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.

Flying Brick Library Housewarming Party

VERY big news, everybody! 

The Flying Brick Library, a left institution in Richmond since the 1990s, is moving from their previous home, a private residence in Oregon Hill, to a public space at Gallery5. They will be sharing the space with the Richmond Independent Zine Library. The housewarming party for the Flying Brick Library will take place Thursday, April 6th 2017, from 7-10pm, at Gallery 5 (200 West Marshall Street, Richmond VA). The evening will feature performances by Jake Mayday and Andrew Alli. 

The Brick has hundreds of books and other media on a wide range of topics, including: class, labor, race, feminism, queer issues, immigration, anarchism, DIY, health, fiction, biography, art, film, religion, travel, psychology, communism, poetry, plays, environmentalism, animal rights, disability issues, economics, urban studies, education, race, and more. Best of all, they'll loan them to you for free. 

Free, open to the public. The venue is wheelchair accessible via a front ramp, and has unisex bathrooms on the first floor. For more info and to RSVP, see this link.