OPIRG Kingston http://opirgkingston.org Research, education and action! OPIRG's mandate is to serve as a training ground for activists. OPIRG seeks solutions to environmental and social justice issues by empowering concerned citizens. We draw on a framework that asserts the interconnectedness of all forms of oppression in our society and makes local connections to global issues. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en New Office Hours: June 2-June 6 http://opirgkingston.org/2008/05/office-closed-may-8-june-9/ http://opirgkingston.org/2008/05/office-closed-may-8-june-9/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 18:42:25 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2008/05/office-closed-may-8-june-9/ The OPIRG Office will be open from 9-5 the week of June 2-7. The Alternative Resource Library will also be open. Come and meet the new coordinator.

You can email announcements to events[at]opirgkingston.org.

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2008/05/office-closed-may-8-june-9/feed/ OPIRG at GreenUP: Sun Mar 30th, 10am-4pm! http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/opirg-at-greenup-sun-mar-30th-10am-4pm/ http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/opirg-at-greenup-sun-mar-30th-10am-4pm/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:07:46 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Events Alternative Resource Library Loving Spoonful http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/opirg-at-greenup-sun-mar-30th-10am-4pm/ Want to learn more about OPIRG? Come visit us at the GreenUP Festival this Sunday March 30th in the Biosciences Complex. We will be there all day from 10am to 4pm. You can specifically find out more about A Lovin’ Spoonful, the Kingston Community Garden Network, Sunnyside Community Garden, and the Alternative Resource Library (a joint project with the Canadian Unified Students Environmental Network).

If you can’t make it, come visit us at the Grey House on 51 Bader Lane.

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/opirg-at-greenup-sun-mar-30th-10am-4pm/feed/ Miasma moves into the Grey House! http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/miasma-moves-into-the-grey-house/ http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/miasma-moves-into-the-grey-house/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:45:21 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/miasma-moves-into-the-grey-house/ Kingston’s only anarchist infoshop has moved its materials into the OPIRG Kingston office! You can now purchase any of their materials during office hours. Miasma will continue to have a presence at concerts and events and hope to move into the bottom floor of a new local social centre (http://kingston.roadnetwork.org/germinations) this fall.

For more information about Miasma please contact kingston.crimethink[at]gmail.com

LIST OF RESOURCES!

CrimethInc
expect resistance (new)
rolling thunder (#5 - new issues!)
days of war, nights of love: crimethink for beginners
recipes for disaster: an anarchist cookbook
guerilla film series volume 1
the secret world of terijian (new)
evasion
off the map
rusty string quartet
stone hotel

Local
richard day - gramsci is dead
ann hansen - direct action
mohamed jean veneuse - anarca-islam(s)
ocap’s support the mohawks of tyendinaga booklet
+ pamphlets and info-documents about local campaigns, projects and organizations

Other
curious george brigade - anarchy in the age of dinosaurs (out of print)
slingshot desk planner and organizer
documents regarding the struggle at six nations
five ring circus: the untold story of the vancouver 2010 games DVD

Shirts
we currently distribute clothing obtained from thoughtcrime ink, to raise money for the Edmonton anarchist bookfair

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2008/03/miasma-moves-into-the-grey-house/feed/ OPIRG Kingston Commemorates Black History Month! http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/opirg-kingston-commemorates-black-history-month/ http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/opirg-kingston-commemorates-black-history-month/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:46:38 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Black History Month Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/opirg-kingston-commemorates-black-history-month/ The Kingston African Caribbean Collective presents Black History Month Kingston 2008! Please visit www.qcred.org for details of events or download a calendar here.

OPIRG will be displaying a history of Black History Month in Kingston, at the Alternative Resource Library, located at 51 Bader Lane for the entire month of February. The hours of the library are:

Mon 9-4 Tue 8-6
Wed 8-4, 4:30-6:30 Thurs 11-6

To view a list of Black History Month related resources available in the ARL, please click here.

