THE FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY

The entire month of May in Montreal is part of the Festival of Anarchy, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues all over the island of Montreal. The Festival of Anarchy is organized as part of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 25-26) and is the largest anarchist event in North America. info: www.anarchistbookfair.ca. This year, the Festival of Anarchy features over 25 events at locations all over the island of Montreal.

SCHEDULE OF FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY EVENTS:

• a) MAY 1, 6pm: Anti-Capitalist Demonstration
• b) MAY 4 – MAY 12: Works, Scandals & Other Affronts (Art Exhibition)
• c) MAY 10, 1pm: Montreal Community Bike Tour
• d) MAY 11, 10am-5pm: Decolonize! Anti-Colonial Teach-In
• e) MAY 14, 7pm: Anarchy 101: An Introduction to Anarchism
• f) MAY 15, 6pm: Gentrify This! Resisting Gentrification (Discussion/Social)
• g) POSTPONED! MAY 16, 11am-5pm: Montreal Outdoor Radical Reading Fair
• h) MAY 17, 5-8pm: Artistic practices and Anarchist principles (5à7)
• i) MAY 18, 1pm: Status For All March & Demonstration
• j) MAY 19, 7pm: Indigenous Resistance and Anarchism (Speeches & Video Projections)
• k) MAY 21-22: Montreal International Theatre Festival
• l) MAY 22-JUNE 1: “Anarchy” Art Exhibition at Rats 9
• m) MAY 22, 6pm: Spring BBQ at La Belle Époque
• n) MAY 23, 7-9pm: Quebec Student Strike & Social Revolt (Book Launch/Music)
• o) THURSDAY, MAY 23, 9pm: ANARCHIST CABARET
• p) FRIDAY, MAY 24, 5pm-8pm: ART & ANARCHY OPENING
• q) SATURDAY MAY 25 & SUNDAY MAY 26,10am-5pm: MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
• r) MAY 24, 2pm:  Informal Anarchist Meeting at La Belle Époque
• s) MAY 25, 7pm: DIRA Anarchist Library BBQ
• t) MAY 25, 8pm: A Decade of Subversion (Film)
• u) MAY 25, 10:30pm: Glamarchist Lookfair Queer Dance Party
• v) MAY 27, 1pm: Anti-Capitalist Assembly
• w) MAY 27, 6:30pm: The Politics of Security (Presentation & Discussion)
• x) MAY 28, 5pm: Anarchist Perspectives on Information (Discussion)

More detailed information below.
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ANTI-CAPITALIST DEMONSTRATION
colère noire contre la grande noirceur!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
meet at 6pm *sharp*
place Jacques-Cartier – in front of Montréal City Hall
[métro Place-d'Armes or Champ-de-Mars]

This is a call to participate in large numbers in the annual anti-capitalist demonstration organized on the occasion of International Workers’ Day.

This is also a call for autonomous action… May 1 lasts 24 hours!

WE ARE INVITING OURSELVES TO THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB 357C !
Organized by the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) of Montreal.
INFO: www.clac-montreal.net/en/mayday_2013
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WORKS, SCANDALS AND OTHER AFFRONTS
Saturday, May 4 to Sunday, May 12 2013
Galerie Crystal Racine, 1701 Gilford
(5 minutes from metros Laurier and Mont-Royal)

Anarchist artists Benoît Tremblay and Myriam Larouche-Tremblay have cooked up for you a visual art exhibit built on the themes of scandals and affronts. Throughout the week, there will also be more specific thematic evenings on debated subjects, such as: will we have to kill our fathers?

Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible
INFO: http://www.galeriecrystalracine.com
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MONTREAL COMMUNITY BIKE TOUR
Friday, May 10, 1pm (sharp!)
Rendez-Vous @ Norman Bethune Statue
(corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve, in front of the Tim Horton’s)

Rain or shine! Bring your bike, borrow a bike!
Whisper translation during the tour, towards both French and English.
Get in touch with any accessibility needs.

An interactive tour of the neighborhoods near Concordia, including Little Burgundy,
Shaughnessy Village, St-Henri, Griffintown and Point-St-Charles. Come learn more
about popular, queer, and working class struggles in our  community, as well as
current mobilizations against gentrification, car culture and poverty. We’ll discuss
historical struggles for social and environmental justice in Montreal, as well as
contemporary campaigns related to accessible public spaces. This tour will last
approximately 3 hours. This event is free. If you can, please reserve in advance at:
info@qpirgconcordia.org

INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org, 514-848-7585, 
info@qpirgconcordia.org
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DECOLONIZE!
An anti-colonial teach-in presented by the Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective & No One Is Illegal-Montreal
Saturday, May 11, 10am-5pm
7th floor of the Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest
métro Guy-Concordia

Join us for a full day of introductory and in-depth workshops based on solidarity with Indigenous resistance and building an anti-colonial analysis!

free. welcome to all.
wheelchair accessible.
childcare available on-site.
workshops in English & French (with whisper translation to English, French & Spanish).

INFO: www.nooneisillegal.org / indigenoussolidaritymontreal@gmail.com / 514-848-7585
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ANARCHY 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO ANARCHISM
Tuesday May 14th, 7pm
At La Belle Epoque – 1984 Rue Wellington

Confused by what the word ‘Anarchism’ means? Interested in discussing radical ideas that have inspired uprisings and liberatory struggles for over a century? This introductory workshop will discuss some of the historical roots of anarchism while focusing on the main tenets of current anarchist theory and practice.

Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO: http://epoquemtl.org
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GENTRIFY THIS!
Understanding and Resisting Neighborhood Gentrification
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 6pm-9pm
at QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
métro Guy-Concordia

This event will serve as the launch of Gentrify This! A Student’s Guide to Understanding and Resisting Neighbourhood Gentrification

“Gentrification can seem inevitable. As condos spring up like mushrooms, rent creeps ever higher, and available apartments become harder and harder to find, how can we resist the mass displacement of socio-economically marginal groups from popular neighborhoods? This guide addresses the structural and cultural aspects of gentrification, and suggests both individual and collective strategies for resisting the process.” Gentrify This! was supported by a research stipend by QPIRG Concordia.

With the participation of members of local housing and activist organizations active in resisting gentrification in Montreal.

- free. welcome to all.
- snacks & drinks
- wheelchair accessible
- free childcare available by request (please phone 514-848-7585 24 hours in advance)

INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org / 514-848-7585
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POSTPONED! The Montreal Outdoor Radical Reading Fair, scheduled for this May 16, has been postponed until later this summer. The organizers from QPIRG Concordia apologize for any inconvenience. Visit www.qpirgconcordia.org for updates about the new date for this event.

MONTREAL OUTDOOR RADICAL READING FAIR
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 11AM-5PM
Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, between Guy and Mackay
(métro Guy-Concordia)

Organized by QPIRG Concordia, in collaboration with the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and Queer Between the Covers.

Over 20 tables by local grassroots booksellers, zinesters and political organizations.

Welcome to all!
Get in touch about any accessibility needs.

In case of rain, the event will take place on Thursday, May 23, same time and location (visit www.qpirgconcordia.org for updates).

INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org / 514-848-7585
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5@7 ARTISTIC PRACTICES & ANARCHIST PRINCIPLES
Friday May 17, 5-8PM
Notre-Dame-des-Quilles (NDQ)
32, rue Beaubien Est (coin St-Laurent)

Artivistic would like to weigh in and convene artists that identify in one way or
another as anarchists or that are interested in anarchism (and/or who practice
collective autonomy, anti-oppression, mutual aid, etc) to an informal meeting of
sorts in order to reinforce our creative networks. Oh, and just to better be
prepared, please RSVP if you can: info(at)artivistic(dot)org

In Franglais/Frenglish (no translation)
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible/

INFO: info@artivistic.org
- http://artivistic.org
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STATUS FOR ALL!
March for justice and dignity for all migrants and refugees
In solidarity with Indigenous struggles for self-determination
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

1pm: Join ONE of FOUR Contingents:

* SOUTH-WEST (Little Burgundy, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri and Verdun)
1pm at métro de l’Église (corner Galt & Wellington)

* NORTH-WEST (Côte-des-Neiges, Ville St-Laurent, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)
1pm at Parc Kent (corner Cote-des-Neiges & Kent)

* NORTH-EAST (Villeray, Parc-Extension, St-Michel, Ahuntsic, Rosemont-Petite-Patrie, Mile End)
1pm at métro Jarry; 2pm at métro Parc; 3pm at métro Rosemont

* EAST (Centre-Sud, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)
1pm at Place Simon-Valois (corner Valois & Ontario)

4pm: CONVERGENCE, DEMONSTRATION AND PICNIC
Philips Square (Union & Ste-Catherine, métro McGill)

A child-friendly march. Bring your kids!
Get in touch about any accessibility needs.

Organized by:
Dignidad Migrante (www.dignidadmigrante.org)
Immigrant Workers Center (www.iwc-cti.ca)
Mexicans United for Regularization (www.mexregularizacion.org)
No One Is Illegal-Montreal (www.nooneisillegal.org)
Solidarity Across Borders (www.solidarityacrossborders.org)
and many allied individuals.
(Dignidad Migrante, Mexicans United for Regularization & Solidarity Across Borders are working groups of QPIRG Concordia.)

INFO: www.solidarityacrossborders.org / 438-933-7654 / solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com
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INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE & ANARCHISM
with Gord Hill (warriorpublications.wordpress.com), subMedia.tv and others
Part of Cinochelaga

May 19, 7PM
at La Déferle (au1407.org)
1407 Valois

Speeches and video projections

An evening organized by Research Action Media and the Indigenous Struggles Committee of Cégep du Vieux-Montréal. This event is a part of Gord Hill’s tour through the occupied territories called “Quebec” which is taking place from May 19 – 27.

For more information on the other events of the tour, go to montreal.mediacoop.ca or check out mediarechercheaction.info (which will be officially launched on April 25th at 1407 Valois).

In English and French, with translation
Not accessible to wheelchairs, unfortunately
INFO: mediarechercheaction.info
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MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST THEATRE FESTIVAL
Tuesday, May 21 & Wednesday, May 22, 2013
La Sala Rosa – 4848 St. Laurent, Montreal

The only and biggest anarchist theatre festival in the world.

Bilingual.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO: http://anarchistetheatrefestival.com - anarchistefestival@yahoo.ca
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ANARCHY ART EXHIBITION AT RATS 9
May 22 to June 1st
372 Ste-Catherine Ouest, Suite #530

An exhibition about anarchy, hence its name: ANARCHY. The exhibition will take place from May 22nd to June 1st in our gallery, at the same time as the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and the Montreal Anarchy Festival, happening during the whole month of May. All mediums and forms of expression.

Accessible to wheelchairs.
INFO: http://rats9.com/ or collectifrats@gmail.com
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SPRING BBQ AT LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
Wednesday, May 22, 6 pm
La Belle Epoque – 1984 Rue Wellington

Spring BBQ at the Belle Époque, come hang out! Time for good food,
socializing, and to get to know the space. Vegan and meat options available.

Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO: http://epoquemtl.org
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QUEBEC STUDENT STRIKE & SOCIAL REVOLT
Book Launch/Music with Norman Nawrocki
Thursday May 23, 2013, 7pm – 9pm,
Bar Populaire, 6584 boul St Laurent

Live performance, music & poetry.
English, with music in French.

Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO: www.nothingness.org/music/rhythm
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ANARCHIST CABARET
Thursday, May 23, 9pm
at l’Alizée, 900 Ontario East (métro Berri-UQÀM)

Confirmed acts include:
* Caïd Braque (ex-Die Sashiko) (diesashiko.bandcamp.com)
* Studfinder (facebook.com/pages/Studfinder/166180693530628?fref=ts)
* Fatal Flaw (myspace.com/fatalflawhotmailcom)
* Silentbones (silentbones.bandcamp.com)

5$ or pay-what-you-can.
Wheelchair accessible.
INFO: www.anarchistbookfair.ca
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ART & ANARCHY OPENING / VERNISSAGE
Friday, May 24, from 5pm until 8pm
At the Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA)
3rd floor, 2515 rue Delisle (métro Lionel-Groulx)

free – welcome to all
childcare available; please contact us 24 hours in advance (514-679-5800)
we regret that the Art & Anarchy exhibition is not accessible to wheelchairs

music – food & snacks – performances
meet the contributing artists and get a first look at this year’s Art & Anarchy exhibition

Before the start of the Bookfair weekend, join us for the “5 à 7″ opening of the Art
& Anarchy exhibition, which is part of the Festival of Anarchy and the Montreal
Anarchist Bookfair.

This year’s Art & Anarchy exhibition includes paintings, illustrations, posters,
prints, sculptures, performances and more. In addition to the Friday opening, Art &
Anarchy can viewed during the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (Saturday & Sunday, May
25-26, 10am-5pm).

We regret that the Art & Anarchy exhibition is not accessible to wheelchairs.
French and English, translation available.

INFO: www.anarchistbookfair.ca, 514-679-5800,
 montrealanarchistbookfair@gmail.com
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MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2013

Two days: Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26
10am-5pm on both days

The Anarchist Bookfair will take place in two buildings across from each other in Parc Vinet:
- Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV), 2450 rue Workman
- Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA), 2515 rue Delisle
A short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro.

No gods, no masters, no bosses, no borders.
FREE. Welcome to all!
For anarchists, and people curious about anarchism.

Accessibility Policy & Commitment: www.anarchistbookfair.ca/accessibility/accessibility
[Note: All parts of the Bookfair are wheelchair accessible except for the Art & Anarchy exhibition on the 3rd floor of CEDA]

-> Participants from all over Quebec and North America, booksellers and vendors, workshops, films, discussions, kids activities, art exhibits and more!
-> Part of the month-long Festival of Anarchy held throughout May 2013 at venues and locations all over the island of Montreal.
-> This year’s Montreal Anarchist Bookfair-organized events include the Anarchist Cabaret (May 23) and an Art & Anarchy Vernissage (May 24). More details coming soon.
-> Tabling will take place over two days: May 25-26, between 10am-5pm.
-> Tabling will take place in the main auditoriums of both our locations: CEDA and the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier.
-> Introductions to Anarchism (May 25-26): http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/introduction-to-anarchism-workshops
-> Workshops & Presentations (May 25-26): http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/workshops-presentations

INFO: www.anarchistbookfair.ca
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INFORMAL ANARCHIST MEETING
Friday, May 24, 2 PM
La Belle Epoque – 1984 Rue Wellington

An opportunity for anarchists from around North America and elsewhere to meet, share insights and experiences, discuss ideas relevant to our shared struggles.  Discussion topics and questions TBA.

Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO: http://epoquemtl.org
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DIRA ANARCHIST LIBRARY BBQ
Saturday, MAY 25 at 7pm!
2035 St-Laurent (métro St-Laurent)
After the Bookfair’s 1st day.
Keeping the tradition alive, with good taste!
Veggie / vegan food
Nice drinks. Music!
DIRA is Montreal’s Anarchist Library.
INFO: http://bibliothequedira.wordpress.com
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A DECADE OF SUBVERSION
Saturday, May 25, 8 PM
At La Belle Epoque – 1984 Rue Wellington

In 2003 subMedia.tv produced its first anarchist film “Join the Resistance: Fall in Love!” inspired by the writings of crimethinc. 10 years later and subMedia.tv is still bringing anarchy to the screen with its newest offering Street Politics 101 a video report on the militant battles of the 2012 Quebec student strike.

A Decade of subversion will be a celebration of subMedia.tv’s video sabotage, with picks from the best videos from the over 200 it produced during he past 10 years. The program will include clips from “It’s the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine”, shorts about shoplifting, mash-ups, short docs and the premiere of Street Politics 101. Stick around after the films for raggae, punk, dance hall and rock steady by DJ Aaron Maiden.

In English.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible
INFO: http://epoquemtl.org
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GLAMARCHIST LOOKFAIR QUEER DANCE PARTY
Saturday, May 25th, 10:30pm – 3am
Il Motore – 179 Jean Talon Ouest

Back by popular demand, the annual Glamarchist Lookfair fundraiser dance party
will be presented this year by the Queer Between the Covers bookfair collective.

Dress Code : anarcrust vests, bras-as-shirts, femme-dom in
jeans, plaid crop-tops, jean genet stripes, the rich people in hunger games, red
square pasties, solidarity fishnets, gold,diamonds, dollarama couture, bedazzled
jean jackets, pearl necklaces, diamond, enCRUSTed heels, circle As in glitter,
pleather chaps, black and red and metallics all over. Glitter is cheap!

Wheelchair accessible.
INFO: queerbetweenthecovers.org - queerbetweenthecovers@gmail.com
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ANTI-CAPITALIST ASSEMBLY
Monday May 27, 2013, 1-5 pm
Location: 7th Floor, Hall Building, Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd West (métro Guy-Concordia)
This location is wheelchair accessible.
In English & French, with simultaneous translation.

Monday May 27 2013, after the annual Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, we hope to create a space where anti-capitalist allies from all over can reunite to discuss and reflect together, and to talk about what keeps us busy in the different cities where we live.

This will allow us to articulate our struggles and link our actions. It will also be an opportunity to tell each other what’s coming and what we’re organizing this year, whether we want to visit one another, etc.

It will act as an occasion for us to sit down and (re)launch a collective reflection on the ideas and actions that are on the table at the moment, to  reinforce the links and networks woven over time, and to lay the groundwork for new affinities.

We expect to spend the afternoon in discussion groups (by region? Subject of struggle? ideological position?), followed by a plenary session to collectively summarize the main threads of discussion and the most exciting ideas. That being said, the agenda is still under construction and you are strongly encouraged to send us any suggestions or discussion topics. Naturally, there will be food to share, childcare will be provided on demand, and whisper translation will be available between English and French.

Because it’s a pleasure to see all those who struggle against all forms of oppression, who are active in a thousand different ways in building a movement rooted in a culture of solidarity and resistance against capitalism. You know who you are. Join each other!

An invitation from the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) of Montreal.

For more information or to confirm that you will attend please contact: letsgettogether@clac-montreal.net

INFO: www.clac-montreal.net / letsgettogether@clac-montreal.net
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THE POLITICS OF SECURITY
A presentation by J. Sakai
Monday, May 27th, 6:30 pm
at QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve O., suite 204

The recent f.b.i. and grand jury repression against anarchists in the 
Northwest USA, as well as the continued police repression of the 
Anti-Globalization resistance, has reawakened questions about movement 
security. There are many misunderstandings about what security is. From 
the belief that it is an area of cloak and dagger maneuvers to the 
impression that security is about lists of rules that must be obeyed. 
This is an area where knowledge is traditionally not written up, but 
passed along by word of mouth. What this workshop is meant to do is to 
explore the underlying politics of security as an area of struggle. Discussing basic understandings that can be applied in different situations in non-authoritarian and diverse ways.

Wheelchair accessible.
Whisper translation provided.

INFO: http://kersplebedeb.com - info@kersplebedeb.com
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ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMATION
Tuesday, May 28, 5PM
Bar populaire, 6584 St Laurent

In the era of the information society, what are the important issues concerning the right to information and freedom of expression? A panel of professionals and activists will put forward several reflexions, followed by an open discussion with all participants. From public libraries to social media through to cyberactivism and freeware, there will be many topics of interest for those who believe in the accessibility and freedom of information.

Organized by the Université populaire des sciences de l’information
(UPopSI).

In French.
Unfortunately not accessible to wheelchairs.
INFO: http://upopsi.org/
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THE FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY
MAY 1st – JUNE 1st, 2013 – MONTREAL

MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2013

Two days: Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26

10am-5pm on both days

The Anarchist Bookfair will take place in two buildings across from each other in Parc Vinet:

- Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV), 2450 rue Workman

- Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA), 2515 rue Delisle


A short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro.
No gods, no masters, no bosses, no borders.

FREE. Welcome to all!

For anarchists, and people curious about anarchism.

Accessibility Policy & Commitment: www.anarchistbookfair.ca/accessibility/accessibility
[Note: All parts of the Bookfair are wheelchair accessible except for the Art & Anarchy exhibition on the 3rd floor of CEDA]

Volunteers! The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair is seeking the support of volunteers who can help with the organization and promotion of this year’s Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy. Info: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/volunteer-and-help-organize-the-bookfair

-> Participants from all over Quebec and North America, booksellers and vendors, workshops, films, discussions, kids activities, art exhibits and more!

-> Part of the month-long Festival of Anarchy held throughout May 2013 at venues and locations all over the island of Montreal: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/festival-of-anarchy-2013
-> This year’s Montreal Anarchist Bookfair-organized events include the Anarchist Cabaret (May 23) and an Art & Anarchy Vernissage (May 24). 
-> Tabling will take place over two days: May 25-26, between 10am-5pm.

-> Tabling will take place in the main auditoriums of both our locations: CEDA and the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier.
-> Introductions to Anarchism (May 25-26): http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/introduction-to-anarchism-workshops (or read below)
-> Workshops & Presentations (May 25-26): http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/workshops-presentations (or read below)

Read below for UPDATES or visit: www.anarchistbookfair.ca
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INTRODUCTIONS TO ANARCHISM

Come learn more about anarchist ideas and practice. For anyone curious about anarchism. Workshops are currently listed in the language of their presentation. Translations will be posted shortly.

SATURDAY, MAY 25
* 1pm: Organizing Against Authority: An Introduction to Anarchism (FR), with Simon & Thomas of the Union Communiste Libertaire
* 3pm: What Does Secondary School Really Prepare Us For?  An Introduction to Anarchism (EN), with Adrienne Hurley
SUNDAY, MAY 26
* 11am: Anarchism: An Already-Existent Impulse (EN), with Cindy Milstein
* 1pm: Discovering Anarchism Collectively Through Music (FR), with Philippe Morin
* 3pm: “Demanding the Impossible”: The Practice and Relevance of Anarchism (EN), with Jaggi Singh

For descriptions, visit: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/introduction-to-anarchism-workshops
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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

There is more info below about the twenty-one (21) in-depth workshops & presentations at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. (These workshops and presentations are listed in the language that they were proposed. French and English translations will be posted shortly.)

