The 1st Annual Los Angeles
Anarchist Bookfair
Anarchist Bookfair
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1ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR WORKSHOPS/PANELS
11:00PM
(Main Room)
Welcome / Danza Cuauhtémoc
12:00PM
(Main Room)
Local Histories
“Southern California Library and South Central Los Ángeles" by SCL Staff
The Southern California Library is a people's library dedicated to documenting and preserving the histories of
communities in struggle for justice and using our collections to address the challenges of the present so that all
people have the ability, resources, and freedom to make their own histories.
http://www.socallib.org
“Urban Zapatismo” by Sirena Pellarolo
silvia.
pellarolo@csun.edu
Sirena Pellarolo is an activist-scholar, published poet and playwright and educator born in Argentina. Sirena works
with the Eastside Cafe, El Sereno, an autonomous space in Northeast Los Ángeles, inspired by the Zapatista
example of autonomy, horizontality and self-determination. She is currently walking the politics of resistance and
creation with autonomous movements of the Americas (Chiapas, Los Ángeles, Argentina) from an observing
participant perspective.
“Los Ángeles Anarchisms” by Hector and others
(Reading Room)
Anarchism & Economics
“Anarchism & Marxist Economics” by John Imani
Bio: A long time organizer, in the 1960s John helped organize a student strike at LACC with the Black Student Union.
He is also a playwrite and journalist. He's a community organizer, identifies as an anarcho-communist, anti-
authoritarian marxist and is currently a member of the Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, collaborating with
the free food program on Sundays in Los Angeles' Mcarthur Park.
“Economic Crisis: Working Class Responses” by Gui Ford & Modesto Anarcho
Bio: "Modesto Anarcho" is a journal produced by the Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians (DAAA) Collective, based out
of Modesto, California in the Central Valley.
http://www.geocities.com/anarcho209/
(Upstairs)
Militarizing the Border
“Contesting the Militarization of the Mexico-U.S. border” By Jose Palafox & Budge.
jose@akpress.
org
Bio: Born in Tijuana, raised in San Diego. Jose has been involved in many DIY-political punk bands, currently
working on a new music project, Baader Brains. His political work, writing & documentary film has focused on issues
of migration, specifically relating to the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border and the social movements along the
California and Arizona border region. Jose has taught Chican@/Latin@ Studies and Sociology at UC Berkeley, UC
Santa Cruz, Stanford, Mills College and U of San Francisco. He has been published in Social Justice, Covert Action
Quarterly, ColorLines, Z Magazine, Borderlines, Shades of Power, Left Turn, and Maximum RocknRoll. He currently
works in publishing at AK Press in Oakland, California.
http://www.revolutionbythebook
.akpressorg/jose-palafox/
Burridge@usc.edu
Bio: Budge is a Ph.D candidate from Australia, now at the University of Southern California in the Department of
Geography. He is studying direct action grassroots social movements in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands surrounding
undocumented migration, and has been involved with No More Deaths/No Más Muertes and the No Border Network,
as well as anti-immigration raid organizing in Los Ángeles.
(Garden)
Sustainable Architecture and Super Adobe
By Cal-Earth Apprentices.
Ulises Ramirez
Ulises helped organize and establish the North East LA chapter of Food not Bombs in 2006. He is a core site
apprentice at the Cal-Earth Institute of Earth, Art and Architecture and one of the organizers of the Los Ángeles
Anarchist Bookfair.
http://www.calearth.org
1:00PM
(Main Room)
Latin American Radical Movements
“Expresiones Ácratas: Bolivian and Chilean examples” by Sara Ramírez Galindo.
SaraRGalindo@gmail.com
Bio: Born in Puebla, Mexico, raised in Compton, California. Sara’s been active/organizing for about 10 years with
community organizations, cultural centers, student groups, and anarchist collectives- including Casa del Pueblo,
Mujeres Libres (Los Ángeles), APOC, and currenty with Amanecer: For a Popular Anarchism. Academically, she
contributes to the study of Latin American Autonomous & Anarchist Social Movements- focusing on womyn, youth &
people of color; art, muralism & performance in politics; and affection-based politics.
“Anarchism in Brazil: Past & Present” by Pedro de Sa.
PedroFlamengo@gmail.com
Bio: Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Have been involved with anarchist organizing, publications and groups in Brazil
since 1997. in 2001 migrated to the U.S. Was involved with community college student organizing, the IWW and
anarchist groups in the Bay, like APOC and Furious Five. Is currently a rank-and-filer member of the ILWU, working
in a warehouse, and a member of Amanecer: For a Popular Anarchism.
