radical politics/activism in FL

How you can help folks who have been arrested at the RNC

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:40:43 GMT

Arrest tally from Ramsey County Sheriff's Office as of 10:30 p.m. last night: 284 total; 130 felonies; 51 gross misdemeanors; 103 misdemeanors.

Many arrestees are being held without booking in the Ramsey Cty jail. Not in the system yet, told no info & they won't see judges until Wed.

Though some people have been cited and released, the majority are still being held in jail. We’ve gotten many reports that people are not getting proper medical attention, are being refused their medication, and/or have been separated from the rest of the group.

Also, there are also many felony charges, which allow the state to hold the protesters for a longer period of time. Felony charges have historically been used as scare tactics against activists, and there is much less precedent for them to hold up in court. More often, these bogus charges are simply used to keep protesters off the streets and as a way to oppress and silence people.

Please show your support and solidarity by calling the jail at 651.266.9350 and demand that people are given proper medical attention, are given access to their medication, and are not separated from the larger group! Also, demand that arrestees’ charges are dropped and that they are released immediately! You can also call the Ramsey County Sheriff’s office at 651.487.5149 or the St. Paul Mayor’s office at 651.266.8510, as well your city council member, state representatives, etc.

Calls from jail to Cold Snap Legal Collective have been blocked - please call the jail - 651-266-9350 - and demand that they allow free calls to 651-356-8635

Check Cold Snap Legal Collective for the most up to date information.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:33:53 GMT

THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH OSSETIA IS WIPED OFF THE POLITICAL MAP

The day of August 8 has put a final and irreversible end to the claims of Georgia for this territory. This obvious fact just has to be recognized officially. Today, Moscow possesses an unquestionable moral right for declaring South Ossetia and Abkhazia as territories of Russia. The will of the peoples, expressed earlier at the public referendums, is to be satisfied, as well as their natural desire to be protected by a strong nation.

Saakashvili spent the whole term of his presidency provoking Russia for physical response – to his verbal humiliating statements, to the capture and interrogation of officers of the Russian peacekeeping contingent by his henchmen, to the selection of an alternative government of South Ossetia etc. Thus, when Georgian aircrafts and artillery were systematically bombing living quarters and hospitals of Tskhinval, the center of the breakaway South Ossetia, and killing injured peacekeepers, he was just doing his job. He was doing what he was instructed to do by his US employers. Tskhinvali, as the center of the unrecognized state of South Ossetia, does not exists any longer. What does exist is the Russian city of Tskhinval.

http://www.win.ru/war/463.phtml

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:56:26 GMT

Video

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:44:28 GMT

Georgia

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:43:00 GMT

Hi, this video is directed to an American public and the rest of civilized Western world. I am a Russian citizen, I live in United States for a long time, for over 10 years. I happened to be in Russia now and I caught all this "action" that's taking place in South Ossetia, a region in Georgia. I never posted on youtube, but I couldn't hold myself from doing it now. I had to do this.
My message to American public is meant as a wake up call. American and other Western media especially CNN is feeding you complete horse shit! Russia did not invade and did not attack Georgia. It was a response to a horrible war crime committed by Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, this irresponsible man who just can't stand Russia, hates us, and will kiss America's and Europe's ass just to get a chance to join NATO and European Union. America has always supported Georgian "democracy" and I suspect actually that it was America who instigated Georgia to commit this crime.... on the first day of Olympics! How ironic is that? But please don't take this allegation too close heartedly, my point is not about whether or not U.S. government had any role in this, my point is to give you truth about what really happened Thursday night

So again, Russia did not invade or attack Georgia, as your media outlets are saying.

A brief geography and history lesson. South Ossetia is a very small region about 40 miles by 40 miles in the northern Georgia. It's population is around 70000 people. It borders with Russia. Today, many of the residents of South Ossetia are Russian citizens holding Russian passports, it's our people. South Ossetia had claimed independence from Georgia in 1992. Obviously it was never recognized by any international organizations. In 2006, they held an election where 99% of the voters supported independence from Georgia, and the turn out rate was 95%, it was monitored by a team of 34 international observers from the West. It still was not recognized by the world. As an analogy I would like to bring Kosovo situation, Serbian region in the south that was illegally snatched from Serbia and made into an independent country. Please look it up on Wikipedia and see how similar this situation is. How ironic is that America never supported Southern Ossetia same way it supported Kosovo. Obviously, it was made to show Russia how unfriendly the rest of the world is towards us.

