Max writes:

"The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"
Non-Profits, NGOs & Social Movements
New York City, Oct. 26, 2005

Wednesday, October 26th 7-9:00pm
Community Service Society (105 E 22nd street — corner of Park Avenue)
$5-10 (no one turned away)

“I’m very much afraid of this ‘Foundation Complex.’ We’re getting praise from places that worry me.” —Ella Baker, June 1963

What has been the cost of the proliferation of this Non-Profit Industrial Complex? Why have we seen this shift from volunteer based activism to staff driven advocacy work? How has the field of social change become so professionalized that one often needs multiple college degrees just to qualify for a job? What can movements in the US learn from the relationships between large NGOs and grass roots activists in places like Chiapas and Palestine?

Join us for an important discussion on the rise of 'The Non-Profit Industrial Complex' and its implications for autonomous social movements here in the United States and around the world.

Come celebrate the release of the new issue of Left Turn Magazine and help support two radical grass roots projects here in New York City!!!

Speakers include:
* Paula Rojas, from INCITE! & Sista ii Sista
* Eric Tang, a long time community organizer & teacher in NYC
* Priscilla Torres, Sista ii Sista Collective Member
* Ije Ude, Sista ii Sista Collective member

All funds raised from the event will go directly to Sista ii Sista & Left Turn magazine, for more info on these organizations please check out: www.sistaiisista.org and www.leftturn.org.

skb683 writes:

System Failure: War, Poverty, Racism
What is the Socialist Alternative?

7:45pm, Thursday, October 27
Alumni Room, Student Center
Southern Connecticut State University
THE SICK PRIORITIES OF THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM STAND EXPOSED.

On September 24, as 300,000 antiwar protesters marched in DC, our demands were encapsulated in such slogans as “Make Levees, not War” and “College not Combat, Relief not War!” A new opposition to the Bush Agenda has been sparked at the grassroots and millions of people are asking fundamental questions about the direction of this society.

Clearly, we deserve better than an inhumane system that cares only about profits. We deserve better than war, environmental degradation, and poverty. We must challenge the racist system that leaves behind poor Blacks, and demonizes Arabs and Muslims. A better world – a socialist world – is possible and necessary!

Come join us for this discussion on why the system is broken and how we can fight for an egalitarian society.

For more info/rides call 203-645-4907 or email isonewhaven@yahoo.com

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization

Anonymous Comrade writes:

Protest Neo Nazis in Toledo
Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2005

The National Socialist Movement, succesor to the American Nazi Party, will be having a march and rally in Toldeo, Ohio on Saturday oct. 15 in the North End on Bronson Ave. and around the area. There is a local chapter of two Nazis Ron Riehl and Mark Martin, who are trying to build their group by rallying around a local racist gun nut who allegedly has had run ins with black gangs! The World Church of the Creator and Blood And Honour Skinheads will be there too. We would appreciate anyone coming down to help get rid of these fucks, so please email me if interested for more info. solidarity & @utonomy ratboy

Anonymous Comrade writes

New York City Anarchist Circle Meeting
Oct 18, 2005

The First NYC Anarchist Circle Meeting

When: October 18, 2005 @ 7 PM

Where: AJ Muste Building, 339 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
(Take 6 to Bleecker, B,V,F,D to B'way-Lafayette, Q,R,W to Prince)

This will be an opportunity for various anarchists and anarchist collectives to come together and facilitate a discussion. Here, we will be able to obtain a greater understanding of what everyone in the anarchist community is actually doing; and, hopefully, strengthen the bonds within it, possibly creating new ones. The fall of Soviet Russia and the ever expanding realization of the horrors of capitalism has paved the way for anarchists to make their presence felt. A lively discourse about tactics, vision, and organization will only strengthen our ability to make our presence an influential one--more so than it already is. So, bring your ideas, maybe some examples of what you are doin, proposals, and, most importantly, bring yourself. Hope to see everyone there.