We, the Angry Ink Collective, are very happy to announce: Our second zine is coming out this Saturday! In the last two years, we have been writing, drawing, making collages, discussing topics – to now finally release Zine N°2! Inside is a mix of essays, informative texts, collages, poems… – and comics! 

We have collected various topics, light and heavy hearted. From stencil-making to menstruation to mental health, activism and evictions and more, we are all over the place; but still tied together.
Also, the comic about the fictional project house Alte Schule continues, as two new characters join the crew from Zine N°1. 

While our collective has grown, we also expanded the page size to A4. And the zine has beautiful handprinted covers, printed with a letterpress and linocuts. 

We hope this zine brings joy to those who read it, as well as gives strength to all those who organize themselves in structures that stand against capitalism, racism, patriarchy and all kinds of oppression! 

We’re going to upload our zines in digital format on this site soon. If you somehow want a printed copy, give feedback or want to collaborate on something with us, please write us an e-mail! 

Stay angry!

; owned by big corporations, full of ads, stealing your data, experimenting on our psyche by adding & removing features, apparently/allegedly also spying on you and your face expressions through the selfie-camera of phones in the case of facebook-owned instagram.

the question of whether or not social media is even ,,good” in the first place will not be raised here. to clarify, my momentary view on this is that people can do what they like, and if the social media is free from manipulation & oppression, i see no problem with the existence of such platforms. radical green anarchism would like to disagree, but i think every humyn should be able to manage what can be toxic in their own way.

so. there exists already a big collection of social platforms that are great alternatives, all collected in what is called the ,,FEDIVERSE”.
the most known one is MASTODON, in structure like twitter, where – since the instagram boycott of 20.december.2020 – many more people (including myself) have joined.

i will now explain a little how many such platforms are built; my explanation is based on explaining mastodon, since the general structure is basically the same in all platforms in the fediverse. (i am not a nerd on this, nor do i understand everything. the explanation will be basic & you are invited to give feedback if i make mistakes you notice, and you want to and have the capacity!).
first & foremost, mastodon is open-source and decentralised, meaning:
-> there is no one who owns it_runs it_controls it.
-> instead of being funded by ads, it is funded by donations of the people using it.
-> anyone can take the coding and create their own version of it (in the definition of ,,open-source”; the source code is open to public & can be freely used :) ).
-> this also means – since this platform (and the others in the fediverse!) are ,,federated” (will explain this later) – mastodon and the similar social platforms cannot be sold, nor go bankrupt, nor be completely blocked by government!
-> when someone takes the open source code to create it into their own version – aka their own server – it has a name: an INSTANCE.
all instances on mastodon are moderated and owned by the person.s who created it, called the ADMINs (short for administrator). most of the time, admins also have their own account and use the platform like anyone else, so everything is really more horizontal.
the structure of mastodon is FEDERATED, meaning it is a group of multiple instances communicating with each other, instead of one massive server holding everything.

so. if every instance on this platform is operated privately, how do they communicate with each other?
well, since the same ,,base-coding” is used (called a Standard Protocol) users from different instances can follow and communicate with each other. in the case of mastodon, the standard protocol used is Activitypub – or, to phrase it more correctly: the standard protocol that mastodon implements is activitypub.
many other applications implement activitypub, meaning that even users on different social platforms//applications that implement this standard protocol can interact with each other (for example a video posted on peertube can be seen in the feed of someone with a mastodon account)!
all these applications, platforms with activitypub are part of a big network called the FEDIVERSE (fediverse.party).
the fediverse has many services, including event-hosting, bitcoin-exchange, music platform, and much more.
here are my 3 favourite examples – if you want to check out more, go look on the website fediverse.party.

mastodon:
-> in structure like twitter.
-> interaction works by following/being followed, and ,,toots”, like twitter ,,tweets”, except that you have the possibility of writing 500characters instead of 140.
-> you can also post images.
-> in the toots and images you post, there is the great option of adding content warnings, meaning the text or image is hidden, and only the content warnings are showed. you can click on these – they act as a ,,show more” button – to be able to see the full image or text. some examples for the uses of this feature is if the text/images mentions or contains SA, violence, nudity, sexual content, but also eye contact or other things that some persons are sentitive to. this feature is not only used for sensitive content, but also if someone wants to shorten something that is very long.
-> there are many leftist, anarchist, queer, friendly instances (a short list will come in the end!), with clear guidelines and rules (the usual no racism, no queerphobia, no hate-speech, no ableism, no nazi symbolism etc), making it a great safer space. really, go check it out!
the ,,general mastodon” is indeed also based on these principles!
-> many of these instances(servers) have a list of servers that are banned from communication with the particular instance in question. this is for safety reasons, or just generally kein-bock-auf-nazis-ruining-our-space reasons, since there are also right-wing instances, nazi instances, and still toxic people there. so, by banning an instance from communicating with one’s own instance, all users/toots become invisible to people from the nazi/right-wing/etc instances, so the risk of being harassed is greatly minimised.
here is a list of mastodon instances i personally recommend:
-> mastodon.social is the general one. the rules & guidelines are also very correct so it’s cool to sign up there.
-> queer.party is a very big, colourful instance for queers* and the like!
-> todon.eu is a general leftist instance.
-> kolektiva.social is for anarchists.
-> anticapitalist.party is for anticapitalists.
-> chaos.social is also leftist, home to many german accounts i believe.
-> mastodon.lol is a server for antifascists, members of the lgbtq+ community, hackers, and the like.
-> radical.town

from my personal experience of being on mastodon a few days, the persons there are very respectful, open and friendly – it is great fun!; but most of all everyone is just themself.

