Sydney Anarchist Summer School will be an educational conference and convergence happening on the 18th-20th February 2011, at Jura Books, Black Rose Books and other community venues in Sydney (to be confirmed). Anyone is welcome to come and learn and be part of the discussion.

The summer school is being organised by a collective of people with backgrounds in radical reading groups and student environmental groups, and various anarchist collectives in Sydney.

There will be three days of workshop and forums on different aspects of anarchist theory and practice. Some current topics that are proposed are: classical and modern anarchist theory, autonomous Marxism, the overlap and differences between anarchism and socialism, mutual aid, anarchist influence and involvement in social movements, and different streams of anarchist thought and action.

The organising collective would like to hear your ideas on what you would like to see happen at the convergence, what topics you would be keen to learn about, and to invite you to submit workshops that you can run. You can submit your ideas and workshop plans by emailing anarchistsummerschool [at]gmail.com or by submitting a short form at
http://anarchistsummerschool.weebly.com/

Interested folks are also invited to join the organising collective. The collective meets weekly to organise things like venue, program content and workshops, and food.

On the final day of Summer School, anarchist groups and collectives are invited to an assembly on the anarchist movement in Australia, where groups can exchange ideas and plan new ways of working together in the future.

And it's all FREE!

See you in February!

http://anarchistsummerschool.weebly.com/

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.

The Sydney Class Struggle Discussion Circle is an open coming together of workers, students and unemployed from different backgrounds and class struggle political tendencies. It is a meeting place open to all who wish to break down the barriers of political isolation and discuss and debate political question from radical perspectives in a fraternal atmosphere.

The goal of the Sydney Class Struggle Discussion Circle is the political clarification of its participants. The discussion of the group thus seeks to analyse the current struggles of the working class, draw out and reappropriate the positions and historical lessons of the revolutionary workers movement and to develop a revolutionary perspective to address the challenges facing the working class and humanity as a whole today against exploitation, oppression and the horrors of capitalism.

Meeting details:

Topic: The Economic Crisis: Class Responses and Solutions
Where: Jura Bookstore, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
When: Sunday, 28/06/09, 2pm
Additional information: Short presentation to be given, followed by a couple hours of open discussion

All welcome!

For more information, questions or anything else please contact:

Nic
Email: n.rossi[at]live.com.au