This year's Manchester Anarchist Bookfair is on 26th September at Jabez Clegg, 2 Portsmouth Street, Manchester M2 9GB, opposite the University of Manchester Students Union.
Bookfair Flier
Bookstalls and Workshops, from 11am till 5pm.
Vegan food and tea and coffee.
Workshops confirmed so far:
Anarchism and Archaeology - "Introducing a short discussion about the need for an anarchist philosophy within disciplines of archeology and conservation as our work encroaches into the lives of living cultures. A case study of the radical free association network; archaeologists for global justice will explore some of the possibilities."
Smash EDO/Target Brimar
No Borders
Anarchism 101 panel Discussion - everything you wanted to know about anarchism with contributors from the national federations present.
Confirmed stalls so far:
Active Distribution
http://www.activedistribution.org/
Active is an anarchist DIY distribution. Started in the late 1980’s we are a non profit volunter based organisation specialising in redistributing anarchist and radical materials as cheap as we can.
AK Press
http://www.akuk.com/
Anarchist and radical book publishers and distributors.
Alternative Documentation Centre
We carry a mixture of books, pamphlets, DVDs and posters: anarchist, situationist and radical literature.
Anarchist Federation
http://www.afed.org.uk/
The Anarchist Federation is a growing organisation of like-minded people from across the British Isles who aim to abolish capitalism and all oppression to create a free and equal world, without leaders and bosses, and without wars or environmental destruction.
Autonomedia
http://www.autonomedia.org/
Autonomedia is an autonomous zone for arts radicals in both old and new media. We publish books on radical media, politics and the arts that seek to transcend party lines, bottom lines and straight lines.
Cattle Prod
Class War
http://www.londonclasswar.org
Get ready to riot for the summer of rage! Still united; still proud
Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org
Corporations have gained a power out of all proportion to their original purpose. We are a research group supporting the campaigns which are increasingly successful in forcing corporations to back down. Corporate Watch is part of the growing anti-corporate movement springing up around the world.
The Cunningham Amendment
Hands Off The People of Iran
http://hopoi.org
Leeds Surrealist Group
http://leedssurrealistgroup.wordpress.com/
Manchester Animal Protection
http://www.mapsoc.org.uk/
Fighting animal abuse in the North West.
Manchester Climate Action
http://www.manchesterclimateaction.org.uk/
Get in touch with us if you want to take action against the root causes of climate change, or help raise awareness of climate change. We organise ourselves through consensus so that everyone has a say. No one is told what to do and roles are taken on voluntarily.
May Day Politics and Books
http://mayday-magazine.vpweb.co.uk/
The critical innovative magazine for independent & autonomous working class history & politics; economics, philosophy, sociology, globalisation, labour movement, labour process and more.
Mule
http://themule.info/
News with a Kick!
Mute
http://www.metamute.org/
Culture and politics after the net.
Natterjack Press
http://www.natterjackpress.co.uk/
Natterjack Press is a new anarchist publisher and distributor : sharpen your ideas and arm your desires!
No Borders
http://www.nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com/
No Borders is a transnational network of groups struggling for the freedom of movement for all and an end to all migration controls. It is also an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian position shared by many who are not necessarily part of a No Borders group.
NO2ID/ Students Against ID
http://www.no2id.net/ http://manchester.no2id.net/students
UK-wide non-partisan campaign opposing the government's planned ID card and National Identity Register.
Northern Anarchists Network (NAN)
A forum for anarchist affinity groups, individual anarchists and libertarian membership organisations in the North.
Northern Herald Books
Secondhand bookstall with a specialism in anarchism and libertarian socialism.
Northern Voices
http://www.northernvoicesmag.blogspot.com
A regional journal, published by a NAN affinity group, that aims at challenging the establishment in an interesting way that appeals to a popular local readership.
Olive Co-operative
http://www.olivecoop.com/
Olive Co-operative seeks to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by Palestinians, and to support those working for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
Shift magazine
http://www.shiftmag.co.uk
The idea is to create a space for the exchange of radical ideas and strategies, though always with reference or direct relevance to organisation and ‘activism’. But we also want to make a political intervention into activist theory and practice. We take for granted that Shift readers are looking for debate on a non-state, non-capitalist ‘way out’. Yet, we will challenge all answers, as ‘radical’ as they may be, that will increase social control or that demand a movement for austerity.
Smash EDO
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/
We are residents of Brighton who marched against the war. We were sickened to learn that a company in our home town was not only profiting from, but making possible the illegal and immoral slaughter in Iraq. Smash EDO is a grassroots response to EDO's complicity in murderous crimes - a banner under which people opposed to those crimes can rally.
Solidarity Federation
http://www.solfed.org.uk/
Solidarity Federation is a federation of groups and individuals across England, Scotland & Wales. Everyone involved is helping to build a non-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian solidarity movement.
Stair Books
Offers a wide variety of literature and other media from a large number of sources that covers anarchist, anti-bolshevik, autonomist, council communist and situationist thought.
New and second hand books and pamphlets that also covers anthropology, history, culture and sex to name just a few subjects. Also carries some music and music related titles along with films and documentaries that would be of interest to people interested in questioning the status quo.
Target Brimar
Brimar is a Manchester based company that manufactures a range of screens and viewing equipment. These can, of course, be used for a whole range of purposes, but Brimar has over the years come to specialise in producing them for military uses. We are a group of citizens from Manchester and Greater Manchester. We believe that Brimar's products have been, and may still be, used to commit war crimes in various conflicts in the Middlle East and elsewhere.
http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk
http://www.antimilitaristnetwork.org.uk
Vegan food and tea and coffee.
