The First London Anarchist Studies Network London Social - Be There or Be Somehere Else!
Tuesday 2nd March, 7pm - Freedom Bookshop, Whitechapel.
This is an opportunity for Anarchist students, researchers and Anarchist academics living, working or visiting in the capital to meet, talk and socialise. Freedom have even agreed to raise the ceiling to ensure all those pointy heads fit in the building!
Bring a bottle and get yourself down there.
Freedom is at Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street - nearest tube Aldgate East. For those arriving late, we will at some stage decamp to the nearby White Hart public house for further refreshments.
ASN wins £1400 for 2009 activities
The ASN was today (14/04/09) awarded £1400 by the PSA to fund our activities in 2009. In a seperate bid, the PSA also awarded the group £2000 for its forthcoming joint conference with the Marxism specialist group (see below).
Is Black and Red Dead?
An historic conference co-organised by the ASN and the PSA Marxism Specialist Group. A full call for papers, registration forms, payment details and posters can be found here.
New Call for Papers: Anarchism, Labor Unions, and Working People
Click on Call for Papers above
Call for Papers: Anarchism and Sexuality in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries
Leeds, 19 February 2010.
ANARCHISTS ORGANISE PISS-UP IN BREWERY (01/08/08)
To celebrate the second birthday of the establishment of ASN in November 2007, members organised a tour of Nottingham's Castle Rock Brewery. Hangovers contributed to it taking this long to post up the announcement.
Rafal Chwedoruk, 'Polish Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism in the 20th century'
Jason Lindsey, 'Functional Representation and its Anarchist Origins'
Bert Altena, 'Analyzing Revolutionary Syndicalism: The Importance of Community'
Convenors: Dave Berry and Constance Bantman
This proved to be a very successful panel, thanks especially to the quality and consistency of the papers presented. The papers could be grouped under three main headings: individuals, ideas, and movements. Papers on individuals ranged from prominent figures like Malatesta to less well-known (or virtually unknown) militants. It highlighted the relevance of biographical approaches to anarchist studies. Papers on ideas tended to focus on the – often contradictory – transition between anarchism and other ideologies –chiefly communism, syndicalism and parliamentary socialism. Theoretical approaches considered the relevance of anarchism to contemporary political theory, as well as the challenges posed by syndicalism as a topic of historical investigation. Several papers considered anarchism as an organised movement, in the institutional context of the CGT, a national background, such as Poland, or more specific local approaches. The papers were based on original research (two of them at least being based on larger research projects and soon to be published in book format), and lesser-known areas or historical figures were discussed. There were numerous crossovers between these papers, pointing to important methodological perspectives. Among these, the biographical/ network approach emerged as a recurring theme, highlighting political trajectories which often challenge clear-cut distinctions between political allegiances. Secondly, the transnational theme underlay most papers, calling into question traditional notions of labour movements as confined within national boundaries, while also refining perspectives on internationalism and comparative history.
We hope that the proceedings can be published soon.