Stand Your Ground
2nd November 2012, 21:02
The 2012 Boston Anarchist Book Fair is upon us! Join us in Boston November 9th-11th for a weekend of workshops, skill-shares, films, actions and musical revelry!
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Friday, Nov. 9
ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR SHOW!
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (The Atrium) 230 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115
Friday, November 9, 2012 · 7:30pm - 12:00pm
The space is for all ages and is alcohol and drug free.
Admission is FREE but capitalism isn't smashed just yet.
Donations are encouraged. All donations will go towards the bookfair, transportation costs for speakers/performers, etc.
CLICK HERE to RSVP for the show on Facebook and stay up-to-date!
This year's performers!
Spider Cider (acoustic jazz/ hip hop) http://spidercidermusic.com/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fspidercidermusic.com%2F&h=4AQGYhaHN&s=1)
Evan Greer (riot folk) http://www.myspace.com/evangreer (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fevangreer&h=1AQFeygeS&s=1)
Not4Prophet and Adan X of the X-Vandals (hip hop) http://www.agitrap.com/
Jake & the Infernal Machine (folk punk) http://www.myspace.com/jakeandtheinfernalmachine
Far More Than 40! (Rage Against the Machine cover band) http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/213874
PigStomp (Blac Bloc Crust Punk from Western Mass) http://www.reverbnation.com/offthepigs (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reverbnation.com%2Foffthe pigs&h=YAQH6ZucM&s=1)
Patrick O'Meara (folk songs)
Bookfair and Workshop Schedule (Nov 10-11)
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
Saturday, Nov. 10
Bookfair all day:
here is a rough outline of the workshops.
SATURDAY
.
11:00-12:15 Lockpicking (Oona Klemser)
No Gods, No Masters: The Anarchist Critique of Religion (Christopher Helali)
The Flawed Vision of Hahnel and Albert: A Critique of "Parecon" for Anarchists (James Herod)
Radical Graffiti and Radical Shit in Mexico City (Sublevarte Collective)
.
12:15-1:15 LUNCH
.
1:15-2:30 Direct Action Training Part 1 (Chris and Peter)
Radical HipHop (Not4Prophet and Adan X of XVandals)
Anarchism in Quebec (Smoke)
Counter Culture/Counter Power: The role of culture in revolutionary movements (Common Struggle)
2:30-2:45 BREAK
.
2:45-4:00
Nine Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States (Hannah Dobbz)
Direct Action Training Part 2 (Chris and Peter)
The Anarchist Origins--And Future?--of Social Security (Eric Laursen)
Do You Know BRIC? BRIC Might Know You: How Boston Polices Political Dissent (Urszula of Boston NLG)
4:00-6:00: Panel - Ray Luc Levasseur, Kazi Toure and Ashanti Alston on Political Prisoners and the Jericho movement
Sunday, Nov. 11
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11:00-12:15 Safer Spaces (Julia and Michelle)
Isolating Resistance: Communication Management Units and the Case of Tarek Mehanna (Tamer/Kate/Laila)
Activism in the Archives (A bunch of Simmons Folks)
Computer Security (Mystery Computer Expert)
.
12:15-1:15 LUNCH
.
1:15-2:30 Community Accountability and Transformative Justice (Elizabeth and Michelle)
Nine Years of Anarchist Agitation: The History of the Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement (2001-2010) and Other Essays (Jake Carman)
Victor Jara (Sergio Reyes)
Veganism: Let's Talk About It
2:30-2:45 BREAK
.
2:45-4:00 Queer Workshop (Jason Lydon and others)
Tactical Terrain Research (Tom Nomad)
Popular and Community Resistance in Palestine (Iyad Burnat)
IWW Meeting http://iwwboston.org/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fiwwboston.org%2F&h=iAQHXBwak&s=1) .
4:00-6:00 Eco-Defense Panel with members of Maine Earth First!, the Earth First! Journal and RAMPS
FILMS!
Saturday
11am- 12:00 Maggots and Men
12:15 -1:55 What to Do in Case of Fire (100 mins)
2:15-2:35 Roses on my Table (19 mins)
2:45 -4:15 678
4:45-5:05 Cops (19 mins)
Buster Keaton is accidentally considered an anarchist by cops.
5:30-6:30 De Toda La Vida (55 mins)
Sunday
11-1 Battle of Algiers (120 mins)
1:20- 3:05 - Antifa-Chasseurs de Skins (105 mins)
3:20-4:40 - We shall remain [Wounded Knee] (76 mins)
4:50-6:23 Better This World (93 mins)
Vendor Tables! (because this is a book fair, after all!)
