Martin Pfann - Partisan Trail
Partisan Trail is an intermediate guide mapping the history of the anti-fascist resistance in Horácko in the years 1943-1945. It focuses on the resistance activities in the Nové Město and Bystřice region and guides visitors through the landscape where they can find memorial plaques, monuments and remnants of partisan earthworks.
Through stories in audiobook form, the fate of the local resistance and the partisan movement comes to life. The stories show the life of the inhabitants, their courage and the daily challenges during the war. Partyzánská stezka connects historical situations with specific places in the landscape and offers a view of the area's past accessible to local experts and the general public.
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech
Film about the history of the first British anarcho-punk band Crass… as close to their story as you’re going to get…
Artist and director Brandon Spivey tells the tale of Crass’ ‘Reality Asylum’, the story and the inspiration behind the 7-inch single from Spivey’s point of view through interviews with Crass co-founders Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud, and Small Wonder record label owner Pete Stennett. Spivey also tells the broader story, expanding on the narrative of anarchism and a broken system. Through open-hearted interviews he touches upon subjects such as assaults carried out by the church, Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, the biggest war that threatens humanity; class war, and of course what it was like to be a punk band in the 70’s and the 80’s. Made with the blessing of Crass members, it dives into 1970’s Britain; the birth of punk and the formation of Crass, with an in-depth look at their art, music and ethos, plus its impact on those who were trying to make sense of a brutal hostile society they had no place in.
They inspired many bands and artists and seem to be more relevant now than ever.
Director: Brandon Spivey | UK | 2023 | 90 min | english original with czech subtitles
Vojta Ondráček — Goals, points, outsider
Sport is not in crisis, sport is crisis. The commercialization of the most human entertainment in the world, the commodification of athletes sold as commodities, clubs functioning as companies, the oligarchization of Czech football, the bloody petrodollars laundered by sportswashing, transphobia, homophobia, and racism in the stadiums and the booths; feminist activism and its current capitalization; the exploitation of athletes and the third world; the adoration of violence; the link between fascism and capital; the privatization of public finance; the construction of white elephants; broadcasting as spectacle; the Olympics as ideology; and the permanent repression of defiance in the stands and on the podiums. The question is not whether politics belongs in sports but whether it ever did.
The author of the Outsider podcast will present a forthcoming book about the role politics plays in sports capitalism, arguing that the flip side of sport is, in fact, its essence.
Marina López - Biology, parenting styles and education in a wounded culture
Every human being comes into the world with a package of universal needs designed and refined over eons of evolution to adapt and thrive as a species, but also with an incredible potential to adapt to almost any social, and consequently physical, environment into which they are born. Within this powerful capacity is the adaptation and embodiment to the culture to which they belong. That is, culture has the power to shape human biology to astonishing degrees.
So, what are the consequences of being born and adapting to a Western cultural context based on structures that foster individualism, isolation, hierarchy, power struggles, competition and violence? This is where biology and culture collide with devastating consequences on our relationships with ourselves, with other human beings, including children in a relevant way, and with the planet we are part of.
A State of Passion
This documentary follows Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian-British surgeon, who witnessed first-hand the devastating war in Gaza and the deliberate targeting of hospitals there. In the film he shares with the audience his unwavering commitment to humanitarian work.
After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.
With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities.
This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.
The film has been screened at several international festivals and we now invite you to its Prague premiere!
Directors: Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi | 2024 | 90 min | arabic with english subtitles
ABC Belarus - Uprising in Belarus revisited 5 years later
It's been 5 years since people in Belarus rose up against dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko and for months tried to get rid of authoritarian regime through peaceful demonstrations, direct actions, strikes and acts of sabotage. The world has changed radically since that uprising with situation in Belarus becoming even more precarious since russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
At this anniversary we are going to look into the past, talk about the reality of resistance against russian empire and what were the chances of success for people in Belarus in 2020 knowing all the plans of Putin at this point of history.
The presentation expects you to have basic knowledge of political situation in Belarus/Russia/Ukraine.
DABARTIS - We Do Not Belong Here: From Diaspora to Jalūt
Based on the research body Dabartis.com, a series of texts, discussions, and readings was organized by the Exilic Politics Circle collective, which approaches the concept of exile as a starting point for resistance to the genocidal foundations of nation-states. Drawing on a long tradition of Jewish political theory and practice, the collective seeks to open a dialogue between this tradition and the contemporary struggles of Palestinians and other exile communities.
In Prague, we invite all those who wish to engage in a common dialogue to seek together strategies to break free from these genocidal foundations of European political modernity. On this occasion, Noah Brehmer will present a paper discussing the third Dabartis publication published by the Anti-Denialist Coalition: the Unavowable Holocaust. Responses from other members of the Exilic Politics Circle will follow this.
Book presentation: Moral panic and repression (the abuse of the fight against anti-Semitism in Germany)
In the wake of the latest phase of the Israeli occupation and mass war crimes in Gaza, accusing the pro-Palestinian movement of anti-Semitism has become an essential part of the controversy in Europe and the US. Donatella Della Porta's book Moral Panic and Repression (Utopia Libri 2025) shows the misuse of false accusations of anti-Semitism to suppress pro-Palestinian protest and critical scholarship in Germany. In discussing it, we will have the opportunity to talk about the implications of the politics of memory on current attitudes towards the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Gaza, not only in Germany but also in other Western countries, including the Czech Republic.
