On Thursday, May 29, 6:30pm, the Reading Group will discuss:
"Anarchy in Action" by Colin Ward.
"The argument of this book is that an anarchist society, a society which organizes itself without authority, is always in existence, like a seed beneath the snow, buried under the weight of the state and...capitalism..." -Colin Ward
Come to a lively discussion of the important role that media
making plays in building the class struggle anarchist movement! The
evening will feature a presentation by class struggle anarchists, followed
by an open conversation on how alternative media projects can help to build and
support social struggles.
----------->Thus Spoke The Spectacle a live video media critique Performed by Eric Goodman and Mike Stevens
@@@@> The June Anarchist Forum >>>>On Tuesday, June 10, at 7:00 pm, the Anarchist Forum will present "Thus Spoke The Spectacle", a live music video critique of media-saturated culture. The performance, based on Guy Debord's landmark Situationist work "The Society of the Spectacle," combines original music with bit and pieces of the media barrage reassembled to draw out their hidden meanings. The Spectacle, according to Debord is "the world of illusion where all attention and consciousness converge," constituting a unified thought-world constructed daily through communication technology. The Spectacle is dominated by images of commercialized community: happy, well-adjusted people connected to each other, and a multitude of products, in meaningful and satisfying ways. The reality is a never-ending psychic invasion causing alienation: separation from the self, from others, and from a genuine experience of life. Music by Eric Goodman, lyrics by Guy Debord, live performance by Eric Goodman and Mike Stevens. The performers will talk with the audience after the show.
