- Capital Terminus Collective
The Capital Terminus Collective (CTC), is an
anarchist group based inAtlanta, Georgia with sympathetic or contributing members throughout that state. It is affiliated withNEFAC and shares some members with the Atlanta group of theIndustrial Workers of the World (IWW) . One of its members is anoctogenarian and was a fighter in theanarchist Durruti Column during theSpanish Civil War . The group engages in various political activities includingpamphleting , demonstrating against groups such asThe 21st Century Paul Revere Ride andHammerskins , and building community ties and awareness.Birth
It was the idea of a few
Atlanta attendees of theMillion Worker March in2004 to create an anarchistcollective in Atlanta, and early in2005 , a few locals began holdingstudy groups onanarchism andpolitical theory . Apart from the study groups, the collective began organizing to promote the idea of a Southeastanarchist-communist federation , much like that ofNEFAC , or FAI of Iberia.In April 2005, with the intent of further spreading their desire to form a Southeastern anarchist-communist federation, members of CTC attended the 2nd annual
Southeast Anarchist Network (SEANET) gathering inCharleston, SC . Capital Terminus held aworkshop in the idea, and proposed it to the assembly, however, most of the attendees were not necessarily convinced of the idea. The collective continued however to spread the idea as best they could to parts of the Southeast.July 2005 Conference
In July 2005, the CTC held the conference that was meant to establish a Southeastern anarchist-communist federation. Attending were people from
North Georgia ,Atlanta , andAthens, GA , as well as observers from theNorthwestern Anarchist Federation (NAF) and participants from the labor unionUNITE-HERE . At the beginning of the conference, it was clear that a federation was a goal that was too long term, and the conference became a "second formation" of the collective. The collective membership boosted to at least two-dozen, and potential for an effective organization was realized, and CTC was re-organized into threeworking groups . Two working groups were to focus on issues sorted out and elected by the assembly, which wereSelf-defense /Women's rights and the otherCounter-recruitment /Anti-militarism . The third working group was for constant production of the newsletter, "Anarchist Atlanta", and production and maintenance of a website. Coordinators were elected for each working groups and each acted autonomously within the whole. Prior to the Conference, the offices of Secretary and Treasurer had not been re-elected because of the short lived life so far, and the two offices were reorgnanized and new people were elected.Self Defense/Women's Rights
In the following months, the Women's rights working group would decide to create a women's self-defense class as well as produce small
leaflets to distribute throughout the community. These were coined "info-bombs ." The classes fell through due to external complications and as to this date, the infobombs are still being produced.Counter-recruitment/Anti-militarism
At the beginning of the school-year, CTC met with
Georgia Peace and Justice Coalotion and adhered to their plan to flyer localfootball games with information concerningmilitary enlistment ,opt-out forms , and sign-up lists to receive more information. As the football season of that year ended, talk of doing the same thing atbasketball games was discussed among the two groups, but nothing came of it. The GPJC continued with the efforts as CTC left the project.
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