NYC Anarchist Book Fair 2011 Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces Saturday, April 9 Tamiment Library
Squatting is a key activist tactic to address the needs for housing and space for political action. Together with occupation, this kind of organized trespass is becoming increasingly important in our repertoire of direct action tactics today. What is the present-day experience of squatting as a political act? In other countries, occupied social centers organize political activity in the cities. Is U.S. squatting hopelessly disorganized and decentralized? What have been the challenges of opening new spaces? What have been the challenges and rewards of passing on knowledge from one generation to the next?
These are some of the questions we will address and this is the people who will respond to them:
Alan Moore: Co-founder of both ABC NoRio and Colab. *Live from Paris @ La Generale.
Howard Brandstein: Homesteading organizer and Director of Sixth Street Community Center.
Frank Morales: Episcopal priest, squatter and housing organizer.
Marta Rosario: A long time resident at Umbrella House Squat and an exceptional vocalist.
Ryan Acuff: Housing organizer and member of Take Back the Land.
Moderators:
Amy Starecheski: Oral historian, doctoral student in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center, and former squatter.
Sebastian Gutierrez: Teaches in the Film & Media department in CUNY's Hunter College and documents testimonial video events in NYC squats.
For info about the upcoming 2012 NYC Anarchist Bookfair see: www.anarchistbookfair.net
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