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From the Bandung of the North website (français suit en bas): The Bandung Conference of the North continues in the spirit of Bandung 1955, the first intercontinental conference of non-white peoples in human history. In the context of the Cold War, when the world was polarized between the Soviet and Western blocs, a group of newly sovereign states of the "South" organized themselves politically to accelerate the process of independence for those states still under colonial rule. It was in the small town of Bandung, on the Indonesian island of Java, that this first international conference was held from April...

Saturday, August 17 11am – 5pmBâtiment 7 (1900 rue Le Ber) Free Entry! Everyone Welcome! Wheelchair accessible (no step) Event will take place outside, weather permitting, otherwise in the new Archives Révolutionnaires space Come browse some fine radical literature from a number of Montreal radical publishers and literature projects! queer, feminist, anti-colonial...anti-imperialist, marxist, anarchist...fiction, history, theory... Something for everyone! Facebook event

Prisoners' Justice Day Vigil August 10th, 2024 Parc Vinet, Metro Lionel-Groulx 2-5 pm Every August 10th, prisoners participate in Prisoners’ Justice Day (PJD) by fasting and refusing to work for the day. The practice dates back to 1975 when imprisoned people at Millhaven Penitentiary, located outside Kingston, Ontario, organized a day-long hunger strike, work stoppage, and memorial service to honour two prisoners who had died in solitary confinement. This year is the 50th anniversary of the death of one of those prisoners—Edward Nalon. On August 10th,1974, Eddie bled to death while in solitary confinement at Millhaven. According to prisonjustice.ca, "Eddie...

With the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair collective deciding to not organize an event this year, some others have come together to create a calendar that will list anarchist events happening on the May 24-26 week, in the hopes of self-organization leading to a similar anarcho-festive spirit for those of us who look forward to the annual gathering. There will be one day of tabling, where distros, collective, publishers (including us!) will all be in the usual bookfair locations of CEDA (2515 rue Delisle) and CCGV (2450 rue Workman)—both of which are in Parc Vinet in Little Burgundy—with lots of reading material...

We're excited to back at the Montreal Punk Rock Flea Market again at the end of April! Here's the details from the Facebook event: FREE / GRATUITSunday, April 2811AM — 6PM Foufounes Électriques(85 St-Catherine E.) Get ready for the return of the almighty LOSER JAMBOREE – A MONTREAL PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET brought to you by the legendary Foufounes Électriques & Broke & Stoked/Loser Jamboree DRINKS! LAUGHS! STUFF! DUMB JOKES! COFFEE! AWESOME MUSIC! OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE! ***************************** Préparez-vous pour le retour du tout puissant LOSER JAMBOREE, un MARCHÉ AUX PUCES PUNK ROCK présentez par les légendaires Foufounes Électrques et Broke...