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Beyond Survival: Bay Area Launch @ Pegasus Books

Pegasus Books 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA

Join us for the Bay Area launch of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement! With readings and conversation by/with editors Ejeris Dixon and Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha and contributors Elisabeth Long and Elena Rose (Trans Lifeline) with more TBA. Book signing to follow! Access info: Pegasus Books is wheelchair accessible including powerchairs. There […]

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Beyond Survival: Los Angeles Launch @ Skylight Books

Skylight Books 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join us for the Los Angeles book launch for Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, featuring readings and discussion by/with editors Ejeris Dixon Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and LA-based contributors Raquel Laviña and Amita Swadhin. Access info: Skylight Books is wheelchair accessible, including for powerchairs and scooters. There are gender neutral, accessible […]

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Beyond Survival: Launch @ Seattle Public Library

Seattle Public Library 1000 4th Ave., Seattle, CA, United States

Join us for the Seattle launch of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement with editors Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and contributors Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim. Accessibility info: The space is wheelchair accessible including for powerchairs and scooters. We will maintain clear pathways so that mobility device users can move […]

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Contradictions of White Middle Class Dissent: Revisiting “Black Bloc/White Riot” in the Age of Trump @ Incite Seminars, Philadelphia

Incite Seminars 111 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA, United States

AK Thompson’s classic Black Bloc, White Riot (2010) offered a provocative account of the anti-globalization protests that emerged in 1999 and outlined the effect of the movement on the white, middle-class kids who were swept up in it over the following decade. The book has been called “a manifesto” by George Katsiaficas (author of Subversion […]

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“Reflections on BLACK BLOC, WHITE RIOT Today” @ Wooden Shoe Books, Philadelphia

Wooden Shoe Books & Records 704 South St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Author AK Thompson in conversation with Kim Kelly This year marks the tenth anniversary of AK Thompson’s classic book Black Bloc, White Riot. Join AK Thompson and Kim Kelly for a lively discussion to consider what has changed—and what hasn’t—since the book was first released. How have street-level political confrontations evolved in the Trump era, […]

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Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old: Kimberly Dark @ Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Kimberly Dark is an award-winning storyteller, so this event promises to be really great. She will be reading from her new book Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old—a moving, funny, and startlingly frank collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. Or rather, certain ways. Navigating Kimberly Dark's experience […]

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There Is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists (Virtual Launch Event)

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Join Independent Jewish Voices Canada for the launch of the brand-new anthology of contemporary Jewish anarchist writing, There is Nothing So Whole As a Broken Heart: Mending The World As Jewish Anarchists. Click here to register: https://bit.ly/nothingsowhole The event, revolving around the theme of “mending the world,” will feature reflections from editor Cindy Milstein as well […]

Lessons In Liberation: Grounding Education In Abolition (Virtual Launch Event)

Join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This first webinar of the series will focus on grounding education in abolitionist praxis. Click here to register. All webinars will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. […]

Eric Laursen Presents: The Operating System (Virtual Event)

On Thursday, September 9th at 7pm ET, join the author of The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State, Eric Laursen alongside professor and author Benjamin Shephard. A unique aspect of anarchism as a political philosophy is that it seeks to abolish the state. But what exactly is “the state”? The State is […]

Lessons In Liberation: Healing Justice Pedagogies (Virtual Event)

Join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the second of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts. Register here. All webinars will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. […]