Bad Books Toronto: A Discussion On Wayne Price's The Abolition of the State
Jan 21 2008
Bad Books presents Wayne Price's The Abolition of the State
This is the first in what will hopefully be a regular relaxed discussion group happening in Toronto every month.
The first weeks discussion will centre around topics raised in Wayne Price's new book The Abolition of the State.
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Time/Date: Sunday February 10th @ 6pm.
Contact: antrophe@gmail.com if you are interested in coming along and we can let you know where the venue is.
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Wayne Price is a long-time activist in union, anti-war, and human rights areas. He has been a member of the Revolutionary Socialist League, of the Love & Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, and, currently, of the Northeastern Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC). He writes for The Utopian and for The Northeastern Anarchist, and wrotes monthly for www.Anarkismo.net. The Abolition of the State is his first book length work.
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The book is available for purchase at http://www.amazon.com/Abolition-State-Anarchist-Marxist-Perspectives/dp/...
Get in touch soon and we may be able to sort you with a shared copy.
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"Both Anarchists and Marxists believe that it will be possible to do away with the state. But what do they mean by that? What is the state, after all? What institutions, if any, would be necessary to replace its functions? Would a transitional "dictatorship of the proletariat" be needed or will it be possible to immediately abolish the state? Does modern technology require a centralized institution such as the state? Throughout the history of revolutions, the people have created workplace councils and neighborhood assemblies--how could these replace the state?"
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You can read a review of the book at www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=6798
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Time/Date: Sunday February 10th @ 6pm.
Contact: antrophe@gmail.com if you are interested in coming along and we can let you know where the venue is.