Anarchist Neighborhood:South Florida
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There is a growing anarchist community in South Florida. Anarchists in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Palm Beach are organizing various projects.
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[edit] Future Events
- 3rd Annual South Florida Radical Activist Conference, Winter 2008
send an email to Improvised Action Collective
- Days of Action against the Puppet Mayors
Local anarchists are organizing actions against the 76th U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami, Florida. For more information, contact lakeworthbikecoop@gmail.com
[edit] SOUTH FLORIDA
- Brushfire!
State-wide monthly anarchist networking & news zine
send an email to Brushfire!
- Downward Mobility literature distro
send an email to Downward Mobility
- Black Mangrove radical distribution
info@theblackmangrove.com http://www.myspace.com/blackmangrove
- Improvised Action (impAct) Collective: South Florida
Anarchist collective
send an email to impAct collective
impAct collective Myspace group
- Monthly Prisoner Letter Writing & Vegan Potluck
send an e-mail to impAct Collective
- Miami Independent Media Center (IMC)
[edit] BROWARD COUNTY
- (954) Food Not Bombs
Servings every Friday, 4pm at the gazebo outside of the Main Library in Downtown Fort Lauderdale (Broward Blvd and Andrews Ave)
send an email to (954)FNB
(954)FNB Myspace group
- The Noise Collectives of (954); South Florida, N.A.
Anarchist Arts Collective
send an email to (954)noise
(954)noise Myspace page
- 2012 Aficionado: A Journal of Apocalyptic Desire
AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE FALL 2007.
A quarterly digest discussing arts, science, news, and culture relative to the degradation and eventual apocalyptic demise of this world.
send an email to 2012 Aficionado
[edit] MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
Miami Anarchists listserve
miami@lists.riseup.net
The Black Mangrove Collective
An affinity group currently working on establishing Miami's first worker-owned and operated coffeehouse and bookstore.
info@theblackmangrove.com
Miami Anarchist and Radical Studies (MARS) Group
Twice a month at the Firefly
Our first meeting is on 7/12/07. The next meeting for the month will be on 7/26/07.
peteep@gmail.com
Miami Industrial Workers of the World
The IWW is a revolutionary union for all workers in all industries. The IWW is a democratically run, worker controlled, direct action union.
miami@iww.org
Workers' Solidarity Alliance (Miami)
The WSA is an anti-authoritarian political organization of activists who organize around the workplace, community, anti-imperialist, and solidarity struggles.
logos@riseup.net
Firefly
Radical community space
www.thefirefly.info
Miami Food Not Bombs
foodnotbombsmiami@gmail.com
305 510-9852
Critical Mass Miami
305-579-0069
http://myspace.com/criticalmassfla
SoFUQT
South Florida United Queers & Trannies
SoFUQT on Myspace
Take Back the Land
Anarchist-friendly project of the Center for Pan-African Development
Take Back The Land blog
[edit] PALM BEACH COUNTY
West Palm Beach Food Not Bombs
Serves every Saturday, 4pm outside of the Clematis Library in downtown WPB
West Palm Beach FNB on Myspace
Lake Worth Bike Co-op
send an email to Lake Worth Bike Co-op
Everglades Earth First!
P.O. Box 961
Lake Worth, FL 33460
561-547-6686
send an email to Lake Worth Anarchists
Industrial Workers of the World (Hobe Sound chapter)
Peter Schultz
send an email to Hobe Sound IWW
772-545-9591
Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition
Anarchist-friendly grassroots coalition
PBCEC
send an email to PBCEC
561-588-9666
[edit] OTHER FLORIDA FRIENDS AND COMRADES
Fort Myers Food Not Bombs
http://www.fortmyersfnb.org
fortmyersfnb@gmail.com
(239) 634-7269
Tuesdays, 7:30pm at Centennial Park
Orlando Direct Action/Mutual A.I.D. (Anarchist Info Distro)
http://orlandodirectaction.us/
Orlando Food Not Bombs
http://orlandofoodnotbombs.org/
OFNB shares every Wed., 5pm at Lake Eola Park (Central Blvd. side)
Fort Pierce/Treasure Coast Anarchist Frontier
http://www.dunngar.com/
dontdewcriz@gmail.com, dontdewcriz@icqmail.com
This group is a work in progress, we are attempting to set up afterschool programs with all types of alternative learning programs to get young minds familiar with the type of country they understand the US of A to be, and what it actually is. What measures can be taken to help them live better lives through knowledge.
