✢✢✢ PAST EVENTS ✢✢✢

WTF is an Anarchist Free School?
Thu June 6th :: 7:00pm-9:00pm
••• This talk presented by the Bay Anarchist Free School will cover: What is an anarchist free school? Why should each one teach one? What are lessons learned from past anarchist free school projects in the Bay Area 90s-present? We will presentation the BAFS 2024 summer offerings. Come hear about our project and find ways to participate!

Bay Anarchist Free School Kick Off Picnic
Sat June 15th :: 12:00pm-6:00pm
••• Come through for free food, games, and fun. We’ll have a free store, zine distro, screenprinting station, soccer ball, slingshot range, and more. Hang out, make friends, enjoy the sunshine. Bring some drinks, bring some zines, bring some stuff for the free store, bring your A game!

What to Expect When You Get Arrested
Sun June 16th :: 4:00pm-7:00pm
••• In this class we will discuss the following: anti-repression infrastructure in the Bay Area, the history of anti-repression organizing, legal information about interactions with law enforcement and the arrest process including what to expect in jail up to arraignment, and anarchist/autonomist organizing and anti-repression. Masks are required.

Protesting Safely 101
Mon June 17th :: 1:00pm-3:00pm
••• As our struggle against domination escalates, so does the potential for violence at protests. The risk of violence by police has been consistently present inside and outside of demonstrations, but with the rise of the far right, the threat of violence at protests has skyrocketed. This class will teach students basic concepts developed over the last decade that can increase the likelihood of keeping them safe.

Parkour for Beginners
Tue June 18th :: 6:00pm
••• Come learn the basic moves for moving around urban environments in stealthy and fun ways! Supportive learning environment, all skill levels encouraged.
♦ Accessibility: Activities can be adapted to any level, but can involve jumping, rolling, and climbing. COVID info: This is an outdoor event.

Warlike, Howling, Pure
Thu June 20th :: 8:00pm-10:00pm
••• To celebrate the publication of his book Warlike, Howling, Pure by Contagion Press, Areïon will be speaking on spiritual anarchy, insurrectionary millenarianism, and Dionysian holy war. In the face of the crises we live within and the despair that accompanies them, there is more strength and clarity to be found in our insurgent ancestors and the miraculous than in tepid anarcho-liberalism or the failed secular dichotomy of voluntarism and determinism. Ritual space will be held to honor the summer solstice, the anarchist and anti-colonial martyrs, and the spirit of Anarchy.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with one step to access. Bathroom is located on the second floor, up a flight of steps. Assistance is available. COVID info: A large window will be open for increased ventilation.

The Mountain Splits from Its Vicinity: Poetry Gathering in the Rift Zone with
Fri June 21st :: 5:00pm-7:00pm
••• In this transmedia, translingual creative gathering, we undertake a radical exploration of a human-free world-in-ruins, examining the technofossil record. In the high-tech palatinate on the Pacific coast, this workshop interrogates the concepts of monument, memory, and data centers. We will reflect on the green memory of a dry world, examining the legacy of the Anthropocene and envisioning beyond-state futures to recover  reciprocity with our ecosystem dismantling the exploitative approaches to create a new lexicon for resistance.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: Windows will be open with overhead fan running for increased ventilation.

The Third Hand: Collaborative Bookcraft
Fri June 21st :: 7:00pm-9:00pm
•••  Rooted in the concept of dîwan (as a book and community gathering), this creative gathering explores the book as an extension of the body, as bodily expressions of language. This gathering will be an exploration of the book as an organism in perpetual transformation and contestation, not unfinished but open to all optics and to the intervention of other hands. We’ll accompany the book as an ever-evolving organism, a space where bodies transmorph into text, carrying on with the gathering as memory form. Participants will co-create unique, handmade books using various tools and materials. This is an improvisational, experimental, and collaborative creative gathering negotiating a “Third Hand” to advance the final form. Bring your own blanket, media (text/visual), and any tools you might need -scissors, glue, fabrics, cardboard, colors, thread and needles, and in the meantime, we will be sharing our tools with each other.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: Windows will be open with overhead fan running for increased ventilation.

Herbalist Plant Walk
Sat June 22nd :: 10:30am-1:00pm
••• Come take a walk at Sibley to learn the names and medicinal uses of common plants in the Bay Area. We will also discuss flower essences and do a plant sit to learn the ‘personalities’ of plants.
♦ Accessibility: Fairly flat walk, roughly one mile long. Half of the walk is on a paved surface; the other half is on a dirt path that is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: This is an outdoor event.

caring for our nervous system <3
Sat June 22nd :: 1:30pm-3:30pm
••• we’ll practice presence and explore engaging with our nervous system through guided partner and/or self touch, grounding exercises, and breathwork. we’ll briefly go over the components of the nervous-system, the fascia and vagus nerve, and basic skeletal and muscular anatomy as well. you’re encouraged to bring a yoga mat/blanket/pillow/seat cushion, a small/thin towel or washcloth, water, & journal, and wear comfy clothes.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Low fragrance space. COVID info: Masks requested.

