Programme
How to run a free and safe political space
kpBUNT
After two years of running kpBUNT is a stable, collectively run and from-bellow financed, politicaly engaged space, that remains standing despite the growing political pressure on the independent culture scene. In the presentation the collective will talk about how a collective decision-making process works, as well as the division of tasks, financing, setting rules and creating a safe space. They will poitn out the problems regarding collective organising and future plans of kpBUNT.
How to create better worlds together: about the possibilities and limits of more-than-human political practice
How do non-human beings and entities enter political struggles? How to strengthen the sensitivity to the perception of their participants and interests? Where are its limits and how can it help us to create better worlds? In the Anthropocene, the age of defining human influence on Earth, it is becoming increasingly clear that the entanglement of human lives with the rest of the world, whom usually falls under the box of "nature", cannot be ignored. But how do we understand these more-than-human relationships that we are a part of? And what do they mean for thinking about power or politics? We assume that if we want to escape from the current socio-ecological mess, we need to change how we relate to those with whom we co-inhabit the world. Therefore, we invite you to explore together how we can perceive the interconnectedness of the world and what this can change our political practice.
Introducing the brochure “Getting a part-time job? Experiences and tips on how not to let yourself be walked all over.”
Union Direct action
Student experiences from temporary jobs, during which they stood up to bosses, as well as the basic legal context of temporary work in the Czech Republic. This is what the brochure of the association Direct Action is about, which in an engaging ways presents tips and tricks on what (not) to do on temporary jobs. Part of the presentation of the brochure will be a discussion with participants about the problems and challenges facing students in Brno and elsewhere, with the aim of developing support activities. Are you studying or teaching? Come and talk with us about what troubles you and where you see opportunities for applying anarchist ideas!
Introduction to rollerderby
Roller Derby Brno Freakshow
Roller derby is a contact team sport on track skates. The local Roller Derby Brno Freakshow team will present the political, feminist and queer aspects of this sport. Roller derby is proof that sport does not have to be focused on performance, but rather on creating community, friendship and the joy of movement for everyone without distinction. The team operates non-hierarchically on the principle of self-government, it is not dependent on sponsors and state structures. The worldwide subculture of roller derby is part of the feminist, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist movements.
Basics of communal organizig for anarchist practice
The term organizing is often used today as a buzzword and something that everyone does. But what does it really mean? What is the difference between mobilization, advocacy and organizing? And how can you build long-term and sustainable power from below - in cities, schools, workplaces, but also in the broader social framework? At the workshop, we will focus on the basic principles of organizing. Together we will look for ways to create a fairer future, connect individual initiatives and turn shared experiences into collective power. There will also be space for sharing stories, inspiration and good practice. You will be guided through the workshop by Ani (any pronoun), who is professionally engaged in trade union organizing.
Critical map-reading and anarchist geography
The map is not a neutral geographical representation of the world. It always emphasizes something, overlooks something and organizes the space in a certain way, which can create or strengthen different hierarchies. In recent years, however, radical and critical approaches in the discipline of geography have experienced a return to their anarchist roots, cultivated by Elisée Reclus and Petr Kropotkin. This also applies to access to maps. The workshop will offer tools for critical and anarchist reading of maps. It will focus not only on who created the map and who it serves, but also on what the map makes invisible, what categories and hierarchies it creates. In the age of digital maps, navigation applications and algorithmic mapping, we will also ask about the rules according to which mapping is done today and whether criticism of mapping can also be criticism of the very need to constantly map, categorize and control the world.
Legal self-defence in practice
Compared to previous years of the bookfair, we will take legal self-defense more practically, and with participation in the form of a workshop, we will look at various model situations on how to minimize the risks arising from various actions. During the workshop, the use of phones or other digital devices will not be allowed.
Presenting book written by Marie Škrdlíková: Jak dlouho se spí, když kvetou orchideje?
Maria Škrdlíková's book of stories is an intimate journey into childhood, adolescence and adulthood, in which nature has its exclusive place and its interweaving with the personality of the author. Painful and tender stories take place against the background of a socially challenging environment, and politics and criticism of the current system are subtly mixed into the events. The author (and you) and I will talk about the collection and read several samples.
Workshop about privacy on the internet a how to say bye to corporates
Deep dive into the functioning of the modern Internet and the IT world in general from the point of view of data privacy, what is happening in the world, what is trampling on privacy, what traces we leave behind, how corporations use them and how to minimize them. It will include both a theoretical part and a practical part, if you want to get rid of programs / apps from corporations, switch to Linux, or experiment with a home server, bring your laptops or old hardware that you would like to give a new life to.
