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July 17, 2006 - 3:50pm -- stevphen
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ABC No Rio CELEBRATION - Friday July 21

To all ABC No Rio supporters and patrons; past &
present volunteers and participating artists,
activists, musicians, performers, poets, and writers;
neighbors and fellow-travellers:

On June 29 we at long last acquired title to our
building at 156 Rivington Street!!!

We couldn't have done it without you!!!

Please join us for an Open House and Celebratory
Gathering to mark this momentous occasion!!!

FRIDAY JULY 21

8:00pm to midnight-ish

(drink cheap beer, eat free snacks, listen to tunes
and testimonials, grin wildly while hanging-out with
your favorite ABC No Rio characters as they tell you
"believe it - it's true!")

ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, LES

F/J/M/Z to Delancey / Essex

July 17, 2006 - 2:56pm -- autonomedia
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ABC No Rio Celebration

New York City, July 21, 2006

To all ABC No Rio supporters and patrons; past &
present volunteers and participating artists,
activists, musicians, performers, poets, and writers;
neighbors and fellow-travellers:


On June 29 we at long last acquired title to our
building at 156 Rivington Street!!!


We couldn't have done it without you!!!


Please join us for an Open House and Celebratory
Gathering to mark this momentous occasion!!!


FRIDAY JULY 21
8:00pm to midnight-ish

(drink cheap beer, eat free snacks, listen to tunes
and testimonials, grin wildly while hanging-out with
your favorite ABC No Rio characters as they tell you
"believe it — it's true!")


ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, LES

F/J/M/Z to Delancey / Essex

www.abcnorio.org

July 17, 2006 - 10:59am -- autonomedia
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New York Metro Anarchist Alliance

Fourth General Assembly, July 22, 2006

You know it's really summer when school is out, the World Cup is over, the bulls
of Pamploma have run (they scored big this year), and anarchists can celebrate the
Fourth of July — the Fourth General Assembly of NYMAA — The New York Metro Alliance
of Anarchists — that is!


There may not be any fireworks, but hopefully our agenda
and hot new format will get you fired up. What better way to beat the heat and show
off your svelte summer physique than spending an afternoon with a crew of really
cool people!

July 16, 2006 - 10:57am -- stevphen
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Metropolis in Motion announces

an open-air dance and participatory movement event to bring attention to the antiquated & restrictive NYC cabaret laws

date: july 22nd

time: 2-4 pm

location: 79th & fth (at the corner of Mayor Bloomberg's house)

cost: free

contact e-mail: info@metropolisinmotion.org

www.metropolisinmotion.org

Why we're doing this:

In 1926, New York City sought to limit interaction among the races and control "public lewdness" by clamping down on the jazz scenes found in Harlem and West 52nd Street (and later in the bohemian Greenwich Village). To this end, the City established Cabaret Laws that limited dancing to specially licensed public spaces serving food or drink where three or more persons congregated, and stipulated that only musicians "of good character" could be licensed to play. Over the years, musicians won the right to forgo licensing, but laws regulating dancing remain on the books. As part of his "Quality of Life" campaign, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani used the laws to crack down on bars and clubs without a license that allowed people to dance. Venues were fined, or worse, padlocked and closed forever. The laws continue to be enforced under Mayor Bloomberg, while his Administration gives lip service to repeal or reform. According to the Department of Consumer Affairs, there are currently only 244 actively legal places to dance in New York City, including strip joints and clubs.

Why are these laws still on the books? Some people say it's to enforce a vague notion of the "quality of life." Other people know it's to keep property values high, club owners with cabaret licenses rich, and ordinary people, otherwise known as the citizens of New York, "in line." And we don't mean a kick line."

July 6, 2006 - 8:24pm -- autonomedia
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Opposing Antisemitism in the Movement:
A Workshop for Activists

New York City, July 23, 2006

When: Sunday, July 23, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street, between Stanton and Rivington Streets, Manhattan (directions below).

