Thursday, October 28, 2010
LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THE DRAG:
I guess this might be called the 'MONDster Mash' party. This Saturday, October 30, down at the Mondragon, Winnipeg's infoshop, 91 Albert St. Here's the promo.
MHPMHPMHPMHP
HALLOWEEN PARTY!
Time
Saturday at 8:00pm - Sunday at 1:00am
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Location
Mondragon Bookstore & Coffee House
91 Albert St.
Winnipeg, MB
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Created By Viva Mondragon
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More Info
LIVE BANDS AND DJ's! ONLY $5 COVER AT THE DOOR!!!
-Prophet
-Mad Young Darlings
-JCFM
-The Unkindness
-Mixtechs Deejays
Labels: anarchist music, concerts, events, Halloween, local events, Mondragon, music, party., Viva Mondragon, Winnipeg
Monday, October 25, 2010
CANADIAN LABOUR ONTARIO:
CAW DAY OF ACTION:
This Wednesday, October 27, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) will be holding a day of Action across Ontario where they will protest the continued erosion of workers' rights and benefits by the employers. Here's the announcement of times and places.
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CAW Auto Parts Workers 15,000 Strong Demonstrate Across Ontario
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CAW members in the auto parts sector will be demonstrating outside their respective workplaces on Wednesday, October 27 for a province-wide Day of Action. In more than 100 workplaces across Ontario, workers will be staging rallies, calling for an end to the downward pressure on working conditions and employer demands for severe contract give-backs.
This is the first time such a large-scale effort has been orchestrated by Canada's auto parts workers. The Day of Action also includes a massive outreach effort to non-unionized auto parts workers, including those employed by Magna.
CAW National President Ken Lewenza and Assistant to the President Jerry Dias will be attending the rally at Burlington Technologies, located at 3267 Mainway Drive in Burlington at 12:30 p.m.
Here is a cross section of key rally locations and contact information:
Brampton
Benteler Automotive
9195a Torbram Road - 10:20 a.m.
Gerry Harvey, CAW Local 1285 2nd Vice President (cell) 416-456-2310
Guelph
CPK Interior Products (Formerly Guelph Products)
500 Laird Road - 10:00 a.m.
Robin Dudley, CAW Local 1917 President (cell) 519-993-8985
Ingersoll
Autrans
17 Underwood Road - 11:00 a.m.
Kellee Janzen CAW Local 2163 President (office) 519-425-9028
Hamilton/ Dundas
El-Met Parts
47 Head Street, Dundas - 12:00 p.m.
Randy Smith, CAW Local 504 President (cell) 905-973-3231
Kitchener
Lear Seating
530 Manitou Drive - 11:25 a.m.
Tim Mitchell, CAW Local 1524 President (cell) 519-749-5110
London/ Glencoe
Cooper Standard
268 Appin Road, Glencoe - 11:00 a.m.
Tim Carrie, CAW Local 27 President (cell) 519-318-1022
Oakville
Automodular
2335 Speers Road - 11:00 a.m.
Angus MacDonald, CAW Local 1256 President (cell) 905-467-5133
Stratford
Cooper Standard Automotive
1030 Erie Street - 10:00 a.m. rolling to 12:30 p.m.
Kim Kent, CAW Local 4451 Vice President (cell) 519-272-9004
St. Thomas
Legatt & Platt (formerly Crown North America)
43 Gaylord Road, Unit #2 - 12:00 p.m.
Ryan Dolby, CAW Local 2168 President (office) 519-631-2005
St. Catharines
Tora Investments Inc.
15 Cushman Rd - 12:00 p.m.
Wayne Gates, CAW Local 199 President (cell) 905-328-9532
Tillsonburg
Reiter Automotive Systems (formerly Mastico Industries Ltd.)
73 Goshen St. - 12:00 p.m.
Fran Ward CAW Local 1859 President (office) 519-688-0051
Toronto
Woodbridge Foam
8214 Kipling Avenue, Woodbridge - 9:30 a.m.
Roland Kiehne, CAW Local 112 President (cell) 416-801-1120
Windsor/ Tecumseh
Canadian Engineering
2265 South Cameron Boulevard - 12:00 p.m.
Gerry Farnham, CAW Local 195 President (cell) 519-980-4195
Integram Seating
201 Patillo Road, Tecumseh - 11:00 a.m.
Dave Cassidy, CAW Local 444 Financial Secretary (cell) 519-999-7708
Woodstock
TRW (Formerly Kelsey-Hayes)
155 Beard's Lane -12:00 p.m.
Ross Gerrie, CAW Local 636 President (cell) 519-535-2014
Labels: Canadian labour, CAW, CAW Day Of Action, demonstrations, events, labour., Ontario, protests
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
CANADIAN POLITICS MONTRÉAL:
MARCHE POUR LES VICTIMES DE BAVURES POLICIÈRES/MARCH FOR THE VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY:
À Samedi Octobre 22 à Montréal. On Saturday, October 22 in Montréal.
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MARCHE COMMÉMORATIVE: Justice pour les victimes de bavures policières!
Time Saturday, October 23 · 12:30pm - 2:30pm
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Location Guy & de Maisonneuve (métro Guy-Concordia)
Montreal, QC
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Created By No One Is Illegal Personne n'est illégal MONTRÉAL
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More Info [English below]
Justice pour les victimes de bavures policières!
MARCHE COMMÉMORATIVE
...SAMEDI 23 octobre, 12h30
Rassemblement: Guy & de Maisonneuve
(métro Guy-Concordia, sortie Guy)
Nous commémorerons le souvenir de Anas Bennis, Claudio Castagnetta, Ben Matson, Quilem Registre, Gladys Tolley, Fredy Villanueva et de toutes les autres victimes.
JOIGNEZ-VOUS à nous pour la Journée nord-américaine demandant l’arrêt de la brutalité policière. Montrez votre soutien et votre solidarité avec toutes les victimes de bavures policières. Avec les familles des victimes et leurs alliés, demandons vérité, dignité et justice.
Évènements familiaux – Bienvenu à tous et toutes !
INFO: 514-848-7583 – 22oct.mtl@gmail.com -- http://www.22octobre.net
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Les familles de personnes tuées par la police, leurs amis et leurs alliés organisent une vigile et une marche à la mémoire des victimes. Ces familles, qui doivent se battre pour connaître la vérité et pour obtenir justice pour les êtres qui leurs étaient chers, ont besoin de notre soutien.
Le vendredi 22 octobre, une vigile aura lieu en compagnie de certaines des familles devant la Fraternité des policiers et des policières (480, rue Gilford, sortie St-Joseph du métro Laurier) entre 16 h et 18 h. À la fin de la vigile nous allumerons des bougies en mémoire des victimes de brutalité policière.
Le samedi 23 octobre, une marche contre l’impunité systématique dans les cas de bavures ou de violence policière aura lieu. La marche commencera à 12h30 au coin des rues Guy et de Maisonneuve, ce sera un évènement à caractère familial. Descendez nombreux dans la rue pour montrer votre soutien aux familles. Le nombre fait la force!
Ce que nous recherchons, c’est LA DIGNITÉ, LA JUSTICE ET LA VÉRITÉ.
