Neighborhood Anarchist Collective

Radical Thought Reading Group
2021-03-04 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-03-11 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Digital
Thursdays 5:30-7:00 PST
Zoom Link

Facilitator
Alex – alex@neighborhoodanarchists.org
Description
This ten-week reading group will explore some key texts in radical thought, including texts by Marx, the early anarchists, feminist theorists, and scholars of contemporary radical movements. The reading schedule for the group mirrors the syllabus for PS 433 Marx and Radical Thought at the University of Oregon. Because PS 433 has a limited class size – and UO tuition is prohibitively expensive – I wanted to create a more informal space for people to engage with this material outside of university limitations. All the readings will be available for download as PDFs via this Google drive link.
Feel free to show up every week or only the weeks that interest you. That being said, I do encourage you to come to the first week’s meeting so that we can get a feel for what people want to get out of the group. Feel free to email me with any questions!

Tentative Reading Schedule

— Jan. 7
No readings for this week, we’ll introduce ourselves, go over stack basics, discuss how much we’re comfortable reading each week, and talk about other introductory matters

– Jan. 14
Marx, “Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844” in The Marx-Engels Reader (pp. 70-86)
– Jan. 21
One or both:
o Marx, “Wage Labour and Capital” in The Marx-Engels Reader (p. 203-217)
o Marx, “Manifesto of the Communist Party” in The Marx-Engels Reader (pp. 469-500)
– Jan. 28
One or both:
o Kropotkin (1902) “Mutual Aid” in Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies (pp. 379-390)
o Bakunin, “Critique of the Marxist Theory of the State” in Bakunin on Anarchy (pp.325-333)

– Feb. 4

Goldman, “What I Believe” in Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (pp. 48-60) Goldman, “Anarchism: What it Really Stands For” in Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (pp. 61-77)
– Feb. 11
One or both:
o Federici, (2012) “The Reproduction of Labour-power in the Global Economy, Marxist Theory and the Unfinished Feminist Revolution” in Revolution at Point Zero (pp. 91-114)
o Bonds and Inwood, (2016) “Beyond white privilege: Geographies of white supremacy and settler colonialism.” Progress in Human Geography.
– Feb. 18
One or both:
o Gibson-Graham, (2006) “Waiting for the Revolution” in The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It): A Feminist Critique of Political Economy (pp. 251-265)
o Graeber, “Actions,” in Direct Action: An Ethnography (pp. 359-436)
– Feb. 25
Graeber, “Meetings,” in Direct Action: An Ethnography (pp. 287-358)
NAC, “Consensus Decision Making” https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/facilitation#consensus
We’ll use the consensus process to pick what we want to read for the final two weeks
– Mar. 4
“Postscript on the Societies of Control” by Deleuze and “The Future of the Left” by Bookchin.

– Mar. 11
Liat Ben-Moshe’s Decarcerating Disability. The chapter is titled “Abolition in Deinstitutionalization.”
All the readings can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-WUJ3DlyUaTKNYmNMWIUij4_0tSbW_GQ

YLF and UCA Eugene Anti-Police Event
2021-03-06 15:00 - 20:00 | Monroe Park, Monroe & 10th
Anti-police event in Monroe Park organized by the Eugene Youth Liberation Front and the United Communists and Anarchists of Eugene, Oregon
Featuring tabling from Cascadia Forest Defenders, Neighborhood Anarchist Collective, UCA Eug, Eugene YLF, and more
Tabling, music, speeches, and workshops at 3pm. March at 6:30pm

Protest to stop the sweeps Tuesday March 9th 8:30am
2021-03-09 08:30 - 10:00
From Decriminalize Homelessness:
CALL TO ACTION: PROTEST TO STOP THE SWEEPS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 8:30am.
Show up in solidarity and witness the City of Eugene’s planned sweep/eviction of a homeless encampment on the North bank of the Willamette River on state-owned (ODOT) land. Residents do not want to leave, have nowhere to go, and have asked for public support for their right to remain in place.
Bring camera, water, food to share with our unhoused neighbors, and signs, with messages like “Stop the Sweeps”, “Sweeps Kill”, “Rest not Arrest”, “People have a Right to Rest”, “Follow CDC Guidelines”, “Housing Not Handcuffs.”
Folks living there have asked for witnesses from the housed community. Please feel free to film the cops and city workers at all times. DO NOT film/take pictures of our unhoused neighbors without first getting their consent.
See map for meet-up location to get oriented, get tea, and pick up signs. Parking is limited. Walk or bike and park bike at McMenamins. Parking also available at Alton Baker Park.
#StopTheSweeps #RightToRest
Share as widely as possible. On social media. Invite everyone.

