Anarchist Neighborhood:Mountain West
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[edit] Geography
This region was formerly listed as Rocky Mountains, but it has been changed to Mountain West to be more inclusive. The name Mountain West describes a large region of the United States made up of:
ARIZONA - COLORADO - IDAHO - MONTANA - NEVADA - NEW MEXICO - UTAH - WYOMING
[edit] History
Historically, anarchists within the Mountain West have mostly gathered and networked between Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona. Still, all these relationships have been fragile and ever-changing.
It's hard to pinpoint an exact time that anarchists in the Rockies began to meet across states, but in April of 2002 Albuquerque held a Southwest Anarchist Social in Albuqueque, NM.
Later anarchists met in Denver to both protest Columbus Day and continue discussing the idea of a South West Anarchist Network (SWAN).
Finally, in April of 2003 a conference was held in Phoenix, AZ to form SWAN. While individuals at the conference established new contacts and strengthened old ones, the ultimate goal of a network failed. There are many thoughts as to why the goal was not reached, and people held a wide range feelings on how the whole conference went, but there has not been an attempt since to establish a formal network of any kind.
There have, however, been attempts to gather informally in order to begin the steps towards increased communication and solidarity amongst anarchists in the Mountain West.
One attempt was an Anarchist Social Retreat in Del Norte, CO. The event began well with bands, food, games, and hanging out. Unfortunately, the event turned ugly when controversy arose between organizers about agreed-upon rules regarding alcohol and maintaining a safe space. Attendees were not able to fully recover from the drama and most left early.
As of yet there are no plans to hold regional gatherings among anarchists and anti-authoritarians, but other projects have started to help foster more communication and support amongst anarchists here. A paper for anarchists and non-authoritarian radicals has started entitled the Rocky Mountain Resister, which also hosts a website with a newswire, group listing, and other online resources for anarchists in the area.
[edit] Mountain West Independent Media Centers
[edit] Regional
Rocky Mountain Resister
(collective is defunct but the site is still up)
[edit] ARIZONA
[edit] Phoenix area
Bike Saviours Bicycle Co-op
519 W. 19th St.
Tempe, AZ
Wednesdays 5-8pm | Sundays 12noon-6pm
Arizona Counter-Recruitment Coalition
azcrc(at)riseup.net
Phoenix Anarchist Coalition
PO Box 3438
Tempe, AZ 85280-3438
pac(at)phoenixanarchist.org
Phoenix Copwatch
PO Box 68121
Phoenix, AZ 85082
(602)337-7188
phoenix_copwatch(at)yahoo.com
Phoenix Earth First!
Phoenix Earth First! is a collective of local conservationists committed to protecting the native biological diversity of Central Arizona, through public education, grass roots community organizing, and direct action. They've recently succeeded at sabotaging some hunting and carried out a lockdown at the Fish & Game to protest the killing of mountain lions. They also do an anti-public lands ranching campaign, mountain lion campaign. phoenixef@excite.com
Phoenix Food Not Bombs
530 W. 16th Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-968-6342
602-244-9434
Phoenix Industrial Workers of the World
1205 E Hubble, Phoenix, AZ 85006-1758
phoenix(at)iww.org
(602) 254-4057
[edit] Flagstaff
Coconino Anarchist Tribe
Flagstaff Copwatch flagcopwatch(at)yahoo.com
Flagstaff FNB
Food Not Bombs Currently serves at the Hive (319 s San Francisco St.) On Fridays And Sundays @ 2:30pm until whenever.
[edit] Prescott
The Catalyst Infoshop
109 A. N. McCormick St.
Prescott, AZ 86301
info(at)catalystinfoshop.org
(928)443-8525
Prescott Food Not Bombs
prescottfnb(at)yahoogroups.com
(928) 541-0448
We serve Sun, Wed, & Fri at about 2:30pm on the south side of the courthouse square in downtown Prescott.
H.U.B bike collective
On the corner of Sheldon St. and Grove Ave. Behind Student Services building on the Prescott College campus.
hub@prescott.edu
HUB is a collectively run work space providing free tools, classes, and reclaimed bikes and parts open to anyone. Hours are posted on the message board at the door. Also ask about Critical Mass.
Prescott Ecohood
Permalture activists focused on ecological sustainability and community building. Located in downtown Prescott with a core of houses on the south end of Damron Drive.
