Join us for an evening of learning about the Prison Industrial Complex, through a bunch of short films and clips we've collected.

Films will include:

** Short video lecture about the Prison Industrial Complex by prison abolitionist activist Angela Davis

** Short film/clips about Aboriginal incarceration and deaths in custody

** News clips from the recent Georgia Prisoners' Strike (the largest in U.S. history)

** 'I won't drown on that levee and you ain't gonna break my back' - a 30 minute film exploring the 'botched and deadly evacuation' of the New Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina, and the 'broader climate of racial tension and brutality throughout the local and Federal response to the disaster'.

++ opportunity for discussion ++

We are a recently formed collective based in Sydney with a vision for a world without prisons.

Hope to see you there!!

There will be some snacks available, please feel free to bring some too.

ome and join in a new reading group at Jura. The first book is Malatesta's 'Anarchy'. It's short and copies are available for loan from the Jura library. It's also online here: http://libcom.org/library/anarchy-malatesta and in the libraries of UWS, Macquarie Uni and Sydney Uni. In 'Anarchy', Malatesta seeks to explain the fundamental tenets of, and provide a persuasive argument for, his version of anarchism. The text has been published in more than fifty-five editions since 1892. Read it and come along to discuss it, or just come along - someone will give a short summary of the book to start the discussion.

What form should anarchism take in the 21st century? What relevance does the last 150 years of anarchist history have? What's the difference between anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism? What do anarchist ideas have to offer in light of the current economic and climate crises? What about the tensions between employment, unemployment, and re-employment? Come and consider these questions with us (and raise more) at the first of a series of Jura Talks - Left Libertarian Discussions. Our first talk is on 'Anarchism in the 21st Century'. Sid Parissi will give a half hour presentation, and then there will be political discussion for an hour or so. Hope you can join the conversation.

Jura Books collective meeting.