Occupy ICE NYC - Foley Square, Thomas Paine Park
July 14 – July 28   [consider checking for updates before traveling to attend -t.]
(http://medium.com/@occupyicenyc/join-occupy-ice-nyc-help-occupy-foley-square-to-stop-immigration-abuse-abolish-ice-a13fc420ffb5) … #OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #OccupyICE  https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc/status/1018162770125164545
https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc  https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/
https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/ 
area map http://url.ie/zb2p   Public · Hosted by Occupy ICE NYC

We are calling for mass resistance to support immigrant communities, hold space, fight deportations or detention, and Abolish ICE. Join us Sunday, or any future day. This is an ongoing 24/7 occupation.
Occupy ICE NYC (#OccupyICENYC) is answering a national call for people committed to the abolition of ICE, DHS, NYPD, and all oppressive colonial systems of law enforcement throughout the country. We recognize that these systems cannot be reformed while their history is rooted in enslavement and genocide. Reform always allows this to continue and we are here to shut that down with a lot of love.

On June 26 th, we began to liberate space in Foley Square directly across the street from the Department of Homeland Security in a 24/7 occupation. We have repurposed a public space with the intention of extending mutual aid to families facing deportations in the form of food, first aid, and legal referrals. We organize collectively as a community towards disrupting deportations and raising awareness of ICE’s innumerable human rights abuses.

We invite you to join us beginning on Sunday, July 15th at 12:00pm, and continuing indefinitely, as the ground-up resistance mobilizes to #OccupyICE and sound the call that “No one is illegal on stolen land!”

This is a beautiful community — new, militant, compassionate, and rooted in abolition.

You can be a part of it in different ways:

    we always need supplies and if that’s all you can give we would be forever grateful to receive sleeping materials, food, utensils, plates medical supplies, art supplies, dry erase boards, containers, water, and more.
    stand in solidarity with detainees and join us! We are committed to holding space and will continue to do so until our demands are met.

Our Demands:

    Free all detainees in NYC and close detention centers
    End ICE raids and checkpoints
    End all ICE operations in NYC
    Release the names of all agents involved in sexual abuse and other forms of torture and brutality
    No more deportations through NYC, no extraditions to other states for deportation
    Reinvest ICE operating budget into communities terrorized by ICE, especially black, brown and indigenous, and create a fund to reunite families.

As we invite all of you into the space, we want to be clear about the kind of behavior we expect from those who want to join us in this collective creation of a truly abolition centered community.

We are looking for people committed to:

    Taking the lead from marginalized peoples, particularly those directly affected by ICE enforcement
    Maintaining and working towards our mission to abolish ICE
    Working on and off the grounds of the encampment
    Cooperatively sharing and adopting skills at teach-ins and workshops
    staying in the encampment overnight when able
    keeping the space and each other safe
    abiding by the community agreements that are posted within the camp.

Community agreements:

    Racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, and/or queerphobic behavior of any kind is considered abuse, and will not be tolerated.
    This is an autonomous space: everyone is responsible for themselves but also responsible for not infringing on anyone else’s autonomy. In other words, decide for yourself, speak for yourself, and no one else. Do not put anyone else in danger.
    Give what you can, take what you need. This goes for food, labor, and supplies.
    Do not collaborate with or talk to the pigs

If you feel that you can commit to creating a space of abolitionist resistance that is both safe and effective, we encourage you to join us in our fight.

Facebook.com/OccupyICENYC
Instagram.com/OccupyICENYC
Twitter.com/OccupyICENYC
OccupyICENYC.org
#OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS
Questions: OccupyICENYC@gmail.com

try also press@macc.nyc
background https://macc.nyc/2018/06/22/OccupyICE.html

Radical Black Feminism Reading Group
w/ NYC Democratic Socialists of America Socialist Feminist Working Group
Mondays, 7:00 PM from Jun. 11 to Aug. 27 at Thoughtworks
99 Madison Ave, 15th Fl., on NE corner of E. 29th St.; #6 Train to 28 St. (at Park Av. So.);
R, W to 28 St. (at Broadway nr. 5th & 6th Aves.); B, D, F, M, N, Q, PATH to 34 St.-Herald Sq.
(exit to W.32nd & Broadway); #1 to 28 St.; #2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to W.32nd & 7th);
A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to 8th Av. & W.33rd); buses via 34th St. or 23rd St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/Xo3Q2EywsA32
Monday, JUN. 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 25, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 2, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 9, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 23, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 30, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 20, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
The Socialist Feminist Working Group is hosting a reading group on Radical Black Feminism. Sign up here ---> https://goo.gl/YjKMBd
Descriptions & any changes:  (www.socialists.nyc/events/2018/6/11/radical-black-feminism-reading-group-ss5n5-j946n-5l88r-f36zw)
https://t.co/1FFxHvZCPw https://twitter.com/NycSocfem/status/1001900504069361672

https://facebook.com/events/1844320805606515/

Since slavery, black feminist scholars and activists have articulated a socialist vision for ending systemic oppression. Radical black feminism recognizes how all systems of oppression are inextricably linked while maintaining the unique circumstances of anti-blackness, misogynoir, and class oppression. An understanding of this theoretical framework is essential for those interested in developing strategies to end all forms of exploitation.

In this reading group we will discuss Racecraft, black women’s exclusion from feminist and nationalist movements, sexual violence, electoral politics, welfare, mass incarceration, labor, careerism, queerness, and self care.

*This reading group will be open to all genders. Light refreshments will be served and you are encouraged to bring a snack to share as well.

View the complete syllabus here ---> https://goo.gl/GgMxgo

NYC chapter of the largest socialist organization in the country. We fight, and organize, for more democracy in more places with activism and education.

Events with NYC Democratic Socialists of America

JUN6    Anti-War Working Group Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

MAY30   85 Bowery Hunger Strike Solidarity Rally
Wed 6 PM
View Event

MAY30   South Brooklyn DSA May Branch Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

About the Venue
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Climate Action Mondays Music Party with Performances & Speakers
a Climate War Room for the 2018 Election
Jul. 9, 16, 23 and Mondays, 7:00 PM, through Nov. 5 at Calligaris Chelsea
144 W. 18th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.; #1 to 18 St. (at 7th); F, M, PATH to 14 St. (north exit
to W.16th & 6th Av.); L to 6 Av. (at 14th St.); C, E to 14 St. (at 8th Av.);
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/SkwEw286CA22
 == > series graphic at https://goo.gl/54Gsjd  https://goo.gl/7rYisq
Public.  Event graphic & partial descriptions:  https://goo.gl/F4XBTx
https://facebook.com/events/1332274296916899
 w/ Sunrise Movement, Rise and Resist, NYC Grassroots Alliance, Peoples Climate Movement NY,
Climate Action Mondays, Sane Energy Project, Climate Hawks Vote, 350 NYC

[from a possibly relevant description of a PREVIOUS event in the series:  ``This week, we'll be working together in small groups of activists for most of the meeting. If you're new, there will be a new member orientation (mostly listening, with questions) at 7:30; the rest of the time, we'll be working on OFF Act and No Fossil Fuel $ activism together. Then there will be an a cappella performance at or around 8:30.``  -t.]

CLIMATE ACTION MONDAYS  Save-the-Planet Activism.  Amazing Performances!!

This is an Earth Emergency.
It's Time to Outlaw Pollution!
Come Find Out How & Help!

CAMPAIGN DEMANDS of ALL CANDIDATES: 
THE OFF FOSSIL FUELS ACT
& NO FOSSIL FUEL MONEY PLEDGE

THE SHOWDOWN STARTS HERE!
@ Callegaris Chelsea, 144 W. 18th Street.
BYOB & Potluck.

#CLIMATEMONDAYS IN THE NEWS:
NY1 News: http://bit.ly/LaunchNY1news
Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/RollingStoneOffAct
From First Climate Cabaret: http://bit.ly/SochaGoodGirl

Upcoming Dates
JUL9 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

JUL16 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
JUL23 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Recent Posts
Climate Action Mondays — JULY WE WERK. With Great Music! Meeting 7:30.

Climate Action Mondays — Join us Monday 7/2 to get to work on OFF Act strategy. At 8:30, we'll break to take in a set from a wonderful singer, songwriter, and ukuleleist, Pete Sturman!

The Prince and The Modern Prince
Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Mondays, 7:00 PM, Jul. 23, Jul. 30, Aug. 6, Aug. 13, Aug. 20, Aug. 27 at Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, btw. Hoyt St. & Bond St.; A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; #2, 3 to Hoyt St. (at Fulton St. & walk south with Hoyt traffic); #4, 5 to Nevins St. (at Flatbush); F to Bergen St.; D, N, R, B, Q to Atlantic - Barclays;
http://marxedproject.org/event/the-prince-and-the-modern-prince/2018-07-23/
https://facebook.com/events/254195388671489/  info@marxedproject.org marxedproject.org/events/   Public · Hosted by Marxist Education Project [whenever i've asked an instructor, facilitator or the office, *in the past* it's been ok to attend single classes for *other* courses & series.  consider asking in this case.  check correct ending times.  -t.]

Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) is considered by many to be the father of modern political science and political philosophy. In his most famous work, The Prince, Machiavelli explores the nature of political power and the relationship between ruler and subjects.
The Prince is often viewed as being a handbook for authoritarian rulers while others argue that Machiavelli was in fact a “republican” who inspired the later Enlightenment theorists of political democracy. Machiavelli has also been studied by a range of Marxists, most notably by Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci who wrote The Modern Prince while still a prisoner of Italy’s fascist regime. Gramsci analyzes Machiavelli in the context of his trying to understand how power is exercised and maintained under capitalism. What does Machiavelli have to offer Marxists and why is he still relevant nearly 500 years after he wrote?

