we’re in the process of moving to a new server with our own domain: akakingston.org
March 7th: Logikal Ethix/Unknown Mizery/Testament Hip Hop Show
a night of HIP HOP at AKA (75 Queen St)
$5-10 suggested donation (no one turned away)
-feat Toronto’s LOGICAL ETHIX and UNKNOWN MIZERY of STOLEN FROM AFRICA
-MC TESTAMENT with DJ PARADIGM (London ON)
-MC ILLOGIK (Toronto)
and more…
this event is a fundraiser for the land defenders at Cayuga facing repression
this is also the finale event for Israeli Apartheid Week
February 27: Reclaiming Herstories
Womyn are at the forefront of any movement and QCRED wants to celebrate the herstories of Indigenous Womyn and Womyn of colour on this campus and within Kingston!
More importantly, we want to remind ourselves that our her/histories are intertwined, connected, and meaningful to one another, and that they must be celebrated and recognized not just in one month but all year long!
Join us for spoken word/slam/open mic and dancing!
We will be having some slam poet sisters coming in from Toronto, and have our very own Kingston/Queen’s celebs spit on the mic!
From 8pm-11pm – Poetry, slam, music, performance, sharing
11pm-onwards – DJ E on the ones and twos giving us some good jams to vibe too (Soca, Reggae, Ol Skooool hip hop)
February 23rd: Anarchists Against the Wall
AKA Autonomous Social Centre presents:
Resisting the Wall: The Israeli Anarchist Movement
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 7:30PM
AKA Autonomous Social Centre (75 Queen Street)
Featuring a talk and discussion with Schachaf Pokolow, a member of Anarchists Against the Wall. The event will include film and photos and will focus both on AATW’s recent work in solidarity with Gaza and the ongoing struggle in the West Bank.
Suggested donation: $5-$15 (no one turned away) * All donations collected will go towards supporting the legal fund of Anarchists Against the Wall, as well as to the struggle against the Apartheid Wall in the Palestinian village of Nil’in.
Anarchists Against the Wall (www.awalls.org) is a direct action group that fights against Israeli apartheid and oppression in all its forms, most recently also the atrocities in Gaza. For five years the group has waged a constant struggle against Israel’s Wall. The work on the ground in the West Bank, alongside the Palestinian popular movement is breaking new ground in the joint struggle for Palestinian liberation. In December 2008, Anarchists Against the Wall and the Bil’in Village Committee were jointly awarded the prestigious Carl von Ossietzky Medal—an award given annually by the Berlin-based International League of Human Rights, named after German Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl von Ossietzky who died in a Nazi concentration camp. Now more than ever, it is critical to support the Israeli resistance movement against the state’s attempted repression of their work. Members of Anarchists Against the Wall continually pay the price for our activism, including being shot, beaten, arrested and indicted. They desperately need funding for legal support for both Palestinian and Israeli activists who are arrested and charged in the course of the struggle. *
About Schachaf Polakow : Schachaf Polakow is an Israeli actvist, street medic, photographer with the ActiveStills collective (www.activestills.org) and a member of Anarchists Against the Wall. He will be touring the U.S. and Canada from February 1st to March 9th. His presentation will include film and photos, and will focus both on AATW’s recent work in solidarity with Gaza and our ongoing work in the West Bank.
February 13th: Castevets/UTI/Picked On/Owl Farm
THE CASTEVETS (MTL.)
www.myspace.com/castevets
UTI (T.O.)
www.myspace.com/urinarytract
P!CKED ON (Kingston)
www.myspace.com/wewerepickedon
*newly added* OWL FARM (Kingston)
www.myspace.com/owlfarmband
January 23rd: Fuck the Facts
kingston punk productions/cfrc presents:
Friday January 23, 2009
@ AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen ST, Kingston
F*CK THE FACTS (Ottawa Grindcore/Relapse Records)
+ Rozea Haven (Kingston metal)
+ TITAN (Toronto metal/ambient)
all ages/19+ 9pm $8-$10 sliding scale
January 17th: Maccabees Stand with Gaza
On January 17, 2009, the AKA Autonomous Social Centre presents “Maccabees Stand with Gaza” – a dance show and fundraiser to support the efforts of Anarchists Against the Wall.
DJ Grenadier will be playing a mix of klezmer funk, semitic soul, and intifada hip-hop.
As the massacre on Gaza and the dehumanizing Occupation of the West Bank continues, we stand in solidarity with those resisting colonial power. Through direct action and support of the Palestinian led popular non violent resistance movement, Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW) are working to stop construction of Israel’s “Separation Wall,” a key element of the ongoing dispossession and genocide of the Palestinian people.
All funds from Maccabees Stand with Gaza go to the cross-Turtle Island AATW fundraising tour which stops at the AKA Autonomous Social Centre in Kingston on February 23, 2008. Shachaf Polokow will facilitate a workshop about the Israeli anarchist movement and solidarity with Palestinians. Resistance to the Wall has been met with severe (and sometimes lethal) violence and repression from the Israeli state, especially against Palestinian demonstrators. Money from the tour will be go toward legal fees for Palestinians and Israelis arrested or detained at actions against the Occupation.
$5-15 (No one turned away)
All Ages/19+
9pm-10pm: Downtempo dabkets and info session
10pm-2am: Dance-heavy horas
Stay tuned to radio613 in upcoming weeks for interviews with members of Anarchists Against the Wall.
