The Manuel González Prada Anarchist Social Center was inaugurated and opened on September 17, 2022. It's purpose is to structure and give life to a place of these characteristics since it is a large space with several rooms, where there will mainly be the Library "Emilio López" Newspaper Library, Video Library, and Historical Archive of anarchism in the Peruvian region. The Social Center also has a recently inaugurated space for children "Educar en Libertad" and a room for talks, presentations, conferences, and videos. The archive has been largely donated by the collection of the Centro de Investigaciones Libertarias, with enough material to be cataloged and disseminated.
The importance of a space of this type is further reinforced by its character as a social-cultural center, which seeks to integrate the surrounding neighborhood with the educational, cultural, and social activities that will be provided free of charge. Those of us who participate in the Social Center have vast experience in multiple anarchist initiatives: conferences, meetings, marches, newspapers, collectives, editorials, etc., and we seek, as a transcendental idea, to spread the libertarian ideals of Manuel González Prada, which is why our place is named after him.
We are anarchists and we feel honored that the social center (or anarchist space) bears the name of such an illustrious comrade, but we know that what we have to do is an arduous task of political diffusion at the height of the circumstances. For many years, as libertarians, we did not have the materiality of a space and this carries a great responsibility that will be reflected in what we will do in the future. It is a challenge and a real satisfaction to assemble step by step, shelf by shelf, book by book... all our dreams and ideals, because this is only the beginning of what we want to organize.
The tasks that urgently need to be implemented in our CSMGP are:
- Finish the implementation of our anarchist library "Emilio Lopez" with the purchase of tables, shelves, furniture, lights, and a computer. The newspaper and video library, which is abundant, will have its own space in our social center. We have a thousand specific books in classification.
- Purchase of 4 small tables and their respective chairs for our space for children, "Educar en Libertad." Shelves for the library and play space. Materials for the different workshops. In addition to educational games.
- The implementation of the events room. The same one that will be used for poetry recitals, conferences, film series, workshops, and other cultural events. For this we need to buy 30 chairs for the public, a projector, and screen.
- Refurbishment of the guest room. Repairing the walls and ceilings and painting them.
- Purchase of roofing material for the back of the social center.
- Refurbishment of the bookstore, purchase of shelves, and other material.
All of you are welcome at the new Manuel González Prada Social Center (Palca 228, Cercado de Lima).
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