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Renewing the Anarchist Tradition 2006
Call for Proposals


Call for Proposals (due July 15, 2006)

September 29 to October 1, 2006
at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
http://www.homemadejam.org/renew

We are now accepting proposals for individual presentations and panels for the 2006 Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conference (RAT), sponsored by the Institute for Anarchist Studies. In particular, we encourage people of color, queer, transgender, and intersex people, women, people raising children, indigenous people, people with diverse abilities, working-class people, those outside academia, and others who are frequently underrepresented as speakers (for a variety of reasons) to send in proposals. Also, if you feel alienated when you look at the list of past RAT presentations on our Web site or think that important issues that should be considered through an anarchist lens are being left out, you probably have a presentation proposal to offer. Please get in touch. And please feel free to forward this e-mail to others who may be interested in participating in and/or attending this weekend.

Elisee Reclus Conference

New Orleans, Oct. 27–29, 2006

HUMANITY AND THE EARTH/L'HOMME ET LA TERRE:

THE LEGACY OF ELISEE RECLUS

October 27-29, 2006

Loyola University

New Orleans, LA USA

Last year marked the 175th anniversary of the birth of Elisée Reclus and the 100th anniversary of his death. A conference in New Orleans scheduled on the occasion of this double anniversary was postponed because of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, but it has been rescheduled for this fall. At that time we will gather to discuss the life and work of Reclus and to investigate the ways in which his legacy is relevant to our world today. The conference is planned to coincide with the New Orleans Bookfair, and conference scheduling will allow time for participants to attend that event also.

Book Release
Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile
By Ramor Ryan,
AK Press 2006



ABC No Rio Thursday 25th May 7.30
Reading, discussion, refreshments
Photo Exhibition featuring Timo Russo's work.

"At once celebratory and self-critical, Clandestines offers a geography lesson of the shadows, where borders are disregarded, revolution is in the air, and adventure is always just around the corner."—Jennifer Whitney, co-author of We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anticapitalism

Ramor Ryan is a rebellious rover and Irish exile who makes his home between New York City and Chiapas.

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"Czech Anarchism & Anarcha-Feminism"

Marta Kolarova
New York City, May 18, 2006

Learn all about Czech Anarchism & Anarcha-Feminism! @Bluestockings

Thursday, May 18th @ 7PM
$3 to $5 Suggested

Bluestockings

Marta Kolarova will discuss the history and
development of the anarchist movement in
Czechoslovakia. Special attention will be paid to the
anarchist feminist movement, and connections to the
global movement and international influences will be
addressed.

Marta has worked with Reclaim the Streets!,
and has organized protests for Prague 2000. She
currently writes for Czech anarchist and
anarchafeminist publications, and is doing research on
gender, social movements and globalization.

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"Not Sheep"

New Urban Enclosures and Commons

Vancouver, May 13–20, 2006

Opening Friday, May 12, 8pm

ARTSPEAK

233 Carrall Street

Vancouver, BC

Canada V6B 2J2

Not Sheep: New Urban Enclosures and Commons gathers a varied set of examples and speculations on new urban enclosures and commons from more than 30 international artists, writers, architects and theorists. The title of the project takes its name from the wooly emblem of the historical enclosure of common land that began in 16th century England as peasants were driven from arable farming land to make room for sheep-walks. But rather than being a mythical moment in capitalism, the enclosing of commons is a process that is in full force today, and visible in the changing shape of cities globally.

Not Sheep looks at the ways that city territories are becoming increasingly closed off and common goods and spaces enclosed, privatized or gated off. From the privatization of Dresden’s public housing stock to pay the city’s debts, the eviction of community gardeners to make warehouse space in Los Angeles, to more subtle shifts in the production of public space, the process of enclosure is a strategy that is remaking urban experience today. Yet examples of “commoning”, the making of common spaces and resources, are also visible: Caracas turning urban brown space into sites of urban agriculture, squatting actions such as Woodsquat in Vancouver and the Pope Squat in Toronto challenging an ownership model that closes off housing space, and the opening of wireless LAN systems such as Bristol Wireless.

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Radical Academics in Neoliberal University Inc: Experiences and Horizons

Join us for an evening of talks, screenings, discussions and a late
evening social at the Square Social Centre, London WC1. Wednesday 24th
of May, 6-11pm.

Universities across the UK and the US are increasingly driven by a
strict corporate logic, leaving less space for alternative, radical
voices to be heard. Anarchists were among the first to be hit hard by
this: in the US, Ward Churchill (University of Colorado) and David
Graeber (Yale University) have been the first victims of a
neo-McCarthyist wave.

Using the opportunity of David Graeber’s visit to the UK we are
putting together an event to discuss the experiences, horizons and
prospects of radical academics working in Neoliberal University Inc
today; to find out more about repression against them and how we can
help; but also to learn from each others positive experiences,
strengthen our links and discuss alternative educational structures!

Speakers to include:

Massimo De Angelis (University of East London, UK)
David Graeber (Yale University, US)
Ed Emery (Universitas adversitatis) (tbc!)

If you want to talk at the event, get yourself some very basic (but
free!) accommodation or simply let us know you are coming,

e-mail antiauthoritarians@riseup.net

Weds 24th of May 6-11pm

www.londonsocialcentre.org.uk

Free & open to ALL!

