1. New EXILE Press zine: Educating for Freedom
2. New stock: Microcosm patches
3. December 13th: A night of folk music to benefit EXILE Infoshop!
4. Holiday hours
1. New EXILE Press zine– Educating for Freedom: A Talk by Cindy Milstein
As the fall school semester wraps up and students are busy tackling their exams, EXILE Press is offering a new publication that captures a sentiment that many of these students are probably longing for (yeah, we know that was cheesy). “Educating for Freedom” is based on a talk presented by Cindy Milstein during the unSchooling Oppression conference in Ottawa in the fall of 2007.
Cindy is and has been involved with many anarchist and activist projects, including the annual Renewing the Anarchist Tradition conference, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, the Institute for Social Ecology, and Black Sheep Books.
This talk contributes something new to the existing literature on anarchism and education. It is essentially a synthesis of various anarchist approaches to education, and Cindy links these approaches to larger projects and movements for social change. She describes and embraces alternatives to traditional education — alternatives to the alternatives, even. Much has already been published on the problems with traditional education, so it’s refreshing to read about Cindy’s experiences with activities that we might not necessarily have understood as educational projects. She emphasizes that these examples of educating for freedom are more than just different ways of doing education; they are necessary parts of the process of prefiguring, right now, what we want our world to look like. (adapted from the editor’s introduction)
2. New stock: Microcosm patches
Through a series of shady backroom deals, we’ve managed to score a bunch of patches from our good friends at Microcosm Publishing. So, if you’ve recently pulled out your winter coat only to find that it looks dull and boring and severely lacking in punk-rockness, come check out one of the dozens of different patch designs and colours that we’ve got in stock. Only $1 each!
3. December 13th: A night of folk music to benefit EXILE Infoshop!
Come relive your (or your parents’) hippy-folk-music days with a show at EXILE on December 13th that’s guaranteed to make you feel all lovey-dovey.
Featuring:
use every part of the deer (http://www.myspace.com/useeverypartofthedeer)
Gianna Lauren (http://www.myspace.com/giannalauren)
Craig Mainprize and the Travellin’ mug (http://www.myspace.com/craigmainprizeandthetravelingmug)
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
doors at 7:30pm, music starts at 8pm
@ EXILE Infoshop, 256 Bank St. (2nd floor & regrettably NOT wheelchair accessible), Ottawa, ON
Admission is pay-what-you-can, suggested $5-$10. Half of the proceeds will go to keeping EXILE healthy and kicking and bringing you even more of the sexy, grassroots community organizing you love! There will be fucking juice and fucking vegan treats, YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!
4. Holiday hours
To celebrate saint baby Jesus’s birthday, we’ll be closed on December 24th and 25th. And because you’ll most likely be too hung-over to bother coming to visit us on January 1st, we’ll be closed that day, too. We’ll be open on December 26th, 27th and 28th at our regular hours, so if you’re looking to give some of the holiday cash you got from your grandma to your local infoshop, come on by!
hugs & smooches,
the EXILE Infoshop collective
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