A-Infos (en) France, Alternative Libertair #220 - Interview: Libertalia literary treasure island (fr) [machine translation]

In our series of interviews with publishers militants, this month we present the work - 
furious - the house that has become Libertalia in a short time, a key player in the 
publishing world political alternative. ---- Nicolas, Libertalia total of thirty works in 
the catalog, a newsletter dynamic animates your communication, and you have full editing 
projects cartons, how do you do to keep afloat in the world of publishing activist? ---- 
"Float", the term may be a bit much. Let's say we do what we can to maintain editorial and 
news to listen to all that rustles in our time. I think the key lies in the visibility 
Libertalia considerable time we devote to the publishing house. We are three: Bruno, 
webmaster and graphic designer, Charlotte, corrective profession, provides copy editing 
and proofreading, for my part, I try, I ferret, I contacted the authors, I order I suggest 
texts or reissue unavailable texts and provides all the editing, monitoring with the 
printer, press services, part shipments, etc.. French teacher in a college in Montreuil, I 
am now part-time to make more time for the publishing house, which is much more time 
consuming than the catalog stuff. To summarize, Libertalia is a publishing house that 
nonprofit professional.

There is a graphic and a tone that characterize Libertalia your posts, and at the same 
time seems pretty eclectic catalog. What is your editorial line?

The graphic is just Bruno, former lead singer of Bolshoi (Toulouse), cartoonist under the 
pseudonym "the Hool Nono's" a kind of magician can design a cover in minutes. Charter 
varies collections: pocket "At red ball" is a collection of agit-prop, with a line graph 
rather garish. The collection "Terra Incognita" wisest is visually simple. In general, the 
tone Libertalia: title offensive and glossy lamination. Imaging anti-elitist. On the inner 
aspect, we try to treat the object, wide margins, offset printed books now on soft paper, 
sewn. Indeed, the editorial is quite eclectic. And it is constantly evolving, as 
encounters, desires, political emergencies. There has always been a place for literature 
in our publications. On the ideological point of view, Libertalia is part of the family 
libertarian, but we think we should look beyond Bakunin-Kropotkin-Sébastien Faure. We are 
in a time of redefinition of critical thinking, anything is possible. So let's see what 
happens on the side of the critical value (Wertkritik) side of diminishing 
anti-industrial. We were sometimes accused of crypto-Marxist or islamogauchistes, it does 
not bother us, there is truth and everything is nowhere to be reinvented.

In a medium under continuous technological and financial constraints, be militant editor 
is a priesthood?

Very clearly, and I stress this: Libertalia pays copyright, pays printers, illustrators 
and translators, but brings nothing to his three master craftsmen, without which we would 
not exist more. Very recent bankruptcy of our diffuser made us lose the equivalent of six 
months of sales, our accounts are in the red but still we publish four new this fall. So 
yes, there is one aspect of priesthood. We hope that in the future with our new 
distributor broadcaster (Harmonia Mundi), we find a bit of quiet financial. In general, 
the issue of social criticism has failed to provide a viable alternative pole 
distribution. It folds so on commercial broadcasters. This is the book chain alternative 
that should rethink, but it takes a tremendous job.

Libertalia referring to the pirate utopia, books about pirates, with the logo Jolie Rouge: 
You are trying to tell us something?

During the Golden Age of Piracy (1716-1726), hundreds of outlaw in rags were more powerful 
than national navies and private two of the greatest nations of the world, they built a 
against quasi-egalitarian society. The gesture piratesque has something utopian, romantic 
and has also strongly influenced novelists, Defoe in Melville. However, why not subscribe 
to the admonition of Charles Bellamy? "Damn you, you're a coward, as are all those who 
agree to be governed by the laws of wealthy men have prepared to ensure their own safety. 
They pretend to be bandits, these scoundrels, then there is a difference between us and 
them, they steal from the poor under the cover of law while we plunder the rich under the 
protection of our own courage . '

Future in which you sign up, what long-term plans for Libertalia?

In October, we publish four texts: Put up, here we come!, A book that focuses on the 
struggles of immigration from the 1970s to the present day, written by Mogniss. H. 
Abdallah, I do not like the police in my country, a story of the newsletter What is the 
police?, By Maurice Rajsfus, Belly is still fertile, an analysis of the European extreme 
right, by Dominique Vidal, and finally two extracts The history of the most famous pirates 
of Daniel Defoe as the Libertalia a pirate utopia.

During the first quarter of 2013, we will publish four titles. The reissue of Bourgeois 
and Bras naked Daniel Guérin, a novel by historian Eric Fournier on political memoirs of 
the Paris Commune, a reissue of The History of Surrealism casual Raoul Vaneigem, and 
finally Gérard new dark enough Mordillat called Yorick.

Interview by Cuervo (AL 78-95)
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