Groups and Organizations Confirmed For a Table:
AK Press - Oakland, CA
Alliance of the Libertarian Left - NH
All in the Red - NY
Anarchist Black Cross - Boston, MA
Anarchists Against the Wall - Palestine/Israel
Anarchist Archives Project
Autonomous Community Actions Brigade (ACAB) - Boston, MA
Autonomy and Abolition Distro - Boston, MA
Bad Comrade Press - Boston, MA
Bastard Culture - Central New Jersey
Beehive Collective - Maine
Black and Pink - Boston, MA
Big Idea Bookstore - Pittsburgh, PA
Black Powder Press - Santa Cruz, CA
Boston Information Sharing Initiative - Boston, MA
Boston Solidarity Network - Boston, MA
Bread and Puppet - Vermont
Collective A GoGo - Worcester, MA
Combustion Books - NY
Common Struggle - Libertarian Communist Federation
Earth First! Journal - Florida
Food Not Bombs -Boston, MA
Fifth Estate - Detroit, MI
Industrial Workers of the World - Boston, MA
Institute for Anarchist Studies
Jana Christy
Jericho Project
Libertalia - Providence, RI
Little Black Cart- Berkeley, CA
Lucy Parsons Center - Boston, MA
National Lawyers Guild - Boston, MA
Papercut Zine Library - Cambridge, MA
PM Press - Oakland, CA
Radical Reference Librarians
RAMPS Campaign - Appalachia
Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society - Boston, MA
Simmons Progressive Librarians Guild - Boston, MA
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
#StrikeDebt - NY
Student Anarchist Federation
Students for Justice in Palestine - MA
Sublevarte - Mexico City, Mexico
The above schedule is a work in progress, EVEN MORE EVENTS STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED!!
ALSO: come to our kick-off show, Friday November 9th!: You can check out more details at: http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/show
and RSVP on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/161878030618899/
Check us out online at:
http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbostonanarchistbookfair.org%2 F&h=qAQEo8vUV&s=1)
Tweet at us and stuff at:
@bAbookfair
with love, rage and solidarity forever and ever,
the Boston Anarchist Book Fair Collective
_______________________________________________
Anyone going to this? A comrade asked me to go so I'm gonna try to make it, it's about time I did something political now that I have a friend that does political stuff.
...
Friday, Nov. 9
ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR SHOW!
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (The Atrium) 230 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115
Friday, November 9, 2012 · 7:30pm - 12:00pm
The space is for all ages and is alcohol and drug free.
Admission is FREE but capitalism isn't smashed just yet.
Donations are encouraged. All donations will go towards the bookfair, transportation costs for speakers/performers, etc.
CLICK HERE to RSVP for the show on Facebook and stay up-to-date!
This year's performers!
Spider Cider (acoustic jazz/ hip hop) http://spidercidermusic.com/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fspidercidermusic.com%2F&h=4AQGYhaHN&s=1)
Evan Greer (riot folk) http://www.myspace.com/evangreer (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fevangreer&h=1AQFeygeS&s=1)
Not4Prophet and Adan X of the X-Vandals (hip hop) http://www.agitrap.com/
Jake & the Infernal Machine (folk punk) http://www.myspace.com/jakeandtheinfernalmachine
Far More Than 40! (Rage Against the Machine cover band) http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/213874
PigStomp (Blac Bloc Crust Punk from Western Mass) http://www.reverbnation.com/offthepigs (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reverbnation.com%2Foffthe pigs&h=YAQH6ZucM&s=1)
Patrick O'Meara (folk songs)
Bookfair and Workshop Schedule (Nov 10-11)
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
Saturday, Nov. 10
Bookfair all day:
here is a rough outline of the workshops.
SATURDAY
.
11:00-12:15 Lockpicking (Oona Klemser)
No Gods, No Masters: The Anarchist Critique of Religion (Christopher Helali)
The Flawed Vision of Hahnel and Albert: A Critique of "Parecon" for Anarchists (James Herod)
Radical Graffiti and Radical Shit in Mexico City (Sublevarte Collective)
.
12:15-1:15 LUNCH
.
1:15-2:30 Direct Action Training Part 1 (Chris and Peter)
Radical HipHop (Not4Prophet and Adan X of XVandals)
Anarchism in Quebec (Smoke)
Counter Culture/Counter Power: The role of culture in revolutionary movements (Common Struggle)
2:30-2:45 BREAK
.
