Apr 9, 2017
Black Women's Defense
League
This week I spoke with Niecee X of the Dallas Texas based group
Black Women's Defense League, which has been in existence for a bit
over 2 years. In this interview we speak about BWDL and the
circumstances around its formation, the work it engages in, and the
political climate it exists within. We also speak about feminism
and misogyny within this context, as well about the status of and
tools for addressing anti blackness and sexism in anarchist
scenes.
The interview you are about to listen to has been edited down for
broadcast, and we will release the longer version for on the
podcast feed. On top of that, this is the second of two interviews
that we recorded, and in the coming months I am planning to
synthesize the two conversations into one long podcast version,
which we'll announce once it is ready for listening.
If you would like to get in touch with Black Women's Defense
league, you can go to http://blackwomensdefenseleague.com, hit them up on
Instagram or Facebook by searching their name, or email them
Announcements
For folks in the Pacific
Northwest:
The Tilted Scales Collective will be holding workshops called
"Fighting Charges, Strengthening
Movements."
On Monday, April 10th in Olympia there'll be 2 workshops, the
first at 3:30pm at Evergreen College in Lecture Hall 6 and the
second at 6pm at Last Words Books.
In Seattle on Wednesday April 12th at 7pm in the Bannon Science
Building at Seattle University, check it out in rm 102.
On the 15th Tilted Scales will be in Eugene, on the 16th in
Portland and ending up at the Humboldt Anarchist Bookfaire on
Saturday, April 29th in Arcata, CA.
For folks in the South and
South East of Turtle Island:
Tomorrow, Monday the 10th in Durham, NC, there will be a "No War With Syria Rally" at CCB Plaza, 201 N.
Corcoran St at 6pm. Word is that this event is being planned by the
World Workers Party, a Stalinist and Russian-apologetic
organization that has a knee-jerk reaction to support anyone the
U.S. is in tension with as anti-imperialist. So, make up some
nice anti-Assad, Anti-US, Anti-Russian, Anti-Nation-state slogans
for your signs and engage the organizers. Anti-war should
mean ALL warmongering governments and groups, not the populations
that suffer the bombs and torture.
Friday, April 14th at 9pm in Asheville, the HEX 1 dance party benefit for OurVoice will be taking place at The Mothlight at
701 Haywood Rd in West Asheville. The event will be DJ'd by DJ Lil
Meow Meow, DJ Malinalli & DJ Abu Disarray. The beneficiary,
OurVoice, is a non-profit rape crisis center in Asheville that
offers counseling services, offers many educational workshops
around consent and other topics, does outreach to bars around
decreasing drug-assisted sexual assaults and does a lot more. More
info on the project can be found at. Keep an eye out for
future HEX Asheville benefits.
In Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, April 14th at 10pm there'll be
a benefit for Louisville Anti
Racist Action. The show will be held at The Cure, 1481 Shelby St,
in Louisville. The bands include Blind Scryer, Boneclaw (Evansville), Satellite Twin & Black Kaspar. Louisville ARA
self-describes as "here to help build, defend, educate and create
an effective cultural resistance against fascism."
Saturday, April 15th in Asheville from 1-7pm, local rads will be
hosting the Anarchist Field Day community event in the West
Asheville Park at 198 Vermont Ave. It's an all-ages, potluck
event that brags kick-ball, face painting, grilling with vegan and
gluten-free grill space and food, friend-making and May Day
banner-making. You can find them near the baseball diamond in
the park and if rain chases folks away, there's a reschedule date
for a week later on April 22nd at the same place and during the
same hours.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1860190510916621/
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