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

Regular Events

The Anarchist Open Forums - The New York City Anarchist Open Forum is organized to facilitate in-person discussion forums for topics of interest to the NYC anarchist community. Each 3rd Tues of the month from 7 to 9 PM at the 6th St. Community Center, 638 East 6th St.
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 hosted by In Our Hearts at 136 Lawrence St, 2nd floor in downtown Brooklyn 7pm dinner; pay what you want

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.
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

Culture

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.

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.
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.
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.

Legal

Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan - Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist in prison. 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.

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.
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.
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.
In Our Hearts Network - Hosts monthly Grub community dinners, dumpster tours, and The Brooklyn Free Store, In the past they've organized anti-war and anti-border actions and marches, counter-recruitment flyering, a four day May Day festival and they operated the In Our Hearts Infoshop and Lending Library and the Really Really Free Market contact - inourhearts@gmail.com .
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.
New York City Anarchist Book Fair - Since 2007, the NYC Anarchist Book Fair has been a space for book and zine exhibitions; workshops and presentations; art, music and film; and other elements of anarchist organizing past and present. The book fair weekend is generally the second or third weekend of April each year.
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.
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 and library students who support activists by providing research skills and access to information, including fact-checking workshops for independent journalists.
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.
Time's 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.

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.