2:45-4:00
Nine Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States (Hannah Dobbz)
Direct Action Training Part 2 (Chris and Peter)
The Anarchist Origins--And Future?--of Social Security (Eric Laursen)
Do You Know BRIC? BRIC Might Know You: How Boston Polices Political Dissent (Urszula of Boston NLG)
4:00-6:00: Panel - Ray Luc Levasseur, Kazi Toure and Ashanti Alston on Political Prisoners and the Jericho movement
Sunday, Nov. 11
.
11:00-12:15 Safer Spaces (Julia and Michelle)
Isolating Resistance: Communication Management Units and the Case of Tarek Mehanna (Tamer/Kate/Laila)
Activism in the Archives (A bunch of Simmons Folks)
Computer Security (Mystery Computer Expert)
.
12:15-1:15 LUNCH
.
1:15-2:30 Community Accountability and Transformative Justice (Elizabeth and Michelle)
Nine Years of Anarchist Agitation: The History of the Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement (2001-2010) and Other Essays (Jake Carman)
Victor Jara (Sergio Reyes)
Veganism: Let's Talk About It
2:30-2:45 BREAK
.
2:45-4:00 Queer Workshop (Jason Lydon and others)
Tactical Terrain Research (Tom Nomad)
Popular and Community Resistance in Palestine (Iyad Burnat)
IWW Meeting http://iwwboston.org/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fiwwboston.org%2F&h=iAQHXBwak&s=1) .
4:00-6:00 Eco-Defense Panel with members of Maine Earth First!, the Earth First! Journal and RAMPS
FILMS!
Saturday
11am- 12:00 Maggots and Men
12:15 -1:55 What to Do in Case of Fire (100 mins)
2:15-2:35 Roses on my Table (19 mins)
2:45 -4:15 678
4:45-5:05 Cops (19 mins)
Buster Keaton is accidentally considered an anarchist by cops.
5:30-6:30 De Toda La Vida (55 mins)
Sunday
11-1 Battle of Algiers (120 mins)
1:20- 3:05 - Antifa-Chasseurs de Skins (105 mins)
3:20-4:40 - We shall remain [Wounded Knee] (76 mins)
4:50-6:23 Better This World (93 mins)
Vendor Tables! (because this is a book fair, after all!)
Groups and Organizations Confirmed For a Table:
AK Press - Oakland, CA
Alliance of the Libertarian Left - NH
All in the Red - NY
Anarchist Black Cross - Boston, MA
Anarchists Against the Wall - Palestine/Israel
Anarchist Archives Project
Autonomous Community Actions Brigade (ACAB) - Boston, MA
Autonomy and Abolition Distro - Boston, MA
Bad Comrade Press - Boston, MA
Bastard Culture - Central New Jersey
Beehive Collective - Maine
Black and Pink - Boston, MA
Big Idea Bookstore - Pittsburgh, PA
Black Powder Press - Santa Cruz, CA
Boston Information Sharing Initiative - Boston, MA
Boston Solidarity Network - Boston, MA
Bread and Puppet - Vermont
Collective A GoGo - Worcester, MA
Combustion Books - NY
Common Struggle - Libertarian Communist Federation
Earth First! Journal - Florida
Food Not Bombs -Boston, MA
Fifth Estate - Detroit, MI
Industrial Workers of the World - Boston, MA
Institute for Anarchist Studies
Jana Christy
Jericho Project
Libertalia - Providence, RI
Little Black Cart- Berkeley, CA
Lucy Parsons Center - Boston, MA
National Lawyers Guild - Boston, MA
Papercut Zine Library - Cambridge, MA
PM Press - Oakland, CA
Radical Reference Librarians
RAMPS Campaign - Appalachia
Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society - Boston, MA
Simmons Progressive Librarians Guild - Boston, MA
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
#StrikeDebt - NY
Student Anarchist Federation
Students for Justice in Palestine - MA
Sublevarte - Mexico City, Mexico
The above schedule is a work in progress, EVEN MORE EVENTS STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED!!
ALSO: come to our kick-off show, Friday November 9th!: You can check out more details at: http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/show
and RSVP on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/161878030618899/
Check us out online at:
http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbostonanarchistbookfair.org%2 F&h=qAQEo8vUV&s=1)
Tweet at us and stuff at:
@bAbookfair
with love, rage and solidarity forever and ever,
the Boston Anarchist Book Fair Collective
_______________________________________________
Anyone going to this? A comrade asked me to go so I'm gonna try to make it, it's about time I did something political now that I have a friend that does political stuff.