Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
Saturday September 12th {rain date September 13th}
Location TBA
In every corner of the globe, in every culture, in every language, across time and place, there have been freedom-seeking peoples. They have been labelled fugitives, rebels, revolutionaries, abolitionists and anarchists. Like them, we seek to build social and political projects that speak to the needs of our communities, that weave our joy, grief and resistance into a basket that can hold enough for all to share. History does not remember well people like us, because we build homes and communities that feed each other, care for the land and are a threat to power. Those who seek to rule us build pyramids, cathedrals, skyscrapers, prisons and AI data centers in their vain quests for immortality & domination.
In our quest for autonomy, we recognize that there is no end point to the practice of building and rebuilding, because we know that as soon as one puts trust in a leader and elevates that leader above people – oppression is seeded. We are not capitalists, though we live in a world brutalized by capitalism, colonialism, and Victorian sensibilities of cis-heteropatriarchy. We are not communists, though we live under the oppression of state-nationalism, we dream of communal futures free of authoritarianism, and organize within unions. We are anarchists, even if that word can’t fully describe our diversity. We know that curiosity, solidarity, love, internationalism, mutual aid, and direct action is how we build the world we desire and deserve, even if it doesn’t come quickly.
If you think you or someone you know might be an anarchist, come on down to the Halifax Anarchist Bookfair!
On Saturday, September 12th, 2026 we invite you to join us for K’jipuktuk/Halifax’s 9th Annual Anarchist Bookfair to convene, scheme & dream a liberated world together. All ages are welcome to cultivate curiosity, solidarity & mutual aid through sharing books, zines, art, music, discussion, and skills.
We are specifically looking for workshop proposals and content around the theme Autonomy Beyond Borders. Some potential topics include:
– Autonomous & anarchist movements in the Global South
– International solidarity
– Antifascist resistance in North America/Turtle Island
– Migrant mutual aid and solidarity / anti-border struggles
– Critiques of AI and the techno-fascist project
– Critiques of nationalism, campism, Communism
– What sets anarchism apart from electoral politics of the left
– Indigenous solidarity & sovereignty
WORKSHOP APPLICATION
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/jecwfqRJqzF6zTlR75NIdGmLY4qQCtDM4AzrIZhKLAY/
TABLE APPLICATION
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/+aYOQh1iuIZy3KUyCffrjoFJK3Cjc2rmOWfY3qLmIh4/