Thursday night, Georgian military started an attack against South Ossetia. It was yesterday. They shelled the main city of Tshinkvali. They killed over a 1000 people. The excuse was to "restore the constitutional order in the region". BULLSHIT! This attack was an attempt to commit "ethnic cleansing", it was an act of genocide. They shelled civilian houses, schools, hospitals, without any warning. They also captured several villages near Tshinkvali. Reports say that they attempt to kill anyone of the Ossetian nationality. It was a pure act of Genocide. Wake up!

Russia couldn't watch this atrocity happening to its own citizens. We had no choice but to bring in our military into the region and protect our people. Whatever happens next the world needs to know, that the cause of this conflict is Georgia and its president. Before you accept what your media tells you, before you get fired up by McCains irresponsible allegations and comments, try remember all the lies that American media had always fed you, try to read news from other media outlets, not russian, but other parts of the world, other than U.S. or U.K.'s media.

America needs to wake up and stop doing what it's doing. Stop seeing an enemy in Russia. Stop using countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Estonia who are basically acting like prostitutes of U.S. government in their public acts of hatred towards Russia.

And finally need to say, Mr. SSHAshvili that's how we like to call him. S.SH.A stands for U.S.A in Russian. Mr. SSHAshvili will pay for what happened yesterday.

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:26:41 GMT

If there are any folks in Tallahassee interested in helping put together a Barter Fair/Swap Meet/Flea Market...

Planning meeting + Potluck. August 20th. 7pm. Email brokencompassring@yahoo.com for location info.

We're planning a day to swap, sell, trade, and give away!

Zines, Books, Records, Tapes, CD's , Clothes, Crafts, Food, Art, Etc.

New radical community for finding friends.

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:32:34 GMT

Hello, I apologize if this is a repetitive post in your f-lists, but please bear with me as I announce the following:

add_a_radical (Livejournal Radical Networking Community) Is a newborn community in which its purpose is to link individuals together with common interests in the political spectrum--in particular the radical and revolutionary edges of the table. I created this community in the hopes of making new friends with similar views; as well as having the chance to meet different people who have varying experiences in life--I feel everyone should have a priority in their life that demands for them to speak their mind, and exercise freedom of expression and 'out of the box' thinking. I feel that most of the "Add_me" communities meant for meeting new writers on livejournal are somewhat lacking in these uniting interests, and thus, have felt obliged to create such a community as this one.

Hopefully this community will prove useful as a resource for activists and thinkers to meet new friends with common interests.

Thank you for taking the time to read your invitation to the LRNC!

SATURDAY!!!: HUGE RUMMAGE SALE - DOWNTOWN ORLANDO - Support a great cause!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:19:04 GMT

Don't miss this mega sale!

9 am kicks off the fun.

Dozens of families have donated to this mega sale event to benefit the Florida School of Holistic Living

Lots of Furniture, including appliances like stoves and coffee makers, tables, dressers, filing cabinets, and much more

Electronics including dvd players

Lots of books, cds, dvds, vhs, and tons of VINYL

Lots of clothing, plus kids clothing and brand new shoes

Household items, and much more! All priced to SELL!

At FL School of Holistic Living and Evolve
604 N Thornton Avenue, Orlando
Corner of Thornton and Concord, one block SW of Mills and Colonial
2 doors south of Dandelion Communitea Cafe

See you there!!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:52:57 GMT

3rd Annual South Florida Radical Activist Conference

Winter 2008, location TBA( Once I find out more information I'll let you all know)

Calling All: anarchist, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, ecological, feminist, animal liberation, anti-racist, anti-fascist, transgendered, queer, youth liberation, prisoner support, indigenous, unionist, independent media, herbalist, organic gardening, anti-gentrification, anti-war, and anti-colonialist activists, artists, individuals, and collectives in the state of Florida.

We are looking for people who would like to give a workshop, presentation or skillshare! Our intention is for this year's SFRAC to be an opportunity for radicals in South Florida to have fun, pick up some interesting literature, take part in relevant workshops, meet new people or meet up with old friends, network, enjoy delicious food, and look back at the past year and talk about: "where do we go from here?"

