London anarchist bookfair '08?

Submitted by zarathustra on 10 May, 2008 - 18:37.

Are there plans for a 2008 London anarchist bookfair? Info?

I was looking at the website for last years bookfair. It looked great. Stuart Christie, Ian Bone, anarcho-quiz masters, etc. wink

12 May, 2008 - 17:15
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Are there plans for a 2008 London anarchist bookfair? Info?

Unfortunately not, one of the organisers has gone on a buddhist retreat, and two others got divorced and killed each other on a last ditch "honeymoon" in Koala Lumpur. I think there might be a very small 'Against Everything For Anything Conference' organised by London Anarchists.

12 May, 2008 - 23:46

Anarchists That Hate Anarchists are having a re-union bookfair around the same time.

13 May, 2008 - 08:15

OK, after these morons have had their "fun".
It's on October 18th at Queen Mary College on the Mile End Road. Nearest tubes Stepney Green and Mile End

13 May, 2008 - 09:42
Battlescarred wrote:
OK, after these morons have had their "fun".
It's on October 18th at Queen Mary College on the Mile End Road. Nearest tubes Stepney Green and Mile End

I know i know, "fun" is such a spurious and bourgeoise concept. Pah to these cretins and their "fun" i say!

13 May, 2008 - 09:53

Oh go away

13 May, 2008 - 10:11

Yeah, fuck off Tacks. Battlescarred is trying to improve his life.

13 May, 2008 - 10:28

I'd better start saving for a gum shield.

13 May, 2008 - 10:33

i'll protect you jeff

13 May, 2008 - 11:33

I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

13 May, 2008 - 11:35
xConorx wrote:
I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

that's the spirit grin

13 May, 2008 - 11:39

us irish are such a happy go lucky lot

13 May, 2008 - 13:32
xConorx wrote:
I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

Maybe if you brought some decent affordable books that people actually want to read instead of obscure, unintelligible philosophy stuff

13 May, 2008 - 13:36
vanilla.ice.baby wrote:
xConorx wrote:
I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

Maybe if you brought some decent affordable books that people actually want to read instead of obscure, unintelligible philosophy stuff

what you mean the same shit as sold at every fucking other stall?

anyway fuck y'all we want a better class of customer.

13 May, 2008 - 16:18
vanilla.ice.baby wrote:
xConorx wrote:
I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

Maybe if you brought some decent affordable books that people actually want to read instead of obscure, unintelligible philosophy stuff

really? all i ever saw on a O! stall were their papmphlets and mags, i never even seen any books.

xconorx if you publish a piece called 'what we have done, what we are doing, what we are going to do next and how it is going to advonce the class struggle' i'll buy it for at least a quid, even if its a paragraph long, scrawled in biro on a napkin.

13 May, 2008 - 16:19

or at least "PAEDOS AND NONCES: Know Thy Enemy". that'd be pretty good.

13 May, 2008 - 16:44

Tacks, you should have seen the Oragnise stall last year. Revol had a poseur section.

13 May, 2008 - 16:56

I only saw Zizek, and thought 'fuck it, not buying that'. It also completely obscured the Organise! material (if there was any).

13 May, 2008 - 16:57

I bought Derrida. There were others.

13 May, 2008 - 17:02

oh.

must hasve been thinking of a different year. Why were you selling that stuff? Someone a good shoplifter?

13 May, 2008 - 17:45

The Anarchist Bookfair stimulates all the senses:

You can see sights that will make you wanna cry.

Smell shit that will make you suicidal.

And if you're a real bitch, feel knuckles on your cheek that will enable you to pimp sympathy on the internet for months.

13 May, 2008 - 17:48

Those aren't all the senses, Alan.

13 May, 2008 - 18:31
Tacks wrote:
vanilla.ice.baby wrote:
xConorx wrote:
I suppose we'll be heading over but probably won't bother with a stall cos we can't be arsed carting a shitload of books from Belfast, selling fuck all, then carting them back.

Maybe if you brought some decent affordable books that people actually want to read instead of obscure, unintelligible philosophy stuff

really? all i ever saw on a O! stall were their papmphlets and mags, i never even seen any books.

xconorx if you publish a piece called 'what we have done, what we are doing, what we are going to do next and how it is going to advonce the class struggle' i'll buy it for at least a quid, even if its a paragraph long, scrawled in biro on a napkin.

yeah, see this is alll cool, but paying £45 for a stall to sell a few pamphlets wouldn't be worth it wink

As for last year, eh yeah we had a few "obscure philosophy" books because as Revol says, the other stuff was carried by many other stalls and therefore not really worth the hassle of 3 people carrying boxes on a plane and then by public transport, from belfast.

13 May, 2008 - 18:40
Alan wrote:
And if you're a real bitch, feel knuckles on your cheek that will enable you to pimp sympathy on the internet for months.

who did this?

13 May, 2008 - 19:13

I remember Jack feeling knuckles but I don't recall him getting any sympathy, must be someone else.

13 May, 2008 - 19:26
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As for last year, eh yeah we had a few "obscure philosophy" books because as Revol says, the other stuff was carried by many other stalls and therefore not really worth the hassle of 3 people carrying boxes on a plane and then by public transport, from belfast.

Yeah I agree with your reasons really, and I wouldn't bother this year if I was you. In fact I'm not going to volunteer for any stalls, or do any meetings this year either. Can't be arsed. The smell is too bad.

13 May, 2008 - 20:39

I'll definitely go to the feminist meetings and hopefully I'll make more than one person cry this time.

13 May, 2008 - 20:49

I made a girl cry by talking about unions on Saturday. The sense of power was intoxicating.

13 May, 2008 - 21:49
Refused wrote:
I'll definitely go to the feminist meetings and hopefully I'll make more than one person cry this time.

yeah you went to all the feminist ones in dublin you twat wink

13 May, 2008 - 22:03

There were two feminist meetings and I went to one of them. tongue

13 May, 2008 - 22:28

balls you went to both, you lying feminist prick !!!

you were all " yeah I think I'll just go to the feminist ones cos y'know, equality is important"