Due to the pressure that this society exerts on poor students of French literature, the library is closed today (Wednesday 12 June) and there is no Czech class. Come next week!

Dneska je zavřená knihovna a ani nebude lekce češtiny. Tak za týden!

The UK miners' strike of 1984-1985 was (and remains) the biggest industrial action in the country since 1926. The strike lasted almost a year, illegally for the last several months, at its height including more than 140,000 workers.

It was Margaret Thatcher who called the striking miners "The Enemy Within". Thirty years later, "Still the Enemy Within" took a historical look to one of the main (lost) clashes in the Western turn towards neoliberalism: the organised industrial labour led by unions on one side, and the right-wing government, led by Thatcher, on the other. Číst dál 11/6 Social Screenings: Still the Enemy Within

D-Zona collective will host a public assembly, open to everyone interested in learning more about our activities. Propositions and suggestions of those interested in actively collaborating are welcome.

+

D-zona is an autonomous space dedicated to (self-)educational, knowledge-sharing, creative, and co-working activities. The place is run collectively according to non-hierarchical principles, houses the Radical Library and the Red Second-hand Free-bookshop, and provides space of meeting and exchange for various leftist and anarchist collectives. I

On April 29, 1992, verdicts were announced in a trial of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused of assaulting and using excessive force on local black man Rodney King. The jury found them innocent. This was the tipping point after which the historical Los Angeles riots of 1992 started, lasting for five days, causing "property damage" for more than 1 billion dollars, leaving 63 people dead, more than 2,000 injured, and more than 12,000 arrested. Číst dál 14/5 Social Screenings: LA_92

"Work and life become inseparable. Capital follows you when you dream. Time ceases to be linear, becomes chaotic, broken down into punctiform divisions." Číst dál Critical Readings - Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism (2)

at Anarchist Bookfair (in Prostor 39, Prague)

Discussion organized by D-zona during which we are going to talk about two texts by anthropologist David Graeber on "Bullshit job":

- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant (2013)

- A Brief Excursus on the History of Make-work and Particularly of the Concept of Buying Other People's Time (2018) Číst dál 18/5 Anarchist discussion: David Graeber on Bullshit Jobs

On Wednesday 8 May, the Czech lesson will be from 16:30 to 17:30. The Radical Library is open from 16:00 to 17:30. See you :)

Ve středu 8.5. máme otevřenou knihovnu od 16:00 do 17:30. Kurz češtiny pro cizince je výjimečně od 16:30 do 17:30. Přijďte :)