The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair affirms and promotes mutual aid, direct democracy, direct action, anti-authoritarianism, autonomy and solidarity. We reiterate our opposition to exploitive capitalism, imperialism, patriarchy, sexism, racism, colonialism, statism, speciesism and all other forms of oppression; we will not accept participants who perpetuate or promote such values.

Anyone unfamiliar with these ideas or wanting to know more about the politics is invited to visit, look through books, sit in or get involved in workshops and seminars or just chat with the groups and organizations having stalls there.

The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair includes panels, presentations, workshops, information stalls and vendors to provide visitors with further opportunities to learn more and exchange experience and creativity. The goal of the Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair is to enable people to connect with one another as well as to provide broader access to the rich and varied field of anarchist ideas and practices.

Our aims:

• to interact with community through the free exchange of books,
• to introduce anarchism through positive public interaction,
• to further elaborate upon current and historical anarchist ideals, and;
• to foster dialogue between various anarchist tendencies.

Principles

The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair collective will respect the autonomy of individuals, groups and booksellers that we invite to participate in the Anarchist Bookfair and related activities.

The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair is a space to network around, highlight and aid struggles, both local and international. The priority within the Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair itself will be on the written word (books, pamphlets, zines, etc.) by groups including publishers, distributors, and action-oriented groups as well as individuals.

The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair strives to promote anarchist ideas through workshops as well as the bookfair itself, be that the introduction of these ideas to the public, or the elaboration of these ideas and dialogue between anarchist tendencies. We have a spirit of openness towards the different traditions, visions, and practices of anarchism.

The Tallinn Anarchist Bookfair will be organized completely on voluntary basis, and we are not aiming to make profit but instead to provide place for different groups and individuals organizing on grassroots level. We will not have material or symbols connected to political parties at the event as we want to support a decision making process that is based on free association of individuals who make decisions together, not centralized power structures.