North London

An event organised by Notes from Below:

The international network of neighbourhood Workers Centres has proven transformational for local organising initiatives, ranging from the defence of migrants to the waging of workplace struggles. Across this three-part series of discussions and workshops, we will explore what it would mean to establish a Workers Centre at Pelican House.

For our tenth reading group we will continue reading The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin. From the blurb:

For our ninth reading group we will start reading The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin. From the blurb:

For our eighth reading group we will continue reading Queering Anarchism, an anthology of essays. From the blurb:

Our friends over at Freedom Press, who host the reading group, are having a book launch tomorrow, February the 13th, for Physical Resistance, a 100-year history of grass roots anti-fascism in Britain. Physical resistance covers the fight of the International Brigades in Spain to the Battle of Cable Street and the defence of Southall, and locates these large-scale events alongside forgotten episodes of everyday resistance, collecting voices from across the movement to highlight the ways racism was faced down in communities nationwide.

For our seventh reading group we will be reading Queering Anarchsim, an anthology of essays. From the blurb:

For our sixth reading group we are changing venue. From now on we will be meeting at Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX. We will still be holding a reading group on the last Tuesday of the month (28th of January) at 7pm until 9pm.

Arranging a new venue has meant that the call out for this reading group is going out later than usual, so we have decided to read a much shorter work than usual; What is Social Ecology? by Murray Bookchin. Bookchin’s ideas have been influential on the ongoing revolution in Northern Syria, and are increasingly relevant in a world that is facing a climate catastrophe.

A free version of What is Social Ecology? can by found on the anarchist library here and even if you have not finished the essay, feel welcome to come and get involved in the discussion.

We will be holding an open meeting at the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES on Saturday the 25th of January. This meeting will be from 4pm to 6pm, and is open who wants to build an independent and anti-authoritarian union in the workplace or community to resist state and capital.

As I write this, bar a miracle, Donald Trump looks set to win the 2024 US election. With this shock victory, many people are despairing at the situation in America, and rightfully fearful for what is to come. However, some observing from other western democracies will seek solace in the idea that America is somehow abnormal among nation states, and that a Trump could not rise in their home country. In the UK, we have recently ejected a grasping, corrupt, and useless Tory government that was leading the country down the same path as America is headed down now, and many British people might feel hopeful that we have managed to avoid our own slide into fascism.