[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Anarchists from Spain Wanna Come To RVA

[Alison]

ohhh that makes total sense. no, i dont even remember the password anymore.
if you find them though, feel free to send em our way i reckon.


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Nathan Stickel
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> 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?
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> 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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