So far, our idea is for a two day SFRAC, including an evening event of live music, art, and performances, a Really Really Free Market, o'douvres and homemade drinks, and then a day of workshops and film showings.

If you'd be interested in giving a workshop, setting up a table, performing music or art, know of a free venue to hold SFRAC at, or if you have any other concerns or creative ideas to add, please get in touch with the Improvised Action Collective at improvisedaction@riseup.net

Everglades earth first alleycat race!!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:08:33 GMT

in mid february 27 Earth First! activists were arrested in an action trying to stop the construction of the west county energy center a natural gas power plant that will emit tons of greenhouse gases and waste billions of gallons of water a year after months and months of court dates and trial theres still alot of legal debts that remain unsolved so come out ride your bike and help support the Earth First! arrestees there might even be something in it for you!!!

read more about the Action and earth first! here:

http://www. risingtidenorthamerica. org/wordpress/2008/02/19/blockade-shuts-down-south-florida-power-plant-construction-27-arrested/

http://www. earthfirstjournal. org/article. php?id=361&PHPSESSID=50858e59f48f54e0d6e07d457bfdf301

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:47:48 GMT

Who wants to go to camp?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:14:05 GMT

You are invited to:

Mountain Justice Summer Camp
May 17 - 23
Harlan County, Kentucky

Our 2008 Mountain Justice Summer camp will be at the base of beautiful
Pine Mountain, with an old-growth forest and incredible hiking just
above the camp - plus live mountain music, great food, films, workshops
on coal mining and Appalachian culture, skills training, and plenty of
time for fun and relaxing.

Best of all, the camp is extremely low-cost, only $20 plus $10 per
night. There are
cabins with bunk beds, plus tent spaces, a beautiful
lake, awesome mountain views, and some of the best people you will ever
meet anywhere (sorry - no dogs this year).

Register now at

http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org

Go to the website to see pictures of the camp and some photos of our
camp last year in Tennessee. This is our 4th annual camp, and we think
this is going to be the biggest and best camp we have ever had, with
well-known speakers like Kentucky author Silas House, Kayford Mountain
Keeper Larry Gibson, Teri Blanton of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth,
Ed Wiley from Rock Creek, West Virginia, plus many local Harlan County
residents and coal miners who are concerned about mountaintop removal
mining.

Music includes: Nashville's Jake Leg Stompers, folksingers Micheal and
Carrie Kline, Here's to the Long Haul, Jeremy Dotson, CD Collins, Danny
Dollinger from Austin Texas, and much more!

During the week we will have community service projects, including
innoculating Hemlock trees at Camp Blanton against Hemlock Wooly
Adelgid, plus forest ecology and plant identification hikes, tree
climbing, The Maze, Sand Cave, Knobby Rock - this is going to be an
awesome week so we hope to see you there!

Please note: Sorry, no dogs at MJS Camp this year. There are plenty of
camp dogs around, so you will have canine company even if you have to
leave your best friend at home.

Here is our current schedule (subject to changes)

Concurrent workshops are designated by
a slash

*** Sat May 17

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Morning Circle & Welcome to Mountain Justice Summer!

10:30 Mountaintop Removal with Vernon Haltom, Coal River Mountain
Watch, Whitesville WV / Conflict Resolution /Legal Workshop- Chris
Irwin, United Mountain Defense

12:00 Lunch

1:00 MTR 101 - Vernon Haltom (repeat) / Community Organizing

2:30 Appalshop's "Coal Bucket Outlaw" with Roy Crawford / Appalachian
Regional Reforestation Initiative - Sadie Heck

4:00 Free time / Shadow Theater - Georgia Matt

6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Dr. Tom Barnes slide show "Pine Mountain"
(tent.)

