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This is a free event- More info: http://diyzine.com/anarcho2012 Come and get wired up with coffee and tea at the Anarcho Cafe - Meet new friends and network! Keith McHenry co-founder of Food Not Bombs will be speaking at this event on his book tour. We will have workshops, poets, performers, live music, general assembly, radical books, zines, childcare! and much more. The A-Cafe is not a place, it's an event—a social experiment in urban anarchy, organized by local anarchists in your hometown. A-Cafes are held in coffee houses, infoshops, public parks, library, people's homes, and in the open air, out on the street. An A-Cafe is an informal meet-up, gathering, coffee klatsch or drinking brigade where anti authoritarians can get to know each other, hang out, shoot the breeze, talk some shop, talk about the projects that we are working on, and to organize new projects in our community. The gatherings are informal, and based on chatting and sharing information. You can drop in or leave any time you need to. There isn't a fixed agenda, but there's always plenty to talk about and things for anyone who's an Anarchist, anti-statist, or just anarchy-curious to do. There's often a space for people to share literature, ideas they've had, projects they're working on, zines, flyers, art, and more. There may be some social networking projects to put local Anarchists in contact with each other. And if you want to set up organizing meetings for a particular project, with a fixed agenda and all the rest, A-Cafe is a great place to meet people who you can invite.

More info on this web site: http://diyzine.com/anarcho2012

Saturday, February 25th, 2012. From 1pm-6pm. Free event.

ANARCHO CAFE at the Southern California Library of Social Studies

6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044. (323) 759-6063

Feel free to come early the library opens at 11am. The Library web site is

www.socallib.org If you have questions about the Library (323) 759-6063. Questions about this event (323)915-2617

Please car pool or take the bus to this event. MTA Bus 204 and Express Bus 754. Bus info: http://www.metro.net/

Direction and Map to the Library http://www.socallib.org/about/directions.html

SCHEDULE:

MAIN ROOM

1pm - 2pm Presentation by Occupy LA General Strike Preparation

Committee (1pm - 1:50pm).

2pm - 3pm TheLittle RedWriter (2pm - 2:15pm), Chicano Son (2:15-2:30pm), Vee Vee (2:30-2:45), Sherman Austin (2:45pm-3pm)

3pm - 4pm FNB Film + Keith McHenry (3pm - 3:50pm)

4pm - 5pm Aztlan Underground Unearthed (4pm-4:15pm), Breezy (4:15pm-4:30pm), Chris Hellking (4:30-4:45), Kevin Baker (4:45-5pm).

5pm - 6pm Ricardo Flores Magón by Rubén Martínez, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Joe Garcia (5pm - 5:30pm), Anarcho Assmebly (5:30pm - ? ).

GREEN ROOM (Reading Room)

1pm - 2pm History of Los Angeles Anarchist Movement by Matt Hart (1pm - 1:50pm)

2pm - 3pm Workshop - Security Culture 101 with Jordan and Shannen (2pm-2:50pm)

3pm - 4pm p-aren't workshop (3pm-3:50pm)

4pm - 5pm Finding Common Ground:

Interconnections of Struggle among Social Justice Movements by Nicoal.

2ND FLOOR

1pm - 2pm Viva la Vida! Live Foods for Life by Sirenita del Mar

2pm - 3pm Viva la Vida! Live Foods for Life by Sirenita del Mar

3pm - 4pm Fighting military recruitment in our schools

& communities by Kevin Baker & Mike Prysner (3pm - 3:50pm)

With spoken word and music, writer and performer Rubén Martínez, joined by playwright and activist Raquel Gutiérrez and singer-songwriter Joe Garcia, will present the deep roots of radical Los Angeles through the story of the legendary anarchist figure Ricardo Flores Magón, who spent more than a decade here just before and during the Mexican Revolution. Nearly a hundred years before Occupy L.A.’s Solidarity Park, Flores Magón and his cohort founded a commune in Edendale with equitable gender roles and an attempt at sustainable living. For enacting his radical principles, Flores Magón was jailed and ultimately died in federal prison, but his influence lived on across the decades in bohemian cafes and in the living rooms of activists from Echo Park to Watts.

