I dont know if this is poetry, but heres something for the letter.

Crack at the bus stop ? are you serious ? sure you are, maybe thats why i came here too

In fact i live right down the street , what am i doing at the bus stop ?

to get caught up in all the ways of the wrong sometimes feels like S&M for the chicken soup soul

hey cracker you need anything ?

" Listen Red, Im cuban (not a cracker more like a galleta ) and i wouldnt be here if i didnt need anything"

words exchanged too often for my own good.

Dope holes a plenty when trotting down that path. Theres always a man on a bicycle that has everything you've ever wanted, except a good nights sleep. Hell, you can trade that in for a lungfull round these parts, who needs sleep anyway.To quote the late and great crimpshrine , "sleep, whats that ?"

thank you sir for the dime in my teeth, I'll walk home now in a nervous fashion. The city is a bit different after dark, its true. It'll treat you like a punching bag while reality is training at the same gym.

Seeingthese glimpses of coudvebeen contender types serving you up rocks and handjobs is lemon juice into the sorest eyes, but still quite a sight.

feeling good until the delusion you paid for wears of and you need to pick a corner of the house to die in is lollipops to the most masochistic. i guess i was first in line for that role.

I also starred in that film about walking away . It had something to do with Miami Vice or maybe just having a Vice in Miami. Something along those lines. Goodnight.

FLYER

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IMPORTANT

I've been doing a lot of thinking on this newsletter and our approach. Up til now we have decided it best, and to some extent more efficient, if we refrain from acknowledging anarchism as a pillar of this publication, both ideologically and subsuqently in action. While it's unfortunately true that we may have a worse reaction from potential readers( if not rejection altogether due to the still-present fear of anarchism in south florida) if we come out as a self-described anarchist newsletter, it's just as detrimental if we opt for the "safe" alternative and don't voice the full message and stop at reporting and exposing problems without offering even the slightest glimpse of an alternative and generating interest in a different way of achieving real change. I feel this is precisely why we should strive to educate and familiarize our community with anarchism. With the current state of the economy and government, and in the midst of several crisis as a result of capitalism's failure to meet the needs of people around the world and locally, it is very important and politically relevant to present an alternative through our newsletter. What better time than now? Rather than fear rejection from miami residents who are unfamiliar with anarchism we should work to dispell the negative notions that are unfortunately associated with it. What do you guys think?

FIRST ISSUE

I think we can start collecting content for the first issue. We have a month until the benefit, so I thought it'd be beneficial and would make us seem more legit if we had the first issue ready by then. We definitely have the time to get it done. So......let's get to work!

WRITING SUBMISSIONS

Anyone that is planning on contributing any writing, should start thinking about what it is they want to write, let us know and begin as soon as they can. Last meeting we discussed having a theme for this first issue. The theme is miami history/ neighborhood history/ local radical history. This is simply to have a more cohesive publication, however it doesn't limit the writing to this theme only, just in case anyone is having a hard time deciding what to write. 

If anyone has any questions let us know.

Statement edited

Oi kids,

I did a little chopping down and editing of the Statement. Let me know what you guys think. I think it could use a closing statement of some kind, so if anyone has any ideas post 'em!:

The purpose of this newsletter is to inform Miami citizens about local issues affecting working class people, students, tenants, immigrants, homeless, GLBT community, activists and others facing oppression within the community. We intend to emphasize the impact these issues have on the local environment, neighborhoods, and economy holding true to a D.I.Y. ethic and horizontal, autonomous organization. We strive to portray a Miami beyond that of designer sunglasses and lattes, a Miami where injustices are being committed on a daily basis and where there are very real victims of systematic oppression whom are otherwise kept silent, but also a Miami where there is tremendous talent, creative force, caring open-minded people and a potential for community-building and resistance. Through our publications we will encourage people to take control of their own lives, reject the complacency and conformity encouraged by mass, corporate media, and reclaim the news by providing their own information, participating in the process of acquiring and sharing information through reporting and investigating all in order to find new ways to solve common problems through organizing and direct action. We seek to present a new, alternative source of important information, events, issues and struggles regardless of whether they are what have been traditionally considered "newsworthy material". Our goal is to present material from a point of view that encourages the reader to make up his or her own mind. We do have an anti-authoritarian view, however we do not simply reverse the bias of mass, corporate media. We encourage a safe discussion ground that is open for anyone to debate the ideas we publish. We hope to generate a sense of community amongst our readers by calling for solidarity, providing a medium in which to expose undocumented issues and struggles and constantly encouraging critical thought, activity, and creativity. It is also our goal to support grassroots organizations by recounting their struggles and victories, yet without letting the newsletter become an extension of their affinity groups. This is primarily a local newsletter and being such seeks to provide space for Miami artists and writers who might not have opportunities elsewhere to express themselves by submitting any writings, essays, poems, music reviews, personal stories, rants, recipes, how-to's, etc. We also mean to use this medium to provide support and stand in solidarity with local creative efforts such as the D.I.Y. music scene, bike scene, community gardening, arts etc.

There it is.

thanks to niko for the contacts!!!!!