May 1st - June 1st, 2013 Montreal.- The Festival of Anarchy
The entire month of May in Montreal is part of the Festival of Anarchy, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues all over the island of Montreal. The Festival of Anarchy is organized as part of the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 25-26) and is the largest anarchist event in North America. info: www.anarchistbookfair.ca. This year, the Festival of Anarchy features over 25 events at locations all over the island of Montreal.
EVENTS:
Introductions to Anarchism * Anti-Capitalist May Day * Dance Parties * Art Exhibitions * Community Bike Tour * Teach-In * Discussions * Demonstrations & Protests * Theatre Festival * Book Launches * Music * Outdoor Radical Reading Fair * Assemblies * Workshops & Presentations * Film Screenings * Cabaret * and more!
LOCATIONS :
In front of Montreal City Hall / In front of Club 357C / Berri Square / Galerie Crystal Racine / Norman Bethune Square / Concordia University / QPIRG Concordia / Notre-Dame-des-Quilles / Galt & Wellington (Verdun) / Parc Kent (Côte-des-neiges) / métro Jarry (Villeray)/ métro Parc (Parc-Extension) / métro Rosemont (Rosemont-Petite-Patrie) / Place Simon-Valois (Hochelaga) / Phillips Square / La Déferle / La Sala Rosa / Galerie Rats 9 / Bar Populaire / La Belle Époque / L’Alizée / Il Motore / Centre Culturel GeorgesVanier / Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri / Il Motore ... the streets, alleys and parks of Montréal!
SCHEDULE OF FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY EVENTS:
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 ANTI-CAPITALIST DEMONSTRATION
colère noire contre la grande noirceur !
INFO: www.clac-montreal.net/en/mayday_2013
May 1st, 2013 DANCE PARTY DEMO
11pm Berri Square
MAYDAY MAYDAY : NO ORDINARY DEMO
Come as you are, and then some.
INFO
Saturday, May 3 to Sunday, May 12 2013 WORKS, SCANDALS AND OTHER AFFRONTS
Galerie Crystal Racine, 1701 Gilford
(5 minutes from metros Laurier and Mont-Royal)
Anarchist artists Benoît Tremblay and Myriam Larouche-Tremblay have cooked up for you a visual art exhibit built on the themes of scandals and affronts. Throughout the week, there will also be more specific thematic evenings on debated subjects, such as: will we have to kill our fathers?
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible
INFO
Friday, May 10, 1pm (sharp!) MONTREAL COMMUNITY BIKE TOUR
Rendez-Vous @ Norman Bethune Statue
(corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve, in front of the Tim Horton’s)
Rain or shine! Bring your bike, borrow a bike!
Whisper translation during the tour, towards both French and English.
Get in touch with any accessibility needs.
An interactive tour of the neighborhoods near Concordia, including Little Burgundy, Shaughnessy Village, St-Henri, Griffintown and Point-St-Charles. Come learn more about popular, queer, and working class struggles in our community, as well as current mobilizations against gentrification, car culture and poverty. We’ll discuss historical struggles for social and environmental justice in Montreal, as well as contemporary campaigns related to accessible public spaces. This tour will last approximately 3 hours. This event is free. If you can, please reserve in advance at: info@qpirgconcordia.org
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org, 514-848-7585, info@qpirgconcordia.org
Saturday, May 11, 10am-5pm DECOLONIZE!
An anti-colonial teach-in presented by the Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective & No One Is Illegal-Montreal
7th floor of the Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest
métro Guy-Concordia
Join us for a full day of introductory and in-depth workshops based on solidarity with Indigenous resistance and building an anti-colonial analysis!
free. welcome to all.
wheelchair accessible.
childcare available on-site.
workshops in English & French (with whisper translation to English, French & Spanish).
INFO ; MAIL; Phone: 514-848-7585
Tuesday May 14th, 7pm ANARCHY 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO ANARCHISM
At La Belle Epoque - 1984 Rue Wellington
Confused by what the word ’Anarchism’ means?
Interested in discussing radical ideas that have inspired uprisings and liberatory struggles for over a century? This introductory workshop will discuss some of the historical roots of anarchism while focusing on the main tenets of current anarchist theory and practice.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 6pm-9pm GENTRIFY THIS!
Understanding and Resisting Neighborhood Gentrification
at QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
métro Guy-Concordia
This event will serve as the launch of Gentrify This! A Student’s Guide to Understanding and Resisting Neighbourhood Gentrification
“Gentrification can seem inevitable. As condos spring up like mushrooms, rent creeps ever higher, and available apartments become harder and harder to find, how can we resist the mass displacement of socio-economically marginal groups from popular neighborhoods? This guide addresses the structural and cultural aspects of gentrification, and suggests both individual and collective strategies for resisting the process.” Gentrify This! was supported by a research stipend by QPIRG Concordia.
With the participation of members of local housing and activist organizations active in resisting gentrification in Montreal.
– free. welcome to all.
– snacks & drinks
– wheelchair accessible
– free childcare available by request
(please phone 514-848-7585 24 hours in advance)
INFO ; Phone: 514-848-7585
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 11AM-5PM MONTREAL OUTDOOR RADICAL READING FAIR
Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, between Guy and Mackay
(métro Guy-Concordia)
Organized by QPIRG Concordia, in collaboration with the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and Queer Between the Covers.
Over 20 tables by local grassroots booksellers, zinesters and political organizations.
Welcome to all!
Get in touch about any accessibility needs.
In case of rain, the event will take place on Thursday, May 23, same time and location (visit www.qpirgconcordia.org for updates).
