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For a California Anarchist Gathering in 2004!
Through the "California Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian Yellow Pages", we are hoping to put together a Anarchist Conference/Gathering in 2004, representing all tendencies, and with spreakers, workshops, and other events worth traveling for!
For a California Anarchist Gathering in 2004!
Hello,
This is a copy of the email that was created for a couple of purposes. It came together while creating a large list of all anarchist groups, collectives, and anti-authoritarian projects in this state. The emails that have been compiled are the result of that list, and with this list we hope that you can use to further your networking, and also to find new contacts for events, and projects. Beyond networking, we are hoping that through this email list, we can create a large anarchist/anti-authoritarian gathering sometime next year, (after the SF Anarchist Book Fair, possibly in summer), covering topics relating to our movement, and covering information worth traveling far and wide for.
Ideas Include: FTAA Report Back, APOC Conference Report, John Zerzan Speaking?, Cascadia Media Collective Workshop, Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty Tactics, Black Blocs, Next Step?, Earth First in Orange County, Class War Prisoners, Food Not Bombs Struggles, Re-Wilding ala Primitivist, Starting a Union via IWW, A West Coast NEFAC?, Building a Website, ect.
As well as...
We also hope to have a website up and running that will include message boards, and an Indymedia type of news posting system, and message boards. We hope to create a space for California Anarchists/Anti-Authoritarians to come together and share news about events, so we can make it easier for ourselves to try and organize.
About this listing...
Firstly this listing is comprised of lots of different kinds of groups. From anarchist collectives like DAAA, and Bay Area Anarchists, to anti-authoritarian groups like Food Not Bombs, Anti-Racist Action, and Critical Mass, and also publications and organizations like AK Press, No Compromise, and Killing King Abacus.
We will see where this takes us. Please email us back with your ideas about creating a Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian gathering/conference in 2004, and creating some sort of online Infoshop to help organize and network.
Thank you !
modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
CALIFORNIA ANARCHIST/ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN YELLOW PAGES:
ANAHEIM:
Anaheim Food Not Bombs: Anaheim Food Not Bombs Meets Every Saturday at 12 noon in La Palma Park, located on the corner of La Palma and Harbor Blvd. Feel free to come and cook and eat with us.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/afnb714/
Email - AFNB714 [at] yahoo.com
BAKERSFIELD:
Food Not Bombs: The group meets to distribute food on Sundays at noon at Central Park in downtown Bakersfield. Go to website for map.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/bakproactnet/foodnotbombs.html
Call - 327-4593
BERKELEY:
Food Not Bombs: Berkeley Food Not Bombs meets in the Long Haul Infoshop, and feeds in Tower Park.
Web - http://www.bapd.org/gfotbs-1.html
Email - ebfnb [at] ebfnb.org
Call - (510) 644-4187
Long Haul Infoshop: The Long Haul Anarchist Infoshop puts on events, holds study groups, and serves as the meeting place for many anarchist groups. Also has an reading library, and autonomous zone.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/
Phone - (510) 540-0751
Slingshot: One of the Bay Areas best anarchist papers. Covers local events, anarchist opinion, and vegan recipes. Contibutions to the newspaper are welcome.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/ (view bottom of page, hyperlink Slingshot)
Email - slingshot [at] tao.ca
Anarchist Study Group: Anarchist study group that meets at the InfoShop, and also webstie home of the Bay Area based Anarcho-communist group.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/
Beuru of Public Secrets: Situationist Distro and resource center.
Web - http://www.bopsecrets.org/
Email - knabb [at] slip.net
Write - PO Box 1044, Berkeley, CA 94701
Copwatch: Organization watching cops, and documenting harassment and mistreatment.
Web - http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/
Call - (510) 548-0425
Berkley Critical Mass: Celebrate clean transportation over fossil fuels in an anarchist takeover of the streets.
Web - http://www.berkeleycriticalmass.org/
Bay Area Anti-Racist Action: Miliant Anti-Racist nework to oppose the organizing of racists.
Email - arabay [at] ureach.com
Call - (877) 289-7300 ext. 730
Write - c/o the Law Offices of Larry Hildes
1840 WoolseySt., Berkeley, CA 94703
Barrington Collective: Web site linking Berkeley anarchist collectives together. Offers links to co-op housing, Food Not Bombs events, and other anarchist happenings. Good site.
Web - http://barringtoncollective.org/
Email - contact [at] barringtoncollective.org
BOLINAS:
Food Not Bombs: Email for info and feed time.
Email - mdmuir [at] pacbell.net
Call - (415)868-0817
BUELTON:
Anti Racist Action: Email for more info.
Email - ar_action [at] hotmail.com
Write - PO Box 940, Buelton, California 93427, USA
CHICO:
Food Not Bombs: Food Not Bombs feeds at different parks throughout Chico, go to the Chico Peace Page for times and places.
Web - http://www.csuchico.edu/psu/calendar.html
CLAREMONT:
Anarchy Achieves: Online collective of classic anarcho-syndicalists and anarcho-communist texts. From Emma, to Chomsky, to Kropotkin.
Web - http://anarchyarchives.org
CORONA:
Corona Food Not Bombs: Serves every Saturday at the City Park, 1pm, on 6th Street.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/socalfnb/corona.html
Email - CoronaFNB [at] hotmail.com
COSTA MESA:
Costa Mesa Food Not Bombs: Looking to start up: Will cook Wednesdays at 2:30pm.
Email - mindteaseiam [at] yahoo.com
DAVIS:
Food Not Bombs: Central Park at the big tree, Sundays at 12:30, email for more info.
Email - davisfoodnotbombs [at] hotmail.com
Write - P.O. Box 72287, Davis CA 95617
FRESNO:
Food Not Bombs: Fresno FNB has two groups, that feed at different times throughout the week.
Web - http://www.fresnoalliance.com/FNB/
Web - http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/fnb/
CVAC (Central Valley Anarchist Collectives): Anarchist Collective that does Food Not Bombs, outreach, and organizes for protests.
Email - cvac [at] riseup.net
FORT BRAGG:
Food Not Bombs: More info unavailable.
Write - c/o Gabrial Vallejos, 544-1/2 No. Mcphersoal Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
HEALDSBURG:
Anarcho-Punk Federation: APF is a federation of active anarchist punks. Email for more info.
Email - policest [at] aol.com
LONG BEACH:
Raise the Fist!: Anarchist, anti-capitalist, and radical news website formally run by political prisoner Sherman Austin. Homebase for Sherman Austin's defense fund as well.
Web - http://www.raisethefist.com
LA:
Anarchist Black Cross Federation: Gives help and support to prisoners and families of class war soldiers. *
Write - PO Box 3671, Anaheim, California 92803-3671
Anti-Racist Action: Write to for more info. *
Write - PO Box 1055, Culver City, CA 90232
People Against Racial Terror (PART): Newspaper put out by Anti-Racist Action. Good for distro.