pixelfed:
-> looks almost exactly like instagram.
-> the general rules/guidelines are the same as on mastodon.
-> all images are shown in chronological order, unlike the toxic algorithm on instagram.
-> no ads of course!
-> mostly artists and photographers use it, for the moment.
-> pixelfed.social is the most used instance. there aren’t that many yet, since pixelfed is much smaller in number of users than mastodon.
-> anar.chi.st is an anarchist pixelfed instance.

peertube:
-> a video-hosting website, like youtube.
-> peer.tube is the general instance. i think it is filled with pornography-related content now though, since it is so free. creating an account there shouldn’t be a problem though.
-> kolektiva.media is an anarchist instance for political content
-> yiny.org is a leftist instance where there are more musicians.

there also exists diaspora*, the very first federated social platform i have come into contact with, end of 2019. it does not belong to the fediverse and its structure is like a mixture between facebook and twitter.

if you are someone who likes spending time online on social platforms, i encourage you to check out these alternatives. i also encourage you to tell your friends and comrades about them, so we can all move away from the capitalist patriarchal colonialist platforms still used by most.
thank you for reading!

i also encourage you to check out the post (one of many!) of instagram user @cisturbed, titled ,,INSTAGRAM BOYCOTT”; it explains the reasons for the instagram boycott of 20.december.2020, cause of the recent influx of new users on mastodon.

sources:
-> post by instagram user @remakegodgayagain, titled ,,Why You Need to Join Mastodon”
-> Youtube video by Mastodon, titled ,,What is Mastodon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE
-> Youtube video by Simply Explained, titled ,,Distributed social media – Mastodon & Fediverse Explained” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S57uhCQBEk0
-> Mastodon and Fediverse websites: joinmastodon.org and fediverse.party
-> https://www.cnet.com/news/lawsuit-accuses-instagram-of-peeping-with-iphone-camera/

written in december 2020. edited in the months after.

In fact, the Angry Ink collective is currently working on the second edition of the Angry Ink zine. Ever since we started making zines, one question appeared definitely more than once: What is this thing? A ˈzaɪn? A ˈziːn? What does that mean?
Listen to find out, to hear about our personal relationship with zines and maybe get inspired to make one yourself!

Language: English
Content notes: zines, subculture, media, art, queerfeminism, shyness, surveillance

Recorded by huxley und motte in February 2021. Edited by huxley.

Further resources:

zinebook.com/ → Lists just some very GENERAL infos on zines as a media form.

queer zine archive: https://archive.qzap.org

issuu.com/poczineproject/ -> A archive and platform for zines made by POC, mostly from USA context.

archive.org/details/zines → Very big random punky queer zine collection on archive, also with older stuff.

heavymentalzine.wordpress.com/-> Germany-based zine distro with mostly queerfeminist zines.

neutralgrau.tumblr.com/ -> Another Germany-based zine distro :)

In other news, while this site might be quiet, we’re actually working on Angry Ink content continuously (just more in an analogue form).

Stay angry!

The Angry Ink Zine is a collection of comics, articles, poems, funny small distractions and more stuff. The creation of the Zine was what initiated the creation of the Angry Ink collective, and it will if all goes well be the first but not the only Zine for us to release.

In the Zine we are met with the characters Esther, Mo and Riz, 3 people whos fates are tied together by a common place – the self organized project house and wagon platz Alte Schule that is threatened with eviction. Alte Schule is a fictional project, but it might as well have been real as many self organized places in Berlin and everywhere right now face evictions and are struggling to stay alive. Angry Ink stand in solidarity with all the projects here and everywhere, fighting for self-organized_left_anarchist_queer_safe_non-commercial spaces to stay alive and thriving.

In the Angry ink Zine you can among other things read about the history of squatting in Berlin, and find out how to make vegan potato salad. We expect to release the zine material online at a later point. If you are interested in the Zine in paper format or pdf, you can send an email to angry ink.

Thank you for reading, and stay angry!

LIEBIG34, RIGAER94, POTSE, MEUTEREI BLEIBEN!

