Next Fantin: Sunday 21st October @ 2pm
The next session of the Fantin Reading Group is Sunday 21st October @ 2pm. We will be reading Errico Malatesta’s “Anarchy”, which you can download here: http://fantinreadinggroup.wordpress.com
There are also some paperback copies for sale at the MAC Infoshop, which is open every Sunday 12-5pm. Register your attendance on fb here: https://www.facebook.com/events/368974903184933/?context=create
DAC Global Noise Afterparty
The Direct Action Collective is hosting an afterparty at MAC after the day of Global Noise, which is a celebration of the anniversary of the Global Occupy and European Indignado movements.
https://www.facebook.com/events/374117852665337/
The Melbourne event is being co-ordinated by Real Democracy Australia and the day of protest will adopt the 'casserolada' technique of banging pots & pans. The Direct Action Collective will meet @ the 8 Hour Monument from 11am and march to City Square, so join us with your black flags, black & red flags and pots & pans.
Back @ MAC we will be having a BBQ and of course, rehreshments will be available from the bar. There may also be spontaneous performances by poets, comedians & musicians...
Fantin is back
We've decided to re-commence meetings of the Fantin Reading Group.
The Group next meets at 2pm on Sunday, September 9 when we will be discussing direct action.
For more details see the Fantin Reading Group blog.
The Coming Catalogue
MAC is now stocking books, pamphlets and CDs for sale. You can find some of these titles here. Most recently we've obtained further copies of Black Flame ($25) and Debt by David Graeber ($35, hardcover).
We also have copies of The Coming Insurrection for sale. You may remember The Coming Insurrection from such shows as Glenn Beck.
MAC is open Sundays noon 'til 5.
MAC infoshop opening this Saturday!
Super exciting! Melbourne’s only anarchist infoshop will be launching this Saturday evening from 7pm until late.
Black Light #1
MAC released Black Light #1 at the 2nd annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair. It's available for download over at www.anarchy.org.au.
Infoshop is go! Launch party, Saturday, August 11
MAC has decided to launch an infoshop at the space and to help begin the process we're holding a launch party on Saturday, August 11. We'll have words and music, books and beats. From 5pm, bands, radical slam poetry and spoken word will celebrate the newest - and possibly (?) only - Melbourne-based anarchist book/infoshop. We'll have a wide collection of classical, recent and historical anarchist texts available for purchase, as well as drinks and food. Bands include:
• Dead Peasants
• A Commoner's Revolt
• Bernard Young from Pirate Satellite
• More TBA.
MAC on Facebook
Did you know that MAC has a page on Facebook?
Well we do, and you'll find it here.
In other news, please note that the Fantin Reading Group has suspended activities until later in 2012/early 2013.
Black Light zine (#1)
Hola,
The deadline for submissions for the MAC zine Black Light (#1) is JULY 15.
The previous edition (#0) is available for download here.
If you have something you'd like to contribute send it to:
blacklightzine@gmail.com
The theme for this issue is anarchy and organisation.
The issue will be available for distribution at the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair, August 4.
Cheers.
The Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair 2012
The Melbourne Anarchist Club, Anarres Books and the Anarcho Syndicalist Federation will be sharing a stall at the bookfair in August.
The Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair will be a free event held at Abbotsford Convent (St Heliers Street, Abbotsford) from 10am-6pm on Saturday 4th of August. The bookfair consists of up to 40 stalls of independent book-sellers and activist groups. Alongside the stalls there will be about 21 one-hour workshops running all day on all kinds of anarchist and direct action topics. There is also a small kids' space with volunteers to help carers, or for carers to self-organise child minding, or if the kids just want to play indoors.
