We will be discussing a short horror story written by Octavia Butler.
The story, entitled Bloodchild, explores the relationship between a colony of humans in space and their alien hosts, known as the Tlic. The story develops this dynamic by focusing on the experiences of the narrator, his family, and his Tlic partner, exploring themes of power, autonomy, and manufactured dependence.
Content warning: From descriptions in the text, the Tlic are essentially humanoid centipedes, and reproduce parasitically. This may be disturbing to those with a fear of bugs. The story also involves scenes and discussions of body horror, which may be disturbing to those with bodies. Please proceed with caution, and feel free to skip this reading if you find the subject matter needlessly upsetting.
For those still interested in reading Bloodchild, it can be obtained here as a PDF:
As always, we meet at Camas Books and Infoshop, 2620 Quadra Street, on unceded Lekwungen Territory at 6:30pm on Sunday July 7th.
Join us on June 23rd to again discuss two readings, another fiction and another nonfiction.
In solidarity with Palestinians, and our comrades on the frontlines at People’s Park and across Turtle Island, we will be reading Why the State Can’t Compromise with the Movement in Solidarity with Gaza from Crimethinc and Enclosures of Possibility: The University & The Encampment from UBC. We ask folks to read these pieces ahead of time.
For our next reading, we are going to be reviewing what happened during the Occupy movement of 2011 in order to gain insight for the current student occupations happening across North America in solidarity with Palestine. The reading can be obtained here: 
This week we’ll be exploring different anarchist pedagogies through the writings of Judith Suissa, whose PhD research was on the topic of anarchist education. Today, Judith works as a lecturer in philosophy of education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
Join us for a discussion of Palestinian anarchist Mohammed Bamyeh’s article on the 2010-12 uprisings that swept through north Africa and the middle east, overthrowing dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.