Le but principal de la marche est de :
- COMMÉMORER les personnes victimes de bavures policières
- SOUTENIR leurs familles par tous les moyens
Nous soutenons les revendications des familles Bennis, Castagnetta, Matson, Registre, Tolley et Villanueva. Leurs revendications incluent:
- LA FIN de la brutalité policière
- LA FIN de l’impunité policière
- LA FIN du profilage racial, social et politique
- L’ACCÈS rapide à toute l’information
- DES ACCUSATIONS CRIMINELLES contre les policiers ayant tué une personne
- LA TENUE d’enquêtes indépendantes quand une personne est tuée par la police
- L’APPLICATION des recommandations du coroner
- LA FIN de l’utilisation du Taser
Cette initiative est née suite au Forum contre la Violence Policière et l’Impunité qui a eu lieu de janvier 2010 à Montréal, durant lequel des familles ont exprimé leur désir de se réunir pour commémorer leurs proches et renforcer leurs luttes pour la dignité, la justice et la vérité. La date symbolique du 22 octobre a ensuite été choisie pour organiser des événements familiaux pour commémorer les victimes de bavures policières car cette date est la Journée Nationale de Protestation aux États-Unis, organisée par la Coalition du 22 octobre pour arrêter la brutalité policière, la répression et la criminalisation d’une génération depuis 1996.
Nous demandons le soutien d’autres groupes. Pour endosser nos revendications et participer, communiquez avec nous au (514) 848-7583 ou écrivez à 22oct-mtl@gmail.com . Vous pouvez passer prendre des dépliants et des affiches au GRIP Concordia (1500, de Maisonneuve, 2e étage).
Évènements familiaux – Bienvenu à tous et toutes !
INFO: 514-848-7583 – 22oct.mtl@gmail.com -- www.22octobre.net
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Justice for Victims of Police Killings!
COMMEMORATIVE MARCH
SATURDAY, October 23, 12:30pm
Gathering at the corner of Guy & de Maisonneuve
(métro Guy-Concordia, Guy exit)
facebook event:
We remember: Anas Bennis, Claudio Castagnetta, Ben Matson, Quilem Registre, Gladys Tolley, Fredy Villanueva and all the other victims of police killings.
JOIN US on the North American Day to Stop Police Brutality & Repression to show your support and solidarity with all victims of police killings. Together with the families and supporters of police victims, we demand truth, justice and dignity.
Family friendly - Welcome to all!
INFO: 514-848-7583 – 22oct.mtl@gmail.com -- www.22octobre.net
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The families of people killed by the police, their friends and their allies are organizing a commemorative vigil and march to remember victims. These families, who face an uphill battle in uncovering the truth and obtaining justice for their loved ones, need our support.
Friday, October 22: There will be a family-led vigil in front of the Police Brotherhood (480 Gilford St., Laurier metro, St-Joseph exit) between 4 and 6 p.m. We will end the vigil by lighting candles in memory of the victims of police killings.
Saturday, October 23: There will be a family-led, family-friendly march against the systemic impunity in the face of police killings and police violence. The march will begin at 12:30 p.m. on the corner of Guy St. and de Maisonneuve. We strongly encourage as many supporters as possible to come out on the streets and show our support for the families. There is power in numbers!
What we are seeking is DIGNITY, JUSTICE and TRUTH.
The main purpose of the march is to:
- REMEMBER the victims who lost their lives to police violence and abuse and;
- SUPPORT their families in any way we can
We support the list of demands of the Bennis, Castagnetta, Matson, Registre, Tolley and Villanueva families. Their demands include:
- END police brutality
- END police impunity
- END racial, social and political profiling
- ACCESS all information in a prompt manner
- LAY criminal charges in police killings
- HOLD public independent inquiries in police killings
- APPLY the recommendations of the coroner
- STOP the use of tasers
This initiative came out of the Forum Against Police Violence and Impunity in January of 2010, during which the families expressed their desire to come together to remember their loved ones and strengthen their respective struggles for dignity, justice and the truth. The symbolic date of October 22 was subsequently chosen for a family-friendly march to commemorate the victims of police killings to coincide with the National Day of Protest in the United States organized by the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, which has been mobilizing every year since 1996.
We ask for your group’s endorsement. To get involved contact us at (514) 848-7583 or at 22oct-mtl@gmail.com . You can pick up flyers and posters for the event at QPIRG Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve St. W 2nd floor).
Family friendly - Welcome to all!
INFO: 514-848-7583 – 22oct.mtl@gmail.com -- www.22octobre.net
Labels: anti-racism, Canadian politics, demonstrations, events, immigrants, marches, Montreal, No One Is Illegal-Montreal, police brutality., racism
Sunday, October 17, 2010
ANARCHIST MUSIC:
PUNK ROCK MATINEE NOW ON:
As we speak it's on...the Punk Rock Matinee in Hamilton Ontario. Here's the info.
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Today! Hamilton Punk Rock Matinee!Today, Sunday October 17th...Punk Rock Matinee at This Ain't Hollywood/345 James Street North. Hope to see you there!
With; BROADCAST ZERO, CAMBRIDGE, BRUTAL YOUTH, END PROGRAM and THE LUCKY ONES
3PM to 7PM
$7.00
All-Ages/Licensed
Hamilton Punk Rock Matinee Myspace:
http://www.facebook.com/l/33eb7bBs9JVltBQ6_adXzkGFBFA;www.myspace.com/punkrockmatineehamilton
If you are downtown early, be sure to drop by Hammer City Records at 228 James Street North, just a hop, skip and a jump from the Matinee..tons of punk rock vinyl and CDs...it's basically at the corner of James and Robert...look for the sign...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-ON/Hammer-City-Records/144221478929997#!/pages/Hamilton-ON/Hammer-City-Records/144221478929997
Cheers!
Labels: anarchist music, concerts, events, music
Friday, October 08, 2010
LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
GRIPPEN GRAIN AT THE ROYAL ALBERT:
WWWWWWWWWW
GRIPPIN GRAIN #8 - One Year Anniversary!
Time Tomorrow at 10:00pm - Sunday at 2:00am
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Location
The Royal Albert Arms Hotel
48 Albert Street
Winnipeg, MB
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More Info
GRIPPIN GRAIN #8:
THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY BEER PARTY!
STRICTLY CLUB RAP ALL NIGHT
with:
Lonnie Ce
Footwerk
Co-op
Saturday, October 9th
Royal Albert Arms
48 Albert St
Doors 10
Cover $5
18+
featuring:
Gentlemen
Ladies
Bass ass outta control babies
Grownups
In-betweens
People with jobs
People without jobs
Middle class
Upper class
High class
Cats
Snakes
Chickens
Ducks
Elderly people
Twerkers
Labels: concerts, events, Grippen Grain, local events, Royal Albert, Winnipeg
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
ANARCHIST MUSIC VANCOUVER:
ANNE FEENEY BENEFIT CONCERT RESCHEDULED:
Hey folks if you're out Vancouver way this weekend try and check out anarchist musician Joey Only's benefit concert for singer Anne Feeney. Here's Joey's empathic appeal.
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Anne Feeney Fundraiser Date Changed=October 9th
DATE CHANGED FOR MY ANNE FEENEY FUNDRAISER!!!!