Against Punishment - Unit 2
2021-03-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Digital
Crafting Non-Punitive Responses to Harm
We are thrilled to share with you an invitation to Against Punishment, a training resource created by Project Nia and Interrupting Criminalization. This abolitionist curriculum is anchored in the principle that “punishment actually undermines safety.” The second of a four-part series, “Crafting Non-Punitive Responses to Harm” we will be thinking about the differences between accountability and punishment. What are the distinctions? It will last between 1.5 and 2 hours.
We hope that you will share this invitation widely, and join us on Saturday, March 13th, 2021, 10am PST, to explore these ideas together.
**This series will not be recorded.**
Future units include: April 10th Another World Is Possible, Abolition through Storytelling; and May 8th Surviving Harm/Violence & What Would Justice Look Like?
This series is presented online by Lane County Mutual Aid and Neighborhood Anarchist Collective.
CW: This unit includes discussions of violence and harm
Register: tinyurl.com/againstunit2

NAC Public Gathering (digital)
2021-03-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-04-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-05-16 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-06-20 17:00 - 21:00 | Digital
The Public Gatherings are a monthly meeting to welcome new people to the collective and come together to learn what people are working on, gather advice, and discuss projects.
5-7pm @ https://8×8.vc/naceugene/public
If you can’t make this meeting but would still like to be involved you can contact us here: https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/get-involved/
Accessibility: NAC strives to have our meetings be accessible to everyone. Let us know if you need ASL services and we can arrange for that. During meetings we take a break and we welcome everyone doing what they need to be present. If you have any questions or accessibility needs please email us at contact@neighborhoodanarchists.org.
We at NAC recognize that our society is dominated by intersecting oppressive power structures, including capitalism, the state, white supremacy, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and ableism. We are committed to intersectional action in all that we do.

Solidarity Share Fair: A Really Free Market
2021-03-30 15:00 - 18:30, 2021-04-27 15:00 - 18:30, 2021-05-25 15:00 - 18:30 | Mobile!
Events

The Share Fair connects people with resources, services, and each other in a convenient and fun way.
The purpose of the Share Fair is to connect people with resources, services, and each other in a convenient and fun way. The fair will be providing free resources and services from local organizations and community groups to unhoused and working class members of the community. There will be food, live music, games, and a chance to know other Eugene organizations and folks in the community – and it’s all free!

Donate to the Share Fair!

Volunteer at Share Fair!

Provide a Service!

Next Share Fair Details
TBD

We could use the following supplies:

Seasonally appropriate clothes and accessories (T-shirts, button-up shirts, slacks, sweatpants, jeans, hats, socks, shoes, boots, underwear)
Hygiene products (toothbrushes, toothpaste, pads, tampons, toilet paper, deodorant, travel-size soaps and shampoos, Menstrual hygiene supplies)
Tents
Tarps
Sleeping bags
Sleeping mats
Backpacks, bags
Boots
Blankets
Camping gear
Water bottles
First aid supplies
Flashlights
Batteries
Pocket sewing kits

How to Donate
At the Share Fair: You can bring donations to the share fair the day of the event. We'll take donations 11am - 3pm.

Drop off in advance: Dark Pine Coffee (954 Pearl St). Starting in October.

Email to arrange pickup/drop off: You can email donations@neighborhoodanarchists.org to arrange pick up or drop off

Services we're looking for:

Simple medical services
Haircuts
Massage
Job skills, resumes
Foot care
Bike repair
Games
Shoe repair
Eye exams
Legal advice
Car repair
Sewing/ mending

Let us know about the service you'd like to provide on our service interest page, or email us at sharefair@neighborhoodanarchists.org.