7:00 Live Music

9:00 Film "Harlan County USA" (Academy Award winning documentary)
introduced by Dr. Lynda Ann Ewen, author of "Which Side Are You On? The
Brookside Mine Strike in Harlan County KY"

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Sunday May 18

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Morning Circle - Welcome to Harlan
County - Teri Blanton,
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

10:30 Dayhoit walking tour w/Teri Blanton/ Church Service - Sage Russo,
Christians for the Mountains / Appalachian Cultural Sensitivity - Dr.
Lynda Ann Ewen

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Working with the Media - Viv Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental
Coalition, Dana Kuhnline of SEAC, Vernon Haltom CRMW/ Art & Activism -
Sarah Haltom, Coal River Mountain Watch

2:30 Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism - john johnson/ Water Testing/
Climate Justice

4:00 Free Time / Making Kim Che - Patty D and Erin M. / Theater
Performances - Steph Pistello

6:00 Dinner - Coalfield Citizens Panel with Harlan and Letcher County
residents

7:00 Live Music

9:00 Film "Coal Miners Daughter"

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Monday May 19

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Morning Circle

10:30 Coal Mining 101 - with Harlan County miners / Active Listening
- Georgia
Matt

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Hiking Blanton Forest - Kyle Napier, Ky State Nature Preserves
Commission / Beehive Collective presentation / Tree Climbing - Hilary
Hosta

2:30 Listening Projects / Field Water testing / MTR site tour

4:00 Free Time

6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Larry Gibson, Kayford Mountain Keeper

7:00 Live Music

9:00 Film Kentucky Premiere! "Burning the Future: Coal in America" with
filmmaker David Novack from New York City

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Tuesday May 20

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Morning Circle

10:30 Non Violent Direct Action - Hilary Hosta, Matt Leonard, James
Brady / Anti-Oppression

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Kentucky author Silas
House ("Clays Quilt", "The Coal Tattoo")/
Butch Turk skills training / Tree Climbing - Hilary Hosta

2:30 History of Opposition to Surface Mining - Chad Montrie, Univ.
of Mass-Lowell ("To Save the Land and People") / Beehive Collective
workshop

4:00 Free Time

6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Ed Wiley (invited)

7:00 Live Music - Public Outcry (hopefully)

9:00 Film "Mountaintop Removal" w/ filmmaker Mike O' Connell (winner of
Reel Current Award, Nashville Film Festival awarded by Vice President
Al Gore)

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Wednesday May 21

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Benham, KY Coal Mining Museum field trip / Making Art with Sarah
Haltom, Coal River Mountain
Watch

10:30 Composting toilets/ "Listening for a Change - Oral Histoy and
Appalachian Heritage" w/ folksingers Michael and Carrie Kline/ Archery
/ DIY workshops

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Water testing - Dick Shore/ De-escalation Techniques - Doc /
Primitive Skills - Kris D. / Tree Climbing - Hilary and Chris Irwin/
Other DIY workshops

2:30 SMCRA and Citizens Rights - Gerogia Matt / Appalachian Community
Economics - Randal / Belly Dancing - Sarah Haltom / DIY workshops

4:00 Free Time

6:00 Dinner - Dick Shore as John Muir

7:00 Live Music - Folksingers Michael and Carrie Kline

9:00 Films Appalshops' "Stranger With a Camera" and "Thoughts in the
Presence of Fear" w/ Herb E. Smith

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Thursday May 22

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Morning Circle & State
Breakouts

10:30 Nukes Are Not the Answer - Mary Olson, NIRS / Environmental
Philosophy - Charlee Tidrick

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Bank of America/Citi Campaign - Scott Parkin, Matt Leonard
Rainforest Action Network and Hilary Hosta / Legal Workshop (repeat)-
Chris Irwin, United Mountain Defense / Hiking/ Forest Ecology and Plant
Identification - john johnson

2:30 Campus Organizing

4:00 Free Time

6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Kentucky Author Bruce Hopkins "Sacred Ground"

7:00 Music - Poetry night - Talent Show

9:00 Films Appalshops "Its Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song"
(Hazel Dickens) and "Dreadful Memories" (Sara Ogan Gunning)

11:00 Quiet Time

*** Friday May 23

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Closing Circle

10:30 MJS Meeting

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Take down and head to Heartwood Forest Council in Ohio!

Please register now at

http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org

Hope to see you all there!

Veg*n Community for Floridians!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:59:20 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I hope this is allowed (and if it's not, let me know so I may delete it). I have just started a new community called sunshine_veg for those of us living in the state of Florida looking for a more local vegetarian/vegan community. I've made it in hopes of finding and lending support to other individuals in the Florida area who have either already become vegetarian/vegan or are looking for more information in order to become veg*n. Whether you live in Pensacola or Key West, you are MORE than welcome to join the community so long as you are a Floridian with an active interest in veg*nism!

Positive veg*ns only, troublemakers need not apply.

