Ficedel 2026

Ficedel 2026

Ficedel 2026 - From Friday 11 to Sunday 13 September - Bologna

From Friday 11 September at 6 pm to Sunday 13 September in the early afternoon, an international gathering of anarchist archives will be held in Bologna. In addition to the organisations already affiliated with FICEDL — the International Federation of Libertarian Study and Documentation Centres — the invitation is extended to all anarchist archives, researchers, and anyone interested in sharing their experience. The last Bologna gathering of international archives was held ten years ago, and in the meantime the network has continued to grow — as seen in the activities of ReBal (Network of Anarchist and Libertarian Libraries) — and awareness has grown of the role of movement archives and libraries as fixed points for the critique of domination and for extending self-management practices. In a complex phase in which important challenges await us, there is a need to strengthen our roots in order to stand firm in the face of the storm and confront it without hesitation.

Programme

• Friday 11 September, 6 pm, at the Circolo Anarchico Berneri (Piazza di Porta S. Stefano 1): introduction to the three-day event with Lorenzo Pezzica, co-author of Carte irrequiete. La memoria dei movimenti (elèuthera 2025), and other activists and archivists / dinner / concert
• Saturday 12 September, 10 am, at Circolo Anarchico Berneri: presentations by the archives in attendance / workshop / lunch / workshop / assembly on the theme "next international gathering of anarchist archives" / dinner / concert
• Sunday 13 September, 10 am, at VAG 61, Via Paolo Fabbri 110: assembly "What role for anarchist archives today?" / lunch / farewells

The Biblioteca Elio Xerri (Circolo Anarchico Berneri), Bologna

in collaboration with the Centro Studi Libertari / Archivio G. Pinelli, Milan

List of participants:

• Rete FICEDL
• Rete REBAL
• Centro de Cultura Libertária da Amazônia (CCLA) / Biblioteca Libertária Maxwell Ferreira (BLMF) BRASIL
• Biblioteca Terra Livre BRASIL
• May Day Rooms ENGLAND
• CRAS Touluse FRANCE
• Centre Ascao-Durruti FRANCE
• Archivo Historico La Revuelta CILE
• Anarhiva ROMANIA
• CIRA Losanna SWITZERLAND
• Anarchistischen Bibliothek Wien AUSTRIA