Antiauthoritarians and social justice activists often think they're immune from racism and prejudice. But many Jewish activists' experience shows that forms of antisemitism are alive and well in the social justice movement. This not only drives away many Jewish activists, but profoundly affects our work as a movement.

This workshop brings together two longtime activists who have studied how the left responds to antisemitism for an evening of instruction and experience-sharing that will help us understand and combat its effects in the activist community.

July 5, 2006 - 4:08pm -- autonomedia
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Visual Resistance writes:

If They Come For You In The Morning

A Benefit Art Auction for Daniel McGowan

New York City, July 27-28, 2006

On Thursday, July 27 and Friday, July 28, Visual Resistance will present “If they come for you in the morning,” a benefit gallery show featuring over 60 renowned and emerging artists at ABC No Rio in New York’s Lower East Side.

The show will feature some of the most respected and prolific street artists working today, including the Barnstormer’s David Ellis, Swoon, Borf, Chris Stain, Arofish, Kelly Burns, GoreB, Josh MacPhee, and MOMO, as well as veterans of the landmark political comics journal World War 3 Illustrated, including Eric Drooker, Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper, Nicole Schulman, and Christopher Cardinale, as well as dozens of other participating artists.

All proceeds from the show will benefit the legal fund of local environmental and social justice activist Daniel McGowan, who currently faces life plus 335 years in prison on federal charges of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy. Daniel was arrested during Operation Backfire, a multi-state sweep of environmental activists who have now been charged with virtually every unsolved earth and animal liberation case in the Northwest. Daniel has pled not guilty to all charges.


The show will be run as a minimum-bid auction, with artwork priced as low as $5. Selected work will also be available for purchase online here. The show is free to the public.

Visual Resistance is a Brooklyn-based street art collective that uses art to transform public space and is active in local activist campaigns around urban development, freedom of speech, and political repression. Since 2004, Visual Resistance has curated international poster campaigns, created memorial installations for city bicyclists killed by cars, and participated in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.


ABC No Rio is a community center for art and activism founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and social engagement.


When: Thursday and Friday, July 27–28th from 5 to 10 pm.

Where: ABC No Rio at 156 Rivington Street between Clinton and Suffolk Streets. F / JMZ trains to Delancy-Essex

Participating artists include: Arofish, Borf, Kelly Burns, Celso, Christopher Cardinale, Dark Clouds, Eric Drooker, Elbow Toe, David Ellis, GoreB, Infinity, Klutch, Peter Kuper, Josh MacPhee, Colin Matthes, Magmo, MOMO, RB827, Cristy Road, Nicole Schulman, Chris Stain, Swoon, Seth Tobocman, and dozens more.


Contact: Ryan Nuckel

visual.resistance@gmail.com

(347) 218-2536

Web address: http://visualresistance.org/mcgowan

Download high-resolution images: here

July 5, 2006 - 10:35am -- autonomedia
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Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan writes:

Info Session on Daniel McGowan's Case
New York City, July 6, 2006

Location: Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street, Manhattan. 7PM
Info session, a short film and letter writing on Daniel McGowan's case.

We will be starting with the short piece on the Green Scare entitled "#1 Terrorist Threat?" by Source Code. More on that piece at
http://sourcecode.freespeech.org/sc302EcotageDL

Who is Daniel McGowan?
Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted.

Daniel is from New York, and has been an active member of the community, working on diverse projects such as military counter-recruitment, demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, Really Really Free Markets, and supporting political prisoners such as Jeff "Free" Luers and others. Daniel was a graduate student earning a Master's degree in acupuncture and was working at WomensLaw.org, a nonprofit group that helps women in domestic abuse situations navigate the legal system, which is where he was arrested by federal marshals on December 7, 2005.

Daniel had originally been indicted separately, but his arrest comes in the context of a well-coordinated, multi-state sweep of numerous activists by the federal government, who has charged the individuals with practically every earth and animal liberation case left unsolved in the Northwest. Many of the charges, including Daniel's, are for cases whose statute of limitations were about to expire.

