[Smashpatriarchy] call-out for reading group

[reg johanson]

hi everyone. pls find below a call-out for our reading group. pls advise as
to changes etc.

also, we still have $200 from SFPIRG. could we spend tht money on a) food
and b) books for those who need a subsidy?

Solidarity Against Patriarchy (SAP) invites you to read with us! We are
doing a reading group around two texts, Silvia Federici’s *Caliban and the
Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation* (Autonomedia 2004) and
Andrea Smith’s *Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian
Genocide*(South End Press 2005).



Our first meeting is proposed for Tuesday September 17th from 7-930 at
[where?]. We propose to start with *Conquest*.



We are interested in these texts because they discuss two foundational
moments in the establishment of patriarchy, one marking the beginning of
capitalism in Europe, and one marking the beginning of capitalism on Turtle
Island. Reading them together can give us a deep intersectional perspective
on the relationships between patriarchy, capitalism, and colonialism.



Solidarity Against Patriarchy (SAP) is a group of (mostly) male-identified
people working against internalized and external systems of patriarchy. The
work that the group engages in can be divided into two categories: internal
and external. Internally, SAP is both a dialogic and experientially focused
discussion group targeted towards men but open to all genders for the
purpose of exposing and challenging internalized forms of sexism and its
associated intersectional oppressions, such as racism, homophobia,
trans-misogyny, classism, ableism, etc. Externally, the group works to
support the voices of women speaking out against sexism by creating film
nights and establishing open discussions where women can publicly speak
about and critique patriarchy. In addition, SAP seeks to educate men about
how their behaviours uphold rape-culture by spreading anti-sexist
propaganda across Vancouver (for instance, see
http://www.wavaw.ca/solidarity-against-patriarchy/)
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