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Feb 11, 2009, 4:58:13 PM2/11/09
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Welcome to the first post on Common Action's Announcement list, where you'll receive the latest on Common Action news, events, statements, and other fun stuff (fun stuff to be determined).
This week, we've got two items for you:
1) Common Action: General Assembly Report - January 2009
2) An Evening With Anarchists Against the Wall, Saturday, February 14
1) Common Action: General Assembly Report - January 2009
The weekend of January 17-18, members of Common Action, an anarchist organization in the Northwest United States, traveled from across the region to convene in Olympia, WA for our third general assembly. Members representing the cities of Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Portland were in attendance.
In the four short months since our last general assembly in September, Common Action members have continued their work in neighborhoods and workplaces, focusing on issues of immigrant solidarity, youth and student organizing, and more. Drawing from these experiences, the general assembly was largely devoted to discussions about internal education, identifying the issues that matter most to us as an organization as we continue to organize, learn and grow.
An important topic among our discussions at the general assembly was transformative justice, a radical response to conflict. Together we forged a commitment to learn more about incorporating transformative justice principles into our political practice. This includes a mandate to develop processes of accountability for situations of sexual assault and abuse that involve Common Action. Altogether, these conversations are part of Common Action's developing focus on collective liberation - striving to understand and practice different struggles against racism, sexism, capitalism and other issues in all their complexities and intersections.
Speaking of intersections - another topic for discussion was Intersections, our regular newsletter. Two issues of Intersections have been produced so far, and the general assembly provided a chance to reflect, evaluate and affirm our goals with the project. In 2009, the newsletter will appear quarterly with a print-run of several thousand. The latest issue, with features on education, GI organizing, the Twilight franchise, and more, is due out in March. It will continue to be available on the internet via our website. For a copy of the current issue or information about back issues, contact us at nwcommo...@gmail.com.
Last but not least, we affirmed our commitment to working with like-minded anarchist organizations. Towards this end, we have joined the effort to create a discussion bulletin with similar anarchist groups. Our work as an associate of http://www.anarkismo.net will also continue.
The work we do in our communities won't stop, the struggles won't stop, and neither will Common Action - now to the future!
Contact us at nwcommo...@gmail.com or visit http://www.nwcommonaction.org to learn more about us.
2) An Evening With Anarchists Against the Wall, Saturday, February 14
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THIS SATURDAY, February 14, come join Israeli activist Shachaf Polokow, member of Anarchists Against the Wall, and friends for an informal benefit and film viewing.
"Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW) is a direct action group comprised of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who oppose the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and Israeli West Bank barrier. Although AAtW has no official membership, it claims to have around 100 active participants who coordinate with Palestinians and groups like the International Solidarity Movement to organize nonviolent marches, civil disobedience, and direct action." (Wikipedia) www.awalls.org
7:00 - Doors.
7:30pm Film Viewing - "Bil'in Habibti" (Bil'in, My Love) - Winner, Best Documentary, 2006 Jerusalem Film Festival. Special Award,
Rotterdam 2006. Follow the travails of non-violent Palestinian and Israeli activists (including AAtW) as they stand in the path of injustice.
9:00pm - Shachaf Polokow gives a short talk, followed by discussion. Everything you've ever wanted to know about Israel/Palestine and Anarchists, but were afraid to ask Wednesday at the Friend's Center! (see below)
10:00 - 12:00ish - Music, socializing, fun.
$5 cover/donations welcome. (Includes one drink ticket. Additional Non-alcoholic $1, Hale's Black-and-Red Menace Amber $2.) ALL proceeds to benefit AAtW legal fund.
1422 Martin Luther King Jr Way, between Union and Pike (walk around back). Seattle.
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity @ UW.
Don't miss Shachaf speak this Wednesday, Feb 11, 7:15pm at the Friends' Center, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle!!!
--
http://nwcommonaction.org/
This week, we've got two items for you:
1) Common Action: General Assembly Report - January 2009
2) An Evening With Anarchists Against the Wall, Saturday, February 14
1) Common Action: General Assembly Report - January 2009
The weekend of January 17-18, members of Common Action, an anarchist organization in the Northwest United States, traveled from across the region to convene in Olympia, WA for our third general assembly. Members representing the cities of Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Portland were in attendance.
In the four short months since our last general assembly in September, Common Action members have continued their work in neighborhoods and workplaces, focusing on issues of immigrant solidarity, youth and student organizing, and more. Drawing from these experiences, the general assembly was largely devoted to discussions about internal education, identifying the issues that matter most to us as an organization as we continue to organize, learn and grow.
An important topic among our discussions at the general assembly was transformative justice, a radical response to conflict. Together we forged a commitment to learn more about incorporating transformative justice principles into our political practice. This includes a mandate to develop processes of accountability for situations of sexual assault and abuse that involve Common Action. Altogether, these conversations are part of Common Action's developing focus on collective liberation - striving to understand and practice different struggles against racism, sexism, capitalism and other issues in all their complexities and intersections.
Speaking of intersections - another topic for discussion was Intersections, our regular newsletter. Two issues of Intersections have been produced so far, and the general assembly provided a chance to reflect, evaluate and affirm our goals with the project. In 2009, the newsletter will appear quarterly with a print-run of several thousand. The latest issue, with features on education, GI organizing, the Twilight franchise, and more, is due out in March. It will continue to be available on the internet via our website. For a copy of the current issue or information about back issues, contact us at nwcommo...@gmail.com.
Last but not least, we affirmed our commitment to working with like-minded anarchist organizations. Towards this end, we have joined the effort to create a discussion bulletin with similar anarchist groups. Our work as an associate of http://www.anarkismo.net will also continue.
The work we do in our communities won't stop, the struggles won't stop, and neither will Common Action - now to the future!
Contact us at nwcommo...@gmail.com or visit http://www.nwcommonaction.org to learn more about us.
2) An Evening With Anarchists Against the Wall, Saturday, February 14
(Forward widely, but please do not post.)
THIS SATURDAY, February 14, come join Israeli activist Shachaf Polokow, member of Anarchists Against the Wall, and friends for an informal benefit and film viewing.
"Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW) is a direct action group comprised of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who oppose the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and Israeli West Bank barrier. Although AAtW has no official membership, it claims to have around 100 active participants who coordinate with Palestinians and groups like the International Solidarity Movement to organize nonviolent marches, civil disobedience, and direct action." (Wikipedia) www.awalls.org
7:00 - Doors.
7:30pm Film Viewing - "Bil'in Habibti" (Bil'in, My Love) - Winner, Best Documentary, 2006 Jerusalem Film Festival. Special Award,
Rotterdam 2006. Follow the travails of non-violent Palestinian and Israeli activists (including AAtW) as they stand in the path of injustice.
9:00pm - Shachaf Polokow gives a short talk, followed by discussion. Everything you've ever wanted to know about Israel/Palestine and Anarchists, but were afraid to ask Wednesday at the Friend's Center! (see below)
10:00 - 12:00ish - Music, socializing, fun.
$5 cover/donations welcome. (Includes one drink ticket. Additional Non-alcoholic $1, Hale's Black-and-Red Menace Amber $2.) ALL proceeds to benefit AAtW legal fund.
1422 Martin Luther King Jr Way, between Union and Pike (walk around back). Seattle.
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity @ UW.
Don't miss Shachaf speak this Wednesday, Feb 11, 7:15pm at the Friends' Center, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle!!!
--
http://nwcommonaction.org/
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