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/opirg-kingston-commemorates-black-history-month/feed/ New OPIRG Office and Alt Library hours! http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/new-opirg-office-and-alt-library-hours/ http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/new-opirg-office-and-alt-library-hours/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:00:06 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Administration Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/new-opirg-office-and-alt-library-hours/ The OPIRG Office will be open the following hours:

Mon 10-4
Tue 8-4
Wed 8-4
Thurs 10-4

The Alternative Resource Library will be open the following hours:

Mon 10-4
Tue 8-6
Wed 8-4, 4:30-6:30
Thurs 10-6

Library memberships are free so come by today! For more info email altlibrary[at]opirgkingston.org

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2008/01/new-opirg-office-and-alt-library-hours/feed/ OPIRG Office closed as of Mon Dec 17, 2007 http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/opirg-office-closed-as-of-mon-dec-17-2007/ http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/opirg-office-closed-as-of-mon-dec-17-2007/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:54:12 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Administration Miscellaneous Events Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/opirg-office-closed-as-of-mon-dec-17-2007/ The OPIRG Kingston office and alternative resource library will be closed from Monday December 17th, 2007. And it will reopen Monday January 7th, 2008. Have a great break!

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/opirg-office-closed-as-of-mon-dec-17-2007/feed/ Change in Library and Office Hours http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/change-in-library-and-office-hours/ http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/change-in-library-and-office-hours/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:53:17 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/change-in-library-and-office-hours/ For the weeks of Dec 3rd and Dec 10th, the Alternative Resource Library will be open:

Mon 10-4
Tue 10-6
Wed 10-8
Thu 10-4

The OPIRG Office and Alternative Resource Library will be closed from Monday December 17th, 2007 and will reopen on Monday January 7th, 2008. Have a great holiday!

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2007/12/change-in-library-and-office-hours/feed/ ARL film screening: Giant: Awake! on Tonight! 7pm http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-film-screening-giant-awake-on-tues-nov-13th-7pm/ http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-film-screening-giant-awake-on-tues-nov-13th-7pm/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:14:50 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Solidarity Across Borders Events Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-film-screening-giant-awake-on-tues-nov-13th-7pm/ The Alternative Resource Library is hosting its first film of the year on Tuesday November 13th at 7pm in the Grey House.

Gigante: Despierta! or Giant: Awake! documents the voices and stories behind the mass movement on May Day 2006 in the US where millions took to the streets to protest in support of immigrant rights. www.gigantedespierta.org

For more info about the film screening please email altlibrary[at]opirgkingston.org or call 533-3189 ex2. If you can’t make the screening, come by the library to borrow the movie for free!

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-film-screening-giant-awake-on-tues-nov-13th-7pm/feed/ ARL Theme: First Nations Issues http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-theme-first-nation-issues/ http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-theme-first-nation-issues/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:20:23 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-theme-first-nation-issues/ Given the current struggle that Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadijiwan First Nations are engaged in at Sharbot Lake, here are some resources that relate to First Nations issues, which are available at the Alternative Resource Library:

Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations - Al Gedicks
The New Resource Wars: Native and Environmental Struggles Against Multinational Corporations - Al Gedicks
Honoring the Promise: Aboriginal Values in protected areas in Canada - Nat’l Aboriginal Forestry Association & Wildlands League
Nation to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the future of Canada - eds. John Bird, Lorraine Land and Murray Macadam
Struggle of the Land: Indigenous resistance to genocide, ecocide and expropriation in contemporary North America - Ward Churchill
Aboriginal Issues today - eds. Stephen B. Smart, Michael Coyle
Anishinabek News - Union of Ontario Indians - Anishinabek Nation

]]> http://opirgkingston.org/2007/10/arl-theme-first-nation-issues/feed/ New Alternative Resource Library Hours!!! http://opirgkingston.org/2007/09/new-alternative-resource-library-hours/ http://opirgkingston.org/2007/09/new-alternative-resource-library-hours/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:19:05 +0000 OPIRG Kingston Alternative Resource Library http://opirgkingston.org/2007/09/new-alternative-resource-library-hours/ The Alternative Resource Library will now be open for the following:

Mondays 10am - 4pm
Tuesdays 10am - 8pm
Wednesdays 10am - 4pm, 4:30pm - 8pm
Thursdays 10am - 7pm

Stay tuned for a monthly film screening in the library!

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