This 7-week class will read Machiavelli’s The Prince along with several analyses of it starting with Gramsci but also including Marxist historian Ellen Meiksins Wood (Liberty and Property, Chapter 3 “The Renaissance City State”) and political philosopher Antionio Negri (Insurgencies, Chapter 2 “Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm)

Participants should come to the first class having read Chapter 3 (The Renaissance City State) in Ellen Meiksins Wood’s Liberty and Property (available as a free PDF online).

Marxist Education Project — Develop your understanding of Gramsci including a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge,a new principality, what is meant by using the term “the people”, theory and practice and begine to understand Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, ethical and theoretical reform, and the concepts of the collective will.Tomorrow night, Monday, July 9—7 pm upstairs at The Brooklyn Commonsmarxedproject.org

Events with Marxist Education Project
JUL28Capital, Volume I
JUL26 Summer In The Dark: Crime & The Capitalist Way
JUL23 Capital’s 21st Century Endgame
 

Occupy ICE NYC - Foley Square, Thomas Paine Park
July 14 – July 28   [consider checking for updates before traveling to attend -t.]
(http://medium.com/@occupyicenyc/join-occupy-ice-nyc-help-occupy-foley-square-to-stop-immigration-abuse-abolish-ice-a13fc420ffb5) … #OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #OccupyICE  https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc/status/1018162770125164545
https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc  https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/
https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/ 
area map http://url.ie/zb2p   Public · Hosted by Occupy ICE NYC

We are calling for mass resistance to support immigrant communities, hold space, fight deportations or detention, and Abolish ICE. Join us Sunday, or any future day. This is an ongoing 24/7 occupation.
Occupy ICE NYC (#OccupyICENYC) is answering a national call for people committed to the abolition of ICE, DHS, NYPD, and all oppressive colonial systems of law enforcement throughout the country. We recognize that these systems cannot be reformed while their history is rooted in enslavement and genocide. Reform always allows this to continue and we are here to shut that down with a lot of love.

On June 26 th, we began to liberate space in Foley Square directly across the street from the Department of Homeland Security in a 24/7 occupation. We have repurposed a public space with the intention of extending mutual aid to families facing deportations in the form of food, first aid, and legal referrals. We organize collectively as a community towards disrupting deportations and raising awareness of ICE’s innumerable human rights abuses.

We invite you to join us beginning on Sunday, July 15th at 12:00pm, and continuing indefinitely, as the ground-up resistance mobilizes to #OccupyICE and sound the call that “No one is illegal on stolen land!”

This is a beautiful community — new, militant, compassionate, and rooted in abolition.

You can be a part of it in different ways:

    we always need supplies and if that’s all you can give we would be forever grateful to receive sleeping materials, food, utensils, plates medical supplies, art supplies, dry erase boards, containers, water, and more.
    stand in solidarity with detainees and join us! We are committed to holding space and will continue to do so until our demands are met.

Our Demands:

    Free all detainees in NYC and close detention centers
    End ICE raids and checkpoints
    End all ICE operations in NYC
    Release the names of all agents involved in sexual abuse and other forms of torture and brutality
    No more deportations through NYC, no extraditions to other states for deportation
    Reinvest ICE operating budget into communities terrorized by ICE, especially black, brown and indigenous, and create a fund to reunite families.

As we invite all of you into the space, we want to be clear about the kind of behavior we expect from those who want to join us in this collective creation of a truly abolition centered community.

We are looking for people committed to:

    Taking the lead from marginalized peoples, particularly those directly affected by ICE enforcement
    Maintaining and working towards our mission to abolish ICE
    Working on and off the grounds of the encampment
    Cooperatively sharing and adopting skills at teach-ins and workshops
    staying in the encampment overnight when able
    keeping the space and each other safe
    abiding by the community agreements that are posted within the camp.

Community agreements:

    Racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, and/or queerphobic behavior of any kind is considered abuse, and will not be tolerated.
    This is an autonomous space: everyone is responsible for themselves but also responsible for not infringing on anyone else’s autonomy. In other words, decide for yourself, speak for yourself, and no one else. Do not put anyone else in danger.
    Give what you can, take what you need. This goes for food, labor, and supplies.
    Do not collaborate with or talk to the pigs

If you feel that you can commit to creating a space of abolitionist resistance that is both safe and effective, we encourage you to join us in our fight.

Facebook.com/OccupyICENYC
Instagram.com/OccupyICENYC
Twitter.com/OccupyICENYC
OccupyICENYC.org
#OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS
Questions: OccupyICENYC@gmail.com

try also press@macc.nyc
background https://macc.nyc/2018/06/22/OccupyICE.html

Volunteer with New Sanctuary Coalition / NSC at the Immigration Clinic
Tuesdays, 6:00PM at NYU Vanderbilt Hall in Golding Lounge
40 Washington Sq. South, 2nd Fl., btw. Macdougal St. & Sullivan St.,
opposite SW corner of the park & nr. A, B, C, D, E, F, M, PATH, #1,
R, W,#6 stops & cross town buses via Houston St. or W.8th or E.9th
 
Every week, the clinic helps 50 or more immigrants prepare for immigration proceedings, apply for asylum and assert their rights. We help them prepare their cases so they can best represent themselves.

Lawyers and non-lawyers needed.

   [please research correct ending time.  also, if you learn
  contact info for event specifics, please let me know.  -t.]

FRANTZ FANON: ANTI-RACISM AND DECOLONIZATION
$315.  Instructor: Anthony Alessandrini
Four Tuesdays, Jul. 10, 17, 24 & 31,  6:30 to 9:30pm at Verso Books,
20 Jay St., Brooklyn, btw. John St. & Plymouth St.; F Train to York St.; A, C to High St.-Brooklyn Bridge; #2, 3 to Clark St.-Brooklyn Hts.; R to Court St.-Borough Hall;
transit:  https://goo.gl/maps/kMvciHvRCoE2 ;  course descriptions:
(https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/frantz-fanon-anti-racism-and-decolonization/) https://twitter.com/BklynInstitute/status/1012475240046387200
https://facebook.com/TheBrooklynInstitute/events/
https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/current-courses/

Frantz Fanon—psychiatrist, political theorist, poet, and revolutionary—was one of the twentieth century’s foremost theorists of race, colonialism, and decolonization. His writings became a touchstone of the global anti-colonial struggle of the 1960s, and they continue to inspire scholars and activists to this day. To what extent do Fanon’s writings, produced largely during the 1950’s, continue to speak to our situation today? And if they remain relevant, what does this indicate about our general failure to effectively oppose both old and new versions of racism and imperialism in the years since?

Through a close reading of selections from Fanon’s two most influential books—Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth—we will consider the lasting importance of concepts like recognition, violence, intersubjectivity, and emancipation. We will place Fanon into conversation with a variety of theorists, including Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, Jamaica Kincaid, and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Finally, connecting his writings to contemporary anti-racist and revolutionary struggles—in the United States and around the world—we will explore questions of political violence, nonviolence, and the problems and possibilities posed by international solidarity.

The course is capped at 20 students. To enroll, visit: https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/frantz-fanon-anti-racism-and-decolonization/.

Occupy ICE NYC - Foley Square, Thomas Paine Park
July 14 – July 28   [consider checking for updates before traveling to attend -t.]
(http://medium.com/@occupyicenyc/join-occupy-ice-nyc-help-occupy-foley-square-to-stop-immigration-abuse-abolish-ice-a13fc420ffb5) … #OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #OccupyICE  https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc/status/1018162770125164545
https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc  https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/
https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/ 
area map http://url.ie/zb2p   Public · Hosted by Occupy ICE NYC

We are calling for mass resistance to support immigrant communities, hold space, fight deportations or detention, and Abolish ICE. Join us Sunday, or any future day. This is an ongoing 24/7 occupation.
Occupy ICE NYC (#OccupyICENYC) is answering a national call for people committed to the abolition of ICE, DHS, NYPD, and all oppressive colonial systems of law enforcement throughout the country. We recognize that these systems cannot be reformed while their history is rooted in enslavement and genocide. Reform always allows this to continue and we are here to shut that down with a lot of love.

On June 26 th, we began to liberate space in Foley Square directly across the street from the Department of Homeland Security in a 24/7 occupation. We have repurposed a public space with the intention of extending mutual aid to families facing deportations in the form of food, first aid, and legal referrals. We organize collectively as a community towards disrupting deportations and raising awareness of ICE’s innumerable human rights abuses.

We invite you to join us beginning on Sunday, July 15th at 12:00pm, and continuing indefinitely, as the ground-up resistance mobilizes to #OccupyICE and sound the call that “No one is illegal on stolen land!”

This is a beautiful community — new, militant, compassionate, and rooted in abolition.

You can be a part of it in different ways:

    we always need supplies and if that’s all you can give we would be forever grateful to receive sleeping materials, food, utensils, plates medical supplies, art supplies, dry erase boards, containers, water, and more.
    stand in solidarity with detainees and join us! We are committed to holding space and will continue to do so until our demands are met.

Our Demands:

    Free all detainees in NYC and close detention centers
    End ICE raids and checkpoints
    End all ICE operations in NYC
    Release the names of all agents involved in sexual abuse and other forms of torture and brutality
    No more deportations through NYC, no extraditions to other states for deportation
    Reinvest ICE operating budget into communities terrorized by ICE, especially black, brown and indigenous, and create a fund to reunite families.

