EMAIL: organise [at] blackrosebooks.org | VISIT: 22 Enmore Rd, Newtown, Sydney, Australia > MAP | POST: c/- PO BOX 4 Enmore 2042
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The Black Rose collective is at a point where we are questioning the ongoing relevance of the project. While we think the existence of anarchist spaces such as Black Rose could be necessary, it seems that it does not have much resonance with many of the other revolutionary projects in Sydney. Coupled with the reality of the struggle to pay rent and the amount of energy invested by our small collective to maintain this dysfunction, the situation is not sustainable. A year ago there seemed to be a lot of people with a lot of energy around Black Rose as we made a big decision to entirely change the focus of the project. While we had great visions of the space being a hub of meetings and events and general radical activity, this has proven to be far from the reality. It has been hard to convey the idea to comrades that use the space, that it is their space to take responsibility for and engage with. We are now calling out for an entirely new group of people to take on the project of this anarchist social centre. Black Rose has always been a reflection of those involved and so we are open to the new collective determining what it's revolutionary character should look like. Revolutionary spaces ARE awesome. Even if we're currently a bit drained there have been many inspiring moments. And you don't simply have to pick up from where we've left off – it's your ideas and energy that will now be important. Over the month of september we will be preparing for what the future may hold with the current collective aiming to begin work on different projects by october. If you are interested in taking it on please get in touch ASAP. If Black Rose does end it is not necessarily a bad thing, revolutionary spaces can exist within all aspects of our lives. In Struggle |
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Thursday, September 8 · 5:30pm - 10:00pm Location 'Villawood: Survival+Resistance' Despite the negative portrayal of asylum seekers in our media, the Villawood Detention Centre is filled with amazing stories of survival, resistance and hope. Every day, refugees inside Villawood find ways to resist the dehumanizing restraints of our detention system. Villawood: Survival+Resistance will present artworks, film, talks, hip hop, music, poetry, performance art about the Villawood Detention Centre and what it means for Western Sydney. Events include: 'Villawood Mums': A short film screening followed by Q&A with the film makers. Refugee Action Coalition spokesperson Ian Rintoul will discuss the current problems of Immigration Detention. Performances by poets and hip hop artists from the Auburn Community Development Poets Group, including Rima aka Soul Beats, Bhagavadas Sriskanthadas & Nashaa Hamody Abdul-Hassan. When: Where: Admission: Event night food and drinks served by donation from 5.30pm. A collaboration between The Refugee Art Project, the Cross Border Collective, The Refugee Action Coalition and the Justice and Arts Network. Supported by ICE & Matta Media. See also therefugeeartproject.com |
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Black Rose will be running a table at the Snap Dragon Zine Fair organised by some folks from Take care zines & Vanessa Berry World We will also be bringing our rad zine library to be set up for all to browse. Work is in progress setting up our print workspace and the rizo printer is up and running having printed some of the last edition of Mutiny Zine. come to the fair! -Black Rose ---------------------------------- Snapdragon Zine Fair Call Out Join us for the Snapdragon Zine Fair on Sunday 4th September. From 11am-4pm the Red Rattler will be a place to celebrate all things zine: to meet other zine makers, trade, buy and read zines, and participate in the world’s first zine pinata! 1. Have a table at the zine fair. We have limited tables available so want to make the best use of space possible. Each stall space is ½ a table. We’ll be hiring the tables so ask that each stall contributes $5 to cover the cost of this (we’ll collect this on the day). 2. Send zines for the Absent Zinesters table. 3. Contribute to the world’s first ever zine piñata! Join the ziñata! We’ll be busting open a papier-mâché treasure chest of tiny zines! Snapdragon Zine Fair |
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A discussion about the social insurrection in London and its aftermath. 7pm, Wednesday August 24th@ Accessibility: there are three steps at the entrance, the toilet is not easily accessible |
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Bring: images, fabric, knowledge/interest For: patches, propaganda and other creative dissent Basic Materials provided. $5 suggested donation 1-4pm Black Rose Anarchist Library & Social Centre 22 Enmore rd Newtown blackrosebooks.org |
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quick repost from slackbastard's blog. Despite abundant and obvious evidence supporting his case, as expected, in Sofia, Bulgaria, 24-year-old Australian man Jock Palfreeman has lost his final appeal to the Supreme Court of Cassation against a 20-year prison sentence for ‘murder with hooliganism’. The next step in the legal process will likely be the European Court of Human Rights. |
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Continuing the discussion around the process of being arrested and 7pm Thursday, June 30th |
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Real News Video Screening, Discussion, People´s Kitchen: A protest is happening on Sunday 26th June 2011 midday against the now 2 years old neoliberal coup regime in Honduras. The coup paved the way for imposition of neoliberalism (attacks against people) left only to the unrestrained imagination of capitalism. |
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Sunday June 19 Public Enemy (1999) |
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