Anarchist Neighborhood:New York City

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There is a growing community of anarchists and anti-authoritarians in New York City.

For an up-to-date and comprehensive guide to anarchism in NYC, please visit Anarchists in NY!

1 Regular Events
2 Community Gardens
3 Culture
4 Health Care & Services
5 Legal
6 Organizations
7 Local Networking
8 Other Local Resources
9 Networking @ Infoshop
10 Other Networking Resources

[edit] Regular Events

Anarchist Bookfair - Held annually every spring at Judson Church in Manhattan.
Brooklyn Critical Mass Bike Ride - 2nd Friday of every month. Grand Army Plaza. 7 p.m. & at 7:30 p.m. at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.
Manhattan Critical Mass Bike Ride - Last Friday of every month. Union Square North, 7 p.m.
Grub community-building meals, 1st & 3rd Sundays at 338 Flushing, 2nd floor at Classon, Brooklyn G train to Flushing or Classon stations, B61 bus to Flushing 7pm dinner; pay what you want
Political Prisoner Letter-writing Dinner - Hosted by NYC Anarchist Black Cross every other Tuesday. Free. nycabc.wordpress.com for more info.

[edit] Community Gardens

Edith Garden - free computer classes, workshops, and food to share with the community, needs volunteers. 836 Elton Ave, Bronx.
LES Park - compost, greenhouse, grey water system, sports area & solar energy area. 1st Street & Avenue A.
More Gardens! - A direct action group rescuing land from developers and yuppies.
Nuevo Cabo Rojo - The 4th Cabo Rojo that has been created since the 1st one was destroyed. 162nd & Cortland, Bronx.
Other cool gardens - E 6th St & Ave B and E 9th St & Ave C

[edit] Culture

Rude Mechanical Orchestra - A radical brass band & entourage.
Visual Resistance - Creating political art and innovative projects aimed at raising awareness of urgent social issues.
World War 3 Arts in Action - Artists using their work to protest corporate globalization, economic colonialism & the prison industry.

[edit] Health Care & Services

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center - Primary health care center directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and people living with HIV/AIDS. Welcomes all, regardless of sexual orientation or insurance coverage. 356 w. 18th st., between 8th and 9th aves. 212-271-7200.
Dispossessed Network - An anarchist collective helping âurban nomadsâ (train-hoppers, crusty kids, teenage runaways, travelers...) get access to social services in NY.
The Door - Offers young people (12-21) comprehensive educational, health, nutritional and counseling programs, as well as legal services for young people in need of civil legal representation 555 Broome St (btwn Varick & 6th) 212-941-9090 x3247.
The Icarus Project - A place for people struggling with âbipolar disorderâ to connect and build an alternative support network.
Medical Activists of New York - Referrals to activist-friendly health care. 1-888-744-7856.
Misled Youth - The Misled Youth Network combines elements of the youth liberation, anti-prison, and mental health rights movements to address the problems that arise when we allow for-profit industries to have control over our future: children
NYC AIDS Housing Network - Collective of people living with HIV/AIDS, working on social justice issues, free space for meetings, showers. 80A 4th Ave, Brooklyn, 718-802-9540.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) - Free and Confidential Clinics
Streetwork L.E.S. - Offers food, showers, counseling, needle exchange, medical & legal services for homeless youth 13-24. 33 Essex St (btwn Hester & Grand.), 646-602-6404.

[edit] Legal

Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan - Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted. Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan. POB 106, NY, NY 10156. friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com.
National Lawyer's Guild - The largest public-interest human rights legal organization.

