Victoria Anarchist Bookfair

This is coming from the Gidimten_Checkpoint "As Indigenous grassroots people, on the frontlines, we call on you to join us in solidarity from Nov 23-29 as a national call to action to support and respect our sovereignty. We are one, we are united, and we will fight, together."... #LandBack #WeAreOne https://kolektiva.media//cdd6caeb-415f-4590-88ef-47f964dde https://kolektiva.media//cdd6caeb-415f-4590-88ef-47f964dde

The Victoria Anarchist Bookfair is celebrating the grand finale of our week of podcasts with a set of tunes by Rhymethink. Enjoy!

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Metis leader Louis Riel was hanged 135 years ago today. Here is the story of Reil's battle against Canadian colonialism, which is ongoing. "My people will sleep for 100 years, but when they awake it will be the artists who give them their spirits back". https://youtu.be/x_gR8BR9zuI

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sub.Media video review fun time:

VABF Day 7: Ma’amtagila (Kwakwaka’wakw) Matriarch Tsastilqualus of House Umbas on Indigenous Sovereignty and Rematriation. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//vabf-day-7-maamtagi/

Of interest to the group: an online seminar on the Rojava Revolution - an anarchist-feminist autonomous region in northeastern Syria - next Saturday, November 21st.

Cedar is life on the West Coast! The Ocean Wolves of Caycuse (OWC) are formed out of the Cedar’s urgent need for protection. Indigenous led on the Pacheedaht and Didihdat territories of the Nuu Chah Nulth Nation, the OWC join the cedars on the land to protect the ancient old growth forests from clear-cut logging. Many of the Cedars in this region are hundreds of years old, some over a thousand; sprung to life before colonizers ever set foot on the continent. The Ocean Wolves... of Caycuse, lead by matriarch, Indigenous sovereignist, and traditional midwife Queen Sacheen Seitcham, will put an end to industrial encroachment and destruction of these ancient forests through re-occupation of the land. https://www.gofundme.com/f/ocean-wolves-of-caycuse

Recommended listening for today : https://www.indigenousaction.org/podcast-ep-4-land-back-in/

VABF Day 7: Homeless in the Pandemic. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//vabf-day-7-homeless/

Day 6: Oslem Goner, steering committee member of the Emergency Committee for Rojava speaks of the current struggle for autonomy in Rojava. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//kurdish-sociologist/

Day 6: Ruth Kinna, political theorist speaks on capitalism, anarchism and the commons. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//uk-theorist-ruth-ki/

Day 5: Anarchists Ann Hansen and Trans-Activist Naphtali speak on prison injustice. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//anarchists-ann-hans/

Day 4 Again: Interview with Queen Sacheen (Ancestral Pride) about her life and Indigenous Sovereignty. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//nuu-chah-nulth-coas/

Day 4 of the bookfair: Interview with Queen Sacheen - Queen Sacheen is co-founder of Ancestral Pride, with whom she has produced many zines. She has spent a great deal of time advising Settler-anarchists on how to be in solidarity with Indigenous resistance movements. She is a warrior who has taken part in many actions, including Standing Rock. Finally, Sacheen is a proud mother, Matriarch, doula and medicine woman. https://fromembers.libsyn.com/nuu-chah-nulth-coast-salish-a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6wnKCzmr0

Day 3 of the Bookfair Week of podcasts reveals the life and times of John Zerzan. https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//john-zerzan-on-his-/

Day 2 of the online anarchist bookfair features an interview with Kathy Ferguson, author of Emma Goldman: Political Thinking in the Streets. http://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca//anarchist-feminist-k/

Rojava Today: Where is the Movement Now? Wednesday, Sept 16th, 1:00 PM ES/6:00 PM BST Speakers: Dilar Dirik, Viyan Qereçox, and Arge Tolhildan... Register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rojava-today-where-is-the-move Facebook event: Rojava Today: Where is the Movement Now? Sponsored by the Institute for Social Ecology