Hope you all join and tell your friends! Spread the word so we can make this community great! :)

ADD sunshine_veg!!!

Cross-posted to a few places.

That club underneath where Maude's is

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:39:22 GMT

This is just a heads up about three of the nights now running at Club Wise Guys Remix in Gainesville (101 SE 2nd Pl., underneath the Sun Center).

Fridays: Under the Sun (Goth/Industrial/Electro/Dark Alternative), 10-2, 18+ $3
All beer and well drinks are half off until 11!

Saturdays: Back to the Eighties (80s! Duh.) 10-2, 18+ $3 ($5 for under 21), feat. DJ Donna (Durty Nelly's longtime favorite)

And new this week...
Sundays: Velvet (a night for lesbian and bisexual women), 8-11, 18+ NO COVER, cheap drinks, sponsored by Girls Night Out

radical conference

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:42:53 GMT

All Power to the Imagination! Conference on Radical Theory and Practice

New College of Florida
Sarasota, Florida
April 4-6th

All Power to the Imagination! is a 3-day conference that will bring activists, academics, undergraduate/graduate students, and grassroots organizers together for a weekend of listening, networking, sharing, and organizing. We will discuss ideas, tactics, experiences, and skills as well as theories, scholarship, and research to develop our radical vision for the present and future. There will be a keynote speech by black radical activist and former Black Panther member Ashanti Alston as well as a performance of Howard Zinn's play Marx in Soho. Workshop/presentation topics at the conference include: feminism, environmentalism, student movements, social movements, anti-racism, community organizing, labor, political art, radical pedagogy, community radio, political philosophy, and more!

For more info and a comprehensive list of presentations, visit:
http://theoryandpracticeconference.wordpress.com/

For a tentative copy of the schedule, visit:
http://students.ncf.edu/jacqueline.wang/apischedule.pdf

Andrea Smith on Women of Color and State Violence

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:26:18 GMT

This Thursday at New College. Details under cut.

Thursday, March 13, 2008
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location
Sainer Auditorium, New College of Florida
5313 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL
United States

On March 13 at 6pm in Sainer, Dr. Andrea Smith (Assistant Professor of
American Culture and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor) will be speak on Women of Color and State Violence.

Andrea Smith is the author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American
Indian Genocide. She has also edited and contributed to The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology.

About Andrea Smith:
Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is a longtime anti-violence and Native American
activist and scholar. She is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color
Against Violence, a national grassroots organization that utilizes
direct action and critical dialogue. Smith has published widely on
issues of violence against women of color and is one of the nation's
leading experts on the topic, as well as a highly-sought after speaker.

Smith holds a B.A. from Harvard University in Comparative Study of
Religion, a Masters of Divinity from the Union Theological Institute
and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in History of
Consciousness.

Venezuela Film Showing & Potluck

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:59:16 GMT

Venezuela Film Showing & Potluck

Donations accepted, all proceeds go towards El Libertario, Venezuelan anarchist newspaper

The Firefly, 219 NE 20th St., Miami
Sunday, March 16th, 7pm

Our Oil and Other Tales (DVD, 83 minutes) by Elisabetta Andreoli, Gabriele Muzio, Sara Muzio, Max Pugh

From Lake Maracaibo to the Orinoco Delta, for the first time in revolutionary Venezuela a documentary delves deep into oil and coal, examining sovereignty and self-determination through the life experiences of communities, oil workers, and indigenous people.

There will be a D.R.I. music video after the film.

Miami Edison Senior High: Students Protest and Police Riot

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:35:14 GMT

Miami Edison Senior High: Students Protest and Police Riot

by Max Rameau (CopWatch) Monday, Mar. 03, 2008 at 12:10 AM
afrimax@gmail.com http://takebacktheland.blogspot.com/

Miami and Miami-Dade School police are rioting against students of Edison
Senior High School on the morning of Friday, February 29th. The story is
all over local and national news, but is being skewed against the
students. Here is the real deal:

Miami Edison Senior ...

