📚 Reading Group: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • June 22, 2022 1:29 am

from Iffy Books

June 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The cover of a recent edition of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. A large white moon fills the top of the image, with a plain brown landscape below.

Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed is a thought experiment in anarchist practice, a meditation on individual relationships as a model for political action, a treatise on the philosophy and physics of time, a climate change novel, and so full of other things that it didn’t have room for the communal pickle barrels.*

Join us on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM at the bookstore for the first meeting of the Iffy Books reading group, featuring The Dispossessed. Stop by the shop ahead of time to pick up a copy, available for $8.99.

Discussion hosted by Joshua Kopin.

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Q: If you could make a change to anything you’ve written over the years, what would it be? / A: In The Dispossessed, I would mention the communal pickle barrels at street corners in the big towns, restocked by whoever in the community has made or kept more pickles than they need. I knew about the free pickles all along, but never could fit them into the book.

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🎥 Crass: There is No Authority But Yourself

  • June 9, 2022 1:35 am

from Iffy Books

June 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Promotional poster for the film "Crass: There is No Authority But Yourself". The title is at the top left, in a black stencil font. At the bottom right, a person holds a large square flag with the Crass logo.

On June 16 we’re hosting a free screening of the documentary Crass: There is No Authority But Yourself (2006), directed by Alexander Oey. Hope to see you there!

From Wikipedia:

> There is No Authority But Yourself is a Dutch film directed by Alexander Oey documenting the history of anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archive footage of the band and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher. As well as reflecting on the band’s past the film focusses on their current activities, and includes footage of Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at the Vortex jazz club in Hackney, a compost toilet building workshop and a permaculture course held at Dial House in the spring of 2006.

🎥 Resist Climate Inaction

  • June 7, 2022 1:55 am

from Iffy Books

June 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A man stands on top of a fuel train with his fist raised defiantly

On Friday, June 10 at 7PM we’re screening Resist Climate Inaction, a 12-minute film from Blockade Australia that everyone should see.

This event is free! We’ll have a discussion after the screening for anyone who wants to hang out and chat.

from Iffy Books

June 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

On Friday, June 24 at 7PM we’re screening Resist Climate Inaction, a 12-minute film from Blockade Australia that everyone should see.

This event is free! We’ll have a discussion after the screening for anyone who wants to hang out and chat.