We’re going to do one of our periodic movie nights this Tuesday with the 2022 Lucio Urturbia biopic A Man of Action. We’ll watch it together, so no need to do anything in advance; just show up, bring snacks, maybe a more comfortable chair if you feel the need, and we’ll enjoy a spot of fun and color together.

We are also nearly one month from the 2023 BASTARD Conference. If you would like to present, please let us know by tomorrow either by email or at the study group. Looking forward to an excellent year of conversations on Saturday, November 11th at the Omni Commons!

Our discussion of the Spanish Civil War will conclude tomorrow night with some passages from Antony Beevor’s The Battle for Spain. We’ll look at pp. 106-114, bottom of 123-126, bottom of 204-207, middle of 256-273, 294-296, bottom of 302-309, 388-397, and middle of 430-432. Watch the final two parts of the Granada documentary as well if you can. ‘Til then…

Pressing forward with our discussions on the Spanish Civil War. This week it’s Chs. 5 & 6 of Ranzato and episodes 5 & 6 of the Granada doc. See you Tuesday!

Continuing our discussion of the Spanish Civil War next week by reading Chs. 3 and 4 of Ranzato and Episodes 3 and 4 of the Granada documentary.

Next week, we’ll kick off a four week exploration of anarchist struggles in the Spanish Civil War with Lawrence Jarach facilitating our discussions. For our first session, please read the first two chapters of Gabriele Ranzato’s The Spanish Civil War (pp. 8-49) and watch the first two episodes of the Granada documentary of the same name. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday we’ll watch a lecture Giorgio Agamben delivered at the European Graduate School in 2011. “The Archeology of Commandment” will be up for discussion.

Late post this week. We’ll look at part of Elias Canetti’s Crowds and Power; to wit, the section “The Command” on pp. 303-333.

Next week, we’re looking at Elisabeth Lenk’s Introduction to Fourier’s Theory of the Four Movements and the General Destinies (pp. 197-224). Thanks to Lee for the scan.

We’ll continue our Fourierist thread next week with the first part of Lee’s translation of Eduardo Subirats’ Utopia and Subversion – part 1, “Fourier or The World as Voluptuousness”. Archive has been giving me issues this week so if you have issues downloading, email birdsoffire [at] riseup [dot] net and I’ll bounce it to you.

Finishing up Fourier’s The World War of Small Pastries on Tuesday: pp. (52-end). See you then.