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About Plain Words
Plain Words is a website that seeks to spread news and analyses of interest to anarchists, radicals, and others in struggle in and around Bloomington, Indiana.
Sep 25, 18
Bloomington, IN: Plain Words #6
Anarchist publication Plain Words out of Bloomington returns with a new issue. [For reading and printing 8.5×11] [For printing 11×17] After a... Read Full Article
Mar 25, 18
Plain Words #5
Plain Words is an anarchist publication from Bloomington, Indiana. [For reading and printing 8.5×11] [For printing 11×17] The fifth issue of Plain Words is... Read Full Article
Mar 14, 18
Community Response to the Police Murder of Ricky Ard
In August of 2017 Evansville, Indiana resident Ricky Ard was gunned down by an EPD officer and a federal security guard outside... Read Full Article
Jan 24, 18
Cops, Cameras, and Condos: Bloomington Is Getting Worse
by Barney Szyalak Bloomington is increasingly becoming a place meant for rich and middle class people. In order for that to happen,... Read Full Article
Dec 6, 17
Plain Words #4: Anarchist Counter-Information in Bloomington, IN
The Winter 2017/2018 issue of Plain Words is here! This time around, we present articles on anarchist prisoners and grand jury resistance, social media... Read Full Article
Aug 19, 17
Bloomington, IN: Plain Words #3
[For reading and printing 8.5×11] [For printing 11×17] Plain Words is back with issue three, featuring news of resistance in Bloomington; report... Read Full Article
Aug 9, 17
Bloomington, IN: Noise Demo Against Social Cleansing
In the last week of June, dozens of houseless people were removed from Peoples Park and numerous other public spaces by the... Read Full Article
Jul 27, 17
Solidarity from Bloomington with #DefendJ20 Defendants Facing Felony Charges
This past week, there have been initiatives taken in Bloomington and around the world for the Week of Solidarity with J20 Defendants. The J20 Defendants are... Read Full Article
Jun 23, 17
Bloomington, IN: June 11th Report Back
In the month leading up to the June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners, we... Read Full Article
Jun 2, 17
An Introduction to the Affinity Group
From 1890’s Spain to present day Bloomington, anarchists of varying stripes organize ourselves and take action together in what’s called an “affinity... Read Full Article
May 10, 17
Plain Words #2
[For reading and printing 8.5×11] [For printing 11×17] The second issue of Plain Words is here, featuring continued analysis of the poverty... Read Full Article
Apr 26, 17
So What If They Did Rob the Banks?
In March of this year, an international call for solidarity during the week of April 17-23 was made[1] for anarchists arrested for... Read Full Article
Apr 5, 17
New Publication: Animal & Earth Liberation in Indiana, 2000-2003
[For reading] [For printing] The following is a collection of communiqués from the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF)... Read Full Article
Mar 14, 17
Floodgates: The Urge to Obey, A Flight from Initiative, and Identity Politics
Traditional systems of authority are dead or dying. It matters increasingly less whether one identifies with their job, loves their country, kneels... Read Full Article
Feb 21, 17
Plain Words #1 Drops in Bloomington, IN
The first issue of Plain Words is here! [For reading and printing 8.5×11] [For printing 11×17] Plain Words is a website and... Read Full Article
Feb 16, 17
How To: Wheatpaste
Wheatpasting is a simple, dirt-cheap way of spreading ideas, news, analyses, and creative expression outside of (and against) the pacified modes made... Read Full Article