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April 14, 2006 - 11:42am -- autonomedia
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Regional SDS Conference
Providence, April 23, 2006


Bethany, Ct. April 13, 2006 — Long time anti-war activist Thomas Good, 47 year old member of the Industrial Workers of the World and the War Resistors League living in New York City announced today that on April 23rd, the first regional conference will be held by the new Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Good, who is helping organize the conference, explained that the new SDS is significantly different from the old SDS. "First off, it's multi-generational," said Good. "Secondly, I am hopeful that our brand of participatory democracy will provide a true umbrella for student and other activists who are into a decentralized, grassroots approach." Good reported that in only a few months of activity, the re-born SDS has established seventy-seven chapters nationwide.


Paul Buhle, a historian at Brown University and SDS activist in the 1960s is enthusiastically at work planning the conference. Buhle said, "The voice of the young and the most democratic social movement of the 1960s, is back again...with a new generation."


More than thirty years ago, during the height of the anti-Vietnam War movement, SDS was the most important student activist organization in the United States. SDS reached the pinnacle of its influence in 1968 and then fragmented and fell apart in 1969. Now a group of present day student activists along with members of SDS active in the 60s, have joined together to form a new SDS to further the already re-emerging campus and community progressive anti-war and social justice movement.


All people interested in finding out about or becoming involved in the new SDS are invited to attend the regional conference to be held on Sunday April 23, 2006 from 11:00AM–6:00PM in Salomon Hall at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. Attendance is free.


Speakers include student activist Alana Makowitz who organized a new chapter of SDS at Salve Regina University. Also speaking are Thomas Good and Patrick Korte, two of the organizers of the new SDS, and Ambre Ivol from the Sorbonne who will report on the French student movement. Speakers from the sixties SDS include Bob Ross, one of the organization's founders, former national president, Carl Oglesby, Paul Buhle, former editor of SDS magazine, "Radical America," and Bernadine Dohrn, former SDS national leader and founding member of the Weather Underground.


For Conference details see SDS

For information contact Bert Garskof (Former Faculty Advisor to Michigan State University SDS)
Phone: 203.393.3213, Cell 203.232.8455 or Email: bgarskof@adelphia.net

Email: info@studentsforademocraticsociety.org

Website: SDS

April 11, 2006 - 12:29pm -- autonomedia
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Neo Phobe

A Mystery Novel by Jim Feast with Ron Kolm

Book Party and Awards Ceremony, New York City, April 16, 2006

Book Party and Awards Ceremony for the
First Annual Franz Kafka Literary Medal

To be presented by the FusionArts Museum to Feast for Neo Phobe and his other fictional achievements.

Sunday, April 16, 2006 — 4 p.m.

FusionArts Museum,
57 Stanton Street,
between Eldridge and Forsythe

(212) 995-5290

Reading from Neo Phobe:

Steve Dalachinsky

Jim Feast

Bonnie Finberg

Ron Kolm

Tsaurah Litzky

Yuko Otomo

Michael Randall

Jill Rapaport

Carl Watson

Carol Wierzbicki

April 11, 2006 - 9:50am -- autonomedia
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"Civilization: Its Origins and Collapse"
John Zerzan and Kevin Tucker


New York City, April 15, 2006

Ever think there was something horribly wrong with the way things are?
According to anarcho-primitivists, those social, ecological, spiritual and
political problems that we all face are a part of civilization. The most
basic human needs were shaped and met by the nomadic gatherer-hunter
existence that has defined over 99.99% of human life. Looking back to the
settling of some human societies, to an increased dependency off of stored
and grown foods, through the rise of political power, emergence of work,
patriarchy, warfare, and expansionism, we can get a clearer picture of the
processes at work in our daily lives to keep us domesticated and docile to a
world that runs against our being.


Join anarcho-primitivist thinkers and writers, Kevin Tucker and John Zerzan
for a discussion of the origins of civilization and their consequences from
the beginnings of settled societies through the culture of cities and into
our current globalized modernity. Talk revolves around a critique of
civilization and possible directions for moving beyond it and the short
comings of contemporary resistance movements.

April 7, 2006 - 6:29am -- stevphen
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Second General Assembly of NYC Anarchists

Calling all anarchists, anti-authoritarians, horizontalists and grassroots activists!

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

Time: Saturday, April 8, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Place: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (107 Suffolk Street, corner of Rivington Street, in Manhattan), 2nd floor gallery space

On March 4, 65 radicals, revolutionists, and anarchists came together in an historic gathering and founded an explicitly anarchist organization- the first of its kind in NYC in nearly 100 years! Since then, much has been accomplished, yet much more must be done in order to forge a lasting anti-authoritarian presence on the streets of New York.

In order for the ideas of horizontalism and revolution to firmly take root among broad swaths of people, anarchists need to band together for the purpose of initiating and nurturing a wide range of projects. Our 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 planting the seeds of capitalist destruction by forming, building, and growing local "chapters" and working groups. Much of the initial work in this regard is accomplished at our General Assemblies, at which ample time is allotted for both casual socializing and face-to-face discussion. Food and drink, as well as childcare, is also provided.

You can read more about NYMAA and familiarize yourself with its basic organizational structure (we strongly encourage this) by visiting:
http://www.anarco-nyc.net/nymaa.html

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.

April 5, 2006 - 12:00pm -- stevphen
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Cindy writes

Renewing the Anarchist Tradition Conference
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (due July 1, 2006)

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

The Renewing the Anarchist Tradition (RAT) conference, sponsored by the Institute for Anarchist Studies, will again take place at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont over the September 29-October 1, 2006 weekend. The conference 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. As in the past, we hope that RAT continues to raise difficult questions in a support, participatory environment among anarchist peers.

