Sharing is Caring, Trying is Daring??
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RICHMOND
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Global
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
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12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Monroe Park
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Main and Laurel
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Richmond, VA Read the rest of this entry »
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For as long as anyone can remember, the FBI has infiltrated radical communities in hopes of framing people on criminal charges. This has intensified in anarchist circles over the past few years. A handful of unfortunates now languish in prison, serving up to decades for actions they never carried out and probably would never have even considered were it not for the efforts of agents provocateurs. How does the government choose who to target? What factors put people at risk? Most importantly, what can we do to protect ourselves and each other? Read the rest of this entry »
Come on out to the next Richmond Anarchist Black Cross Meeting and Movie Screening on Thursday March 26th at 7pm at the William Byrd Community Center in Oregon Hill on Cherry Street. We will have addresses for you to write political prisoners from, and we will be screening UP THE RIDGE, a film about Virginia prisons at 730. Bring your friends, family, kids etc. Come to ask questions! Come to talk! Come to get free literature! Come to hang out!
Its rainy where I am, and maybe where you are too. What better time to take a minute to write a letter to a political prisoner or two. Here are the most recent addresses I have of a bunch. It doesn’t take much to show solidarity with our comrades in prison- so write them a letter.
Here are some tips:
A Few Do’s and Don’ts in Correspondence A few dos and don’ts on writing prisoners whose backgrounds/politics you may not know. Read the rest of this entry »
The Richmond Anarchist Black Cross is continuing with radical prison oriented movie screenings this month, on the second and fourth Thursdays of the Month. March 12th the movie will be Prison Town USA and March 26th the movie will be Up the Ridge. These movie screenings will be at the William Byrd Community House on Thursdays, starting at 7 with an opportunity for folks to learn about how to write letters to political prisoners before the film starts. The films will begin at 7:30 so try to get there by then.
There will be snacks as available and free literature, as well as supplies and addresses for writing prisoners. Bring your questions and thoughts about the prison system. Tell your friends!
The William Byrd Community House is located at 224 South Cherry Street in Oregon Hill. The movie screenings happen in the library.
Richmond Anarchist Black Cross Movie Series
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Richmond Anarchist Black Cross
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Global
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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7:00pm – 10:00pm
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William Byrd Community Center
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Cherry Street
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Richmond, VA
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8043000023
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Join the Richmond Anarchist Black Cross and community members to write letters to prisoners and watch the film Up the Ridge at the William Byrd Community House on Thursday March 26th.
Letter Writing at 7
Movie at 7:30
Up The Ridge is about Wallen’s Ridge Prison in Virginia. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking Back Richmond is a group of local community activists who participated in the takeover of a property abandoned by a local slumlord, Oliver Lawrence. We dispute his claim as owner of 2913 Montrose Avenue because he has shown absolutely no responsibility for the property- not paying back taxes, not upkeeping the property, and not being accountable to the neighborhood.
We understand that the challenge to property rights upsets many people who fear the consequences of property rights becoming fallable. However, we hold that property rights are not inalienable and that in many cases upholding property rights allows individuals to commit property WRONGS in our city.
Now, the activists are working on ways to put pressure on the slumlord as well as on Richmond City Council to change the ways that blighted and abandoned properties are dealt with in the city. In light of the current economy, home foreclosures, layoffs, unemployment and homelessness we say that it makes absolutely no sense to allow homes to sit empty when there are people in desperate need of housing. Instead of properties without paid property taxes going to auction and being sold to real estate speculators essentially the same as slumlords like Lawrence, we propose that a system be set up to sell those properties to low income folks at the price of the back property taxes owed the city under the conditions that the new owners commit to bringing the building up to code and living in the home for a period of time, perhaps 5 years. This would prevent house flippers and folks just looking to invest. Instead, we could fill abandoned homes with people who want to live there themselves and become parts of those communities.
To contact the activists to see how you can help start a powerful movement for housing justice in Richmond you can comment, email, write, or call:
www.takingbackrva.wordpress.com
Mo Karn
Eris Morna
804 300 0023
xveganarchistrvax@gmail.com
Mo Karn
PO Box 6025
Richmond, VA 23222
There is a lot of activism to be done in Richmond. It makes me feel in some ways obligated/ responsible to do as much as physically possible. It is especially hard because there are few other organizers in the city right now. There are definitely a lot of folks with good hearts and enthusiasm, but not with activism as a priority. We need more bottomliners. And I know part of that is needing to empower more people to initiate events. I’m working on that. I’m writing on article with tips on organizing to go in Cuddle Puddles and Hot Pants number 4.