We are not the same, I will eat the pain
Karolína Auzká
Performance ,,We are not the same, I will eat the pain” is based on my personal experiences with gynecological health issues and the healthcare system in the Czech Republic. It focuses specifically on endometriosis and on the experience of living with a tilted uterus. I seek out people who understand this pain through their own bodies and experiences. I am interested in inherited, natural, and community-based forms of healing: knowledge of herbs, care, and the body that exist outside purely technological or clinical systems. At its core, the project is about pain, mistrust, care, and the need to be believed. It turns away from technology not as a complete rejection of medicine, but as a response to a system that has often failed to listen. The performance is accompanied by original music by the artist Anežka Součková aka Anxious Millennial.
Presentation of Olomouc's collective SF MINI
SF MINI is a DYI space in Olomouc, that provides facilities for several bands and a skate group, with a concert hall and a mini-ramp. In addition to the space itself, the collective is also involved in building a self-governing skate park on the unused arm of the shopping center parking lot. We would like to contribute to the discussion about the need to create a free space, present the way of organizing our place and also explain the principles of building a DIY skatepark.
Screenprinting workshop
Screen-printing workshop run by punx23 – bring a T-shirt or any other item of clothing or fabric and pop along.
Salvia solidaris apotheke
Salvia solidaris, a solidary apotheke, is a project of Tři Ocásci cooperative. In the apotheke, together we collect and process herbs, which we offer for free or a voluntary contribution to anyone, who needs to cure themselves. We educate each other in herbalism and organize workshops for the public. As part of the bookfair, we will make mushroom tincture, rosemary oil, vinegar and clove-sage tincture. In short, products that can be useful for the upcoming autumn season.
Solidary flea market
The Solidarity Flea Market is a concept born out of a refusal to remain indifferent to the plights of those around us. This time, the money raised from the flea market will go towards supporting the work of the Nero collective. NERO is a group of people who devote their time to organising various leisure activities for children living in Brno’s shelters. These leisure activities serve as a bridge between the worlds of socially excluded children and the wider community. Behind these shared gatherings lies a belief in social change, which we ourselves champion through our actions, from the grassroots up. The collective’s work is grounded in a combination of social sciences and direct action. Its activities can therefore be summarised as activist social work. All proceeds will be used to fund leisure activities. As part of the flea market, a segment of a documentary featuring the Nero collective will be screened. The flea market will run from 12 noon to 7 pm. Any clothes you wish to donate can be brought on Friday 2 October to Café in the Ghetto at Bratislavská 65 (opposite Káznice) or directly to the event.
Bedřiška: Where is my home?
Eliška Černá and Kryštof Zvolánek will present their work, which they have dedicated long-term to the former mining colony of Bedřiška. This Ostrava location is famous for having built an inclusive neighborhood with community life from an excluded location, where people can rely on each other. Eliška Černá maps the destinies of people who were displaced from Bedřiška over the years, either to hostels, apartments or ended up on the street. Eliška will present the partial results of research into the involuntary departure of residents from Bedřiška, and for the first time exclusively for Bookfair visitors. Kryštof Zvolánek is filming a full-length documentary film in Bedřiška. Kryštof's work captures the local population, which fights for the preservation of the location. They are opposed by the machinery of Ostrava's municipal politics, which exerts enormous psychological pressure on the locals and evicts the Roma population in particular and demolishes unique Finnish houses without a building permit. So far, they have followed the events separately, through data collection, investigative and documentary footage. The joint appearance at the Bookfair is their first attempt to connect the two lines.
Motoristé, SPD, Stačilo!: understanding the context, and so the goal
Mouvement Communiste
It is an authoritarian tendency, nationalist, xenophobic, anti-ecological, especially anti-class and anti-women. The more precisely we find out what it came from and draws its strength from, the better we can face it.
ENDO Talks
What does the diagnosis entail, which is increasingly talked about in society, but is still accompanied by a lot of myths and misunderstandings? Come for an informal talk and an open discussion about endometriosis - a disease that affects one in ten menstruating people, and yet the path to its correct diagnosis often takes years. The director of the patient organization ENDO Talks CZ will guide you through the meeting, who not only shares professional insight and personal experience, but above all creates a safe space for all your questions.
Exhibition
Exhibition of 24 RISO prints from a two-year pro-Palestinian charity calendar for 2026/2027, produced by Roleta 2 and Salé. The calendar’s graphic design was created by the anti_anti collective, and the individual prints were produced at Kudla Werkstatt.
Shelters and Activism – Sharing Practices
At the end of last month, the Podlesí shelter closed, and by the end of the year the larger Pohoda shelter will also close, leaving dozens of people without a roof over their heads – for many, this is their last resort. Together with Jan Milota and Zdenka Holcmanová, who have experience of activism within the shelters sector, we will share experiences from cases in Brno and explore ways to support people in shelters from the grassroots up.
Afterparty
Erik and Jožek are from the excluded settlement in Sečovce. They don't have DJ skills, but for that they live on Roma music and countless bashavels, where they play music from YouTube with advertisements. But they are going to prepare a playlist without ads for the bookfair in Brno and will play as much as necessary. With microphones, they encourage everyone to dance.