AnarCom Anniversary attendance at Manchester and Salford Anarchist Bookfair, November 4th, 2023.

Thanks to the organisers of the Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair for enabling a successful event with around 30 stalls and 8 workshops in the great surrounds of the Peoples History Museum.

The was our second attendance as AnarCom and very different from our first.  Last time, just a couple of months after coming together as internationalist activists we were barely known, with few materials, bar a couple of newsletters, with which to engage.

This year, 14 months of coming together and a month before the anniversary of our formal constitution, we were widely recognised, welcomed and able to present a full body of work we have produced to a receptive gathering.

We had arranged to form a NWBTCW block with our close working comrades of the CWO, Friends of Working Class Struggle (FOWCS) and Old Moles Collective, which comedically became referred to as ‘Class Reductionist Corner!’

We had a wide range of our own publications including four of the pamphlets and the last five issues our newsletter, as well as new badges and banners.

It was very well attended and busy throughout the day enabling us to be continuously engaged with attendees and new and old comrades alike. 

With 120 of our newsletters distributed as well as other items, and a vibrant social media presence throughout the day, we represented a solid Class Struggle Internationalist presence at the event.

The three of us who attended had a great day and are delighted to see a consequent increase in following and communication since.  Thanks to the organisers and to all those who came to see us for making it such a successful day.