As we invite all of you into the space, we want to be clear about the kind of behavior we expect from those who want to join us in this collective creation of a truly abolition centered community.

We are looking for people committed to:

    Taking the lead from marginalized peoples, particularly those directly affected by ICE enforcement
    Maintaining and working towards our mission to abolish ICE
    Working on and off the grounds of the encampment
    Cooperatively sharing and adopting skills at teach-ins and workshops
    staying in the encampment overnight when able
    keeping the space and each other safe
    abiding by the community agreements that are posted within the camp.

Community agreements:

    Racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, and/or queerphobic behavior of any kind is considered abuse, and will not be tolerated.
    This is an autonomous space: everyone is responsible for themselves but also responsible for not infringing on anyone else’s autonomy. In other words, decide for yourself, speak for yourself, and no one else. Do not put anyone else in danger.
    Give what you can, take what you need. This goes for food, labor, and supplies.
    Do not collaborate with or talk to the pigs

If you feel that you can commit to creating a space of abolitionist resistance that is both safe and effective, we encourage you to join us in our fight.

Facebook.com/OccupyICENYC
Instagram.com/OccupyICENYC
Twitter.com/OccupyICENYC
OccupyICENYC.org
#OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS
Questions: OccupyICENYC@gmail.com

try also press@macc.nyc
background https://macc.nyc/2018/06/22/OccupyICE.html

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
Cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849 FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events  gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org  https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure.

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs.

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourism Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure. 
 ==> Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

Occupy ICE NYC - Foley Square, Thomas Paine Park
July 14 – July 28   [consider checking for updates before traveling to attend -t.]
(http://medium.com/@occupyicenyc/join-occupy-ice-nyc-help-occupy-foley-square-to-stop-immigration-abuse-abolish-ice-a13fc420ffb5) … #OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #OccupyICE  https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc/status/1018162770125164545
https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc  https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/
https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/ 
area map http://url.ie/zb2p   Public · Hosted by Occupy ICE NYC

We are calling for mass resistance to support immigrant communities, hold space, fight deportations or detention, and Abolish ICE. Join us Sunday, or any future day. This is an ongoing 24/7 occupation.
Occupy ICE NYC (#OccupyICENYC) is answering a national call for people committed to the abolition of ICE, DHS, NYPD, and all oppressive colonial systems of law enforcement throughout the country. We recognize that these systems cannot be reformed while their history is rooted in enslavement and genocide. Reform always allows this to continue and we are here to shut that down with a lot of love.

On June 26 th, we began to liberate space in Foley Square directly across the street from the Department of Homeland Security in a 24/7 occupation. We have repurposed a public space with the intention of extending mutual aid to families facing deportations in the form of food, first aid, and legal referrals. We organize collectively as a community towards disrupting deportations and raising awareness of ICE’s innumerable human rights abuses.

We invite you to join us beginning on Sunday, July 15th at 12:00pm, and continuing indefinitely, as the ground-up resistance mobilizes to #OccupyICE and sound the call that “No one is illegal on stolen land!”

This is a beautiful community — new, militant, compassionate, and rooted in abolition.

You can be a part of it in different ways:

    we always need supplies and if that’s all you can give we would be forever grateful to receive sleeping materials, food, utensils, plates medical supplies, art supplies, dry erase boards, containers, water, and more.
    stand in solidarity with detainees and join us! We are committed to holding space and will continue to do so until our demands are met.

Our Demands:

    Free all detainees in NYC and close detention centers
    End ICE raids and checkpoints
    End all ICE operations in NYC
    Release the names of all agents involved in sexual abuse and other forms of torture and brutality
    No more deportations through NYC, no extraditions to other states for deportation
    Reinvest ICE operating budget into communities terrorized by ICE, especially black, brown and indigenous, and create a fund to reunite families.

As we invite all of you into the space, we want to be clear about the kind of behavior we expect from those who want to join us in this collective creation of a truly abolition centered community.

We are looking for people committed to:

    Taking the lead from marginalized peoples, particularly those directly affected by ICE enforcement
    Maintaining and working towards our mission to abolish ICE
    Working on and off the grounds of the encampment
    Cooperatively sharing and adopting skills at teach-ins and workshops
    staying in the encampment overnight when able
    keeping the space and each other safe
    abiding by the community agreements that are posted within the camp.

Community agreements:

    Racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, and/or queerphobic behavior of any kind is considered abuse, and will not be tolerated.
    This is an autonomous space: everyone is responsible for themselves but also responsible for not infringing on anyone else’s autonomy. In other words, decide for yourself, speak for yourself, and no one else. Do not put anyone else in danger.
    Give what you can, take what you need. This goes for food, labor, and supplies.
    Do not collaborate with or talk to the pigs

If you feel that you can commit to creating a space of abolitionist resistance that is both safe and effective, we encourage you to join us in our fight.

Facebook.com/OccupyICENYC
Instagram.com/OccupyICENYC
Twitter.com/OccupyICENYC
OccupyICENYC.org
#OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS
Questions: OccupyICENYC@gmail.com

try also press@macc.nyc
background https://macc.nyc/2018/06/22/OccupyICE.html

Occupy ICE NYC - Foley Square, Thomas Paine Park
July 14 – July 28   [consider checking for updates before traveling to attend -t.]
(http://medium.com/@occupyicenyc/join-occupy-ice-nyc-help-occupy-foley-square-to-stop-immigration-abuse-abolish-ice-a13fc420ffb5) … #OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #OccupyICE  https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc/status/1018162770125164545
https://twitter.com/occupyicenyc  https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/
https://facebook.com/events/1978878975477175/ 
area map http://url.ie/zb2p   Public · Hosted by Occupy ICE NYC

We are calling for mass resistance to support immigrant communities, hold space, fight deportations or detention, and Abolish ICE. Join us Sunday, or any future day. This is an ongoing 24/7 occupation.
Occupy ICE NYC (#OccupyICENYC) is answering a national call for people committed to the abolition of ICE, DHS, NYPD, and all oppressive colonial systems of law enforcement throughout the country. We recognize that these systems cannot be reformed while their history is rooted in enslavement and genocide. Reform always allows this to continue and we are here to shut that down with a lot of love.

On June 26 th, we began to liberate space in Foley Square directly across the street from the Department of Homeland Security in a 24/7 occupation. We have repurposed a public space with the intention of extending mutual aid to families facing deportations in the form of food, first aid, and legal referrals. We organize collectively as a community towards disrupting deportations and raising awareness of ICE’s innumerable human rights abuses.

We invite you to join us beginning on Sunday, July 15th at 12:00pm, and continuing indefinitely, as the ground-up resistance mobilizes to #OccupyICE and sound the call that “No one is illegal on stolen land!”

This is a beautiful community — new, militant, compassionate, and rooted in abolition.

You can be a part of it in different ways:

    we always need supplies and if that’s all you can give we would be forever grateful to receive sleeping materials, food, utensils, plates medical supplies, art supplies, dry erase boards, containers, water, and more.
    stand in solidarity with detainees and join us! We are committed to holding space and will continue to do so until our demands are met.

Our Demands:

    Free all detainees in NYC and close detention centers
    End ICE raids and checkpoints
    End all ICE operations in NYC
    Release the names of all agents involved in sexual abuse and other forms of torture and brutality
    No more deportations through NYC, no extraditions to other states for deportation
    Reinvest ICE operating budget into communities terrorized by ICE, especially black, brown and indigenous, and create a fund to reunite families.

As we invite all of you into the space, we want to be clear about the kind of behavior we expect from those who want to join us in this collective creation of a truly abolition centered community.

We are looking for people committed to:

    Taking the lead from marginalized peoples, particularly those directly affected by ICE enforcement
    Maintaining and working towards our mission to abolish ICE
    Working on and off the grounds of the encampment
    Cooperatively sharing and adopting skills at teach-ins and workshops
    staying in the encampment overnight when able
    keeping the space and each other safe
    abiding by the community agreements that are posted within the camp.

Community agreements:

    Racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic, and/or queerphobic behavior of any kind is considered abuse, and will not be tolerated.
    This is an autonomous space: everyone is responsible for themselves but also responsible for not infringing on anyone else’s autonomy. In other words, decide for yourself, speak for yourself, and no one else. Do not put anyone else in danger.
    Give what you can, take what you need. This goes for food, labor, and supplies.
    Do not collaborate with or talk to the pigs

If you feel that you can commit to creating a space of abolitionist resistance that is both safe and effective, we encourage you to join us in our fight.

Facebook.com/OccupyICENYC
Instagram.com/OccupyICENYC
Twitter.com/OccupyICENYC
OccupyICENYC.org
#OccupyICENYC #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS
Questions: OccupyICENYC@gmail.com

try also press@macc.nyc
background https://macc.nyc/2018/06/22/OccupyICE.html

Capital, Volume I
Class & Discussion with Capital Studies Group
Every Saturday, Jun 9 - Aug 25
Saturday, Jun. 9 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 16 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 23 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 30 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 7 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 14 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 21 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 28 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 4 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 11 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 25 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
https://facebook.com/events/185696568910173/
http://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-1/all/  https://twitter.com/marxedproj 
https://facebook.com/pg/MarxistEducationProject/events  marxedproject@gmail.com  http://marxedproject.org/events/

Karl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

The Capital Studies Group has been meeting on Saturdays for nearly two years. We are a diverse group of students, activists and teachers who are now dedicating themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital.

The Marxist Education Project is devoted to creating a space for study and dialogue among radicals in a non-sectarian environment.

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849
FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure. 

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs. 

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourisim Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure.  Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

Cancels for rain. Consider checking sources &/or contacting organizers. -t.

