The City From Below
March 27th-29th, 2009
Baltimore
The city has emerged in recent years as an indispensable concept for many of the struggles for social justice we are all engaged in – it’s a place where theory meets practice, where the neighborhood organizes against global capitalism, where unequal divisions based on race and class can be mapped out block by block and contested, where the micropolitics of gender and sexual orientation are subject to metropolitan rearticulation, where every corner is a potential site of resistance and every vacant lot a commons to be reclaimed, and, most importantly, a place where all our diverse struggles and strategies have a chance of coming together into something greater. In cities everywhere, new social movements are coming into being, hidden histories and herstories are being uncovered, and unanticipated futures are being imagined and built – but so much of this knowledge remains, so to speak, at street-level. We need a space to gather and share our stories, our ideas and analysis, a space to come together and rethink the city from below.
2009 New York Anarchist Bookfair
April 11th-12th, 2009
Judson Memorial Church, New York City
New York City, a center of anarchist life, culture, struggle, and ideas for 150 years, will host its 3rd annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair, a one-day exposition of books, zines, pamphlets, art, film/video, and other cultural and very political productions of the anarchist scene worldwide, on April 11, 2009 at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan.
2009 Left Forum
April 17th-19th, 2009
Pace University, New York City
Each spring in New York City, Left Forum gathers intellectuals and activists from around the world to address the burning issues of our times. This is Forever is sponsoring a few panels and discussions at the conference.