What happened to armed struggle? What is the future of radical publishing? What is the role of art in politics and struggle? We are proud to bring you all of this and more in Montreal... we're looking forward to a great week of events! For more information on the festival check out the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair website!

Saturday, MAY 16, 10am-6pm
CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle (metro Lionel-Groulx)

The Bookfair includes: films, art exhibits, introductory workshops, as well as over 100 distributors and tables from all over Montreal, Quebec & North America (and elsewhere). Free and welcome to all!

 

 

Sunday, MAY 17, 10am – Room 125
The Crisis in Anarchist Publishing (eng.)
CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle (metro Lionel-Groulx)

The annals of anarchist history are filled with stories of people whose writings were censored and criminalized, and these too are difficult times for the publication and dissemination of anarchist words and ideas. The crisis in publishing writ large affects anarchist and leftist independent publishers, as well as opportunities for anarchists to get their writing published. This panel will address and assess the current crises and what can be done and is being done.

Panelists will include Adrienne Carey Hurley, who teaches East Asian Studies at McGill University; Ramsey Kanaan, the Oakland-based founder of AK Press and PM Press; and Norman Nawrocki a Montréal-based artist, writer, and musician.

 

Monday, MAY 18, 7:30-10pm
JUSTSEEDS Slideshow Presentation
Cagibi, 5490 St-Laurent

A multi-media slideshow presentation of radical and engaged print practices as well as the work of JUSTSEEDS Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative, with presentations by Josh McPhee, author of Stencil Pirates: A Global Survey of Street Stenciling, and Erik Ruin, member of JustSeeds. Prints will be on sale.

 

 

Thursday, MAY 21, 7pm
Whatever Happened to Armed Struggle?
Concordia Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop (métro Guy Concordia)

Time and time again when revolutionary movements have gone on the offensive, some people have taken the step to pick up arms in their struggle against capitalism and the state. Join us at the Concordia Co-op Bookstore for the book launch of “Projectiles for the People”, the first volume of “The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History”, published by PM Press and Kersplebedeb earlier this year.