Why Share Fair:
Our event aims to go beyond the experience of handing someone a sandwich when they are hungry, we create a space where people are welcomed to join in community. We provide music, haircuts, massage, bike repair, resume support, first aid, warm meals and empathy to folks who are often pushed away. Additionally, we offer the opportunity to speak with representatives from health care, counseling, and housing services. Through building connections and empowering guests to get involved and volunteer, we are changing the dynamic of our neighborhoods. We rescue food, clothing, shoes, toiletries, backpacks, sleeping bags/camping gear, and much more from various locations to then redistribute to people in need. With more and more of our neighbors being effected by the housing crisis and food insecurity, we need events such as the Share Fair now, more than ever.
Events such as the share fair are necessary because capitalism is failing people. Those who don’t conform to the dominant economic model are discarded by society and the government is unable to provide the sort of care we can provide for each other. One of the principles of anarchism is that members of a community see what needs to be done and take responsibility for doing it themselves. In that spirit, Share Fair is organized by the consensus model; no one leads or follows, instead, all work together toward a common goal. We hope to show that it’s possible to take action without the government and to cooperate without hierarchy while still being effective (or being more effective).

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We love feedback!
Please let us know how we're doing and how we could do better!
Attendee Survey - Have you already been to the Share Fair? We want to know your thoughts! Volunteer Survey - Previously volunteered? We appreciate feedback on your experience! Contact us - Other ideas or feedback? Please contact us!

YDSA Movie Showing Agmes Varda's Black Panther
2021-04-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Washburne Park
Movie showing and discussion of Agmes Varda’s Black Panther
April 8th 5pm
Washburne Park

Radical Thought Reading Group
2021-04-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Digital
Thursday, April 8 from 5:30-7pm. There is no reading for this week; we’ll do introductions, discuss logistics, and decide what to read the next few weeks as a group. Here is the Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97523790612

Against Punishment - Unit 3
2021-04-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Digital
Unit Three – Another World Is Possible, Abolition through Storytelling
We are thrilled to share with you an invitation to Against Punishment, a training resource created by Project Nia and Interrupting Criminalization. This abolitionist curriculum is anchored in the principle that “punishment actually undermines safety.”
Saturday, April 10th, 2021, 10am PST
Register: tinyurl.com/story2021
**This series will not be recorded.**
Future unit include: May 8th Surviving Harm/Violence & What Would Justice Look Like?
This series is presented online by Lane County Mutual Aid and Neighborhood Anarchist Collective.

Ham Slam Pig Roast
2021-04-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Monroe Park, Monroe & 10th
Willamette Valley Abolition Project:
Come listen or share testimony against EPD, UOPD, Oregon Jails and prisons, as well as revolutary poetry, and music. Bring empty backpacks to donate for jail and prison re-entry support.
Monroe Park, Saturday April 10th @ 5:30pm
email wvap@riseup.net for more info or to participate

March for East Asian Women Victims of the Atlanta Massacre
2021-04-11 13:00 - 15:00 | federal courthouse, 405 E 8th Ave., Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
March in solidarity with the East Asian women who were victims of the Atlanta massage parlor massacre.

Meet at 1pm in front of the Eugene Federal Courthouse. March begins at 2pm. Masks required. Event safety will be present.

Organized by the Lane East Asian Network (https://www.oregonlean.org/): “We will be uplifting the voices of East Asian women, femmes, and nonbinary folx so they may share their stories and call to action what they need from the Oregon community right now to feel safe and supported.”

