Opposing All States Since the Existence of States
The Other Fabulous Reading Series present s
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The Public School is a school with no curriculum. It is not accredited, it does not give out degrees, and it has no affiliation with the public school system. It is a framework that supports autodidactic activities, operating under the assumption that everything is in everything.
An emergency meeting has been called to discuss recent events and what our response should be. Any member of any of the LongHaul collectives are strongly encouraged to attend. as well as anyone directly impacted by those events
If you liked. Casablanca, you’ll love The Anarchist’s Wife
The plot derives from the experience of the director’s grandparents. Her grandfather, an anarchist, fought in Madrid against Francisco Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He was deported to a concentration camp, then fought for the French Resistance. His wife, with two young children, never gave up hope of seeing him again .
Though the characters in this film are fictional, all of the events are very, very real.
The English subtitles have been re-edited and, though not perfect, the narrative is now flows and, with one or two exceptions, accurately reflects the dialogue.
A discussion with people who were there recalling what happened and how lessons we might have learned then could apply to the struggle now.
In 1999, 50,000 people shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle despite tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullet attacks from thousands of heavily armed police. Those who were there recall it as the most comprehensive take over and occupation of a city they ever witnessed. How was the action pulled together and why can’t we repeat actions like this?
November’s Long Haul oral history project will discuss the Battle of Seattle with a number of people who were there. The oral history project happens at Long Haul the third Sunday of every month.
Yet another meeting on Sunday – Oct. 30 – 7 pm
We support the occupation and taking up public space to form community, but we also want to continue to cherish and improve the spaces that are solidly (more or less) ours, that we’ve poured love and labor into over the years, so….
An opportunity for the larger Long Haul community who don’t usually come to meetings to discuss what Long Haul should do with the space
– What we’re doing right
– What we could do better
– What we should start doing
– What we should cut out
Have your voice heard!
* The idea is to have a fun, welcoming social space wheere we share thoughts and ideas about the Long Haul, with hopes of consistently improving on it, keeping it relevant, and giving everyone a chance to sound off on it.
At Long Haul – 3124 Shattuck – Berkeley
Every time I go to work on cataloging I inevitably find some new exciting (to me) zines. Today was no exception while I was cataloging Perzines. I want to share some:
– Breakfast #22. This zine was written by a 13 year old girl, Athena, in the Philippines in 1999, and she explains that this is the 39th zine she’s written. Fucking impressive. She is remarkably perceptive, really into Riot Grrrl, and lists among her favorite bands: 7 Year Bitch, The Butchies, Crass, Spitboy, and the Indigo Girls. I am dying to find out what she’s up to now, 12 years later…
-Another Day.. Another Fight. Some traveler/ squatter kids found a great abandoned college kid house in Portland to stay in one summer in 2003 and found a bunch of journals/ letters between the former inhabitants, which they then compiled into this zine. Like a punker, more involved Found magazine. Aptly, in my opinion, filed in the Squatting section.
-Persiflage #4. “The Journal of Spectacularism”– Goth zine alert! Compilation of whimsical Goth things, my favorite being a poem/ song entitled “Bad Luck Makes a Fat Graveyard” by Tony Vaguely. Here is an excerpt:
“If you get a chill up your spine,
then someone has just walked over the spot you’ll be buried at.
If three persons who have the same first name happen to come
together, you can be sure that one of them is a fool.
The baby who doesn’t fall down the stairs before it is a year old,
will grow up to be a fool.
If the back of your legs itch, then you are an idiot.
If your nose itches, it means you’re a liar.
Something bad is bound to happen!
Boogedy, boogedy, boogedy.”
Maybe this could be the Long Haul pledge?
Anyway, the point is that there is some cool shit in this archive and if you want to come help catalog/ organize them, you get to hang out with them all you want!
See the Long Haul Zine Archive Project link at the menu at the top of this page for more information.
Viva superstition!
Chelsea
Radicalizing Herbalism and Activating the Healers
Saturday July 30th 6pm
$0-$10 sliding scale – No one turned away for lack of funds.
Our workshop will emphasize more the importance of cultivating one’s own plants for resource preservation purposes, as well as the energetic effects of growing one’s own medicine. We hope to simmer herbal oils during our workshop, and process them for participants to take home with them.
The spirit of Emma Goldman invites you to an Ice Cream Social / Long Haul Community Potluck
Join others who use Long Haul to socialize, develop community and informally discuss visions for the future of the space and collective goals
Sunday, July 31
Food @ 7 pm /discussion @ 8 pm
Featuring members of:
Anarchist Study Group / BASTARD
Slingshot collective
Infohsop
Food Not Bombs
Berkeley Liberation Radio
NEED
Berkeley Cohousing
Long Haul will provide vegan and dairy ice cream sundaes and root beer floats: please bring some potluck food to share
The first of an on-going series of Long Haul community potlucks:
every 5th Sunday in any month with five Sundays: the next one is October 30
“If I can’t eat ice cream, I don’t want to be part of your revolution” – Emma Goldman