Anne Feeney Fundraiser Date Changed=October 9th
DATE CHANGED FOR MY ANNE FEENEY FUNDRAISER!!!!
TO HELP COVER HER CANCEROUS CANCER BILLS!!
NOW SATURDAY OCTOBER 9th AT CAFE RHIZOMENEAR MAIN STREET AND BROADWAY IN VANCOUVER
8:30PM, $5-25 donation, for Anne Feeney
with Jeff Andrew, Joey Only and comrades
Howdy friends...many of you know my good friend and folk singer from Pittsburgh Painsylvania known as Anne Feeney. You ought to know her, she's been croonin songs for more than 35 years and doing it for the working class. She and I traveled around last year touring after being friends for much of the last decade and she'd never miss a chance to stop at a picket line for striking workers and sing em some songs to cheer em up...
...it was as dreary as an April hell could be when we stopped into that rainy picket outside the big steel mill in Hamilton Ontario where she lit faces up with songs against the goons and ginks and company finks. Those guys had been wanderin around in circles for weeks striking while the big bosses sez the economy's no good anymore so all these guys have to get fired so that rich pigs can stay rich pigs
...in all that time only Anne and I came to sing em some good old fashioned fighting songs and they sure did like it. Even fed us afterward. Lately she fell ill with some cancer, a big tumor in her lung nearly half a foot big? Imagine having half a cancerous foot in your lung? Down in Pittsburgh the system doesn't care if you can afford to live or not, so it's up to me and my friends to raise a few bucks to ease the burden on her lungs, brains and hearts because Obama won't do it for her. Hell, when I was sick with tuberculosis and dying she went out of her way for me
...so I would be an ungrateful bastard if I didn't do something back. All her beautiful curly Irish hair fell out and she looks sorta funny now, which is all the more reason to have pity on her and send her some money so she can pay her hospital bills or at least buy a wig...or a hat. And you know, us Irish folk are like Samson..when we're sober all our power comes from our hair!
So the date has changed from the 8th to the 9th...or maybe it didn't change and I was just wrong all a long. At any rate, I hope that wouldn't hold you back from coming out to the cafe, having some soup or beer or beer-soup and having a good old time with us there. And if we can send Anne $5 or $500 it would be something she didn't have already
...I guess I mean to say I am hoping more than one person comes cause five bucks sucks when you're in the hole ten grand! How bout it friends...let's party like it's 1999. If you want to know more about my radical folk singing comrade Anne Feeney, who Utah Philips once called the greatest labor singer in North America...go to her website and lookie for yourself. (www.annefeeney.com ). She's one of those IWW (Industrial Workers of the World types..she gave everything to everyone else and has nothing left for herself. Anyway, there's no room for sectarian crap at this event..just room to sing a few Feeney songs and have a good old time...and if you don't have any plans and you don't like hockey but decide not to come anyway, you must be a heartless capitalist pig, why else would you sit at home doing nothing but facebookin people who don't even care about you
...come out and see some real people instead. till then my friends
...joeyonly
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DR.JOEY ONLY
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NEW ALBUM: TRANSGRESSION TRAIL available through Scratch Records. (http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Joey-Only-Outlaw-Band )(www.myspace.com/xjoeyonlyx )(www.reverbnation.com/xjoeyonlyx )(http://www.imradio.com/xjoeyonlyx )(http://twitter.com/joeyonly )
DAILY BLOG: www.joeyonly.wordpress.com www.JOEYONLY.com
Labels: anarchist music, Anne Feeney, concerts, events, Joey Only, music, Vancouver
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT TORONTO:
FUNDRAISER IN TO FOR G20 LEGAL DEFENSE:
The following item is from the Toronto Community Solidarity Network.
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"The Chicago Conspiracy" Premier Screening!
A G20 Legal Defense/Mapuche Political Prisoner Fundraiser
200 Years of Genocide – Our People Continue Resisting...
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A Fundraiser for the Toronto G20 Legal Defence Fund AND the Family Support Group of Mapuche Political Prisoners of Angol and Chol-Chol on Hunger Strike (Familiares de los Presos Politicos Mapuche en Huelga de Hambre de Angol y Chol-Chol)
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Night of Solidarity for our Mapuche Political Prisoners Dying on a 90+ Day Hunger Strike, and all those who have Suffered the Pain of Physical and Psychological Torture as a Result of the G20 - Kidnapped in the Jails of the Canadian state
NO BICENTENARY ON STOLEN MAPUCHE TERRITORY!
Freedom for All the Mapuche Political Prisoners on a 90+ Day Hunger Strike & All Our
Political Prisoners!
NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL EVERY PERSON IS FREE!
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Featuring the EXCLUSIVE Toronto Premier of the Documentary Film:
**THE CHICAGO CONSPIRACY**
Chile. Dictatorship. Legacy. Today. Social War.
The State and its Neo-liberal Agenda are the Real Conspirators!
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY ILLOGIC (Hip-hip)
See Trailer: http://www.facebook.com/l/21ebcuJwAcY8ScVWzOyoMINrATQ;vimeo.com/2127661
A Film based on the Anti-Capitalist Struggles in Chile since the Pinochet Dictatorship (the Student Movement, Community Organizing, & the Uprising of Mapuche Indigenous Sovereignty Movement) taking its name from the 25 Chilean economists from
the Chicago School of Economics who assisted the making of the bloody regime in the implementation of Neo-liberal policies.
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Presenting the Director of the Film of Subversive Action Films in an intimate Discussion/Conversation of the Documentary
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Speakers Directly from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, WCCC [Toronto ] on the ongoing struggle of the Mapuche Nation in so-called southern Chile], the Toronto 19 Support Group, Live Music, and MUCH MORE.... (MORE UPDATES/ARTISTS TBA!)
$10-20 Sliding Scale
No One Turned Away!
** See Us on Facebook!:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=443069539490#!/event.php?eid=161593357188005&ref=ts
For More Info: http://www.facebook.com/l/21ebcTNXn_Zl2KNGc6TOnPFhJdA;www.nobicentenaryonmapucheterritory.wordpress.com
Friday, October 8th @ 8 PM
Birge Carnegie Reading Room (University of Toronto)
95 Charles Street West (Just East of Museum Station)
Organized by:
The Women’s Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu [Toronto]
Email: wccc_98@hotmail.com
Endorsed By:
Equity Studies Program (University of Toronto)
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Community Solidarity Network
National Council of Latin American and Caribbean Women of Canada - LATIN@S
Latin American Solidarity Network-LASN (Toronto)
Barrio Nuevo
Graduate Student Union (University of Toronto)
Labels: anarchism, canadian anarchist movement, events, films, fundraisers, G20, G20 Toronto Mobilize, solidarity., Toronto
Friday, October 01, 2010
LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
HIP HOP TO DROP THE CHARGES:
Happening next Tuesday, October 5, a hip hop benefit for the legal defence of those arrested in Toronto at the recent G20 summit.
