Anonymous Comrade writes:

100th Anniversary of the Wobblies

New York City, Sept. 13, 2005

A New York City Celebration of the IWW Centenary

Tuesday, September 13, 6:30 PM

CUNY Graduate Center

365 5th Ave. (at 34th St), NYC

— Free Admission —

The hundredth anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World will be celebrated by artists, historians, musicians and today's Wobbly organizers. The event will feature performances, talks and a slide show commemorating the Wobblies role in Labor history.

Cindy writes:

Renewing the Anarchist Tradition Conference
Plainfield, Vermont, Sept. 23-25, 2005

Space is Limited!
(We're also still accepting presentation proposals!)

The Renewing the Anarchist Tradition (RAT) conference, sponsored by the Institute for Anarchist Studies, aims to provide a scholarly space in which to both reexamine and reinvigorate the social and political tradition of anarchism.

RAT is meant as one contribution to the project of developing a more rigorous as well as contemporary theoretical framework for anarchism, and to assist in nurturing new generations of anti-authoritarian public intellectuals. Thus, as opposed to conferences that attempt to create anarchist organizations, statements of purpose, or focus on "lifestyle anarchism" or how-to workshops, RAT brings together anarchist and libertarian left organizers, scholars, writers, educators, activists, students, and others to explore how we make sense of our own tradition; how we understand anarchism in the context of our lives, movements, and present-day social conditions; and how the conceptual tools that the anarchist tradition provides can and need to be rethought.

US, September Action Collective

Midatlantic Regional
Consulta
New York, Sept. 3, 2005

The September Action Collective is hosting a Midatlantic
Regional Consulta on Saturday, September 3, 2005. The consulta is being
held at the AJ Muste Institute located in New York City and will run from
3 to 7 pm. This consulta will be a forum for discussing the organizing
of autonomous actions for the anti-war and global justice mobilizations
called for Washington DC on the weekend of September 23 through the 26th.

Where: 339 Lafayette Street, NYC 10012, Buzzer number 11

When: Saturday, September 3, 2005 from 3 to 7 pm

Email: nyc@septemberaction.org

Website: nyc.septemberaction.org

"Immaterial Labour" Conference

Cambridge, UK, April 29-30, 2006

“Immaterial Labour, Multitudes and New Social Subjects:

Class Composition in
Cognitive Capitalism”

to be held at the University of Cambridge: Venue to be announced.

A couple of weeks ago an informal mailing about our “Immaterial Labour”
conference was sent to a handful of people. In no time at all, upwards of 50
people have responded from all around the world, expressing interest in
attending the conference or in receiving conference mailings.

KnoMad writes:

First Anniversary Party for PropMag 101
Brooklyn, NY Sept. 3, 2005

Celebrate PropMag's First Birthday!

Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005

No Cover
BANDS, live at 7pm
DJs, spin from 9pm until 4am
PropMag Anniversary Issue & CD Giveaways

Laila Lounge
N. 7th Street (btwn Wythe & Berry)
Williamsburg, Bklyn

Propaganda 101, or PropMag, is a youth-produced news and multimedia source out of Brooklyn and Philly. We are a grassroots movement interested in building community around independent and alternative media sources. Our goal is to merge popular culture with politics, and inspire youth activism.

We believe it is necessary to build this community across geographic and party lines, so PropMag places heavy focus on the internet and podcasting, and increasingly on community-based and national non-profit television outlets. PropMag uses event- and action-oriented organizing to help build this community in Brooklyn and Philly. The quarterly print version of PropMag contributes to these goals.

Anonymous Comrade writes
Making our history for ourselves....

> SQUATTER FEST 2005
> A Celebration of Life & Art & Rebellion
>

> Saint Mark's Church, 2nd Avenue 10th Street
>
Friday Night, Saturday, Saturday Night
> August 26th and August 27th
>

> Friday Night 9-1
>
Jerry the Peddler's "50s-60s Sock Hop" Dance Party,
> featuring the
> hot sounds of DJ El Gringo Loco, with big screen
> rock and soul video
> projections, outdoor live music w David Peel and the
> Lower East Side,
> Team Spider, Seth Tobocman and Mac Magill, and ...
> Post-Ride Critical
> Mass Party!!
>