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
165 2nd St. Brooklyn https://goo.gl/maps/EBYVmPKN6BF2 
(http://gowanuscanal.org/public-event-calendar#qt-resources_calendar-ui-tabs2)
https://facebook.com/gowanusdredgers/events/  http://www.gowanuscanal.org
https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers  gdregers@gmail.com   (718) 243-0849

Feminist Discussion of Masculinity
Sundays, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 & Mar. 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in
Bluestockings Books at 172 Allen St. btw. Stanton St. & Rivington St.;
F Train to 2 Av. (SE exit to Allen); J to Essex; D to Grand St.; #6 to Spring; R or Weekend N Local to Prince; buses via Allen or Houston or 2nd Av. or Essex;
Descriptions, Contacts & Any Changes:
 == > Sunday Jan. 21 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm https://goo.gl/tR61vR = (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184765)
 == > Sunday Feb. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184766)
 == > Sunday, Mar. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184767)
Consider confirming date/time info before traveling to attend:
https://facebook.com/groups/feministdiscussionofmasculinity/events/
http://bluestockings.com/events/calendar/
https://facebook.com/pg/bluestockingsnyc/events/

The Forum for Feminist Discussion of Masculinity is a safe space to discuss the gendered expectations placed on men and boys in a patriarchal society, and how these have affected, and continue to affect, all of us. The forum is open to all, inclusive of gender and level of knowledge of the subject matter. Each month, we will discuss a theme, which will be posted in the facebook group

...at least several of the FB group admins do reply, including:
https://facebook.com/julian.xeer
https://facebook.com/whatfreshheck
https://facebook.com/hanna.wellish
https://facebook.com/Hnaveh55

Radical Black Feminism Reading Group
w/ NYC Democratic Socialists of America Socialist Feminist Working Group
Mondays, 7:00 PM from Jun. 11 to Aug. 27 at Thoughtworks
99 Madison Ave, 15th Fl., on NE corner of E. 29th St.; #6 Train to 28 St. (at Park Av. So.);
R, W to 28 St. (at Broadway nr. 5th & 6th Aves.); B, D, F, M, N, Q, PATH to 34 St.-Herald Sq.
(exit to W.32nd & Broadway); #1 to 28 St.; #2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to W.32nd & 7th);
A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to 8th Av. & W.33rd); buses via 34th St. or 23rd St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/Xo3Q2EywsA32
Monday, JUN. 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 25, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 2, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 9, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 23, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 30, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 20, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
The Socialist Feminist Working Group is hosting a reading group on Radical Black Feminism. Sign up here ---> https://goo.gl/YjKMBd
Descriptions & any changes:  (www.socialists.nyc/events/2018/6/11/radical-black-feminism-reading-group-ss5n5-j946n-5l88r-f36zw)
https://t.co/1FFxHvZCPw https://twitter.com/NycSocfem/status/1001900504069361672

https://facebook.com/events/1844320805606515/

Since slavery, black feminist scholars and activists have articulated a socialist vision for ending systemic oppression. Radical black feminism recognizes how all systems of oppression are inextricably linked while maintaining the unique circumstances of anti-blackness, misogynoir, and class oppression. An understanding of this theoretical framework is essential for those interested in developing strategies to end all forms of exploitation.

In this reading group we will discuss Racecraft, black women’s exclusion from feminist and nationalist movements, sexual violence, electoral politics, welfare, mass incarceration, labor, careerism, queerness, and self care.

*This reading group will be open to all genders. Light refreshments will be served and you are encouraged to bring a snack to share as well.

View the complete syllabus here ---> https://goo.gl/GgMxgo

NYC chapter of the largest socialist organization in the country. We fight, and organize, for more democracy in more places with activism and education.

Events with NYC Democratic Socialists of America

JUN6    Anti-War Working Group Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

MAY30   85 Bowery Hunger Strike Solidarity Rally
Wed 6 PM
View Event

MAY30   South Brooklyn DSA May Branch Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

About the Venue
Thoughtworks
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Climate Action Mondays Music Party with Performances & Speakers
a Climate War Room for the 2018 Election
Jul. 9, 16, 23 and Mondays, 7:00 PM, through Nov. 5 at Calligaris Chelsea
144 W. 18th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.; #1 to 18 St. (at 7th); F, M, PATH to 14 St. (north exit
to W.16th & 6th Av.); L to 6 Av. (at 14th St.); C, E to 14 St. (at 8th Av.);
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/SkwEw286CA22
 == > series graphic at https://goo.gl/54Gsjd  https://goo.gl/7rYisq
Public.  Event graphic & partial descriptions:  https://goo.gl/F4XBTx
https://facebook.com/events/1332274296916899
 w/ Sunrise Movement, Rise and Resist, NYC Grassroots Alliance, Peoples Climate Movement NY,
Climate Action Mondays, Sane Energy Project, Climate Hawks Vote, 350 NYC

[from a possibly relevant description of a PREVIOUS event in the series:  ``This week, we'll be working together in small groups of activists for most of the meeting. If you're new, there will be a new member orientation (mostly listening, with questions) at 7:30; the rest of the time, we'll be working on OFF Act and No Fossil Fuel $ activism together. Then there will be an a cappella performance at or around 8:30.``  -t.]

CLIMATE ACTION MONDAYS  Save-the-Planet Activism.  Amazing Performances!!

This is an Earth Emergency.
It's Time to Outlaw Pollution!
Come Find Out How & Help!

CAMPAIGN DEMANDS of ALL CANDIDATES: 
THE OFF FOSSIL FUELS ACT
& NO FOSSIL FUEL MONEY PLEDGE

THE SHOWDOWN STARTS HERE!
@ Callegaris Chelsea, 144 W. 18th Street.
BYOB & Potluck.

#CLIMATEMONDAYS IN THE NEWS:
NY1 News: http://bit.ly/LaunchNY1news
Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/RollingStoneOffAct
From First Climate Cabaret: http://bit.ly/SochaGoodGirl

Upcoming Dates
JUL9 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

JUL16 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
JUL23 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Recent Posts
Climate Action Mondays — JULY WE WERK. With Great Music! Meeting 7:30.

Climate Action Mondays — Join us Monday 7/2 to get to work on OFF Act strategy. At 8:30, we'll break to take in a set from a wonderful singer, songwriter, and ukuleleist, Pete Sturman!

The Prince and The Modern Prince
Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Mondays, 7:00 PM, Jul. 23, Jul. 30, Aug. 6, Aug. 13, Aug. 20, Aug. 27 at Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, btw. Hoyt St. & Bond St.; A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; #2, 3 to Hoyt St. (at Fulton St. & walk south with Hoyt traffic); #4, 5 to Nevins St. (at Flatbush); F to Bergen St.; D, N, R, B, Q to Atlantic - Barclays;
http://marxedproject.org/event/the-prince-and-the-modern-prince/2018-07-23/
https://facebook.com/events/254195388671489/  info@marxedproject.org marxedproject.org/events/   Public · Hosted by Marxist Education Project [whenever i've asked an instructor, facilitator or the office, *in the past* it's been ok to attend single classes for *other* courses & series.  consider asking in this case.  check correct ending times.  -t.]

Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) is considered by many to be the father of modern political science and political philosophy. In his most famous work, The Prince, Machiavelli explores the nature of political power and the relationship between ruler and subjects.
The Prince is often viewed as being a handbook for authoritarian rulers while others argue that Machiavelli was in fact a “republican” who inspired the later Enlightenment theorists of political democracy. Machiavelli has also been studied by a range of Marxists, most notably by Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci who wrote The Modern Prince while still a prisoner of Italy’s fascist regime. Gramsci analyzes Machiavelli in the context of his trying to understand how power is exercised and maintained under capitalism. What does Machiavelli have to offer Marxists and why is he still relevant nearly 500 years after he wrote?

This 7-week class will read Machiavelli’s The Prince along with several analyses of it starting with Gramsci but also including Marxist historian Ellen Meiksins Wood (Liberty and Property, Chapter 3 “The Renaissance City State”) and political philosopher Antionio Negri (Insurgencies, Chapter 2 “Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm)

Participants should come to the first class having read Chapter 3 (The Renaissance City State) in Ellen Meiksins Wood’s Liberty and Property (available as a free PDF online).

Marxist Education Project — Develop your understanding of Gramsci including a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge,a new principality, what is meant by using the term “the people”, theory and practice and begine to understand Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, ethical and theoretical reform, and the concepts of the collective will.Tomorrow night, Monday, July 9—7 pm upstairs at The Brooklyn Commonsmarxedproject.org

Events with Marxist Education Project
JUL28Capital, Volume I
JUL26 Summer In The Dark: Crime & The Capitalist Way
JUL23 Capital’s 21st Century Endgame
 

Volunteer with New Sanctuary Coalition / NSC at the Immigration Clinic
Tuesdays, 6:00PM at NYU Vanderbilt Hall in Golding Lounge
40 Washington Sq. South, 2nd Fl., btw. Macdougal St. & Sullivan St.,
opposite SW corner of the park & nr. A, B, C, D, E, F, M, PATH, #1,
R, W,#6 stops & cross town buses via Houston St. or W.8th or E.9th
 
Every week, the clinic helps 50 or more immigrants prepare for immigration proceedings, apply for asylum and assert their rights. We help them prepare their cases so they can best represent themselves.

Lawyers and non-lawyers needed.

   [please research correct ending time.  also, if you learn
  contact info for event specifics, please let me know.  -t.]

