SF "AnarkoPunkStock" draws thousands...

Is SF Anarchist Book Fair getting too big for its venue?


The 10th annual San Francisco Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair
drew thousands of consumers who hate consumerism,
on Good Saturday, 26 March 2005.

"A Bush election is very good for anarchist consumerism," said ABF organizer Joey Cain, 50, to the SF Chronicle. "Anarchy proposes that humans have the ability to join together to meet our needs without the intervention of church or state," added Cain, who's also active in Radical Faeries and SF Pride.

Around 75 official vendors rented table spaces in the over-crowded exhibition hall. Adjoining rooms provided food and lectures. When a women's toilet became overcrowded, women began using stalls in the men's toilet. On a wall in a hallway, a posted leaflet attacked Bound Together, the organizers of ABF
( but don't think anarchists must always dissent --- when sleeping, they sink into complacency ).

Outdoors, unofficial vendors, mostly young zinesters in punk regalia, spread their wares on the ground -- in an enclosed patio or on the front lawn. One organzed games for anarchists. Four nude SUN members demonstrated for peace on the patio while a clothed SUNner leafletted. ABF organizers warned that the patio might NOT be available next year.


By late afternoon, the lawn was covered with people selling, talking, picnicking, flirting; like an "AnarkoPunkStock", minus amplified music.

This popular free event may have outgrown its traditional venue, the SF County Fair Building
in Golden Gate Park.
Could ABF evolve into an "Anarchist Book & Music Festival", perhaps in the Hippie Hill (Sharon Meadow) area of the park?
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If you have any constructive suggestions for ABF 2006,
please snail-write to
BOUND TOGETHER Book Collective
1369 Haight Street
San Franni, CA 94117


And please CC to:
Senior Unlimited Nudes (SUN)
PO Box 426937, SF, CA 94142-6937
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For the full SF Chronicle report on ABF 2005,
by Rona Marech, please visit

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/27/BAGDLBVFHO1.DTL

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CALIF: Far-Wrong fanatics attack domestic partners, in court:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/03/25/state/n183423S79.DTL
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INDIA: less help for people with AIDS?

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/23/health/23cnd-aids.html
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SF, where the homeless sleep in church pews:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/27/ING8MBSSIB35.DTL
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Why do some women want to wed imprisoned KILLERS?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/27/MNGMTBVFQJ1.DTL
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+ events, March 27 - 31:

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii ):
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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27 March, Sunday:
Easter (named for the goddess Ishtar).

Sunday, March 27,
10 am:
Easter In The Park:
FREE.
Join the Sisters in beautiful Dolores Park...
We'll be having fun and games for the kids,
our famous Bonnet Contest and our infamous
Hunky Jesus contest,
plus a great afternoon of fabulous entertainment.
Check website for more details.
We hope to see you in the park!
Dolores Park,
Dolores & 18th Street
http://www.thesisters.org

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Chants for peace
Sunday, March 27, hear the Franciscan Brothers of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
sing Gregorian chants for world peace
at an outdoor event held on Easter Sunday
in Golden Gate Park, S.F.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
outdoors near the Conservatory of Flowers.
Free.
(707) 869-3288.
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Protect tenant rights
Tuesday, March 29-Wednesday, March 30,
the San Francisco Tenants Union calls on you to attend a hearing at the Rent Board to discuss
Family Protection Act regulations,
and another hearing by the Board of Supervisors on a landlord plan
allowing for easy condo conversions.
Tues/29, 6:30 p.m., Rent Board, lower level, 25 Van Ness, S.F.
Wed/30, 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 263, S.F.
(415) 282-6622
http://www.sftu.org
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CAL-SF reading at main SF Public Library,
"ROAR SOFTLY AND CARRY A GREAT LIPSTICK:
28 women writers on life, sex, and survival:
Thursday, 31 March:
6:30 to 7:30pm.
downtown SF, near Civic Center BART/Muni station.
FREE.
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CAL-SF: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114.
HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A GAY OR LESBIAN PARENT:
a Book by Kids of All Ages
Thursday, March 31, 7:00pm
Judith E. Snow, MA,
also Yolanda Young Armstrong of FamilyBuilders by Adoptions
Children's own voices, as they describe and comment on their families.
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
Free.

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