“Mexico’s Ediciones Antorcha” by Vlad.
sandpaperbooks@gmail.com
Sirena Pellarolo
silvia.
pellarolo@csun.edu
Sirena Pellarolo is an activist-scholar, published poet and playwright and educator born in Argentina. Sirena works
with the Eastside Cafe, El Sereno, an autonomous space in Northeast Los Ángeles, inspired by the Zapatista
example of autonomy, horizontality and self-determination. She is currently walking the politics of resistance and
creation with autonomous movements of the Americas (Chiapas, Los Ángeles, Argentina) from an observing
participant perspective.
(Reading Room)
How to Create a Cop Watch Patrol Unit/ Film Screening: "Todavia Estamos Aqui, Nunca Nos Fuimos.
We're Still Here, We Never Left"
By Cop Watch LA Guerrilla Chapter and the Revolutionary Autonomous Communities
Bio: Cop Watch Los Ángeles Guerrilla Chapter states, "We're made up of individuals from different hoods, looking
to build a base in our own communities while we help create a mass movement to stop police terrorism against our
peoples.
"
Bio: The Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, "We are a revolutionary federation of community councils and
liberated spaces based in occupied communities made up of oppressed people of color. We are a horizontal
organization building self-sustainability and creating the structure, strategy, and program for change through direct
participatory forms of organizing and a decision-making process based on consensus."
(Upstairs)
Self- Defense
By Tim Santos
(Garden)
Experiences of the Asian Hardcore
By Moritsugu "Mo" Nishida
Bio: Mo is a “Social Chemist,” Activist & Community Leader. He was one of the many Japanese-Americans that were
sent to the concentration camps during WW2. He has been an active organizer in the Asian community and with Lil’
Tokyo 4 Peace, Asians for Jericho and Mumia.
2:00PM
(Main Room)
Food Not Bombs – Los Ángeles / Animal Liberation Press
(Reading Room)
APOC caucus
[An Anarchist People Of Color- only space]
(Upstairs)
Creating Your Own Media / Open Source Software
By IndyMedia-Los Ángeles' John Kawakami / Josh Haglund & Nick
Bio: John Kawakami is a computer programmer and participant in IMC. He is presently learning composting and
photography. He lives in South San Gabriel.
Josh has been involved with the Food not Bombs movement for over eight years, and continues to host Los Ángeles
FNB at his residence in Silver Lake.
Nick is originally an LA Food-not-Bomber, but moved to Berkeley a year ago to attend Cal, where he is involved in
Berkeley CopWatch.
(Garden)
Games/Dating Game
NancyX
(Out Front)
Lunch—By Food not Bombs
3:00PM
(Main Room)
ABCs of Anarchism / Anarchist Tendencies Panel
“Autonomism” by Revolutionary Autonomous Communities
“Anarcha-Feminism” by Liz Lopez
Bio: Liz helped organize the 1st Los Ángeles Really Really Free Market this year. She is a long-time member of LA
Food not Bombs and one of the organizers for the Anarchist bookfair.
“Anarcho-Syndicalism” by Richard Modiano from IWW
rmodiano@ca.rr.com
bio: I've been a rank and file member of the Industrial Workers of the World since 1974 when I joined the New York
City General Membership Branch. I worked at a furniture factory in Barcelona Spain in 1977-78 and joined the
Confederacion Nationalista de Trabajadores/ Federacion Anarquista Iberica (CNT/AIT) that was re-constituted after
the end of the Franco dictatorship. Presently I work building maintainance and belong to the IWW General
Membership Branch.
“Anarcho-Punk” by William Faith
www.myspace.com/animamundi
Bio: Will forms part of the Los Ángeles anarcho punk collective Anima Mundi, Latin for “World Spirit.” Anima Mundi
uses music as a primary medium to educate, challenge, question, expose, support, connect and inspire. Any profits
generated by their work are channeled back into the different organizations they support, ranging from animal
rights, vegetarianism, women’s issues as well as Permaculture.
"Anarcho-Communism" by Adam Welch
Bio: Adam Welch is born and raised in San Jose in the Bay Area and has been involved in social movement
organizing for over 10 years in community struggles, at his community college student and with worker struggles
through the IWW as well as others. He is 27 and lives with his partner and soon to be daughter/son.
“Green Anarchism” by John Zerzan
Bio:As a US-based anarchist and leading primitivist philosopher, Zerzan's works criticize agricultural civilization as
inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of prehistoric humans as an inspiration for what a
free society should look like.
(Reading Room)
Creating Anarchist Think Tanks
By Vlad
sandpaperbooks@gmail.com
(Upstairs)
Rethinking National Liberation-Punjab as Case Analysis
By Harjit Singh Gill
harjitgill@gmail.com
Bio: Harjit Singh Gill is a graduate student in the field of social work in Oakland, CA. His workshop will discuss a
historically neglected struggle for national liberation amongst the people of Punjab. Anarchism has traditionally had
a weakness in analysis related to national liberation, but Gill hopes that through a re-evaluation of this case
example, we can refine our approach and join in solidarity with oppressed people everywhere.