Speaker - Keith McHenry co-founder of Food not Bombs.

Food Not Bombs is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty. Food Not Bombs is not a charity. This energetic grassroots movement is active throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Food Not Bombs is organizing for peace and an end to the occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. For nearly 30 years the movement has worked to end hunger and has supported actions to stop the globalization of the economy, restrictions to the movements of people, end exploitation and the destruction of the earth.

Nicoal Sheen graduated from CSU Long Beach with her B.A. in Comparative Political Science and specializes in sociopolitical revolution. As both an academic and activist, she recognizes all oppression as interlocking mechanisms used to silence other beings considered "less than" and fights to end these systemic inequalities. Nicoal is a militant voice for animals out on the streets and will continue to speak for the silenced until total liberation is achieved for our non-human brothers and sisters.

Workshop - Security Culture 101 with Jordan and Shannen

Shannen Maas is a radical activist with the goal to educate other activists about ways to keep their own activist communities safe, secure and

effective. Shannen has spoken on various aspects of radical politics and social movements at many political and social events and conferences. Jordan Ezell is an anarchist who works with the Anarcho Treehouse Collective to distribute free radical literature and organize benefits for activists and political prisoners. He strives for total liberation of humans, animals, and the earth.

Presentation by Occupy LA General Strike Preparation Committee. Occupy LA General Strike Preparation Committee was approved by Occupy Los Angeles General Assembly on Nov. 14, and re-authorized on Dec. 19 to carry out the Occupy the Ports action - A Day without Goldman Sachs! (which helped precipitate the west coast port shutdown) as the beginning of a process leading to a General Strike on May 1, 2012 for migrant rights, social, economic and environmental justice and peace. Check out www.occupymay1st.org or contact generalstrike2012@gmail.com, 323-901-4269, or join our email listserve, occupylageneralstrike@lists.riseup.net. We are building for a broader,

deeper, stronger coalition to have a day of action and General Strike on May 1, not only here in Los Angeles, but through the region, state and the U.S.

HISTROY OF LOS ANGELES ANARCHIST MOVEMENT by Matt Hart

Matt Hart is an anarchist from the greater Los Angeles area, who has spent the last two decades organizing around prison and labor issues. He is active in the Anarchist Black Cross Federation and the Flores Magon Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. In recent years, he has helped to establish the Black Rose Society, a project dedicated to rediscovering and promoting local anarchist history.

Viva la Vida! Live Foods for Life by Sirenita del Mar - A DIY workshop on juicing and blending organic veggies. This is a hands-on presentation of the basics of a raw food diet. You will learn how to detoxify your body by decolonizing yourself from commercial processed foods that keep us

lethargic and prone to be oppressed. Learn how to juice and blend so that your body is able toreceive the greatest benefits of the amazing wisdom and intelligence of plants. http://livefoods4life.wordpress.com/

Sherman Austin , is an underground rapper and anarchist from Compton, California. He was webmaster of the internet site RaisetheFist.com before his arrest. Austin was convicted under a plea agreement in 2002 and served a one year sentence in federal prison. Austin was released one month early in July 2004 with 3 years of probation which prohibits him from having access to a computer or knowingly associating with individuals who “espouse violence for political change”.

Aztlan Underground Unearthed. Aug unearthd is an acoustic expression of Aztlan Underground. It is the manefestation of

flower and song. Utilizing traditional indigenous instrumentation as the backdrop for lyrics of hope and resistance for a better earth and future...