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DROP THE CHARGES
- hip hop show to support G20 legal defendants
Time Tuesday, October 5 at 8:00pm - October 6 at 1:00am
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Location Rudolf Rocker Cultural Centre
91 Albert St.
Winnipeg, MB
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More Info
Drop The Charges is a hip hop benefit show to support the G20 legal defendants.
featuring:
Testament (political rap on tour from London, Ontario)
http://www.myspace.com/testamenthiphop
The Gumshoe Strut
http://www.myspace.com/thegumshoestrut
Jenny Bojangles
Theo Tzu
Doors at 8, show at 9
$7 or pay what you can
http://www.g20.torontomobilize.org/support
Labels: benefits, concerts, events, hip hop, local events, music, Rudolf Rocker Cultural Centre, Winnipeg
Thursday, September 30, 2010
EVENTS MONTRÉAL:
'VEGAN FASHION SHOW' AT CONCORDIA:
Molly has to admit that the following strikes me as more than slightly strange, but it was sent my way so here goes. Aren't "vegan" and "fashion" redundant if they appear in the same sentence ? To each their own.
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2010 Montreal World Vegan Day Fashion Show
Time Monday, November 1 · 7:00pm - 11:00pm
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Location Theatre Corona
2490 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest,
Montreal, QC
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Created By CARA Concordia Animal Rights Association
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More Info
2010 Montreal World Vegan Day Fashion Show
Time Monday, November 1 · 7:00pm - 11:00pm
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Location Theatre Corona
2490 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest,
Montreal, QC
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Created By CARA Concordia Animal Rights Association
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More Info
Concordia Animal Rights Association (CARA) in association with La Vegan En Rose is proud to present the 2010 Montreal World Vegan Day Fashion Show!
On November 1st join us at Theatre Corona for an evening of cutting edge and cruelty-free couture, musical entertainment, silent auctions and gourmet vegan catering. All proceeds go directly to help animals.
Hosted by: Georges Laraque http://www.georgeslaraque.com/
Special Guest: Whale Wars star/Sea Shepherd member, Laurens de Groot
visit http://www.montrealworldveganday.com/ for more info
On November 1st join us at Theatre Corona for an evening of cutting edge and cruelty-free couture, musical entertainment, silent auctions and gourmet vegan catering. All proceeds go directly to help animals.
Hosted by: Georges Laraque http://www.georgeslaraque.com/
Special Guest: Whale Wars star/Sea Shepherd member, Laurens de Groot
visit http://www.montrealworldveganday.com/ for more info
Labels: Canada, Concordia University, events, Montreal, Quebec, vegan fashion day
ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:
NEWS FROM 'UPPING THE ANTI':
Yet more news from Toronto, this time from the libertarian socialist magazine Upping The Anti. Book launches and announcing their new issue.
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Toronto Book Launch
Dear Friends:
On Wednesday October 6th join UPPING THE ANTI as we celebrate the launch of two new books by UTA editors.
Come and check out:
David Hugill's “Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”
http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/Missing-Women-Missing-News-David-Hugill/
and
AK Thompson’s “Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent”
http://www.akpress.org/2010/items/blackblocwhiteriot
Both books will be on sale for a special launch price. Refreshments will be served.
Mark your calendars:
Wednesday, October 6 at 7PM - All are welcome
The Imperial Pub
54 Dundas St. E.
Toronto, ON
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UPPING THE ANTI : http://uppingtheanti.org/
998 Bloor St. West
P.O. Box 10571
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4H9
Toronto Book Launch
Dear Friends:
On Wednesday October 6th join UPPING THE ANTI as we celebrate the launch of two new books by UTA editors.
Come and check out:
David Hugill's “Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”
http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/Missing-Women-Missing-News-David-Hugill/
and
AK Thompson’s “Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent”
http://www.akpress.org/2010/items/blackblocwhiteriot
Both books will be on sale for a special launch price. Refreshments will be served.
Mark your calendars:
Wednesday, October 6 at 7PM - All are welcome
The Imperial Pub
54 Dundas St. E.
Toronto, ON
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UPPING THE ANTI : http://uppingtheanti.org/
998 Bloor St. West
P.O. Box 10571
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4H9
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Here also is the announcement of the latest issue of their journal.
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Issue 11 Coming Soon!
Upping the Anti is about to release its 11th issue!
This exciting issue features:
*Raj Patel on the politics of starving*
*Ladelle McWhorter on normalization and its discontents*
*James Scott on the art of not being governed*
*Lesley Wood on Anti-G20 Mobilization*
*John Clarke on opposing austerity today*
*Stacy Douglas on the queering of colonization*
*Roundtable on the 20th anniversary of OKA*
*Roundtable on No One Is Illegal's fight for Solidarity City*
*Book Reviews and more!*
Subscribe or become a monthly sustainer today to make sure that issue 11 hits your mailbox!
http://uppingtheanti.org
Subscribers and sustainers also get access to all our content online!
Are you already a subscriber but have moved? Send your new address to uppigntheantidistro@gmail.com
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UPPING THE ANTI : http://uppingtheanti.org
998 Bloor St. West
P.O. Box 10571
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4H9
Issue 11 Coming Soon!
Upping the Anti is about to release its 11th issue!
This exciting issue features:
*Raj Patel on the politics of starving*
*Ladelle McWhorter on normalization and its discontents*
*James Scott on the art of not being governed*
*Lesley Wood on Anti-G20 Mobilization*
*John Clarke on opposing austerity today*
*Stacy Douglas on the queering of colonization*
*Roundtable on the 20th anniversary of OKA*
*Roundtable on No One Is Illegal's fight for Solidarity City*
*Book Reviews and more!*
Subscribe or become a monthly sustainer today to make sure that issue 11 hits your mailbox!
http://uppingtheanti.org
Subscribers and sustainers also get access to all our content online!
Are you already a subscriber but have moved? Send your new address to uppigntheantidistro@gmail.com
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UPPING THE ANTI : http://uppingtheanti.org
998 Bloor St. West
P.O. Box 10571
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4H9
Labels: anarchism, anarchist magazines, Book launches, Canada, canadian anarchist movement, events, Toronto, Upping the Anti
CANADIAN POLITICS TORONTO:
FREE TRANSIT STREET PARTY:
Coming up this weekend in Toronto...a street party as part of a campaign for free and accessible public transit in Toronto. Not a bad idea. Sponsored by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly.
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Free and Accessible Transit Street Party!
Time Saturday, October 2 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Location Christie Pits Park
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Created By Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
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More Info
Free and Accessible Transit Street Party!
Time Saturday, October 2 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Location Christie Pits Park
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Created By Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
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More Info
No Fare Is Fair!
Come to the park to celebrate the campaign to win free and accessible transit for the GTA
Food, music, puppets, entertainment and more.
Sat. Oct. 2
1:00-4:00
In Christie Pits Park off of Bloor St.. Across the street from the Christie subway stop
More information or to get involved contact: nofareisfair@gmail.com
A project of the GTWA: http://www.workersassembly.ca/
Come to the park to celebrate the campaign to win free and accessible transit for the GTA
Food, music, puppets, entertainment and more.
