Anarchists in Washington, DC

Benefit Concert and Silent Art Auction for the Common Ground Collective -
post-Katrina relief organization.

Letelier Theater - 3251 Prospect Street, NW DC
near the Foggy Bottom Metro

November 30th- 7:30pm
$7 donation

Featured Performers:
Head-Roc (hardcore hiphop)
Chris Chandler (antifolk goodness)
Everlutionary (rhythm & words)
Everything Must Go (writhing & noise featuring the Thing with The Stuff, Ika
and Clay)
tWIN eARTH (independently-minded drone rock)

Donated artwork by:
Chris Chandler, Clay Harris, Lydia Prentiss, Dale Hunt and more!

The National Conference on Organized Resistance is an annual event that brings together people from all backgrounds for a weekend of learning and discussing local and international social justice issues through workshops, panel discussions, and skillshares. This year in particular at NCOR, we are focusing on how the problems facing Washington DC and the resistance to those problems reflect struggles on both the national and the international level. We are also seeking workshops that span both the geography and subject matter of a variety of experiences.

This year’s NCOR will be held from March 7- 9, in 2008 at American University in Washington, D.C. As we move into our eleventh year, we are curating the most diverse and successful NCOR in its notable history.

NCOR attendees this year will make this vision a reality as much as the people who curate it: as volunteers, as workshop leaders, as discussion participants, you determine its successful outcome. We hope you will join us to make NCOR 2008 an inclusive and diverse forum for global resistance.

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Critical Mass rides in DC on the first Friday of every month, meeting at Dupont Circle at 6:00. For current info, view the DC Critical Mass email list archives, or join the email list.

Critical Mass is a monthly group bicycle ride to celebrate bicycles and their right to the road. Other non-motorized wheeled vehicles are welcome (unicycles, skates, etc.). Critical Mass events are held in various cities throughout the world, with no formal organization/leadership.

Critical Mass flyer #1
Critical Mass flyer #2

The 2007 Mid-Atlantic Radical Bookfair, bringing together radical and independent publishers, distributors, bookstores, and authors for a weekend of workshops, panel discussions, and performances, all free and open to the public, will take place on October 20th and 21st.

As an added bonus this year, there’s also a Radical Film Festival on October 19th to kick things off.

The bookfair will be taking place in Baltimore at 2640, the new cooperative events venue and social center launched this year by Red Emma’s.

Discussion on Arab Voices of Resistance to “The New Middle East”
plus screening of the documentaryA Summer Not to Forget
Presented by Left Turn Magazine

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Upstairs at Skewers/Cafe Luna, 1633 P St, NW, Washington, DC
More info: leftturn-dc@onebox.com

The full impact and significance of Israel’s war on Lebanon during the summer of 2006 has yet to be fully understood.

The nearly year long stand off between the US backed Lebanese government and the Hezbollah led opposition as well as a several month standoff between the military and Fatah al Islam, a Salafi islamist group sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, at the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp, are related to the war. These and other crises have contributed to sectarian tensions and a feeling that the country is on the brink of another civil war.

On the positive side, had Israel’s invasion not been repelled, the Lebanese government would’ve become another building block in the US’s efforts to construct a “New Middle East”, the fate of Palestinian refugees in Lebanese camps would’ve been precarious, and an attack on Iran more imminent.

Come hear Bilal El-Amine and Samah Idriss – two Lebanese writers and activists who helped get the truth out about the war and challenge many of the distortions about the resistance to it – discuss what’s happening in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq and what the US’s vision of a New Middle East means for the people of the Middle East.

There will also be a screening of Lebanese film maker Carol Mansour’s short documentary on the war, A Summer Not to Forget

We’ve gotten a couple emails asking about the October protests. Below are two websites of groups organizing for this action.

Please keep in mind that this website, Anarchist Resistance, is not an organization, we’re just a few individuals posting events that we hear about (although many of us are members of various groups). Please contact the organizations listed below directly if you have questions about the protests. If you know of any other events you want us to post here, please let us know.

October Coalition - Actions against neoliberalism, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. This website is a clearinghouse for information about the planning process and the upcoming actions. Events scheduled for October 18-21, including workshops and trainings, unpermitted march in Georgetown on Friday, and march from Franklin Square to Murrow Park on Saturday.

No War No Warming - From October 21-22, 2007, join a global movement rising up against war and global warming by participating in a massive intervention in Washington DC or your own community. We need to take immediate action to: STOP the war in Iraq and future resource wars by ending our addiction to fossil fuels. SHIFT government funding to rebuild New Orleans and all communities suffering from racism and corporate greed. GO green and promote environmental justice with new jobs in a clean energy economy. Events in Washington, DC, with solidarity actions in other locations.

