Social Detox Postponed

The Social Detox class will be postponed until next week. We are still figuring out a good day of the week for the class. So far there are only a few RSVP’s for the class. If you are planning on being a part of this discussion, please contact me so we can work it out. Thanks!

Social Detox Class Syllabus

See this post on the Social Detox Blog

Welcome to this Winter’s Freeskool Session of SocialDetox. This class officially begins on thursday Feb 28th… then it’ll be a closed session. To join the class you will need to RSVP with me at clover56 at riseup.net

Readings…

There will be required readings for the class. We will take this part of the class very seriously. The readings will provoke discussion that goes deep into the topic of anarchism and gender liberation. Some of the books we will explore;

Woman and Nature, by Susan Griffin

Conquest, by Andrea Smith

The Color of Violence, by Incite! women of color against violence

Stopping Rape, a Challenge for Men, by Rus Ervin Funk

NightVision, by Butch Lee and Red Rover

Caliban and the Witch, by Silvia Federici

—- also, we’ll be reading various zines from the Social Detox Distro.—-

Reading Circle!! Feb. 19th Tuesday 6pm Dewitt

Mateys!

We are reading Chapter 4: Women Pirates and Pirates’ Women of Under the Black Flag by D. Cordingly
As well as this essay:when women pirates sailed the sea

These are great readings, so come and join us! Everyone is welcome.

New Outreach Posters

(Click to Download) outreach poster Feb 08

Freeskool happens because you make it happen. This is a call for decentralised poster mayhem!

(Click to Download) freeskool fist pdf

No Grades no Masters…

Fingerlakes Rising poster…

— FireUP!

Radical Reading Circle – Feb. 5 6PM Dewitt

This coming Tuesday is our first official meeting for the Winter/Spring 2008 semester.

We are running with a theme on Pirates, Piracy, Autonomy, and other related side tracks. For this coming week we are reading Chapters 1-3 of Under the Black Flag, by David Cordingly. We will be supplementing book readings with shorter accompaniments such as academic journal essays, zines, book reviews, etc.

CLICK here for the supplement link. We will read the Introduction to the book, Sea Changes: Historicizing the Ocean. 

February 19th is our next meeting and we will be reading Chapter 4 “Women Pirates and Pirates’ Women”. As well as some journal essays on Grace O’Malley and others. Stay tuned for more detailed information…

We welcome all! Please come visit us and attend whether you have read or not. Great conversation will ensue.  Also please send this and other Reading Circle information to other like minded folks!

Solidarity,

Jeremy