SATURDAY, MAY 25
- 11am: Building a Solidarity City: The practice of anarchism in Montreal (EN/FR) – Solidarity Across Borders
- 11am: Un anarchiste employé de l’État: cheval de Troie? (FR) – David Gagnon
- 11am: Autonomous Archiving: History in Our Hands (EN)
 – Interference Archive
- 11am: Femmes et antifascisme (FR) – Montreal Sisterhood
- 1pm: No Borders, No Nations, Smash White Supremacy! APOC struggles in North America (EN/FR) – No One Is Illegal-Montreal
- 1pm: Nous sommes ingouvernables – livre sur l’anarchisme contemporain au Québec (FR)
- 1pm: All writers of anarchist fiction – meet the Anarchist Writers Bloc (FR/EN)
- 1pm: No System but the Ecosystem: Earth First! and Anarchism
(EN) – Toby V. Potter
- 3pm: Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) Caucus: Take Care of Each Other So We Can Be Dangerous Together (EN/FR)
- 3pm: Démocratie directe : un projet par et pour les hommes blancs? (FR)
 — Myriam et Camille
- 3pm: Aéroport Notre Dame des Landes (Nantes) en France : inutile, couteux, anti-écologique et anti-social (FR) – No Pasaran
- 3pm: Strategies for Solidarity with Women Prisoners (EN) — Gully Good, Kelly Rose Pflug-Back and Claudia Medina

SUNDAY, MAY 26
- 11am: Femmes, prisons et État (FR) – Clara et Josée
- 11am: Anarchy After Fukushima (EN) — Ayumi Hirai, Yoko K, Sabu Kohso & Norihito Nakata
- 1pm: “On s’en câlisse” une autre histoire du soulèvement du printemps 2012 au Québec (FR) — Collectif de débrayage
- 1pm: RASTA: l’anarchisme du pauvre? (FR) – Hélène Lee
- 1pm: Decolonization, anarchism, and addressing violence against Indigenous Women (EN) — Candice Cascanette
- 3pm: Anarchists resisting fascists and the far-right: The example of Greece (EN)
– Christina Xydous et. al.
- 3pm: Le privé est-il politique? (FR)
– Maille à Part
- 3pm: Brutalité policière et profilage politique (FR)
– Francis Dupuis-Déri et Marc-André Cyr

For descriptions, visit: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/workshops-presentations
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BOOKSELLERS & DISTRIBUTORS

The heart of the Bookfair are the main auditoriums that include booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from all over Montreal, Quebec, North America, and abroad. Again this year, there will be Bookfair tabling on BOTH days – Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, from 10am to 5pm. Some of the tables will be located at the Centre culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV) and some will be at CÉDA. Updates about this year’s booksellers and distributors (we have over 125 tabling requests!) will be posted later this month.
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KIDS ZONE (MAY 25-26) & ANARCHIST FAMILIES THEME ROOM (SUNDAY, MAY 26)

Again this year, the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair will include a Kids Zone, with outdoor games, a craft/quiet room and fun activities for any interested kids. Parents are welcome! More details about the Kids Zone and the related Anarchist Families Theme Room (Sunday, May 26, 11am-5pm) will be posted later this month.
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ANARCHIST FILM ROOM (SATURDAY, MAY 25)

Throughout the day on SATURDAY MAY 25 the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair will host a Film Room, showing both feature and short films related to anarchism or anarchist-supported struggles. There is limited seating in the Film Room, and films will be starting on time, so please arrive a few minutes before each screening. The Film Room schedule will be finalized and posted later this month.
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ART & ANARCHY (MAY 24-26)

Art & Anarchy brings together the creations of anarchist-inspired artists and organizers. This year’s exhibition will include sculptures, paintings, posters, banners, drawings, performances and other multi-media forms. The exhibition takes place on the 3rd floor and stairwells of the CEDA (2515 rue Delisle). The Art & Anarchy program will be finalized and posted later this month. The exhibition will begin on Friday, May 24 with an opening at 5pm.
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FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY (MAY 1st – June 1st)

The entire month of May in Montreal is part of the Festival of Anarchy, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues all over the island of Montreal. The Festival of Anarchy is organized as part of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair.  The Festival of Anarchy calendar will be printed and published later this month. You can still send Festival of Anarchy events for inclusion on our online calendar by April 15. Info: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/festival-of-anarchy-2013
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CONTACT
-> e-mail : info@salonanarchiste.ca
-> Tél : 514-679-5800
-> Poste: Salon du livre Anarchiste de Montréal
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 204
Montréal, Québec H3G 1N1

For updates:
-> web: www.anarchistbookfair.ca
-> e-mail announcements: https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/salon-annonces

You can also find us on facebook & twitter:
-> facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SalonduLivreAnarchisteMontrealAnarchistBookfair
-> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BookfairAnarMTL

Come learn more about anarchist ideas and practice. For anyone curious about anarchism. Workshops are currently listed in the language of their presentation. Translations will be posted in this space shortly.

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

• 1pm: Organizing Against Authority: An Introduction to Anarchism (FR), with Simon & Thomas of the Union Communiste Libertaire
• 3pm: What Does Secondary School Really Prepare Us For? An Introduction to Anarchism (EN), with Adrienne Hurley

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

• 11am: Anarchism: An Already-Existent Impulse (EN), with Cindy Milstein
• 1pm: Discovering Anarchism Collectively Through Music (FR), with Philippe Morin
• 3pm: “Demanding the Impossible”: The Practice and Relevance of Anarchism (EN), with Jaggi Singh

[detailed descriptions are included below]

All introduction to anarchism workshops take place at the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV) at 2450 rue Workman, which is wheelchair accessible. There is limited seating and capacity for all workshops, so please arrive early.

These workshops and presentations are listed in the language that they were proposed. French and English translations will be posted here shortly. All workshops are in French (FR) or English (EN). Whisper translation is available for all workshops.
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FULL DESCRIPTIONS:

S’organiser contre l’autorité : introduction à l’anarchisme (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 1pm
Room 1.140 – Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier at 2450 rue Workman

Ce qui distingue l’anarchisme des autres idéologies est son refus catégorique des hiérarchies et des privilèges. Pour mettre à mal et abattre ces pouvoirs, les anarchistes privilégient l’organisation : c’est à travers des formes d’entraide et de collaboration exigeantes qu’ils et elles pourront remplacer les systèmes construits et coriaces que sont entre autres le patriarcat, l’État et le capitalisme. L’atelier se propose d’introduire aux principes, stratégies et tactiques privilégiés par les différentes organisations anarchistes. Les obstacles auxquels elles font face dans leurs luttes seront ensuite discutés.

Animé par Simon et Thomas, membres de l’Union communiste libertaire, une fédération de collectifs et d’individus provenant de différents mouvements de résistance et qui s’identifient à la tradition communiste dans l’anarchisme.

What Does Secondary School Really Prepare Us For? An Introduction to Anarchism (EN)
Saturday, May 25, 3pm
Room 1.140 – Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier at 2450 rue Workman

What does school prepare us for? This workshop will introduce participants to some anarchist ideas to help us think about the meaning of secondary school/high school in particular. We will discuss the reasons why school can hurt so much, as well as typical homework and lessons that are condescending, uninspiring, or even harmful. The workshop is designed for people who are dealing with secondary school, as well as those who are home-schooling, free-schooling, or un-schooling.

Facilitated by Adrienne Hurley, a member of the Anarchist Bookfair Collective who also teaches East Asian Studies at McGill.

Anarchism: An Already-Existent Impulse (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 11am
Room 1.100 – Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier at 2450 rue Workman

This workshop will sketch out the ethics of anarchism in order to bring them into conversation with contemporary anarchist(ic) experiments in self-determination and self-organization around the world. In particular, gazing through what James C. Scott has recently called “anarchist eyeglasses” to reveal already-existent lived examples, we’ll touch on the antiauthoritarian impulse within grand moments like the Quebec student strike and Occupy [Hurricane] Sandy Relief as well as “everyday anarchism” within seemingly commonplace practices.

