LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB / ANARCHIST FORUM

------------>Anarchism and the Bolivarian Revolution Revolutionary Possibilities in Venezuela The January Anarchist Forum >>>>On Tuesday, January 9, at 7:30pm, the Libertarian Book Club's
Anarchist Forum will present a discussion of recent political
developments in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez won re-election last month in
a landslide and called for an "expansion of the revolution". What
promise do top-down initiatives in worker's management, cooperative
production, and participatory local government in Venezuela hold? Are
critiques of the authoritarianism of 'Chavismo' well-founded? What
will the future hold for the Venezuelan people?

Mass Firing of Immigrant Workers!

In Brooklyn, NO WAY!!!

Workers Thrown Out Of Their Job For Forming a Union

Join Us On MLK Day and Demand Justice!

MONDAY January 15 at 11am

Immigrant Workers Fighting Back!
March down Knickerbocker to demand equal rights for immigrant workers!

Join Us Saturday January 20th and Demand Justice!
Saturday at 10am meet up at Make The Road by Walking - Menahan and Myrtle .

Calling all anarchists, antiauthoritarians, horizontalists, and grassroots activists! Come join us as we plant the seeds of the anarchist century!

Mark your calendars: You are cordially invited to the Sixth General Assembly of the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists / Alianza de anarquistas del área metropolitana de Nueva York (NYMAA).

Monday, January 22th @ 7PM
‘Fifth Estate’ Issue Release Party

Co-hosted by 'Fifth Estate' and the 'This is Forever'
series.

Bluestockings Books
172 Allen St. Lower East Side, NYC
www.bluestockings.com

Announcing a new event for The NYC Noam Chomsky + Anarcho-
Syndicalism Meetup Group!

What: Chomsky+Wayne Price on how best to subvert authority.
Vote? Protest? Strike?

When: Tuesday, January 23, 7:00 PM

In an attempt to rise out of sweatshop conditions, workers have engaged in strikes and protests, and have filed lawsuits complaining of minimum wage and overtime violations. 24 workers from 2 wholesale warehouses in Brooklyn were fired in the past month in retaliation for their union membership and immigration status. Workers need your support as they struggle to enforce minimum wage and demand their right to organize regardless of immigration status.

Pizza and Peace - Tuesday 1/30 7:00 PM. March 19 Peace Actions Coalition Planning Meeting

Meet with representatives of other New York peace groups and activists planning a weekend of coordinated antiwar actions and events to protest the start of the 5th year of the Iraq War. We are working on our own actions - a large-scale Wall Street civil disobedience, a weekend of events and presentations at Judson Memorial Church, a bike for peace, an outdoor yoga meditation for peace, peace-themed musical programs at different venues - as well as coordinating and publicizing the actions of other groups.

CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCATES SPEAK OUT AGAINST NEW ASSEMBLY RULES, CITY COUNCILMEMBER MENDEZ VOWS TO REVERSE NYPD RULE CHANGE

What: Rally to Resist NYPD's New Public Gathering Rules
Who: Civil liberties organizations, City Councilmembers, bicycling advocates
Where: One Police Plaza
When: Wednesday, Jan. 31, 12:00 noon

At the meeting we will continue to plan for the US Social Forum, The Northeast Anarchist Consulta, local solidarity actions and solidarity actions with The Other Campaign.

International Martial Arts Center

Professor Chomsky will comment on and respond to Harold Pinter's 2005 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, in which Pinter excoriated the United States as being 'brutal, scornful and ruthless.' Professor Chomsky's lecture will be preceeded by a screening of Pinter's speech.

Wednesday, February 7th @ 7PM - Free
Release Party: Stephen Duncombe "Dream"

An electrifying new vision of progressive politics by Stephen Duncombe, "Dream:
Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy" is a twenty-first-century
manifesto for the left. How can we draw upon popular fantasies to create alternative
politics through imagination and spectacle? What practical lessons can we learn from
corporate theme parks, video games, celebrity culture and Las Vegas? Duncombe
proposes that popular fantasy can help us make a new political future possible.