Barry Lambda was living in Annapolis during Bush’s 2008 declaration of martial law. He tried briefly to make it at St. John’s College, but after two years was asked not to return. He found a job taking pictures for submissivesubversives.com.

When the threat of mandatory civilian and/or military service became inevitable, Barry decided it would be to his advantage to enlist by offering his photographic skills for documentarian service- to avoid combat.

This was six months prior to the United Worker’s Union occupation of the nuclear reactor at Camp Pendleton, Los Angeles. A team of twenty-six neowobblies, under the enchantment of movement organizer Mark Trotsman, seized the plant, making simple demands- the lift of the police state, the due impeachment of President Bush, and the restoration of true democracy. This was Barry’s first assignment- to make the feds look good.

After a two-and-a-half week stand off, a federal soldier fired off his gun, and the Battle of Camp Pendleton began. Within three hours, the UWU rebels were crushed. For his dramatic pictures of the event, Barry returned home to relative fame. He had won a Pulitzer prize, and was offered a seat the Council for Nationalism and Propaganda, as an artistic consultant.

It was discovered after his death, in his controversial “California” journal, that the original gun shot was fired on his request. A friend agreed to do it for a photo-op. In his writing, he expressed sympathy to the socialist movement, apologizing for aggrandizing the Federal government- an organization Barry never supported.

In September of 2012, Barry was approached by a man who called himself “Sacco.” It was a job offer, and a chance to escape the police state. Texas, by mandate of the state constitution, had excerized their right to secede from the union. “Gone to Texas” became a renewed sign of a new migration. In Texas, violent attacks were scarce. In Texas, marijuana was legal. In Texas, martial law was not the reality.

Trotsman had big sway in the Republic of Texas, holding office in Austin. It has always been rumored that the government was under his control, however, to save trade with the US, he sat aside and let a puppet government provide the illusion of a strictly democratic nation.

“Sacco” was a messeger for Trotsman. In an effort to raise money for the cause, a series of new publications were in the first stages of production. Among them was a bi-weekly gentleman’s magazine called RebelASS. This was the job that clenched it for Barry.

He moved to Austin in October 2012. For his contributions to the socialist movement and betrayal to his homeland, Barry was asked never to return.

Barry Lambda (along with eleven million others) died from the nosebleed virus less than six months later.