CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

ANARCHA-FEMINIST DISCUSSION/RADICAL FEMINIST CONFERENCE:

Coming soon in Ottawa and Montréal. Here's the announcement from the A-Infos website.

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Canada, (anarcha)feminism - Feb 8 Ottawa, Feb 14-15 Montreal:

Topic:

Anarcha-Feminism

---- Anarchist Discussion Group ----

Sun Feb 8. 1:00pm

Jack Purcell Community Centre (near Elgin & Gilmour)

---- Please join Common Cause Ottawa for a discussion on anarcha-feminism, with guest(s?) activists/organizers from Montreal. [all genders welcome]

ALSO ---- Consider a trip to Montreal for the weekend of Feb 14-15 for a bilingual radical feminist forum [women only].

---- Common Cause Ottawa is trying to coordinate transportation to this event for people from Ottawa. Please contact us if you would like to go, whether you have a vehicle or do not: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org or 613-656-5498.

---- Accommodations may be arranged, but the sooner we can organize it the better, so please get in touch!

---- Information en francais:(and English-Molly) ---- http://www.antipatriarcat.org/yabasta/

---- More info on the gathering:

PATRIARCAT YA BASTA!

Women-only radical feminist meeting

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February 14 and 15, 2009

Beginning on the 14 at 9:30 a.m.

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Maison Parent-Roback

110 Ste.Thérèse, Montreal

Métro Champ-de-Mars

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Let’s struggle against patriarchy! Let’s share our experiences and analysis!

Let’s create links between the radical feminists in Quebec!

Let’s celebrate our anger!

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Dear women,

You are invited to Patriarcat Ya Basta!, the third radical feminist meeting, in the spirit of those of 2003 and 2008.

It is a space created by and for radical feminists from Quebec and elsewhere to share experiences and analysis, to create links and new networks! The meeting will be in the form of an Open Space… on two days, including a day of action!!!

The question we will try to answer collectively is the following :

Patriarcat Ya Basta*! What can we do to revitalize the radical feminism in Quebec?

Come to think, act and celebrate with us!

**REMINDER**

Here is the long-awaited program of the week-end! Also, bring your dishes (a bowl, a mug and utensils) and your smile!

Saturday, February 14 – Discussions and reflexions

9h30 : Reception and coffee
10h30 : Ice breaker activity
11h15 : Presentation of the day and of the Open Space formula
11h35 : Pause
11h45 : Presentation of workshop propositions and compilation in a schedule
table
12h30 : Diner and inscriptions in the workshops
13h30 : 1st workshop
15h30 : Pause
16h : 2nd workshop
18h : Filling of the « newswall », explanations of Sunday’s program and
supper
19h30 : Feminist evening (party!!)

Sunday, February 15th – Towards action

11h : Reception and feminist brunch
12h :Explanations, compilation of ideas of actions and discussions,
inscriptions
13h to 16h : Discussions concerning actions and/or actions
16h : Back to Maison Parent-Roback and debriefing on actions and
discussions

For more information concerning the event, the Open Space formula and to subscribe to the event : visit http://www.antipatriarcat.org/yabasta or contact femmesradicales@gmail.com (this inscription can also be done by email, by giving your name, city, email and your special needs or accommodations).

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Free event. Meals included. Accessible to wheelchairs. Accommodations and special needs on demand.

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Please circulate widely to your networks!

*Patriarcat Ya Basta! means literally : patriarchy, it's enough!

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-HAMILTON:

REMEMBERING 'LOVE AND RAGE':

This coming August 19th the Common Cause Anarchist Discussion Group will be hosting a speaker from the former 'Love and Rage Federation'. Here's the announcement.

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Canada, Hamilton - Remembering Our Radical History: The Love and Rage Anarchist Federation (1989-1998):

Start: 08/19/2008 - 19:00 End: 08/19/2008 - 21:00

Timezone: ET/GMT-4

---- A former Love and Rage member will be presenting a brief history of this former North American anarchist network/federation. Come discover our radical (recent) past and see what lessons can be learned for anarchist and radical organizing today.

---- For more info check out the Love and Rage online archives.

