NYMAA - Organized Anarchism in New York!

November 7: Rock Dove Day of Action

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:30:37 -0400

Start: Nov 7 2008 - 10:30am

End: Nov 7 2008 - 4:00pm

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Hi Friends of Rock Dove--

Our last Day of Action was so helpful to building our database of free and low-cost health clinics in the NYC area, we are having another one! So for those of you who missed out, here's your chance to join in the fun and learn about clinics in the neighborhood. And those who came out in June-- share your experience and add to the energy again!

Reading Group -- Sep. 25: Ward, "A Decade of Anarchy"; Oct. 29 (WED.!): Greene, "48 Laws of Power"

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:10:45 -0400

Start: Sep 25 2008 - 6:30pm

End: Sep 25 2008 - 8:00pm

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Join in the upcoming meetings of the NYMAA Reading Group!

*Note NEW later WEDNESDAY MEETINGS starting Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.*

And continue the discussion or recommend readings on our blog: anarchistreadinggroup.wordpress.com

New NYMAA Working Group

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:37 -0400

Hey NYMAAers,

So, following this week's well-attended Nuts & Bolts meeting at Housing Works, there's a new NYMAA working group!

We have yet to come up with a snappy name, but this working group is taking on some RNC repression support and coordinating a NYMAA presence at the 10/10 political prisoner march. We're also trying to cross-pollinate the two.

F*CK the FOURTH: A Fundraiser Party to Benefit the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:31:58 -0400

Come drink with us SATURDAY, JULY 5th from 7pm - MIDNIGHT! We'll be screening a film (of your choosing!) outdoors, doing some potluck-style grillin', playing games, and dancin'! Join us!

Nuts & Bolts: Tuesday, September 23, 7 p.m.

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:43:32 -0400

Start: Sep 23 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Sep 23 2008 - 8:30pm

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After an exciting and productive meeting last week, Nuts & Bolts will be meeting again this week. The agenda is as follows:

- NYMAA website technical stuff (revamping, webhosting, etc.)
- 11/1 General Assembly location, agenda, and potential spokescouncil model
- Continued discussion of NYMAA as a membership organization
- Reportbacks, as necessary
- Spreading the word about the Wall St Bailout Protest (Working Group endorsements?)

BURN THE PRISONS!

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:06:34 -0400

...or in this case, use a broad, grassroots coalition to force Mayor Bloomby to cancel his bid for a new one in the Bronx.

That's right: the Community In Unity coalition, which fought a tooth-and-nail battle against the city, has prevented a new 2,040-bed jail from being built in the South Bronx! CIU includes groups like the Bronx Defenders, the Point, Mothers on the Move, Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities and Critical Resistance (a national, non-hierarchical prison abolition organization.) Also opposing the jail were the folks at Sustainable South Bronx, who flung a timely lawsuit at the city's construction plans.

The defeat of the Oak Point Detention Center is a huge victory for communities in New York seeking alternatives to mass incarceration and racist policing. The ill-fated jail was to have been erected just across the water from Rikers, and would've expanded a bloated prison system that already includes (in the Bronx alone) two youth detention facilities and a jail barge docked in the East River--with 800 people on board in cages, much like the slaveships of old.

Naturally, the vanquished plan fits into a larger pattern of shoveling unwanted projects on Manhattan's darker boroughs. Alongside the jails that disproportionately intern its citizens, the Bronx also plays unwilling host to 15 waste transfer stations, a Con Ed plant and a sewage treatment facility--just like Harlem endures most of New York's asthma-inducing bus depots. And the Bronx experience is only a small taste of the soaring incarceration trends across the country.

RHA to march in St Pats Parade, March 2nd.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:47:14 -0500

Sunday, March 2
1:30pm Parade Lines up @ 43rd Street and Skillman, Queens (directions below)
2:00pm Parade Kicks off

This is a shout out to all y’all radical queers! And to all you bad-assed hets who give a fuck about assembly and know you look good in pink!

