Los Angeles (A) calendar

Location:

Barnsdall Art Park Los Angeles, CA 90027

Description:

Saturday, September 1st, 2012
Barnsdall Art Park
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Time: TBA

The weekend before the Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair we will be hosting a picnic at Barnsdall Art Park to meet with anti-authoritarians from all over the city. We would like to meet with those who are curious about anarchist proposals, those already involved in anarchist projects, those wanting to get involved as well as those we have not seen in a while.

As we prepare to host anarchist publishers, writers, activists and speakers from far and near, this is our opportunity as Los Angeles anarchists to meet and get updates on each others work and socialize with one another as we prepare to host the 4th L.A. Anarchist Bookfair!

For more information on the picnic please contact us at: contact@anarchistbookfair.com

Time:

10:00am

Location:

MacArthur Park, (West corner), 2230 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Description:

On Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 at 10 a.m., the Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross will host a 5K Run/Walk/Bike around MacArthur Park. This Run is designed to raise much-needed funds for the Anarchist Black Cross Federation's Warchest program and for Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC).

Time:

10:00am - 2:00pm

Location:

MacArthur Park

Description:

LA-ABCF’s Annual
Running Down The Walls 5K Run/Walk/Bike
www.abcf.net/la

On Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 at 10 a.m., the Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross will host a 5K Run/Walk/Bike around MacArthur Park. This Run is designed to raise much-needed funds for the Anarchist Black Cross Federation's Warchest program and for Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC).

We are attempting to reach the goal of $3,500 with the run. Funds will be divided between the two programs:

ABCF Warchest:
The ABCF Warchest program was created in November of 1994. Its purpose is to send monthly financial support to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (PP/POWs). The Warchest funds are divided and distributed through monthly stipends to political prisoners who receive little or no financial aid. Prisoners use this money to cover the basic necessities of everyday living. These funds have been used by prisoners to pay for stamps, shoes, clothes, as well as assisting their families with what little they can.

Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC):
In the aftermath of the May Day 2007 police riot targeting migrant workers who dared stand up for our human rights, members of the MacArthur Park area and others joined together to support those with no papers and those with no means. RAC-LA came forward to aid the community in self-organizing such that with the help of each other we might make an inhuman way of living a bit more bearable while at same time acquiring the means to one day transform this system into an image of our own humanity.

Solidarity Runs:
Every year, prisoners and supporters of political prisoners organize solidarity runs with Running Down the Walls. In Sync with each other, we will collectively pound the pavement with our feet and bike tires as we exhibit our strength and stamina as examples of our tireless effort to free our imprisoned comrades. In past years we had runs in: Albuquerque (NM), Arcata (CA), Ashland, (OR), Bellefonte (PA), Boston (MA), Connecticut River, Dannemora (NY), Denver, (CO), Detroit (MI), Elmore (AL), Guelph (CAN), Inez (KY), Los Angeles (CA), Marion (IL), Mexico City (MEX), New York City (NY), USP. Navosta (TX), Pelican Bay (CA), Phoenix (AZ), Sandstone (MN), Tucson (AZ), USP Tucson (AZ), and Toronto (CAN)

Support the Struggle:
We must remember that many of those arrested in the past or present are not far from us. Many of them were and are community and labor activists, queer, and environmental activists; people who decided to speak out against various forms of oppression and paid the price of their freedom for their actions. We must remember that anyone of these people could have at one time stood beside us in a demonstration, at a speak-out, or even at an organizing meeting. At any given moment it could be us who finds ourselves in this situation, so it is imperative that we ensure that a strong enough community of support exists for these people as well as ourselves. The strength of our movement is determined by how much we support our fallen comrades. As Anarchist and former POW Ojore Lutalo says, "Any Movement that does not support its political internees, is a sham movement." So please help us, help them! Help us help you!

We encourage people to participate in helping us raise funds for the Warchest, which can be done in the following ways:

Be a runner:
We are asking people or groups who are running to collect as many sponsor for the run as possible. Remember the money received is going to help imprisoned comrades who need your help. The person who collects the most amount of funds will be given a prize for their involvement and dedication to helping our fallen comrades.

Sponsor a runner:
This can be done through a flat donation to the runner of your choice, each flyer is a sponsor sheet. We ask from those who wish not to run to actively support those who are running in hopes of collecting as much for our comrades as possible.

Sponsor Running Down the Walls:
Any amount helps. Contact the Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross if you wish to simply donate money to the cause.

Donate to:
-The Warchest:
Send funds directly to the Los Angeles ABCF (PO Box 11223, Whittier, CA 90603) or to the Philadelphia ABCF (PO Box 42129, Philadelphia, PA 19101) Make checks or money orders out only to Tim Fasnacht.

-Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC): http://revolutionaryautonomouscommunities.blogspot.com/

Get involved in the planning of Running Down the Walls:
We always need help with organizing the event and we encourage people to contact us if they would like to get involved. You can do this by contacting the LA Anarchist Black Cross, www.abcf.net/la, la@abcf.net

-Jaan Laaman, UFF Political Prisoner Statement of Solidarity
October 19th 2002 My Brothers,

"Thank you for running at this special event that means so much to many of us all over the world, both free and imprisoned. In a relative way, we are all political prisoners because it is the politics of this system of things that is exploiting, crushing, imprisoning, and destroying the masses all over the world and the earth itself. Then there are those who know this and take actions against those who seek to deny us our rightful place on earth as common human brethren. Those are the ones we run for and seek to help... whom sacrificed their family, freedom and lives, so that our lives may be better! The fact that you ran with us is a sign that when the red-hour comes, you will not be caught asleep. You are conscious and you too are willing to represent. The potential in you is great. Thank you for running for the cause!"

"As we ran we were thinking and talking about all the runners in Los Angeles and how we'd love to be out there running with them. We also spoke about the other political prisoners who were running with us in at least some other prisons."

Running Down the Walls 2012
When: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012, 10 am - 2 pm
Where: MacArthur Park, (West corner), 2230 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Registration fees: $12 preregistration; $15, the day of the run. (Make checks out to Tim Fasnacht)
Or for paypal:
Log in to your PayPal account and send your donation online to the email address "timABCF@aol.com" (Tim Fasnacht). Make sure to add in the notes section that your donation is for RDTW 2011. If you'd prefer to stay anonymous or are donating in the name of an organization, let us know.

For more information contact the Los Angeles Branch Group of the Anarchist Black Cross Federation
PO BOX 11223
Whitier, Ca 90603
http://www.abcf.net/la/laabcf.asp?page=la/rdtw
www.abcf.net/la
la@abcf.net

Time:

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location:

The Public School, 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Description:

Guy Debord, filmmaker

Before the issuing of an "authorized" boxset of his films by Gaumont in 2005, Guy Debord's work in the cinema was not very well-known, being largely restricted to occasional viewings on European television and passed around, nth generation copies of these screenings. In the Anglophone world, the films remain relatively hard to see, with no authorized subtitled versions based on the clean, Gaumont versions of the films having been made available. That these films are so rarely seen -- and that the level of commentary and discussion of the films has been minimal, even in France -- is strange, however, given that with the exception of his 1967 book Society of the Spectacle, Debord's only "work" consists in these six films (only three of which are feature-length) and that, if Debord often referred to himself as a "docteur en rien," he didnt hesitate on a couple of occasions to at least ironically refer to himself as a filmmaker. Indeed, if one considers that Debord felt it necessary to re-do his book with a film version that in many ways is more powerful as an historical analyis and document -- between the book's appearance in 1967 and the film's first screening in 1973, the most important sequence in the global class struggle of the second half of the 20th century takes place -- and that his final film, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni, represents a lesser-known but necessary "sequel" (this time concerned with questions of strategy, a turn largely determined by the period from 67-73) to Society, we can argue that the Debord's work in film is something like Aufhebung of the theoretical work done within the SI, at once its recapitulation and transformation.

The proposal then is simple: a screening, over the course of a month or so, of all of Debord's films. These films would be accompanied by a few presentations and lots of discussion.

September 2, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

Time:

10:00am - 6:00pm

Location:

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: 4800 Hollywood Boulevard

Description:

L.A. Anarchist Bookfair 2012

Saturday September 8th 10am - 6pm

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: 4800 Hollywood Boulevard
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::::The bookfair needs your help::::
::::Contact us for tabling, workshops, volunteering etc::::

Saludos! The 4th Annual Los Ángeles Bookfair is just around the corner and we need your help!

The bookfair is here again to celebrate Los Ángeles' histories of popular movements, militant worker actions, revolts, radical thinkers, non-conformists, and communities that ca...rry the seeds for a new society. This once-a-year event is for friends, comrades and the curious to build bridges with each other in our existing and emerging struggles, and with our cities' radical past. We call on our anti-authoritarian rebel rousers, as well as those curious abut anarchism, to come out and celebrate on September 8th at Barndall Art Park in Los Ángeles!

This yearly celebration is an open space to share anti-authoritarian political ideas that can be enjoyed at any capacity; pick up some literature, sell & distribute your own literature / art, attend workshops, check out talks, or just mingle.

The bookfair relies entirely on the various communities that piece it together! So we need your help!

Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering, speaking and or tabling!