This event is part of the monthly Anarchist Discussion Group organized by Common Cause Hamilton. The discussion groups are held at the Sky Dragon Center located at 27 King William St. in downtown Hamilton. They take place on the third Tuesday of the month starting at 7pm.

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-OTTAWA:

MORE ON ANARCHY AND ORGANIZATION:

Molly has previously mentioned the upcoming meeting of the Anarchist Discussion Group of Ottawa that will discuss anarchism and organization. The meeting will take place Sunday, June 8, and will feature more than one source reading. Here's the latest announcement.

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Ottawa, Anarchists Get Organized

Sunday, June 8 at 1:30 pm -- Jack Purcell Community Centre 320 Jack Purcell Lane off Elgin near Gilmour Pay What You Can Wheelchair Accessible Child-friendly.

We will discuss the question, "What does a successful organization and/or movement look like?" We will address theoretical considerations while also looking at their application to the groups we are personally involved with. We will be discussing vision, strategy, and the tools required for us to be effective in radical community organizing.

---- Resources:

1) The Tyranny of Structurelessness <http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/structurelessness.htm> 2) Beyond the affinity group - the organizational challenge for anarchists <http://anarchism.pageabode.com/andrewnflood/beyond-affinity-group-organizational-challenge-anarchists>

3) After Winter Must Come Spring < http://leftspot.com/blog/?q=afterwinter >

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The Anarchist Discussion Group meets every second Sunday afternoon. We are local Ottawa activists and community members who share an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist viewpoint. We are involved in diverse struggles and believe in the importance of maintaining a link between theory and practice. Discussions are based on readings,presentations or short films. If there are readings, they are optional and will be summarized at the beginning of the discussion.

The Anarchist Discussion Group is affiliated with Common Cause Ottawa.Contact: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org

http://adg.roadnetwork.org

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

ANARCHIST PROJECTS:

AGAINST PRISONS HERE AND THERE:

One part of the anarchist project is the abolition of the "prison industry". anarchists have always been prominent in the prison abolition movement. Here are two items, one from Ottawa, Ontario and the other from the other side of the world, Moscow. The Ottawa one first....

OTTAWA, CANADA.TALK: THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND THE JAIL IN OUR BACKYARD- MARCH 9:

A talk by a member of Books2Prisoners Ottawa -

Sunday, March 9 at 1:30 pm

Jack Purcell Community Centre; 320 Jack Purcell Lane; off Elgin near Gilmour

Pay What You Can

Wheelchair Accessible; Child -friendly

---- Entrepreneurs, lenders, investors, contractors, vendors, and service providers are acting like they've won the lottery! Why? Because soon there will be another prison or jail in our backyard, and capital stands to benefit. Sometimes discussed as the avant-garde of white supremacy in America, prison-industrial complex as a term refers to the growing overlap between capitalist enterprise and imprisonment as a control strategy of the criminal justice system. This talk examines what is known and what is not known about the prison-industrial complex in North America and elsewhere, as well as the social effects of the prison-industrial complex. We will then analyze the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre, discussing exactly what the role of jails and detention centres is in this intersection of incarceration and capital. We close with comments on prisoners' struggles and writings as integral to resisting injustices related to the prison-industrial complex.

Contact: a_ottawa@mutualaid.orghttp://adg.roadnetwork.org/

-------------------------------------------------The Anarchist Discussion Group meets every second Sunday afternoon. We are local Ottawa activists and community members who share an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist viewpoint. We are involved in diverse struggles and believe in the importance of maintaining a link between theory and practice. Discussions are based on readings,presentations or short films. If there are readings, they are optional and will be summarized at the beginning of the discussion.The Anarchist Discussion Group is affiliated with Common Cause Ottawa.

AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD IN MOSCOW:

ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS MOSCOW CREW IS MAKING A BENEFIT COMPILATION...

Proceedings of which will go to help political prisoners. If you have a song against prisons, their system, repressions and so on then you can send it to us in .wav format to the following address:abc.msc@gmail.com. Also we need a text and it's translation to Russian (or English) if the song is not in Russian. Besides we would be very grateful if you inform us about other performers who have the songs of the similar subject so that we could connect them if they can't read this message.Thanks for your support and solidarity! ---- Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow-crew ---- (source: http://www.avtonom.org/index.php?nid=1618)