Hello NYMAA,

Get out your spectacles and highlighters. We are forming a NYMAA Reading Group.

Six of us met this Friday evening and had an enthusiastic and enlightening discussion of Murray Bookchin's "Post-Scarcity Anarchism". We had so much fun, we have decided to make it official: we will meet monthly for discussions based on our readings in anarchist history, theory, and practice. Anarchists and quasi-anarchists of all stripes are welcome.

Our next reading is Bookchin's "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm". It's only 50 pages, so we're going to try to schedule a meeting before the holidays. It's available online at:

But we're not going to be reading Bookchin forever. If you are interested in participating in the reading group, please post comments below with titles of books you would like to read with the group, and any other ideas you might have. We're interested in any advice from people who have been in this sort of study group as to what worked and what didn't in terms of structure, pace, size, etc.

Looking forward to it!
-Steve