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Friday, September 28, 2007
Start: 8:00 am

What: Rally sponsored by Teamsters Local 805 and the Teamsters Joint Council 16 to support Fresh Direct Workers' organizing drive with Local 805.

When: 8:00AM-10:00AM Friday, September 28.

Where: Borden Avenue and 23rd Street, Long Island City. Take the 7 train to Hunters Point or the G to 21 Street. Then walk south down 21st street, follow the walkway underneath the BQE and over the railroad tracks. Then continue on to Borden Avenue.

Saturday, September 29, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

PARADE WITHOUT A PERMIT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH @ 7PM
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK @ THE FOUNTAIN

Queers, Allies and Everyone affected by the NYPD’s anti-assembly rules:
Join us in the streets as we challenge these rules!

Sunday, September 30, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Sunday, September 30th @ 7PM - $5 to $10 Suggested
Performance: The Welfare Poets
We are celebrating. Kenneth Foster Jr., an innocent person on death row, had his sentence commuted just hours before he was to be executed. His murder by the State of Texas was prevented by the thousands of activists and supporters. Come listen to the hip hop collective the Welfare Poets, along with other artists, and come talk with exonerated prisoners and folks from the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. We'll be raising spirits and raising money for the continued fight against the death penalty.

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm

Thursday, October 4th @ 7PM - Free

Reading: Cathy Wilkerson "Flying Close to the Sun"

While part of the Weather Underground, Cathy Wilkerson blew up and escaped from
her parents' Greenwich Village townhouse. In "Flying Close to the Sun: My Life
and Times As a Weatherman," Wilkerson provides an honest and intimate
assessment of her involvement in Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and
the Weather Underground. For the past 20 years, she has been a teacher of
teachers in New York City schools.

Sunday, October 7, 2007
Start: 2:00 pm

THIS COMING SUNDAY, October 7th, we will be hosting an NYC consulta for
the upcoming anti-World Bank/IMF actions in Washington, DC. Included:

Background information (What is the IMF, anyway? Why do we bother to
protest them?)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Tuesday, October 9th @ 7PM - $5 to $20 Suggested
Screening: "Harlan County, U.S.A." (1976, 100 minutes)
Barbara Kopple's Oscar winning "Harlan County, U.S.A." documents a year-long coal miner's strike and ensuing battles between workers, scabs and company thugs. Come watch the film and join the discussion which will follow. This is a benefit for families of miners killed in the recent calamity at the non-unionized Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah.

Start: 7:30 pm

LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB / ANARCHIST FORUM

--------------> The History of Radical Resistance on the LES Contributors to the book Resistance The October Anarchist Forum >>>>On Tuesday, October 9, at 7:30pm, the Libertarian Book Club's
Anarchist Forum will present a panel of radical activists and authors who
wrote essays for the new book “Resistance: A Radical Social And Political
History Of The Lower East Side.” The panel will explore the connections
of the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the radical movements of the last
150 years. The panel and their special interests are Village Voice
reporter, Sarah Ferguson-housing and community; multitalented Richard
Kostelanetz-art and writing; editor Clayton Patterson-politics and
experimental art; Living Theatre producer and performer, Hanon Reznikov
-theatre; and WBAI host, Bill Weinberg-radical media. Emma Goldman and
Dorothy Day will no doubt be mentioned. As is always the case at the
Anarchist Fora, the speakers will also listen to the audience and respond
to their comments and questions

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The 9th NYMAA General Assembly is almost upon us! Gather, conspire and
help plan the next GA. Please recognize that planning these GAs take a lot
of energy. Although Comms has commit to an amount of work and everyone has
their own lives to lead, it is irresponsible and unmanigable for only
Comms to plan this GA. Please volunteer to help out on the 28th if you
can't make this meeting. People were also talking about major changes to
the nymaa meeting and communication structure. Without more people's
non-virtual input, any progress is severly hindered. SO PLEASE: get
involved.

