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Your purchases: helping to power A-bookfairs, other radical projects.
So the last time we mentioned raising funds for grassroots projects in Canada, via the shirts you were buying, we still had our vision of raising $5000 for the Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair. Raising $5000 didn’t quite happen, but at least we dreamt big!
Partway through the year, we did ask ourselves if a single Anarchist Bookfair truly warranted getting $5000 when surely there were other people needing assistance in getting bookfairs started. We ended up donating some to other bookfairs in Canada. Your money you gave us for shirts broke down like this:
Victoria Anarchist Bookfair - $150 donated
Calgary Anarchist Bookfair - $200 donated
Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair - $200 donated
Saskatoon Anarchist Bookfair - $200 donated
Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair - $200 donated
Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair - $200 donated
Because Edmonton’s bookfair has aspired to pay travel fees for everyone, we also donated additional funds ($400) for travel fees for Ward Churchill, and also donated buttons and lit to sell at the door (about $400 worth) to offset costs. This year we also donated buttons and supplies to Edmonton Anarchist Black Cross and were able to afford a lit donation to the Calgary Anarchist Black Cross.
Finally, thoughtcrime ink gave a small amount to the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) Solidarity Fund, roughly $200, and helped out an anarchist collective in Oaxaca, Mexico, for $500. More updates on this funding later.
Even more exciting news is that we are able to launch our book imprint, thoughtcrime ink books, and our “Infoshop in a Box” initiative. This provides a plentiful selection of anarchist and radical literature (radical to some, common sense to us), along with optional shirts and buttons, at cost to people looking to table lit at events. If you are interested in Infoshop in a Box, just mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) about it.
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