Events on anarchism & social protest at SAA Boston
Submitted by Reverend Chuck0:Events on anarchism & social protest at SAA Boston
During the Society of American Archivists' annual conference [Aug. 2-8, 2004 http://www.archivists.org/conference/index.asp ] the following events are scheduled. You don't have to be registered for the SAA conference to attend. Forward this email to other lists as you like. Questions? Contact: richards@radcliffe.edu
"Collecting Anarchy: Continuing the Legacy of the Joseph Labadie Collection"
by Julie Herrada, Curator of the Labadie Collection
Wednesday, August 4th, 7 pm
Lucy Parsons Bookstore, 549 Columbus Ave., 617-267-6272
http://www.lucyparsons.org/
The Labadie Collection, part of the University of Michigan Library, is one of the world's largest archives of social protest literature. This slide presentation and talk begins with the life and activities of its founder in the 19th century, through the 20th century to the present.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/labadie/
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Walking Tour of Anarchist-Connected Historical Sites in Boston
by Jerry Kaplan of the Anarchist Archives Project
Saturday, August 7th, 3:30 pm
Meet in the lobby of the Boston Park Plaza (Arlington St. side)
Rocking the Cradle of Liberty: Sacco, Vanzetti, and the Italian anarchists.
A walking tour of Anarchist-Connected Historical Sites in Boston.
"We do not argue about whether property is greedy or not, if masters are good or bad, if the state is paternal or despotic, if laws are just or unjust, if courts are fair or unfair, if police are merciful or brutal. When we talk about property, state, masters, government laws, courts and police, we say only that we don't want any of them."
Luigi Galleani
Radical ideas and activities have long been a part of Boston's rich history. Beginning in the 1890s Italian immigrants began arriving in Boston in great numbers. Among them were the anarchists. Committed to bringing about revolutionary social change, over the next thirty or so years these Italian radicals organized or participated in numerous cultural and political activities, from staging plays to strike actions, culminating in the arrest, trial, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. On this tour, which will begin at the Boston Common and make its way through Boston's North End, we will visit a number of sites and buildings connected to the Italian anarchists and the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. Included will be the building in which the office of the Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee was located, the site of a police station bombing anarchists were likely responsible for, and the route of Sacco and Vanzetti's funeral procession. Along the way we'll also stop at sites connected to some of the other anarchists who lived and worked in Boston.
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