Web - http://www.antiracist.org/
Email - part2001 [at] usa.net
Indymedia Center: LA Independent Media Center. *
Web - http://la.indymedia.org
Luna Sol Café: Vegetarian Café: Bands play there, works as an info shop, and meeting place fore radical groups. Looking for new location, aka needs help!
Web - http://www.lunatierrasol.com/ , see also http://www.lunatierrasol.com/newsite/
Email - lunasol [at] lunatierrasol.com
Call - (213)380-4754
MENDOCINO:
Food Not Bombs: More info unavailable. *
Call - 707-964-4758
Write - c/o Daniel & Eric, P.O. Box 2083, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
MODESTO:
Food Not Bombs/Mutual Aid: Food Not Bombs serves on Sundays and Tuesday. Sunday at 17th, and G St., Tower Park 4pm. Tuesdays, last two of the month 5pm, Graceada Park, Needham St. Mutual Aid is a free clothes program like Food Not Bombs, gives away clothes first two Fridays of the month. Robertson and Sutter road, 5pm.
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians (DAAA): Anarchist Collective involved in Food Not Bombs, Mutual Aid, Homeless Activism, Animal Liberation, and other issues. They put on events, film showings, teach-ins, and other events.
Web - http://www.81x.com/modanarcho/DAAA
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
Northern Californian Anti-Authoritarian: DAAA Newszine about DAAA happenings, news, and upcoming events. Looking from writers.
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
MONTEREY:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - montereyFNB [at] earthling.net
OAKLAND:
Ak Press: Large distrubuter of anarcho-syndicalist, anarcho communist, situationist, progressive, and radical books, zines, and other items. They also do talks, teach-ins, and film-showings.
Web - http://www.akpress.com
Email - info [at] akpress.org
RACE (Revolutionary Anti-Authoritarians of Color): Collective of Anti-Authoritarians and Anachists of color.
Web - http://passionbomb.com/race/
Email - race [at] riseup.net
ONTARIO:
Ontario Food Not Bombs: Sundays at 4:00pm, and Fridays at 6:00 pm at City Hall (C and Lemon).
Web - http://beam.to/fnb
Email - ontariofnb [at] yahoo.com
Call - (909)262-4468
OXNARD:
Oxnard Food Not Bombs: Saturdays @ 3 at Colonia Park.
Email - soyoxnard [at] hotmail.com
PENINSULA:
Critical Mass: Critial Mass from Peninsula.
Web - http://home.earthlink.net/~daniweber/
Email - daniweber [at] earthlink.net
PETALUMA:
Food Not Bombs: Walnut Park (Petaluma Blvd. and D Street) Saturdays at 5pm.
Email - FNBPetaluma [at] hotmail.com
POMONA:
Pomona Food Not Bombs: Cooks every Sunday at 997 Bradford St. in Pomona at 1 pm. Serves food at 5 pm in "Old Man's Park" on the cross streets of Rebecca and Second St..
Web - http://beam.to/fnb
Email - fnbpomona [at] planet-save.com
Call - (909) 469-5100
REDDING:
Food Not Bombs: Tue-Sun.at 4pm in Library Park on corner of Placer and California St.
Web - http://www.latona.us
Email - violetrdg [at] hotmail.com
Latona Subversive Artists Collective: Engages in Critical Mass, Food Not Bombs, animal liberation events, and other community based anarchist activism.
Web - http://www.latona.us/
Email - robotdemento [at] charter.net
Critical Mass: On the First Saturday of Every Month, at Library park, south of the downtown bus depot behind the Lorenze Hotel (where MarketFest Happens).
Web - http://www.latona.us/
Email - ReddingCriticalMass [at] hotmail.com
REDLANDS:
Food Not Bombs: Meets Sundays by Wherehouse off of Orange St. in Redlands.
Email - spongemagazine [at] webtv.net
Call - (909)514-6287
RIVERSIDE:
Food Not Bombs: Downtown Riverside/White Park on Saturday afternoons.
Email - foodnotbombs909 [at] yahoo.com
Renaissance Bookshop: Has lots of anarchist, and radical books.
Web - http://www.abe.com/home/renbookshop
Email - renbook [at] earthlink.net
Call - (909)369-8843
RUNNING SPRINGS:
Green Chaos Collective: Online database for anarcho punks, vegans, and the southern California anarchist scene.
Web - http://greenchaos.worldwidepunks.com
Email - greenchaos [at] worldwidepunks.com
SACRAMENTO:
Food Not Bombs: Now serving every Sunday and Wednesday at Cesar Chavez Park (10th & I Streets) Sundays at 1:30, Wednesdays at 4:00.
Web - http://home.pacbell.net/cicada3/fnb.htm
Email - sacfoodnotbombs [at] aol.com
Save the Garden Collective: Collective to save a community garden of free/green space, and a Food Not Bombs community garden.
Web - http://www.savethegarden.org/
Email #12539;savethegarden [at] yahoo.com
SAN DIEGO:
San Diego Anarchist Black Cross (Network): Please contact us for information on the new San Diego Anarchist Black Cross (Autonomous Chapter). If you are interested in joining us in our endeavors to free/facilitate political prisoners, please refer to the contact info below.
Web - http://www.anarchistfreethink.org/sdabc/main.html
Email - ABC [at] AnarchistFreethink.org
Write - San Diego Anarchist Black Cross, PO BOX 12423, San Diego, CA 92112-3423
San Diego Food Not Bombs: Our San Diego chapter of Food Not Bombs meets to cook vegetarian food Sundays around 11:00am at the Che Cafe, which is located on UCSD campus. If you'd like to volunteer, please call the Che first around 11:15am so that you don't show up to nobody being there.
Web - http://www.sdfnb.org/
Email - info [at] sdfnb.org
Call - (Che') 858/534-2311
(North Country Chapter):
Sundays at 5:30 pm - meeting - call for info
phone: (760)-643-1734
North Country Food Not Bombs - http://foodnotbombsnorthco.tripod.com/
San Diego Pirate Radio Station: Free Radio San Diego: Free Radio San Diego, 96.9. Radical and Pirate Radio.
Web - http://www.pirate969.org/
Email - freeradiosandiego [at] hushmail.com
Che' Cafe', Infoshop/Activist Center: A worker and student owned and controlled radical infoshop, Food Not Bombs kitchen, punk/music concert hall, and general staging point for anti-capitalist resistance in San Diego. Also includes a very excellent zine and radical libarary, and amazing garden!
Web - http://checafe.ucsd.edu/
Email - che [at] checafe.ucsd.edu
Booking email (for bands) - events [at] checafe.ucsd.edu
Compassion for Farm Animals: Animal Liberation and Vegan outreach group. Does vegan feed ins, ALF teach-ins, educational events from and anti-capitalist, and animal liberation perspective.
