Foster writes:

"Jacques Ranciere and Radical Equality"
Free Society Collective’s Seminar on Anarchism and Philosophy
Todd May and Peter Staudenmaier
August 19-21, 2005

Cosponsored by the Institute for Anarchist Studies and Black Sheep Books

French theorist Jacques Ranciere has promoted an idea of politics as acting from the presumption of radical equality—a presumption most societies deny in their actions if not in their words. His ideas intersect with both anarchist theory and with the thought of recent theorists like Michel Foucault. We will discuss how Ranciere’s ideas might help us think through political organization and political action. Each of the three sessions will consider one chapter from Ranciere’s 100-page “On the Shores of Politics” (it is highly recommended that participants read chapters 2–4 in advance of this seminar).

amoore writes:

"Lightwheels" Festival

Free Speech, Bikes, Transit, Public Space

New York City, June 24-July 4, 2005

New York City is the site of an 11-day exploration of cycling, free speech, public space, transit and community self-empowerment starting this June 24 th, continuing through the July 4 th weekend. The 49 East Houston Street home of LightWheels, Time’s Up and the NY Bicycle Messenger Foundation is the site of most of the activity.

Dissent and the law, regional rail and the MTA, police harassment of Critical Mass rides, privatization and loss of access to our own public spaces, will all be examined. All sessions will be free and some web-cast live. Attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Seating is limited for workshops.
As part of the event, a Town Hall meeting will take place at the Theater For The New City on Sunday the 26 th at 6pm. Plans and actions already taken by the city, in regards to gatherings in parks, billboards in schools and on sidewalks, and bikes on streets, are being done without real public processes and against the public interest. Many of these moves also seem intended to stifle expression, especially of a political nature. Such offenses to the Constitution, as well as our potential to improve our lives, can not be allowed to stand unchallenged.

Anonymous Comrade writes:

Retort's Iain Boal, Afflicted Powers
Labyrinth Books, June 21, 2005

Iain Boal of Retort will be at Labyrinth Books, 536 West 112th Street, Manhattan, at 7 pm on Tuesday 21 June 2005, to read selections from Afflicted Powers.

s0metim3s writes:

Global Border Hacking

Summer, 2005

Three upcoming events, laboratories, actions against migration controls:

No One Is Illegal — five-day march in Canada beginning June 18th

Fadaiat— between Morocco and Spain, June 17–26.

Borderhack— US–Mexican border, August.

From Sans Frontieres: "Our march is directly inspired by Shamim Akhtar, a Pakistani refugee claimant and active member of Solidarity Across Borders. Shamim first proposed the idea of a refugee march to Ottawa in the summer of 2003. Unfortunately, Shamim and her family (including 4 children) were deported in the summer of 2004.

We march almost one year later with Shamim very much in mind, as well as all our other friends and allies who have been removed, detained, forced underground or forced into sanctuary in the past years: Wendy Maxwell, Sergio Loreto, the Cordoza family, the Daschevi family, Zahoor Hussein, Fahim Kayani, Tilo Johnson, Daniel and Irina Isakov, Mohamed Cherfi, Ahmad Nafaa, Ahmed Abdel Majeed, Faraz Abu Zimal, Ali Naqvi, the Ibad family, the Butt family, the Syed family, Dawood Khan, Eduardo Perez, Gorka Salazar, Mourad and Nadia, the Vega family, the Borja family, the Ayoub family, the Ayele family, Sanya Pecelj, Samsu Mia, Amir Kazemian, Kobra and Hassan, Adrian Dragan, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, Adil Charkaoui and many, too many, more.

For every arbitrary detention, for every summary deportation, for every minute spent in jail without charge or trial, for ever anxious and dehumanizing day spent waiting for status — all the days, months, years that the government has stolen from us — we will take back minute by minute, with every step, on our march from Montreal to Ottawa. Join us and take back stolen time.