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Culture & Conflict Group present H3, a film about the
1981 Irish hunger Strike.

irish Hunger Strike Film "H3"

New York City, May 5, 2006

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Irish
Hunger Strike, in which Bobby Sands and nine other
Irish Republican prisoners died in Long Kesh prison in
Northern Ireland, the Culture & Conflict Group will
present a screening of the film "H3".

Friday May 5, 2006 7pm

The Bridge

521 West 26th Street between 10th & 11th Avenues.

Free Admission

"H3" tells the story of the hunger strike from the point
of view of the prisoners in Long Kesh prison. Set in
the H-Blocks of the Maze prison in the North of
Ireland — and co-written by Laurence McKeown who spent
70 days on hunger strike — "H3" charts the period from
the beginning of the hunger strike up until Bobby
Sands' death on 5th May 1981. Through the eyes of
fictional characters, the hunger strikers' survival is
charted with dignity, comradeship and a sense of
humor. The film was directed by Les Blair and stars a
cast of actors drawn mostly from Northern Ireland.

The evening will also includes an exhibition of
artwork and posters from the period of the hunger
strike as well as music and songs about Bobby Sands
and the other hunger strikers by Mary Courtney of the
band Morning Star.


Doors open at 6pm. The screening of "H3" starts at 7pm

The Bridge is the gallery space which currently hosts
the exhibition Made in Palestine. It is the first
museum quality exhibition devoted to the contemporary
art of Palestine to be held in the United States. It
is a survey of work spanning three generations of
Palestinian artists who live in the West Bank, Gaza
Strip, Palestine '48, Syria, Jordan, and the United
States.

For more info contact:

Dean Bardouka

Phone 646-246-6328

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New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists Meeting
May 14, 2006

Calling all anarchists, antiauthoritarians, horizontalists and grassroots activists!


Mark your calendars: You are cordially invited to the third New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists/Alianza de Anarquistas del área metropolitana de Nueva York (NYMAA) General Assembly.


Time: Sunday, May 14, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.


Place: Church of the Ascension, 221 West 107th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan. In the basement.


Directions: 1 train to 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway, walk South and East. B or C trains to 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway, walk South and West.


Three months and growing! NYMAA is slowly but surely on its way to developing a historic presence of anarchist revolutionaries on the streets of New York City. More than 100 activists have made their choice. Organized anarchism is needed now more than ever, so come and see what we're all about!


In order for the ideas of horizontalism and revolution to firmly take root among a broad cross-section of people, anarchists need to band together for the purpose of initiating and nurturing a wide range of projects. NYMAA's aim is to build momentum and contribute to a genuine movement of resistance and liberation that can ultimately uproot the brutality of authoritarianism, capitalism, and oppression.


NYMAA is in the process of forming, building, and growing local "chapters" and working groups, thereby gradually planting the seeds of capitalist destruction. At our General Assemblies there is always ample time allotted for both casual socializing and face-to-face discussions. Food and drink, as well as childcare, will be provided.


You can read more about NYMAA and familiarize yourself with its basic organizational structure (this is strongly recommended) by visiting
here.


Proposals and other agenda items for the General Assembly are welcomed. Please e-mail them along with any RSVPs (especially if you're bringing kids!) to: nymaa-comms [at] riseup [dot] net
History / Herstory in the making! Don't miss it!


See you there!


The New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists (NYMAA) is a broad organization of anarchists and anti-authoritarians who live in the New York metropolitan area. NYMAA is a social revolutionary organization. Thus, our ultimate aim is to eradicate all forms of authoritarianism, hierarchy, and domination and help build a genuinely liberatory, self-managed, directly democratic society. To that end our immediate aim is to bring anarchists together on a common plane of struggle for the purpose of growing and expanding the movement and spreading our ideas.

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Zapatista "Red Alert" Protest

New York City, May 5, 2006

Protest this Friday at 12:30 at the Mexican Consulate
at 27 E. 39th St. between Madison and Park


The Zapatistas have issued a Red Alert!


The Mexican Government of Vicente Fox is Ratcheting Up Repression Against
the Other Campaign — most recently:


— At least two shot dead today and many more injured by police outside of
Mexico City (NarcoNews 1 [narconews.com])


— Journalists imprisoned after May Day demonstrations in Oaxaca City
(NarcoNews 2 [narconews.com])


Now is the Time to Demand an End to the Violence!


See you this Friday at 12:30 at the Mexican Consulate in NYC!


The consulate is located at 27 E. 39th St. between Madison and Park Aves.
See you there!

Zapata Vive Vive! La Lucha Sigue Sigue!

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"Affordable Housing in Brooklyn"

Brooklyn, NY, May 9, 2006

Affordable Housing in Brooklyn: Challenges + Solutions

7 PM, May 9, 2006

Brooklyn Central Public Library
Second Floor Meeting Room


According to a recent survey by the Community Service Society, when New Yorkers are asked "what personally worries you the most?" their leading response is "housing." As the Nation's affordable rental housing stock continues to shrink, many low and middle-income residents are facing a housing crisis.


For residents of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough, continued gentrification and the loss of subsidized housing make finding affordable, safe, transit-accessible housing a formidable task.


The expert panelists will address the increasing challenge of providing affordable housing in Brooklyn and will respond with solutions—both realized and possible. Specific Brooklyn projects incorporating affordable housing will be addressed (including Greenpoint-Williambsburg and Atlantic Yards), followed by a discussion of broader city and regional issues impacting Brooklyn. Two respondents will address the
panel to clarify issues addressed by the panelists and segue into the general question and answer portion.

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