Prague anarchist bookfair is taking place this weekend. Two days full of books and special
guests - among those speaking are anarchist from places where revolts and uprisings took
palce recently, like Bosnia, Spain, Brazil and Ukraine, as well as people from CrimethInc
etc.. Complete set of lectures follows, all info you can find here:
http://anarchistbookfair.cz/english/ ---- Lecture program ---- Saturday ---- 12:30 ----
Support-group Solidarity Against Repression Vienna ? Criminalization of refugee protests
in the broader context ---- In Austria there is a trial going on against eight people
accused of being part of a criminal organization of ?human smuggling.? Some of the accused
were involved in the refugee-movement Vienna, they were arrested end of July 2013, after
big protests against the deportation of several activists of the refugee-movement. Since
then they have been imprisoned, in March 2014 the trial has started.
This trial is a criminalization, not only of a strong anti-racist movement, but of all
undocumented border-crossings. The lecture will inform about this ongoing trial in Vienna
and bring it to a broader context of repression against social movements, racism,
criminalization of migration and the fight for freedom of movement.
13:45
International ABC collective ? Global week of sildarity with political prisoners
Opening speech ?Why to start and what to do?? and discussion about a global week of
solidarity with anarchist political prisoners, which is taking place on 23-30 August 2014
15:00
Amila (Bosnia) ? Role of anarchism in Bosnian uprising
For the past 20 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina the media mainly covered news about
workers? hunger strikes, corruption scandals,looting and crime. Although the political
establishment in conjunction with religious leaders worked successfully on the national
division of the community, all the while becoming enormously richer, on the 7th of
February the citizens of BH proved them wrong.
Together, undivided, they insist on social changes and class equality without allowing
politicization. As a result, the tactics have changed.Through the regime?s media,
political mafia has launched an attack of intimidation, infiltration, threats,
insinuations and spins. These are just some of the things that citizens of BH have to deal
with on a daily basis since the beginning of the protests.
Self-organization and more concrete measures were the next steps in the battle against the
political mafia. It is a process from which we learn something new every day?.
16:15
Anarchist from Ukraine ? Ukraine uprising in the eyes of anarchists
Group of anarchists from Kyiev would talk and discuss on the recent events at Ukraine,
analyse pros and cons, discuss the role or Pravij Sector, Putin and Russia etc.
17:30
CrimethInc (USA) ? Anarchism and the New Global Revolts
>From Brazil to Ukraine and Bosnia, rebellion is expanding in both exciting and
frightening directions. What common threads connect the occupied squares and torched
police cars? A rogue operative from the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers? Collective returns to
Europe to offer reflections on anarchy in the new era of global revolt! This dynamic
presentation will explore today?s global uprisings in relation to policing, citizenship,
and democracy. As economic crises necessitate ever wider policing, what new opportunities
for revolt will arise? As conflicts over nationality and migration intensify, what
alternatives can we present to liberal notions of citizenship? As trust in government
erodes, what visions can anarchists offer beyond representative democracy? Our struggles
must spread narratives and tactics that contest the legitimacy of these forces ? and the
future of freedom hangs in the balance.
Sunday
13:45
Jo?o Gabriel (Brasil) ? Recent struggles and anarchist organisation in Brasil
Brazil has gone through a huge uprising in 2013, with hundreds of thousands on the streets
in many cities. Bus fare rises and police brutality were the factors that sparkled the
movement, which now developed into new struggles in the context of the opposition to the
World Cup of
2014. Anarchism has played an important role in the struggles and it?s now regaining
strength in Brazilian mass movements, along with the increasing number and influence of
anarchist organizations.
Jo?o Gabriel is a militant from the Coletivo Anarquista Bandeira Negra [Black Flag
Anarchist Collective], an anarchist group from the south of Brazil which is part of the
Coordena??o Anarquista Brasileira [Brazilian Anarchist Coordination], which develops the
current of especifismo, a latin-american approach to organized anarchism.
15:00
Anarchist Black Cross Belaruss ? Presentation on the book ?Going to Magadan?
Anarchist prisoner Ihar Alinevich was kidnapped by plaincloth cops in Moscow and illegally
extradited to Belarus, where he was imprisoned for 8 years with incrimination in group
hooliganism and intentional destruction of property. In 2013 the book ?On the Way to
Magadan? compiled of essays from his prison letters was released. Magadan is the city on
the far East of Russia which during Stalin times was a major transit point for political
prisoners sent to labor camps. Uhar Alinevich is making some comparisons of the prison
conditions and his own state between Belarus and Magadan.
16:15
Peter Gelderloos (USA/Spain) ? The struggle for the streets of Barcelona
In the last few years, Barcelona has experienced an explosion of self-organized activity
in the streets, with general strikes, plaza occupations, assemblies, hospital occupations,
transport and student strikes, eviction resistance, and riots. Anarchists have debated
about the role they should play within these struggles, and employed different practices
to encourage practices of self-organization and prevent the recuperation of these
movements by political parties. A comrade from Barcelona will speak about some of the
successes and failures in this process.
18:45
Panel discussion on the main topic of the bookfair (?how could anarchists contribute to
current massive social revolts??) with Peter Gelderloos, CrimethInc, Amila from Bosnia and
anarchist from Ukraine
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