Why Bother Going to the Beach When You Could . . . April 12, 2008

Hey everybody,

Just thought I’d let you know that some of our grad students are putting together a reading group for the summer to go over some foundational texts in anarchist theory.  Here is the tentative schedule of readings:

·        May 15: Kropotkin

o   Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings

 

·        May 29: Chomsky & Emma Goldman

o   Chomsky on Anarchism

o   Red Emma Speaks: Emma Goldman Reader or Anarchism and Other Essays

 

·        June 13: Edward Abbey

o   The Monkey Wrench Gang

 

·        June 27: Bookchin & Vaneigem

o   Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: Bookchin

o   The Revolution of Everyday Life: Vaneigem

 

·        July 11: Bakunin

o   God and the State

·        July 25: Proudhon & Graeber

o   The Confessions of a Revolutionary:

o   Articles:

§  “Anarchism in the 21st Century” an article by David Graeber and Andrej Grubacic: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=41&ItemID=4796

§  “Army of Altruists”: http://www.sleepykid.org/blog/2007/01/13/army-of-altruists/

Interested?  Talk to me or Amy and we’ll put you in touch with the group.

CMB