Investigative Techniques
Sun June 23rd :: 4:00pm-7:00pm
••• This will be a three-ish hour seminar-style course. The first half of class will be devoted to techniques drawn from investigative journalism–how to figure out the scope of your inquiry, gather and find documents, and interpret your findings. The second half will be a workshop where you can bring your own investigative project (a person, a development project, an organization, etc.) and co-work with others. If you don’t have your own project, no worries, we’ll have a few options for you to practice the skills.
♦ Accessibility: Fully wheelchair-accessible space on the ground floor.

Operational Security Workshop: Practices to Keep Yourself & Your Community Safer
Tue June 25th :: 6:00pm-8:00pm
••• An introductory workshop on operational security including opportunities to ask questions. Learn how to keep yourself and your community safe by making informed choices about your behavior and security culture. Learn how to create a threat model or risk profile for yourself and your community, and understand better how to use tools like Signal to achieve your goals more safely. OK to bring laptops and phones.
♦ Accessibility: The event will take place on the second floor, up a flight of steps. Assistance is available for accessing the second floor. A wheelchair-accessible bathroom is on the ground floor. COVID info: Windows will be open and fans will running for increased ventilation.

The Mountain Splits from Its Vicinity: Poetry Gathering in the Rift Zone
Fri June 28th :: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Please register in advance by sending a signal message to: https://maglit.me/postsawotoing.
••• In this transmedia, translingual creative gathering, we undertake a radical exploration of a human-free world-in-ruins, examining the technofossil record. In the high-tech palatinate on the Pacific coast, this workshop interrogates the concepts of monument, memory, and data centers. We will reflect on the green memory of a dry world, examining the legacy of the Anthropocene and envisioning beyond-state futures to recover  reciprocity with our ecosystem dismantling the exploitative approaches to create a new lexicon for resistance.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: Windows will be open with overhead fan running for increased ventilation.

The Third Hand: Collaborative Bookcraft
Fri June 28th :: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Please register in advance by sending a signal message to: https://maglit.me/postsawotoing.
••• Rooted in the concept of dîwan (as a book and community gathering), this creative gathering explores the book as an extension of the body, as bodily expressions of language. This gathering will be an exploration of the book as an organism in perpetual transformation and contestation, not unfinished but open to all optics and to the intervention of other hands. We’ll accompany the book as an ever-evolving organism, a space where bodies transmorph into text, carrying on with the gathering as memory form. Participants will co-create unique, handmade books using various tools and materials. This is an improvisational, experimental, and collaborative creative gathering negotiating a “Third Hand” to advance the final form. Bring your own blanket, media (text/visual), and any tools you might need -scissors, glue, fabrics, cardboard, colors, thread and needles, and in the meantime, we will be sharing our tools with each other.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: Windows will be open with overhead fan running for increased ventilation.

Mexican Abdominal Massage
Sat June 29th :: 1:00pm-3:00pm
••• We will be learning some fundamentals in mesoamerican bodywork, including how the cosmovision is applied to technique, tuning in to the body’s pace and knowledge, abdominal organ palpation, scar tissue remediation, and somatic release of trauma patterns.
♦ Accessibility: Fully wheelchair-accessible space on the ground floor. COVID info: Masks highly encouraged. Test beforehand if you can please. A small air purifier will be running in the space.

Knife Sharpening
Sat June 29th :: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Please register in advance: https://maglit.me/desheezupvion.
••• A sharp knife is a safe (for you) knife. Learn about what makes a sharp knife and fundamentals of knife sharpening with stones. Bring your own knife and stones if you have them, otherwise some will be provided.
♦ Accessibility: Ground-floor space with no steps. Bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. COVID info: A large garage door will be open for increased ventilation.

Street Medic Training
Sun June 30th :: 11:30am-1:30pm
••• We will be going over street medic response and treatment to chemical weapons like pepper spray; supplies needed, treatment protocol and safety practices. We will also talk about what to pack in a basic street medic pack and show you some examples of our packs.

Bike Scouting
Sun June 30th :: 2:00pm-4:00pm
••• Meet at OGP with your bike and we’ll bike through downtown Oakland in groups, working on situational awareness and communication in a game setting.
♦ Accessibility: This event takes place on flat pavement but requires riding a bike. COVID info: This is an outdoor event.

dance, play, healing for anarchists
Tue July 2nd :: 7:00pm-9:00pm
••• This is a movement lab that mixes queered somatics with improvisational play guided by anarchist and Black feminist ethics/poetics. Yes. All that. What happens when Gustav Landauer meets Octavia Butler meets you in an experimental dance class with comrades? How are physical play and communal care connected to empathy connected to solidarity connected to movements for healing and justice? All bodies and experiences welcome. Let’s play there.
♦ Accessibility: Space and bathroom are wheelchair accessible. Indoors in a big space, masks optional and respected.