Presented by Cindy Milstein, author of Anarchism and Its Aspirations (AK Press, 2010),
coauthor of Paths toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (PM
Press, 2012), and a collective member of both Interference Archive and the Institute
 for Anarchist Studies; she was an active participant in Occupy Philly and then the
 Quebec student strike.

Découvrir collectivement l’anarchisme par la chanson (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 1pm
Room 1.100 – Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier at 2450 rue Workman

Anarchisme. Anarchistes. Libertaires. Antiautoritaires. Révolutionnaires du grand
soir ou du petit matin. Écoutons ou réécoutons des chansons dont les textes nous
permettent de saisir l’histoire, les valeurs, la radicalité mais aussi les
fragilités des mouvements libertaires et révolutionnaires d’hier et d’aujourd’hui.
L’atelier se veut participatif : on écoute une chanson et les participant-e-s
identifient collectivement ce qui les a marqués. Une intro musicale avant de plonger dans la cohue des exposants du Salon.

Atelier animé par Philippe Morin, ami du Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal.

“Demanding the Impossible”: The Practice and Relevance of Anarchism (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 3pm
Room 1.100 – Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier at 2450 rue Workman

This workshop will outline the basic principles of anarchism, from its historical
 origins, to inspirations and antecedents from diverse cultures and movements. From
 support work with prisoners, migrants and victims of police brutality, to inspiring 
insurrections and uprisings world wide, we’ll explore the tangible practice of
 anarchist values of self organization, mutual aid, solidarity and autonomous action.
We will look at meaningful examples of self-organization and resistance from Kabylie
 & Chiapas to Mapuche territories & the Iroquois Confederacy. In particular, this workshop will stress those aspects of anarchism that are inherently threatening to mainstream society. This workshop is intended for Bookfair participants who are new to, or curious about, anarchist ideas and practice (not for people already quite familiar with anarchism).

Presented by Jaggi Singh. Jaggi is an organizer with No One Is Illegal, 
Solidarity Across Borders and the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC), as well as a member of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair collective and the Autonomous Neighborhood Assembly of Villeray.

SCHEDULE IN BRIEF

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

• 11am: Building a Solidarity City: The practice of anarchism in Montreal (EN/FR) – Solidarity Across Borders
• 11am: Un anarchiste employé de l’État: cheval de Troie? (FR) – David Gagnon
• 11am: Autonomous Archiving: History in Our Hands (EN)
 – Interference Archive
• 11am: Femmes et antifascisme (FR) – Montreal Sisterhood
• 1pm: No Borders, No Nations, Smash White Supremacy! APOC struggles in North America (EN/FR) – No One Is Illegal-Montreal
• 1pm: Nous sommes ingouvernables – livre sur l’anarchisme contemporain au Québec (FR)
• 1pm: All writers of anarchist fiction – meet the Anarchist Writers Bloc (FR/EN)
• 1pm: No System but the Ecosystem: Earth First! and Anarchism
(EN) – Toby V. Potter
• 3pm: Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) Caucus: Take Care of Each Other So We Can Be Dangerous Together (EN/FR)
• 3pm: Démocratie directe : un projet par et pour les hommes blancs? (FR)
 — Myriam & Camille
• 3pm: Aéroport Notre Dame des Landes (Nantes) en France : inutile, couteux, anti-écologique et anti-social (FR) – No Pasaran
• 3pm: Strategies for Solidarity with Women Prisoners (EN) — Gully Good, Kelly Rose Pflug-Back and Claudia Medina

SUNDAY, MAY 26

• 11am: Femmes, prisons et État (FR) – Clara & Josée
• 11am: Anarchy After Fukushima (EN) — Ayumi Hirai, Yoko K, Sabu Kohso & Norihito Nakata
• 11am: Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind (EN) — Vikki Law & China Martens
• 1pm: “On s’en câlisse” une autre histoire du soulèvement du printemps 2012 au Québec (FR) — Collectif de débrayage
• 1pm: RASTA: l’anarchisme du pauvre? (FR) – Hélène Lee
• 1pm: Decolonization, anarchism, and addressing violence against Indigenous Women (EN) – Candice Cascanette
• 1pm: Parents and Caregivers Caucus // Caucus des parents et des personnes qui soutiennent des parents et des enfants (EN/FR)
• 3pm: Anarchists resisting fascists and the far-right: The example of Greece (EN)
 – Christina Xydous et. al.
• 3pm: Le privé est-il politique? (FR) – Maille à Part
• 3pm: Brutalité policière et profilage politique (FR) – Francis Dupuis-Déri et Marc-André Cyr
• 3pm: Anarchist Education (FR) – Marike Reid-Gaudet and Mubeenah Mughal

(detailed descriptions below)

Each workshop takes place in English (EN) or French (FR), with whisper translation into English and/or French.

(These workshops and presentations are listed in the language that they were proposed. French and English translations will be posted here shortly.)

All workshop rooms are accessible to wheelchairs. There is limited seating and capacity for all workshops, so please arrive early.

CCGV = Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (2450 rue Workman)
CEDA = Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (2515 rue Delisle)
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SATURDAY, MAY 25, 11am

Building a Solidarity City: The practice of anarchism in Montreal (EN/FR)
Saturday, May 25, 11am
CCGV – Room – Room 2.100

This workshop will provide an overview of the Solidarity City campaign, an effort
to build reliable and accountable networks of mutual aid and support in Montreal,
assuring services to everyone, particularly non-status migrants. This workshop will
also examine the Solidarity City campaign in Montreal as an example of the tangible
practice of anarchism. Beyond debates around social war versus social organization,
the Solidarity City campaign posits an anarchism of struggle, based on organizing to
meet daily needs while confronting state and capitalism as manifested in borders and
global apartheid.

Facilitated and presented by anarchists who organize with Solidarity Across
Borders, and are involved in the Solidarity City campaign. Solidarity Across Borders
is a migrant justice network based in Montreal (www.solidarityacrossborders.org).

Un anarchiste employé de l’État: cheval de Troie? (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 11am
CCGV – Room 2.140

Est-il possible pour un anarchiste de travailler pour l’État? De le faire sans trahir ses valeurs? À moins de vouloir complètement divorcer du système, nous devons
travailler, et pour un professeur, l’État est un employeur tout désigné. Il est
toutefois possible non seulement de concilier notre emploi avec nos valeurs
libertaires, mais aussi de tirer parti de notre situation pour faire connaître
l’anarchisme, sans toutefois emprisonner nos étudiants dans une philosophie de la
liberté…

Animé par David Gagnon qui enseigne la littérature dans un cégep de Québec depuis plus de 20 ans. Ses prises de position sur la politique, la société et la pédagogie ne font pas toujours l’affaire de son employeur.

Autonomous Archiving: History in Our Hands (EN)
Saturday, May 25, 11am
CEDA – Room 123

Drawing on Interference Archive’s experience, this workshop explores how and why
anarchists should be concerned with collecting and making public use of the
histories of social struggles and alternative experiments, particularly through the
lens of the relation between politics and cultural production. Our open-access
archive from below stresses the use of our collection of ephemera created by social
movement participants themselves over its preservation and encourages critical,
imaginative engagements with our own histories.

Presented by members of the Interference Archive, a social and study center based in Brooklyn, NY, that explores the relationship between cultural production and social movements.