Web - http://www.vegsandiego.com/
Email - info [at] vegsandiego.com
Call - 619.283.7721
San Diego Indymedia Center: Regular collective meetings, and radical media.
Web - http://sandiego.indymedia.org
SAN FERNADO VALLEY:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays @ 1:00 PM at the Valley Village Park in North Hollywood on Tujunga Ave, between Riverside Drive and Magnolia Blvd., across from the YMCA.
Email - sfvfnb [at] yahoo.com
Call - (818)728-0879
SAN FRANCISCO:
Food Not Bombs: Lunch, every Monday at 1:00 pm, at
Haight St. and Stanyan St., at Golden Gate Park. Dinner, every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at U.N. Plaza, on Market Street at 7th Street.
Web - http://www.sffoodnotbombs.org/
Email - sffnb [at] tao.ca
Call - (415) 675-9928
Art and Revolution: Creates revolutionary art and puppets for protests and demos.
Web - http://artandrevolution.org/bayarea/
Email - bayarea [at] artandrevolution.org
San Fransico Independent Media Center: Indymedia center for the Bay Area. One of the most respected in the indymedia network.
Web - http://www.indybay.org *
Anarcho-Punk Federation: Email for more info.
Email - anokandpeace1984 [at] YAHOO.COM
Girl Army: Women's Self Defense Training Collective and Program.
Web - http://www.girlarmy.org/
Call - (415)835-4728
Critical Mass: The San Francisco ride begins at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of the month at the Embarcadero BART station at the foot of Market Street, and features several hundred riders.
Web - http://www.indybay.org
Listserve - http://bapd.org/gcrass-1.html
Bikes Not Bombs: EVERY BUSINESS DAY until the war has been stopped! San Francisco: 5:00 PM Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART)
Web - http://www.bikesnotbombs.net/
Email - info [at] bikesnotbombs.net
No Compromise: Militant Direct Action Journal of Animal Liberationists and their supports, also covers animal rights news, security culture, and earth liberation topics.
Web – http://www.nocompromise.org
Email – nc-info [at] nocompromise.org
Bound Together Anarchist Book Store: Open 7-days a week, meeting space for collectives, has zines (anarcho-communist, alf, primitivist), books, and videos.
Web - http://www.boundtogether.org/
Call - (415)431-8355
Write (or go to!) - 1369 Haight St (at Masonic), San Francisco, CA 94117 *
Biotic Baking Brigade: Anarchist collective that goes out and (organically and veganally) pies capitalist, evil doers, and others in a direct action of sweetness!
Web - http://bioticbakingbrigade.org
Email - bbb [at] bioticbakingbrigade.org
Industrial Workers of the World: Syndicalism Lives!
Call - (415)863-WOBS
Write - 2940 16th St, Suite 216, SF
Emma Goldman Papers: Group dedicated to furthering Emma's work.
Email - emma [at] uclink.berkeley.edu
Write - University of California, 2372 Ellsworth St, Berkeley, CA 94720
Homes Not Jails: Group working with homeless people on housing issues, squatting, ect.
Web - http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html
Email - hnj [at] sftu.org
Call - (415) 282-5525
SF Reclaim the Streets: Reclaim your life, reclaim public space, reclaim the streets!
Web - http://guest.xinet.com/rts/
Email - rts_eastbay [at] yahoo.com
Call - (415) 820-9658
Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition (ARDAC): Animal Liberation collective that does protests, outreach, tabling, and events.
Web - http://www.bapd.org/gancon-1.html
Email - info [at] ardac.org
Anti-Militarist Anarchists: Collection of anti-militarist anarchists, and anarchist veterans of wars. Meetings are every Monday at 7:00pm at the Long Haul Infoshop, near Ashby Bart Station in Berkeley.
Web - http://www.autonomi.net/ama/
Call - 1-866-857-5291
SAN JOSE:
Food Not Bombs: Meets every Friday night from 2:00 until about 6 pm. The cookings are at CHAM 80 S. Fifth Street San Jose (We serve in different locations every week so please contact us if you're interested).
Web - http://sjfoodnotbombs.does.it
Email - foodnotbombs_sj [at] yahoo.com
Call - (408)314-6669
SAN LUIS OBISPO:
Food Not Bombs: Second and Fourth Sunday of every month, at Mitchell park on the corner of Osos and Pismo St., from 3-6pm.
Email - fnbslo [at] hotmail.com
SANTA ANA:
Food Not Bombs: Civic Center on Ross & Civic Center (on the lawn across from the library) Sundays at 4pm. Active with protests, and puts on benefit shows.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/safnb/new
Email - safnb [at] yahoo.com (Kim)
Earth First!: Earth First! Collective to be forming in Orange County area in the start of the new year (2004).
Web - http://www.ocproject.org/earthfirst/
SANTA BARBARA:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays at the Santa Barbara Downtown Public Library, South Lawn from 4pm-5:30pm.
Web - http://www.sbfnb.org/
Email - info [at] sbfnb.org
Call – (805)685-9678 (Dave LaDelfa)
RAWA Supporters of Santa Barbra: RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.
Email - sbrawa [at] aol.com
Santa Barbara IWW: Meets monthly, organizes around labor issues.
Web -http://www.iww.org/santabarbara/
Email - sbgmb [at] iww.org
SANTA CRUZ:
Food Not Bombs: Wednesdays 4:00 by Pacific Ave. behind Taqueria Vallarta near the Farmer's Market. Saturdays 2:30 at the clock tower at end of Pacific Ave.\
Web - http://www.geocities.com/santacruzfnb/
Email - santacruzfnb [at] yahoo.com
Earth First!: No compromise in defense of Mother Earth in Santa Cruz! Organizes, does events, and tables.
Web - http://members.cruzio.com/%7Ecruzef/
Email – cruzef [at] cruzio.com
Indymedia Center: Independent Media Center of Santa Cruz.
Web - http://santacruz.indymedia.org/
Pirate Radio, Santa Cruz: 96.3 FM. Radical news, and also independent music.
Web - http://www.freakradio.org/
Listen – 96.3 FM
Aporia: Anarchist and anti-state communist journal of opinion and tactics.
Web - http://aporiajournal.tripod.com
Email - aporiajournal [at] hotmail.com
Killing King Abacus: Anti-Authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and autonomist zine, and online news sourse.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/
SANTA MONICA:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - davidbusch [at] usa.net
Call – (310)389-7446
SANTA ROSA:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - fifteen62470 [at] earthlink.net
Write - 1275 4th St. #373, Santa Rosa CA 95404
Free Mind Media Guild: Radical Group that tables, and organizes for protests.
Web - http://www.fmmg.org
Email - laidoff [at] sonic.net
SIMI VALLEY:
Anarcho Punk Federation: Email for more info.