Friday, October 5, 2007 - 7:00-11:00 pm

$5 - 10 Sliding Scale
to Benefit Political Prisoner Daniel McGowan

Defiance, Ohio
The Max Levine Ensemble
Plus one more TBA

at St. Stephens Church
1525 Newton St. NW (between 15th and 16th Streets)
Washington, DC
North of the Columbia Heights Metro on the Green Line

Daniel McGowan is a social and environmental justice activist and political prisoner who was arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson and conspiracy, relating to the arson of Superior Lumber company in Glendale, Oregon on January 2, 2001 and Jefferson Poplar Farms in Clatskanie, Oregon on May 21, 2001 claimed by the Earth Liberation Front. McGowan was facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted when he accepted a non-cooperation plea agreement on November 9, 2006. His arrest is part of what the US government has dubbed Operation Backfire.

New York native McGowan has worked on many activist issues including military counter-recruitment, demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, the Really Really Free Market, and the support of prisoners such as Jeff “Free” Luers and others. At the time of his arrest McGowan was a graduate student earning a Master’s degree in acupuncture and an employee of WomensLaw.org, a nonprofit group that helps women in domestic abuse situations navigate the legal system. He is currently working on another Master’s degree while serving a 7 year prison sentence.

For more information on Daniel McGowan: SupportDaniel.org.

Date: Sunday, August 19
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: 1419 Gallatin St NW, Washington, DC

On August 19, Brian MacKenzie Infoshop will be hosting a BIG, HUGE, FABULOUS yard sale to raise money for the Infoshop’s moving fund.

That’s right. The BMI is looking to move in the next year as we see our lease expire and look forward to finding a bigger, more flexible and functional space to grow our work, the store front and collaborations with activist and organizations in DC.

Come out to the yard sale and help the BMI raise some much needed funds to get us moving! There’s bound to be some great stuff you’ve just been dying to find, like a new board game or a juicer, maybe even a new piece of furniture.

The Political is Personal: A Discussion on Holding onto our Dreams in a
World of Nightmares

Sunday, August 12th 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Brian MacKenzie Center Infoshop - 1426 9th St. NW

The world we live in now is unlike anything else before in terms of the enormous challenges we face. Ecological destruction, social disintegration, world war, a growing police state - the list goes on. How do we maintain a sense of hope in the face of all this? How do we address the despair and apathy when it enters into our lives and communities? How can we create the world of our dreams when the world we live in is going to hell?

This three hour gathering is intended to be a no-nonsense conversation of anarchists and other radical anti-authoritarians to talk openly about the world today, our lives in it, and how they relate.

About the facilitator:
(I)An-ok Ta Chai (pronounced “Yan-ock Ta Ch-eye”) has identified as an anarchist since 1996, has facilitated workshops and groups across the country since 2000, is a trainer in a process called Compassionate Communication, and currently lives and works in an intentional community in Maryland and Virginia

All events at the BMC Infoshop are wheelchair accessible through the main 1st floor entrance of the building. Please email us if you have any questions or concerns about this, events@dcinfoshop.org.

Workshops - Saturday 12:00-5:30
Dance Institute of Washington,
14th and Monroe NW D.C.
FREE (with a dollar off the shows if you come!)

Bands - Friday and Saturday, doors at 6:00 pm
St. Stephens Church,
16th and Newton NW D.C.
$7 for one show or $12 for both

Both near Columbia Heights Metro

What is this Different Kind of Dude Fest?

DKDF is about good music minus the often self-destructive, sexist dudedom
that comes along with many a music fest. And DKDF is about possibilities
for change and growth, as one organizer says,

“Different Kind of Dude Fest is about creating a safe, inclusive space
where people feel like they can learn, grow, discuss, and have a positive
experience. Different Kind of Dude Fest is a place to learn about yourself
and how to deal with the issues that go along with living in a misogynist,
patriarchal society”

And DKDF is about raising funds to support the great work of the following
organizations:

* HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive)
HIPS’ mission is to assist female, male, and transgendered individuals
engaging in sex work in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives.

* UBUNTU
UBUNTU is a women of color and survivor-led collective based in Durham,
North Carolina, USA, where community members are breaking the silence
about sexual assault and racist violence as part of a long struggle
against racism, classism, sexism and all forms of oppression.

click below for full band and workshop schedule

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