• Events Calendar: Dec. '07 • Mission Statement/Contact • Liberation Links Orlando Direct Action supports: • Orlando Food Not Bombs: shares every Wed., 5 p.m., @ Lake Eola Park (Central Blvd. side) & every Sun., 1 p.m. @ Downey Park (Dean Rd. & Colonial Dr., E. Orlando/UCF area) • 'Til the Last Belly Is Full! (Orlando Food Not Bombs blog) •S.T.O.P.: Stop the Ordinance Partnership • S.T.O.P. blog • Brushfire! (Florida anarchist networking & news zine) • Orlando Mutual A.I.D. (Anarchist Info Distro) • Florida May Day Federation • Orlando CopWatch • Orlando CopWatch blog • Students for a Democratic Society--Central Florida • Movement for a Democratic Society--Central Florida • Central Florida ACLU • Orlando Critical Mass • St. Petersburg Food Not Bombs • Space Coast/Melbourne Food Not Bombs • West Palm Food Not Bombs • Improvised Action Collective (Fort Lauderdale) • Lake Worth Global Justice Group (Palm Beach County) • Florida Liberation Prisoner Support Network • Take Back the Land Blog of Umoja Village (Miami shantytown) • Tent City for the Homeless in St. Petersburg • Brushfire! (Florida anarchist networking & news 'zine) • Florida Cannabis Action Network • Industrial Workers of the World Listing of an organization or activity above does not necessarily mean that it is anarchist, only that we think it is worthwhile. Learn More About Anarchism: • InfoShop.org • An Anarchist FAQ webpage • Anarchy Archives Quote of the Week–Dec. 10, 2007: "[K]now ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow?" – Byron Check back every Monday for a quote that hopefully will provoke thought and provide inspiration. "No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the means used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the purpose to be achieved."–Emma Goldman "Be Realistic–Demand the Impossible"–graffiti in Paris, May 1968 "Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will"–Gramsci "'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have."–"Resistance to Civil Government" "Let your life be a counterfriction to stop the machine."– Thoreau

Graffiti found in the Orlando area. DEFEND THE WEEKLY RALLY: OCT. 23 Free Speech Fest 2007: July Fourth Photos from the "A"Bloc @ May Day 2006 Immigrant Rights March in Orlando "Whosoever has the political competence to choose his own rulers is, by implication, also competent to do without them." – Luigi Galleani ANARCHY & RADICAL ACTIVISM in CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando Direct Action Advocates: LIBERTY • EQUALITY • COOPERATION • COMMUNITY • MUTUAL AID* • RESISTANCE • COLLECTIVITY & CONSENSUS • DIRECT ACTION** • ORGANIZATION • EDUCATION & AGITATION • BUILDING COUNTER-INSTITUTIONS "Anarchism is a political theory which aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals. As such anarchism opposes all forms of hierarchical control – be that control by the state or a capitalist – as harmful to the individual and their individuality as well as unnecessary." – from An Anarchist FAQ THINK • QUESTION • LIBERATE YOURSELF • LOVE EACH OTHER • BE UNAFRAID • SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER Anarkismo.net, international anarchist newsfeed: For selected announcements of local activities and news articles, subscribe to the ODA-NEWS e-mail list. We will not share your address with any other organization. To subscribe, e-mail: orlando_direct_action@yahoo.com. Orlando Direct Action P.O. Box 540957 Orlando, FL 32854-0957 407.252.1379 [* MUTUAL AID is aid based on solidarity, equality and reciprocity between individuals, groups and communities; Orlando Direct Action accepts the responsibility to provide aid to those who aid us; this aid may involve participation in activities, labor or the offering of goods, services and, if possible, money. ** What does "Direct Action" mean?] ORLANDO DIRECT ACTION SUPPORTS : BOYCOTT COKE Last Update: Dec. 10, 2007