Feb Discussion – Borders, No Borders

Black and re(a)d is recommencing for 2010, the first meeting for the year is being held on the 21st of Feb, 2pm @ black rose, 22 Enmore rd.

This month’s discussion will engage with questions concerning the role of borders in terms of the management, discipline and control of movement, and how struggle against them occurs.

links to readings:

http://www.safecom.org.au/noborders.htm

http://archive.blogsome.com/border-disputes

September: insurrection?

Discussion will be from 2pm. Sunday September 20, at Black Rose (22 Enmore
Rd, Newtown).

Here are some readings:

The (infamous/fashionable) The Coming Insurrection by some French folk calling themselves The Invisible Committee.

An American in Greece (Peter Gelderloos) wrote Insurrection vs. Organisation: Refelctions on a Pointless Schism.

Chronicles of Insurrection: Tronti, Negri & the Subject of Antagonism by Alberto Toscano.

Suggestions for further readings & questions for discussion can be posted in the comments.

The readings should be available to pick up in Black Rose.

For a laugh, Glenn Beck, an ultra-conservative Fox News commentator, has a review of The Coming Insurrection here:

August Discussion: Local and International autonomous, revo left groups reflections on organising with other groups/communities.

Discussion will be at Black Rose, Sunday 23rd of August at 2pm.

Here’s a reading:
http://libcom.org/library/our-activity-late-1980s-1990s-activity-balance-sheet-antagonism

and another:

http://www.struggle.ws/last_cw.html

“The WOW Factor: Wollongong’s Unemployed and the Dispossession of Class and History” by Nick Southall, available in Blackrose from Friday (Apologies for late printing)

There should be some hard copies of readings not availble on the net at Black Rose very soon

July Discussion Will Not Be Taking Place

Hi all,
due to court trials in melbourne, as a result of G20 protests in 2006, this month’s discussion is called off – a lot of us are in melbourne for court solidarity. Group will resume in August.

June Discussion: Critique of Social Democracy

'Following the economic crisis in October 2008 social democratic and Keynesian ideas
have regained prominence. Governments have begun implementing 'stimulus packages'
and substantial regulation. Keynes was even declared Time Magazine's Man of the
Year.

It's crucial therefore to critique social democracy and to ask questions. What were
the historical origins of social democracy? How has it been used by capital to
recuperate struggles? How do social democratic ideas permeate, and weaken, movements
and struggles today?

Come along to the Black and re@d discussion group to learn and share your ideas....

Sunday 2pm, June 28th Black Rose Books 22 enmore road, Newtown.  

Aufheben-‘Social Democracy: No Future’

http://www.geocities.com/aufheben2/auf_7_socdem.html

Negri, A ‘Keynes and the capitalist theory of the state’
http://classagainstclass.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:keynes-and-the-capitalist-theory-of-the-state-post-1929-toni-negri&catid=2:toni-negri&Itemid=4

May Discussion: Precarious work, Unemployment and Class Struggle

Discussion will be at Black Rose, Sunday 17th of May at 2pm. Readings and some questions will be posted asap.

texts can be found here:

http://www.scribd.com/full/6364805?access_key=key-310fid7g685uoguo4kd

http://inthemiddleofthewhirlwind.wordpress.com/precarious-labor-a-feminist-viewpoint/

http://www.metamute.org/en/Precarious-Reader   (this is a complete reader type thing, so obviously just read what you want to)

April discussion: queer politics

The next discussion will be at 2pm, Sunday April 19, in Black Rose. (22 Enmore Rd, Newtown)

Can we talk about a radical queer politics that doesn’t reduce to identity politics?

What does it mean to talk about ideas around bodies, desire, sexuality, love etc. while talking about anti-capitalism & class struggle?

One suggested reading is this interview. Hard copies of the reading are available in Black Rose.

If you have more ideas for readings & more questions to think about, please leave them in the comments.