Saturday, October 20, 2007
End: 9:00 am
Start: Oct 20 2007 - 7:00pm
End: Oct 21 2007 - 9:00am

Due to some last-minute logistical problems, NYMAA's Props Crew will have to postpone this Saturday's Spook de Bronx party until a later date. We apologize in advance for the short notice and any inconvenience this may cause anyone.

Sunday, October 21, 2007
End: 9:00 am
Start: Oct 20 2007 - 7:00pm
End: Oct 21 2007 - 9:00am

Due to some last-minute logistical problems, NYMAA's Props Crew will have to postpone this Saturday's Spook de Bronx party until a later date. We apologize in advance for the short notice and any inconvenience this may cause anyone.

Monday, October 22, 2007
Start: 8:15 pm

Dear friends of Rock Dove,
The Rock Dove Collective is pleased to invite you to our OCTOBER SKILL SHARE.

Annie Ellman, head instructor and founder of the Center for Anti-Violence
Education (CAE) in Brooklyn, will offer a basic training in SELF DEFENSE.
The skill share will offer an introduction to physical and verbal
self-defense skills with discussions on well-being, prevention, and violence
de-escalation.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

This will be the last Nuts and Bolts meeting before the GA!

Tuesday 10/23 at EarthMatters 177 Ludlow st. 7:00 PM

Join Nuts and Bolts as we finalize the agenda for the Oct 28th GA!
Bring your GA agenda proposals!

Friday, October 26, 2007
End: 2:00 am
Start: Oct 26 2007 - 9:00pm
End: Oct 27 2007 - 2:00am

--PLEASE FORWARD--

HALLOWEEN BENEFIT* PARTY!!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH

$3 gets you ENTRY AND A DRINK! (No one will be turned away though)

AT: 229 Newark Ave, Apt #3L (Just 2 stops from the City!)

End: 5:00 am
Start: Oct 26 2007 - 9:00pm
End: Oct 27 2007 - 5:00am

Legal Funds Urgently Needed for the Morristown 3!
Dear friends,

The legal bills are mounting for the Morristown 3, and we need your help!

Saturday, October 27, 2007
End: 2:00 am
Start: Oct 26 2007 - 9:00pm
End: Oct 27 2007 - 2:00am

--PLEASE FORWARD--

HALLOWEEN BENEFIT* PARTY!!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH

$3 gets you ENTRY AND A DRINK! (No one will be turned away though)

AT: 229 Newark Ave, Apt #3L (Just 2 stops from the City!)

End: 5:00 am
Start: Oct 26 2007 - 9:00pm
End: Oct 27 2007 - 5:00am

Legal Funds Urgently Needed for the Morristown 3!
Dear friends,

The legal bills are mounting for the Morristown 3, and we need your help!

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Please forward.

Comrades!

On October 27th thousands of people will take to the streets in NYC to
oppose the unjust and brutal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As anarchists
we stand in complete solidarity with the working people of all nations and
deplore the horrors committed in our names upon the people of Iraq and
Afghanistan. We invite all anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian
forces to join together with our fellow workers in a Red and Black
contingent on October 27.

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm

A year has passed since our friend and brother, Brad Will, was murdered in Oaxaca. On Saturday, October 27th, friends and family will gather at St. Mark’s Church to honor his memory and the legacy of courage and resistance that he left behind.

Sunday, October 28, 2007
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

NYMAA's 9th General Assembly

When: Sunday 28 Oct, 2:00 till 6:00

Location: The Red Root Community Space, 2407 3rd Avenue, Suite 3R, Bronx, NY

Directions: Take the 4/5/6 to 138th Street in the Bronx. Walk to 3rd Avenue. If you took the 4/5, turn right onto 3rd Avenue from 138th Street. Coming from the 6, turn left onto 3rd Avenue. Walk four blocks until you get to Dimitri's Garden Center, on the right-hand side of the street.