Femmes et antifascisme (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 11am
CEDA – Room 125

Nous désirons faire une présentation sur les femmes dans l’antifascisme car trop
souvent on oublie le rôle des femmes dans l’action antifa partout dans le monde et à
travers l’histoire. Les conférencières sont des femmes faisant de l’action
antifasciste et ayant rencontré plusieurs autres femmes antifa venant d’ailleurs
dans le monde.

La présentation sera faite par le Montreal Sisterhood, un groupe féministe
non-mixte antifasciste formé d’anarchistes et de communistes libertaires.

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1pm

No Borders, No Nations, Smash White Supremacy!: APOC struggles in North America (EN/FR)
Saturday, May 25, 3pm
CCGV – Room 2.100

This will be a workshop about the resistance and struggles of anarchists and
anti-authoritarian people of colour. We will emphasize how struggles against the
state have always been important to racialized communities and how
anti-authoritarian practices and community building strategies may not be named
anarchist but reflect anarchist principles.

Presented by members of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, a migrant justice movement rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, ecological justice, Indigenous self-determination, anti-occupation & anti-oppressive communities.

Nous sommes ingouvernables – livre sur l’anarchisme contemporain au Québec (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 1pm
CCGV – Room 2.140

Cet atelier veut réfléchir sur l’ouvrage qui vient de paraître “Nous sommes
ingouvernables: les anarchistes au Québec aujourd’hui”, dont les textes sont réunis
et présentés par Rémi Bellemare-Caron, Émilie Breton, Marc-André Cyr, Francis
Dupuis-Déri et Anna Kruzynski. Avec les participant-e-s au livre, nous allons
réfléchir ensemble de manière critique sur les enjeux de l’anarchisme, plus
particulièrement au Québec. Afin que la discussion soit la plus fructueuse possible, nous invitons les participant.es à lire le livre et à préparer leurs interventions/questions à l’avance.

Nous sommes tous et toutes des militant-e-s anarchistes ou des chercheurs qui
s’intéressent à l’anarchisme et à son histoire récente.

All writers of anarchist fiction – meet the Anarchist Writers Bloc (FR/EN)
Saturday, May 25, 1pm
CEDA – Room 123

Calling all writers of anarchist fiction! Here’s your chance to meet other
anarchist writers who work together collectively as the Anarchist Writers Bloc and
publish and promote their literary creations. The AWB also organizes regular open
mic cabarets, literary workshops, theatre projects and other events and provides a
safe space for writers to share their work.

Presented by The Anarchist Writers Bloc, a Montreal-based collective of anarchist writers of fiction.

No System but the Ecosystem: Earth First! and Anarchism
(EN)
Saturday, May 25, 1pm
CEDA – Room 125

The Earth First! (EF!) movement has been functioning using an anarchistic model
of organizing ecological resistance in North America for over 32 years. While it has
grown and changed several times over the decades, it has maintained its core values
of direct action, biocentrism and a strategy of no-compromise. This workshop aims
to ask the question of how new ecological resistance will shape the future of EF!,
and the broader movement for anarchy?

Presented by Toby V. Potter. Toby has been an Earth First!er for 7 years working on local EF! campaigns as well as with the broader Earth First! Movement.

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 3pm

Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) Caucus: Take Care of Each Other So We Can Be Dangerous Together (EN/FR)
Saturday, May 25, 1pm
CCGV – Room 2.100

This workshop addresses complexities in the personal experiences of People of
Colour and Indigenous Peoples in Anti-Authoritarian and Anarchist organizing
contexts. Topics of discussion will include: building support networks, solidarity
work, multiplicities of organizing, healing and burn-out. This caucus seeks to break
down assumptions about different kinds of organizing by asking participants to bring
their experiences and histories as skills for this caucus. This workshop is closed
to self-identified People of Colour and Indigenous People.

The Anarchist People of Colour caucus is organized by self-identified queer and trans, anti-authoritarian and anarchist people of colour in Montréal that seek to create spaces for sharing conversations for all People of Colour and Indigenous Peoples.

Démocratie directe : un projet par et pour les hommes blancs? (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 3pm
CCGV – Room 2.140

La démocratie directe, définie comme mode d’organisation horizontal avec mandats
impératifs et révocables, se présente comme une alternative politique prometteuse.
Outre son fonctionnement horizontal, la démocratie directe semble toutefois portée
par plusieurs mouvements ayant un important point commun : ils sont à forte majorité
composé d’un club select, celui des hommes blancs ayant déjà un bagage militant.
Leur mode d’organisation, qui se veut inclusif et participatif, semble ainsi exclure
et invisibiliser des pans entiers de la société. L’atelier se propose d’explorer des
pistes d’action et de réflexion pouvant contribuer à ouvrir la démocratie directe à
d’autres horizons que ceux de son club select.

Présentée par Myriam et Camille, membres de l’Union communiste libertaire qui ont milité dans plusieurs organisations/espaces mixtes et non-mixtes.

Aéroport Notre Dame des Landes (Nantes) en France : inutile, couteux, anti-écologique et anti-social (FR)
Saturday, May 25, 3pm
CEDA – Room 123

Aéroport Notre Dame des Landes (Nantes-France), une lutte exemplaire contre la
croissance infinie du capital et de la marchandise sur nos vies. Une lutte où les
résistances, diverses et multiples s’entrecroisent posant les questions de
démocratie horizontal, de quel type de société, de quel anticapitalisme aujourd’hui?

Animé par un membre de No Pasaran (France). La personne qui animera l’atelier est partie prenante de la lutte depuis plusieurs années.

Strategies for Solidarity with Women Prisoners (EN)
Saturday, May 25, 3pm
CEDA – Room 125

A discussion of bottom-up approaches to practical, long-term solidarity with women prisoners, featuring a panel of former prisoners. Our analysis is largely based on our experiences of being criminalized , the time we have spent as prisoners in provincial institutions in Canada, and our experiences with activism and organizing both within prison and on the outside. We wish to help steer the rhetoric of prisoner solidarity away from a top-down approach in which activists decide what is needed by prisoners and towards a strong and militant anti-prison movement in which the needs of prisoners are determined by the prisoners themselves.

Panelists include: Gully Good, a Jamaican-Canadian poet, writer, mother, and activist; Kelly Rose Pflug-Back, a queer-identified poet, activist and contributing editor with Fifth Estate Magazine; and Claudia Medina, the women’s prison program coordinator at the Prisoner Aids Resource Action Network.

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 11am

Femmes, prisons et État (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 11am
CCGV – Room 2.140

Un portrait des femmes crimininalisées. Une évaluation des impacts du système carcéral et de la judiciarisation sur les femmes/violence structurelle. Une discussion sur l’organisation des femmes en prison dans la perspective de l’abolition des prisons et anarchisme.

Animée par Clara et Josée, militante anarcha-féministe et intervenante auprès des femmes criminalisées.

Anarchy After Fukushima (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 11am
CEDA – Room 125

The presentation “Anarchy After Fukushima” is composed by four Japanese natives, 
two based in Tokyo and two based in New York. It analyzes the necro-politics of the
Japanese government that dares drive radiation expansion and the persistent interest
of apocalyptic capitalism that continues to appropriate the devastation for further 
profitmaking. The main goal is to elucidate the present state of the struggles that
fight against the colonization of bio-sphere, for the future of planetary anarchy.

Presented by: Ayumi Hirai is an anti-capitalist with an anti-colonialist tendency and
 active with Todos Somos Japon, a New York based global solidarity project
in the post-Fukushima world; Yoko K, a Tokyo-based novelist, poet and activist; Sabu Kohso, an independent writer/translator, an editor of, and
also active with Todos Somos Japon; and Norihito Nakata, a researcher of social movement and PHD candidate at Waseda University in Tokyo who has been active in the global anti-capitalist movement.Anarchy After Fukushima (EN)

Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 11am
CEDA – Room 119 (Kids, Caregivers, and Comrades Theme Room!)

