13 DIY Zines and Direct-Action Activism SANDRA JEPPESEN We look for the events and people and stories that lead up to where we are now and will compel us to go forward. This is our air, our nourishment. This is what must be dug up, following the deepest roots of arts and language and collective eforts. When we actualize our principles, when we struggle with our notions of right and wrong, we contribute to the development of a real anarchist culture. – Arsenal Collective Anarchists live in cultural spaces sustained by a lived commitment to collect- ive principles and values that difer from mainstream norms. These values are based on a diferent way of thinking about and living in the world, which chal- lenges established ideas on every issue, discourse, institution, and social rela- tion imaginable. The backbone principle of anarchism is a critique of relations of domination, so anarchist values and practices are against domination, be it in the form of hierarchies, unequal power relations, structural inequities, or authoritarian behaviours. Media practices derive from this principle as well. Whereas many alternative media theorists and practitioners work against mainstream media practices, anarchists have lived anti-authoritarian values as Kozolanka.indd 264 Kozolanka.indd 264 24/11/2011 4:10:40 PM 24/11/2011 4:10:40 PM