S.T.O.P. (Stop the Ordinance Partnership)
http://orlandofoodnotbombs.org/stop.html
Formed by FNB members and others in response to the City of Orlando's attempts to criminalize sharing food in public parks
Central Florida SDS (@ UCF)
http://www.ucfsds.com
Florida May Day Federation
http://floridamayday.org/
St. Petersburg Food Not Bombs
http://www.stpetefnb.org/
Shares food every Friday at 7:30pm in Williams Park, on 2nd Ave. and 4th St. North
St. Petersburg for Peace
http://www.stpeteforpeace.org/
The Nutshell Collective/Books Not Bombs
http://nutshellcollective.org/?PHPSESSID=655546c099bd9e50e5593f3535b4a7aa
St. Petersburg Critical Mass
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stpetecm/
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
http://www.ciw-online.org
[edit] History of Anarchism in South (and Central) Florida
- February 1999 - Total Liberation Conference, Boca Raton
- December 2000 - Green Anarchy tour stops by Miami
- 2001-2002 - Food Not Bombs chapter in Miami was active during this time
- November 20-21, 2003 - FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) demonstrations in Miami.
- June 5-7, 2005 - OAS (Organization of American States) demonstrations in Fort Lauderdale.
- January 2006 - (954) Food Not Bombs is established.
- February 15-20, 2006 - Earth First! International Winter Rendezvous in Palm Beach County.
- February 25, 2006- National Socialist Movement (Nazi) counter-demonstration in Orlando, 17 anti-fascist activists from Central and South Florida were arrested.
- March 28, 2006- Anarchist, Cara Jennings, elected Lake Worth (District 2) City Comissioner with over 60% of the vote.
- May 1, 2006- 30+ anarchists from Central and South Florida marched as part of the "A" Bloc at the May Day/Immigrant Rights Rally in Orlando
- August 12, 2006- Anarchist Bloc at August 12th statewide protest in Orlando against the Israeli war on Lebanon and Palestine - for a No-State Solution. Organized by Orlando Food Not Bombs, St. Pete's for Peace, St. Pete Food Not Bombs and Improvised Action Collective (ImpAct)
- October 30, 2006- Solidarity demonstration with the people of Oaxaca, organized by local anarchists. Two comrades were arrested for briefly occupying the Mexican Consulate in South Miami.
- January 5-7, 2007 - 2nd Annual South Florida Radical Activist Conference, Miami
- April 4, 2007 - Orlando Food Not Bombs activist Eric Montanez is arrested for violating a City of Orlando ordinance restricting the distribution of food in public parks.
- April 28-May 7, 2007 - Florida May Day Roadshow and Florida May Day Spring Hootenanny, state-wide anarchist gathering in Palm Beach County.
- June 27, 2007 - Six members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested for drumming outside a fundraiser for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in protest of his support for an ordinance that bans the serving of food in public parks. They were arrested on charges of violating a City of Orlando noise ordinance even though it is not an arrestable offense.
- February 2008 - Earth First! 2008 Winter Rendezvous in Palm Beach County. After the conference, 27 EF!ers got arrested for a civil disobedience in which they blocked construction of the West County Energy Center, a natural gas power plant near the Everglades.
- April 2008 - All Power to the Imagination! anarchist conference in Sarasota.
- May 2008 - St. Augustine May Day 3-day extravaganza. Dozens of anarchists from around the state came for Dodgeball, Food Not Bombs, Critical Mass, workshops, and a Scavenger Hunt!
[edit] In the News
[edit] Regional Anarchist Resources
- Radical politics and activism in Florida
- Florida Radical Activist Network e-mail list
- Anarchists of Florida Myspace group
[edit] Networking @ Infoshop
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