Thank You | Bookfair 2011
May 31, 2010 – 3:55 am | Comments Off

THANK YOU
The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair collective would like to thank everyone who supported the Bookfair: Cabaret performers, artists, translators, all of our volunteers,  including everyone who postered and helped with publicity, special friends of the …

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Anarchists bring babies and dissent to Montreal book fair
June 6, 2010 – 6:53 pm | Comments Off

Max Harrold, The Gazette – May 30th, 2010

Philippe Viens (facing camera) and Sebastien (did not want to give his last name) talk while attending an Anarchist Bookfair at C.E.D.A. community centre in Little Burgundy in Montreal Saturday, May 29, 2010. The event continues Sunday. Photograph by: John Kenney, THE GAZETTE

MONTREAL – Anarchists have cute babies, too.

And you might be surprised to find out they can be quite polite and well-organized, given that some vitriolic (and masked) anarchist protesters smash windows to score points while TV cameras roll.

The 11th annual Montreal anarchist book fair, held at a community centre in Little Burgundy, was a hotbed of political discussion Saturday, as tattooed parents with nose rings and their toddlers in tow bought books and attended “cop watch” workshops.

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