Never Mind the Beasts

*** INSTITUTE FOR ANARCHIST STUDIES’ SOAPBOX SOCIAL ***

Dear Friends and Supporters, old and new,

The Institute for Anarchist Studies warmly invites you to our

Soapbox Social, to be held at the al-Alwan Center for the Arts, just a

stone’s throw away from the beating heart of Capital (the New York Stock

Exchange!)* Please come join the Directors of the Institute, on the

evening of Friday, February 18th 2005, as we celebrate nine years of

support for radical writers.

The evening begins at 7:00 pm, and includes a full Indian meal

(with meat and vegetarian dishes) served at approximately 8:00 pm. Board

members will provide updates about the Institute and our activities,

including the Renewing the Anarchist Tradition Conference in Vermont and

the Latin American Archives Project in Buenos Aires. Additionally, we

invite you to share information about your projects and activities. Feel

free to bring literature or get up on the soapbox!

Your sliding scale donation of $10-$25 includes dinner, beer, wine

and coffee, but do bring your check book to this fund-raiser as

well to support this year’s group of radical scholars working to

develop the theoretical tools we need to build a just and free

society.

As space is limited, you must RSVP by February 15th, by phone at

646-351-9859 (Lex Bhagat) or by email to info@anarchist-studies.org. (And

let us know at that time if you should like a vegan dinner.) For full

details, see further information below.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Andréa Schmidt

Institute for Anarchist Studies

*PS: Incendiary after-dinner parades to the Exchange are not scheduled,

but will surely not be discouraged!

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The Soapbox Social will be held at the al-Alwan Center for the Arts. The

Center is located in downtown Manhattan, at 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor.

TO GET TO THE SOAPBOX SOCIAL:

Beaver Street is located at the bottom of Manhattan, near the famous bull

statue at the start of Broadway.

By SUBWAY:

The closest stations are:

R/W – Whitehall Street Station

From Whitehall, walk North on Broadway two blocks to Beaver. Make a

right.

J/M/Z – Broad St. Station

From Broad St. Station, walk south on Broad St one block to Beaver.

Make a left.

Nearby, but not quite as close:

2/3 to Wall Street

Walk West on Wall Street to Broad St. Left. Walk south on Broad to Beaver.

1/9 to South Ferry

Walk East on South St to Whitehall. Make a left. Whitehall becomes

Broadway. Make a right onto Beaver.

By CAR:

Since there are so many routes and paths that lead to lower Manhattan,

please let us know that you need directions when you RSVP.

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