(Garden)
Chess Tournament For Anarchists
By D’Angelo
4:00PM
(Main Room)
Queer and Trans Communities of Color
“Trans & Queer Youth of Color” by Q-Team
Bio: Qteam is a queer and trans youth of color collective of individuals with complex identities rooted in various
traditionally marginalized and oppressed communities in Los Ángeles. Qteam's founding members include youth
who identify as immigrants, refugees, poor and working class, womyn (born and self identified), differently abled,
and spiritual. Qteam exists to challenge and resist the many interlocking systems of oppressions through multi-
issue, grassroots organizing. Qteam is committed to building and sustaining safe physical and political spaces for
the empowerment of young people by advancing and supporting their natural leadership abilities through education
and the promotion of wellness, self-care, love, respect and self-determination.
Lylliam Posadas & Manush
lylliam.
posadas@gmail.com
beautifuk678@gmail.com
Lyl just returened from Ghana Africa, where she studied cultural anthropology as an undergraduate student at
UCLA. Before going to Africa, Lyl volunteered at LA Food not Bombs and was an internet radio host for Kill Radio.
(Reading Room)
Indigenous Resistance & Self Determination
"Indigenous Resistance and Self Determination: A discussion and planning session on current Indigenous struggles,
cultural survival, sacred places & sacred burial sites"
By Angela Mooney, Michael Paul Hill & Klee Benally and other presenters*
* Please note: Out of respect for the fact that this workshop is being held on Tongva lands, there will be space
during the workshop for Indigenous peoples from Tribal Nations with traditional lands in the Los Ángeles area to
speak about the issues facing their communities
Bio: Angela Mooney-D'arcy (Acjachemen Nation) from the United Coalition to Protect Panhe, a grassroots coalition
of Native American Acjachemen people.
Bio: Michael Paul Hill is from the Chiricahua Apache Alliance, working as an Anti US/MX Border Wall and
Indigenous Sovereignty and Human Rights Advocate at the national and international level. Michael is currently
addressing militarization of the border by working with the Lipan Apache Women's Defense to stop the LA (A)
Bookfair Workshop Presenters - Google Docsconstruction of a wall on Indigenous Peoples lands and territories.
Bio: Klee Benally (Dine') from Indigenous Action Media, Save the Peaks Coalition and the Taala Hooghan Infoshop,
an indigenous-establis hed volunteer-run collective dedicated to creatively confronting and overcoming social and
environmental injustices in Flagstaff, Arizona and surrounding areas. Contact: indigenousaction@ gmail.com
(Upstairs)
Puerto Rican Liberation Update
By Lawrence Reyes
Bio: Lawrence Reyes participates with the Puerto Rican Alliance, an international organization seeking the complete
de-colonization of Puerto Rico, self-determination and the release of all Puerto Rican political prisoners and all
political prisoners.
(Garden)
Non-Violent Anti-Authoritarian Parenting
Ariel graduated student of the Center for Non Violent Education and Parenting
CNVEP does not use the word nonviolent in reaction to violence, but as a word that honors the connection with a
child that respects the core dignity of the child as a full and complete human being. Therefore, the right relationship
to have with a child is one that is built on respect and kindness towards the core feelings and needs of the child.
5:00PM
(Main Room)
Anarcha-Feminism/ Women’s Health / Riot Grrl
"Anarcha-Feminism" by Brigid Flaherty & Liz Lopez
Bio: Brigid is a professional activist in that she is employed by the Pushback Network to work for social change. For
over 6 years, Brigid has worked to empower and support women and girls, gay and lesbian youth, and people living
with HIV/AIDS. Brigid helped organize the 1st Los Ángeles Really Really Free Market this year.
Bio: Liz helped organize the 1st Los Ángeles Really Really Free Market this year. She is a long-time member of LA
Food not Bombs and one of the organizers for the Anarchist bookfair.
“Riot Grrl” by Shannon
“Panochas Poderosas: Sexual Empowerment and Precise Anatomic Self-Awareness Workshop"
By Pati Garcia. Website: www.myspace.com/djpandulce and e-mail pandulce@gmail.com
Bio: Pati Garcia is a first generation Peruvian-Mexican Chicana of the San Gabriel Valley. Bodyworker trained in
Shiatsu, Cranio-Sacral, Pregnancy, Women's Sacred Anatomy, and birth Doula, Pati brings people to a deeper
understanding of self, therefore evolutionizing individuals' awareness and well-being. She's also a women's
consciousness raising workshop leader and women's sacred anatomy teacher including self-examination guidance.