FRANTZ FANON: ANTI-RACISM AND DECOLONIZATION
$315.  Instructor: Anthony Alessandrini
Four Tuesdays, Jul. 10, 17, 24 & 31,  6:30 to 9:30pm at Verso Books,
20 Jay St., Brooklyn, btw. John St. & Plymouth St.; F Train to York St.; A, C to High St.-Brooklyn Bridge; #2, 3 to Clark St.-Brooklyn Hts.; R to Court St.-Borough Hall;
transit:  https://goo.gl/maps/kMvciHvRCoE2 ;  course descriptions:
(https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/frantz-fanon-anti-racism-and-decolonization/) https://twitter.com/BklynInstitute/status/1012475240046387200
https://facebook.com/TheBrooklynInstitute/events/
https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/current-courses/

Frantz Fanon—psychiatrist, political theorist, poet, and revolutionary—was one of the twentieth century’s foremost theorists of race, colonialism, and decolonization. His writings became a touchstone of the global anti-colonial struggle of the 1960s, and they continue to inspire scholars and activists to this day. To what extent do Fanon’s writings, produced largely during the 1950’s, continue to speak to our situation today? And if they remain relevant, what does this indicate about our general failure to effectively oppose both old and new versions of racism and imperialism in the years since?

Through a close reading of selections from Fanon’s two most influential books—Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth—we will consider the lasting importance of concepts like recognition, violence, intersubjectivity, and emancipation. We will place Fanon into conversation with a variety of theorists, including Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, Jamaica Kincaid, and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Finally, connecting his writings to contemporary anti-racist and revolutionary struggles—in the United States and around the world—we will explore questions of political violence, nonviolence, and the problems and possibilities posed by international solidarity.

The course is capped at 20 students. To enroll, visit: https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/frantz-fanon-anti-racism-and-decolonization/.

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
Cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849 FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events  gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org  https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure.

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs.

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourism Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure. 
 ==> Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

Capital, Volume I
Class & Discussion with Capital Studies Group
Every Saturday, Jun 9 - Aug 25
Saturday, Jun. 9 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 16 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 23 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 30 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 7 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 14 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 21 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 28 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 4 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 11 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 25 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
https://facebook.com/events/185696568910173/
http://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-1/all/  https://twitter.com/marxedproj 
https://facebook.com/pg/MarxistEducationProject/events  marxedproject@gmail.com  http://marxedproject.org/events/

Karl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

The Capital Studies Group has been meeting on Saturdays for nearly two years. We are a diverse group of students, activists and teachers who are now dedicating themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital.

The Marxist Education Project is devoted to creating a space for study and dialogue among radicals in a non-sectarian environment.

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849
FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure. 

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs. 

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourisim Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure.  Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

Cancels for rain. Consider checking sources &/or contacting organizers. -t.

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
165 2nd St. Brooklyn https://goo.gl/maps/EBYVmPKN6BF2 
(http://gowanuscanal.org/public-event-calendar#qt-resources_calendar-ui-tabs2)
https://facebook.com/gowanusdredgers/events/  http://www.gowanuscanal.org
https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers  gdregers@gmail.com   (718) 243-0849

Feminist Discussion of Masculinity
Sundays, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 & Mar. 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in
Bluestockings Books at 172 Allen St. btw. Stanton St. & Rivington St.;
F Train to 2 Av. (SE exit to Allen); J to Essex; D to Grand St.; #6 to Spring; R or Weekend N Local to Prince; buses via Allen or Houston or 2nd Av. or Essex;
Descriptions, Contacts & Any Changes:
 == > Sunday Jan. 21 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm https://goo.gl/tR61vR = (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184765)
 == > Sunday Feb. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184766)
 == > Sunday, Mar. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184767)
Consider confirming date/time info before traveling to attend:
https://facebook.com/groups/feministdiscussionofmasculinity/events/
http://bluestockings.com/events/calendar/
https://facebook.com/pg/bluestockingsnyc/events/

The Forum for Feminist Discussion of Masculinity is a safe space to discuss the gendered expectations placed on men and boys in a patriarchal society, and how these have affected, and continue to affect, all of us. The forum is open to all, inclusive of gender and level of knowledge of the subject matter. Each month, we will discuss a theme, which will be posted in the facebook group

...at least several of the FB group admins do reply, including:
https://facebook.com/julian.xeer
https://facebook.com/whatfreshheck
https://facebook.com/hanna.wellish
https://facebook.com/Hnaveh55

Radical Black Feminism Reading Group
w/ NYC Democratic Socialists of America Socialist Feminist Working Group
Mondays, 7:00 PM from Jun. 11 to Aug. 27 at Thoughtworks
99 Madison Ave, 15th Fl., on NE corner of E. 29th St.; #6 Train to 28 St. (at Park Av. So.);
R, W to 28 St. (at Broadway nr. 5th & 6th Aves.); B, D, F, M, N, Q, PATH to 34 St.-Herald Sq.
(exit to W.32nd & Broadway); #1 to 28 St.; #2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to W.32nd & 7th);
A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to 8th Av. & W.33rd); buses via 34th St. or 23rd St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/Xo3Q2EywsA32
Monday, JUN. 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 25, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 2, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 9, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 23, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 30, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 20, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
The Socialist Feminist Working Group is hosting a reading group on Radical Black Feminism. Sign up here ---> https://goo.gl/YjKMBd
Descriptions & any changes:  (www.socialists.nyc/events/2018/6/11/radical-black-feminism-reading-group-ss5n5-j946n-5l88r-f36zw)
https://t.co/1FFxHvZCPw https://twitter.com/NycSocfem/status/1001900504069361672

https://facebook.com/events/1844320805606515/

Since slavery, black feminist scholars and activists have articulated a socialist vision for ending systemic oppression. Radical black feminism recognizes how all systems of oppression are inextricably linked while maintaining the unique circumstances of anti-blackness, misogynoir, and class oppression. An understanding of this theoretical framework is essential for those interested in developing strategies to end all forms of exploitation.

In this reading group we will discuss Racecraft, black women’s exclusion from feminist and nationalist movements, sexual violence, electoral politics, welfare, mass incarceration, labor, careerism, queerness, and self care.

*This reading group will be open to all genders. Light refreshments will be served and you are encouraged to bring a snack to share as well.

View the complete syllabus here ---> https://goo.gl/GgMxgo

NYC chapter of the largest socialist organization in the country. We fight, and organize, for more democracy in more places with activism and education.

Events with NYC Democratic Socialists of America

JUN6    Anti-War Working Group Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

MAY30   85 Bowery Hunger Strike Solidarity Rally
Wed 6 PM
View Event

MAY30   South Brooklyn DSA May Branch Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

About the Venue
Thoughtworks
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Climate Action Mondays Music Party with Performances & Speakers
a Climate War Room for the 2018 Election
Jul. 9, 16, 23 and Mondays, 7:00 PM, through Nov. 5 at Calligaris Chelsea
144 W. 18th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.; #1 to 18 St. (at 7th); F, M, PATH to 14 St. (north exit
to W.16th & 6th Av.); L to 6 Av. (at 14th St.); C, E to 14 St. (at 8th Av.);
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/SkwEw286CA22
 == > series graphic at https://goo.gl/54Gsjd  https://goo.gl/7rYisq
Public.  Event graphic & partial descriptions:  https://goo.gl/F4XBTx
https://facebook.com/events/1332274296916899
 w/ Sunrise Movement, Rise and Resist, NYC Grassroots Alliance, Peoples Climate Movement NY,
Climate Action Mondays, Sane Energy Project, Climate Hawks Vote, 350 NYC

[from a possibly relevant description of a PREVIOUS event in the series:  ``This week, we'll be working together in small groups of activists for most of the meeting. If you're new, there will be a new member orientation (mostly listening, with questions) at 7:30; the rest of the time, we'll be working on OFF Act and No Fossil Fuel $ activism together. Then there will be an a cappella performance at or around 8:30.``  -t.]

CLIMATE ACTION MONDAYS  Save-the-Planet Activism.  Amazing Performances!!

This is an Earth Emergency.
It's Time to Outlaw Pollution!
Come Find Out How & Help!

CAMPAIGN DEMANDS of ALL CANDIDATES: 
THE OFF FOSSIL FUELS ACT
& NO FOSSIL FUEL MONEY PLEDGE

THE SHOWDOWN STARTS HERE!
@ Callegaris Chelsea, 144 W. 18th Street.
BYOB & Potluck.

#CLIMATEMONDAYS IN THE NEWS:
NY1 News: http://bit.ly/LaunchNY1news
Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/RollingStoneOffAct
From First Climate Cabaret: http://bit.ly/SochaGoodGirl

Upcoming Dates
JUL9 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

JUL16 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
JUL23 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Recent Posts
Climate Action Mondays — JULY WE WERK. With Great Music! Meeting 7:30.

Climate Action Mondays — Join us Monday 7/2 to get to work on OFF Act strategy. At 8:30, we'll break to take in a set from a wonderful singer, songwriter, and ukuleleist, Pete Sturman!

The Prince and The Modern Prince
Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Mondays, 7:00 PM, Jul. 23, Jul. 30, Aug. 6, Aug. 13, Aug. 20, Aug. 27 at Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, btw. Hoyt St. & Bond St.; A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; #2, 3 to Hoyt St. (at Fulton St. & walk south with Hoyt traffic); #4, 5 to Nevins St. (at Flatbush); F to Bergen St.; D, N, R, B, Q to Atlantic - Barclays;
http://marxedproject.org/event/the-prince-and-the-modern-prince/2018-07-23/
https://facebook.com/events/254195388671489/  info@marxedproject.org marxedproject.org/events/   Public · Hosted by Marxist Education Project [whenever i've asked an instructor, facilitator or the office, *in the past* it's been ok to attend single classes for *other* courses & series.  consider asking in this case.  check correct ending times.  -t.]

Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) is considered by many to be the father of modern political science and political philosophy. In his most famous work, The Prince, Machiavelli explores the nature of political power and the relationship between ruler and subjects.
The Prince is often viewed as being a handbook for authoritarian rulers while others argue that Machiavelli was in fact a “republican” who inspired the later Enlightenment theorists of political democracy. Machiavelli has also been studied by a range of Marxists, most notably by Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci who wrote The Modern Prince while still a prisoner of Italy’s fascist regime. Gramsci analyzes Machiavelli in the context of his trying to understand how power is exercised and maintained under capitalism. What does Machiavelli have to offer Marxists and why is he still relevant nearly 500 years after he wrote?

This 7-week class will read Machiavelli’s The Prince along with several analyses of it starting with Gramsci but also including Marxist historian Ellen Meiksins Wood (Liberty and Property, Chapter 3 “The Renaissance City State”) and political philosopher Antionio Negri (Insurgencies, Chapter 2 “Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm)

Participants should come to the first class having read Chapter 3 (The Renaissance City State) in Ellen Meiksins Wood’s Liberty and Property (available as a free PDF online).

Marxist Education Project — Develop your understanding of Gramsci including a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge,a new principality, what is meant by using the term “the people”, theory and practice and begine to understand Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, ethical and theoretical reform, and the concepts of the collective will.Tomorrow night, Monday, July 9—7 pm upstairs at The Brooklyn Commonsmarxedproject.org

Events with Marxist Education Project
JUL28Capital, Volume I
JUL26 Summer In The Dark: Crime & The Capitalist Way
JUL23 Capital’s 21st Century Endgame
 

Volunteer with New Sanctuary Coalition / NSC at the Immigration Clinic
Tuesdays, 6:00PM at NYU Vanderbilt Hall in Golding Lounge
40 Washington Sq. South, 2nd Fl., btw. Macdougal St. & Sullivan St.,
opposite SW corner of the park & nr. A, B, C, D, E, F, M, PATH, #1,
R, W,#6 stops & cross town buses via Houston St. or W.8th or E.9th
 
Every week, the clinic helps 50 or more immigrants prepare for immigration proceedings, apply for asylum and assert their rights. We help them prepare their cases so they can best represent themselves.

Lawyers and non-lawyers needed.

   [please research correct ending time.  also, if you learn
  contact info for event specifics, please let me know.  -t.]

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
Cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849 FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events  gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org  https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure.

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs.

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourism Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure. 
 ==> Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

No Unite The Right 2 - DC
Mass Mobilization Against The Alt-Right in Washington DC, August 10-12
Friday Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 12 in Freedom Plaza [ask correct start/end times -t.]

14th St. NW and Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC; Blue, Orange, Red, Silver Metro to Metro Ctr.; Blue, Orange, Silver to McPherson Sq. or Federal Triangle;

transit  https://goo.gl/maps/XcVJZDPbYJ52  ; intercity http://wanderu.com or
https://gotobus.com/tickets/new-york-to-washington-dc-bus/
event descriptions, &c.: http://twitter.com/ShutItDownDC  dc@shutitdowndc.org

We are calling all anti-fascists and people of good conscience to participate in international days of action August 10 through August 12 and a mass mobilization in Washington DC.

Our lives were forever changed on August 12, 2017, when neo-Nazis, KKK and militia members, and Alt-Right trolls from across the US and North America converged on the town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

White supremacists lit torches and attacked students as young as 17 last year while the police looked on and did nothing. The next day, people bravely confronted hundreds of armed racists. In the ensuing confrontation, one person gave her life, and many more were scarred forever. Tens of thousands immediately took to the streets. Suddenly the world would never be the same.

Old statues fell. And a new street-based, grassroots power rose.

Now the white supremacists want to come back. On August 12, 2018, the Alt-Right will hold "Unite the Right 2" in Washington DC in front of the White House at Lafayette Square. Jason Kessler, Richard Spencer, and the Trump Adminstration are all implicated in the murder of Heather Heyer. The Alt-Right relentlessly harass and threaten people of color, women, sex workers, trans and non-binary people, and the undocumented.

Their rallies are all public displays of violence and calls for genocide. They are Brian Trainer and every killer cop. They are the ICE agents. They are the prison system that breaks up families. In Portland, DC, and Philly, the movement grows. We occupy ICE offices, confront racism, antisemitism, islamaphobia, xenophobia, and white nationalism.

We will be in the streets on August 10-12, and we intend to win.

For updates follow @ShutItDownDC on Twitter
Email: dc@shutitdowndc.org

Other Calls to Action
For the CrimethInc. international call to action

In Charlottesville: Community members are mobilizing to show that anti-racist, anti-fascist resistance continues regardless of whether Nazis actually show up. Join and support them on August 11-12.
Inside D.C.

Jason Kessler will find no rest, no refuge, no respite. Communities in DC will unite against hate, borders, prison, and the vision of Unite the Right.
Outside D.C.

If you can't make it to Washington DC on August 10-12, take to the streets wherever you are. We call on our comrades to organize demonstrations and other actions for the night of August 12. Occupy an ICE office, shut down a police station, or demonstrate at the home of a local racist, ICE agent, or prison profiteer.
Outside the United States

If you are living outside the US, you can take action at US embassies, borders, or other symbols of colonial power. Our allegiance is not to "making America great again," but to all of humanity and the planet.

Signed,
Black Lives Matter Charlottesville
Black Lives Matter D.C.
Charlottesville Summer of Resistance Welcoming Committee
Agency
Crimethinc Ex-Workers Collective
Crushing Colonialism
D.C. Antifascist Collective
Future is Feminists
Holler Network
Hoods4Justice
The International Capoeira Angola Foundation-DC (FICA-DC)
Libertarian Socialist Caucus Of The DSA
March For Racial Justice
Maryland Antifa
One People's Project
Resist This (Former DisruptJ20)
Rising Tide North America
Smash Racism D.C.
Showing Up for Racial Justice Charlottesville
Suffolk County DSA
Workers Against Racism
350 DC

Featuring
Resisters
Online and offline feminist activism against fascism. Widespread public education and direct action, amplifying the voices from targeted communities.

Millennials For RevolutionWe understand the need for fierce, fearless grassroots political action and progressive leadership in the fight for social justice. Join our Revolution!

March to Confront White Supremacy: from Charlottesville to D.C.


Workers Against Racism - WARA national network of working class leftists in the United States, confronting racism and bigotry.in the streets.

Smash Racism DCWe are united in our fight against the Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and any other group that envisions a world that isn't for all of us.

Tune Out TrumpCounting down the days ‘til Revolution.

Medicare For All Weekend of Action
Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 11-12
in   . . . . . . . . . .

campaign graphic  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh2G2WwVAAAvEot.jpg

#MedicareForAll #DSAM4A https://twitter.com/dsam4a/status/1017117380554711040

[If you either know a contact or can find any updates or mention of particular states, please let me know. Thanks!  -t.]

No Unite The Right 2 - DC
Mass Mobilization Against The Alt-Right in Washington DC, August 10-12
Friday Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 12 in Freedom Plaza [ask correct start/end times -t.]

14th St. NW and Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC; Blue, Orange, Red, Silver Metro to Metro Ctr.; Blue, Orange, Silver to McPherson Sq. or Federal Triangle;

transit  https://goo.gl/maps/XcVJZDPbYJ52  ; intercity http://wanderu.com or
https://gotobus.com/tickets/new-york-to-washington-dc-bus/
event descriptions, &c.: http://twitter.com/ShutItDownDC  dc@shutitdowndc.org

We are calling all anti-fascists and people of good conscience to participate in international days of action August 10 through August 12 and a mass mobilization in Washington DC.

Our lives were forever changed on August 12, 2017, when neo-Nazis, KKK and militia members, and Alt-Right trolls from across the US and North America converged on the town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

White supremacists lit torches and attacked students as young as 17 last year while the police looked on and did nothing. The next day, people bravely confronted hundreds of armed racists. In the ensuing confrontation, one person gave her life, and many more were scarred forever. Tens of thousands immediately took to the streets. Suddenly the world would never be the same.

Old statues fell. And a new street-based, grassroots power rose.

Now the white supremacists want to come back. On August 12, 2018, the Alt-Right will hold "Unite the Right 2" in Washington DC in front of the White House at Lafayette Square. Jason Kessler, Richard Spencer, and the Trump Adminstration are all implicated in the murder of Heather Heyer. The Alt-Right relentlessly harass and threaten people of color, women, sex workers, trans and non-binary people, and the undocumented.

Their rallies are all public displays of violence and calls for genocide. They are Brian Trainer and every killer cop. They are the ICE agents. They are the prison system that breaks up families. In Portland, DC, and Philly, the movement grows. We occupy ICE offices, confront racism, antisemitism, islamaphobia, xenophobia, and white nationalism.

We will be in the streets on August 10-12, and we intend to win.

For updates follow @ShutItDownDC on Twitter
Email: dc@shutitdowndc.org

Other Calls to Action
For the CrimethInc. international call to action

In Charlottesville: Community members are mobilizing to show that anti-racist, anti-fascist resistance continues regardless of whether Nazis actually show up. Join and support them on August 11-12.
Inside D.C.

Jason Kessler will find no rest, no refuge, no respite. Communities in DC will unite against hate, borders, prison, and the vision of Unite the Right.
Outside D.C.

