Anarchist Discussion Group

The anarchist discussion group meeting again! We normally meet on Sundays at the infoshop.

Spring 2008 Outline

Sunday, April 13, 2008 – Anarchism & Culture: The Punk Movement

Readings

Anarcho-punk
Interview with Crass (1984)
The Philosophy Of Punk: More Than Noise, Craig O'Hara, AK Press.
All The Power: Revolution Without Illusions, Mark Andersen, Akashic.
The Day The Country Died: A History Of Anarcho Punk 1980-1984, Ian Glasper, Cherry Red Records.
The Story of Crass, George Berger, Omnibus Press.
Musicians and bands: Crass, Chumbawamba

Sunday, April 20, 2008 – Anarchism & Culture: Anarchism and the Visual Arts

Anarchism and the arts
Allan Antliff, Anarchist Modernism: Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde (University of Chicago Press, 2001)
Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland (editors), Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority (AK Press, 2007)
Antliff, Allan (2007). Anarchy and Art. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 1551522187.
Richard Kempton. Provo: Amsterdam's Anarchist Revolt, Autonomedia, 2007.
Ron Sakolsky. Creating Anarchy. Fifth Estate Books, 2005.
Franklin Rosemont. Dancin' In The Streets!: Anarchists, IWWs, Surrealists, Situationists & Provos In The 1960s. Charles H Kerr, 2005.
Herbert Read: To Hell With Culture: And Other Essays On Art And Society. Routledge, 2003.
Paul Garon (Editor), Penelope Rosemont (Editor), and Franklin Rosemont (Editor). The Forecast Is Hot!: Tracts & Other Collective Declarations Of The Surrealist Movement In The United States 1966-1976. Black Swan, 1997.
Stewart Home. Neoism, Plagiarism And Praxis. AK Press, 1996.
Franklin Rosemont (Editor). Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion . Black Swan, 1989.
"Tactical Ice Cream Unit art truck shares treats and thoughts with willing patrons" - Kansas City Star, 2005.
"Bomb the System: An Interview with Anarchist Graffiti Project, Not My Government." Modesto Anarcho #4 (Infoshop News)
"The Politics of Aesthetic Harmony: Neo-Impressionism, Science, and Anarchism." Robyn S. Roslak. The Art Bulletin, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 381-390
Cubism, Futurism, Anarchism: The 'Aestheticism' of the "Action d'art" Group, 1906-1920. Mark Antliff, Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1998), pp. 101-120.
Center for Tactical Magic
Artists: Beehive Collective, Eric Drooker, Mike Flugennock, Seth Tobocman, Freddie Baer, Artnoose, Alan Moore, and Mark Rothko
Critics: Herbert Read

Sunday, April 27, 2008 – No meeting.

Sunday, May 4, 2008 – Field Trip to the Nelson Atkins Museum

Sunday, May 11, 2008 – Anarchism & Situationism

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Movie: "The Trap"

Sunday, May 18, 2008 - No meeting (conference in Lawrence)

Sunday, May 25, 2008 – Anarchism & Culture: Anarchism and Film

Fall 2007 Outline

Sunday, September 23, 2007 – Intro to Anarchism

An Introduction to Anarchism, by Liz A. Highleyman
Twelve Myths About Direct Action by CrimethInc. Workers' Collective (http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/twelvemyths.php)

September 30 – Intro to Anarchism

An Introduction to Anarchism, by Liz A. Highleyman
What is anarchism? from An Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secA1.html)

October 14 – Intro to Anarchism – What is Libertarianism?

Libertarianism: Bogus Anarchy by Peter Sabatini
Vulgar libertarianism, Kevin Carson (http://www.infoshop.org/wiki/Vulgar_libertarianism)
Why is anarchism also called libertarian socialism? from An Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secA1.html#seca13)
Why are anarchists against the state? from An Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secB2.html)

October 21 – Intro to Anarchism - Politics

Your Politics Are Boring As Fuck by Nadia C. (http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/selected/asfuck.php)
As We See It! By Jason McQuinn and C.A.L.

October 28 – Intro to Anarchism – Anarcho-communism

Communism: What's In A Word? (http://struggle.ws/wsm/rbr/rbr10/communism.html)
Anarchist Communism: Its Basis and Principles (http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_archives/kropotkin/revpamphlets/anarchistcommunism.html)

November 4 – Anarchism & animal rights

“Animal Liberation Through Trade Unions?” No Compromise. (http://www.nocompromise.org/issues/15/15anmllib_tunions.html)
“Animal Liberation and Anarchism”

November 11 – “Anarchy Day”

Anarchist activism in New Orleans w/ Jamie “Bork” Loughner, Common Ground Clinics.

November 18 – Religion and Anarchism

"Catholic Worker positions" by Dorothy Day
Are there religious anarchists? from An Anarchist FAQ (http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secA3.html#seca37)
Taoism and Anarchy by Mark Gillespie (http://www.strike-the-root.com/3/gillespie/gillespie1.html)

November 25

No meeting

December 2 - Talking about one book

Getting Free - by James Herod

December 9 - Talking about one book