North American Anarchist Studies Network

http://www.icm.arts.cornell.edu/conference_2012.html

The North American Anarchist is deeply saddened by the loss of esteemed activist, writer, scholar, and comrade Joel Olson, who passed away while on sabbatical in Europe.

From NAASNPR:

After the conference, a group of us decided to start a new project in which we could further distribute and create ideas.  Because of a lack of good community spaces in Puerto Rico we are going to open an infoshop where we can create networks and relationships between ourselves and the local community.

The NAASN celebrates its fourth year of existence (we were conceived in 2008!) by welcoming several new members from across North America. Our new comrades represent a variety of diverse interests and backgrounds, including, but not limited to, anthropology, art history, comparative literature, sociology, philosophy, law, and history. We're happy to have you! 

On organizing the conference

Q Interest in having Puerto Rico host this conference began a long time ago – I know that in Toronto last year the idea was certainly floated around, and people on the listserv began suggesting it immediately afterwards. What was the initial reaction to the idea among Puerto Rican anarchists? Who picked up and ran with the idea in the early stages?

The 3rd Annual North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference will be taking place on 7 and 8 January 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more details, please see the conference website.  See you in PR!

From Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies

We are very pleased to announce the publication of a new issue of Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies(ADCS) entitled "Art & Anarchy" and edited by Allan Antliff (2011.2). This issue brings anarchist scholarship into a relationship with works of art that encompass music, virtual architecture and urban design, film, poetics, prose, dance/performance, the visual arts (including sculpture, painting, photography, installation, graphics), the economics of art production, and aesthetics.

Please see the list I compiled at Dissident Voice:http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/12/the-top-ten-revolutionary-videos-of-2011/If you have other favourites, please list them in the comments. Thanks.