Winter Anarchist Bookfair 2023 Prague

PROGRAMME 

14:00

The Palestinian BDS movement: a critical assessment / Nadim Haidar

A lecture on the Palestinian movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions, better known as BDS - its history and context, impact and achievements, theoretical grounding and significance, and some criticisms.
Nadim holds a master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut. He has been an organizer and involved in various movements for many years, including the global climate movement, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the 2019 Lebanese uprising. He is currently based in Copenhagen and is a member of the International Forum.
In english.


16:00

Collectively against capital: Overtime, better money: the medical movement in hospitals
What are the strengths, limits, contradictions of medical protest, what does it say about the hospital as factory? We will also look at the biggest class movement in recent times in the Czech Republic from a nursing and workers' autonomy perspective.


18:00

Debate on the book "The Joy of Fighting for a Better World. How to build a thriving movement in toxic times"
How much do some forms of activism relate to feelings of guilt and the evocation of bad conscience? What happens when political activism and psychotherapy begin to overlap? Can we recover the joy of struggle, solidarity and community in our activities? Over the book, The Joy of Fighting for a Better World, we will discuss the forms that "rigid radicalism" takes and the alternatives it might offer. The book is published by Neklid.

20:00
Concert

Cardo & Decumanus (dark folk/country)
https://crddcmns.bandcamp.com
Cardo&Decumanus, a Prague-based project of Václav Orcígr (Or, Vlněna, Paramount Styles, Mava). Features 9 tracks of gloomy songs about love, friendship, loneliness, understanding, nature, and kindness of dark.

Motherfucifer (freak folk)
Their musical past has its roots in the noise and wildness of the punk band Die Puppen Augen, now Alžběta Jechová and Jakub Krajíc have dedicated themselves to exploring the territory where calm concentration and stillness show the way. The songs they play as Motherfucifer are masses for acoustic guitar and vocals, a rite of passage for all who believe in the power of creative conspiracy.

Diskoteror Sound System
A legendary team of uncompromising selectors, firing volleys of socopop and dancefloor with original and non-original clips. A thrilling audio-visual inferno.