Anarchist bookfair
An anarchist bookfair is an exhibition for
Overview
Anarchist bookfairs have existed since at least 1983.[1] They are community-organized, held either annually or sporadically, and usually last between a day and a weekend.[2][1] At these fairs, anarchist publishers sell literature from booths to an internal audience of other anarchists and anarchist publishers.[1] They are also social events, as the distribution of publication brings those sympathetic to anarchism together to exchange ideas and organize according to their shared interest.[2] Bookfairs are not intended to replace external political activism or fight capitalism, but serve as a space for anarchist activists to build networks and experience social togetherness.[3]
Selected fairs
London has hosted annual anarchist bookfairs since 1983, first in
The annual
Elsewhere in the United States, the annual New York Anarchist Book Fair has run since the mid-2000s in Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square Park. It has included workshops on topics such as food sovereignty and medicinal plants.[7] The Boston anarchist bookfair influenced the Scranton Radical Book Fair in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which ran at least three years and included a Really Really Free Market.[8][9]
The Montreal Anarchist Book Fair (French: Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal) has occurred annually since at least 2009. It attracts anti-capitalists and activists including anarchoprimitivists, Marxists, queer groups, and skinheads.[10] An article in Lien social et Politiques called the Montreal Anarchist Book Fair and Festival of Anarchy together the largest annual gathering of its kind in North America.[11] The fair inspired Expozine, a small press, zine, and comics fair in Montreal, which began in 2002.[12] Victoria, British Columbia, also hosts an anarchist bookfair.[13]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-62963-263-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-08-101758-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4411-5743-0.
- ^ a b c Marech, Rona (March 27, 2005). "SAN FRANCISCO / Authority a four-letter word at this book fair / Anarchists find common ground at S.F. get-together". SFGate. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- EBSCOhost 359923.
- ^ McMahon, Regan (March 12, 2009). "Bruce Anderson: Anarchist Bookfair". SFGate. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- amNewYork. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- EBSCOhost 2W6803553299.
- EBSCOhost 2.
- ISSN 0024-2020.
- ISSN 1204-3206.
- ^ de l'Église, Justine (November 15, 2019). "Expozine, un salon du livre parallèle qui regorge de trésors littéraires". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7748-2167-4.
Further reading
- "Anarchist Book Fairs Around the World in 2012". EBSCOhost 99589875.
- High, John (April 26, 1999). "Something different: Anarchist Bookfair and APE". EBSCOhost 1821481.
- Linthicum, Kate (January 25, 2010). "Book fair draws an array of anarchists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- Moynihan, Colin (April 16, 2007). "Book Fair Unites Anarchists. In Spirit, Anyway". ISSN 0362-4331.
- Moynihan, Colin (April 15, 2010). "Film Fest Is on Police Radar, Anarchists Say". City Room. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- O'Hara, Craig (1995). The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise!!. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-873176-43-6.
- Schüpbach, Sebastian (June 29, 2009). "Das Experiment". Direkte Aktion (in German). No. 192.
External links
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