from Tucson, AZ

Green Anarchy
US (Eugene, OR) - this anarchist rag, now on issue #16, has gone through many changes and it's critique and analysis has developed quite impressively. The editorial collective changed after issue six and since then it's pretty much been getting better and better. check out GA for the latest from anti-civ perspectives, direct action reports locally and globally, highly critical anarchist analysis and a few laughs here and there.

Infiltration zine
Infiltration offers a mix of the practice and theory of urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage.

Killing King Abacus
An insurrectionary anarchist zine. Expansive writings and transalations, including archived material from Italian insurrectionists and Willful Disobedience.

The Permaculture Activist
Sustainable living, sustainable culture. North America's leading permaculture periodical offering articles on permaculture design, edible landscaping, bioregionalism, aquaculture, natural building, earthworks, renewable energy, and much more.

No Compromise
"The militant, direct action newspaper of grassroots animal liberationists and their supporters" from Santa Cruz, CA

Slingshot
A radical/anti-authoritarian activist newspaper based in Berkeley, CA

Z Magazine
"Z is an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty." Independent leftist monthly covering political, cultural, social, and economic life in the U.S.

Veganism/ Vegetarianism:

Animal Liberation Front / Anonymizer link (recommended)
A home of the ALF online.

Living Vegan
Vegan resources in San Diego. Very thorough restaurant listing for San Diego.

Vegan Action
Vegan advocacy and activism

Vegan Outreach
They put out the "Why Vegan?" pamphlet.

Vegetarian Resource Group
Veggie resources and info.

Vegsource
The message boards are useful to get questions answered.