Eva Svatoňová and Ondřej Slačálek will present the book.
Limity jsme my - Mobilization Lecture
Limity jsme my will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. As part of its work, it has shifted from fighting coal and coal mine expansion to a much broader focus on just transformation itself, in which it seeks to build connections and relationships with local communities facing injustices from the state and capital.
It is in one such relationship-building exercise that they have made a documentary film, which they will screen at the Bookfair, along with a few words about what they are currently doing and planning.
Solidarity collectives - presentation and talk
Anarchy in Ukraine. After 3 years of activity we would like to share with you about our current activities participating in the Ukrainian resistance.
From helping anti authoritarian fighter's get what they need to face the Russian imperialism , inclueding by building drones for the frontlines to participating in building a mutual aid network for civilians affected by the war.
Our struggle relates internationally to how anti authoritarians act against imperialism and colonialism and we hope to share tools that can be usefull in other contexts.
There will be a distro table in the place of the bookfair where you will be able to support our struggle directly and get shirts or other materials we bring with us there.
Accompanying programme:
Readings of turn-of-the-century rebel poetry
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, anarchism and poetry intersected in the pages of Omladina, Nový Kult, Práce, and other anarchist magazines. Poets who made their mark in the history of Czech literature, as well as those who fell into oblivion, were published. The reading will recall the anarchist poems of Stanislav K. Neumann, Fráni Šrámek, František Gellner, Karel Vohryzek, Kamil Berdych and others, as well as the prematurely deceased poet Luisa Ziková, whose life intersected with the anarchists only in passing and who cannot be counted among them, but whose courageous individualistic texts still resonate today.
Workshop Prague Revolutionary Choir
Look forward to traditional and classic revolutionary anarchist songs performed by the choir. You may know the Prague Revolutionary Choir from the demonstrations, where their singing gave courage and determination to all protestors. Singing together has a long tradition in the struggle of minorities and oppressed groups of the population. In times of need to unite against oppression, singing can be an important tool for uniting and lifting the collective spirit.
Screen printing workshop with Punx23
Punx23 creates joy out of mischief, disturbing the peaceful sleep of the nightingales before they start singing at 4:30 a.m.
They attempt humor and critique themselves and cultures they don't understand, even if all beings in the world are equal.
Úhor
Songs of love and rage, acoustic anarchopunk from Orlová
ANTI-CORPOS
From the dark clubs of the Brazilian punk scene and Berlin squats, ANTI-CORPOS are coming to this year's Bookfair – uncompromising queer hardcore/punk with a sharply political message. Their music is fast, furious, and absolutely relentless – a mix of powerviolence, hardcore, and screamo urgency. Anti-Corpos tear down patriarchy, racism, and homophobia – on stage and, more importantly, off it! DIY to the bone, dangerously honest, and ready to turn any stage upside down – much like Punch, Tørsö, G.L.O.S.S., Scowl, early Ceremony or Berlin's Eat My Fear – no wonder, since the line-ups of Anticorpos and Eat My Fear practically overlap.
https://anti-corpos.bandcamp.com
S.P.O.T.S.
S.P.O.T.S. have been kicking the system in the teeth for 30 years – raw, pissed-off hardcore punk with a hefty dose of irony and anarchist venom, clearly nodding to genre icons like Conflict, Crass, and Subhumans. Lyrics like slaps that sting harder than a baton at a demo, humor darker than the mood after election night, and guitars that cut like an angle grinder through a squat. They’re the voice of the voiceless – and a giant middle finger to anything that reeks of power and authority. Czech punk without dumb clichés and sexism, without the beer haze and petty-bourgeois attitudes.
https://spotscz.bandcamp.com/album/12-split-spots-interpunkce
DISSIPATIV
DISSIPATIV are like an escape signal from an overheated city. Heavy sub-bass, broken beats, glitchy noise, trumpet and the pulsing darkness of electronics. Post-dub that flows like tar. Their sets blend dystopian rave aesthetics with industrial rawness and ambient paranoia. Sonic deconstruction and ritual purification. Music for a world in decay – and dancing on its ruins.
https://m.soundcloud.com/dissipativ
PRAGUE REVOLUTIONARY CHOIR
PRAGUE REVOLUTIONARY CHOIR sings where the struggle happens – at protests, occupations, and festivals of resistance against an unjust system. A collective voice of defiance that brings to life the classics of the leftist and workers’ songbook. This is no art for elites – it’s a choir as a tool of revolution, the power of shared voices against oppression, fascism, and exploitation. During the day, you can even join their workshop as part of the Bookfair program!
https://www.facebook.com/praguerevolutionarychoir
DJSTVO JAKO ŘEMEN
DJSTVO JAKO ŘEMEN means a proper afterparty – an antifa queer disco! Songs and dancing for everyone, no exceptions! Because partying is a right, not a privilege. And also a small reminder that nowadays, anyone really can be a DJ. Hits from MTV to the Balkans, to the farthest eastern edges of the Carpathians – and maybe even beyond.
