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28th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair (Oakland)

Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE
The Humanist Hall | 390 27th Street, Oakland

Event Details

The Bay 28th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair brings together dozens of publishers, micro-presses, and community organizations for a day of book and information tables, workshops, panel discussions and skill sharing

This year we ponder the Analog: In an age of mass collapse and rising technofascism, how can we create alternative technologies to further our goals? What strategies and tactics are at our disposal to fight big tech? And how can we meaningfully divest from mainstream technology?Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is an annual event that brings together people interested and engaged in radical work to connect, learn, and discuss through books and information tables, workshops, panel discussions, skill sharing, and more! 

Dozens of publishers, micro-presses, and community organizations. We seek to create an inclusive space to introduce new folks to anarchism, foster a productive dialogue between various political traditions as well as anarchists from different milieus, and create an opportunity to dissect our movements’ strengths, weaknesses, strategies, and tactics. 

This year we ponder the Analog: In an age of mass collapse and rising technofascism, how can we create alternative technologies to further our goals? What strategies and tactics are at our disposal to fight big tech? And how can we meaningfully divest from mainstream technology?  

The event is free and wheelchair accessible. KN95 or N95 masks required indoors and encouraged on the rest of the book fair grounds.  

*Enter through the back next to 415 Twenty-eighth St.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Community, Fairs & Festivals, In Person, Lectures & Workshops, Literature, Political Activism, Protests / Causes
Venue: The Humanist Hall
Address: 390 27th Street, Oakland

Saturday, October 3, 2026

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