DRUGSTORE & SYNDIKAT LEBEN

WIR BLEIBEN ALLE!

when i was a very young child
i said
when i am older i will be a boy
because they have it so easy
all they have to worry about is shaving their beards

i am no longer a child
(sort of)
and i am neither boy nor girl
but i still observe ,,boys” having it easy
biking with the sun on their bare, topless skin
while i suffer the heat in my tshirts
wishing i could feel the rare breeze on my bare nipples
without getting harassed

es gibt so momente, manchmal stunden, manchmal tage, ganz selten auch mal wochen, da geht bei mir die resilienz verloren.
was ist das, resilienz? für mich ist das wie so eine art puffer, der mir erlaubt, stark zu bleiben und standhaft, bei allem kram der einer* irgendwie an die nieren geht.
belastungen sehen für jeden menschen anders aus und auch die größe dieses puffers ist bei jeder* anders. für mich selbst ist es immerwieder wichtig festzustellen, dass es anderen schlechter geht als mir, aber dass ich vor diesem hintergrund trotzdem nicht meine eigenen gefühle ignorieren sollte. diese ignoranz lässt meine eigene persönliche resilienz dann schrumpfen. und das bringts dann auch nicht, für keine*. wichtig ist, eigene privilegien zu reflektieren. wichtig ist auch, sich nicht immer ständig an anderen zu messen.

so viel erstmal dazu. ich will nicht rumheulen, nur versuchen, mich auszudrücken.
es gibt da also diese tage, da hab ich gefǘhlt einfach eine dünne haut. da kommt dann irgendwie alles mögliche durch.. jeder scheißkommentar, der vielleicht garnicht so gemeint ist, jede nachricht im radio, die auf ner ebene heißt, dass wir in ner ungerechten welt leben, jede verschwörungsideologie, die ich dann vielleicht zufällig im internet lese. eine reaktion ist weltschmerz. alles scheiße, ich will diese tür einfach mal ein paar tage zumachen und mich unter ner decke verkriechen.
eine andere reaktion ist wut. im besten fall kann ich diese wut dann irgendwie umsetzen in was konstruktives, was, sei jetzt hier mal dahingestellt. aber manchmal, da ist da nur diese wut, kombiniert mit einer art von traurigkeit, die nicht unbedingt zu konstruktivem schaffen verleitet. was dann mir oft hilft, ist das gefühl, nicht alleine zu sein, und dass es andere menschen gibt, die ähnlich fühlen oder die kämpfen. gleichzeitig neige ich in so einer gefühlslage dazu, mich nicht mehr zu melden und mich zu isolieren. vor allem, um menschen nicht mit meinem emotionalen gedöns auf den geist zu gehen.

ich zieh jetzt mal ein paar schlüsse für mich aus diesem nächtlichen geschriebsel.
es ist erstmal überhaupt gut, dinge wahrzunehmen. dicke panzerung gegen die ungerechtigkeit lässt auch nur abstumpfen (notiz an mich: manchmal ist diese panzerung aber unheimlich hilfreich).
es ist auch gut, diese gefühle umzuwandeln in taten, die im besten fall irgendwas ändern.
es ist gut, wenn ich darüber nachdenke, inwiefern ich die emotionalen kapazitäten anderer menschen in anspruch nehme. es wird dann kritisch, wenn ich davon ausgehe, dass ich das immer tue und anfange, mich meinen freund*innen gegenüber garnicht mehr emotional zu zeigen. alle gefühle immer in den raum stellen, halte ich inzwischen für problematisch, nie gefühle zu zeigen aber genauso.
ich hab das gefühl, nie genug tun zu können. gleichzeitig ist das ein längerer prozess, rauszufinden, was ich genau tun kan und will. dem muss ich mich aktiv stellen.
wenn es mal tage gibt, an denen ich kein bock auf aufstehen hab, ist das okay. wenn es mal tage gibt, an denen ich einfach nur möchte, dass mich wer in den arm nimmt, ist das okay. was okay für mich ist, bestimme ich. manchmal muss ich mich selbst aber daran erinnern.

resilienz ist nicht immer gleich groß. jetzt gerade ist meine eher klein, ich hoffe, sie wächst in den nächsten tagen wieder.
und ich sag mal so: vielleicht würde es auch helfen, abends keine verschwörungidiot*innen mehr im internet zu recherchieren, und mich dann damit stressen, dass ich zu wenig schlaf krieg. nächstes projekt für die resilienzförderung: früher einschlafen! aber bloß kein stress und kein selbstoptimierungszwang.

geschrieben von m, irgendwann im mai oder juni 2020.

written and performed by huxley for Episode 6 of Angry Ink on The Line

Text:

v1
Autos sind der pure Egoismus
Ein Statussymbol des Konsumismus
Sie verpesten unser Luft und fahren alles platt
Sie rauben uns die Straße, ich habe sie so satt
Sie fahren mit Benzin und Diesel, unsere Erde brennt
Es kann nicht länger warten, jetzt ist der Moment!

chorus
Ich hasse Autos, ich hasse sie so sehr
Und jeden Tag werden’s immer mehr
x 2
Das Auto ist ein falscher Gott
Alle zum Schrott, alle zum Schrott!
x 2

v2
Autos nur denen, die sie wirklich brauchen
Und Tempolimit 30, gesünder ist das Laufen
Eisenbahn und Fahrrad, was wünscht du dir mehr?
Autofreie Stadt – ich liebe dir!

chorus

Ich hasse Autos!

Later I forgot how to be angry
Take a deep breath
And count to ten
Till the feeling dissipated
I swallow the wool and rearrange the pillows
With a smile

written by huxley for Episode 6 of Angry Ink on The Line