ABC No Rio confronts harsh realities of fundraising

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:35:43 -0500

By James Trimarco

A group of volunteers gathered in ABCNo Rio’s community arts center gallery on a cold Saturday morning in early February. The topic under discussion was grave. The future of No Rio — an open space for New York’s radical arts and squatter communities for nearly thirty years — was at stake again.

A Recipe for Popular Rebellion, Part 1

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:46:53 -0500

My partner and I only have a few more days in Oaxaca, and if one thing is clear from our time here, it's that it's impossible to have any comprehensive understanding of a place without a committing oneself to it for an extended period of time. I'm talking years. Anything less can end up being exploitative and touristy, which is a particularly salient risk for travelers from the Global North like myself.

When tourists cruise through a foreign country, harvesting souvenirs and selectively dispensing a few travelers checks, they often want a taste of "the local flavor." Leftists and radicals can do the same thing, backpacking through the Global South to glean inspiration from others' struggles before heading home at their leisure. Either way, that's gross.

I want to share a few observations from my time in Oaxaca, but I want to do it with these cautions in mind, in hopes that they'll help northern radicals stand in solidarity more effectively with the struggles of the Global South--where, believe me, they've got a lot cooking.

Propaganda Working Group Notes: February 5, 2008

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:37:00 -0500

1. We'll be looking for some of our speaking workshop participants to
deliver micro-speeches during the March 1 GA, so we're in the process of contacting them in order to gauge interest.

2. In addition, we might continue the speaking workshop thread with a pair of “advance” workshops in March. Watch this space for more info if it materializes.

NYMAA General Assembly #10, March 1st

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:06:06 -0500

Start: Mar 1 2008 - 3:00pm

End: Mar 1 2008 - 7:00pm

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The New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists' Tenth General Assembly

Calling all anarchists, anti-authoritarians, horizontalists, and grassroots activists! Come join us as we plant the seeds of the anarchist century!

Your email:
nymaa-comms@riseup.net

English Translation of Marcos' Speech of Dec. 17th

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:15:23 -0500

Neither the Center nor the Periphery...

Part VII [and also the last] - FEEL THE RED.
THE CALENDAR AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WAR

"The difference between the irreparable and the necessary, is that for the former there is no need to prepare yourself. And only by preparation can you asses the latter".

APOC GATHERING in 2008?

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:33:55 -0500

By JOAQUIN CEINFUEGO

SELF-DETERMINATION SELF-EMPOWERMENT

A couple of individuals from New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles met informally and wanted to propose a national/inter-regional gathering for Anarchist People of Color.

CHIAPAS: MARCOS WITHDRAWS; STATES WAR IS LOOMING

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:50:41 -0500

CHIAPAS: MARCOS WITHDRAWS; STATES WAR IS LOOMING

Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) spokesperson Subcomandante
Marcos warned of possible coming war in Mexico's impoverished
southern state of Chiapas, and announced his departure from public

Women's Encuentro Underway

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:22:37 -0500

Good morning revolution, you nasty cat you!

At this very moment, my partner and her friends, along with hundreds of radical women from around the world, are gathering in Chiapas, Mexico for an encuentro between the Zapatista peoples and the peoples of the world. This is the third encuentro hosted by the Zapatisas since their uprising against the Mexican government and global capitalism in 1994, and the first focusing exclusively on the struggles of women.

Make no bones about it: this gathering is a big deal. The first "Encounter For Humanity and Against Neoliberalism" was held in 1996, bringing together a generation of radicals to discuss what anti-capitalism could mean following the collapse of state socialism. The seminal People's Global Action network emerged from conversations that followed, providing a framework for much of the counter-globalization era.

A second encuentro took place in July of this year, in a political climate characterized by resurgent imperialism, incipient state socialism and an increasingly brutal border regime. It was followed immediately by a call for a women's encuentro on the 14th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising (click here to listen to the announcement and read a translation), named after none other than Comandanta Ramona.