Ottawa: Cindy Milstein on 'New Anarchism'
Ottawa, The Anarchist Discussion Group meet with Cindy Milstein on 'New Anarchism' - Nov 11
Over the past few years, anarchism has emerged as one of the most compelling currents within today's anti-capitalist milieu. With its emphasis on participation and prefigurative politics, anarchism has contributed to diverse experiments in horizontal organization as well as social power, alongside or in solidarity with a variety of anti-authoritarian movements worldwide. It has also brought a refreshing wave of utopian thinking to a tired Left. And perhaps for the first time in its own history, anarchism is all that much more relevant and even workable in this era, variously labeled the network society, the information age, or simply globalization. This talk will explore the outlines of what's been called "the new anarchism," including whether it's new at all, against the backdrop of the present moment, in an attempt to capture some of the vibrancy and even innovations of - and tensions within - contemporary anarchism.
Anarchism and the Environment
Talk by local activists
Sunday, Nov 11 at Noon
Jack Purcell Community Centre
320 Jack Purcell Lane
off Elgin near Gilmour
Pay What You Can
Wheelchair Accessible
Child -friendly
Contact: a_ottawa@mutualaid.org
http://adg.roadnetwork.org
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The Anarchist Discussion Group meets every second Sunday afternoon. We are local Ottawa activists and community members who share an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist viewpoint. We are involved in diverse struggles and believe in the importance of maintaining a link between theory and practice. Discussions are based on readings, presentations or short films. If there are readings, they are optional and
will be summarized at the beginning of the discussion.
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Saw this at the Montreal
Saw this at the Montreal Bookfair - it's quite a good discussion she gives of how old anarchists said all anarchists were socialists but not all socialists are anarchists and now the new anarchists have sort of eliminated that minimum cause of agreement and have quite a weak understanding of capitalism as a social relation, but they bring tremendous knowledge of specific social fissures such as sexuality and race with them into the movement - so we should try have a dialogue to mutual benefit. She also bigs up David Harvey who writes of geography in the space of neo-liberalism and the various academic currents that focus on networks and horizontalism that could add a real feather to our movement theory.