7th Bristol Anarchist Bookfair
Full Bookfair info and the FULL PROGRAMME is here - http://
The Bookfair will include 2 halls filled with stalls – from local campaigns & groups to national anarchist distros & publishers; plenty of workshops & meetings to discuss & debate the key issues; the Radical History Zone just down the road at Hydra Bookshop; activities in Trinity’s outdoor permaculture garden & green space; an outdoor Soap-Box for Ranters; a quality vegan cafe; an indoor kids space; and a few surprises too!
Seven years on from our first Bookfair, 7 years on from the start of the global financial meltdown, after 7 years of austerity cuts and the rich getting richer, we are still here kicking and fighting back, providing alternatives and demanding a new world based on co-operation, total equality, and freedom. A new world we carry in our hearts and dreams.
We’ll bring you Bristol’s largest, free, open to the public, political event in the month before the election. As just a small part of a Britain-wide anarchist intervention into the key debates surrounding the election, we may well be a part of the largest electoral block – the Non-Voters. Because just as you know, whoever the public votes for – the government always gets in.
The British political system doesn’t just need tweeking, a bit of devolution here or PR there, or a new face in No.10 or City Hall. It is fundamentally flawed, it doesn’t work, and whichever bosses party runs it they will never act in the interests of the majority. It doesn’t need an overhaul, we need systemic change. All over the world, resistance and experimental alternatives to this rigged, biased & broken system are well under way. From everyday resistance enacted in the home, workplace or school, to more spectacular forms of direct action. From a thousand spanners in the works to a million spades in the earth, people are occupying, creating and organising new ways of living without hierarchy, domination and capitalism.
The Bookfair is a space for radicals, independent thinkers and those pissed of with & alienated from the political system, to come together and think outside the box. To discuss, network, laugh, cry and share the ideas, inspirations and strategies to resist and thrive. Leaders, politicians and representatives are never going to create the future we want. A better world is in our hearts – but is only through considered self-organised action, together, that we can make it a reality.
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Full Programme – as of 15th April is now printed x 1000 copies! It’s a black&white affair, sized A3 then double folded to A5. There will be a few copies atHydra Bookshop & Kebele social centre to browse through, with the rest handed out on the day. Right here right now you can download the full programme in 2 separate parts:
1. download the centrespread showing all the meetings as a pdf BF15_All meetings timetable and then….
2. download the outer pages as a pdf (4mb) in A3 format BF15prog_outerpages_A3format
or as a pdf (4mb) in A5 format BF15prog_outerpages_A5format and enjoy.
or as a pdf (4mb) in A5 format BF15prog_outerpages_A5format and enjoy.
The Radical History Zone at Hydra Bookshop is a 5minutes walk down Old Market. It is co-ordinated by BRHG – the full RHZ is here or download as a pdf RHZ_full info
Publicity – we’ve now produced and printed our Bookfair poster, flyer, and we’ve been given some stickers too. You can see all publicity here. Feel free to download/print images, and share them with your friends & comrades on social media and in real life. If you want to pick up some copies from us, drop in at one of our meetings, or send us an email. Cheers!
Cafe at the Bookfair – the vegan cafe will be run once again byKebele Cafe & friends, on the ground floor at Trinity. There will be hot/cold drinks, snacks & cake available from 11am at latest, and main meals from about 1pm, all at very affordable prices. Proceeds from the Cafe help fund the Bookfair, and also a new roof at Kebele. Hydra Bookshop also sells coffee & cake at the Radical History Zone.---
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