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Life With the Anarchists

Evan Wright, the author of the bestseller Generation Kill, takes us into the lives of punk rock-loving, runaway teenagers in L.A. in this exclusive excerpt from his new book. Pull Quote: “I’m not really an anarchist,” a fourteen-year-old runaway whispers. “I’m just looking for a place to stay until I find my sugar daddy.”

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The L.A. co-op is a ramshackle stucco house in a suburban section of Inglewood, under the landing path of jets flying into LAX. A “Free Mumia” banner is draped across the backyard fence.

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