[Smashpatriarchy] call-out for reading group

[William Damon]

Meeting Tuesday the 20th works for me as well.

I think the write up looks good, thanks for the work putting it together
and getting it out there.

W


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:25 PM, rory breasail <rbreasail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds swell!/ that day works fine for me
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:18 PM, fletch <ngnm84 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree great write up Reg. I support all of this awesome work, I can't
>> participate until sept though. Please don't change plans on my behalf
>> though, I can catch up.
>> In sol,
>> fletch
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2013-08-07, at 2:42 PM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for taking so long to respond.
>>
>> Great write up Reg.  If folks are okay with it I'll post on facebook once
>> we have copies of the books in at spartacus.  I ordered 6 hopefully that's
>> enough.
>>
>> One idea a few of us have been throwing around is meeting up for tea and
>> coffee sometime in the next few weeks.  I think this is a great idea.
>>  Shall we make it a Tuesday Night?  Let's say Tuesday the 20th?  Does that
>> work for most folks?
>>
>> Also I think it would be great if we had the reading group at spartacus
>> books.
>>
>> Lov
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 4:08 PM, reg johanson <regjohanson at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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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