Community Discussion with the Tilted Scales Collective: "A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant."

Thursday, August 10th 2017, from 7-9pm, at the Comm Room (3110 West Leigh Street, Richmond VA), the Scuffletown Anti-Repression Committee is hosting the Tilted Scales Collective, a small collective of legal support organizers. They will hold a community discussion on their new book, "A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant." From the event description:

"With increasing confrontations with the far right, cops, FBI, ICE, capitalism, the Trump administration, and the systems of dominance that seek to keep us down, the importance of resistance is crystal clear. So too are the costs and risks of our resistance. Since the inauguration, there have been hundreds of new felony charges filed against us across Turtle Island. Our book aspires to be a resource for radical left struggle to help us all figure out ways to deal with serious criminal charges so we can strengthen our organizing and fight for liberation more strategically."

Free, open to the public. A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to the Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC), a prison abolitionist collective that produces a free resource directory that is mailed to prisoners nationwide upon request.

For more info and to RSVP, see this link.

Showing of Trouble Episode 4, "No Justice, Just Us"

Thursday, July 20th 2017, from 7-9pm, at the Community Room (3110 West Leigh Street, Richmond VA), the Scuffletown Anti-Repression Committee is holding a screening of the 4th episode of subMedia's documentary series, Trouble. Episode 4, "No Justice, Just Us," deals with state repression and the ways we defend our movements against it.

$5-$10 donation, with funds going to the support needs and legal fund of the J20 defendants arrested at Trump's inauguration. Vegan snacks and beverages will be served. Open to the public; bring a friend.

For more info and to RSVP, see this link. 

Dance Party Fundraiser for Local Trump Inauguration Protester's Legal Fund

Tuesday, April 25th 2017, from 11pm-2am, at Ipanema Cafe (917 West Grace Street, Richmond VA), the newly-formed Scuffletown Anti-Repression Committee is holding a dance fundraiser to benefit the legal support fund for locals who were caught in a mass arrest in Washington DC while protesting Donald Trump's inauguration. They're facing up to ten years in prison, and need our support.

The fundraiser will feature tabling and local musician Sha Shakusky.

Free admission. The venue is wheelchair accessible via a ramp. Street parking only. 

For more info and to RSVP, see the link.

Demonstration in Support of Inauguration Protesters TONIGHT

Today, April 3rd 2017, from 6:30-7:30pm, at the Federal Court House (North 7th Street, Richmond VA), the newly-assembled Scuffletown Anti-Repression Committee is holding a demonstration titled: "Solidarity Against Repression! From DC to Standing Rock!" From the event description: 

"From April 1st to 7th, actions, informational events, film screenings, and benefits will all take place across so-called North America and beyond. The purpose of the week of action is simple: to come together and push back against a wave of repression that has been growing in the United States and accelerated by the coming to power of the Trump administration.

"Since Trump has come into office, we have seen over 200 people face felony charges in Washington DC after being kettled on J20, over 100 are threatened with charges in Sacramento for taking part in an antifascist demonstration there last June, and over 800 water protectors face charges from a grand jury convened at Standing Rock. Meanwhile, several states have also been trying to push through a set of laws which would further criminalize protest and make it easier for protesters to be fined, face greater charges, and in some cases, even be killed if they block roadways.

"This wave of repression cannot also be divorced from the deadly acts of terror being carried out by the far-Right. As Trump supporters attack counter-demonstrators in Huntington Beach while chanting the name of the fascist dictator ‘Pinochet,’ mosques, black churches, LGBTQI centers, and synagogues are attacked, burned, and shot at, and members of the Alt-Right murder people in the street.

"Now is the time to come together, discuss how we can support each other, and continue forward on the path ahead. Now is the time to make our friends across the country know that we have their backs. Now is the time to remember that in the face of everything, we as a movement support each other, we back each other up, and we all know that an injury to one of us, is an injury to all of us."

For more info and to RSVP, see this link.