The Anarchists' Cookbook  They make bread, not bombs, at the
Black Bear Bakery  The aim of self-realization is spelled out in
Black Bear's proposed vision statement: "This bakery does not
manufacture leaders, bosses, experts, followers, employees,
peons or grunts.... Everyone should expect to engage in some
sales, organization, delivery, cleanup or other shit work on a
regular basis.... Profits will be used to pay decent,
competitive wages and benefits and to support, through cash or
product donations, people who promote similar ideas. There is no
pretense that selling loaves of bread ... will bring about the
demise of authoritarian institutions or capital-based
distribution of wealth. This not what is radical about a
collective. [Collectives] are radical because the people who
shape them share and develop skills...."  There is nothing pie-
in-the-sky about the life choices of the bakery workers. Black
Bear is not a dotcom start-up with speculative investors
pounding on the door. Pay is low, $6-$8 per hour. Wo