If you can't make it to Washington DC on August 10-12, take to the streets wherever you are. We call on our comrades to organize demonstrations and other actions for the night of August 12. Occupy an ICE office, shut down a police station, or demonstrate at the home of a local racist, ICE agent, or prison profiteer.
Outside the United States

If you are living outside the US, you can take action at US embassies, borders, or other symbols of colonial power. Our allegiance is not to "making America great again," but to all of humanity and the planet.

Signed,
Black Lives Matter Charlottesville
Black Lives Matter D.C.
Charlottesville Summer of Resistance Welcoming Committee
Agency
Crimethinc Ex-Workers Collective
Crushing Colonialism
D.C. Antifascist Collective
Future is Feminists
Holler Network
Hoods4Justice
The International Capoeira Angola Foundation-DC (FICA-DC)
Libertarian Socialist Caucus Of The DSA
March For Racial Justice
Maryland Antifa
One People's Project
Resist This (Former DisruptJ20)
Rising Tide North America
Smash Racism D.C.
Showing Up for Racial Justice Charlottesville
Suffolk County DSA
Workers Against Racism
350 DC

Featuring
Resisters
Online and offline feminist activism against fascism. Widespread public education and direct action, amplifying the voices from targeted communities.

Millennials For RevolutionWe understand the need for fierce, fearless grassroots political action and progressive leadership in the fight for social justice. Join our Revolution!

March to Confront White Supremacy: from Charlottesville to D.C.


Workers Against Racism - WARA national network of working class leftists in the United States, confronting racism and bigotry.in the streets.

Smash Racism DCWe are united in our fight against the Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and any other group that envisions a world that isn't for all of us.

Tune Out TrumpCounting down the days ‘til Revolution.

Capital, Volume I
Class & Discussion with Capital Studies Group
Every Saturday, Jun 9 - Aug 25
Saturday, Jun. 9 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 16 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 23 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jun. 30 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 7 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 14 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 21 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Jul. 28 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 4 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 11 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, Aug. 25 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
https://facebook.com/events/185696568910173/
http://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-1/all/  https://twitter.com/marxedproj 
https://facebook.com/pg/MarxistEducationProject/events  marxedproject@gmail.com  http://marxedproject.org/events/

Karl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

The Capital Studies Group has been meeting on Saturdays for nearly two years. We are a diverse group of students, activists and teachers who are now dedicating themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital.

The Marxist Education Project is devoted to creating a space for study and dialogue among radicals in a non-sectarian environment.

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849
FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure. 

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs. 

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourisim Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure.  Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.

Medicare For All Weekend of Action
Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 11-12
in   . . . . . . . . . .

campaign graphic  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh2G2WwVAAAvEot.jpg

#MedicareForAll #DSAM4A https://twitter.com/dsam4a/status/1017117380554711040

[If you either know a contact or can find any updates or mention of particular states, please let me know. Thanks!  -t.]

No Unite The Right 2 - DC
Mass Mobilization Against The Alt-Right in Washington DC, August 10-12
Friday Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 12 in Freedom Plaza [ask correct start/end times -t.]

14th St. NW and Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC; Blue, Orange, Red, Silver Metro to Metro Ctr.; Blue, Orange, Silver to McPherson Sq. or Federal Triangle;

transit  https://goo.gl/maps/XcVJZDPbYJ52  ; intercity http://wanderu.com or
https://gotobus.com/tickets/new-york-to-washington-dc-bus/
event descriptions, &c.: http://twitter.com/ShutItDownDC  dc@shutitdowndc.org

We are calling all anti-fascists and people of good conscience to participate in international days of action August 10 through August 12 and a mass mobilization in Washington DC.

Our lives were forever changed on August 12, 2017, when neo-Nazis, KKK and militia members, and Alt-Right trolls from across the US and North America converged on the town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

White supremacists lit torches and attacked students as young as 17 last year while the police looked on and did nothing. The next day, people bravely confronted hundreds of armed racists. In the ensuing confrontation, one person gave her life, and many more were scarred forever. Tens of thousands immediately took to the streets. Suddenly the world would never be the same.

Old statues fell. And a new street-based, grassroots power rose.

Now the white supremacists want to come back. On August 12, 2018, the Alt-Right will hold "Unite the Right 2" in Washington DC in front of the White House at Lafayette Square. Jason Kessler, Richard Spencer, and the Trump Adminstration are all implicated in the murder of Heather Heyer. The Alt-Right relentlessly harass and threaten people of color, women, sex workers, trans and non-binary people, and the undocumented.

Their rallies are all public displays of violence and calls for genocide. They are Brian Trainer and every killer cop. They are the ICE agents. They are the prison system that breaks up families. In Portland, DC, and Philly, the movement grows. We occupy ICE offices, confront racism, antisemitism, islamaphobia, xenophobia, and white nationalism.

We will be in the streets on August 10-12, and we intend to win.

For updates follow @ShutItDownDC on Twitter
Email: dc@shutitdowndc.org

Other Calls to Action
For the CrimethInc. international call to action

In Charlottesville: Community members are mobilizing to show that anti-racist, anti-fascist resistance continues regardless of whether Nazis actually show up. Join and support them on August 11-12.
Inside D.C.

Jason Kessler will find no rest, no refuge, no respite. Communities in DC will unite against hate, borders, prison, and the vision of Unite the Right.
Outside D.C.

If you can't make it to Washington DC on August 10-12, take to the streets wherever you are. We call on our comrades to organize demonstrations and other actions for the night of August 12. Occupy an ICE office, shut down a police station, or demonstrate at the home of a local racist, ICE agent, or prison profiteer.
Outside the United States

If you are living outside the US, you can take action at US embassies, borders, or other symbols of colonial power. Our allegiance is not to "making America great again," but to all of humanity and the planet.

Signed,
Black Lives Matter Charlottesville
Black Lives Matter D.C.
Charlottesville Summer of Resistance Welcoming Committee
Agency
Crimethinc Ex-Workers Collective
Crushing Colonialism
D.C. Antifascist Collective
Future is Feminists
Holler Network
Hoods4Justice
The International Capoeira Angola Foundation-DC (FICA-DC)
Libertarian Socialist Caucus Of The DSA
March For Racial Justice
Maryland Antifa
One People's Project
Resist This (Former DisruptJ20)
Rising Tide North America
Smash Racism D.C.
Showing Up for Racial Justice Charlottesville
Suffolk County DSA
Workers Against Racism
350 DC

Featuring
Resisters
Online and offline feminist activism against fascism. Widespread public education and direct action, amplifying the voices from targeted communities.

Millennials For RevolutionWe understand the need for fierce, fearless grassroots political action and progressive leadership in the fight for social justice. Join our Revolution!

March to Confront White Supremacy: from Charlottesville to D.C.


Workers Against Racism - WARA national network of working class leftists in the United States, confronting racism and bigotry.in the streets.

Smash Racism DCWe are united in our fight against the Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and any other group that envisions a world that isn't for all of us.

Tune Out TrumpCounting down the days ‘til Revolution.

Cancels for rain. Consider checking sources &/or contacting organizers. -t.

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club
165 2nd St. Brooklyn https://goo.gl/maps/EBYVmPKN6BF2 
(http://gowanuscanal.org/public-event-calendar#qt-resources_calendar-ui-tabs2)
https://facebook.com/gowanusdredgers/events/  http://www.gowanuscanal.org
https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers  gdregers@gmail.com   (718) 243-0849

Feminist Discussion of Masculinity
Sundays, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 & Mar. 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in
Bluestockings Books at 172 Allen St. btw. Stanton St. & Rivington St.;
F Train to 2 Av. (SE exit to Allen); J to Essex; D to Grand St.; #6 to Spring; R or Weekend N Local to Prince; buses via Allen or Houston or 2nd Av. or Essex;
Descriptions, Contacts & Any Changes:
 == > Sunday Jan. 21 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm https://goo.gl/tR61vR = (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184765)
 == > Sunday Feb. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184766)
 == > Sunday, Mar. 18 fr/ 1:00 to 3:00 pm (http://bluestockings.com/event/feminist-discussion-of-masculinity-5/?instance_id=184767)
Consider confirming date/time info before traveling to attend:
https://facebook.com/groups/feministdiscussionofmasculinity/events/
http://bluestockings.com/events/calendar/
https://facebook.com/pg/bluestockingsnyc/events/

The Forum for Feminist Discussion of Masculinity is a safe space to discuss the gendered expectations placed on men and boys in a patriarchal society, and how these have affected, and continue to affect, all of us. The forum is open to all, inclusive of gender and level of knowledge of the subject matter. Each month, we will discuss a theme, which will be posted in the facebook group

...at least several of the FB group admins do reply, including:
https://facebook.com/julian.xeer
https://facebook.com/whatfreshheck
https://facebook.com/hanna.wellish
https://facebook.com/Hnaveh55

Radical Black Feminism Reading Group
w/ NYC Democratic Socialists of America Socialist Feminist Working Group
Mondays, 7:00 PM from Jun. 11 to Aug. 27 at Thoughtworks
99 Madison Ave, 15th Fl., on NE corner of E. 29th St.; #6 Train to 28 St. (at Park Av. So.);
R, W to 28 St. (at Broadway nr. 5th & 6th Aves.); B, D, F, M, N, Q, PATH to 34 St.-Herald Sq.
(exit to W.32nd & Broadway); #1 to 28 St.; #2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to W.32nd & 7th);
A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn Sta. (exit to 8th Av. & W.33rd); buses via 34th St. or 23rd St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/Xo3Q2EywsA32
Monday, JUN. 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUN. 25, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 2, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 9, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 23, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, JUL. 30, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 20, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Monday, AUG. 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
The Socialist Feminist Working Group is hosting a reading group on Radical Black Feminism. Sign up here ---> https://goo.gl/YjKMBd
Descriptions & any changes:  (www.socialists.nyc/events/2018/6/11/radical-black-feminism-reading-group-ss5n5-j946n-5l88r-f36zw)
https://t.co/1FFxHvZCPw https://twitter.com/NycSocfem/status/1001900504069361672

https://facebook.com/events/1844320805606515/

Since slavery, black feminist scholars and activists have articulated a socialist vision for ending systemic oppression. Radical black feminism recognizes how all systems of oppression are inextricably linked while maintaining the unique circumstances of anti-blackness, misogynoir, and class oppression. An understanding of this theoretical framework is essential for those interested in developing strategies to end all forms of exploitation.

