The Scranton Radical Book Fair at Marywood University

from Scranton Radical Bookfair

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016 | NOON

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

WHAT IS A RADICAL BOOK FAIR?

The idea of the Radical Book Fair is to create a space to explore ideas and perspectives that are often excluded or marginalized and to broaden the range of dialogue and conversations in our community. Come meet people looking to connect with others interested in these ideas or simply to experience a point of view you might not have heard before. Whether you are an old radical with deep ties and knowledge or just curious and looking to find out more about these ideas, the book fair is for you!

THE SCRANTON RADICAL BOOK FAIR

The Scranton Radical Book Fair will be held on March 28, 2015 at Marywood University. The book fair aims to promote the ideas of social, environmental and economic justice in the Scranton area. The book fair will include an exposition of lectures, demonstrations, books, zines, pamphlets, art, video, and other cultural and political creations.

Posters in solidarity with Holman prison rebels

Submission


We put up posters in various neighbors of South Philly. The posters express solidarity with the struggle of the prisoners in Holman prison in Alabama. Some Bernie-bro got real mad but he didn’t run fast enough to catch us 😉
Poster text reads:
Solidarity with the Rebels in Holman Prison!
Fire to the Prisons!
Twice in four days inmates locked away in Holman prison in Alabama have lashed out against their captors and the cages that separating them from their freedom. Rebels set fire to the control tower, stabbed guards, built barricades, and took over sections of the prison. We want to spread their struggle & let them know they have friends outside the prison who support their fight.
Prisons are an atrocity that separate friends and loved ones. The notion that prisons are around to help people and rehabilitate criminals is a sorry joke we’re tired of hearing. Prisons aren’t “corrupt” or in need of reform, they’re an integral part of the white supremacist social order.
atlblackcross.nfshost.com/
supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/

Philadelphia, USA: Solidarity to the ZAD of Notre-Dames-Des-Landes

from Contra Info



Today, February 27, we put up posters in downtown Philadelphia in response to the call for a general mobilization against the airport project in Notre Dame Des Landes. The posters explain what the ZAD is and the struggle against the airport. We mostly put posters up on LAZ parking lots and structures. LAZ is owned by Vinci, the same company responsible for building the airport in Notre Dame Des Landes.

Against the Airport and its World!

Philly residents are throwing snowballs at television reporters

from mainstream media

While the tired, old adage of how Eagles fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus is annoying and overused by the national media when talking about the “personality” of Philadelphians, it is worth mentioning considering what’s happening to television reporters during their coverage of Saturday’s blizzard.

TV news reporters are getting hit with snowballs while reporting on the winter weather.

Volume 2 Issue 5

from Anathema

Volume 2 Issue 5 (PDF for printing 11×17)

Volume 2 Issue 5 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

In this issue:

  • What’s the Point of the Black Bloc? Reflections on “Don’t Let Paris Be A Pretext”
  • Anarchy In A Time of Civil War
  • A Reportback from Leif Erikson Day 2015
  • Recent Actions in Philly
  • Local and International Writings on Black December
  • Timeline of Action Against Gentrification

Announcing Development Index

Submission

Development Index is an anti-gentrification research project in Philly. Charting the progress of development allows us to map a material aspect of how white supremacy and colonial capitalism operate in this city. This project focuses on those responsible for building, funding, designing, planning, and profiting from new developments, and otherwise collaborating in the gentrification process.

This website is a tool for people to identify targets and take action against displacement and gentrification.

developmentindex.noblogs.org
developmentindex@riseup.net

An Incomplete Timeline of Action Against Gentrification

from Anarchadelphia

An Incomplete Timeline of Action Against Gentrification

Spanning from March 2015 to last month.

Off of the Internet and Into the Future?

from Anarchadelphia

I started this blog to have a central point to gather local events in hopes of improving coordination/scheduling/promotion as well as a clearing house for other relevant information to local philly anarchists.

This being the 999th post, it seems clear that my ability to consistently meet the first goal, and even the second, is unlikely given the lack of (successful?) submissions and my own inability to spend all of my time on the internet.  Expanding involvement could better meet those needs, but I wonder if it would even be worthwhile?  It’s a goddamn tumblr account that has already been shut down twice.  Buying a url could help prevent its future shut down, but brings up questions regarding money, anonymity and social media-level accessibility.  But is social media, or any internet interaction of the sort, having any impact on the proliferation of real world anarchist practice in this city?  If it is, is it the type of impact I am intending?

Leaving things up to people’s interpretation is largely my intention, but I do occasionally express opinion outright (and certainly don’t share every protest or cry for justice, as I favor a greater level of conflictuality and less adherence to the rather traditional concept of revolution that most care to muster on their best of days), so I guess this is a question of my own projectuality, too.  Still, it would be nice to hear some more feedback about @Anarchadelphia , however temporary the project may be.

So, is this worth it?  What could be done better?  Are there better venues to do it in?  Isn’t the best propaganda spread by deed, anyway?  If a tree falls in the woods, and there isn’t a humyn animal there to hear it, should I blockade industrial infrastructure?  If a cop falls in the street and there’s no one there to laugh, does anyone care?

[Response form on Anarchadelphia]

Terminated and Restored

from Anarchadelphia

Someone “terminated” this blog [Anarchadelphia], yet again, this time for the better part of two months. There was no response to my requests when this first began, shortly before the arrival of the pope in philadelphia, but suddenly the tumblr staff began responding apologetically.

I am at a crossroads with this medium and would like to reevaluate my goals, and maybe poll you readers as to the effectiveness of such things, but for now I am just here to say that I’m back.

REST IN POWER #yourlifemattered

from Instagram

“Violence against transgender women, particularly transgender women of color, is an epidemic. At least 20 transgender women have been murdered so far in 2015, 18 of these women were women of color. Two of these murders happened in Philadelphia. Trans* women’s ability to live their lives is constantly threatened by brutal violence.

#Blacktranslivesmatter

Stand with them”

“Today Is The Perfect Day To Skip Work”

from Instagram


#adbusting at 23rd and Winter. Today is #always the perfect day to skip work

No Platform for Neo-Nazis Pamphlet

received via email

“Here’s a pamphlet made for the upcoming demonstration. Please share it.”

Anathema Volume 2 Issue 4

from Anathema

Volume 2 Issue 4

In this issue:

  • Considerations on Baltimore Solidarity
  • Labor Each Day to Keep Freedom at Bay
  • No Cop Zone Reportback
  • Fracking Conference Sponsors
  • A Reportback from Montreal
  • Lief Erikson Day
  • Re-prints of Recent Local Texts
  • Local Actions

No More Facebook

Unfortunately Facebook has finally caught up with us and locked us out of our account for not having proper identification. We encourage everyone to bookmark our website and to share our flier on social media. Now that we aren’t on facebook it might be a bit harder for us to find out about what’s going on, please continue to send us information about upcoming events, analysis, report backs and anything else that seems relevant to anti-authoritarians in Philly.

Anarchist Prisoner Posters Downtown

from instagram


Nice use of free posters spotted downtown. #anarchistprisoners