Sat. Oct. 2
1:00-4:00
In Christie Pits Park off of Bloor St.. Across the street from the Christie subway stop
More information or to get involved contact: nofareisfair@gmail.com
A project of the GTWA: http://www.workersassembly.ca/
Labels: events, greater Toronto Workers' assembly, party., public transit, Toronto
Saturday, September 25, 2010
CANADIAN POLITICS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:
PITY SOUTH KOREA:
Now this is getting a jump on things. Having experienced what happens at summits directly people in Toronto are going to be demonstrating next Friday at the Korean Consulate to protest the next G20 summit to be held in November in guess what country. Here's the callout from the Toronto Community Solidarity Network.
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Call for Action:
The G20 Sucks! Our Condolences to South Korea
Time Friday, October 1 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Location South Korean Consulate
555 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON
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More Info
October 1st- International Day of Action against the pre-Summit attack on Democratic and Human Rights in South Korea
Three months have passed since the G20 invaded Toronto. Behind miles of security fencing and lines of riot police, representatives from the world’s twenty richest countries and central bank governors met to discuss and further implement their policies of systemic exploitation and destruction. Citywide mobilizations greeted the summit as communities took to the streets in opposition to the G20 and everything it stands for.
Our resistance was met by state-sanctioned violence, police brutality, harassment, and intimidation. The criminalization of dissent is ongoing and our communities are still feeling the painful repercussions. The healing process will be a long one.
Unfortunately, the G20 continues and this upcoming November will spread its terror elsewhere. The legacy of the G20 summit, widespread repression, the targeting of community activists and the attacks on democratic and human rights will be brought to South Korea. To our allies and our friends organizing in Seoul we send our condolences.
For all they are currently going through, for all they will surely have to deal with as the summit approaches we send our condolences. We realize the G20 is nothing to celebrate, but rather something to ragefully mourn. And so, on October 1st, the ‘International Day of Action against the pre-Summit attack on Democratic and Human Rights in South Korea’ we will gather in front of the South Korean Consulate (555 Avenue rd.) at 5pm to deliver the following demands to the South Korean government:
1. The G20 Summit is NO excuse! Stop the crackdown on migrants, street vendors and homeless people!
2. Honour international labour standards and ILO recommendations! Stop labour repression and labour flexibilisation policies!
3. Repeal the “Special Law on the Safe Escort of the G20 Summit” and end repression of the rights to freedom of expression and assembly!
Come out in solidarity and show your support for all those organizing against the G20 in Seoul! Food will be served, and materials will be on hand to construct condolence cards and paper flowers that will be put together in a creative package to be sent to our comrades organizing in South Korea.
Background:
http://kctu.org/ActionAlerts/9842
http://g20.torontomobilize.org/
Labels: Canadian politics, events, G20, G20 demonstrations, international politics, South Korea, Toronto
Friday, September 24, 2010
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT WINNIPEG:
THE WINNIPEG RADICAL BOOKFAIR:
Speaking of anarchist bookfairs don't forget to join Molly tomorrow at Winnipeg's own Winnipeg Radical Bookfair. The book fair itself will be at the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, 185 Young St. from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday September 25 and from 12 noon to 4 pm on Sunday 26. Various other events are also scheduled during the fair. Come out early enough and you just might get one of Molly's ultra chic A-balloons. See you there.
Labels: anarchism, anarchist bookfairs, canadian anarchist movement, events, local events, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Radical Bookfair
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT LONDON ONTARIO:
THE LONDON ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR:
It's another first. Anarchist bookfairs are popping up all over the place, and the latest domino to fall is London Ontario. Here's the announcement of the first anarchist bookfair in that town from Linchpin, the website of the Ontario platformist group Common Cause.
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London, Ontario Anarchist Bookfair
The London, Ontario Anarchist Bookfair and Gathering is scheduled to take place on Saturday October 23rd. This is our first of what we hope will be many annual bookfairs and your participation would be much appreciated. With the attention focused on anarchists recently it is important to offer folks outside of our communities a chance to see what it really is all about and dispel media myths. It is equally important that we gather to further strengthen and build our movements to carry forward with our agendas of radical transformations.
Calling all anarchist distros and publishers! We are not charging anything for tables, but we ask that a small percentage of profits, after expenses, be donated to the bookfair to allow it to sustain itself and grow.
Present a workshop! We are running workshops throughout the day and are excited to hear from you if you have a workshop you’d like to present. We will do our best to accommodate all workshop requests.
Everybody! We have an interest in helping meet your housing, childcare and transportation needs and the venue is accessible. Food Not Bombs will be providing food and we plan on having a social event in the evening including performances by talented anarchists…
Get in touch if you’d like to table, present a workshop, or simply attend so that we can help meet your needs and answer any questions.
-London (A) Bookfair Collective
londonanarchistbookfair@gmail.com
Labels: anarchism, anarchist bookfairs, canadian anarchist movement, events, Linchpin, London, Ontario
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
AMERICAN LABOUR MINNEAPOLIS:
DAVID ROVICS BENEFIT CONCERT:
Coming up this weekend down in (Winnipeg South ???) Minneapolis a benefit concert for the Jimmy Johns Workers by anarchist songster David Rovics. Here's the notice from the website of the IWW.
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David Rovics Benefit Concert for the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union
Start: Sep 24 2010 - 7:00pm
End: Sep 24 2010 - 11:00pm
Timezone: US/Central
Location
Walker Community Church
3104 16th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN
United States
Originally posted here - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143516879008661
To benefit the Twin Cities Industrial Workers of the World in support of the Jimmy John’s Workers Union
(All proceeds will benefit the IWW JJWU - http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/jimmyjohnsunion?v=info&ref=ts )
**David Rovics Benefit Concert**
...Rovics has been traveling the world for decades now, singing his songs of resistance, peace, and democracy for unions, peace activists, and
social justice everywhere he travels. In the middle of his current Prairie Fire Tour, he is performing a benefit concert for the local
branch of the Industrial Workers of the World, the most democratic union in North America since 1905. While David travels the world
singing about corporate greed and political injustice, the IWW is actively organizing workplaces - like Starbucks at the Mall of
America! - near you. We are a perfect match, but there's one thing missing: you.
Openers: Abdi Phenomenal Farah & the Twin Cities Labor Chorus
Walker Community Church
$9 - No one turned away for lack of funds.
All Jimmy John's Workers receive Free Admission.
If you can't make the IWW Benefit Concert on Sept 24, you can catch David R.at the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar, Corner of 4th and Broadway, Lowertown,St. Paul the following evening (Saturday, September 25) at 8 pm.
Or Check ot the Children's show Sat. the 25th at 2pm: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=119021171484821&ref=ts
http://www.davidrovics.com/
http://www.facebook.com/twincities.iww
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/jimmyjohnsunion?v=info&ref=ts
Labor Chorus: http://twincitieslaborchorus.blogspot.com/
Abdi Phenomenal Farah: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504113529
Related Links
•Jimmy Johns Workers Union
•Twin Cities IWW
Links from Article Text
• http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143516879008661
• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504113529
Labels: American labour, anarchist music, concerts, David Rovics, events, IWW, labour., Minneapolis, music, Twin Cities IWW
Sunday, September 19, 2010
AMERICAN LABOUR MINNEAPOLIS:
JIMMY JOHNS WORKERS FILM SHOWING:
As part of their continuing organizing efforts the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union are showing the film 'Eyes on the Fries' about working conditions in the fast food industry. Here's the promo.>>>
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Jimmy John's Workers Union Film Showing of "Eyes on the Fries"
Twin Cities IWW
Time Thursday, September 30 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Location West Bank, U of M, exact location TBA
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More Info
Join us for a free showing of the 20-minute film "Eyes on the Fries", which offers a look into the current system of labor in the low-wage service sector. After the film, there will be a discussion/q&a session with a panel of Jimmy John's workers who have been active in the union organizing effort.
