August 11: We
now have a direct link on our top page to the Voltairine de Cleyre page
on Facebook. Check there for frequent updates, including essays, quotes
and links to VDC material on other websites. Show your support for VDC
by "liking" the page [clicking on the "like" button, for those of you
unfamiliar with Facebook]. Click here to go directly to the Facebook page.
Supporters of VDC may also be interested in the Facebook page Women
Resisters to Authority. It highlights many brave women who were (or
are) willing to stand up to the authority of the State, including
historical figures such as the women abolitionists, freethinkers, sex
radicals, suffragists, anarchists, and women of color. It also includes
contemporary resisters to oppressive regimes. It is administered
by Sharon Presley; supporters are urged to suggest new additions.
Click here to go to the Women Resisters to Authority page.
June 20: In commemoration of the 98th
anniversary of Voltairine's death, her last poem "Written in Red" and a
short excerpt from Paul Avrich's bio describing the celebration of her
life. Click here for "Written in Red." Click here for the celebration.
January 27: Sharon
Presley is now the co-adminstrator of the Voltairine de Cleyre page on
Facebook. It has been updated with a bio, poem and an article by VDC. Click here
Sharon has also created a new Facebook page titled Women Resisters to
Authority. It is a nonpartisan page that includes women, both past and
present, who have stood up to cultural, political or religious
authorities all over the world. Suggestions are welcome. Click here.
What's New 2009
September 13:Sharon Presley has begun work on the anthology tentatively called They Said No: American Women Resisters to Authority in the 19th Century. SUNY Press, the publisher of Exquisite Rebel,
wants to look at it. Voltairine and the other American anarchist women
will have their own section. For these women and others that are
to be included, click on this outline. For photos, click here. Women resisters will soon have their own web site. Watch for the announcement.
Sharon suggests that if you have a Facebook account, check out the
Voltairine de Cleyre group page. There's a discussion group there but
it's hard to find so click here: Voltairine de Cleyre.
Make some posts! Sharon didn't start this one but she is planning
on starting one called "Women Resisters to Authority." Watch for
the announcement.
Also watch for more VDC material coming soon!
What's New 2007
August 5: Sharon Presley will be speaking on "American
Women Resisters to Authority" at the International Society for
Individual Liberty Conference in Williamsburg, VA August 11-14. Click here for more
information
What's New 2006
November 12: Voltairine is now
a "calendar girl"...She is featured in a new atheist calendar for 2007
entitled "Atheists." Her birthday is November 17th so her photo is on
the November page. It's a beautiful calendar, quite
professional-looking, featuring the a photo of a prominent atheist each
month. The birthdays of many more well-known people who were atheists
are noted for each month. Click here for
more details.
March 29: Sharon Presley
will be speaking April 14 on "Voltairine de Cleyre's Legacy: Her
Relevance for Today" at the International Anarchist Academics and
Activists Conference at Pitzer College in Claremont CA. Click here for the
schedule and info.
Sharon is also organizing a conference entitled "Authority and Autonomy
in the Family" to be held August 19 at Santa Clara University in Santa
Clara, CA. For info, see the conference web site: www.autonomyinthefamily.org
January 16:Exquisite
Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre: Anarchist, Feminist, Genius has just been
given a 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award.
Sharon Presley will be a keynote speaker at an upcoming Anarchist
Conference at Pitzer College in Claremont CA in mid-April. Check this
site for more information or click on the link to the Anarchy Archives.
Dana Ward, Professor of Political Science at Pitzer and Founder of the
Anarchy Archives, is the organizer.
2005:
September 8: The sad and tragic
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina once again illustrates the fact that
government does not protect those it is supposed to serve. Read first
hand accounts by residents of New Orleans provided by anarchist
feminist Kate, herself a displaced resident. Read how government
agencies not only failed to provide support but also interfered with
private efforts to help those in need. Voltairine would not be
surprised. She would weep. Click here: Katrina
and the State.
August 20: VDC's poem "The Gods and the People" has been
posted under Essays.
July 16: Links to three
essays and two book reviews about historical women resisters to
authority have been added. One essay is a longer version of the one in Exquisite Rebel discussing
Voltairine de Cleyre's feminism. Click
here.
July 12: Emma Goldman was a
colleague of Voltairine's, one of America's greatest resisters to
authority. Her words on patriotism are as relevant now as when she
first staed them. Alas. We have posted them here.
July 9: Voltairine may be
coming into her own: there are THREE different anthologies that have
come out in the last year. See our home page. Good news for fans of
VDC; the
3 books all have some essays the other don't. For a comparison of the
three books, click here.
May 2: Two new pages have
been added: One that gives a short photo "essayette" on Sharon's talk
on "American Women Resisters to Authority." Click here.
The other is the outline of the talk. Click here.
March 24: VDC Society at the
SF Anarchist Book Fair. other talks, see Events
January 13: The date for the
City Lights talk has been changed to March 27. See
Events.
January 12: New event added.
Reading from Exquisite Rebel
at City Lights Bookstore on March 23. See Events.
January 5: New release date of Exquisite Rebel is Jan. 20.
If you would like to have a copy of this book personally
inscribed to you from co-editor Sharon Presley, click here for instructions.
Update: What's New 2004
December 15: Exquisite Rebel will be released
January 18, 2005.
December 1: A talk
date in Los Angeles has been added to the Events Calendar.
November 18: The Table of
Contents for Exquisite Rebel
can be found in the Fall 2004 SUNY Press Catalog.
November 17: Two new
talk dates
have been added to the Events schedule for 2005. This is the year
for Voltairine! Two other books on her have just come out. Stay
tuned for more information on these books soon.. A new
essay by Sharon Presley on Voltairine's relevance for today will be
posted by the end of the year.
October 10: Sharon
Presley will
giving a talk on Voltairine de Cleyre at San Francisco City College On
November 11. For contact information, see Events Page.
June 11: Due to
problems at SUNY
Press, the publication of Exquisite
Rebel has been delayed until December, 2004.
The book events have
been postponed till early 2005. Stay tuned and check Events link later.
