Resources for Radicals #5

The fifth edition of Resources for Radicals, an annotated
bibliography of print resources for those involved in movements for
social transformation, is now available. Many of the new resources included
focus on responding to bullying and other examples of peer violence,
pacifism and effective non-violence, genetically modified foods and the
history of anarchism but R4R continues to be a smorgasbord of resources
that explores everything from the roots of the Middle east conflict to
concensus decision making to....?

ben@autonomedia.org writes:

"New Editions of Old Books! Radical Bookfairs! Vague Promises! Etc.!"

Autonogram

Hello, friends,

Just a few short announcements to make you get out your maps and compasses, and maybe check out a book or two...

Autonomedia's in attendance at THREE bookfairs in the next three weeks! Come to one or all of them -- they promise to be splendid affairs, the lot, and because I enjoy obsessiveness as much as the next guy, I'll gladly give a special award to anyone who DOES show up at all three. Here are the details:

2nd Annual Brooklyn Underground Film Festival

Line-Up of Films, Music and Art

The 2nd annual Brooklyn Underground Film Festival (BUFF) will showcase 97
films from 12 countries between October 8-14 in their DUMBO screening room
and mainspace. BUFF 2003 includes 32 world premiers and 75 New York premiers
of underground films from around the globe. The fest is presented in a
lounge and club atmosphere with nightly music events and daily Happy Hours.

Look here:

EAT THE STATE!

A Forum for Anti-Authoritarian Political Opinion, Research and Humor

Eat The State! is a shamelessly biased political journal. We want an end to poverty, exploitation, imperialism, militarism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, environmental destruction, television, and large ugly buildings, and we want it fucking now. We are not affiliated with any political group or party.

Anonymous Comrade writes:

"Greenpepper Magazine

"Information" Issue Call for Contributors

GREENPEPPER is an Amsterdam-based environmental and social justice magazine
focusing on direct and autonomist action. To co-incide with the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in
Switzerland in December 2003, the theme of the next issue of the magazine is
INFORMATION.

"Hendrik Voss"writes:

Miami FTAA and Columbus SOA Events Listings

November 17-23, 2003

The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is compiling a comprehensive listing of events that are going to take place from November 17-23, 2003 in Miami, Florida and Columbus, Georgia as part of the Actions to Stop the FTAA and to Shut Down the SOA.  The calendar of events will be posted shortly on www.LASolidarity.org
 

Please email information about the events that your group is working on to hvoss@soaw.org 
 

Hendrik Voss

SOA Watch Communications Coordinator

phone: 202.234.3440

fax: 202-636-4505

SOAW

Anonymous Comrade writes

"Turn It Up"

Iain Boal

Text of remarks by Iain Boal at Black Oak Books in Berkeley on September 24 during an evening of readings and discussion sponsored by PEN West in observation of Banned Book Week.

"No oppressive regime can press on the hot lid of a boiling pot forever". These are the words of the imprisoned South African poet and musician, Mzwakhe Mbuli. He was born in the 1950s in Sophiatown--the Harlem of Johannesburg--home also to Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and other writers, musicians, and poets later driven into exile or killed. His hometown was razed to the ground in the early 1960s by apartheid's bulldozers, now a more familiar instrument of terror, then rebuilt as an Afrikaaner settlement and renamed Triomf ("Triumph").

"Tribute to Edward Said"

Mustafa Barghouthi

It is with heartbreaking sorrow that the Palestinian National Initiative
announce the tragic death of Edward Said who passed away today after eleven years fighting leukemia. At this time our thoughts and love are with his family. We wish them strength and courage and assurance that Edward will be a man forever remembered not only for his incredible achievements but for his remarkable qualities as a friend. Though words may do little at such a time to assuage the pain and grief something must be said to pay homage to a man and a life we should truly celebrate.

A man with great courage and clear conviction Edward Said was a shining light in a confused world. As a true intellectual giant, Said inspired all fields with his accomplishments. The passion which infused his intellectual abilities presented him as a man with clear visions to be greatly admired, trusted and respected.

Though his beliefs and commitments presented him with many challenge his statements and many testimonies of outrage at the hypocrisies, contradictions, and indignities so rife in the world gave him the integrity and honesty for which he was renowned.

NewMediaArtProjectNetwork writes:

Violence Online Festival
is looking for proposals: papers to included in the coming project versions of this successful New Media environment. Currently, more than 300 artists from 40 countries reflect the phenomenon of violence from their artistic view.

Dear friends and comrades,

The Swedish Communist journal, riff-raff, has got a
new website and a new URL: riff-raff

We have tried and will continue to try to translate
our texts into English. So far we have only managed to
translate a few texts and the titles.

In the coming issue (probably released within three
weeks) we publish Swedish translations of the troploin
texts "Whither the World" and "To Work or Not to Work,"
and also a translation of the Wildcat text "War Against
the Oil Proletariat" together with a discussion on war,
proletariat and oil rent.

yours,

the riff-raff collective