Archive for November, 2008

January 28, 7:30: “Nowtopia” by Chris Carlsson

November 28, 2008

Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today

“Chris Carlsson is one of our most original and compelling voices for radical social change in America. Nowtopia opens a window onto today’s vibrant subcultures of technical experimentation and cooperative work, in everything from biofuels to bicycling, gardening to the webworld. More than tinkerers and bohemians, these renegade innovators are pioneers of new ways of living beyond the market and ordinary jobs. Carlsson moves effortlessly from tales of personal liberation to a trenchant analysis of the reconfiguration of class. Nowtopia is a ringing appeal for the liberation of human creativity from the noose of wage-work—before it’s too late.” -Richard Walker

Location: Earth Matters Cafe upstairs, 177 Ludlow St. just below Houston. F Train to 2nd Ave., JMZ Trains to Essex/Delancey St.

Dec. 17, 7:30pm: Mikhail Bakunin

November 6, 2008

Mikhail Bakunin– selections in No Gods No Masters edited by Daniel Guerin (p.127-214)

Mikhail Bakunin was one of the intellectual founding fathers of Anarchism. He is often considered to be Marx’s historical rival. When Marx headed toward State-run Socialism, Bakunin argued for the abolition of the State as the most fundamental goal for those who want to guarantee freedom. -flag.blackened.net

These readings are available online in full text via Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=g4YncZ8MgRsC.

Location: Earth Matters Cafe upstairs, 177 Ludlow St. just below Houston. F Train to 2nd Ave., JMZ Trains to Essex/Delancey St.