[Montreal] Festival of Anarchy

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A third-way through the fucking festival of Anarchy in Montreal, and i still haven't posted anything about it. Guess it's about time to remedy that...

Events for the rest of May:

Tuesday May 15 - 7:30pm

• Diego, a film about Abel Paz Anarchie
  
  Café l’Éxode CÉGEP Vieux Montréal 255 Ontario Est

Thursday May 17 - 7pm

• Art and Anarchy: from the Paris commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall - de Allan Antiff (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority, compiled by Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland (AK Press)
  
  Cafétéria cinémathèque 335 boul. De Maisonneuve Est
  

Friday May 18 - 8pm

• Anarchist Cabaret: A benefit for the 8th annual Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
  Main Hall, 5390 St. Laurent
  
  
• Featuring:Please Don't Put Charles on the Money, Sarah Mangle, Paula Belina, Marni and Melissa, On Bodies, Amal El Masri, Anarchy Marchy
  
  $5-7 suggested donation
  

Saturday May 19th - 10am-6pm

• Anarchist Bookfair
  CEDA 2515 rue Delisle
  
  
• Vendors, Film Festival, Art Exhibit, Kids Program, Introductory workshops and more!
  
  Click here for more details.
  

Saturday May 19th - 10pm

• Party : Benefit for DIRA
  
  Comité social centre sud 1710 Beaudry

Sunday, May 20 - 10am-6pm

• Day of Anarchist Workshops and Presentations
  
  CEDA 2515 rue Delisle
  
  The full schedule can be found here
  

Sunday, May 20 - 9pm

• A benefit event for Queeruption-Vancouver
  
  At the Saphir 3699 St.Laurent (corner of des Pins)
  Suggested donation: 5$(no one turned away)
  
  
• presentation of Queeruption 10 Vancouver
• screening of Homotopia - video by members of Gayshame
• trash drag performances...
• open mic
• and then, everyone on the dancefloor!!
  
  www.queereaction.org www.lespantheresroses.org
  

Monday May 21 - 7pm

• Public Assembly
  About CNland in Pointe St. Charles.
  
  www.lapointelibertaire.org
  St Columba House, 2365 rue Trunk
  

Tuesday May 22 - 7pm

• Building Radical Mental Health Community
  
  
• Struggle with mental health issues? Support someone who does? Concerned about what it means to be labelled “mentally ill” in a world gone mad? Do you wish there were some sort of a radical support resource in montreal? Us too!
  
  Join local activists + out-of-towners from the icarus project to discss these issues and strategize around building radical mental health support in non-judgemental ways.
  
  
• Location TBA
  
  info:amanda@resist.ca or maryse@riseup.net
  514.525.3584
  

Thursday May 24th - 9pm

• Anarchist Film and Documentary Festival
  Insoumise-DIRA 2035 St Laurent
  
  www.myspace.com/filmsanarchistesmtl
  

Friday May 25th - 7pm

• Launch of Rubrick # 13
  
  2235 rue Delisle Métro Lionel Groulx
  

Saturday May 26 - 4pm

• Documentary : The empire of the African Palm : state crimes and civil resitance in Columbia (french)
  
  Projet accompagnement Solidarité Colombie –PASC - www.pasc.ca
  Cinéma ONF 1564 rue St Denis
  

Saturday May 26/Sunday May 27th- 4pm

• Weekend of reflection and organizing around self-determination and autonomy.
  
  Rhizome, espace social 1800 Létourneux
  http://lerhizome.blogspot.com
  

Monday May 28/Tuesday May 29 - 7:30pm

• Anarchist Theatre Festival
  Sala Rossa 4848 boul. St Laurent
  
  
• The festival includes plays or monologues that are original new work, or that have already been performed, or that have been written by anarchists (historical or contemporary). The pieces are either full productions or staged readings in either French or English. The work is anti-State, anti-capitalist, non-sexist, non-homophobic, anti-Empire, anti-authoritarian, etc, and written by either anarchist playwrights or writers who are sympathetic to anarchism.
  
  Click here for more details.