Workshops confirmed so far:
Anarchism and Archaeology - "Introducing a short discussion about the need for an anarchist philosophy within disciplines of archeology and conservation as our work encroaches into the lives of living cultures. A case study of the radical free association network; archaeologists for global justice will explore some of the possibilities."
Smash EDO/Target Brimar
No Borders
Anarchism 101 panel Discussion - everything you wanted to know about anarchism with contributors from the national federations present.
Confirmed stalls so far:
Active Distribution
http://www.activedistribution.org/ Active is an anarchist DIY distribution. Started in the late 1980’s we are a non profit volunter based organisation specialising in redistributing anarchist and radical materials as cheap as we can.
AK Press
http://www.akuk.com/ Anarchist and radical book publishers and distributors.
Alternative Documentation Centre
We carry a mixture of books, pamphlets, DVDs and posters: anarchist, situationist and radical literature.
Anarchist Federation
http://www.afed.org.uk/ The Anarchist Federation is a growing organisation of like-minded people from across the British Isles who aim to abolish capitalism and all oppression to create a free and equal world, without leaders and bosses, and without wars or environmental destruction.
Autonomedia
http://www.autonomedia.org/ Autonomedia is an autonomous zone for arts radicals in both old and new media. We publish books on radical media, politics and the arts that seek to transcend party lines, bottom lines and straight lines.
Cattle Prod
Class War
http://www.londonclasswar.org Get ready to riot for the summer of rage! Still united; still proud
Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org Corporations have gained a power out of all proportion to their original purpose. We are a research group supporting the campaigns which are increasingly successful in forcing corporations to back down. Corporate Watch is part of the growing anti-corporate movement springing up around the world.
The Cunningham Amendment
Hands Off The People of Iran
http://hopoi.org Leeds Surrealist Group
http://leedssurrealistgroup.wordpress.com/ Manchester Animal Protection
http://www.mapsoc.org.uk/ Fighting animal abuse in the North West.
Manchester Climate Action
http://www.manchesterclimateaction.org.uk/ Get in touch with us if you want to take action against the root causes of climate change, or help raise awareness of climate change. We organise ourselves through consensus so that everyone has a say. No one is told what to do and roles are taken on voluntarily.
May Day Politics and Books
http://mayday-magazine.vpweb.co.uk/ The critical innovative magazine for independent & autonomous working class history & politics; economics, philosophy, sociology, globalisation, labour movement, labour process and more.
Mule
http://themule.info/ News with a Kick!
Mute
http://www.metamute.org/ Culture and politics after the net.
Natterjack Press
http://www.natterjackpress.co.uk/ Natterjack Press is a new anarchist publisher and distributor : sharpen your ideas and arm your desires!
No Borders
http://www.nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com/ No Borders is a transnational network of groups struggling for the freedom of movement for all and an end to all migration controls. It is also an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian position shared by many who are not necessarily part of a No Borders group.
NO2ID/ Students Against ID
http://www.no2id.net/ http://manchester.no2id.net/students UK-wide non-partisan campaign opposing the government's planned ID card and National Identity Register.
Northern Anarchists Network (NAN)
A forum for anarchist affinity groups, individual anarchists and libertarian membership organisations in the North.
Northern Herald Books
Secondhand bookstall with a specialism in anarchism and libertarian socialism.
Northern Voices
http://www.northernvoicesmag.blogspot.com A regional journal, published by a NAN affinity group, that aims at challenging the establishment in an interesting way that appeals to a popular local readership.
Olive Co-operative
http://www.olivecoop.com/ Olive Co-operative seeks to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by Palestinians, and to support those working for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
Shift magazine
http://www.shiftmag.co.uk The idea is to create a space for the exchange of radical ideas and strategies, though always with reference or direct relevance to organisation and ‘activism’. But we also want to make a political intervention into activist theory and practice. We take for granted that Shift readers are looking for debate on a non-state, non-capitalist ‘way out’. Yet, we will challenge all answers, as ‘radical’ as they may be, that will increase social control or that demand a movement for austerity.
Smash EDO
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/ We are residents of Brighton who marched against the war. We were sickened to learn that a company in our home town was not only profiting from, but making possible the illegal and immoral slaughter in Iraq. Smash EDO is a grassroots response to EDO's complicity in murderous crimes - a banner under which people opposed to those crimes can rally.
Solidarity Federation
http://www.solfed.org.uk/ Solidarity Federation is a federation of groups and individuals across England, Scotland & Wales. Everyone involved is helping to build a non-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian solidarity movement.
Stair Books
Offers a wide variety of literature and other media from a large number of sources that covers anarchist, anti-bolshevik, autonomist, council communist and situationist thought.
New and second hand books and pamphlets that also covers anthropology, history, culture and sex to name just a few subjects. Also carries some music and music related titles along with films and documentaries that would be of interest to people interested in questioning the status quo.
Target Brimar
Brimar is a Manchester based company that manufactures a range of screens and viewing equipment. These can, of course, be used for a whole range of purposes, but Brimar has over the years come to specialise in producing them for military uses. We are a group of citizens from Manchester and Greater Manchester. We believe that Brimar's products have been, and may still be, used to commit war crimes in various conflicts in the Middlle East and elsewhere.
http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk http://www.antimilitaristnetwork.org.uk
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