Radical Thought Reading Group
2021-04-22 17:30 - 19:00 | Digital
We’ll begin discussing Silvia Federici’s book, Beyond the Periphery of the Skin (selections TBD at the April 15 meeting). You can order a copy of the book or you can use the PDF version here: https://pirateca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Periphery-of-the-Skin-Silvia-Federici.pdf

https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97523790612

The Future of Resistance to the State and Capital: After the George Floyd Uprising (Organized by Forest City Anarchists)
2021-04-30 19:00 - 21:00
Following the conclusion of 2020, a year which saw resistance break out in cities across the country, there is a wide scale political realignment occurring. As with the period following past uprisings, this realignment has necessitated a shift in approaches for radicals across the US. This panel will discuss the events of the past year, the lessons learned, and approaches that can be taken to move resistance forward into 2021 and beyond. Be sure to check back here for updates on the lineup and how you can attend/view online!
The speakers are as follows:
Klee Benally is a Diné musician, writer, traditional dancer, artist, filmmaker, & Indigenous anarchist. Klee organizes with Indigenous Action, Táala Hooghan Infoshop, Protect the Peaks, Haul No!, Kinłani Mutual Aid and IndigenousMutualAid.org.
Sam Pree-Gonzalez is a revolutionary coming to us from Minneapolis. Her political work centers around economic justice, cooperative economics, housing justice and local community autonomy.
Sima Lee is a musician and revolutionary from the Baltimore/DC area who has been a lifelong organizer. Her work focuses on the concept of maroon communities, anarchism and the intersections of these concepts with work around mutual aid and community structures of self-defense
Frank Andrews is a participant in the It’s Going Down media collective. IGD is a platform for autonomous anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and antifascist movements across so-called North America.

May Day Fair
2021-05-01 12:00 - 18:00 | Alton Baker Park
PNW Communists is organizing a May Day Fair in Alton Baker Park!

CORE Street Feed
2021-05-07 17:00 - 19:00
Friday, May 7, 5-7pm
Chicken Alfredo, Caesar Salad, Dessert, Survival Supplies, Harm Reduction Supplies
Ages 16-24
Spectrum – 150 W Broadway

Against Punishment - Unit 4
2021-05-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Digital
Unit Four – Surviving Harm/Violence & What Would Justice Look Like?
We are thrilled to share with you an invitation to Against Punishment, a training resource created by Project Nia and Interrupting Criminalization. This abolitionist curriculum is anchored in the principle that “punishment actually undermines safety.”
Saturday, May 8th, 2021, 10am PST
Registration link: tinyurl.com/iwillsurvive21
**This series will not be recorded.**
This series is presented online by Lane County Mutual Aid and Neighborhood Anarchist Collective.

There Is No Unhappy Revolution (not organized by NAC)
2021-05-26 07:00 - 21:00 | Washington Jefferson Park
A screening of a discussion on the new book “There Is No Unhappy Revolution” which covers the concept of Destituent Power and other concepts relevant to contemporary struggle. Screening at Washington-Jefferson park, on the west side of the basketball courts. Will have seating, refreshments, zines, and good discussion.

CORE Street Feed
2021-06-01 12:00 - 14:00
CORE will be serving at 941 W 7th
Thursday June 1st
Lunch at noon

Queers Against Prisons! Queers Against Societies! Hosted by ACL, WVAP, and ROAR Center
2021-06-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Digital
On Queer Militancy, Abolition and Collective Care
A virtual conversation over zoom
tinyurl.com/3kruw743
Hosted by the Abolitionist Common Library, Willamette Valley Abolition Project, and the ROAR Center

CORE Street Feed
2021-06-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Spectrum, 150 W. Broadway
Friday, June 4 at the Spectrum (150 W Broadway)
Ages 16-24
5-7pm
Taco bowls and cupcakes
Survival and harm reduction supplies available

Rally and march for UO's Graduate Village
2021-06-21 14:00 - 17:00 | University of Oregon
Rally and march for UO’s Graduate Village: Monday, June 21st 2pm @ Johnson Hall

Tibet March Boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
2021-06-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2021-06-24 16:00 - 18:00
June 23rd noon-2pm & June 24th 4-6pm @ Hayward field entrance
Genocide and occupation are not Olympic principles

Fundraiser for COVID Relief in India
2021-06-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Monroe Park, Monroe & 10th
June 24th 6pm @ Monroe Park
Food, music, dance performances, and information about the crisis.
(Not organized by us. We’re just spreading the word.)