You can contact us in the following ways:

* Table at the Book Fair
(contact: tabling@anarchistbookfair.com)

* Sponsor the Book Fair & get your name on the glossy flyer & the website ($50-100 sliding scale, deadline TBD contact: contact@anarchistbookfair.com)

* Contribute your art, music, or other talents. (contact@anarchistbookfair.com)

* Bring food to share.
(contact: contact@anarchistbookfair.com)

* Host a fundraising event.
(contact: solidarity@anarchistbookfair.com)

Amor y lucha,
LA Anarchist Bookfair Collective

Time:

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location:

The Public School, 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Description:

Guy Debord, filmmaker

Before the issuing of an "authorized" boxset of his films by Gaumont in 2005, Guy Debord's work in the cinema was not very well-known, being largely restricted to occasional viewings on European television and passed around, nth generation copies of these screenings. In the Anglophone world, the films remain relatively hard to see, with no authorized subtitled versions based on the clean, Gaumont versions of the films having been made available. That these films are so rarely seen -- and that the level of commentary and discussion of the films has been minimal, even in France -- is strange, however, given that with the exception of his 1967 book Society of the Spectacle, Debord's only "work" consists in these six films (only three of which are feature-length) and that, if Debord often referred to himself as a "docteur en rien," he didnt hesitate on a couple of occasions to at least ironically refer to himself as a filmmaker. Indeed, if one considers that Debord felt it necessary to re-do his book with a film version that in many ways is more powerful as an historical analyis and document -- between the book's appearance in 1967 and the film's first screening in 1973, the most important sequence in the global class struggle of the second half of the 20th century takes place -- and that his final film, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni, represents a lesser-known but necessary "sequel" (this time concerned with questions of strategy, a turn largely determined by the period from 67-73) to Society, we can argue that the Debord's work in film is something like Aufhebung of the theoretical work done within the SI, at once its recapitulation and transformation.

The proposal then is simple: a screening, over the course of a month or so, of all of Debord's films. These films would be accompanied by a few presentations and lots of discussion.

September 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

Time:

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location:

The Public School, 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Description:

Guy Debord, filmmaker

Before the issuing of an "authorized" boxset of his films by Gaumont in 2005, Guy Debord's work in the cinema was not very well-known, being largely restricted to occasional viewings on European television and passed around, nth generation copies of these screenings. In the Anglophone world, the films remain relatively hard to see, with no authorized subtitled versions based on the clean, Gaumont versions of the films having been made available. That these films are so rarely seen -- and that the level of commentary and discussion of the films has been minimal, even in France -- is strange, however, given that with the exception of his 1967 book Society of the Spectacle, Debord's only "work" consists in these six films (only three of which are feature-length) and that, if Debord often referred to himself as a "docteur en rien," he didnt hesitate on a couple of occasions to at least ironically refer to himself as a filmmaker. Indeed, if one considers that Debord felt it necessary to re-do his book with a film version that in many ways is more powerful as an historical analyis and document -- between the book's appearance in 1967 and the film's first screening in 1973, the most important sequence in the global class struggle of the second half of the 20th century takes place -- and that his final film, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni, represents a lesser-known but necessary "sequel" (this time concerned with questions of strategy, a turn largely determined by the period from 67-73) to Society, we can argue that the Debord's work in film is something like Aufhebung of the theoretical work done within the SI, at once its recapitulation and transformation.

The proposal then is simple: a screening, over the course of a month or so, of all of Debord's films. These films would be accompanied by a few presentations and lots of discussion.

September 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
September 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

Time:

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location:

The Public School, 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Description:

Guy Debord, filmmaker

Before the issuing of an "authorized" boxset of his films by Gaumont in 2005, Guy Debord's work in the cinema was not very well-known, being largely restricted to occasional viewings on European television and passed around, nth generation copies of these screenings. In the Anglophone world, the films remain relatively hard to see, with no authorized subtitled versions based on the clean, Gaumont versions of the films having been made available. That these films are so rarely seen -- and that the level of commentary and discussion of the films has been minimal, even in France -- is strange, however, given that with the exception of his 1967 book Society of the Spectacle, Debord's only "work" consists in these six films (only three of which are feature-length) and that, if Debord often referred to himself as a "docteur en rien," he didnt hesitate on a couple of occasions to at least ironically refer to himself as a filmmaker. Indeed, if one considers that Debord felt it necessary to re-do his book with a film version that in many ways is more powerful as an historical analyis and document -- between the book's appearance in 1967 and the film's first screening in 1973, the most important sequence in the global class struggle of the second half of the 20th century takes place -- and that his final film, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni, represents a lesser-known but necessary "sequel" (this time concerned with questions of strategy, a turn largely determined by the period from 67-73) to Society, we can argue that the Debord's work in film is something like Aufhebung of the theoretical work done within the SI, at once its recapitulation and transformation.

The proposal then is simple: a screening, over the course of a month or so, of all of Debord's films. These films would be accompanied by a few presentations and lots of discussion.

September 23, 2012 at 7:30pm