For our seventeenth reading group we will finish reading Abolitionist Voices, a compilation edited by David Gordon Scott. From the blurb: Why have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment? And why have their ideas been so difficult to popularize or garner the political will for change? This book outlines […]
The anarchist weekly hangout is a lowkey social event happening once a week at TRESPASS for people to come and chill out from 12-2pm. TRESPASS is an old building and we have done our best to clean it but there is a risk some asbestos has been disturbed
Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights Sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, […]
If you haven’t been down to visit TRESPASS (The Really Exciting Sometimes Public Anarchist Social Space) yet, this is an opportunity to come and see what it’s all about and to get creative in the space. Its already feeling really cosy in here but we could do with some more colour! Materials will be provided […]
Join us at the Bookshop for a drop-in workshop and fundraiser for People’s Letters. We’ll be taking inspiration from Black Feminist writing to think through feminist futures centring love, care, solidarity and community. We’ll be exploring selected texts from our archive and there’ll be an option to send letters to prisoners of conscience currently in […]
The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club will be concluding our discussion of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. This book fundamentally challenges the standard narrative of human history, arguing against the notion that hierarchies and the state are inevitable. Graeber and Wengrow compel us to look past the […]
Need advice about an issue with your boss or landlord? Want support organising in your workplace or community? Want to talk about anarchism or syndicalism? Want to meet members of the group and find out how SolFed works? Just want to say hi? Then come see us at one of these drop in sessions.
☕ Next meeting: Sat 21 February, 2.00-3.30pm 📍Location: Feminist Library (tbc) 📖 Book: Our Wives under the Sea, by Julia Armfield (2023) 📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club 🔎 When Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel […]
Join us in reading Authority, Authenticity, and the Epistemic Legacies of Cold War Area Studies; Some Reflections on Women’s History and State Socialism in Eastern Europe. No prior reading is required, as we will read together aloud during the session – one person and one paragraph at a time. There is also no need for […]
For craft evening this week at Trespass we’re going to be putting together the latest edition of our favourite squatters newspaper – SLAP. Come down for an evening of cutting and sticking, and making your own last minute entries if you have any! As usual feel free to bring your own projects or just come […]
For our eighteenth reading group we will be reading Poll Tax Rebellion by Danny Burns. From the blurb: This book tells the gripping inside story of the biggest mass movement in British history, which at its peak involved over 17 million people. Using a combination of photos, text, and graphics, and drawing from the voices […]
Join us as we begin our discussion of Jérôme Baschet’s The Zapatista Experience: Rebellion, Resistance, and Autonomy. This book examines the practical reality of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico, focusing on how they have constructed a society independent of the state. Baschet explores the creation of autonomous systems of justice, health, and education. The […]
Last week we started gathering squat related news from across the world, as well as writing and drawing our own contributions. This week it all needs to come together! Bring any last minute articles, pictures, mascots (or send in beforehand to squatterslap@riseup.net ) and let’s print it all out and cut/stick it all together.
