To the Baltimore/Towson community,

To all who don't know, Kevin Gosnell (Darkstar/McPyrate) died last night as a result of a car accident. Apparently he flipped his jeep around 3:15 AM and was pronounced dead on the spot. There will be a viewing on Monday and Tuesday, and a funeral and Irish Wake on Wednesday. I will have more info available in the near future, as to when and where these events will take place. I'm sorry to all his friends and comrades who will miss him more than words can explain. I personally have known Kevin for quite a number of years, with him as a sort of role model while I was introduced to activism and anarchism.

To those of you who did not know him, Kevin was a dedicated local activist who has worked on several campaigns in the area. He started out working will a group called the Wasted Earth Collective, afterwards moving on to the West Coast to become involved in the struggle to save our last old growth forests in the Northwest, and starting up a distro called Pitch Black Press.

When Kevin returned from the west coast, he worked with Global Toxin in Towson, organizing against the war in Afghanistan and previously, the fight against corporate globalization and all it's products. After the fall of GT, he began working with the Towson Anti-war Coalition, and played a major role in organizing events against the war in Iraq. Eventually Pitch Black Rage became Pitch Black Press, and Kevin's dream was to open an infoshop/free library in the Baltimore area.

Kevin was a dear friend and will be missed by the many who had the luck of knowing him. He was a true fighter and a comrade in our struggle for justice and freedom. I cannot explain in words the despair and saddness I feel right now, as we have all lost a person who touched our lives in an amazing and unforgettable way.

With love and solidarity, and one roaring ARRRRRRGGG!!!!
Ryan