Sascha Altman DuBrul, aka Sascha DuBrul or Sascha Scatter, (b: 1975) is an American anarchist, bi-polar

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...

 activist, writer, farmer and punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 musician. He is best known for his writing and as a founding and current member of the ska-punk band Choking Victim

Choking Victim

Choking Victim was a United States punk rock band formed in New York City, which were together from 1992 to 1999. Playing a mix of hardcore punk and ska with anarchist lyrics...

. He is a co-founder of the Icarus Project

Icarus Project

.The Icarus Project http://theicarusproject.net is a mental health movement characterized by the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should actually be regarded as "dangerous gifts"...

. He is from New York City and was a member of the Germantown Community Farm in Columbia County, New York

Columbia County, New York

Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,096. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal...

. He writes a regular column for the punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 fanzine

Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...

 Slug and Lettuce

Slug and Lettuce (fanzine)

Slug and Lettuce is a free newsprint punk zine started in New York City and currently based in Richmond, Virginia. Its byline reads "A zine supporting the Do-It-Yourself ethics of the punk community". It is published quarterly and in spring 2012, it will be twenty five years old...

.

Scatter was the inspiration for singer Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues...

's song Sascha.

Publications

• Carnival of Chaos: On the Road With the Nomadic Festival by Sascha Altman DuBrul Autonomedia
  Autonomedia
  Autonomedia is one of the main North American publishers of radical theoretical works, especially in the anarchist tradition. For many years, it was linked with Semiotext, one of the major sources for English language translations of post-structuralist literature, especially in the 1980s...
  
  (February 24, 1996) ISBN 978-1570270475
• La Vida Secreta de los Gabachos (the Secret Life of White People) self-published
• El Otro Lado (The Other Side) self-published
• Walking the Edge of Insanity self-published
• Blinking Red Lights and the Souls of Our Friends self-published
• Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness; A Reader and Roadmap of Bipolar Worlds, was self-published by the Icarus Project in March 2004. The book is currently in its 6th printing. http://www.theicarusproject.net/publications/navigating-the-space-between-brilliance-and-madness-reader
• Mutant Superpowers & Lithium Pills self-published

External links

• Partial catalog of self publications
• Partial catalog of self publications