Ha! Stolen from Red & Black, No.5, April 1973 (also feat. ‘Karl Korsch: A Marxist Friend of Anarchism’ by A. R. Giles-Peters).
1 • thou shalt clean up thine own messes. no servants whether paid (cleaning ladies) or indentured (wives).
2 • thou shalt not use other people. as tom hayden used james rector to advertise people’s park, as marxists use workers to overthrow the ruling class, as i just used tom hayden for demonstration purposes.
3 • thou shalt not foul. the air, with motor vehicles, the water, with detergents, the earth, with chemicals and pesticides.
4 • thou halt not deny any person’s humanity. blacks are not niggers, vietnamese are not gooks, women are not chicks, cops are not pigs.
5 • thou shalt not endanger other people for an idea.
6 • thou shalt not be ashamed. we are all perverts. we all have pasts we could spend our whole lives denying.
7 • thou shalt revel in what you really are: don’t change your looks, don’t stop talking, go ahead and be.
8 • listen to your body: it will let you know whether or not you are content.
9 • living things shall be allowed to breathe and grow.
10 • write your own commandments. i am only a person like you. “burn this & memorize yourself.”Source : Burn This and Memorize Yourself — Poems for Women, Alta, Times Change Press, c.1971.
See also : Burn This Press.
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