Email - autonomy82 [at] aol.com
SOUTH BAY:
South Bay Food Not Bombs: No longer serving, but helping out with other Food Not Bombs Chapters.
Web - http://home.earthlink.net/~sbfnb
phone - (310) 543-5081
email - sbfnb [at] earthlink.net
SOUTHERN HUMBOLT:
Food Not Bombs: Contact for more info.
Call – (707)268-9118
Write - c/o Ned Bob , PO box 427, Whitethorn, CA 95589
TURLOCK:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays at 5pm, Central Park, by the Commerce Building.
Email - normalynne [at] hotmail.com
UKIAH:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - mec [at] pacific.net
VALLEJO:
Food Not Bombs: Write for more info.
Write - Paul Winders, PO Box 7923, Vallejo CA 94590
VENICE:
Food Not Bombs: Call for more info.
Call - (918)353-4541
Hello,
This is a copy of the email that was created for a couple of purposes. It came together while creating a large list of all anarchist groups, collectives, and anti-authoritarian projects in this state. The emails that have been compiled are the result of that list, and with this list we hope that you can use to further your networking, and also to find new contacts for events, and projects. Beyond networking, we are hoping that through this email list, we can create a large anarchist/anti-authoritarian gathering sometime next year, (after the SF Anarchist Book Fair, possibly in summer), covering topics relating to our movement, and covering information worth traveling far and wide for.
Ideas Include: FTAA Report Back, APOC Conference Report, John Zerzan Speaking?, Cascadia Media Collective Workshop, Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty Tactics, Black Blocs, Next Step?, Earth First in Orange County, Class War Prisoners, Food Not Bombs Struggles, Re-Wilding ala Primitivist, Starting a Union via IWW, A West Coast NEFAC?, Building a Website, ect.
As well as...
We also hope to have a website up and running that will include message boards, and an Indymedia type of news posting system, and message boards. We hope to create a space for California Anarchists/Anti-Authoritarians to come together and share news about events, so we can make it easier for ourselves to try and organize.
About this listing...
Firstly this listing is comprised of lots of different kinds of groups. From anarchist collectives like DAAA, and Bay Area Anarchists, to anti-authoritarian groups like Food Not Bombs, Anti-Racist Action, and Critical Mass, and also publications and organizations like AK Press, No Compromise, and Killing King Abacus.
We will see where this takes us. Please email us back with your ideas about creating a Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian gathering/conference in 2004, and creating some sort of online Infoshop to help organize and network.
Thank you !
modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
CALIFORNIA ANARCHIST/ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN YELLOW PAGES:
ANAHEIM:
Anaheim Food Not Bombs: Anaheim Food Not Bombs Meets Every Saturday at 12 noon in La Palma Park, located on the corner of La Palma and Harbor Blvd. Feel free to come and cook and eat with us.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/afnb714/
Email - AFNB714 [at] yahoo.com
BAKERSFIELD:
Food Not Bombs: The group meets to distribute food on Sundays at noon at Central Park in downtown Bakersfield. Go to website for map.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/bakproactnet/foodnotbombs.html
Call - 327-4593
BERKELEY:
Food Not Bombs: Berkeley Food Not Bombs meets in the Long Haul Infoshop, and feeds in Tower Park.
Web - http://www.bapd.org/gfotbs-1.html
Email - ebfnb [at] ebfnb.org
Call - (510) 644-4187
Long Haul Infoshop: The Long Haul Anarchist Infoshop puts on events, holds study groups, and serves as the meeting place for many anarchist groups. Also has an reading library, and autonomous zone.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/
Phone - (510) 540-0751
Slingshot: One of the Bay Areas best anarchist papers. Covers local events, anarchist opinion, and vegan recipes. Contibutions to the newspaper are welcome.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/ (view bottom of page, hyperlink Slingshot)
Email - slingshot [at] tao.ca
Anarchist Study Group: Anarchist study group that meets at the InfoShop, and also webstie home of the Bay Area based Anarcho-communist group.
Web - http://www.thelonghaul.org/
Beuru of Public Secrets: Situationist Distro and resource center.
Web - http://www.bopsecrets.org/
Email - knabb [at] slip.net
Write - PO Box 1044, Berkeley, CA 94701
Copwatch: Organization watching cops, and documenting harassment and mistreatment.
Web - http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/
Call - (510) 548-0425
Berkley Critical Mass: Celebrate clean transportation over fossil fuels in an anarchist takeover of the streets.
Web - http://www.berkeleycriticalmass.org/
Bay Area Anti-Racist Action: Miliant Anti-Racist nework to oppose the organizing of racists.
Email - arabay [at] ureach.com
Call - (877) 289-7300 ext. 730
Write - c/o the Law Offices of Larry Hildes
1840 WoolseySt., Berkeley, CA 94703
Barrington Collective: Web site linking Berkeley anarchist collectives together. Offers links to co-op housing, Food Not Bombs events, and other anarchist happenings. Good site.
Web - http://barringtoncollective.org/
Email - contact [at] barringtoncollective.org
BOLINAS:
Food Not Bombs: Email for info and feed time.
Email - mdmuir [at] pacbell.net
Call - (415)868-0817
BUELTON:
Anti Racist Action: Email for more info.
Email - ar_action [at] hotmail.com
Write - PO Box 940, Buelton, California 93427, USA
CHICO:
Food Not Bombs: Food Not Bombs feeds at different parks throughout Chico, go to the Chico Peace Page for times and places.
Web - http://www.csuchico.edu/psu/calendar.html
CLAREMONT:
Anarchy Achieves: Online collective of classic anarcho-syndicalists and anarcho-communist texts. From Emma, to Chomsky, to Kropotkin.
Web - http://anarchyarchives.org
CORONA:
Corona Food Not Bombs: Serves every Saturday at the City Park, 1pm, on 6th Street.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/socalfnb/corona.html
Email - CoronaFNB [at] hotmail.com
COSTA MESA:
Costa Mesa Food Not Bombs: Looking to start up: Will cook Wednesdays at 2:30pm.
Email - mindteaseiam [at] yahoo.com
DAVIS:
Food Not Bombs: Central Park at the big tree, Sundays at 12:30, email for more info.
Email - davisfoodnotbombs [at] hotmail.com
Write - P.O. Box 72287, Davis CA 95617
FRESNO:
Food Not Bombs: Fresno FNB has two groups, that feed at different times throughout the week.
Web - http://www.fresnoalliance.com/FNB/
Web - http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/fnb/
CVAC (Central Valley Anarchist Collectives): Anarchist Collective that does Food Not Bombs, outreach, and organizes for protests.
Email - cvac [at] riseup.net
FORT BRAGG:
Food Not Bombs: More info unavailable.
Write - c/o Gabrial Vallejos, 544-1/2 No. Mcphersoal Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
HEALDSBURG:
Anarcho-Punk Federation: APF is a federation of active anarchist punks. Email for more info.
