From Crimethinc
The last of next week’s Catharsis reunion shows will take place at the conclusion of a full day of performances, discussions and tabling in Washington, DC, the day before the Presidential Inauguration. This festival of resistance will offer a venue in which to envision a world without capitalism or hierarchy and to strategize about how to get there.
Global Crisis & Global Resistance!
A Conference on Organized Resistance to Capitalism and the State on the Eve of the 57th Presidential Inauguration
Sunday – January 20th
12pm-5pm: Global Crisis & Global Resistance! Conference
6pm: Punk Rock Counter-Inaugural Ball
The Warehouse
645 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
See: frontlinesofnowhere.com for updates & more info.
-Free Entry-
12pm-12:30pm: Revolutionary Puppetry Performances by the Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army
Myseterious Rabbit Puppet Army (MRPA) will be performing their newest puppet production, “Donny Quixote!”–a humorous adaptation of the story of Don Quixote, that presents a scathing critique of “green” capitalism and technology. MRPA will present two other fun shows as well. All shows are rated PG. For more information: mrpuppetarmy.wordpress.com
12:30pm-1:30pm: Anarchy and Democracy: What’s the Difference?
A Discussion between Peter Gelderloos and Cindy Milstein
What is the difference between anarchy and democracy? Is “direct democracy” what anarchists want? If we don’t want democracy, what do we want instead? And how should these questions inform how we engage with representative democracy and the political process? In this discussion, well-known authors and organizers Peter Gelderloos and Cindy Milstein will grapple with these questions on the eve of Obama’s second inauguration.
1:30pm-2:30pm: An overview of State Repression of Social Movements in the U.S. and What We Can Do About It
By Will Potter and a member of NYC Anarchist Black Cross
Activists across the country, including Occupy protestors, anarchists, animal rights and environmental activists and others are being increasingly targeted by authorities for political organizing and protest activity. We will discuss current cases, grand juries targeting anarchists in the NW, the status of several political prisoners and other active cases and what activists can do to prevent, resist and organize against state crackdowns on social movements.
Will Potter is an award-winning journalist, author, and public speaker based in Washington, D.C. who has become a leading voice on repression of the animal rights and environmental movements, and civil liberties issues post-9/11.
NYC Anarchist Black Cross is a collective focused on supporting US-held political prisoners and prisoners of war and opposing state repression against revolutionary social justice movements.
2:30pm-4:00pm: Films on Global Uprisings in the Age of Austerity
By Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh
Video dispatches from the front lines of movements in Spain, Greece, and Portugal
Since the dawn of the most recent crisis of capitalism in 2008, there have been uprisings all over the globe. Around the world, advocates for a different world and different social relations have engaged in strikes, riots, and occupations, while simultaneously creating networks of solidarity and mutual aid.
Filmmaker Brandon Jourdan and researcher Marianne Maeckelbergh have been documenting these revolts as they unfold, reporting from Greece, Spain, Portugal, Egypt, the UK and the US as part of their online film series at http://www.globaluprisings.org.
4pm-5:00pm: From Plaza Occupations to General Strikes: The Barcelona Experience
Spain had the movement of the plaza occupations months before Occupy Wall Street took off, foreshadowing the form of protest that was about to spread around the world. Since then, Spain has seen multiple general strikes and increasingly generalized social revolt. Two comrades from Barcelona, the epicenter of these struggles, describe what people in the U.S. can learn from them.
6pm: Counter-Inaugural Ball
This is a benefit show to raise money to benefit the homecoming fund for political prisoner Daniel McGowan and The Rosenberg Fund for Children. The bands, in reverse order of appearance, are:
Catharsis (final reunion show)
Magrudergrind (ten year anniversary)
Trophy Wife (Philadelphia)
Dead in the Dirt (Atlanta)
Los Gatos Negros (back from the dead!)

Comments
Being single has been tough
Being single has been tough on the old man. Back to the old band, on Okcupid, protesting the president.
Ahh ha ha ha so true
Ahh ha ha ha so true
Are you kidding? These
Are you kidding? These reunion shows are a polyamory nightmare.
U Mad?
U Mad?
"If we don’t want democracy,
"If we don’t want democracy, what do we want instead?"
Nothing. We want nothing. Posing the question this way will always lead to new authorities, programs, etc.
But regardless, I hope Cindy Milstein is absolutely destroyed for the liberal that she is.
hear hear.
hear hear.
we may not want a "replacement" for democracy, but i do think its possible to contrast and compare anarchist ways of intervening in social struggles with the "directly democratic" methods of centralized General Assemblies and the like. There are concrete differences in practice, and in this sense anarchists dont just offer up "nothing" as an alternative to a neverending, centralized GA of wannabe politicians - we have real existing ways of engaging with and intervening that arent merely a redo of "democracy" or a one-dimensional "consensus."
Yeah, wanting things itself
Yeah, wanting things itself is practically oppressive. How dare they talk about wanting things?
we want communism. any
we want communism. any anarchist who says otherwise is uatw
up against the wall ?
up against the wall ?
so any anarchists who reject this will be murdered by marxists ? again ? ..like the anarchists harassed and murdered by marxists, leninists, trotskyists, stalinists, maoists and, if they got a chance, avakianists
as anarchists our goal should
as anarchists our goal should be global communism.
I'm going to repost your
I'm going to repost your comment on marxistnews.org.
It will get more positive feedback.
As anarchists, I hope the goal would be radically decentralized anti-authoritarianism (face-to-face communities)
Hear hear. Once the matter of
Hear hear. Once the matter of opposing hierarchies and breaking down alienation itself has been raised, only a reactionary wants to change the subject back to the mere distribution of goods. History shows what becomes of anarchists who make themselves into the footsoldiers of communists. We are for the common, sure, and even for communes and communization, but against most people who, historically have identified as communists. Fuck them.
Anti authoritarianism is
Anti authoritarianism is going to give us the bread we need to live?
IGTT 2/10
IGTT 2/10
...and anything authoritarian is?
The question is whose table.
The question is whose table.
you are giving avakianists
you are giving avakianists far too much credit
really? come on.
really? come on.
Apparently this is not a hoax
Apparently this is not a hoax!
"final reunion show." punk's
"final reunion show." punk's not dead!
it will be after the 20th
it will be after the 20th
Riot? What time is that at?
Riot? What time is that at?
Rye Ought? What is this rye
Rye Ought? What is this rye ought you speak of?
Todays winner.
Todays winner.
Don't these organizers know
Don't these organizers know not everyone has the privilege to listen to Catharsis? Fucking manarchists!
^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^
What does this even mean, you are a joke
Lets get a east coast west
Lets get a east coast west coast beef going from this.
Meet at McPhearson sq on the
Meet at McPhearson sq on the 21st, noon
who is catharsis?
who is catharsis?
If you don't know...
If you don't know...
cant make DC, but the NC date
cant make DC, but the NC date's gonna rule. Huzzah!
fuck this, I want a HOVEL and
fuck this, I want a HOVEL and INFLICTED SPOON REUNION.
oh fuck that would rule. who
oh fuck that would rule. who remembers inflicted spoon? amazing.
If you like Catharsis, you
If you like Catharsis, you should download the Negate demo from Belgium
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