> Saturday Outdoors 2pm-12
> Food, Info, Open Mike, Live performance, Squatter
> memorabilia, w Fly,
> Will Sales, Baby Monroe, Peter Missing, Frank
> Morales, Marta Rosario,
> Popeye, Cotton and the Chore Boys, Stza Crack,
> (Acoustic), Death Mold,
> Rolando (Squat Waste Industries), On & the X-Ray
> Search-Light Project,
> David Schmidlap w/o Walter Stedding Slide/Video Beat
> Time, and Special
> Guest, DJ Arrow Chrome & The Veggie Oil Bio Bus! MC:
> No Self Control
>
>

> Saturday Night Parish House 8pm-12
>
MASSIVE GRAFITTI EXPO, SPOKEN WORD, BREAK DANCING, w
> DJ CROSBY & SPECIAL
> GUEST CHARLIE "WILD STYLE" AHEARN & THE HIP HOP 4
> EVER CREW ... ALL
> AGES!!
> NOT TO BE MISSED
>

> Plus, Eyes Wide Open Films:
> "How To Squash a Squat", "Tompkins Square Park Riot"
> "The Battle of
> 319", "Missing Foundation", "Squat or Rot". "Your
> House is Mine",
> and more ...
>

> FREE DONATIONS ACCEPTED BYO DIY FREE DONATIONS
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karen eliot writes

The Last General Strike?

A Celebration of Over 100 Years of Class War

Help mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World with a brief photo presentation of the last general strike ever to occur in the U.S., the “Work Holiday” from December 1-5, 1946 in Oakland, California. After the brief presentation, we will show a few short video clips from a video called “Precarity” about the new and imaginative examples of working class resistance—from South Korea, Argentina, France, Italy and Spain—to the increasingly exploitative, insecure and precarious nature of wage labor today. Most importantly, our event will mostly be an informal discussion about the possibilities for class struggle today, with first-hand accounts of the inspiring recent actions—in the tradition of the Wobblies—like the wildcat strike of West Coast troqueros in the spring of 2004 and the community Flying Picket actions in solidarity with the citywide striking/locked out hotel workers in San Francisco this year.

Upcoming benefits for the Made In Palestine exhibition.

Intifada Theatre presents "Roar" by Betty Shamieh
Saturday, September 17 and
Sunday, September 18, 8:00 pm
Alwan for the Arts at 16 Beaver St., NYC

Nibras, The Kasbah Project, and Al Jisser Group present a theatrical performance, "Acts For Palestine"
Sunday, October 16 and
Monday, October 17 (times to be announced)
The Blue Horon Theatre, 123 East 24th St, NYC

Please save the dates. These are great treats. We are proud of the stimulation of Arab cultural activity that our work is stimulating. Intifada Theatre is directed by a young, enthusiastic Pace student, Ashley Marinaccio. The talented actors are now rehearsing. We thank Betty Shamieh for her generous permission to allow us to enact this play titled "Roar".

"Acts for Palestine" promises to be just as exciting. Nibras and Kazbah opened competition for Palestinian playwrights fo submit one act plays. Sixteen were submitted, ma shala, six were chosen and will be enacted in October under the title "Acts For Palestine". This is exciting, very exciting. We urge the support of the community. Please pass the word about these events.

ALSO PLEASE, go to our website www.aljisser.org and donate to our effort to bring the "Made in Palestine" exhibition to Manhattan. We are now PayPal ready and can accept on-line donations.

Seth Tobocman and Meirav Shaul at ABC No Rio

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005

Time: 8:00pm

Location: ABC No Rio - 156 Rivington, LES, NYC

W: http://www.abcnorio.org

Sliding Scale: $7 — $20

Seth Tobocman - http://sethtobocman.mahost.org
with Eric Blitz and Steve Wishnia
and...

Israeli Cartoonist
Meirav Shaul - http://www.meiravshaul.tk/
(of the Dimona Group)
Projecting Their Work

Proceeds to benefit the exhibition Three Cities Against the Wall: Ramallah, Tel Aviv, New York - http://www.abcnorio.org/againstthewall/

NOTE: This is a HOWL FESTIVAL EVENT
- http://www.howlfestival.com -"

"The September Project"

David Silver

The September Project is a grassroots
effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship in
libraries on or around September 11. September Project events are activities
of reflection, discussion, and dialogue about the meaning of freedom, the role
of information in promoting active citizenship, and the importance of literacy
in making sense of the world around us. Events take place on September 11, on
the weekend of September 11, or throughout the month of September. In other
words, whenever it works best for your library and community.

Libraries around the world are collaborating with organizations to host public
and campus events, such as: displays about human rights and historical
documents; talks and performances about freedom and cultural difference; and film screenings about issues that matter. Over 100 examples of events can be found here. For events tailored to a more academic audience, please visit:
here.