From the Lasthours blog:

The Anarchist Movement Conference took place recently. But did it fuel enthusiasm and inspiration or did it highlight old divides. Below is a report back from the two day event.

See: http://www.lasthours.org.uk/news/report-back-from-the-anarchist-movement-conference/

The following notes are an attempt to capture the spirit of the discussion of one of the groups at the Anarchist Conference 09.  The format of the conference was novel and worked very well - everyone who joined was taken away from their "normal" affinity group and placed in a discussion group with a selection of other people who weren't in the same organization, so that each group became to some e…

The Anarchist Conference 09 was a good time to not only figure out the strategy and tactics for a self-organized libertarian revolutionary movement, it was also possible to take time out to ask people about their experiences and feelings.  For example, here's a quick straw poll from one of the sessions.

During the Anarchist Conference this weekend, some of us from Indymedia London took the time to ask people what they thought of Indymedia, what our job is in relation to the anarchist movement, how well we're doing it, and so on.  Here's what we found out.

Those masked up women from the Anarchist Conference 09 have a blog at http://nopretence.wordpress.com/

Why is it called "No Pretence?" From the blog intro, it becomes clear that these people are challenging the conference participants on their own terms by pointing to the conference organizing statement, which says:

“We make no pretence. This is a conference by and for anarchists. And by anarchi…

This is the text read at out the plenary meeting of the Anarchist Conference 09 during an intervention by a masked group of women who were pissed off by the patriarchy which is (still) evident within the anarchist movement. The video projection which was shown during the intervention is available on Youtube.

WE MAKE NO PRETENCE

We have taken this space and projected this short film to show how w…

Conference09 is the biggest gathering of anarchists for over 10 years. We talk to one of the organisers about the two day event and about the state of radical politics in the UK today. Below is an interview by Freedom with one of the organisers of the conference.

How did the idea of the conference come about?

The idea has been knocking around anarchist circles in London for a few years now - a…

With the economic crisis hitting people hard, there's no need any longer to explain to people that capitalism is a crazy and destructive way to run the economy - people are talking about it all over the country. Against this backdrop, 300 people met for the Anarchist Conference '09 at Queen Mary, University of London during the weekend. People shared their ideas about fighting repossessions and ev…

Queen Mary and Westfield College

Saturday June 6th and Sunday June 7th, 2009.