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London Anarchist Bookfair 2010

anon@indymedia.org (London Indymedia) | 20.10.2010 23:22 | London

Autumn, and the leaves are turning golden, and with the success of Saturdays ’Crude Awakening’ still ringing in our ears, and with mass civil unrest in Greece, Spain and France, and the world financial markets crumbling around us, this years London Anarchist Bookfair’s call to ‘start making anarchism a threat again’ has never sounded so ripe. If you have never been, the Anarchist Bookfair is certainly worth going to. Read on to find out why…

SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER 2010. 10am-7pm Queen Mary, University Of London, Mile End Road, Mile End tube

Last year the Anarchist Bookfair had 50 meetings, 100 stalls, an all day cabaret starring assorted ranters, poets, singers and comics; all day film showings and, two kids spaces.

Speakers this year include: Paul Mason, Hillel Ticktin, Endnotes, Chris Knight, Milan Rai , John Pilger and Michael Albert

  • Paul Mason, Hillel Ticktin and Endnotes debate: ‘Will Cameron’s Cuts lead to working-class defeat or to a new anti-capitalist movement?’ (Paul Mason’s writings can be found at his blog at bbc.co.uk and Ticktin and Endnotes articles are at libcom.org
  • Chris Knight and Milan Rai debate Noam Chomsky’s science and politics
  • Plus talks with John Pilger and Michael Albert
  • Also meetings on: India, Croatia, feminism, Palestine, Zapatistas, Gandhi, Proudhon, pirates, co-ops, prisons, EDL, education, healthworkers, shop stewards and more.

Indymedia London will have a presence together with Dissident Island at the Anarchist Bookfair. Among other publications, the articles “Indymedia and the Enclosure of the Internet”, “How to publish your news on indymedia” and “Their business and ours (Google is not a search company)” will be given out for a donation, and here available free as PDFs along with Hacktionlabs "Tech Tools for Activists". We will also have our usual array of DVD’s on offer, including the ever popular Arundhati Roy’s ’WE’, a stunning film, and '‘Brad – Death in Oaxaca’ the film of indymedia reporter Brad Wills inspiring life and untimely death.

Attached Files

Last years was a big event, full of really useful and inspiring people and ideas, some of which London indymedia managed to capture and can be found here as audio streams.

As capitalism collapses around us in the market of ideas the anarchist pound is bouyant and the 28th London Anarchist Bookfair is back at Queen Mary College in London’s East End.

Link_go www.anarchistbookfair.org.uk/whatson.html


anon@indymedia.org (London Indymedia)
- Original article on IMC London: http://london.indymedia.org/articles/5756