Email - policest [at] aol.com
LONG BEACH:
Raise the Fist!: Anarchist, anti-capitalist, and radical news website formally run by political prisoner Sherman Austin. Homebase for Sherman Austin's defense fund as well.
Web - http://www.raisethefist.com
LA:
Anarchist Black Cross Federation: Gives help and support to prisoners and families of class war soldiers. *
Write - PO Box 3671, Anaheim, California 92803-3671
Anti-Racist Action: Write to for more info. *
Write - PO Box 1055, Culver City, CA 90232
People Against Racial Terror (PART): Newspaper put out by Anti-Racist Action. Good for distro.
Web - http://www.antiracist.org/
Email - part2001 [at] usa.net
Indymedia Center: LA Independent Media Center. *
Web - http://la.indymedia.org
Luna Sol Café: Vegetarian Café: Bands play there, works as an info shop, and meeting place fore radical groups. Looking for new location, aka needs help!
Web - http://www.lunatierrasol.com/ , see also http://www.lunatierrasol.com/newsite/
Email - lunasol [at] lunatierrasol.com
Call - (213)380-4754
MENDOCINO:
Food Not Bombs: More info unavailable. *
Call - 707-964-4758
Write - c/o Daniel & Eric, P.O. Box 2083, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
MODESTO:
Food Not Bombs/Mutual Aid: Food Not Bombs serves on Sundays and Tuesday. Sunday at 17th, and G St., Tower Park 4pm. Tuesdays, last two of the month 5pm, Graceada Park, Needham St. Mutual Aid is a free clothes program like Food Not Bombs, gives away clothes first two Fridays of the month. Robertson and Sutter road, 5pm.
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians (DAAA): Anarchist Collective involved in Food Not Bombs, Mutual Aid, Homeless Activism, Animal Liberation, and other issues. They put on events, film showings, teach-ins, and other events.
Web - http://www.81x.com/modanarcho/DAAA
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
Northern Californian Anti-Authoritarian: DAAA Newszine about DAAA happenings, news, and upcoming events. Looking from writers.
Email - modanarcho [at] yahoo.com
MONTEREY:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - montereyFNB [at] earthling.net
OAKLAND:
Ak Press: Large distrubuter of anarcho-syndicalist, anarcho communist, situationist, progressive, and radical books, zines, and other items. They also do talks, teach-ins, and film-showings.
Web - http://www.akpress.com
Email - info [at] akpress.org
RACE (Revolutionary Anti-Authoritarians of Color): Collective of Anti-Authoritarians and Anachists of color.
Web - http://passionbomb.com/race/
Email - race [at] riseup.net
ONTARIO:
Ontario Food Not Bombs: Sundays at 4:00pm, and Fridays at 6:00 pm at City Hall (C and Lemon).
Web - http://beam.to/fnb
Email - ontariofnb [at] yahoo.com
Call - (909)262-4468
OXNARD:
Oxnard Food Not Bombs: Saturdays @ 3 at Colonia Park.
Email - soyoxnard [at] hotmail.com
PENINSULA:
Critical Mass: Critial Mass from Peninsula.
Web - http://home.earthlink.net/~daniweber/
Email - daniweber [at] earthlink.net
PETALUMA:
Food Not Bombs: Walnut Park (Petaluma Blvd. and D Street) Saturdays at 5pm.
Email - FNBPetaluma [at] hotmail.com
POMONA:
Pomona Food Not Bombs: Cooks every Sunday at 997 Bradford St. in Pomona at 1 pm. Serves food at 5 pm in "Old Man's Park" on the cross streets of Rebecca and Second St..
Web - http://beam.to/fnb
Email - fnbpomona [at] planet-save.com
Call - (909) 469-5100
REDDING:
Food Not Bombs: Tue-Sun.at 4pm in Library Park on corner of Placer and California St.
Web - http://www.latona.us
Email - violetrdg [at] hotmail.com
Latona Subversive Artists Collective: Engages in Critical Mass, Food Not Bombs, animal liberation events, and other community based anarchist activism.
Web - http://www.latona.us/
Email - robotdemento [at] charter.net
Critical Mass: On the First Saturday of Every Month, at Library park, south of the downtown bus depot behind the Lorenze Hotel (where MarketFest Happens).
Web - http://www.latona.us/
Email - ReddingCriticalMass [at] hotmail.com
REDLANDS:
Food Not Bombs: Meets Sundays by Wherehouse off of Orange St. in Redlands.
Email - spongemagazine [at] webtv.net
Call - (909)514-6287
RIVERSIDE:
Food Not Bombs: Downtown Riverside/White Park on Saturday afternoons.
Email - foodnotbombs909 [at] yahoo.com
Renaissance Bookshop: Has lots of anarchist, and radical books.
Web - http://www.abe.com/home/renbookshop
Email - renbook [at] earthlink.net
Call - (909)369-8843
RUNNING SPRINGS:
Green Chaos Collective: Online database for anarcho punks, vegans, and the southern California anarchist scene.
Web - http://greenchaos.worldwidepunks.com
Email - greenchaos [at] worldwidepunks.com
SACRAMENTO:
Food Not Bombs: Now serving every Sunday and Wednesday at Cesar Chavez Park (10th & I Streets) Sundays at 1:30, Wednesdays at 4:00.
Web - http://home.pacbell.net/cicada3/fnb.htm
Email - sacfoodnotbombs [at] aol.com
Save the Garden Collective: Collective to save a community garden of free/green space, and a Food Not Bombs community garden.
Web - http://www.savethegarden.org/
Email #12539;savethegarden [at] yahoo.com
SAN DIEGO:
San Diego Anarchist Black Cross (Network): Please contact us for information on the new San Diego Anarchist Black Cross (Autonomous Chapter). If you are interested in joining us in our endeavors to free/facilitate political prisoners, please refer to the contact info below.
Web - http://www.anarchistfreethink.org/sdabc/main.html
Email - ABC [at] AnarchistFreethink.org
Write - San Diego Anarchist Black Cross, PO BOX 12423, San Diego, CA 92112-3423
San Diego Food Not Bombs: Our San Diego chapter of Food Not Bombs meets to cook vegetarian food Sundays around 11:00am at the Che Cafe, which is located on UCSD campus. If you'd like to volunteer, please call the Che first around 11:15am so that you don't show up to nobody being there.
Web - http://www.sdfnb.org/
Email - info [at] sdfnb.org
Call - (Che') 858/534-2311
(North Country Chapter):
Sundays at 5:30 pm - meeting - call for info
phone: (760)-643-1734
North Country Food Not Bombs - http://foodnotbombsnorthco.tripod.com/
San Diego Pirate Radio Station: Free Radio San Diego: Free Radio San Diego, 96.9. Radical and Pirate Radio.
