This event features a talk and Q&A presented by Irish Anarchist Andrew Flood as part of his US speaking tour.

A decade ago the active anarchist movement in Ireland consisted of little more than a dozen people in two small organizations. Today hundreds of people are active and one banned libertarian demonstration in 2004 saw 5,000 people take part. Anarchists are increasingly replacing Irish republicans as the bogeyman of the mainstream media. This talk explains how this breakthrough happened and details the various struggles anarchists have been involved in.

This talk doesn’t presume any prior knowledge of anarchism or Ireland, and should be of interest to anyone interested in radical politics. Whether
you’re an honest-to-goodness anarchist organizer yourself, or someone who still thinks “anarchist organizer” must somehow be an oxymoron, there’s
something to learn for everyone.

Andrew Flood is a longtime anarchist activist and member of the Workers Solidarity Movement. He has edited and written for a number of anarchist journals, in print and online, including Red and Black Revolution, Spunk Press, and A-Infos.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 8 @ 6pm
WHERE: Civic Media Center, 1021 W. University Ave.
COST: Donations appreciated

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at 5:10 pm and is filed under Events, Regular Event. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.