On Thursday, February 28th, a teacher apparently put a student in a
choke-hold during school, according to eye witnesses and CBS 4 News
(http://cbs4.com/local/disturbance.miami.edison.2.665835.html "One student
told reporters that the fight started after students staged a protest
Friday morning against a teacher at the high school who allegedly placed a
student in a choke-hold Thursday.") Then, police enter the classroom and
brutalize the student before arresting him in front of classmates and a
teacher, according to eye witnesses and the Miami Herald
(http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/438888.html "The
student, she [an unnamed teacher] said, was handcuffed in front of his
classmates and teacher."''They felt as though the way the young man was
handled wasn't proper; they felt it was too brutal,'' said the teacher,
who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she did not have
permission to talk with the press.")

The mostly black and largely Haitian-American Miami Edison students
organized a protest this morning at the school courtyard. According to all
accounts, the protest was peaceful, possibly including civil disobedience
(Miami Herald: "The incident apparently began as a peaceful protest,
according to a teacher inside the school, but got out of hand." CBS4: "The
student said police were called to the school to respond to the protest,
and when students objected a scuffle broke out, escalating quickly into an
all out fight between students and officers.").

Police were called in to break up the protest and when the students
refused- exercising their right to protest- school and city of Miami
police attacked them and the students defended themselves against attacks
by police.

While the media is trying very hard to connect this police riot to
instances of violence at Miami-Dade schools over the past two days, it is
clear that in this case the schools themselves started the fights and
inflicted the majority of the violence. CNN.com is calling this a "school
fight."

There are currently over 70 police cars at Miami Edison and police are
arresting large numbers of students. No police or administrators have been
arrested for assaulting students.

CopWatch and the Power U Center for Social Change are calling on people to
support students' right to protest and condemn school police for
mistreating students.

Please call the Miami-Dade County school board to complain about this
police abuse: 305-995-1000.

Ghost Mice/Evan Greer & Shannon Murray/etc, acoustic show in Miami this month!

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:45:36 GMT

Acoustic Show with- Ghost Mice, Evan Greer and Shannon Murray from the Riot Folk Collective, Rio De La Muerte (Sarasota), Hanging Man, Raffa and Rainer, Lindsey Mills.
Feb 24th 3p.m.
3$ donation
Plus!Cook-off and Dinner (bring your best vegetarian or vegan dish- $3donation for a plate, money goes to touring bands.)
3$ for a beer cup for the keg.
Address:
The Firefly
219 NE 20th St., Miami.

info here.

Pickaxe Film Screening & Discussion

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:50:27 GMT

PICKAXE FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION

An arsonist burns 9000 acres of protected old-growth public forest in Oregon that can not be logged unless it burns. To stop the proposed "salvage" logging of this incredible ancient forest, citizens are moved to blockade a road and keep the government out. After facing down a bulldozer and the State Police, the fort now known as the gateway to the Cascadia Free State becomes the focus for a developing community dedicated to protecting ancient forests throughout the mountains of Oregon. The film shows confrontations with disgruntled loggers, mass arrests and a 75 day hunger strike. (94 Min.)

WHEN: Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 6-8pm
WHERE: Backbone Music, 61 SE 4th Ave, Downtown Delray
WHO: Everglades Earth First! and Improvised Action Collective (impAct)

Donations appreciated. Also proceeds go to the 2008 Everglades Earth First! Rendezvous in Palm Beach County.

EF!
www.earthfirst2008oc/info

impAct
groups.myspace.com/improvisedaction

Downward Mobility @ PBCC tonight

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:41:35 GMT

Downward Mobility Press & Distro will be tabling anarchist propaganda and information, including books, pamphlets and magazines tonight, Wednesday January 30th at Palm Beach Community College in Boca Raton as part of the "Focus the Nation" event on Global Climate Change.

Distributing printed literature is an easy and inexpensive means of exposing more people to radical & anti-authoritarian ideas. We want to arm people with inspiring and beautiful words and pictures, so that they may be better equipped to arm their own desires.

We currently have 100's of free pamphlets available, including the following topics: Anarchist Theory, Anarchist History, International, D.I.Y. Skills, General Ecology, Race, Patriarchy/Women’s Liberation, Queer Liberation, Gender, Mental/Physical Health, Prisons, Work/Labor Struggles, Animal Liberation/Vegan, Indigenous, Anti-Civilization, War/Anti-War, Poetry/Literature and Local (South Florida). We also have many pamphlets available en Español.

When: Wed., January 30th, 6-8pm

Where: PBCC, Boca Raton, Humanities Building

Joint effort by Improvised Action Collective (impAct), Everglades Earth First!, and Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs.