Web - http://www.pirate969.org/
Email - freeradiosandiego [at] hushmail.com
Che' Cafe', Infoshop/Activist Center: A worker and student owned and controlled radical infoshop, Food Not Bombs kitchen, punk/music concert hall, and general staging point for anti-capitalist resistance in San Diego. Also includes a very excellent zine and radical libarary, and amazing garden!
Web - http://checafe.ucsd.edu/
Email - che [at] checafe.ucsd.edu
Booking email (for bands) - events [at] checafe.ucsd.edu
Compassion for Farm Animals: Animal Liberation and Vegan outreach group. Does vegan feed ins, ALF teach-ins, educational events from and anti-capitalist, and animal liberation perspective.
Web - http://www.vegsandiego.com/
Email - info [at] vegsandiego.com
Call - 619.283.7721
San Diego Indymedia Center: Regular collective meetings, and radical media.
Web - http://sandiego.indymedia.org
SAN FERNADO VALLEY:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays @ 1:00 PM at the Valley Village Park in North Hollywood on Tujunga Ave, between Riverside Drive and Magnolia Blvd., across from the YMCA.
Email - sfvfnb [at] yahoo.com
Call - (818)728-0879
SAN FRANCISCO:
Food Not Bombs: Lunch, every Monday at 1:00 pm, at
Haight St. and Stanyan St., at Golden Gate Park. Dinner, every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at U.N. Plaza, on Market Street at 7th Street.
Web - http://www.sffoodnotbombs.org/
Email - sffnb [at] tao.ca
Call - (415) 675-9928
Art and Revolution: Creates revolutionary art and puppets for protests and demos.
Web - http://artandrevolution.org/bayarea/
Email - bayarea [at] artandrevolution.org
San Fransico Independent Media Center: Indymedia center for the Bay Area. One of the most respected in the indymedia network.
Web - http://www.indybay.org *
Anarcho-Punk Federation: Email for more info.
Email - anokandpeace1984 [at] YAHOO.COM
Girl Army: Women's Self Defense Training Collective and Program.
Web - http://www.girlarmy.org/
Call - (415)835-4728
Critical Mass: The San Francisco ride begins at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of the month at the Embarcadero BART station at the foot of Market Street, and features several hundred riders.
Web - http://www.indybay.org
Listserve - http://bapd.org/gcrass-1.html
Bikes Not Bombs: EVERY BUSINESS DAY until the war has been stopped! San Francisco: 5:00 PM Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART)
Web - http://www.bikesnotbombs.net/
Email - info [at] bikesnotbombs.net
No Compromise: Militant Direct Action Journal of Animal Liberationists and their supports, also covers animal rights news, security culture, and earth liberation topics.
Web – http://www.nocompromise.org
Email – nc-info [at] nocompromise.org
Bound Together Anarchist Book Store: Open 7-days a week, meeting space for collectives, has zines (anarcho-communist, alf, primitivist), books, and videos.
Web - http://www.boundtogether.org/
Call - (415)431-8355
Write (or go to!) - 1369 Haight St (at Masonic), San Francisco, CA 94117 *
Biotic Baking Brigade: Anarchist collective that goes out and (organically and veganally) pies capitalist, evil doers, and others in a direct action of sweetness!
Web - http://bioticbakingbrigade.org
Email - bbb [at] bioticbakingbrigade.org
Industrial Workers of the World: Syndicalism Lives!
Call - (415)863-WOBS
Write - 2940 16th St, Suite 216, SF
Emma Goldman Papers: Group dedicated to furthering Emma's work.
Email - emma [at] uclink.berkeley.edu
Write - University of California, 2372 Ellsworth St, Berkeley, CA 94720
Homes Not Jails: Group working with homeless people on housing issues, squatting, ect.
Web - http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html
Email - hnj [at] sftu.org
Call - (415) 282-5525
SF Reclaim the Streets: Reclaim your life, reclaim public space, reclaim the streets!
Web - http://guest.xinet.com/rts/
Email - rts_eastbay [at] yahoo.com
Call - (415) 820-9658
Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition (ARDAC): Animal Liberation collective that does protests, outreach, tabling, and events.
Web - http://www.bapd.org/gancon-1.html
Email - info [at] ardac.org
Anti-Militarist Anarchists: Collection of anti-militarist anarchists, and anarchist veterans of wars. Meetings are every Monday at 7:00pm at the Long Haul Infoshop, near Ashby Bart Station in Berkeley.
Web - http://www.autonomi.net/ama/
Call - 1-866-857-5291
SAN JOSE:
Food Not Bombs: Meets every Friday night from 2:00 until about 6 pm. The cookings are at CHAM 80 S. Fifth Street San Jose (We serve in different locations every week so please contact us if you're interested).
Web - http://sjfoodnotbombs.does.it
Email - foodnotbombs_sj [at] yahoo.com
Call - (408)314-6669
SAN LUIS OBISPO:
Food Not Bombs: Second and Fourth Sunday of every month, at Mitchell park on the corner of Osos and Pismo St., from 3-6pm.
Email - fnbslo [at] hotmail.com
SANTA ANA:
Food Not Bombs: Civic Center on Ross & Civic Center (on the lawn across from the library) Sundays at 4pm. Active with protests, and puts on benefit shows.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/safnb/new
Email - safnb [at] yahoo.com (Kim)
Earth First!: Earth First! Collective to be forming in Orange County area in the start of the new year (2004).
Web - http://www.ocproject.org/earthfirst/
SANTA BARBARA:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays at the Santa Barbara Downtown Public Library, South Lawn from 4pm-5:30pm.
Web - http://www.sbfnb.org/
Email - info [at] sbfnb.org
Call – (805)685-9678 (Dave LaDelfa)
RAWA Supporters of Santa Barbra: RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.
Email - sbrawa [at] aol.com
Santa Barbara IWW: Meets monthly, organizes around labor issues.
Web -http://www.iww.org/santabarbara/
Email - sbgmb [at] iww.org
SANTA CRUZ:
Food Not Bombs: Wednesdays 4:00 by Pacific Ave. behind Taqueria Vallarta near the Farmer's Market. Saturdays 2:30 at the clock tower at end of Pacific Ave.\
Web - http://www.geocities.com/santacruzfnb/
Email - santacruzfnb [at] yahoo.com
Earth First!: No compromise in defense of Mother Earth in Santa Cruz! Organizes, does events, and tables.
Web - http://members.cruzio.com/%7Ecruzef/
Email – cruzef [at] cruzio.com
Indymedia Center: Independent Media Center of Santa Cruz.
Web - http://santacruz.indymedia.org/
Pirate Radio, Santa Cruz: 96.3 FM. Radical news, and also independent music.
Web - http://www.freakradio.org/
Listen – 96.3 FM
Aporia: Anarchist and anti-state communist journal of opinion and tactics.
