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● sexism in/at FNB?
Criticalmassrides.info
foodnotbombs.net
aranet.org
earth first! (www?? -- Earth First journal!)
anarchist organization via webpages -- [Lynn & Palmer (Dec 2003 Critical Studies in
Mass Communication?)] The inner-connection of anarchist webpages. Facilitates the
easy exchange of info about these organizations, and also allows the sharing of contact
info for each collective?
It needs to be said that, although these findings are interesting, they are not a snapshot of
the present anarchist organizations in North America, but rather paint a picture of the
overall historic anarchist organizations that have existed on the continent. Since these are
autonomous groups, there is no centralized authority for tracking active and inactive
groups, although certain individuals have taken it upon themselves to attempt the task. As
a result, there is no method for knowing which groups are active (and just how active) or
inactive. Thus, take the following with a grain of salt. Interesting salt, of course!
How many [estimated] chapters internationally for each? Trying to calculate a
figure for this, but many listings are out-dated, missing, or overlapping.
Map locations of North American chapters (ARA, FNB, CM, IMC [also international -
see below], maybe EF!)
Compare chapters to city populations (ratio)
Compare # of chapters per state to state population
Total population % of NA that has/had a group "serving" them... for ex. If Cincy,
Columbus, Akron, Cleveland, and Dayton have had FNB chapters, then these might apply
to roughly 30% of the state of Ohio (etc). Use actual cities [not metro areas] and most
recent [2000 census] data.
[Get ahold of ARA Bulletin/newsletter... if can't mailorder it, maybe Labadie
Library at UM, Ann Arbor]
[Insert new analysis on IWW groups -- find a way to distinguish between GNB (??),
contacts, and other groups, such as workplaces]
Do regression analysis comparing IMC locations to the concentration of anarchistic
franchises (or even straight-up anarchist projects?). Might have to base the IMC(s)
in individual states and do the same for organizations. [But, state-based IMCs (like
[ Williams 80 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]