April 5, 2006 - 5:31am -- stevphen
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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2006

presented by the NYC and Columbia Law School chapters of the National
Lawyers Guild

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

with a free kickin' after party in Drapkin
featuring DJ Thadeaus!

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL - Jerome Green Hall
115th and Amsterdam

* This conference is FREE for students and activists. It is $25 for
lawyers and professionals. For more info or to pre-register, please
visit here*

April 3, 2006 - 5:04am -- stevphen
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PAUL AVRICH MEMORIAL FORUM

LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB / ANARCHIST FORUM

On Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30pm, the Libertarian Book Club's
Anarchist Forum will present a memorial for the beloved anarchist historian
Paul Avrich.

Paul Avrich is considered the most important 20th century American
historian of anarchism. But he is remembered not only for his scholarship
but also for his wit and his human closeness. His research included not
only the discovery of important material dealing with the anarchist actions
in the Russian Revolution but also numerous interviews with American
anarchists as real people not just public figures. His books on anarchist
events in this country were important and numerous. Information on his life and works can be found
here and here.

The event will take place at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street,
Manhattan (between Bank and Bethune streets) (212-242-4201).
Take an A, C, E, or L train to the 14th Street and 8th Avenue subway stop
or take a 1, 2, or 3 train to the 14th Street and 7th Avenue stop.

Everybody is welcome and invited to come and to have their say.
Admission is free for the presentation, but a contribution to aid the LBC
is suggested.

If you have questions, contact the LBC /Anarchist Forum, 212-979-8353 or
e-mail: roberterler@erols.com .

April 1, 2006 - 12:57pm -- autonomedia
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Culture Project, New York, April 17, 2006

Jason Grote


Dear artist and activist friends,


I am helping to organize a joint Theaters Against War/No Passport
event on April 17 (Patriot's Day) at the Culture Project at 8 PM and
looking for speakers and performers working around the subject of
freedom of expression in the arts.


Ideally we're interested in people reading or performing their own
work or speeches. Monologues, songs, readings from new books, and
stand-up/improv comedy are especially welcome. Alternately, you may
read a statement on freedom of expression written by someone else. We
can also provide people with writing, speeches, or statements from the
likes of Brecht, Fugard, Havel, Arthur Miller, Naomi Wallace, Hannah
Arendt, MLK, Subcommandante Marcos - and many more!


Depending on the volume of acts/speakers, were looking for things in
the 5–15 minute range. We are hoping to keep the whole thing down to
two hours max.

If you're interested, please email me as soon as possible. Feel free
to forward this as well. Apologies for duplicate or erroneous
postings.


Health,
Jason

March 29, 2006 - 10:25am -- autonomedia
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Howard Zinn's Play "Marx in Soho" with Jerry Levy

Two Benefit Performances for Autonomedia

New York City, 8 PM, March 31 & April 1, 2006

Brecht Forum, 451 West St
(btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave).
$10-$25 donation.
Reservations recommended.

Info:
718-963-2603, info@autonomedia.org & www.autonomedia.org

March 11, 2006 - 10:46pm -- autonomedia
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Beyond Biopolitics: State Racism and the Politics of Life and Death

New York City, March 16–17, 2006

The Center for the Study of Women and Society/CUNY

March 16–17, 2006

At the Graduate Center, CUNY

365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Room 9206–9207

Thursday, March 16

9:00 – 10:00 AM Breakfast

9:30 – 10:00 AM Welcome: Patricia Clough

10:00 - 11:30 AM Race, population and technologies
of control
Eugene Thacker, Georgia Institute of Technology

Eyal Weizman, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University

Moderator: Patricia Clough, The CUNY Graduate Center

11:30 - 1:00 PM Detention, death and documentation

Cagatay Topal, Queen’s University

Sora Han, UCLA School of Law

Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia

Moderator: Jeff Bussolini, College of Staten Island, CUNY

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:30 - 4:00 PM Indebtedness, freedom and state
racism
Ann Anagnost, University of Washington

Richard Dienst, Rutgers University

Stefano Harney, University of Leicester

Fred Moten, University of Southern California

Moderator: Craig Willse, The CUNY Graduate Center

4:00 - 5:30 PM Commentary

Craig Willse, The CUNY Graduate Center

Anahid Kassabian, University of Liverpool

Randy Martin, New York University

Jackie Orr, Syracuse University

Joseph W. Schneider, Drake University

Friday, March 17

9:00 – 10:00 AM Breakfast

9:30 – 10:00 AM Welcome: Patricia Clough

10:00 – 11:30 AM Invested nature and the science of
death
Michael Dorsey, Dartmouth College

Richard Doyle, Pennsylvania State

Cori Hayden, UC Berkeley

Moderator: Ananya Mukerjea, College of Staten Island CUNY

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Eventuation, bodies and memories

Saidiya Hartman, UC Berkeley

Brian Massumi, Université de Montréal

Amit Rai, Florida State University

May Joseph, Pratt Institute

Moderator: Couze Venn, Nottingham Trent University

1:00 - 2:30 PM Lunch

2:30 – 4:00 Commentary & discussion
Jamie
Bianco, Queens College, CUNY

Grace Mitchell, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Couze Venn, Nottingham Trent University

Peter Hitchcock, The CUNY Graduate Center

Patricia Clough, The CUNY Graduate Center

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