Web - http://aporiajournal.tripod.com
Email - aporiajournal [at] hotmail.com
Killing King Abacus: Anti-Authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and autonomist zine, and online news sourse.
Web - http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/
SANTA MONICA:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - davidbusch [at] usa.net
Call – (310)389-7446
SANTA ROSA:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - fifteen62470 [at] earthlink.net
Write - 1275 4th St. #373, Santa Rosa CA 95404
Free Mind Media Guild: Radical Group that tables, and organizes for protests.
Web - http://www.fmmg.org
Email - laidoff [at] sonic.net
SIMI VALLEY:
Anarcho Punk Federation: Email for more info.
Email - autonomy82 [at] aol.com
SOUTH BAY:
South Bay Food Not Bombs: No longer serving, but helping out with other Food Not Bombs Chapters.
Web - http://home.earthlink.net/~sbfnb
phone - (310) 543-5081
email - sbfnb [at] earthlink.net
SOUTHERN HUMBOLT:
Food Not Bombs: Contact for more info.
Call – (707)268-9118
Write - c/o Ned Bob , PO box 427, Whitethorn, CA 95589
TURLOCK:
Food Not Bombs: Saturdays at 5pm, Central Park, by the Commerce Building.
Email - normalynne [at] hotmail.com
UKIAH:
Food Not Bombs: Email for more info.
Email - mec [at] pacific.net
VALLEJO:
Food Not Bombs: Write for more info.
Write - Paul Winders, PO Box 7923, Vallejo CA 94590
VENICE:
Food Not Bombs: Call for more info.
Call - (918)353-4541
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i'm confused. the headline asks about an anarchist gathering, but most of those invited are food not bombs groups. fnb, while providing a useful service, is not an anarchist group or network, nor has it ever claimed to be. what gives? are there so few groups in california that identify as anarchist? or is it that it's to be a gathering of the group-affiliated only? just asking.
There already is an annual anarchist gathering in California. It's called the SF Anarchist Book Fair. Ever heard of it?
One can find right wing Republican groups that identify as anarcho-capitalists and a good number of self described leftwing anarchists support small businesses and oppose government regulation of them. People tend to act in their own self interest, so its not surprising that outside of the crusty punks anarchism is mainly a movement of the petite bourgeoisie. I am always surprised to hear militant anarchists describing themselves as anti-capitalist when for the most part anarchists support a prebigbusiness version of capitalism.
Left anarchism basically means "more radical than though" but not "communist". The antiauthoritarian and mutual aid references in many definitions are pretty meaningless (like defining Christian as being humble and helping those in need). Anarchists will still support temporary dictators like Makhno and are sectarian enough that most see certain strains of anarchism they disagree with as more of an enemy than Capitalism..
Left anarchism basically means "more radical than though" but not "communist". The antiauthoritarian and mutual aid references in many definitions are pretty meaningless (like defining Christian as being humble and helping those in need). Anarchists will still support temporary dictators like Makhno and are sectarian enough that most see certain strains of anarchism they disagree with as more of an enemy than Capitalism..
"Even as a general he was an anti-authoritarian at heart. "
I heard Castro was an anti-authoritarian at heart too. He feels bad whenever he is forced to arrest a dissident and has even been heard to say "this hurts me more than it hurts you" before he has them punished.
I heard Castro was an anti-authoritarian at heart too. He feels bad whenever he is forced to arrest a dissident and has even been heard to say "this hurts me more than it hurts you" before he has them punished.
" It also leaves out groups like the ALF, and their political wing"
I knew anarchism had something to do with agreeing with Nessie. Just to make things less confusing for anarchists who support animal rights, how about we use nessieism in place of anarchism? The OED definition of anarchism is vague and it was used long before the white male anarchist prophets of the 1800s started to redefine it to mean various things (none of which agreed). The only consistent thing between all of its meaning is opposition to government, but since government is hard to define (an elected general with a staff for example is obviously not a government in Makhno's case), perhaps anarchism should just be defined as opposition to a current government?
I knew anarchism had something to do with agreeing with Nessie. Just to make things less confusing for anarchists who support animal rights, how about we use nessieism in place of anarchism? The OED definition of anarchism is vague and it was used long before the white male anarchist prophets of the 1800s started to redefine it to mean various things (none of which agreed). The only consistent thing between all of its meaning is opposition to government, but since government is hard to define (an elected general with a staff for example is obviously not a government in Makhno's case), perhaps anarchism should just be defined as opposition to a current government?
Critical Mass- First off, critical mass is a movement or a happening, but it is not and never has been an organization.
Secondly, I think it's a bad idea to post listserv addresses in this listing.
Third, Bikes Not Bombs isn't happening anymore. At least, not on a daily basis.
RTS- East Bay Reclaim the Streets no longer has a voicemail. rts_eastbay [at] yahoo.com is the email address. That group no longer exists, but some people do check the email from time to time.
ARA (Anti-Racist Action): the contact info listed here is 4 years old. Atty. Larry Hildes no longer has a Berkeley office. I can't provide a current email address right now, but I'm pretty sure we haven't had that vm number for four years. There are ARA'ers here but no official chapter that I'm aware of. Check out http://www.aranet.org/
Some of the Bay Area groups that are listed aren't specifically based in the city under which they are listed. It might be cool to see the Video Activist Network listed in there (videoactivism.org). Also check out passionbomb's list of groups- there are a few that aren't listed here.
I have a weird feeling about calling for this thing through the yellow pages. I guess it almost feels like they want to find people through groups. The problem is that a lot of people are not affiliated with groups. I'm glad they posted here, cuz I think that a lot of unaffiliated people will hear about it thru Indymedia.
Secondly, I think it's a bad idea to post listserv addresses in this listing.
Third, Bikes Not Bombs isn't happening anymore. At least, not on a daily basis.
RTS- East Bay Reclaim the Streets no longer has a voicemail. rts_eastbay [at] yahoo.com is the email address. That group no longer exists, but some people do check the email from time to time.
ARA (Anti-Racist Action): the contact info listed here is 4 years old. Atty. Larry Hildes no longer has a Berkeley office. I can't provide a current email address right now, but I'm pretty sure we haven't had that vm number for four years. There are ARA'ers here but no official chapter that I'm aware of. Check out http://www.aranet.org/
Some of the Bay Area groups that are listed aren't specifically based in the city under which they are listed. It might be cool to see the Video Activist Network listed in there (videoactivism.org). Also check out passionbomb's list of groups- there are a few that aren't listed here.
I have a weird feeling about calling for this thing through the yellow pages. I guess it almost feels like they want to find people through groups. The problem is that a lot of people are not affiliated with groups. I'm glad they posted here, cuz I think that a lot of unaffiliated people will hear about it thru Indymedia.
Thats the definition. But tell me again how Makhno's army didnt act like a government for those in it?