In this reading group we will discuss Racecraft, black women’s exclusion from feminist and nationalist movements, sexual violence, electoral politics, welfare, mass incarceration, labor, careerism, queerness, and self care.

*This reading group will be open to all genders. Light refreshments will be served and you are encouraged to bring a snack to share as well.

View the complete syllabus here ---> https://goo.gl/GgMxgo

NYC chapter of the largest socialist organization in the country. We fight, and organize, for more democracy in more places with activism and education.

Events with NYC Democratic Socialists of America

JUN6    Anti-War Working Group Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

MAY30   85 Bowery Hunger Strike Solidarity Rally
Wed 6 PM
View Event

MAY30   South Brooklyn DSA May Branch Meeting
Wed 6:30 PM
View Event

About the Venue
Thoughtworks
Local Business · 2

Climate Action Mondays Music Party with Performances & Speakers
a Climate War Room for the 2018 Election
Jul. 9, 16, 23 and Mondays, 7:00 PM, through Nov. 5 at Calligaris Chelsea
144 W. 18th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.; #1 to 18 St. (at 7th); F, M, PATH to 14 St. (north exit
to W.16th & 6th Av.); L to 6 Av. (at 14th St.); C, E to 14 St. (at 8th Av.);
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/SkwEw286CA22
 == > series graphic at https://goo.gl/54Gsjd  https://goo.gl/7rYisq
Public.  Event graphic & partial descriptions:  https://goo.gl/F4XBTx
https://facebook.com/events/1332274296916899
 w/ Sunrise Movement, Rise and Resist, NYC Grassroots Alliance, Peoples Climate Movement NY,
Climate Action Mondays, Sane Energy Project, Climate Hawks Vote, 350 NYC

[from a possibly relevant description of a PREVIOUS event in the series:  ``This week, we'll be working together in small groups of activists for most of the meeting. If you're new, there will be a new member orientation (mostly listening, with questions) at 7:30; the rest of the time, we'll be working on OFF Act and No Fossil Fuel $ activism together. Then there will be an a cappella performance at or around 8:30.``  -t.]

CLIMATE ACTION MONDAYS  Save-the-Planet Activism.  Amazing Performances!!

This is an Earth Emergency.
It's Time to Outlaw Pollution!
Come Find Out How & Help!

CAMPAIGN DEMANDS of ALL CANDIDATES: 
THE OFF FOSSIL FUELS ACT
& NO FOSSIL FUEL MONEY PLEDGE

THE SHOWDOWN STARTS HERE!
@ Callegaris Chelsea, 144 W. 18th Street.
BYOB & Potluck.

#CLIMATEMONDAYS IN THE NEWS:
NY1 News: http://bit.ly/LaunchNY1news
Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/RollingStoneOffAct
From First Climate Cabaret: http://bit.ly/SochaGoodGirl

Upcoming Dates
JUL9 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

JUL16 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
JUL23 Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Recent Posts
Climate Action Mondays — JULY WE WERK. With Great Music! Meeting 7:30.

Climate Action Mondays — Join us Monday 7/2 to get to work on OFF Act strategy. At 8:30, we'll break to take in a set from a wonderful singer, songwriter, and ukuleleist, Pete Sturman!

The Prince and The Modern Prince
Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Mondays, 7:00 PM, Jul. 23, Jul. 30, Aug. 6, Aug. 13, Aug. 20, Aug. 27 at Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, btw. Hoyt St. & Bond St.; A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; #2, 3 to Hoyt St. (at Fulton St. & walk south with Hoyt traffic); #4, 5 to Nevins St. (at Flatbush); F to Bergen St.; D, N, R, B, Q to Atlantic - Barclays;
http://marxedproject.org/event/the-prince-and-the-modern-prince/2018-07-23/
https://facebook.com/events/254195388671489/  info@marxedproject.org marxedproject.org/events/   Public · Hosted by Marxist Education Project [whenever i've asked an instructor, facilitator or the office, *in the past* it's been ok to attend single classes for *other* courses & series.  consider asking in this case.  check correct ending times.  -t.]

Machiavelli, Gramsci and Political Power during 21st Century Capitalism
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) is considered by many to be the father of modern political science and political philosophy. In his most famous work, The Prince, Machiavelli explores the nature of political power and the relationship between ruler and subjects.
The Prince is often viewed as being a handbook for authoritarian rulers while others argue that Machiavelli was in fact a “republican” who inspired the later Enlightenment theorists of political democracy. Machiavelli has also been studied by a range of Marxists, most notably by Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci who wrote The Modern Prince while still a prisoner of Italy’s fascist regime. Gramsci analyzes Machiavelli in the context of his trying to understand how power is exercised and maintained under capitalism. What does Machiavelli have to offer Marxists and why is he still relevant nearly 500 years after he wrote?

This 7-week class will read Machiavelli’s The Prince along with several analyses of it starting with Gramsci but also including Marxist historian Ellen Meiksins Wood (Liberty and Property, Chapter 3 “The Renaissance City State”) and political philosopher Antionio Negri (Insurgencies, Chapter 2 “Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm)

Participants should come to the first class having read Chapter 3 (The Renaissance City State) in Ellen Meiksins Wood’s Liberty and Property (available as a free PDF online).

Marxist Education Project — Develop your understanding of Gramsci including a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge,a new principality, what is meant by using the term “the people”, theory and practice and begine to understand Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, ethical and theoretical reform, and the concepts of the collective will.Tomorrow night, Monday, July 9—7 pm upstairs at The Brooklyn Commonsmarxedproject.org

Events with Marxist Education Project
JUL28Capital, Volume I
JUL26 Summer In The Dark: Crime & The Capitalist Way
JUL23 Capital’s 21st Century Endgame
 

Volunteer with New Sanctuary Coalition / NSC at the Immigration Clinic
Tuesdays, 6:00PM at NYU Vanderbilt Hall in Golding Lounge
40 Washington Sq. South, 2nd Fl., btw. Macdougal St. & Sullivan St.,
opposite SW corner of the park & nr. A, B, C, D, E, F, M, PATH, #1,
R, W,#6 stops & cross town buses via Houston St. or W.8th or E.9th
 
Every week, the clinic helps 50 or more immigrants prepare for immigration proceedings, apply for asylum and assert their rights. We help them prepare their cases so they can best represent themselves.

Lawyers and non-lawyers needed.

   [please research correct ending time.  also, if you learn
  contact info for event specifics, please let me know.  -t.]

Self-guided canoeing of the Gowanus Canal
Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
also Saturdays through October from 1:00 to 5:00pm and
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm through August
Cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, off Bond St.
transit  https://goo.gl/maps/88fmiKn3xyF2
718.243-0849 FREE (donations encouraged)
http://gowanuscanal.org/canoe-gowanus-self-guided-voyages
http://gowanuscanal.org/self-guided-voyages
https://facebook.com/pg/gowanusdredgers/events  gdregers@gmail.com http://www.gowanuscanal.org  https://twitter.com/gowanusdredgers

Bring a friend and we'll outfit you with equipment and give quick navigation instructions at the dock. Self-guided voyages can be limited to 15-20 min. if there's a crowd but otherwise, we expect you to return to the dock 15 min. prior to closing.  Upon request, we will provide gloves and bags so you may remove trash found along our estuary.

Meet at Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer and through October 1 (cancelled if raining at Noon & check calendar for exceptions).

By canoeing Gowanus, you are joining a crew of advocates who are promoting awareness of harbor contamination issues.  Our most important issue is that our sewers overflow during rainstorms so if you are visiting, working or living in New York, PLEASE Do Not Shower When it Rains!  This is the Gowanus Dredgers original and most popular program. The program runs Saturday 1-5pm and Wednesdays 6-8pm from May 1 through November 1 (Wed. programs end in September due to early sunset). Please check our Calendar to confirm scheduled walk-up canoeing dates as special events may supercede the public event.  The program is cancelled if there's rain 30 min. prior to start time.   Participants utilize club canoes for a short paddle inside the protected Canal and Gowanus Bay if they have adequate skills and time allows.  We may ask you to limit your trip to 20 min. if others are waiting to participate.  After being fitted with a life jacket (which must be worn at all times) at the dock, we give instruction on how to paddle, safety tips on how to use a canoe and we help with boarding and supervise your departure.

We ask for a donation contribution upon your return as funding to sustain our programs.

Visitors to New York, residents, businesses, school groups and a diverse population enjoy self-guided tours of our estuary using Gowanus Dredgers equipment to learn about the wildlife and vegetation of the New York & New Jersey Estuary. These are self-guided canoe trips, navigated by following The SuperfFUNd Tourism Map of the Gowanus Canal.  Participants explore the estuary at their own pace and enjoy discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure. 
 ==> Before or after, or on your voyage, we may ask that you join us in our canal cleanup efforts, removing trash that has washed ashore or is floating in the waterway. We will supply gloves and trash bags.