{"id":39738,"date":"2016-04-13T18:41:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=39738"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:51:01","slug":"anarchist-notes-april-13-2016-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=39738","title":{"rendered":"anarchist notes (april 13, 2016) : APRIL 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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a few things :<\/p>\n

\u2022 on saturday (april 16<\/strong>), jura books<\/a> (sydney) will be hosting a discussion<\/a> w visiting academic alex prichard on the subject of ‘Anarchy, Freedom, and Constitutionalism’ : “How do you know when you’re free? Anarchists have usually said you’re free to the extent that you’re not dominated. But what secures this non-dominated state? Do we need to be empowered, or is something else needed?”<\/p>\n

\u2022 you can listen to alex and fellow academic saul newman discuss anarchism on late night live<\/em> with phillip adams here<\/a> (anarchy rules!, april 5, 2016).<\/p>\n

\u2022 a few weeks ago, the always-outrageous disaccords<\/a> blog got name-dropped in a garbled account in the daily terrorgraph<\/em> about folks in sydney wanting to ride the public transport system w\/o paying. \u2018Free Transport, Full Communism\u2019: Cowardly vandals encourage attacks on rail staff<\/a> screamed the headline (march 18, 2016).<\/p>\n

\u2022 on april 23<\/strong> in sydney there’s gonna be an Anarcho-Queer Solidarity Bloc to the Safe Schools Protest. Hell No to the Homophobic ACL!<\/a>. on the subject of the acl, see<\/em> : Gay Rights Is The New Nazism: Meet The Men Speaking With Scott Morrison At Christian Lobby Conference<\/a>, Thom Mitchell and Max Chalmers, New Matilda, April 12, 2016 (There are \u201ca lot of parallels\u201d between the failures of church groups to resist Nazism in 1930s Germany and the growing acceptance among US Christians of liberalism in contemporary America \u2013 including towards issues of sexuality \u2013 according to the star attraction at this year\u2019s Australian Christian Lobby conference<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u2022 another blog worth taking a look at is insurrection news. a recent post invites readers to contribute to the establishment of a mobile infoshop in the Philippines: Support the Greenhouse Infoshop mobile library!<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 the ‘perth libertarians’ have a facebook page here<\/a>; the (anarcho-syndicalist) asf-iwa have a (new) twitter account here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 in melbourne, anarchist affinity recently held a discussion on the subject of Social Anarchism, Individualism and Lifestyle Politics<\/a>. aa will also be holding a Workplace Organising Skills 101<\/a> w\/e workshop on april 23<\/strong> and april 30<\/strong>, presented by two comrades from the FAU Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 also on april 23<\/strong>, hot shots in footscray is hosting a series of skills workshops<\/a> on coping w trauma \/ metal working \/ screen printing and moar.<\/p>\n

\u2022 in melbourne, may day this year happens to fall on a weekend (sunday, may 1<\/strong>). anarchists<\/a> will be among those gathering outside trades hall for the occasion.<\/p>\n

bonus qeld!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red and black on both sides: interview with radical hip-hop duo QELD<\/a> (libcom, april 11, 2016)<\/p>\n