INFO ; Phone: 514-848-7585
Friday May 17, 5-8 PM 5@7 ARTISTIC PRACTICES & ANARCHIST PRINCIPLES
Notre-Dame-des-Quilles (NDQ)
32, rue Beaubien Est (coin St-Laurent)
Artivistic would like to weigh in and convene artists that identify in one way or another as anarchists or that are interested in anarchism (and/or who practice collective autonomy, anti-oppression, mutual aid, etc) to an informal meeting of sorts in order to reinforce our creative networks. Oh, and just to better be prepared, please RSVP if you can: info(at)artivistic(dot)org
In Franglais/Frenglish (no translation)
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible/
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 STATUS FOR ALL!
March for justice and dignity for all migrants and refugees
In solidarity with Indigenous struggles for self-determination
1pm: Join ONE of FOUR Contingents:
* SOUTH-WEST (Little Burgundy, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri and Verdun)
1pm at métro de l’Église (corner Galt & Wellington)
* NORTH-WEST (Côte-des-Neiges, Ville St-Laurent, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)
1pm at Parc Kent (corner Cote-des-Neiges & Kent)
* NORTH-EAST (Villeray, Parc-Extension, St-Michel, Ahuntsic, Rosemont-Petite-Patrie, Mile End)
1pm at métro Jarry; 2pm at métro Parc; 3pm at métro Rosemont
* EAST (Centre-Sud, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)
1pm at Place Simon-Valois (corner Valois & Ontario)
4pm: CONVERGENCE, DEMONSTRATION AND PICNIC
Philips Square (Union & Ste-Catherine, métro McGill)
A child-friendly march. Bring your kids!
Get in touch about any accessibility needs.
Organized by:
Dignidad Migrante (www.dignidadmigrante.org)
Immigrant Workers Center (www.iwc-cti.ca)
Mexicans United for Regularization (www.mexregularizacion.org)
No One Is Illegal-Montreal (www.nooneisillegal.org)
Solidarity Across Borders (www.solidarityacrossborders.org)
and many allied individuals.
(Dignidad Migrante, Mexicans United for Regularization & Solidarity Across Borders are working groups of QPIRG Concordia.)
INFO ; MAIL PHONE: 438-933-7654
May 19, 7PM INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE & ANARCHISM
with Gord Hill (warriorpublications.wordpress.com), subMedia.tv and others
Part of Cinochelaga
at La Déferle (au1407.org)
1407 Valois
Speeches and video projections
An evening organized by Research Action Media and the Indigenous Struggles Committee of Cégep du Vieux-Montréal
This event is a part of Gord Hill’s tour through the occupied territories called “Quebec” which is taking place from May 19 - 27.
For more information on the other events of the tour, go to montreal.mediacoop.ca or check out mediarechercheaction.info (which will be officially launched on April 25th at 1407 Valois).
In English and French, with translation
Not accessible to wheelchairs, unfortunately
INFO: mediarechercheaction.info
Tuesday, May 21 & Wednesday, May 22, 2013 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST THEATRE FESTIVAL
La Sala Rosa - 4848 St. Laurent, Montreal
The only and biggest anarchist theatre festival in the world.
Bilingual.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO ; MAIL
May 22 to June 1st ANARCHY ART EXHIBITION AT RATS 9
372 Ste-Catherine Ouest, Suite #530
An exhibition about anarchy, hence its name: ANARCHY. The exhibition will take place from May 22nd to June 1st in our gallery, at the same time as the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair and the Montreal Anarchy Festival, happening during the whole month of May. All mediums and forms of expression.
Accessible to wheelchairs.
INFO MAIL
Wednesday, May 22, 6 pm SPRING BBQ AT LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
La Belle Epoque - 1984 Rue Wellington
Spring BBQ at the Belle Époque, come hang out! Time for good food,
socializing, and to get to know the space. Vegan and meat options available.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO
Thursday May 23, 2013, 7pm - 9pm QUEBEC STUDENT STRIKE & SOCIAL REVOLT
Book Launch/Music with Norman Nawrocki
Bar Populaire, 6584 boul St Laurent
Live performance, music & poetry.
English, with music in French.
Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
INFO
Thursday, May 23, 9pm ANARCHIST CABARET
at l’Alizée, 900 Ontario East (métro Berri-UQÀM)
Confirmed acts include:
* Caïd Braque (ex-Die Sashiko) (diesashiko.bandcamp.com)
* Studfinder (facebook.com/pages/Studfinder/166180693530628?fref=ts)
* Fatal Flaw (myspace.com/fatalflawhotmailcom)
* Silentbones (silentbones.bandcamp.com)
5$ or pay-what-you-can.
Wheelchair accessible.
INFO
Friday, May 24, from 5pm until 8pm ART & ANARCHY OPENING / VERNISSAGE
At the Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA)
3rd floor, 2515 rue Delisle (métro Lionel-Groulx)
free - welcome to all
childcare available; please contact us 24 hours in advance (514-679-5800)
we regret that the Art & Anarchy exhibition is not accessible to wheelchairs
music - food & snacks - performances
meet the contributing artists and get a first look at this year’s Art & Anarchy exhibition
Before the start of the Bookfair weekend, join us for the "5 à 7" opening of the Art & Anarchy exhibition, which is part of the Festival of Anarchy and the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. This year’s Art & Anarchy exhibition includes paintings, illustrations, posters, prints, sculptures, performances and more. In addition to the Friday opening, Art & Anarchy can viewed during the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (Saturday & Sunday, May 25-26, 10am-5pm).
We regret that the Art & Anarchy exhibition is not accessible to wheelchairs.
French and English, translation available.