Anarchic update news all over the world - Part 2 - 5.10.2018

Today's Topics:

   
1.  Ireland, derryanarchists: The 3rd Annual Derry Radical
      Bookfair Announced (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  wsm.ie: Long term empty houses highlighted in Kildare
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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The third annual Radical Book Fair at Pilots Row Community Centre will return to the city 
once again in January. A spokesperson on behalf of the book fair organising committee said 
that over the past several years the book fair has been in existence it has grown in size 
which has encouraged us to make the event an annual affair. "We are delighted to announce 
what will be the 3rd annual Derry Radical Bookfair which will take place in January 2109. 
We have had regular requests and encouragement to continue the event which is now firmly 
part of the political calendar of the city. ---- "During the past couple of years the 
Radical Bookfair has played host to many participants from all across the island of 
Ireland as well as from England, Scotland and Wales which has been part of the Bloody 
Sunday week of events leading up to the annual Bloody Sunday March.

"We would like to extend a warm Derry welcome to all participants again to the Radical 
Bookfair who have different visions, ideas, practices and radical traditions. it is our 
view that this annual book fair will be used to present our support of small press 
publishers and independent booksellers and producers, circulating radical reading 
materials and information from independent distributors, non-party political campaigns and 
groups to share their publications and merchandise, which normally would be hard or 
impossible to find at mainstream bookshops.
"Books of local, national and international interests including social and labour history 
as well as themes covering radical feminism, queer liberation, anarchism, Marxism, 
republicanism and environmentalism.
"From the outset it is our view that Derry has a long and proud tradition of working-class 
radicalism which has influenced many historical events, standing out beyond most other 
cities that has both challenged and changed society around us for the better.
"At present, we are allocating stall space and as seen during past radical bookfairs, 
space is limited.
"If your bookstore, distribution or publishing collective would like to book a place at 
the radical bookfair then now is the time to confirm.
"We are currently getting ready to present what looks to be another amazing day of stalls, 
books, records, zines from independent booksellers, political and historical groups, local 
radical projects, small press and more."
Find out more at https://derryradicalbookfair.wordpress.com/

http://derryanarchists.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-3rd-annual-derry-radical-bookfair.html

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As part of the Take Back the City National Day of Action, housing activists with Housing 
Action Kildare had a banner and leaflet drop in Newbridge on Sept 22nd, centred around a 4 
bedroom house that has been empty for up to 7 years and is owned by a bank. ---- The house 
is located in the Standhouse Rise housing estate in Newbridge and a yellow poster now 
marks it as house that is lying empty during a time of desperate housing need. This kind 
of artificial scarcity, enabled by State inaction, driven by property price speculation 
and enforced by police violence, is completely unnecessary. ---- Local residents responded 
positively to the action when organisers leafletted the surrounding houses. One woman 
joked that she almost called the Gardaí upon seeing a group assembling around the vacant 
house which she said has been empty for years and has been broken into by groups of youths 
who have done minor damage to inside of the house.

This action is part of a growing housing campaign building in Kildare and nationally that 
it is hoped will grow to such a strength that it can force the State to commit to building 
public housing which is the only real option to solving the housing crisis.

https://wsm.ie/c/long-term-empty-houses-highlighted-kildare

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