Government is a rather vague concept and to claim an army with a "staff" isnt acting like a government seems strange. Makhno may have been a good and moral leader who had the support of his followers (perhaps like Castro) but thats besides the point.
"Wrong. The word doesn’t mean “against government,” it means “without government.” That is quite a different thing. "
Anarchism's anticapitalist side was mainly a result of white males in Europe redefining the term in the late 1800s to mean something similar to Communist. Later anarchism briefly broadened out and included many female labor organizers but it's always depressing see Emma Goldman brought up as a token of how anarchists are not sexist when anarchofundamentalists always seem to quote Makhno, Malatesta, Bakunin, and even Kropotkin, but rarely bother to quote her writings. Goldman was supportive of the early Soviet state before Kronstadt and most of her writings don't have nearly the dogmatic quality one finds in the writings of the more puritanical prophets. Its also funny that while anarchofundamentalists hate reformists they are so tied to the word anarchism that they overlook the actual politics of a Kropotkin or Chomsky (who is in most ways a Social Democrat who seems to want something a little to the left of modern day Sweden)
Before anarchism was redefined to mean Communist there were people like Proudhon who called himself an anarchist but can hardly be described as anticapitalist. Use of the actual word "anarchism" in English predates even its meaning as being for a society without government (the earliest usages occurding to the OED seem to suggest the "modern" negative meaning was in fact the original definition). When people start arguing over which ideas and movements really are or are not "anarchist" I start to feel like Im surrounded by Christians arguing about which sect is really "Christain". Arguing whether animals rights activists have a right to call themselves anarchists is kinda like arguing whether it more Chirtsian to own a Mac or a PC.
Government is a rather vague concept and to claim an army with a "staff" isnt acting like a government seems strange. Makhno may have been a good and moral leader who had the support of his followers (perhaps like Castro) but thats besides the point.
"Wrong. The word doesn’t mean “against government,” it means “without government.” That is quite a different thing. "
Anarchism's anticapitalist side was mainly a result of white males in Europe redefining the term in the late 1800s to mean something similar to Communist. Later anarchism briefly broadened out and included many female labor organizers but it's always depressing see Emma Goldman brought up as a token of how anarchists are not sexist when anarchofundamentalists always seem to quote Makhno, Malatesta, Bakunin, and even Kropotkin, but rarely bother to quote her writings. Goldman was supportive of the early Soviet state before Kronstadt and most of her writings don't have nearly the dogmatic quality one finds in the writings of the more puritanical prophets. Its also funny that while anarchofundamentalists hate reformists they are so tied to the word anarchism that they overlook the actual politics of a Kropotkin or Chomsky (who is in most ways a Social Democrat who seems to want something a little to the left of modern day Sweden)
Before anarchism was redefined to mean Communist there were people like Proudhon who called himself an anarchist but can hardly be described as anticapitalist. Use of the actual word "anarchism" in English predates even its meaning as being for a society without government (the earliest usages occurding to the OED seem to suggest the "modern" negative meaning was in fact the original definition). When people start arguing over which ideas and movements really are or are not "anarchist" I start to feel like Im surrounded by Christians arguing about which sect is really "Christain". Arguing whether animals rights activists have a right to call themselves anarchists is kinda like arguing whether it more Chirtsian to own a Mac or a PC.
If you put a bandaid on a tumor, you'll die.
The anarchist bookfair in San Fran. is a good place to go to meet other groups, but it's goal is simply to bring anarchists together to sell books and other items.
The goal of a conference or a gathering would be to talk about different tactics, goals, and to look in depth into what other groups are doing.
Things like Indymedia, FNB, or ARA, while not sometimes outright "anarchist" are anti-authoritarian in the sense that they are autonomous collectives linked through networks based upon ideals of free association. Many anarchists and anti-authoritarians are also involved in groups like these, and this list could be a good reasourse for people looking to hook up with other like minded activists.
While one poster is right, we don't want to rely on just people involved in groups to create a gathering/conference, it's a good starting point. One person can't get something like this off the ground, and the mass email list that has been created has helped to get the word out.
This call has been posted on most anarchists sites, (Infoshop, Ainfos, SFBay Anarchists, Raise the Fist, FNB News, ect), and hopefully others not involved in groups can know what is going. The internet is a horrible medium however for getting the word out sometimes; and thus activists learning about this event need to get the word out to other people.
The next step for this thing now is to find a place where we are going to do this thing. Modesto? Sacramento? Bay Area? Fresno?
The goal of a conference or a gathering would be to talk about different tactics, goals, and to look in depth into what other groups are doing.
Things like Indymedia, FNB, or ARA, while not sometimes outright "anarchist" are anti-authoritarian in the sense that they are autonomous collectives linked through networks based upon ideals of free association. Many anarchists and anti-authoritarians are also involved in groups like these, and this list could be a good reasourse for people looking to hook up with other like minded activists.
While one poster is right, we don't want to rely on just people involved in groups to create a gathering/conference, it's a good starting point. One person can't get something like this off the ground, and the mass email list that has been created has helped to get the word out.
This call has been posted on most anarchists sites, (Infoshop, Ainfos, SFBay Anarchists, Raise the Fist, FNB News, ect), and hopefully others not involved in groups can know what is going. The internet is a horrible medium however for getting the word out sometimes; and thus activists learning about this event need to get the word out to other people.
The next step for this thing now is to find a place where we are going to do this thing. Modesto? Sacramento? Bay Area? Fresno?
"Before you dismiss the possibility that Chomsky is a double agent,"
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rofl
Anarchist Gathering in theroy is like an agoreaphobic convention, both are a funny idea, but have no basis in reality.
it might be more aptly named the bay area moron's convention (yes?)
it might be more aptly named the bay area moron's convention (yes?)
Self described anarchists not only support organization but many such as Chomsky and Makhno support a level of organization that would even be called a government by normal people.
Anarchism mean many different things to different people. To Nessie, it seems to mean opposition to animal rights. To Qaddafi (yes he considers himself an anarchist and wrote a book on anarchism called the Green Book) it means a dictatorship (of course as in Makhno's case Qaddafi claims to only have power over the army while the popular assemblies have ultimate power)
Anarchism mean many different things to different people. To Nessie, it seems to mean opposition to animal rights. To Qaddafi (yes he considers himself an anarchist and wrote a book on anarchism called the Green Book) it means a dictatorship (of course as in Makhno's case Qaddafi claims to only have power over the army while the popular assemblies have ultimate power)
a life long anarchist, that has to refer to others to explain his views.........(chuckle)
yes, by all means cry for nessie to bail you out !
pleeez nessie "explain my life to me...........
this is WAY TOO FUNNY!
yes, by all means cry for nessie to bail you out !
pleeez nessie "explain my life to me...........
this is WAY TOO FUNNY!
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