[edit] Tucson
Dry River Collective
Dry River Collective is an autonomous group of individuals working to create a community based on sustainability, cooperation, and self-sufficiency. We promote education and direct action to resist all forms of oppression and hierarchy.
Tuscon Food Not Bombs
PO Box 744
Tucson, AZ 85702
520-990-0449
tucsonfnb(at)yahoo.com
We share free vegetarian food Wednesdays at 8:00 PM and Saturday nights at 7:00 PM on the south side of Congress Street at Scott in downtown Tucson. We cook Saturdays at 2:00 PM at Casa Maria 401 E. 26th Street at 3rd Avenue.
[edit] COLORADO
Colorado American Indian Movement
Food Not Bombs Colorado
Colorado Indymedia
Colorado IWW
[edit] Boulder
Boulder Food Not Bombs
Free Speech TV
Left Hand Books
Coalition Against Sweatshop Abuses
[edit] Colorado Springs
Critical Mass Colorado Springs
cscriticalmass@hotmail.com
We ride the last friday of every month (this month Dec.
30th). Riders meet at 5:00 pm at wooglins deli, which is on the corner of Cache La
Poudre and Tejon streets.
[edit] Denver
[edit] Fort Collins
Bike Against! Collective
400 Smith (at Magnolia)
bikeagainst(at)gmail.com
C.A.V.E. Infoshop
908 la porte avenue
mwf 5-7 s1-5
infoshop(at)uproot.info
Critical Mass
-last friday of the month 5:30 pm at the CSU Oval
Food Not Bombs
foodnotbombs(at)uproot.info
GROW Distro
plantseedsandgrow(at)gmail.com
Tampaction
Uproot Spokescouncil
contact(at)uproot.info
[edit] Grand Junction
Confluence Collective
1450 Elm Ave.
970-245-3720
confluence@riseup.net
[edit] IDAHO
[edit] Boise
Boise Critical Mass
boisecritmass(at)yahoo.com
[edit] Moscow
[edit] MONTANA
- See the Anarchist_Neighborhood:Montana for more info
[edit] Missoula
Buffalo Field Campaign
PO Box 957
West Yellowstone, Montana 59758
buffalo(at)wildrockies.org
Missoula Free School
PO Box 7173
Missoula, Mt. 59807
radical_education(at)linuxmail.org
Slumgullion Small Press Collaborative
235 N. 1st St. W.
Missoula, MT 59802
info(at)slumgullion.org
(updated june 2008)
[edit] NEW MEXICO
[edit] Albuquerque
Albuquerque Copwatch
Email:copwatch505@riseup.net
Copwatch 505's Blog
Autonomist Democracy of Albuquerque
ADA collective is the current anarchist collective in Albuquerque. We are committed to various projects around the goals of anarchism.
ADA collective site
Listserve
myspace page
505-898-2279
Email:albuquerqueautonomist@lists.riseup.net
ADA's Anarcho-Cycle ABQ
Critical mass, bicycle workshops, and more:
http://cycle.adacollective.org/
The official logo of ADA:
Food Not Bombs
Email: que_locura@hotmail.com or robmcgo@hotmail.com
Sharings: We meet on Sunday mornings at Project Share (1515 Yale SE) at 9:30AM and bring food to Civic Plaza in downtown ABQ (3rd and Tijeras) at noon.
Catholic Worker Trinity House of Hospitality / Food Not Bombs 505-242-0497
[edit] NEVADA
[edit] Las Vega
Las Vegas Anarchists and Freethinkers
[edit] Reno
Industrial Workers of the World
Ron Kaminkow
P.O. Box 2131
Reno, NV. 89505
608-358-5771
ronkaminkow(at)yahoo.com
[edit] UTAH
[edit] Provo
Last Friday of Every Month! Meet at the corner of Center Street and University Avenue in Provo at 5:30 pm.[edit] Salt Lake City
Boing! Collective
SLC Critical Mass (seems defunct but website is still up)
Last Friday of EVERY month. 5:30pm Gallivan Center.
Utah Indymedia (generally inactive but website is still up)
One World Cafe
Slug Magazine
Salt Lake City Public Library Zine Collection
[edit] WYOMING
[edit] Laramie
Laramie Food Not Bombs (now defunct but website still up)
Up the Divide! Distro (now defunct but website still up)
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