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BOAB - Bologna Anarchist Bookfair

An event dedicated to anarchist culture

Talks, debates, book stalls, magazines and DIY/self-productions, children’s playground, music, food, organized by Biblioteca Elio Xerri (Circolo anarchico Berneri), Centro studi libertari G. Pinelli and Edizioni Malamente, with the support of ReBal (Network of anarchist and libertarian libraries).

No resignation, but self-organization! In the death-politics and pessimism era, let’s strengthen self-management, let’s fuel the revolts.

Useful information

Bring t-shirts (or other fabrics) if you want to participate in the live screen printing on Saturday 6 at 7 PM.

Don’t forget your phone earphones: we will provide a link during the conference to access simultaneous translation.

Programme
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Friday, September 5 @ Circolo anarchico Berneri, Piazza di Porta S. Stefano
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18:00 Inauguration and presentation of the BOAB
20:00 Dinner and concert by Coro Sedicidagosto

Saturday, September 6 @ Parco del Fondo Comini, via Fioravanti 68
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10:00 Opening and book stall setting-up
11:00 Social ecology and mutual aid. Transforming the spaces we live in with Selva Varengo, Alberto (Abo) Di Monte, Vittorio Sergi
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Anarchism and contemporary feminisms with Elia Arfini, Germinal Anarchist Group of Trieste, Erica Lagalisse
17:00 Changing the world here and now. Anarchist influences in the contemporary world with Francesco Codello, Tomás Ibáñez, Salvo Vaccaro
20:00 Dinner
21:00 Concert by Lisetta Luchini, anarchist songs from Tuscany
-> From 3 to 6 PM Edera FC and Edera Volley (Asd Unione Realtà Sportive Sociali) organize a space for children to move, run, jump, learning to do it together, with open volleyball and football training.

Sunday, September 7 @ Parco del Fondo Comini, via Fioravanti 68
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10:30 An anarchist gaze on history. Memory and movement archives with Lorenzo Pezzica, Isabelle Felici, Mayday Rooms (UK)
13:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 Closing-up & dismantling, park cleanup, farewells

Call for the 2025 Anarchist Bookfair

PreBOAB events

The Other Germany: Anarchists and Syndicalists before Hitler
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Circolo Anarchico C. Berneri
Piazza di Porta Santo Stefano 1, Bologna
Book Presentation: Critique of ChatGPT
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Circolo Anarchico C. Berneri
Piazza di Porta Santo Stefano 1, Bologna
Digital Archives of Social Movements
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Fondo Comini
Via Fioravanti, 68, Bologna
Water and community
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Cascina Torchiera senz'acqua
Piazzale Cimitero Maggiore 18, Milano
Bread and Revolution, Migrant Anarchy
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Circolo Anarchico C. Berneri
Piazza di Porta Santo Stefano 1, Bologna
Let's Talk About Commons with Guido De Togni
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Fondo Comini
Via Aristotile Fioravanti 68, Bologna
Fascio-Capitalism, with Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen
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Modo Infoshop Bookstore
Via Mascarella 24/b, Bologna
Haiku Without Haiku
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Circolo Anarchico C. Berneri
Piazza di Porta Santo Stefano 1, Bologna