Join Vikki Law (Resistance Behind Bars) & China Martens (The Future Generation) for a discussion on ways that non-parents can support caregivers and children in their communities, movements, and collective processes.

How do we create new, non-hierarchical structures of support and mutual aid and include all ages in the struggle for social justice? Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind will be a discussion of concrete tips, suggestions, and narratives on ways that non-parents can support parents, children, and caregivers in their communities, social movements, and collective processes. Good for those who are curious and would like to learn more, those new to parenting and  children’s issues, as well as the more experienced. Let’s build an all-ages, inclusive revolution that leaves no one behind!

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1pm

“On s’en câlisse” une autre histoire du soulèvement du printemps 2012 au Québec (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 1pm
CCGV – Room 2.140

Discussion autour du livre “on s’en câlisse, une autre histoire du soulèvement du printemps 2012 au Québec” (aux éditions entremonde et Sabotart). Ce livre veut raconter la force de la grève et des grévises contre son effacement ou sa glorification au service de la refonte de la “société”. Du retour de la paix sociale, la grève s’en câlisse.

Animé par le Collectif de débrayage, un collectif de militants-tes (anonymes) ayant pris part à la Grève étudiante au Quebec en 2012, venant de Québec et de France.

RASTA: l’anarchisme du pauvre? (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 11am
CEDA – Room 123

A ses débuts dans les années 30, le mouvement rasta est essentiellement
anti-colonialiste, anti-capitaliste et anarchiste. De cette histoire, qu’elle a 
étudié pendant plus de vingt ans, Hélène Lee a tiré un livre et un film (le Premier
Rasta), qui exhument les origines libertaires et internationalistes du mouvement.
Elle présentera les conclusions de ses recherches et engagera le débat: les Rastas
n’ont-ils pas leur place au sein du mouvement anarchiste mondial?

Animé par Hélène Lee – France – journaliste, écrivain, chercheur histoire de la Caraïbe.

Decolonization, anarchism, and addressing violence against Indigenous Women (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 1pm
CEDA – Room 125

This workshop/discussion will give an overview and background on the current
realities and root causes of ongoing colonization committed on the bodies of
Indigenous women, making links between anarchism, indigenous solidarity and epidemic rates of violence against Indigenous women on Turtle Island. We will explore
questions around the importance of addressing violence against Indigenous women to
anarchist anti-colonial and decolonization movements, and how further exploitation
of Indigenous territories increase the risk of violence towards Indigenous women.

Presented by Candice Cascanette, a Metis anarcha-feminist, community radio enthusiast, and member of Missing Justice, a Montreal based collective working to end violence and discrimination against Indigenous women in Quebec.

Parents and Caregivers Caucus (EN/FR)
Sunday, May 26, 1pm
CEDA – Room 119 (Kids, Caregivers, and Comrades Theme Room!)

This caucus is open to all parents and caregivers who would like to discuss issues of concern, share frustrations, tips, and strategies, as well as network with other parents and caregivers. There will be a facilitator present, but the content of the discussion will be determined by those who attend.

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 3pm

Anarchists resisting fascists and the far-right: The example of Greece (EN)
Sunday, May 26, 3pm
CCGV – Room 2.140

This workshop will explore the rise of the fascist right in Greece, and anarchist 
efforts to resist neo-nazis, as part of broader popular movements for social and
economic justice. The goal of this workshop is two-fold: i) to understand the rise
of the far-right in Greece; ii) to share and evaluate anarchist strategies and
tactics of resistance. This workshop will consist of panel presentations, followed
by a facilitated discussion. We’ll hear background information and perspectives
about the rise of neo-nazis in Greece from two anarchist women of Greek origin.

Panelists include Christina Xydous, a Montreal-based anarchist and feminist of Greek origin. She recently returned to Montreal after living in Pireus, Greece for a brief time, and remains very much concerned with the sudden rise in popularity of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn and the country’s general swing to the right, in the wake of the
european economic crisis. More panelists to be added before the Bookfair.

Le privé est-il politique? (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 3pm
CEDA – Room 123

Le privé est-il politique? Qu’en est-il de l’application de nos idéaux dans notre
vie privée? Nous voudrions laisser place à une réflexion collective lors d’une
activité de tricot-discussion. Le but serait de créer un safe space de discussion
sur la pratique des principes libertaires dans la sphère privée tout en tricotant!
L’invitation s’adresse à tous et toutes, tout âge confondu.

Présenté par Maille à Part, un collectif de tricot-graffiti basé à Montréal.

Brutalité policière et profilage politique (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 3pm
CEDA – Room 125

La répression policière n’est pas nécessairement tributaire de ce qui se passe dans les manifestations, mais bien de la cause ou de l’identité sociale et politique des manifestants. Un profilage politique qui s’ggrave d’année en année. Cela dit, la plus grande part de la répression reste invisible : de la surveillance à l’infiltration des groupes sociaux, les policiers font usage de différentes méthodes pour neutraliser la contestation et la mobilisation collectives, y compris la diffusion de fausses informations dans les médias. Dans cet atelier, les auteurs de « À qui la rue ? Répression policière et mouvements sociaux » partageront leur analyses et conclusions.

Animé par Francis Dupuis-Déri et Marc-André Cyr. Francis est professeur de science politique à l’UQÀM et spécialiste des idées politiques et des mouvements sociaux. Marc-André est étudiant au doctorat en science politique, chargé de cours et blogueur sur les mouvements
sociaux à Voir.ca.

Anarchist Education (FR)
Sunday, May 26, 3pm
CEDA – Room 119 (Kids, Caregivers, and Comrades Theme Room!)

Been thinking about education? Come share your reflections and questions. This workshop will begin with the screening of two short films about anarchist education which have never before been screened in Quebec, followed by a space for discussion and sharing.

Facilitated by Marike Reid-Gaudet and Mubeenah Mughal. Marike is interested in liberatory education, is active with the Montreal Rad School, does homeschooling with her son, and is president of the Quebec Homeschooling Association (l’Association Québécoise pour l’Éducation à Domicile). Mubeenah is the happy mom of 3 kids. Involved for many years in a variety of libertarian collectives, she is particularly active in the Montreal Rad School.

There are many tasks associated with the Bookfair, including planning and preparing for childcare and kids activities, film room, art and anarchy, workshops and presentations, organizing tables and distributors, various logistics including food, translations, and more. As well, there is the promotion of the Bookfair itself, which includes postering, flyering, online publicity and more.

If you can help volunteer with any of these tasks, please get in touch at any time by phone or e-mail. If you have any particular skills or contributions you can make towards the organization of the Bookfair, get in touch as well.

The Bookfair collective is organizing several volunteer meetings so that we can meet face-to-face and let people know how they can get involved.

The upcoming volunteer meetings will be:

• FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1pm-2pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2pm-3pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• MONDAY, MAY 20, 6pm-7pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 6pm-8pm (sign-making, followed by postering/flyering)

All meetings above will be at 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia). The space is wheelchair accessible. Come by at any time in the hours above (whether for 15 minutes or longer).

