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First time posting here. I have been organizing in small ways with this group that is bookchinite mostly but they are calling for a Congress of Local Movements in September in Detroit (https://www.symbiosis-revolution.org/launch/). They are really trying to bring a broad front across anti-capitalist community groups. I have some issues with their ideas, mainly direct democracy, but I think their is alot of potential in bringing people together. While organizing with them, so far they have not reached out to a number of anarchist orgs like the Long Haul, Wooden Shoe, any infoshops although some members of MACC NYC are involved. Since Symbiosis is securing a free space for people to stay and getting free food together and their will be many organizers there, I think this is a chance where we can make some space for the anarchist network to gather face to face.If this symbiosis group does take off and actually start to build a strong network, it would be nice to be a part of it. If it doesn't maybe something else will come out of it from anarchists gathering together, at the very least a few new friends and some fun. Anarchists would also not necessarily have to participate in the Congress but instead could organize side by side with it, and their is currently no agenda yet scheduled for the congress.

I'm a pretty young anarchist and new to much of it, mid Atlantic, east coast region. I was reading Anarchist History Nerd Brigade's Zines on Love and Rage Network conferences , and was really inspired.(https://anarchisthistory.noblogs.org/files/2015/09/lnr-disconnections.pdf) I tried emailing them (the nerds) but I think they are defunct. I saw the link for this webpage on their website today and came here right as you posted this article, which was pretty cool :) I think having a low risk continental anarchist gathering would be really awesome to bring people together and give people the chance to talk and build affinity outside the internet, and in a more discussion based setting. I know there is a lot to figure out, security, safe(r) space policy, content, goals, but the first thing I can do is put the idea out there. Let me know what you all think?