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DESCRIPTION:Friday October 31st - “Deconstructing Settler Socialism - Anarchism and 
 the Internationals in the Wild West” (Published by Historical Seditions) 
 - author book talk and Q&A at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave (in downtown Santa 
 Cruz).\n\n“Historical Seditions is excited to release our first original 
 book based on over five years of original research ranging from archives to 
 historic newspapers: "Deconstructing Settler Socialism."\n\nDive deep into 
 the 19th century origins of anarchism and communism amid the genocidal 
 settler colonial context of the "wild west." The book's focal point is the 
 uncomfortable legacy of local sections of the International Workingmen's 
 Association (aka the "First International") and a home-grown West Coast 
 revival International that emerged a decade following the (in)famous split 
 between Marx and Bakunin. Geographically, much of the story is split 
 between San Francisco and the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest but 
 expands to encompass broader "Western North America" from Sacramento and 
 Eureka in California to Denver and Rock Springs, WY in the Mountain West, 
 to British Columbia in the North and Sinaloa, MX to the South, tying in 
 global connections across both the Pacific and Atlantic. Critical light is 
 shed on the history of "cooperative colony" land projects amid ongoing 
 Indigenous land theft and the foundational role anti-Chinese racism played 
 in constructing a white settler labor movement. \nTopple your idols, 
 question how we might destroy leviathan itself rather than simply demanding 
 a rank-and-file democratization of the spoils of 
 colonization.”\n\nDuration: approx. 1 hour talk on the book and research 
 itself, with half hour or more afterwards for Q&A and discussion\n\nFree at 
 the door! Books will be for sale // 6pm // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) 
 space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each 
 other!\n\n—@@@@@—\n\nSubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community 
 space - Let’s create together the world(s) we want to live in now. 
 @subrosa_space\n\nAnd SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center at 703 
 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz - a constellation of projects - since 
 1994! More about the Hub is at linktree in bio @santacruzhub\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/30/18880354.php
SUMMARY:"Deconstructing Settler Socialism - Anarchism and the Internationals in the Wild West" - Author Talk
LOCATION:SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/30/18880354.php
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