[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Anarchists from Spain Wanna Come To RVA

[Alison]

yeah it seems that I can't find those old emails. I contacted one of the
people who had a problem with him and am seeing if they want to add their
2cents to this conversation.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Alison <beautyofsilence at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter wanted to come through on a book tour a few years ago. I had an
> email dialogue with him about why we had decided not to host the event, as
> I wanted to be as transparent as possible about the process.
> A few people in the community were not into the idea of him being in the
> space due to some stuff that happened in harrisonburg a while ago involving
> some kind of abuse situation, I honestly don't remember if it was physical,
> mental, or what. But I figured I should ask him about it since it made
> people not want him here. I need to go back and see if i can find those old
> emails.
>
> Peter and I were supposed to meet up and talk about it when he got to town
> but it ended up not happening for some reason.
>
> I am a little confused about how to proceed with this. Regardless, I kind
> of think only having a few weeks of planning time for this event might be a
> problem, but I'm not gonna be able to help organize it so that's not really
> my call I guess. I am also curious if Peter knows TFB was contacted, as he
> probably remembers he wasn't welcomed here a few years ago. hmmm
>
> I'm gonna pull up those emails now and try to refresh my memory.
>
> update soon.....
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:35 AM, robert cataldo <robert.cataldo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>> All of this sounds great, but I do vaguely recall Peter being called
>> out on some serious stuff.  To be honest, I think whoever wishes to
>> bottom line this should ask him directly.  I could put some feelers
>> out to get the other side of the story. thanks salem, rjc
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Salem Acuna <salemacuna at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Hey All,
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>> > 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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