All potential Bookfair volunteers are encouraged to consult the following:

- Bookfair Principles: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/about/principles
– Bookfair Accessibility Policy and Committment: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/about/accessibility

To get in touch:
phone: 514-679-5800
e-mail: info@salonanarchiste.ca

SUPPORT THE BOOKFAIR

a) Postering/Flyering in Montréal
b) Advertising in your publication
c) Web Links
d) Facebook promotion
e) Twitter
f) Volunteer

a) Postering/Flyering in Montréal

If you can help promote the Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy in your neighborhood, school or community, please get in touch: info@salonanarchiste.ca

We will be actively promoting the 2013 Bookfair all over the Montreal-area. Let us know if you can help with postering or flyering.

If you are from outside Montreal, get in touch if you would like us to send you posters and pamphlets. These materials are now available for download HERE.

b) Advertising in your publication

Do you publish a magazine, newspaper, journal or other publication? Will you be publishing before May 15, 2013?

If so, please consider running an announcement for the upcoming Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. We can send you an ad specific to your publication. The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair is organized on a very modest budget by an all-volunteer collective, so we cannot pay you for ads. But we can link to your publication from our website as a form of mutual support.

Please get in touch with us at  info@salonanarchiste.ca if you are able to offer ad space in your publication.

c) Web Links

If you maintain a website, please consider linking to our website. We’re at www.anarchistbookfair.ca (in English) and www.salonanarchiste.ca (in French).

d) Facebook promotion

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SalonduLivreAnarchisteMontrealAnarchistBookfair

As well, we have created a facebook event for this year’s Bookfair: https://www.facebook.com/events/116235201866937/

If you’re on facebook, please promote these fb links on your wall, and by inviting your friends.

e) Twitter

If you’re on twitter, consider following us, and promoting our feed. We’re at: http://twitter.com/BookfairAnarMTL

f) Volunteer

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair is seeking the support of volunteers who can help with the organization and promotion of this year’s Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy.

There are many tasks associated with the Bookfair, including planning and preparing for childcare and kids activities, film room, art and anarchy, workshops and presentations, organizing tables and distributors, various logistics including food, translations, and more. As well, there is the promotion of the Bookfair itself, which includes postering, flyering, online publicity and more.

If you can help volunteer with any of these tasks, please get in touch at any time by phone or e-mail. If you have any particular skills or contributions you can make towards the organization of the Bookfair, get in touch as well.

The Bookfair collective is organizing several volunteer meetings so that we can meet face-to-face and let people know how they can get involved.

The upcoming volunteer meetings will be:

• FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1pm-2pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2pm-3pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• MONDAY, MAY 20, 6pm-7pm (followed by postering/flyering)
• WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 6pm-8pm (sign-making, followed by postering/flyering)

All meetings above will be at 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia). The space is wheelchair accessible. Come by at any time in the hours above (whether for 15 minutes or longer).

All potential Bookfair volunteers are encouraged to consult the following:

- Bookfair Principles: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/about/principles
- Bookfair Accessibility Policy and Committment: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/about/accessibility

To get in touch:
phone: 514-679-5800
e-mail: info@salonanarchiste.ca

Thanks for considering these requests.
- The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Collective

Our new Anarchist Bookfair 2013 poster and related images are ready! The new images include an Anarchist Bookfair icon, as well as a web banner. 

• 11”x17” French colour poster
• 11”x17” English colour poster
• 11”x17” French black & white poster
• 11”x17” English black & white poster
• English flyer (side 1)
• English flyer (side 2)
• French flyer (recto)
• French flyer (verso)
• Logo (web)
• Logo (facebook)
• Logo (print)
• Web banner

We encourage you to download the posters and flyers to print, display and distribute locally. We also encourage you to use the icon and banners on your website, or to create ads for your publications.

Posters and flyers are also available for distribution at the following Montreal-area locations:

* QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204
métro Guy-Concordia
(Monday to Thursday: 12h-18h)

* La Librairie Anarchiste L’Insoumise
2033 boulevard St-Laurent
métro St-Laurent
(Tuesday-Wednesday: 12h-18h; Thursday-Friday: 12h-20h; Saturday-Sunday: 13h-17h)

* DIRA Bibliothèque Anarchiste
2035 boulevard St-Laurent
métro St-Laurent
(tél: 514-843-2018)

If you can help with outreach efforts, particularly distributing and displaying posters and flyers widely in the Montreal-area, please get in touch with us by e-mail at info@anarchistbookfair.ca

This year’s poster and related images are designed by Jennifer Galewski.

Read more about how to make a proposal for the upcoming Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 25-26, 2013) & Festival of Anarchy (Art & Anarchy, Bookfair tables and Festival of Anarchy events; we are no longer accepting proposals for workshops or films)

Workshop Proposals

The deadline for all workshop proposals was March 1, 2013. We are no longer accepting proposals.

Art Exhibits

Art & Anarchy brings together the creations of dozens of anarchist-inspired artists and organizers. In previous years, exhibitions have included sculptures, paintings, posters, banners, drawings, and other multi-media forms. Art & Anarchy is displayed over the two days of the Montreal Anarchst Bookfair.

–> For full information about making a art proposal, visit: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/callout-for-proposals/artproposals <–

The deadline to make an Art & Anarchy submission is now April 1, 2013.

Films

The deadline to make a film proposal was March 1, 2013. We are no longer accepting proposals.

Tabling at the Bookfair

The heart of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair includes booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups from all over Montreal, Quebec, North America, and abroad. There will be Bookfair tabling on TWO days – Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, 2011, from 10am to 5pm. This year, tabling will take place in TWO spaces that are located across from each other: the Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA) at 2515 rue Delisle, and the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV) at 2450 rue Workman.

–> For full information about requesting table space, visit: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/callout-for-proposals/tablerequest <–

The deadline to request table space is April 1, 2013.

Festival of Anarchy Events

The entire month of May comprises the Festival of Anarchy, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues in Montreal. The Bookfair collective compiles a Festival of Anarchy calendar, but we count on you to organize the actual Festival of Anarchy events. Get in touch to reserve a date for your event in May (calendar dates are “first come first served”).

–> For full information about reserving a date for the Festival of Anarchy calendar, visit: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/callout-for-proposals/festivalproposal <–

The deadline to submit Festival of Anarchy events, to be included in our public calendar, is April 1, 2013.

-> Callout for proposals!

Consider making a proposal to be part of Art & Anarchy, anything within the parameters of the Bookfair that can be mounted on a wall or placed in a corner (or even performed) !

Please use the following online form to make an Art & Anarchy proposal for the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair: www.anarchistbookfair.ca/callout-for-proposals/artproposals

The deadline to make an Art & Anarchy submission is now APRIL 1st, 2013 before 11pm Montreal time.

Call for proposals for an exhibition about anarchy, hence its name: ANARCHY.

(to contribute to the ART & ANARCHY exhibition at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, click HERE.)

The exhibition will take place from May 22nd to June 1st in our gallery, at the same time as the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and the Montreal Anarchy Festival, happening during the whole month of May. All mediums and forms of expression welcomed! Send your proposals at: collectifrats(at)gmail.com by april 22nd.

pour contribuer, contactez:

RATS 9
372 Ste-Catherine O. #530
www.rats9.com
www.facebook.com/we.are.rats.9
collectifrats9@gmail.com

RATS 9 fait la promotion, à travers l’art, de points de vue alternatifs de ceux qui se considèrent en marge: en marge des institutions, de la société, du mainstream ou en marge de l’art même.

RATS 9 fournit un espace et le support nécessaire à l’expérimentation, l’expression et la dissémination de l’art par et pour les outsiders.

RATS 9 fait la promotion des valeurs d’ouverture, de respect et d’inclusion, dans l’esprit du concept de safe-space.

RATS 9 est un espace d’artistes autogéré de type atelier-galerie situé dans l’édifice Belgo.

il s’agit d’un organisme à but non lucratif.