From the website progressivefilms.org:
"Low wages, erratic schedules, no health care, work-school conflicts. This film looks beyond the stereotypes of carefree and undeserving youth to uncover a reality that millions of young working people know all too well: no matter how hard you work and how well you do in school, it can be difficult to stay afloat when you're coming of age in a "McJob" economy. But there are ways to improve things - and young people are taking the lead.
"Examines the rise of the low wage service sector and what it means for a generation of young Americans whose lives depend on it. Also features the successful struggle to raise the minimum wage in San Francisco, and the daily struggles of young workers from Oakland to New York."
Producer: Jeremy Blasi (Center for Labor Research and Education)
Director/Editor: Casey Peek
And from jimmyjohnsworkers.org:
"The union campaign at Jimmy Johns could hold deep implications for other companies in the fast food industry, a sector known for the lowest rates of unionization- and lowest wages- in the United States. Only 1.8% of food service workers were represented by a union in 2009, far below the nation-wide figure of 12.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The question of unionization of the food and service industries looms is assuming greater focus as employment in these non-union sectors increases, while manufacturing, the traditional stronghold of unionization, slides further into decline.
"The Jimmy Johns Workers Union, open to employees at the company nationwide, is affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World labor union. Gaining prominence in recent years for organizing Starbucks workers, the IWW is a global union founded over a century ago for all working people."
Labels: American labour, events, films, IWW, Jimmy Johns workers, labour., Minneapolis
Saturday, September 18, 2010
ANARCHIST MUSIC:
PIRATE SONGS FOR KIDS:
Ah Minneapolis seems to be a happening type of town. Here's another item from that close neighbour of Winnipeg. Next Saturday anarchist musician David Rovics performs 'Pirate Songs for Kids'. Here's the promo.
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Pirate Songs for Kids!
David Rovics in Minneapolis
Time Saturday, September 25 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Location 42nd Ave Station, http://www.42ndavenuestation.com
42nd & Lyndale Ave N
Minneapolis, MN
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More Info
David's kid music is light-hearted and fun. Download the songs and music videos for free ahead of time! www.davidrovics.com/kids
Labels: anarchist music, concerts, David Rovics, events, kids., Minneapolis, music
Sunday, September 05, 2010
LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN WINNIPEG:
No, this is not political. It's merely one of the many Winnipeg events that come Molly's way that I think you might find interesting. Here's the notice of the celebration of Mexican Independence Day up here in Winnipeg.No it's not the Cinquo de Mayo. It's the actual real national celebration. Here's the notice and invitation.
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Mexican Independence Celebration @ La Bamba
Time September 15 · 7:30pm - 11:30pm
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Location La Bamba Mexican Restaurant.
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Created By Mariachi-ghost Ánimas
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More Info
Mexican Independence Celebration @ La Bamba
Time September 15 · 7:30pm - 11:30pm
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Location La Bamba Mexican Restaurant.
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Created By Mariachi-ghost Ánimas
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More Info
Come Celebrate Mexican Independence with us... The Mexicans.
A Real Mexican Experience.
Mariachi-ghost Ánimas Specials From Tuesday September 14th to Thursday September 16th, 2010.
1. Chile En Nogada2. Enchiladas Verdes3. Chiles Rellenos
The Mexican Flag at La Bamba will be hoisted up at City Hall in the morning of the 15th and taken down at 7pm. Please, in part with Mex Y Can Association of Manitoba that we all go and witness t...he flag coming down and then back to La Bamba Restaurant. Adriana Will be selling Tickets for the Dinner with the Mexican Consulate this same Evening that will take place a Coboto Centre on September 16th
A Real Mexican Experience.
Mariachi-ghost Ánimas Specials From Tuesday September 14th to Thursday September 16th, 2010.
1. Chile En Nogada2. Enchiladas Verdes3. Chiles Rellenos
The Mexican Flag at La Bamba will be hoisted up at City Hall in the morning of the 15th and taken down at 7pm. Please, in part with Mex Y Can Association of Manitoba that we all go and witness t...he flag coming down and then back to La Bamba Restaurant. Adriana Will be selling Tickets for the Dinner with the Mexican Consulate this same Evening that will take place a Coboto Centre on September 16th
Labels: events, local events, Mexican Independence Day, Winnipeg
Friday, September 03, 2010
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT VICTORIA:
VICTORIA ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR:
Ah Fall. The changing colours of the leaves. The call of the migrant birds....and the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair. Here's the announcement of that upcoming wonder.
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September 11th and 12th, 2010
Victoria Anarchist Bookfair dates: September 11th and 12th, 2010
NEW LOCATION! 680 Courtney Street, Songhees & Esquimalt Territories
Festival of Anarchy dates: September 3rd to 12th, 2010
We are happy to announce the fifth year of the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, located on unceded Songhees Territory in Victoria, British Columbia. The Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists, with participants from all over North America and beyond. We seek to introduce anarchism to the public, to further elaborate upon current and historical anarchist ideals and to foster dialogue between various anarchist tendencies. Participants from different anarchist traditions, visions, and practices are welcome. Events include book and information tables, workshops, readings, films, presentations, and much more. A Festival of Anarchy will take place during the week before the Bookfair, beginning on September 3rd, 2010.
We are proud to have received Monday Magazine's 'M Award' for Victoria's best literary event in 2009.
It's our 5th Birthday and we're going to have a blast!
Volunteers
We need your help! Please consider reading through our Volunteer section to help out behind-the scenes this year.
Activities for Kids
Bring your kids to the bookfair! Of course kids are welcome in all areas of the bookfair, but the kids room is a place where there are toys, games, story time and more! Open all day, for both days of the Bookfair.
Please Note: The Anarchist Kids Activity Room is NOT a child minding space.
We will try to have adults in the kids room at all times, and will definitely have adults present the majority of the time. Parents are welcome to stay with their children and informal child-watching is encouraged (you watch my kids, I'll watch yours kinda thing). Parents must stay at the bookfair.
Anarchist Kids Activities - please consider helping us organize:
* Face-painting
* Kids arts & crafts
* Storytelling & reading
* Games & toys
* Appropriately themed movies
* A resting space for tired tots
September 11th and 12th, 2010
Victoria Anarchist Bookfair dates: September 11th and 12th, 2010
NEW LOCATION! 680 Courtney Street, Songhees & Esquimalt Territories
Festival of Anarchy dates: September 3rd to 12th, 2010
We are happy to announce the fifth year of the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, located on unceded Songhees Territory in Victoria, British Columbia. The Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists, with participants from all over North America and beyond. We seek to introduce anarchism to the public, to further elaborate upon current and historical anarchist ideals and to foster dialogue between various anarchist tendencies. Participants from different anarchist traditions, visions, and practices are welcome. Events include book and information tables, workshops, readings, films, presentations, and much more. A Festival of Anarchy will take place during the week before the Bookfair, beginning on September 3rd, 2010.
