Peoria Autonomy, Liberation & Solidarity (PALS)

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Peoria Autonomy, Liberation & Solidarity (PALS) is an autonomous revolutionary inter-communal organization based in and around Peoria, so-called ‘Illinois’. We are currently accepting membership applications and submissions.

Contact & Contribute

Got a comment, suggestion? Please write us at pals@riseup.net

Art Submissions:

See some cool artwork or the effects of a direct action someone has done that you’d like the community to see? Send a photo with the location (as specific as you feel comfortable with) to pals@riseup.net

Article Submissions:

PALS wants to share your story. We accept original content that shares the perspectives and intentions of Peoria Autonomy, Liberation and Solidarity. We have taken several steps to help ensure privacy, security, and anonymity; however, this is not foolproof. We need your help in this process. We read and review all submitted content and ask that you please respect our time and efforts by reviewing the following guidelines.

Basics:

  • Please proofread, edit, and fact check your piece. You can do this by linking to supporting facts or citing sources.
  • To embed a Tweet, YouTube video, or Instagram post, include the URL in the body of your submission.
  • Feel free to include PDFs, we will upload them into the post.
  • You can remove METADATA with this, or by sending the photo to yourself in Signal.

Form Checklist:

  • Examples of contributions are editorials, first-hand accounts, analyses, critiques, report backs, interviews, documentaries, original research, essays, etc.
  • Please limit linking to or re-posting from corporate media; if a comrade / movement source is unavailable please provide some analysis.
  • Photos, Tweets, and videos are strongly encouraged! Remember to wipe your meta (EXIF) data.
  • Please spell and grammar check articles and be intentional with HTML formatting.
  • Please do not share anything that directly or indirectly incriminates individuals. If you are unsure on security culture basics, read here or listen here.

Content Checklist:

  • Does the analysis come from an autonomous and anti-authoritarian, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist perspective?
  • Is the action self-organized outside the hands of top-down groups, political parties, and non-profits?
  • Is the activity in conflict with an institution of power?
  • Was this a direct action or just a symbolic one?
  • Does the piece give a larger context or history of revolt?
  • Keep in mind anything posted on PALS will be read by friends and enemies alike.

Send To:

Send submissions to us @ pals@riseup.net

Send reports in email form, as an attachment, or better yet, on an easy to use (and free) Riseup Pad or CryptPad.

For your privacy, use an encrypted email service such as Protonmail

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