ANARCHISTS ORGANISE PISS-UP IN BREWERY
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.
PHD SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE IN ANARCHIST STUDIES
The Department of Politics, IR and European Studies (PIRES), Loughborough University, has just announced the availability of a fully funded, three-year PhD scholarship beginning in 2008. For more details contact Dr Dave Berry, PIRES, Loughborough University (![[MAILTO]](?source=moinmoin&mode=attachment&uri=%2Fwiki%2Frightsidebar%2Fimg%2Fmoin-email.png){kind=small}
d.g.berry@lboro.ac.uk)
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR MASTERS IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE
The masters programme in activism and social change at the Department of Geography, Leeds University is preparing to go into it's second year. You can find all the details, including information on scholarships here
"AK Distribution" is a non-profit workers' co-operative anarchist publisher and radical distributor based in Edinburgh, London & San Francisco. http://www.akuk.com/ & http://akpress.com
"Anarchist Academics" is a UK-centric mailing list for people interested in anarchism and involved with academic institutions or doing academic work (e.g. students, lecturers, independent researchers, etc). http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/anarchist.academics
http://www.infoshop.org/forums/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9
Anarchy Archives: An Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/
The CIRA library houses works on the anarchist movement, its history and philosophy in all languages: books and pamphlets, periodicals, academic researches, manuscripts and archives. It also collects illustrations (photos, postcards, posters, reproductions of works of art, etc.), films and audio material on cassettes and CDs. An annual readers card costs 40 Swiss francs or 30 Euros. Recent books and brochures may be taken out on loan from the library, by mail. http://www.anarca-bolo.ch/cira/
A new research centre at the University of Nottingham, the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) was created in 2005 to provide a focus for research and teaching in relation to the most fundamental question facing us as citizens: how should we live?
A handbook on group process for egalitarian collectives. Its focus is on the often unrecognized negative dynamics that can occur when people try to work collectively. It is a collaborative work-in-progress, and everybody is invited to contribute. http://www.geocities.com/collectivebook
An independent anarchist publisher. We produce a newspaper, which comes out every two weeks, and we publish books on all aspects of anarchist theory and practice. http://freedompress.org.uk/
Promoting critical scholarship on social domination and the reconstructive vision of a free society. Publishes a biannual newsletter, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, as well as online essays, to cultivate community among those interested in the development of anarchism and keep supporters apprised of our accomplishments. They also give grants! http://www.anarchist-studies.org/
An independent institution of higher education dedicated to the study of social ecology, an interdisciplinary field drawing on philosophy, political and social theory, anthropology, history, economics, the natural sciences, and feminism. The ISE views the global penetration of systems of domination into daily life, the centralization of political and economic power, the homogenization of culture, and the strengthening of hierarchy and social control as impediments to human freedom and the root causes of the current ecological crisis. http://social-ecology.org/
The most important institution in the world for the history of anarchism. It keeps the archives of important anarchists such as Michail Bakunin, Luigi Fabbri, Ugo Fedeli, Max Nettlau, Pierre Ramus or Rudolf Rocker and of important organizations such as the CNT, Freedom and others. Next to it the Institute keeps an extensive collection of newspapers, leaflets and other printed matter from all over the world. http://www.iisg.nl/
Website containing useful essays and links http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/index.html
From their website: "libcom.org is a resource for all people who wish to improve their lives, their communities and their working conditions. We want to discuss with one another, learn from experiences of the past and develop strategies to increase the power that we, as ordinary people, have over our own lives." http://libcom.org/
Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books dissecting such issues as U.S. interventionism in the developing world, the political economy of human rights and the propaganda role of corporate media. http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm
'Neither the normalization of classical anarchism nor the depoliticization of poststructuralism' -- provides loose definition of poststructuralist anarchism with links and recommended reading. http://www.geocities.com/ringfingers/postanarchism2.html
Hosts lists of anarchist Ph.D.s, a discussion list and information on historical and contemporary anarchist activists and theorists. http://raforum.apinc.org/