At Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, 407-6925

Description

Join us for a presentation by scott crow from his new book 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective,' issued last year on PM Press.

The book is used as a foundation for a visual, fast moving and engaging presentation that is equal parts personal story, radical history and organizing philosophy based on crow's experiences as a radical and anarchist organizer in the US. Some highlights covered are the connections and influences of past movements on current organizing, the creation of the Common Ground Collective--the largest anarchist/horizontal inspired organization in modern US history-- formed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, crow being labeled a 'domestic terrorist' by the US government for 10 years and the effects of the ‘war on terrorism’ on political dissent. The presentations goals are to engage people for building grassroots power for change.

A short film about the book can be found at http://vimeo.com/27543529. scott crow is a longtime political activist, strategist and author based in Austin.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:

Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective (PM Press). Features a foreword from former Black Panther Party leader Kathleen Cleaver.

“Playful, irreverent, and deadly serious, Black Flags and Windmills is a moving testimony of love, solidarity, betrayal, and the collective struggle for the freedom that so many of us yearn for.” — David Naguib Pellow, author Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice

“It is a brilliant, detailed and humble book written with total frankness and at the same time a revolutionary poet’s passion. It makes the reader feel that we too, with our emergency heart as our guide, can do anything, we only need to begin.” — Marina Sitrin, author Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina

“This is a compelling tale for our times.” — Bill Ayers, author Fugitive Days