Anarchist Bookfair
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Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
book fairs.
The British Bookfair started in 1983, and it has become the largest anarchist event in the British calendar, and is a combination of stalls
Stall (enclosure)
A stall is a small enclosure of some kind, usually less enclosed than a room.-Market stall:A market stall is usually an immobile temporary structure erected by merchants to display and shelter their merchandise...
, talks and workshops by anarchist groups and campaigns.
Most British anarchist groups attend such as Freedom Press, Anarchist Federation, Kate Sharpley Library
Kate Sharpley Library
The Kate Sharpley Library is a library dedicated to anarchist texts and history. Started in 1979 and reorganized in 1991, it currently holds around ten thousand English language volumes, pamphlets and periodicals...
, Class War
Class War
Class War is a UK class struggle based group and newspaper originally set up by Ian Bone and others in 1983. It subsequently mutated various forms, becoming specifically anarchist....
, Solidarity Federation
Solidarity Federation
The Solidarity Federation, also known by the abbreviation SolFed, is a federation of class struggle anarchists active in Britain. The organisation advocates a strategy of anarcho-syndicalism as a method of abolishing capitalism and the state...
and the WOMBLES
WOMBLES
The WOMBLES are a loosely aligned anarchist and anti-capitalist group based in London...
.
The 2005 event ended with riot police while the 2006 event was attended by the Libertarian Alliance
Libertarian Alliance
The Libertarian Alliance comprises two libertarian think tanks in Great Britain that promote free-market economics and civil liberties...
group who were thrown out.
External links
- London anarchist bookfair website and an article by Ross Bradshaw on the development of the Bookfair http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anarchist-bookfair/
- Manchester Anarchist Bookfair
- Balkan Anarchist Bookfair - held in LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
(2006), ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
(2007) and SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
(2008). - The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair - The 13th annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair was held on March 22–23 , 2008 at the SF County Fair Building in San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. - New York City Anarchist Book Fair
- Montreal's anarchist bookfair - founded in 2000, this is the self-proclaimed "largest anarchist event in North America"
- Dublin anarchist bookfair - Organized by the Workers Solidarity MovementWorkers Solidarity MovementThe Workers Solidarity Movement is an anarchist organisation in Ireland broadly in the platformist tradition of Nestor Makhno. It was set up in 1984 and publishes the paper Workers Solidarity and the magazine Red and Black Revolution....
, the 3rd annual event on March 15, 2008 attracted 800 people. - Victoria Anarchist Bookfair & Festival of Anarchy in Victoria, British ColumbiaVictoria, British ColumbiaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. - Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair
- Calgary Anarchist Bookfair in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- London Ontario Anarchist Bookfair in London, Ontario, Canada