Philosophy & Political Theory

All the Terrible Things We Do to Each Other: An experimental lecture on friendship

Aug 18 2010 - 7:00pm
Aug 18 2010 - 9:00pm

Amidst the collapse of social movements, a certain segment suggests a return to friendship as the basis of any resistance to capitalism. But what does this entail and what are its implications for revolutionary movement?

Q&A with philosopher Dr.Robert Paul Wolf

Aug 19 2010 - 7:00pm
Aug 19 2010 - 8:00pm

Q&A with philosopher Dr.Robert Paul Wolf on his book In Defense of Anarchism

Skillshare! - How to Hold Your Own in a Political Debate

Apr 15 2010 - 6:00pm
Apr 15 2010 - 8:00pm

This spring, the Internationalist will host a series of skillshares every Thursday!

Week 3 - How to Hold Your Own in a Political Debate

More info coming soon!

Reading Group: "We Are an Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008"

May 17 2010 - 7:00pm
May 17 2010 - 9:00pm

(PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED)

Following up on our exciting presentation and discussion by the authors of this book back in February, the Internationalist welcomes all interested in the recent riots in Greece to join us for a reading group to discuss "We Are an Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008" (AK Press, 2010).

What causes a city, then a whole country, to explode? How did one neighborhood's outrage over the tragic death of one teenager transform itself into a generalized insurrection against State and capital, paralyzing an entire nation for a month?

Reading Group: "The Vegetarian Myth" by Lierre Keith

May 10 2010 - 7:00pm
May 10 2010 - 9:00pm

Join us at Internationalist Books as we discuss Lierre Keith's controversial new book "The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability" (PM Press, 2009). Derrick Jensen says this book "saved his life", while Alice Walker calls it "one of the most important books we can read" - yet vegans delivered a cayenne-laced pie to the face of the author during her reading at the 2010 San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair! What's all the fuss about?

READING INSURRECTION: The Proletariat (Week 5)

Feb 24 2010 - 8:00pm
Feb 24 2010 - 10:00pm

READING INSURRECTION is a weekly reading group exploring insurrectionary anarchist theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes ranging from biopolitics to rupture to small-c communism to global social war. For more information or details on readings, email ief-southeast@riseup.net.

Week 5: The Proletariat

Texts: Guy Debord, Karl Marx, Antonio Negri & critique, Theorie Communiste

READING INSURRECTION: The Proletariat (Week 4)

Feb 17 2010 - 8:00pm
Feb 17 2010 - 10:00pm

READING INSURRECTION is a weekly reading group exploring insurrectionary anarchist theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes ranging from biopolitics to rupture to small-c communism to global social war. For more information or details on readings, email ief-southeast@riseup.net.

Week 4: The Proletariat

Texts: Guy Debord, Karl Marx, Antonio Negri & critique, Theorie Communiste

READING INSURRECTION: The Proletariat (Week 3)

Feb 10 2010 - 8:00pm

READING INSURRECTION is a weekly facilitated reading group exploring contemporary insurrectionary anarchist and critical theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes ranging from biopolitics to rupture to small-c communism to global social war. For more information or details on readings, email reading.insurrection.nc@gmail.com.

Week 3: The Proletariat

Guy Debord-Society Of The Spectacle
Karl Marx-German Ideology & Selected Readings
Antonio Negri & critique-Empire
Christos-Waiting for Barbarians

READING INSURRECTION: Intro to Insurrection (Week 2)

Feb 3 2010 - 8:00pm
Feb 3 2010 - 10:00pm

READING INSURRECTION is a weekly reading group exploring insurrectionary anarchist theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes ranging from biopolitics to rupture to small-c communism to global social war. For more information or details on readings, email ief-southeast@riseup.net.

Week 2: Intro to Insurrection, continued

Texts: The Coming Insurrection, Necrosocial, Communique From an Absent Future, The Coming Community

READING INSURRECTION: Intro to Insurrection (Week 1)

Jan 27 2010 - 8:00pm
Jan 27 2010 - 10:00pm

READING INSURRECTION is a weekly facilitated reading group exploring contemporary insurrectionary anarchist and critical theory. Every Wednesday at 8 PM, join local radicals in dissecting and discussing different texts on themes ranging from biopolitics to rupture to small-c communism to global social war. For more information or details on readings, email reading.insurrection.nc@gmail.com.

Week 1: Intro to Insurrection

Texts:
The Coming Insurrection-The Invisible Committee
Necrosocial-Anonymous
Preoccupied-The Inoperative Committee

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