[IPSM] @: CALLOUT for workshops at Montreal's Anarchist Bookfair (deadline: March 3, 2008!)

[Jaggi Singh]

*CALLOUT for workshops and presentations
**at Montreal's 9th Anarchist Bookfair (May 17, 2008)
& Day of Workshops (May 18, 2008)

** Deadline for proposals is March 3, 2008! ***

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair collective is currently planning the next
Anarchist Bookfair (our ninth in a row!). This year's Bookfair will take
place on Saturday, May 17, 2008, to be followed on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by a
full day of anarchist-themed presentations, panels, debates and workshops.

In the past, the Bookfair collective has received more than 50 workshop
proposals, of which we could only accept 10-15 (due to space limitations).
Once again, we encourage your workshop proposals (within the guidelines
indicated below)!

*More info about the Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy at:
www.anarchistbookfair.ca
*
More info below about:
a)    Workshop guidelines
b)    Workshop proposal
c)    Deadline
d)    Previous proposals
e)    Contact information


*::::: a) Workshop Guidelines :::::*

* Proposals for the Day of Workshops (Sunday) should address an
anarchist-themed topic in some depth, and should be intended for people who
are already familiar with anarchism, or might identify as anarchists. The
collective will accept between 10 to 15 workshops.

* Workshop proposals for the Bookfair day (Saturday) should be introductory
workshops to anarchism, or an aspect of anarchism, and should be aimed at
people who are curious about, or new to, anarchist ideas. These workshops
should be accessible to non-anarchists. The collective will accept up to 6
introductory workshops.

* Workshops can be proposed to take place in French, English or another
language, but the Bookfair collective will ensure that at least half of all
workshops are in French-only. The Bookfair collective will organize whisper
translation between English and French for all workshops.

* The Bookfair collective will strive to have at least one-half of all
workshops presented by people who identify as women.

* The Bookfair collective especially encourages workshop proposals by
individuals who identify as women, indigenous, people of colour, working
class, poor, people with disabilities, trans and/or queer.

* Please consult the Bookfair principles, which guide the organizing of the
bookfair as an event, including workshop selection. The principles are
available at: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/en/node/4

* Workshops that took place last year will not be accepted for a second
consecutive year (with the exception of introductory workshops).

*  We ask that you organize your own AV equipment; please get in touch for
info about space limitations.

* The Bookfair collective does not have the means to provide funding for
travel or other expenses.

* We have also included below the workshops that have been accepted in the
previous three years. We indicate these topics to provide individuals
proposing workshops with an idea of the kinds of workshops that have been
accepted in the past (and might be accepted again) and to indicate the
workshop topics that have yet to be proposed for consideration by the
collective.


*::::: b) Workshop proposal :::::*

[Use the format below when submitting your workshop proposal, otherwise your
proposal won't be considered.]

Keep in mind that your title, short workshop description and one-line
biography will be used for publicity purposes if your workshop is chosen, so
please provide clear and explanatory descriptions. Keep in mind too that
workshops can be no longer than 1 hour and 30 minutes.

1.      Provide a title for your workshop. Choose a title that is
self-explanatory.

2.      Identify whether your workshop is for Saturday (intro) or Sunday
(in-depth).

3.      Provide a short (75 words max.) description of your workshop.

4.      Provide a one-line description of the individual or group presenting
the workshop.
If you are proposing a panel, please provide a one-line biography for each
participant.

5.      Provide a longer description -- as long as you need – to describe
your proposal. This longer description will be read by the Bookfair
collective to help us decide which proposals to accept.

6.      Provide a contact e-mail AND phone number.


*::::: c) Deadline :::::*

The DEADLINE for all workshop proposals submitted by e-mail to
info at anarchistbookfair.ca is March 3, 2008 (no exceptions).

Alternatively, proposals can be mailed to:
Montreal Anarchist Bookfair,
1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 204,
Montréal, Québec, H3G 1N1, CANADUH.


*::::: d) Previous workshops :::::*

We indicate these topics to provide individuals proposing workshops with an
idea of the kinds of workshops that have been accepted in the past (and
might be accepted again) and to indicate the workshop topics that have yet
to be proposed for consideration by the collective.

2005
-  Deschooling: Getting society out of school
-  Twenty-First Century Anarchisms
-  Building an Anarchist Movement: Lessons Past and Present
-  An Introduction to Anarcho-Communism.
-  The History of Anarchism in Quebec.
-  Anarchism Also Means Organization: A look at the methods of anarchist
organization.
-  Cogitateurs Agitateurs: Free Information
-  The Environment: Neither for, nor against!
-  Fight or Walk: Anarchists in the struggle for public transportation
-  From Sacco & Vanzetti to the Patriot Act: Breaking the enclosing fascist
circles
-  A History & Self-Criticism of the Vancouver Squeegee Council
-  Feminism and the anti-patriarchal struggle in the anarchist milieu
-  The Anarchist Black Cross and Political Prisoner Support
-  Building a "Canadian" Decolonization Movement: The Practice of Active
Solidarity & Mutual Self-determination
-  Fighting unionism as a practice for anarchists
-  History of Struggle: A guided tour of Montreal's Southwest
-  Another Take on Direct Action: the PASC in Colombia, from macro-economy
to active participation in peasant civil resistance
-  Anarchy On Your Plate: Challenging Industrial Food Production
-  Anarchism, Power and Borders: Fighting capitalism, patriarchy and
imperialism in immigration policies and in our own movements
-  Politicize Yer Pride: Tactics and Strategy for Queer Anarchists

2006
-Anti-Authoritarian Approaches to Sexual Assault
-Anarchists and Self-Defense
-Autonomia y autogestion en el zapatismo
-Return to the Spanish Civil War
-Anarchist and Anti-Imperialist Lessons of the Weather Underground
-Anarchists and the law: When to fight in the courts and when to walk away
-No Gods, No Masters: Atheism and contemporary anarchism
-Liberals or Libertines? A Radical Feminist Analysis of Couples in the
Militant Milieu
-"Revolutionaries who Tried to Think:" The Sojourner Truth Organization and
its Legacy for Anarchists Today
-Mental Health and Mutual Aid in the Anarchist Milieux
-Solidarity with the Communities of CIPO-RFM in Oaxaca; living the Magonist
Utopia
-Space to dwell: Situating humans and autonomy

2007
- Radical Words: Is writing activism?
- The "new" anarchism
- Anarchist writer Claude Gauvreau
- Watch Yourself: an Anarchist Perspective on Safety and Security
- Organization and Propaganda: Self-Management and the struggle to
proliferate the anarchist idea
- The youth revolt in France: from the banlieues to the high schools
- The Struggle Against Police Brutality
- Anarchism and Marxism, What have they learned from each other and what are
the differences
- Ungdomshuset in Denmark
- Anarchism, feminism & war: Emma Goldman to present
- Anarchists working in solidarity with national liberations movements with
an Islamic foundation
- What a Queer Activity! The Intersections of Queer and Activist Montreal
- Penal Abolition/Prison Activism
- The Anarchist Press in France
- We don't vote!


*::::: e) Contact Information :::::*

post: Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
c/o QPIRG Concordia
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal, Québec, H3G 1M8
CANADUH

e-mail: info at anarchistbookfair.ca
phone: 514-435-2385
web: www.anarchistbookfair.ca

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