Her passion is to provide accurate information so a woman can make informed decisions about her body. She
provides non-judgemental natural healing support pre and post pregnancy and/or abortion for any woman who
needs it.
Dannie Drake
(Reading Room)
Security, Rights, Surveillance & Intelligence Gathering
“Rights at the Borders and FBI Surveillance & Intelligence Gathering “ by Shahid Buttar from Muslim Advocates
shadid@muslimadvocates.org
Bio: Shahid Buttar is a civil rights lawyer, hip-hop MC, independent columnist, grassroots community organizer,
singer and poet. Professionally, he directs a program combating racial & religious profiling at a non-profit legal
advocacy and educational organization representing the American Muslim community. He also leads a U.S.-based
organization supporting the Pakistani lawyers movement.
Ron Gochez
Bio: Ron is a Social Justice Educator/Community Organizer with Union Del Barrio- Los Ángeles and Frente Contra
las Redadas- South Central
Activist Attorneys
(Upstairs)
Art & Resistance: Stencils, Puppets, and Presentation
"Subverting dominant media through collage" By Amitis Motevalli
Bio: Amitis Motevalli was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the US in 1977. Motevalli states, “Being an immigrant in
the US shows in my work a duality of culture, both natural and learned. In all of my work, I create a dialogue that
critiques dominant views of oppressed people and culture in general”. Her work in art education is with youth who
share a similar duality in vision. Motevalli has been active in creating social change with her students on issues of
civil rights within the class through pedagogy or working with students and community to organize around issues that
effect their quality of life and access to education.
Mauricio and Sergio
6:00PM
(Main Room)
Black Panthers and Anarchism
By Ashanti Alston, Shareef Abdullah, Roland Freeman, Wayne Pharr & Black Riders Liberation Party
Bio: Ashanti Alston Omowall is an "the @narchist Panther" activist, speaker, and writer, and former member of the
Black Panther Party.
Bio: Shareef Abdullah http://diyzine.com/radioshareef.html
Bio: Interview with Roland Freeman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOeBS-QIi8E
Bio: Interview with Wayne Pharr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6mivp29Taw
Bio: Interview with Black Rider Liberation Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESpofM5Fj4E&feature=related
(Reading Room)
Creating Healthy Relationships
By Christine
(Upstairs)
Reserved for last-minute needs
7:00PM
(Main Room)
Anarchist People Of Color in Practice
This discussion will start with short presentations from indigenous/people of color members of the organizing
collective of the Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair. Members from Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, Amancer,
LA Food Not Bombs, Apex Union and others, will give a short presentation on the work that they're doing.
Panelists:
Omar Ramirez on Xicanx Anarchism
Bio: Omar Ramírez was born in East Los Ángeles, California in 1974. He grew up learning to document the
contemporary Chicanx experience through several mediums (print/photography/ paint/film) . As an undergraduate
student at California State University Northridge (CSUN), Ramírez became active through Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicana/o de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A) and founded the ¿Y QUÉ? newsletter in 2003. Ramírez completed his 2008 M.A.
thesis in Chicana and Chicano Studies entitled “Black Flag, Red Heart: A Study of Chicana and Chicano Anarchy.
”
Victoria Gutierrez works with AK Press, and is part of Accion Zapatista, Radio Zapatista, Black Hole Collective and
SouthWest APOC, for her bio you can ask her.
Ashanti Alston Co-Chair of Jericho, part of New York APOC, and member of Critical Resistance
Klee Benally (Dine') from Indigenous Action Media, Save the Peaks Coalition and the Taala Hooghan Infoshop, an
indigenous-establis hed volunteer-run collective dedicated to creatively confronting and overcoming social and
environmental injustices in Flagstaff, Arizona and surrounding areas.
(Reading Room)
Ending Coalitions, Building Communities / Human Rights Day
By Michael Novick & the Jericho Coalition
antiracistaction_ la@yahoo.com
Bio: Novick is a long-time anti-racist activist. He is editor of "Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action,
Research & Education."
Michael participates in the Campaign for Community Control of Police in Los Ángeles.
(Upstairs)
Classical Anarchism
"Alchemy in Clarens: Reclus and Kropotkin & the origins of Anarcho-Communism"
By Dana Ward from Anarchy Archives.
dward@dwardmac.
pitzer. edu
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward
Bio: I am Professor of Political Studies at Pitzer College. My primary fields are political psychology and American
politics. I am also responsible for Anarchy Archives, an online research center on the history and theory of
anarchism
(Out Front)
Dinner — By Food not Bombs
8:00PM
(Main Room)
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