In order to help Daniel, his family and friends have created a support network (Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan) to assist in raising funds for Daniel's legal representation which is expected to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. We are asking friends and supporters to donate what they can to help Daniel's family with the legal bills.

http://www.supportdaniel.org
friendsofdanielmcg@Yahoo.com

June 29, 2006 - 10:05am -- autonomedia
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Anonymous Comrade writes:

"This is Forever" Autonomist Discussion Series
New York City, Summer & Fall, 2006

‘This is Forever’: From Inquiry to Refusal

A Discussion Series Dedicated to Understanding the Current Composition of Political Movements and Struggles Using the Lens of Autonomist Thought.

@ Bluestockings Books, Cafe & Activism Center

172 Allen St. NYC

Bluestockings

‘This is Forever’ presents two upcoming events in the series:

Friday, July 21st — 7pm — $5 to $10 donation

Discussion: Will Weikart “Critical Mass, War Machine: Anarchy on Wheels? (or, What the Left can Learn from a Bunch of Bicyclists)”

On August 27 2004, just before the anti-RNC protests, the NYC critical mass bike ride reached its largest numbers here and possibly anywhere worldwide (est. 5000+). Nearly 300 were arrested, this also marked the beginning of an NYPD crackdown against the monthly phenomenon and now discourse, itself, about the ride. The presenter will give some background on the CM phenomenon (globally, but mainly locally, via his participation in NYC-CM). Why it is that NYC-CM has been the object of so much concern by local law enforcement?

His thinking here is influenced by theories of affect, Deleuze and Guattari's notion of nomadic war machine and smooth/striated space, and by Eugene Thacker's article "Networks, Swarms, Multitudes". He will go on to theorize critical mass-type movement (relatively leaderless and spontaneous, joyous) as an invaluable tool for Left tactics and praxis, one not characterized negatively by lack. The constant cry of "we need more organization!" is challenged and the inverse is argued — that we need more willful disorganization and "noise" to open the spaces of radical potential.

June 22, 2006 - 1:36pm -- stevphen
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Book Sale for Daniel McGowan's legal defense June

On Saturday June 24th (rain date Sunday, June 25th) we’re going to have an all day book sale to raise money for Daniel McGowan’s legal defense fund. The sale will be held at the Book Thug Nation book tables on Astor Place and 4th Ave. We’re going to be putting out some good books and we’re asking that people donate books that can be sold to raise money for Daniel.

Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court. Please go to http://www.supportdaniel.org to learn about his case.

Donations - The sale is only one day so we really need good, hip, popular books that will sell as soon as we put them on the table. Contemporary and classic literary fiction, easten religions and radical politcs/sociology books sell well. We don’t want textbooks, cookbooks, pulp mass markets, bibles or old moldy books that no one would ever buy. We won’t accept anything that is pro-military, sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. Please contact us if you need more info about donation specifications. We can recieve donations in advance at the table or early the day of the sale. Contact us to make arrangements. All book that don’t sell will be returned or donated to Book Through Bars.

Please stop by our table on Saturday June 24th to donate and buy books and help raise money for our good friend Daniel’s legal defense. Along with great books at cheap prices, there will be music, a table with Daniel t-shirts, merchandise and literature and maybe even some free food! A good time and a very, very important cause!

Contact: krazdale@gmail.com

June 13, 2006 - 4:26pm -- stevphen
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NLG Green Scare symposium: What Lawyers Need to Know

How the government is targeting eco-activists

Monday, June 26th, 6:30pm

Location: Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, 55 Fifth Avenue [at 12th Street], Moot Court Room, New York, NY

Free

Speakers include Lauren Regan, founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Oregon; Andrew Erba, attorney for one of the SHAC7 defendants, Brendan Story of Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan, and New York civil rights attorney Daniel Meyers. Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild-National Office and National Lawyers Guild New York City Chapter.


Contact: nlgno@nlg.org

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