We are proud to have received Monday Magazine's 'M Award' for Victoria's best literary event in 2009.
It's our 5th Birthday and we're going to have a blast!
Volunteers
We need your help! Please consider reading through our Volunteer section to help out behind-the scenes this year.
Activities for Kids
Bring your kids to the bookfair! Of course kids are welcome in all areas of the bookfair, but the kids room is a place where there are toys, games, story time and more! Open all day, for both days of the Bookfair.
Please Note: The Anarchist Kids Activity Room is NOT a child minding space.
We will try to have adults in the kids room at all times, and will definitely have adults present the majority of the time. Parents are welcome to stay with their children and informal child-watching is encouraged (you watch my kids, I'll watch yours kinda thing). Parents must stay at the bookfair.
Anarchist Kids Activities - please consider helping us organize:
* Face-painting
* Kids arts & crafts
* Storytelling & reading
* Games & toys
* Appropriately themed movies
* A resting space for tired tots
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The Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, like the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, is actually part of a more extended 'Festival of Anarchy' that starts tonight, September 3. Here's more on these events.
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Festival of Anarchy Schedule
The Festival of Anarchy starts on September 3rd and builds up the momentum for opening day of the Anarchist Bookfair. This year we are proud to host a wide variety of events featuring many talented artists, musicians, film-makers and activists. Check out the line up!
Friday, September 3rd
PANIC!: FREEDOM IN SOUND 2
Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
Sound art, experimental music and performance, plus DIY art gallery
arrive at 5 pm to hang your art
7 pm for PANIC! Freedom in Sound
Saturday, September 4th
WE HAVE NO LEADERS! Benefit show for Kelly Pflug-Back
Mike XVX, Jeff Andrew, Star, Comrade Black, Chase, Sasha n Nedjo & more friends
$5-$15 sliding scale, no one turned away! All money raised goes to Kelly's legal defence
7:30 pm, BCGEU, 2994 Douglas St (PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS)
Kelly Pflug-Back is a long time community organizer, whom has been targeted by the police and scape-goated as "the leader of the black bloc" from the G20. She is facing 13 charges including conspiracy, and mischief. The courts are viewing her charges as "hate crimes" against the police, meaning if she is convicted she will be given a stiffer sentence than normal.
This is a blatant misuse of hate crime legislation originally intended to protect identifiable minorities from racist, homophobic or sexist violence. We believe Kelly is being targeted for her roll as a community organizer doing anti-racist and anti-poverty work in her community.
Sunday, September 5th
URBAN CAPTURE THE FLAG
8:00 pm in Bastion Square
Capture the Flag is a team-based game popularized by the Boy Scouts of America as a way to prepare boys for conscription during the World Wars. Urban Capture the Flag (UCTF) is a 21st Century detournement of this practice, primarily organized by anarchists in North America as a way to build community, reclaim the streets and public space, develop insurrectionary and protest tactics for affinity groups, produce a counter-spectacle for passers-by and build group morale through risk-taking together.
Monday, September 6th
Anarchist ‘day of rest’
Tuesday, September 7th
PRISONS AT THE FRONT LINE OF REVOLUTION
A Victoria Anarchist Reading Circle event with Juliet Belmas
7:30 pm Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
After a lengthy prison term for smashing the state, Juliet Belmas has gone on to produce several award-winning short films about women in prison. Her painterly cinematic style and experimental production values have been characterized ‘subtle, yet harrowing.’ This evening she will discuss the politics of incarceration, including recent round-ups at the G-20 summit in Toronto, and why prisons are a “front-line” in the anarchist struggle. ( Sad as it is we have to interrupt this recorded announcement here and now. Julie "fucking" Belmas !!! Now I can die happy because I have indeed seen everything. It's things like this that make me doubt the sanity of some of my presumed "comrades". I have learned over the years that the way they see "reality" is quite different from the way I see it or, more importantly the way that over 99% of the population views it. And I think that a "health warning" should be put on much of their pronouncements insofar as the stated content is quite remote from their actual motivations. If I didn't claim the "anarchist" label I'd perhaps feel pity rather than annoyance. On the other hand I see what I have been doing for almost 40 years as 'politics', and they see it as ???? )
Festival of Anarchy Schedule
The Festival of Anarchy starts on September 3rd and builds up the momentum for opening day of the Anarchist Bookfair. This year we are proud to host a wide variety of events featuring many talented artists, musicians, film-makers and activists. Check out the line up!
Friday, September 3rd
PANIC!: FREEDOM IN SOUND 2
Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
Sound art, experimental music and performance, plus DIY art gallery
arrive at 5 pm to hang your art
7 pm for PANIC! Freedom in Sound
Saturday, September 4th
WE HAVE NO LEADERS! Benefit show for Kelly Pflug-Back
Mike XVX, Jeff Andrew, Star, Comrade Black, Chase, Sasha n Nedjo & more friends
$5-$15 sliding scale, no one turned away! All money raised goes to Kelly's legal defence
7:30 pm, BCGEU, 2994 Douglas St (PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS)
Kelly Pflug-Back is a long time community organizer, whom has been targeted by the police and scape-goated as "the leader of the black bloc" from the G20. She is facing 13 charges including conspiracy, and mischief. The courts are viewing her charges as "hate crimes" against the police, meaning if she is convicted she will be given a stiffer sentence than normal.
This is a blatant misuse of hate crime legislation originally intended to protect identifiable minorities from racist, homophobic or sexist violence. We believe Kelly is being targeted for her roll as a community organizer doing anti-racist and anti-poverty work in her community.
Sunday, September 5th
URBAN CAPTURE THE FLAG
8:00 pm in Bastion Square
Capture the Flag is a team-based game popularized by the Boy Scouts of America as a way to prepare boys for conscription during the World Wars. Urban Capture the Flag (UCTF) is a 21st Century detournement of this practice, primarily organized by anarchists in North America as a way to build community, reclaim the streets and public space, develop insurrectionary and protest tactics for affinity groups, produce a counter-spectacle for passers-by and build group morale through risk-taking together.
Monday, September 6th
Anarchist ‘day of rest’
Tuesday, September 7th
PRISONS AT THE FRONT LINE OF REVOLUTION
A Victoria Anarchist Reading Circle event with Juliet Belmas
7:30 pm Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
After a lengthy prison term for smashing the state, Juliet Belmas has gone on to produce several award-winning short films about women in prison. Her painterly cinematic style and experimental production values have been characterized ‘subtle, yet harrowing.’ This evening she will discuss the politics of incarceration, including recent round-ups at the G-20 summit in Toronto, and why prisons are a “front-line” in the anarchist struggle. ( Sad as it is we have to interrupt this recorded announcement here and now. Julie "fucking" Belmas !!! Now I can die happy because I have indeed seen everything. It's things like this that make me doubt the sanity of some of my presumed "comrades". I have learned over the years that the way they see "reality" is quite different from the way I see it or, more importantly the way that over 99% of the population views it. And I think that a "health warning" should be put on much of their pronouncements insofar as the stated content is quite remote from their actual motivations. If I didn't claim the "anarchist" label I'd perhaps feel pity rather than annoyance. On the other hand I see what I have been doing for almost 40 years as 'politics', and they see it as ???? )
Wednesday, September 8th
FUCK YOU!
