"A Soldier's Story: Writings By a Revolutionary New African Anarchist" by Kuwasi Balagoon
"Kuwasi Balagoon was one of the Panther 21 that the State tried to frame in 1969. Subsequently a member of the Black Liberation Army, he escaped prison twice prior to being arrested following a failed Brink's expropriation in 1981. He died in prison of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1986. Clocking in at 120 pages, this is the most extensive collection of his writings ever published. Includes essays by David Gilbert, Sundiata Acoli, Meg Starr, and J. Sakai."
Location: Earth Matters Cafe, 177 Ludlow St. just below Houston. F Train to 2nd Ave., JMZ Trains to Essex/Delancey St.
Public speaking. Terrifying? Nervewracking? Impossible to do well? Not so! Public speaking can be an empowering and fun opportunity to express yourself, and it is an especially important skill for anarchists.
Historian Peter Cole describes one of America's most incredible, yet little known, unions. In 1913, thousands of Philadelphia dockworkers formed Local 8 of the Industrial Workers of the World. Local 8 was the most progressive, multiethnic union in the nation until its demise. Joining Cole will be New York's Wobblies, who will screen a short film and discuss their present day organizing.
