BASTARD Conference 2023

oakland omni commons

The Berkeley Anarchist Study Group will present the 2023 BASTARD Conference on Saturday, November 11th from 12-9pm at the Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland). BASTARD is an annual gathering of presentations and conversations about anarchy. It functions as a setting for participants in the study group along with friends and accomplices to share their reflections on the beautiful idea. It also serves as a place for anarchists to encounter each other amidst the ruins, with a view towards new friendships and endeavors.

Our 2023 theme is “The Hydra”. Two heads for every one severed, the golden sword of wisdom, poisonous atrabile, apparent defeat… What do this myth and its resonances have to say for anarchists? Come find out!

Free to all, though donations to benefit the Omni and the Study Group are appreciated. Presentations starting every hour, so drop by any time during the day. Food too! See you there!

SCHEDULE

12-1pm

Lew Finzel: “Echidna – Mother of Monsters!” [Entrance Hall]

Jason McQuinn: “Preparing for the End of Empire – Where are the Anarchists?” [Disco Room]

1-2pm

Hieronymus/Natterjack/Winston Smith: “Anarchist Antimilitarism and the Ukrainian War” [Entrance Hall]

John Henri Nolette: “Polycephalous Sexuality” [Disco Room]

2-3pm

LD/Craig: “SOMA: Embodied Play for Anarchists” [Entrance Hall]

Magazine: “Waste unto Waste” [Disco Room]

3-4pm

Anika Grangle: “Music is the Enemy” [Entrance Hall]

4-5pm

Dysnomia Strophalos: “Groundlessness” [Entrance Hall]

Dane Gerus: “Anarchistic Ways of Relating to One Another: Social Relationship Ecology/Architecture & Anarchy” [Disco Room]

5-6pm

Big Cat: “On Cosmic Criminality” [Entrance Hall]

6-7pm

Radlibs & Dinner Break [Entrance Hall]

7-8pm

Andrew Culp: “Antinomia – The Anarchaeology of Politics” [Entrance Hall]

8-9pm

Eduardo Subirats: “Don Quixote – Trickster and Mad Lover” [Entrance Hall]