[edit] Organizations

Activism Center - Wetlands - Preserve works on a wide range of projects addressing the impacts of an economic system and social structure that reduces all life to commodities or waste products.
Anarchist People Of Color - Engaging in dialogue to continue working in our communities.
New York City Books Through Bars - NYC - Sends free books and other reading material to prisoners all over the country. 212-254-3697 x322. btb@abcnorio.org
Critical Resistance - Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope.
Curious George Brigade - The Curious George Brigade is an anarchist collective (or, as it styles itself, an "elusive anarchist thinktank"). It is a part of the larger CrimethInc. network. The CGB produced the book Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs, a meditation on anarchism which displays tendencies of post-left anarchy along with videos, articles and a zine about urban anarchy.
Estacion Libre - People of Color Zapatista solidarity group. Since its inception, Estacion Libre has organized 16 delegations of people of color to meet and dialogue with communities in resistance in Chiapas. Delegations have included students, teachers, and community organizers aged 18-56 years old, from various cities in the US and Canada. We have also hosted groups organizing their own delegations and projects. Delegates receive a comprehensive orientation on the situation in Chiapas and visit a number of indigenous communities where they learn first hand about the Zapatista struggle and the repression people face in this context.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) - Anarcho-syndicalist union, making a comeback from 100 years! Working on organizing Starbucks, Fresh Direct, Amersino workers and more.
Jericho Movement - Jericho is a movement with the defined goal of gaining recognition of the fact that political prisoners and prisoners of war exist inside of the United States despite the United Statesâ governmentâs continued denial ... and winning amnesty and freedom for these political prisoners.
M.A.M.A. - Strengthening community among women, fighting for motherâs and childrenâs rights.
NYC Anarchist Black Cross - is a collective supporting political prisoners and prisoners of war. We host political prisoner letter-writing dinners every other week.
New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) - NYCoRE is a group of public school educators committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large, by organizing and mobilizing teachers, developing curriculum, and working with community, parent, and student organizations. We are educators who believe that education is an integral part of social change and that we must work both inside and outside the classroom because the struggle for justice does not end when the school bell rings.
New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists (NYMAA) - "NYMAA is a broad organization of anarchists and anti-authoritarians who live in the New York metropolitan area. NYMAA is a social revolutionary organization. Thus, our ultimate aim is to eradicate all forms of authoritarianism, hierarchy, and domination and help build a genuinely liberatory, self-managed, directly democratic society. To that end our immediate aim is to bring anarchists together on a common plane of struggle for the purpose of growing and expanding the movement and spreading our ideas."
NorthEastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) - The Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) is a bi-lingual (French and English) organization of revolutionaries from the northeastern region of North America who identify with the communist tradition within anarchism. We oppose all forms of oppression and exploitation, and struggle for a classless, stateless, non-hierarchical society.
Radical Cheerleaders - A collectively-run squad open to anyone interested-no tryouts involved.
Radical Reference - Librarians who support activists by providing research support, access to information, and fact-checking workshops for independent journalists.
Recycle This! - a grassroots waste reduction & recycling activist group
RightRides - Free transportation for ladies and trans folk to get HOME safely in North Brooklyn, LES, & East Village. Saturday nights from 12-4:30 AM. 718-964-7781.
Shift-Control Collective - Brings tech to the activists & activism to the techies; computer security skillshares.
Sista II Sista - A collective of black and Latina mothers, based in Bushwick, which works together to strengthen community resistance against police brutality, domestic violence, and patriarchy. They also do delegations to Argentina and Chiapas to learn about other forms of social organizing outside of the non-profit sphere.
Surveillance Camera Players - Conducts free walking tours of heavily surveilled neighborhoods.
Timeâs Up! - Direct-action environmental group using events & education to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city, hosts a free movie night and bike repair workshops.
Workers Solidarity Alliance - Workers Solidarity Alliance is an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian organization of activists who believe that working people can build a new society and a better world based on the principles of solidarity and self-management.

[edit] Local Networking

Manhattan Local of NYMAA - This is a list for members of the Manhattan Local of the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists (NYMAA). NYMAA is a broad organization of anarchists and anti-authoritarians who live in the New York metropolitan area.
Metro Anarcha-Feminists - This is a list for anarcha-feminists in New York and New Jersey, with an emphasis on the metro area.
New Jersey anarchists forum - Sponsored by Infoshop Forums.
NYC Anarchists e-mail list - Announcements, news, discussion and much more.
NYC anarchists writing group - NYC anarchist writing group that meets regularly to read articles and essays around a particular theme (i.e. biopolitics), and to share essays that members have written for peer review.