In the region of 1,000 people attended the Dublin 2009 Anarchist bookfair at Liberty Hall on Saturday. From the time doors opened at 10.30 to 6pm a constant stream of people came into the venue to browse the books, listen to the speakers or to take part in workshops and discussions.
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I wasn’t planning to blog today, but I was watching The Daily Show last night and Jon Stewart was particularly good (but where is the UK equivalent?). He quite simply lets rip at Wall Street and the CNBC coverage. I’m sure the guy who cancelled now wished he turned up… Really, do not annoy Jon Stewart, particularly during an economic crisis and massive government bailout…
Well, when I posed my previous blog (on my letter to Freedom on Keynes), I did think that I would be blogging against quite quickly. However, this was not to be. I was expected a reply to my latest letter to the Weekly Worker on anarchism, but there was no reply in the next two issues. They did publish my letter along from another anarchist one (and, yet again, I must praise their letters policy as being excellent) but no reply. I’m not that surprised, I should note.
The alternative bookfair at Ghent was very good. It was well organised, good selection of stalls, nice atmosphere, and a good venue (it was in an old factory, I think, so high ceilings so it did not get too hot — always a problem at the London anarchist bookfair). And the food was very good. I would recommend going to the next one! So a big "well done!" to everyone involved!
yeah so heres my first offering to the loose band of anarchists online, not sure how lots of this works yet, but with perseverance it’ll be a doddle
Freedom Bookshop, 7PM, Wednesday, March 4th
Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel, London
I’ve been uploading a large selection of the images I took at the Zapatista encounter in Chiapas in 1996 to my Facebook this week in parallel with posting the articles and talks I wrote on the Zapatista’s from 2004 to 2006 to my archive on this site. It’s been a pretty intense trip down memory lane, some of which I share here.
One of the aims of An Anarchist FAQ (AFAQ) is to refute common myths about anarchism, particularly those spread by those opposed to anarchism. Marxists of various sorts (mostly Leninists, but not solely that trend) seem to be incapable of discussing anarchism without distorting it.
As those who are following my Facebook status updates will be aware things have gone crazy busy here in Ireland. Because Ireland was one of the most globalised economies it is being hit hard by the global recession. The impact is further added to because neo liberal ideology meant we have a very very deregulated bank and property sector and a government based on that section of the capitalist class. This led to a lot of what they call ‘corruption’ which meant that the very wealthy 1% ripped off huge quantities of wealth during the celtic tiger but are now trying to impose the cost of the crisis on the working class.
Here’s a poster wot I have just made. It’s obviously a play on "Don’t Mourn, Organise" – but the Irish seem to moan more than mourn. I wanted to encourage those who grumble into their pints to do a little more, particularly now, when we actually have to get up off our arses and try and influence the direction our crumbling country is going in.