Seeking Autonomous POC to Make Something New Are you interested in founding an organization of people of color united around anti-authoritarian politics? Over time, many collectives self-identified with APOC (Anarchist People Of Color) have come and gone. New autonomous people of color are getting involved. Interest in seeing something more consistent is a common refrain. What could be needed is an organization that helps strengthen and build collectives, supports activists and puts out a coherent vision for the present and future as autonomous people of color.

“Forging a Black Liberation Agenda for the 21st Century” Black Radical Congress, June 20-22, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri With the launch of the Black Radical Congress (BRC) in 1998, a current of optimism rippled through the social justice movement. In the tradition of other black political gatherings such as the National Negro Congress, the National Black Political Convention and other more recent ones, the BRC set out on a mammoth challenge to build unity within the Black Liberation Movement (BLM) and consensus around the Freedom Agenda.

New Radical Subjectivities: Re-thinking Agency for the 21st Century The University of Nottingham, UK Friday, September 19th, 2008 Keynote Speaker – Professor Peter Hallward (Middlesex University) This one day conference for postgraduate students and early career researchers explores recent articulations of subjectivity and political agency in critical theory and cultural studies. The continued ascent of neo-liberalism and economic globalisation, along with postmodern and poststructuralist theorising around subjectivity, potentially sets a dangerously de-politicised subject against the expanding forces and inequalities of contemporary capitalism.

http://housingstruggles.wordpress.com/ Delhi Solidarity Group, 26 April 2008 CALL TO JOIN NATIONAL LEVEL ACTION Join hands to raise our collective voice against Displacement & Un-Democratic, Unjust, Anti-People & Pro-Corporate Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007 and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2007 Join Dharna at Jantar Mantar, Delhi 28th to 30 April, 2008 Dear Friends,

Fifth Annual Peoples Global Action Gathering PGA - People's Global Action - started in 1998, it has been a tool and a diffuse structure coordinating groups and people sharing common struggles and practices, in accordance with various anticapitalist and anti-authoritarian principles (see the hallmarks). PGA initiated the Intercontinental caravan in 1999, as well as international action days of actions against the G8, the WTO, the World Bank, the IMF... In Seattle, Genoa, Prague, and in a number of less popular events, PGA was a driving force behind numerous actions and reflections. At the convergence of international initiatives and local struggles, groups close to the PGA are now looking for new drives to challenge stagnation.

http://housingstruggles.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/durban-heretical-holida... Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Release Monday 21 April 2008 Abahlali baseMjondolo to Mourn UnFreedom Day Once Again Time: 9:00 a.m., Sunday 27 April 2008 Venue: Community Hall, Kennedy Road Shack Settlement, Clare Estate, Durban

Legal Team Founded for Japanese Anti-G8 Actions Hello, the legal team WATCH which aims to support civil movements around the G8 summit is now officially founded. Please visit the English blog under: http://watch08summit.blogspot.com/ The blog has started just today. In the coming weeks, the legal team will publish news and information about immigration and other subjects which might be interesting for the international activists. Kind regards, Ko

Call to Support for Our Action Against the G8 Development Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo: Stop G8! Solidarity March in the South and the North The Japanese government will host some Ministerial meetings before the G8summit in Toyako in July. As a part of the meetings, the G8 DevelopmentMinisterial Meeting is planned in Tokyo on 5-6 April. Those kinds ofMeetings had been held around the same time as the IMF and the WorldBank's annual meetings before 2002. This shows that the Meeting has beenstrongly influenced by major powers and big businesses. G8 countries and transnational companies promoted 'development' in poorcountries, but it causes various problems everywhere such as abuse ofhuman rights, illegitimate debts, and global warming. Nonetheless, theJapanese government the host country does not think seriously about thepast failures.

Ruckus Society Stages Golden Gate Bridge "Free Tibet" Demonstration Hello Ruckus Family, I write right now with the utmost pride. Right now three activists, including one of our beloved Ruckutistas, are climbing up the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge in an action to support Tibetan independence. San Francisco is the only city hosting the torch in the United States, and Students for a Free Tibet are responding. The message is clear and visionary: FREE TIBET!!!

http://abahlali.org/node/3427 Second Annual C.L.R. James Scholar Essay Contest We are constantly bombarded with images concerning the victimized state of women around the globe. Politicians, academics, and even some social justice activists tell us that women’s liberation is little more than a mirage. Yet, these images hide a reality much more profound, inspiring, and courageous. There is a proud tradition of women who have refused to accept subordinate roles to their families or to the state. Whether organizing rent strikes