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Month: June 2023

July 9: Indigenous Identity & Appropriation

Posted on June 28, 2023 - June 29, 2023 by Light

The genocidal settler-colonial Canadian state is celebrating its 156th official year of colonialism, racism, and capitalism on July 1st, and so we have naturally circled back to our Indigenous readings.

We have decided to read Michif-Cree anarchist Tawinikay’s piece Settlers on the Red Road (2021), which digs into hard questions of Indigenous identity and settlers in anarchist spaces who choose to take it up. Her zine is a critique of both identity, as well as its appropriation.

Settlers on the Red Road is available for free to read on the Anarchist Library. It is also available as an imposed PDF zine (double-side short edge) here.

As always, we are meeting at Camas Books, 2620 Quadra Street, on Lekwungen Territory. The next meeting is Sunday July 9 @ 6:30PM.

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June 25: Pride Was a Riot

Posted on June 18, 2023 - June 19, 2023 by Light

June is Pride month. As some queer anarchists at Crimethinc have said: “Stonewall [Pride] was a violent, leaderless, multiracial, joyous and youthful anti-police riot” spearheaded by BIPOC trans women. For Pride, we have decided to discuss two queer readings.

These readings are (linked) Queers Read This (1990), an essay from Queer Nation distributed as radical pamphlets at Pride events arguing queerness as inherently political and confrontational to cishet hegemonic state authority, and Female Socialization is a Transphobic Myth (2021) by Devon Price Ph.D., which argues against the transphobic talking point.

Edit: Some folks are reporting a paywall on Female Socialization is a Transphobic Myth. Here is a rich text format copy below if you’re unable to access Medium.

Female Socialization is a Transphobic Myth

As always, we are meeting at Camas Books, 2620 Quadra Street, on Lekwungen Territory. The next meeting is Sunday June 25 @ 6:30PM.

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