The last anarchist bookfair in Switzerland was a great success, with more people then ever before coming. However, it’s already time to start thinking about the next bookfair!

The bookfair will take place on the weekend of the 31 May-02 June 2019 in the city of Bern, at the Gertrud-Wocker Mensa.

To give you an idea of what to expect, the general theme of this year is Food!, with discussions, presentations (all translated into English, French and German), childcare, film screenings and of course food!

Save the dates!

Collectives: Anarchy in Action

The next anarchist Bookfair is set on track.

It will again take place in the Gertrud-Wocker-Mensa in Bern on the 11th to the 13th of May.

Mor Infos will follow when we know more ourselves.

Stay tuned.

Theme: mediterranea

Bühlplatz-mensa gertrud-Woker-strasse 3,
Casa’d italia, Bühlstrasse 57

Friday

19.00 Exhibition : Uter

20.00 Book presentation : Rage de camp

21.00 concert : Manuel & Moel

Saturday

11.00 – 13.00 presentation : Notara

13.15 – 15.45 song workshop: part 1, preparation

13.30 – 15.30 presentation : A critical approach to antisexism in the anarchist milieu

16.00 – 18.00 presentation : Local resistance to environmental exploitation

18.30 song workshop: part 2, concert

21.00 concert at Zieglerstrasse 9:

K0DE (solo set / acoustic powerwave)

Basseville (psychedelic stoner garage)

Syndrome WPW (violence and synths)

Sunday

10.00 Brunch

12.00 -13.30 presentation : Gaza

14.00 – 15.00 calligraphy workshop

More information here, or click on the tabs above!

Save the date!

The anarchist bookfair will take place in Bern again – at the Gertrud-Woker Mensa (Gertrud-Woker Str.3) on the weekend of Ascension, from the 26-28th mai.

The programme is still to follow.

Some general infos:

Friday

18.00 – 0.00

-Publishers

-Reading

-Exhibitions

-Concerts

-Bar and Food

Saturday

10.00 – 18.00

-Publishers

-Presentations and Discussions

-Workshops

-Exhibitions

-Bar and Food

Sunday

Not fixed yet

The Bookfair will take place at the Bühlplatz-Mensa in Bern (Gertrud-Woker-Strasse 3).
The presentation rooms will be announced soon!

Programme

Friday 6 May (good beer, books and great music):
18h – 23h30: Bookfair, reading corner and bar
From 19h30: Opening event
From 20h30: Readings
Scandinavian worker literature
Presentation and readings of texts from the book “Refuser de parvenir, idées et pratiques” (The refusal to succeed, ideas and practices) a collection of texts assembled by the CIRA Lausanne

21h30: Gypsy pop concert

Saturday 7th May:
Bookfair: 10h – 18h
Presentations/Workshops:

10h30 – 12h30:
Sweden: Undocumented migrants and labour struggle (in the Casa d’Italia)
Riots in Sweden: the fires and their consequences (at the restaurant Warteck)

13h00 – 15h00:
Anarchism in Finland: the March 1917 revolution (in the Casa d’Italia)
Denmark: Ungdomshuset. The struggle for autonomous spaces (at the restaurant Warteck)

15h30 – 17h30 :
Anarcha-feminism in Norway + “Rhetoric for radicals” Workshop (in the Casa d’Italia)
Stop Fennovoima !
Protest camp against Fennovoima nuclear power plant (at the restaurant Warteck)

All events and presentations will be translated in French, German and English.

Saturday night:

Concerts! at the Blokk, Allmendstrasse 2, Bern

Doors 21h, Concerts 22h

Abrassiv (postpunk, CH)

Les vaches laitières (punk + cows, CH)

Cousin Boneless (folkpunk, US)

Sunday 8th May:
from 11h: Vegan Brunch and Kubb tournament in the patio of Unitobler, Lerchenweg 32, Bern

Come to have a good time at L’Aencre on the 19th November! Let the magic of Great Sabatini, Le Grandmal and Louis Jucker take you over… all for a good cause in support of the next Anarchist Bookfair!

See you there!

flyer

Next year’s bookfair will take place on May 5-8 in Bern.

Friday May 15^th

Literattentat: Open Stage at the Anarchist Book-fair

Bar Les Amis, Bern

Reitschule Movie Theatre:

Parada, by Srđan Dragojević (Serbia, 2011) – with Nikola Kojo, Milo Samolov, Goran Jevtić. 115 mins .
Screening starts at 21:00.

Saturday May 16th – Progr Cultural Center, Bern

11:00 to 13:00

Anarchism and Syndicalism in Romania – with Martin Veith.

The Political Situation in Moldavia: Anarchist Perspectives –with Moldavian activists.

14:00 to 13:00

Social Struggles in Serbia – with Milenko Srećković (Pokret za Slobodu)

Roman Women’s Empowerment Strategies – with Claire Auzias

Saturday May 16^th – Reitschule Movie Theatre.

Look Forward in Anger, by Remus Mărgineanu (Roumanie, 1993) – with Gheorghe Dinica, Luminita Gheorghiu, Cristian Lacob. 77’.
Screening starts at 21:00

Sunday May 17^th – Progr Cultural Center, Bern

12:00 to 14:00

The Slovenian Secondary School in Klagenfurt – a local anchorage for the Carinthian Slovenes – Kristijan Jozef Miksche

Presentation of the Balkan Anarchist Book-fair and of the Anarchist Movement in former Yugoslavia – A. Federacija

All sessions and conferences will be held in German, French or English. Translation will be available.

Flyer in French and German:

Download: Programm