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Biography and Politics
Fred Woodworth is an anarchist and atheist writer based in the United States. His writing has been highly individualistic and critical of both Government intrusions on individual liberty as well as un-ethical ideas and behavior within the anarchist movement in the United States and elsewhere. This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted citations. ...
Atheism, in its broadest sense, is the absence of theism (the belief in the existence of deities). ...
Woodworth, in the traditional of some of the 19th century American individualist anarchists, supports private property in the form of possession, opposes profit in economic relations and opposes ownership rights to raw land. Consequently, he opposes both leninist communism and capitalism - similar to such individualist anarchists as Joe Peacott and Larry Gambone, and British individualist anarchist and cartoonist Donald Rooum. In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, the sociopolitical philosophy based on Marxism. ...
Joe Peacott is an American individualist anarchist writer. ...
The following is a list of notable individuals who have been regarded as anarchists, either by themselves or others. ...
Donald Rooum is an anarchist cartoonist. ...
The Match!  Cover of Woodworth's Journal, The Match! Since 1969 Woodworth has published the internationally-known anarchist zine, The Match! from his home in Tuscon, Arizona. The Match!, with about 2,000 readers, has consistently questioned authoritarian government, society, and religion since the magazine’s inception. Computers, organized religion, the police, the U.S. Census, jury duty, and the bookselling industry are just a few of the institutions regularly disparaged in its pages. Woodworth is a collector of antique printing machinery and prints each issue himself. A zine—an abbreviation of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ...
The Match is an anarchist magazine that has been published in Arizona, United States since the 1970s. ...
A city street near downtown Tucson, Arizona. ...
The Match is an anarchist magazine that has been published in Arizona, United States since the 1970s. ...
The Match! is known not only for its non-digital typography and graphics, but also for its extensive letters section. The Match is an anarchist magazine that has been published in Arizona, United States since the 1970s. ...
Woodworth is specifically interested in the Varityper machine, which he uses for publishing.
Ethical Anarchism  The back cover of issue #103 of Woodworth's Journal, The Match!, defining ethical anarchism Woodworth claims to have never compromised his philosophy of ethical anarchism (what some might call treating the means as the end in progress) for the sake of short-term expediency.
Woodworth is often seen as American individualist anarchism's ethical counter-weight to writers such as Bob Black, Tad Kepley, John Zerzan, Feral Faun and organizations such as Crimethinc, Killing King Abacus, and Venomous Butterfly Publications that support theft and violence as an expression of egoist and individualist political activism (primarily of the illegalist and insurrectionist type). Woodworth has criticized these individuals and groups in articles within The Match! and even sparred with some them in the very extensive letters pages on occasion. Ethics (from Greek ἦθος meaning custom) is the branch of axiology, one of the four major branches of philosophy, which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to distinguish that which is right from that which is wrong. ...
Everyday instance of theft: the bike which fits on this wheel has disappeared. ...
Violence refers to acts of aggression and abuse which causes or intends to cause criminal injury or harm to persons, and (to a lesser extent) animals and property. ...
Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy which developed primarily in France in the early 1900s parallel to anarchist individualism. ...
Insurrectionary anarchism is a revolutionary theory, practice and tendency within the anarchist movement which opposes formal anarchist organizations such as labor unions and federations that are based on a political programme and periodic congresses. ...
The Match is an anarchist magazine that has been published in Arizona, United States since the 1970s. ...
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Recent Health and Financial Situation Woodworth recently had to undergo major surgery. A plea went out throughout the zine and anarchist communities to help him out with donations since he's never had healthcare coverage. Woodworth can be contacted care of: A zine—an abbreviation of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ...
Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ...
- The Match!
- Box 3012
- Tucson, AZ 85702
- USA
Quotes | | Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.[1] | | | | It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.[2] | | | | If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.[3] | | | | Fundamentalists never wonder why, if herpes is sent by "god" to scourge "adulterers," whooping cough and measles weren't purposely created to lambaste children.[4] | | | | The very god who, according to those who believe in him, made every last electron spin in its orbit everywhere throughout the universe, still cannot write a clear, unmistakable volume of instructions to human beings who are supposed to follow his wisdom.[5] | | Image File history File links Cquote1. ...
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Some Writing Available On-Line Articles and Essays - How to Smash the State, by Fred Woodworth
- Definition of Anarchism, by Fred Woodworth
- Religion Scores Another Hit (from Sept. 11, 2001 issue of The Match!), by Fred Woodworth
- The Koran: A Review (from Sept. 11, 2001 issue of The Match!), by Fred Woodworth
- A Few Reasons Not to Serve on Juries, by Fred Woodworth
- It Rests on You!, by Fred Woodworth
- Fingerprint Evidence: The Opening Salvo, by Fred Woodworth
- A Printer Looks at Fingerprints, by Fred Woodworth
Letters
Books - Pulling the strings: How Businesses and Institutions Attempt to Control the Small Press, by Fred Woodworth
- The Koran, by Fred Woodworth
- The Match! Historic Reprint Series: The Retort, 1942-51: Special Anthology Issue, by Fred Woodworth
- Anarchism: What is it? Is it Practical or Utopian? Is Government Necessary? (The Match Pamphlet Series), by Fred Woodworth
- There Is No God, by Fred Woodworth
- The Atheist Cult, by Fred Woodworth
- Dream World, by Kent Winslow
External links Miscellaneous Information - Fred Woodworth Needs Your Help, by Anarchist News
- Varityper Information, at The Classic Typewriter Page
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