Vegan Straightedge Anarchists are where it is at! I love tight pants, crusty, overalls, hotpants, greasy hair, acoustic guitar, zine writing, squat living, train hopping, hitch hiking, vegan, dumpster diving, anarchist, sober, polyamorous people. Please, lets be friends. Lets live a life full of whimsy. I don’t have much whimsy in my life right now, definitely partly my fault, but I would love some partners in crime (metaphorically speaking, neither myself nor anyone I know would break the law).
If you are in the Richmond area and wanna get involved in a project, holler. I can help people in terms of figuring out how to organize and tap into existing networks. And I can still use help myself doing that too.
Richmond = Critical Mass, Really Really Free Market, Anti-Bank of America Demo, Anti- Circus Demo, Animal Defense League, Anti- Dominion Demo, Anarchist Black Cross and movie showings, Food Not Bombs, LAbor Pool Free Food Program, Clinic Defense, Reproductive Freedom Project ETC. If you can dream it you can do it. Or something : )
I can’t wait for it to be warm outside. I can’t wait to turn the truck I just got into a veggie oil truck. I can’t wait to have friends visit. I can’t wait to dumpster dive and climb shit and read good books. But seriously, give me some anarchists please.
No application needed.
January Critical Mass
Family-Friendly Group Ride for Cyclist Rights!!
Event InfoHost:
Richmond Community
Type:
Sports – Pep Rally
Network:
Global
Time and PlaceDate:
Friday, January 30, 2009
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5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location:
Monroe Park
Street:
Main and Laurel
City/Town:
Richmond, VA
Contact InfoPhone:
8043000023
Email:
xveganarchistrvax@gmail.com
Description
Join other Richmond Cyclists and bike riders and fixed gear fanatics and belle isle mountain bikers and tricyclists and everyone who likes moving without motors for a monthly bike ride to assert bike rights and to make cyclists in Richmond visible. Read the rest of this entry »
Love Richmond Food Not Bombs? Ride a bike? Oh, hey, now there are sweet Food Not Bombs spoke cards. How freaking convenient. And they are lime green (duh).
2 dollars please! (one to cover the cost of copying and laminating, one for Food Not Bombs!).
If you want one of these hot, trendy bike accessories contact Mo.
And if you don’t come to Food Not Bombs, well we would love it if you did, and either way spoke cards would be a cool way to help us advertise!
Sundays at 12 we start cooking.
Sundays at 4 we are in Monroe Park serving food- you can come help serve or eat.
Sundays at 5 we are cleaning up.
If you work somewhere that has extra food see if you can snag it for Food Not Bombs.
If you have a band you could do a benefit show for us.
If you go lots of places you could flier for us.
If you want to help gimme a call at 804 300 0023 or email foodnotbombsrichmond@gmail
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For Immediate Release October 22, 2008
Contact: Mo Karn Ramey Connelly
1-804-300-0023 1-804-519-8724
xveganarchistrvax@gmail.com connellyrn@vcu.edu
Anarchists Organize Free Market
With the recent crisis affecting the world financial sector, many people are starting to have doubts about the future of capitalism as we know it. On the last Saturday of every month, a group of Richmond Anarchists present their own plan for the economy. They call this plan the Really Really Free Market.
Unlike the current economy, goods and services at the Really Really Free Market are not bought or sold, but instead given away. “Corporations try to convince us every day that we need to buy something else in order to make ourselves more complete, but all this does is add more and more unwanted junk to the landfills and our homes.” says organizer Ramey Connelly.
Many people would think that something like this couldn’t be kept up. The organizers have found though, that most people, who come for something, bring something of their own to the market. According to organizer Mo Karn, the Free Market works because “Sharing is more fulfilling than owning.”
Like the other Free Market, the Really Really Free Market is not limited to goods you can carry home. Participants are also encouraged to share their other gifts. At past free markets, participants have come to share their musical talents, read poetry, and conduct impromptu workshops. “The Really Really Free Markets aren’t just about getting rid of junk or getting new things. It’s about building a community and creating relationships and expanding our ways of thinking.” Connelly explains “We encourage everyone from every segment of the Richmond community to come and enjoy the Really Really Free Market.”
Anyone who would like to take part in the November Really Really Free Market should come to Monroe Park, at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets on November 27th from 12pm until 6pm. You can also visit www.myspace.com/rvafreemarket to learn more.
