A-Infos (en) Canada, Montreal's Anarchist Bookfair, May 17, 2003 (updated info, including workshops) [3rd Announcement]

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Montreal's 4th Annual Anarchist Bookfair -- the largest anarchist
gathering in North America after the San Franciso Bay Area Anarchist
Bookfair -- is a little more than one month away!! This e-mail callout
includes updated information about the bookfair, including the more than
twenty workshops and panels that will take place on May 17 and May 18.

This year's bookfair will feature more than 50 booksellers and groups from
all over North America, as well as the Federation Anarchiste from France.
Workshop presenters include Bo Brown, Ashanti Alston, Eric Drooker and
Cindy Milstein. Festival of Anarchy events will take place between May 1
to May 18.

The Montreal Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists alike. Bring
along your comrades, friends and family. See you in Montreal in May!


===== UPDATES =====

---> NEW BOOKFAIR LOCATION -- This year's bookfair will take place at
2515, rue Delisle, just a few minutes walk from the Lionel Groulx metro
station just west of downtown Montreal. The bookfair will take place on
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003 between 10am to 6pm. The main bookfair space is
wheelchair accessible.

---> ANARCHIST TEACH-IN -- Repeating the success of last year's separate
day of workshops, this year there will once again be an entire day
dedicated to anarchist-oriented workshops and panels. The day of workshops
will take place on SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003, at 1710, rue Beaudry (minutes
from metro Beaudry, just east of downtown Montreal) between 11am to 5pm.
Unfortunately, only the main floor at this space is wheelchair accessible.

---> CHILDCARE -- There will be free childcare available on both May 17
and May 18. Bring you kids!

---> WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS -- Thank you to everyone who submitted
workshop and presentation proposals for this year's bookfair. We had
limited space and time, and could not accept all proposals. There will be
seven workshops and presentations on May 17, during the bookfair itself,
and fifteen workshops and presentations on the May 18 day of workshops.
Workshops will be in French and English (with one workshop in Spanish).
Here are the workshop titles and presenters:

Saturday Workshops (MAY 17 -- 2515, rue Delisle): The Anarchist Tradition
(Cindy Milstein) * The Anarchist 80s (Alan O'Connor) * Resisting
Gentrifying Forces: Past and Present Anarchist Struggles for the Right to
Decent Housing, A Tour of the Neighborhood (organized by the CLAC Housing
Committee) * Sur les traces de l'anarchisme au Québec (Mathieu
Houle-Courcelles) * Introduction à l'anarchisme et à la Fédération
Anarchiste (Fédération Anarchiste-France) * Introduction à l'
anarcho-communisme (Bête Noire, NEFAC-Montreal * Anarquismo en Mexico
(various presenters)

Sunday Workshops (MAY 18 -- 1710, rue Beaudry): A Preliminary
Postmodernist Anarchist Analysis of the Black Panther Party and its
Practical Implications for Today's Struggle (Ashanti Alston) * Transfolk
and Anarchist Community (Tara-Michelle Ziniuk) * Anti-fascism and
(anti-)nationalism (Mike Staudenmeier) * No One Is Illegal: Confronting
War, Capitalism and Apartheid (Jaggi Singh) * Building Your Own Radio
Station: FM transmitter building (Gretchen King) * Revolutionary Theater
(Optative Theatrical Laboratories) * A Workshop with George Jackson
Brigade Veteran Bo Brown (Bo Brown) * Slide lecture: Art & Politics Mix
Beautifully (Eric Drooker) * Panel: Anti-authoritarians participating in
social struggles (Members of NEFAC, CLAC Housing, No One Is Illegal and
the Comité des sans-emploi) * Historique de l'hétérosexisme/ Historique de
la résistance à l'hétérosexisme (Panthères Roses) * Guérilla des
communications (Marie-Eve Lamy) * L'éducation populaire comme pédagogie
libertaire (Pierre-Antoine Harvey) * Anarchie et technologie (Mauvaise
Herbe)* L'autogestion : de l'idéal à la pratique (La Nuit, NEFAC-Québec) *
Comment mettre en places des pratiques libertaires en rupture avec une
société autoritaire et capitaliste a travers deux exemples : Radio
Libertaire et la lutte pour le transport gratuits. (Fédération
Anarchiste-France)

---> BOOKFAIR TABLES -- Space is limited at the bookfair. If you'd like to
request a table space, please e-mail bookfair2003@ziplip.com ASAP.
Bookfair tables will be confirmed in the coming weeks. We have already
confirmed that the Federation Anarchiste from France will be attending, in
addition to booksellers and distributors from all over North America.

---> FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY -- Between May 1 to May 18, there will be
anarchist-oriented events as part of the Festival of Anarchy. A finalized
list of events will be posted in a few weeks. Please consult the bookfair
webpage for up-to-date info. Here is the current line-up of Festival of
Anarchy events:

MAY 1: Mayday Demonstration
MAY 2-3: Anti-Patriarchal Struggles within the Anarchist Movement, with
the participation of Martha Ackelsberg, author of "Free Women of Spain"
MAY 6-9: Anarchist Film Festival
MAY 10: Benefit Show & Party
MAY 12 or 13: Poetry Night
MAY 14: Book launch of works by Tolstoy, sponsored by Ecosocietes
MAY 15: Event with Bo Brown and slideshow by Eric Drooker
MAY 16: Anarchists Against the War Panel
MAY 17: Anarchist Bookfair, 10am-6pm (2515, rue Delisle)
MAY 18: Day of Workshops, 11am-5pm (1710, rue Beaudry)

---> PUBLICITY -- If you are able to promote the Montreal Anarchist
Bookfair locally (distributing flyers and posters), please get in touch,
and we'll send you materials. If you maintain a webpage, we encourage you
to link to our site: http://www.tao.ca/~lombrenoire. And, if you
publishing a magazine, paper or zine before May 2003, let us know if
you're willing to run a promotion for the Montreal Bookfair.

---> MONTREAL-AREA POSTERING -- Each year, the bookfair collective aims to
poster widely throughout Montreal, including outlying neighborhoods. If
you can help with postering efforts, please get in touch.

---> CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, or updates:
http://www.tao.ca/~lombrenoire
bookfair2003@ziplip.com * 514-844-3207

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[Original callout]

Announcing ... The 4th Annual ..
MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
part of the Festival of Anarchy

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Saturday, May 17, 2003
10am - 6pm
NEW LOCATION!
2515, rue Delisle
(near metro Lionel-Groulx)
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Now in it's fourth year, the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair is the largest
anarchist bookfair in northeastern North America, and an important
exchange of anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas for anarchist and
non-anarchists alike, in both English and French.

The Festival of Anarchy will also include a separate day dedicated to
workshops on Sunday, May 18, 2003 (at 1710 rue Beaudry), as well as events
involving films, poetry, exhibitions, readings, presentations, speakers
and much more throughout the month of May.

If you have ideas, proposals or suggestions for bookfair-related events
please get in touch.

For more information, or updates:
http://www.tao.ca/~lombrenoire
bookfair2003@ziplip.com * 514-844-3207

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