[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Anarchists from Spain Wanna Come To RVA

[Nathan Stickel]

Alison, I think those old emails are still in the Flying Brick's email
account. I stumbled on them a while back. have you checked that email?

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Alison <beautyofsilence at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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,
>>> >
>>> > 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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Nathan
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