11/10/2024
If you’ve been at the space in the past few weeks, you might notice we have a new room set up! We are really excited to announce, after 6 months of work, we are able to invite you all to the Cooper Andrews Center for Technology and Resistance.
This space is named after comrade, friend, and early Rhizome House collaborator Cooper Andrews. Cooper was one of the most dedicated and brave people we have ever known. He was killed on April 19, 2023, protecting civilians in Bakhmut, Ukraine from Russian military aggression, as a member of an anarchist militia. Also killed in the same attack were Finbar Cafferkey and Dmitry Petrov. We are opening this space in honor of Cooper, his comrades and all who have been killed revolting against empire and fascism. He was always focused on the anarchic necessity of understanding tactics, strategy, and the ability to improvise autonomous technologies. During his time in the Marines, and later in Ukraine, Cooper performed many roles, including radio technician. In Ukraine they called him Harris after Harris radios. [continued in comments]
Please join us on Nov 9th at 7 pm for an official welcome and dedication of the space with our first Anarchist Tinkerer Night
Computers are expensive magic boxes that run fundamental elements of our lives, from giving us directions to deciding whether I get health insurance. Yet, most of us can’t really tell you how they work.
In the 1990s Microsoft and other companies worked to build the software industry, based on the concept that users should not need to understand how their systems work. The result has been a form of computing that is largely consumerist, expensive, and prone to hacks and surveillance—and no viable way to opt out.
Things need not be this way.
Come pick locks, hang out, and tear down some computers. We’ll talk about what each part does and the theory behind how they all work together to give us the systems we use every day.