All funds will be going towards the 2008 EF! Rendezvous in Palm Beach County.

impAct/FNB: groups.myspace.com/improvisedaction

EF!: www.earthfirst2008oc.info

anti-authoritarian, anarchist, and autonomist people of color track

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:54:56 GMT

Call for Proposals!

APOC Track

@ All Power to the Imagination! Conference on Radical Theory and Practice

New College of Florida
Sarasota, Florida
April 4-6th

Deadline for APOC submissions: February 29^th

Send submissions here

Calling all anti-authoritarian, anarchist, and autonomist people of color! At the All Power to the Imagination conference, there will be a track focused on the APOC movement and issues relating to people of color. The APOC track will accept submissions of nearly any format, including workshops, panels, presentations, films, meet-ups, and open discussions. You may choose to have your session be POC-only or open to all. If you choose to have a POC-only session, you will responsible to implement or find someone to implement the safe-space policy.

Topics may include:
Self-determination for communities of color
Women of color
Indigenous resistance and liberation
Queer and trans people of color
Anti-colonial struggle
Prison-industrial complex
Survivor-led organization
Post-Katrina New Orleans
Mixed-race identity
Resisting mainstream representations of POC
Anarchism, colonialism and nationalism
Cultural resistance, artistic resistance
Spirituality
The benefits and limitations of POC organizing
Organizing outside the system
The role of allies
Identity politics
Other

For more info, contact Jackie Wang at jacqueline.wang[at]ncf.edu

For general conference info, vist:
http://theoryandpracticeconference.wordpress.com/

IF I CAN'T HEADBANG, IT'S NOT MY REVOLUTION

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:46:38 GMT

The Black Mangrove is having a fundraiser event at Churchill's on Jan. 24th, 2008 at 8pm. Four bands are slated to play, including: Consular, Dukes, Methods of Doubt, and another band TBA. Since this is a benefit show, the Collective is asking for a donation of $5-$10 dollars at the door. Not a bad deal, and for a good cause!

The Black Mangrove Collective is a new organization dedicated to the task of nurturing a culture of activism, creativity and cooperation in Miami, Florida. We look to open up spaces, temporary or permanent, from which new institutions and new infrastructure can be built based on the principles of self-management, solidarity, and participatory democracy. By working closely with community members, students, activists, and allied organizations, we help build from below the society in which we wish to live. We aim to prove that indeed, Another World is Possible.

Our primary project is the establishment of Miami’s first worker’s collective coffeehouse and bookstore. Managed by its workers, The Black Mangrove Coffeehouse will serve as a political, creative and cultural resource center for activists, musicians, artists, and those who just enjoy a good cup of joe. Besides offering quality fairly traded coffees, teas and foods, space will be provided for activities ranging from meetings and book clubs to workshops and knitting circles. The Black Mangrove Bookstore will specialize in titles not commonly found at the local chain store, including everything from radical theory to underground music to organic gardening.

The money raised from this show would go toward The Collective's ultimate goal of opening up Miami's first collectively owned and operated independent coffeehouse and bookstore.

The words of a Fighting Liberal...

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:37:47 GMT

Living in a country bought & paid for by the Neocons who own the (not-so-)Grand Old Party & watching how they have done their best to use their total control of the government to take care of their (political) own & to fill the pockets of their corporate cohorts at the expense of the "little guy (and gal)" & run a war of choice based on lies by throwing as much cash & humanity as they can find it has--to say the least--been a little disheartening for progressives (and anyone else who is not part of the Bush Collective) for some time now.

This post (http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2003/12/im-fighting-liberal-you-know-ive.html), written by an unabashed LIBERAL, was written over 4 years ago on a blog I just found today. The sentiments Steve Gilliard writes about are still as timely & as important today as they ever were. I read it & I felt refreshed again. It helped me to remember that the fight for what's right & what's moral is ongoing & it is eternal. We don't ever make it to the top of the mountain. We can't allow ourselves to sit still & merely hope for the best. We have to always work at it & we have to always fight against forces that have a vested interest in blocking progress and in taking us backwards. They will never stop, so we must never stop.

I hope you read Steve's blog entry & I hope it gives to you the same desire it gave to me to engage the Good Fight.

What an awesome way to end the old year & prepare for the new.