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”
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
Getting Free - by James Herod