Mexican Abdominal Massage
Sat July 6th :: 1:00pm-3:00pm
••• We will be learning some fundamentals in mesoamerican bodywork, including how the cosmovision is applied to technique, tuning in to the body’s pace and knowledge, abdominal organ palpation, scar tissue remediation, and somatic release of trauma patterns.
♦ Accessibility: Fully wheelchair-accessible space on the ground floor. COVID info: Masks highly encouraged. Test beforehand if you can please. A small air purifier will be running in the space.

Warlike, Howling, Pure
Sat July 6th :: 8:00pm-10:00pm
••• To celebrate the publication of his book Warlike, Howling, Pure by Contagion Press, Areïon will be speaking on spiritual anarchy, insurrectionary millenarianism, and Dionysian holy war. In the face of the crises we live within and the despair that accompanies them, there is more strength and clarity to be found in our insurgent ancestors and the miraculous than in tepid anarcho-liberalism or the failed secular dichotomy of voluntarism and determinism. Ritual space will be held to honor the summer solstice, the anarchist and anti-colonial martyrs, and the spirit of Anarchy.
♦ Accessibility: Fully wheelchair-accessible space on the ground floor.

Stop the Bleed
Sun July 7th :: 11:00am-2:00pm
••• We will cover basics of external hemorrhage control, in other words uncontrolled bleeding you can see. We will go over some basic info about the circulatory system in the body and signs of hemorrhage. Then we’ll get you hands on with some techniques like: pressure, tourniquets and junctional packing. No experience required!

Stealth Games for Skills and Glory!
Sun July 7th :: 3:00pm-6:00pm
••• Meet at these coordinates: (37.870809, -122.321344). We’ll be playing games in the forest around sneaking up on someone without them hearing you, stealing things from/putting things on someone without being caught, and hiding while still being able to see who you’re hiding from. If there’s momentum after the course we might go on to plan a nighttime big group stealth game for the future. There will be some short traversing of bushy areas/uneven ground but there isn’t much athletics involved.
♦ Accessibility: Requires moving over uneven, non-paved ground in a park. COVID info: This is an outdoor event.

Take Aways from Republican Platforms Project 2025 and Agenda 47
Wed July 10th :: 6:00pm-8:00pm
••• We will review Republican Platforms Project 2025 and Agenda 47 and discuss how to prepare and organize against them. Slides available here: https://cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/file/jOdIHM75CJ3aYYh67Be8+KuQ/
♦ Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible space on the ground floor.

EGO TRiP
Sat July 13th :: 5pm-10pm
••• calling on QTBIPOC community + accomplices to gather in solidarity with Palestine & DR of Congo. This experience includes a series of panels and workshops on nightlife, safety, COVID safety, and somatic expression moderated by local artists. Workshops are followed by a high-energy afters featuring Black, Palestinian & Brown QT DJs. *Afters location will be shared the day of*
♦ Accessibility: five steps into spire church, and 2 steps to get to the bathrooms. COVID info: N95 masks will be provided and are required indoors to make this an accessible space for our community. This experience will include indoor & outdoor spaces
* Food & non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase
* Please purchase tickets and donate as profits from ticket sales will be split between @congofriends and eSIMs + more water for Palestinians in Palestine
* Day program and afters tickets can be bought at the door. Presale admission can be sent via Venmo (@mysticforce) or Cashapp ($mysticforc3) in the note, add a ☀️ emoji + your name for the day program, and a 🌙 emoji + your name for the afters.
* read/learn more about the event here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8-t7kTSsCu

Zapatismo Practices for the Apocalypse
Sat July 20th :: 1:30pm-3:30pm
••• This meet-up will be an informal, group discussion facilitated by members of the Love & Disorder Project. We will be having conversation about the EZLN Zapatista Movement of Southern Mexico— depending on the needs and desires of attendees, we will do a brief collective reading (no more than 700 words) on how the Zapatistas organized during the 80s before their inaugural uprising in ‘94, as well as going into short selections of their most recent communiques on the 30th anniversary of their struggle. We hope to discuss what is relevant in their 30 and 40 years of resistance, and what this means in the face of compounding global crises. The purpose and hope is that attendees can connect with other attendees and collectively reflect on our roles and practices in light of Zapatismo’s struggle against extinction.
♦ COVID info: This is an outdoor event.