7:30 pm Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
An introduction to kink and sex toys with Michelle Powell.
Thursday, September 9th
END:CIV SCREENING
Franklin López--Director/Producer, subMedia
7:30 pm, Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: "If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?"
Taking the long view: endless economic growth has turned into a global economic crash. What will the next hundred years bring? Students of history know that all civilizations eventually come to an end. The ancient Mayans, the dynasties of China, and the mighty Roman Empire, as long-lived and powerful as they were, could not escape this inevitability. The same goes for the culture we call Western Civilization. The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system -- it seems to be coming apart already.
But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future.
http://endciv.com/
http://submedia.tv/
Twitter http://twitter.com/stimulator
Friday, September 10th
HIP HOP / SPOKEN WORD NIGHT OF DISSENT
Open Space Artist Run Centre: 510 Fort Street, 2nd Floor
You won't wanna miss this show and you have no excuse to miss it cause it's by donation!! (suggested, $5-$15)
7:00 pm sharp
This year's "Night of Dissent" will be the most engaging of the past 4 years! With a new, larger venue (Open Space) and a visual arts show we plan on hitting you hard with positive political message. World War 3 Illustrated artists Seth Tobocman, Rebecca Migdal and Kevin Pyle present visual and spoken word stories of protest and resistance. TESTAMENT, Blank Space & mONKEYwRENCH bring the heat with their Revolutionary Lyricism and Battle Style Beatboxing. While the Revolutionary Cyborg Wedding Band gets you up off your seat for a little electro hip hop, Chase & Zaccheaus Jackson ground you with their stories and slam poetry.
Saturday, September 11th
GRAPHIC RADICALS OPENING
7:30 pm: Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates Street
Graphic Radicals is a “themed” presentation of the work of World War 3 Illustrated, a New York-based artists’ collective, from the 1980s to the present day. The art confronts issues such as anti-war protests, squatting in New York, the tragedies of 9-11, racism, prisons and anarchism. Graphic Radicals includes dozens of works in the form of posters, graphic illustrations, paintings, banners and other media.
Join the artists of World War 3 Illustrated as they celebrate 30 years of activism.
Sunday, September 12th
CAMAS' 3rd FOLKIN' ANNIVERSARY
Camas Books and Infoshop. 2590 Quadra
This event is all ages. No one is turned away at the door, but we suggest a donation of $5-$15 (Pay What You Can)
8:00pm
Camas' 3rd Folkin' Anniversary will be a night to remember!! With local acts like "Ursula" & "Gumshoe & the Banshee" you’re sure not to forget the haunting circus-esque energy of the evening. Without-A-Net will join us with some klezmer, Starla with her folk punk and Buffalo Buffalo (inc Cap'n'Kops from The Rough Sea) is coming from the East (on tour) to start the night off with some ol'timey folk songs (so come early!!)
Being a fundraiser for both Camas Books and the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, we hope that you come out in droves to celebrate and help the cause.
FUCK YOU!
7:30 pm Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
An introduction to kink and sex toys with Michelle Powell.
Thursday, September 9th
END:CIV SCREENING
Franklin López--Director/Producer, subMedia
7:30 pm, Camas Books, 2590 Quadra Street
END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: "If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?"
Taking the long view: endless economic growth has turned into a global economic crash. What will the next hundred years bring? Students of history know that all civilizations eventually come to an end. The ancient Mayans, the dynasties of China, and the mighty Roman Empire, as long-lived and powerful as they were, could not escape this inevitability. The same goes for the culture we call Western Civilization. The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system -- it seems to be coming apart already.
But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future.
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Friday, September 10th
HIP HOP / SPOKEN WORD NIGHT OF DISSENT
Open Space Artist Run Centre: 510 Fort Street, 2nd Floor
You won't wanna miss this show and you have no excuse to miss it cause it's by donation!! (suggested, $5-$15)
7:00 pm sharp
This year's "Night of Dissent" will be the most engaging of the past 4 years! With a new, larger venue (Open Space) and a visual arts show we plan on hitting you hard with positive political message. World War 3 Illustrated artists Seth Tobocman, Rebecca Migdal and Kevin Pyle present visual and spoken word stories of protest and resistance. TESTAMENT, Blank Space & mONKEYwRENCH bring the heat with their Revolutionary Lyricism and Battle Style Beatboxing. While the Revolutionary Cyborg Wedding Band gets you up off your seat for a little electro hip hop, Chase & Zaccheaus Jackson ground you with their stories and slam poetry.
Saturday, September 11th
GRAPHIC RADICALS OPENING
7:30 pm: Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates Street
Graphic Radicals is a “themed” presentation of the work of World War 3 Illustrated, a New York-based artists’ collective, from the 1980s to the present day. The art confronts issues such as anti-war protests, squatting in New York, the tragedies of 9-11, racism, prisons and anarchism. Graphic Radicals includes dozens of works in the form of posters, graphic illustrations, paintings, banners and other media.
Join the artists of World War 3 Illustrated as they celebrate 30 years of activism.
Sunday, September 12th
CAMAS' 3rd FOLKIN' ANNIVERSARY
Camas Books and Infoshop. 2590 Quadra
This event is all ages. No one is turned away at the door, but we suggest a donation of $5-$15 (Pay What You Can)
8:00pm
Camas' 3rd Folkin' Anniversary will be a night to remember!! With local acts like "Ursula" & "Gumshoe & the Banshee" you’re sure not to forget the haunting circus-esque energy of the evening. Without-A-Net will join us with some klezmer, Starla with her folk punk and Buffalo Buffalo (inc Cap'n'Kops from The Rough Sea) is coming from the East (on tour) to start the night off with some ol'timey folk songs (so come early!!)
Being a fundraiser for both Camas Books and the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, we hope that you come out in droves to celebrate and help the cause.
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Here's more about tonight's event in Victoria, a benefit for those arrested during the G20 demonstrations in Toronto.
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Kicking off the 2010 Festival of Anarchy!
All donation money raised goes toward G20 legal defence
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5:00 – Panarchy! @ The People's Gallery 2 - Guerrilla Art Hanging
DiY, open source, guerrilla bring yr own art show! All are welcome to
participate! Bring yr paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures,
installations, found art, interactive art + homegrown fashions.
8:00 – Freedom In Sound 2
Experimental music, sound art, noise and performance art featuring
Ha Ha Terror
Froghat
Wyldechylde
Brian Stubbs
Lotusland Warrior
+ more!
Kicking off the 2010 Festival of Anarchy!
All donation money raised goes toward G20 legal defence
....
5:00 – Panarchy! @ The People's Gallery 2 - Guerrilla Art Hanging
DiY, open source, guerrilla bring yr own art show! All are welcome to
participate! Bring yr paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures,
installations, found art, interactive art + homegrown fashions.
8:00 – Freedom In Sound 2
Experimental music, sound art, noise and performance art featuring
Ha Ha Terror
Froghat
Wyldechylde
Brian Stubbs
Lotusland Warrior
+ more!
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