The NYMAA REading Group will meet on Thursday, September 27 at 6:30pm, to discuss the book

"Resistance: A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side" edited by Clayton Patterson

From the publisher: "This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC's Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America's strangest and most beloved neighborhoods. Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human landscape of one of America's most storied bohemias. In over fifty chapters, Emma Goldman, Dorothy Day, Christopher Mele, John Macmillan, Jim Feast, Al Orensanz, Allan Antliff, Lynn Stewart, Thomas McEvilly, Frank Morales, Chris Flash, Bill Weinberg, Seth Tobocman, Fly, Richard Kostelanetz and many others cover topics ranging from the early settlement houses and sweatshops to squatters, rioters, artists, activists and organizers. Resistance is jam-packed with fascinating first-person accounts of the battles, triumphs, failures, and lives of a neighborhood that is rapidly being lost to gentrification. A truly staggering compendium, a wonderful history, and a vital reclamation." Available from independent publisher Seven Stories Press: SevenStories.com

Meeting Location: Earth Matters Cafe, 177 Ludlow St. just below Houston. F Train to 2nd Ave., JMZ Trains to Essex/Delancey St.

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All are welcome! You don't have to be in NYMAA to take part in the discussion.
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The NYMAA Reading Group is open to all those interested in studying anarchism-- while some participants have read widely in anarchist theory and history, no prior knowledge of anarchism is expected. We have been meeting monthly since November '06 and select readings collectively.

Also, check out upcoming meetings of our friends in the Noam Chomsky and Anarcho-Syndicalism meetup.com reading group , at nchomsky.meetup.com/105