Anarcho Assmebly - From 5:30pm-? in main room. This is where all the Southern California Anarchist Collectives, Anti-authoritarians, Food Not Bombs chapters get together for open mic go around, talk about the projects that you are working on, report backs, share your views, get to know each other, exchange ideas, network with other collectives, meet new friends or just hang out.

p-aren't workshop

Welcome to the wild world of raising kids and raising hell. interactive conglomeration of smacktivists & slactivists discussing how to make the

rev more fun for the under teen crowd, single parenting in southern california, and responsible parenting by and for irresponsible anti-

authoritarians. With Rebecca Trotzky: family doctor & health justice advocate, member of RAC, single mom to Zev (67 yr old physics professor

trapped in the body of a 12 yr old), Vlad, Mark DiDia: bicycle self-righteousness advocate, member of RAC, Bici Libre/Digna, and single-parentto a single kid.

The Little Red Writer is an active agent for conscious evolution, rainbow revolutionary, contextual contortionist, advocate of awesome, reiki master, performance artist and poet. She's an inter-dimensional visceral force who's hyper craft is a passionate tapestry of the barbaric, absurd and transcendental. She is always exploring new boundaries in her dithyrambic style of performance poetry "Spoken Weird".

She is a tenured fixture of Downtown LA's art scene, and resident Poet/Performance artist at The Hive Gallery & Studios, where she also curates a performance art open mic and variety show "Trophallaxis" .

She performs and reads regularly in cafes, at art shows, underground parties, political events, music festivals, night clubs, bars, small theatres, and guerilla style. She has been featured on radio, in avante gaurde short film, and is collaborating on multiple experimental music projects.

Kevin Baker is a former Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army infantry. After two combat tours in Iraq--totaling 28 months--Baker was ordered to deploy a third time, but refused to go. Instead, he began organizing other soldiers in his unit to refuse their orders and to stand up against their chain of command. After leaving the Army in 2010, Baker became a lead organizer in the group March Forward!, working to foster rebellion within the ranks of the U.S. military. Baker has spoken across the country and is a noted commentator on veterans' issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the right of troops to refuse to fight U.S. wars.

Mike Prysner is a former U.S. Army corporal who served 12 months in Iraq. He began speaking out about the war while still in the military, and upon leaving the Army in 2005, Prysner became a leader in the anti-war movement. In 2009 he co-founded March Forward!, a radical anti-war organization of veterans and active-duty troops. Prysner has been featured as the keynote speaker at dozens of events nationwide and internationally, and is a regular contributor on Press TV, Russia Today and MichaelMoore.com. Mike Prysner and Kevin Baker will be doing a workshop on Fighting military recruitment in our schools and

communities.

Free books front of the library

The Miracle is a Los Angeles/Oakland based bookmobile, which activates redistribution of used literature. The bookmobile had its rocky beginnings in 2004 born in an volvo in Watts while Irina attended art school. During a hiatus, there was a feminist revival of sorts at theRedcat, where Irina wrote her phone number in Besser’s lavender-covered gay porn entitled I

Want It All. The Miracle was born and the two began to collect and steal the items necessary tomake the miracle a reality! The Miracle is a Los Angeles/Oakland-based bookmobile project that activates the redistribution of books, while addressing personal capacity. We believe that we can fulfill the same duties that public libraries bookmobiles do - but on a different level. Instead of loaning the book, The Miracle gives it away, and the action is made visible when the redistributed book continues to move amongst new hands, long after it has sat in the bookmobile. All books are donated to us; we take them on the road and then give them out. In turn, nothing is asked of those who next receive the book. The Miracle encourages folks to continue passing the book along, but we do not check to see if this happens.

Table set up by -

Action for Animals, RAC (Revolutionary Autonomous

Communities), North American Animal Liberation Press Office,

Punk Tree Distro, Hungry Monkey Zine, South-Central Farms,

Food Not Bombs, (IWW) Industrial Workers of the World, El

Hormiguero Pacoima, Cop Watch, Workers Solidarity Alliance,

Mass Media Records , PM Press..