Bookfair

Hello friends, We are writing to update you on the 2020 Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. As everyone is more than aware, the global pandemic has resulted in the postponement or cancellation of large gatherings, and many upcoming anarchist bookfairs worldwide (from Europe to Aotearoa and beyond) have been forced to call off their events. Our collective has yet to make a decision. It is clear to us, however, that if we organize a gathering on the weekend of May 16 and 17, it will look significantly different from what the bookfair has been for the past twenty years. ...

Application deadline: November 7, 2019 The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF), the only festival in the world dedicated to anarchist theatre, is currently seeking plays, texts, monologues, dance-theatre, puppet shows, mime, in English and French, on the theme of anarchism or any subject pertaining to anarchism, i.e. against all forms of oppression including the State, capitalism, war, patriarchy, etc. We will also consider pieces exploring ecological, social and economic justice, racism, feminism, poverty, class and gender oppression from an anarchist perspective. We welcome work from anarchist and non-anarchist writers. ...

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair is the largest anarchist gathering in North America and 2019 is it’s 20th year. In this episode, I interviewed two members of this year’s bookfair collective. Topics include: - what, if anything, does the bookfair have to do with books? -is the bookfair for “us,” for “recruitment,” or both? -how much should event planners try to shape a space like this? what kinds of policies are appropriate and how, if at all, should they be enforced? ...

MONTREAL’S 14th annual INTERNATIONAL ANARCHISTTHEATREFESTIVAL May 17th to May 23rd, 2019 The fourteenth annual Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF) – the world’s biggest anarchist theatre festival – will present 30 artists (seven troupes) from Chile, the US, France, and Montreal for three nights of provocative, socially engaged, freedom-loving theatre, Fri May 17th at L’Achoppe (ask a local punk for the address), 7:30pm, Tues May 21st and Wed May 22nd, at La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent, 7pm. The wrap party/live music show is Thurs May 23rd, at the Casa del Popolo, 4873 boul St-Laurent, 8pm. ...

The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF), the only festival in the world dedicated to anarchist theatre, is looking for plays, texts, monologues, dance-theatre, puppet shows, mime, in English and French, on the theme of anarchism or any subject pertaining to anarchism, i.e. against all forms of oppression including the State, capitalism, war, capitalism, patriarchy, etc. We will also consider pieces exploring ecological, social and economic justice, racism, feminism, poverty, class and gender oppression from an anarchist perspective. We welcome work from anarchist and non-anarchist writers. ...

The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF), the only festival in the world dedicated to anarchist theatre, is looking for plays, texts, monologues, dance-theatre, puppet shows, mime, in English and French, on the theme of anarchism or any subject pertaining to anarchism, i.e. against all forms of oppression including the State, capitalism, war, capitalism, patriarchy, etc. We will also consider pieces exploring ecological, social and economic justice, racism, feminism, poverty, class and gender oppression from an anarchist perspective. We welcome work from anarchist and non-anarchist writers. ...

The thirteenth annual Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (MIATF) – the world’s biggest and only anarchist theatre festival – will present 20 artists (seven troupes) from the USA, France and Montreal for two nights of provocative, socially engaged, freedom-loving theatre, Tues May 22nd and Wed May 23rd, at La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent, 7:30pm. Tickets $13 each night, or $20 for a two-night special, available at the door or online . No reserved seats. ...

The complete schedule is on our website, Projections insurgées Friday, May 20th, 18h, Café l’Artère Saturday, May 21th, 18h (place to be confirmed) Sunday, May 22nd at Café l’Artère + Closing Party at the same place ! The Anarchist Film Festival is back for its second year! In may 2016, the Insurgent Projections collective will organize for the second time the festival aiming to promote radical indepedant media and spaces where discussions and subversive ideas can flourish. ...

We are inviting you Thursday, may 5th, a few days after the multiple Anti-Capitalist May 1st demos , to the launch of the other festivals and events that will happen during the month of may! Program of the night: - Projection of a movie about the Montreal Anarchist bookfair + friends, 40min. (more infos to come) ...

SCHEDULE: FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY EVENTS a) MAY 1, 6pm: Anti-Capitalist MayDay b) MAY 1, 8pm: Screening: Wal-Town The Film c) MAY 1: MayDay Street Dance Party d) MAY 3, 12-6pm: Post-Mayday Care Day e) MAY 3-31: Occuprint Exhibition at Ste-Emilie f) MAY 4, 12-5pm: À qui la ville? Montreal Organizing Assembly against Gentrification g) MAY 8, 6pm: Radical Film Night h) MAY 10, 11am: Mothers Against Borders Brunch i) MAY 15, 7pm: Book Launch: Le Cirque Diabolique j) MAY 15, 7:30pm: Surrealism in Cinema #1 k) MAY 18, 1pm: Anti-Civilization Day l) MAY 22, 6pm: Defending the Land: Indigenous Resistance to Extraction m) MAY 22, 9pm: ANARCHIST CABARET n) MAY 23, 5-9pm: OPENING OF ART & ANARCHY o) MAY 24-25, 10am-5pm: MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR p) MAY 23, 8pm: Glamarchist Lookfair: Queer Dance Party q) MAY 24, 6pm: DIRA Anarchist Library BBQ r) MAY 24, 6-10pm: Annual Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) Potluck s) MAY 26, 6:30pm: Race politics beyond the official white/black paradigm t) MAY 27, 9pm: Breakfast for Anarchists Book Launch u) MAY 29-JUNE 1: Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal: Session on the Canadian Mining Industry v) JUNE 1-15: Anti-Deportation Days w) JUNE 2-3: Montreal International Theatre Festival x) JUNE 5, 6-8pm: Anarchist theatre of the Belle Époque y) JUNE 7, 2pm: Demonstration: Stop Deportations! Status For All! z) MAY & JUNE: Trauma Support Group: Supporting Each Other When There Is No “Post” Trauma ...