[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Anarchists from Spain Wanna Come To RVA

[Salem Acuna]

Hey All,

So, recently, I met these folks from Barcelona who do Anarchist organizing.
They are in the states and were hoping to stop by in Richmond for a
discussion on December 22nd. I have no capacity to help organize this and I
may not be in town but I wanted to pass along the info to see if anyone was
interesting in hosting this. If so, I'll pass along contact info.

The talk will be half in Spanish by Mimi (who is awesome!) and half in
English by Peter Gelderloos (apparently he's written some books and
apparently he used to live in VA and did some problematic things but idk
much about it because I was like, 12, when it happened apparently. so
yea....).

*Complementarity and Conflict in the Anarchist Movement in Barcelona*

Multiple anarchist currents in Spain flowed together to make possible the
inspiring social revolution of 1936. But in short order, a number of
strategic errors weakened the revolution and enabled the Communists to
crush it definitively. This important near success and ultimate failure
serves as a model for how different anarchist currents can interact for
better and for worse.

After outlining the history of the anarchist movement in Spain, two
participants will subjectively trace the relationship between different
currents of struggle from 1996 to the present, covering the introduction of
insurrectionism, the Juventudes Libertarias, the resurgence of the CNT and
anarcha-feminism, and the appearance of general strikes organized from the
base, neighborhood assemblies, and the plaza occupation movement. The
strategic focus will be on what forms of interaction between different
currents leads to a strong anarchist space, and what forms have led to
major errors or defeats.
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