From Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence
Technology is a steaming pile of whatever. The salad of transistors, capacitors, and wires that we marinate in for 17.2 minutes before we drink our coffee are the first thing we see each morning, while our subversions of the droppings of surveillance capitalism are the last things burning their images into our retinas before we close our eyes each night. The AI-augmented totality that numbs our senses and optimizes our labour lumbers on, vulnerable but unhindered. Let's not say we never tried.
The Montreal Anarchist Tech Convergence is a yearly gathering on the intersection of anarchism and technology.
October 11 and 12 2025
A 2-day event: October 11 and 12 2025 At Batiment 7 in Tiohtia:ke Montreal
- workshops
- presentations
- skill shares
- discussions
- and more!
Welcome to anarcho-curious techies, tech-curious anarchists, and everyone in between.
Our goal is to connect with each other, to practice, to throw that rectangle that constantly demands your attention into a blender and sculpt the shattered pieces into the shape of a butt to plaster onto your landlord's porch.
Proposals are open!
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Contact
- @MTL_ATC@kolektiva.social on the Fediverse/Mastodon
- e-mail: mtl-atc@riseup.net
Comments
*sighs* Where have all the…
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/17/2025 - 17:40
*sighs* Where have all the anarchs gone, the ones that used to sit in the forest clearing with a tomahawk and knife and whittle away at a piece of wood that had fallen from a tree, not chain-sawed off, but discarded by the tree. Whittling away to make a spear to ward off the greedy invaders attempting to put walls and fences around a piece of land and then charge people to live on it, and enslave them into working in factories built adjacent so that they could live with surplus wealth and extravagance, whilst their workers struggled to survive and depleted all their energies making the landlord rich? Later, the landlord provided a token of appreciation with small rectangular screens with which provided some glimpse of the outside world, but also indoctrinated them into a subservient petty minded view of life.*sigh*
serious question: are there…
anon (not verified) Sat, 07/19/2025 - 09:32
In reply to *sighs* Where have all the… by anon (not verified)
serious question: are there any gatherings at all like that any more? i did go to one of the EF! gatherings just before COVID but there was not whittling there. there was a talk on queer theory but definitely no spears
Sadly, since the…
anon (not verified) Sat, 07/19/2025 - 18:14
In reply to serious question: are there… by anon (not verified)
Sadly, since the overwhelming tech-blitzkrieg of the last 10 yrs, Primitivism and those with the deep knowledge of sustainability within finitely resourced environment have become depleted in numbers, ironically, below the critical sustainable number of people ( I think it's 30) to function in any environment which requires engagement, which now requires technology to be viable as a social force for change. So they are still out there, making spears abd stuff, growing vegetables etc, but keep to themselves.
Recently went to a…
anon (not verified) Mon, 07/21/2025 - 13:35
In reply to Sadly, since the… by anon (not verified)
Recently went to a convergence and the types that would have fully endorsed primitivism in the past spoke about it as a silly idea from the 1990's. I breathed a sigh of relief. If true believers in primmie junk want to keep to themselves, I say: let's keep it that way!
90s Primitivism morphed into…
anon (not verified) Mon, 07/21/2025 - 16:33
In reply to Recently went to a… by anon (not verified)
90s Primitivism morphed into a more logical non-obsessive prepper mindset + frugal diy anti-consumerist existence. It allows for a flexible and benevolent insurgency within the corporate/capitalist hegemony.
where all my secret gardens…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/22/2025 - 08:50
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where all my secret gardens at!?
At yuppie co-owned urban…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/22/2025 - 09:37
In reply to where all my secret gardens… by anon (not verified)
At yuppie co-owned urban enclaves.
do not cede getting our…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/22/2025 - 11:16
In reply to At yuppie co-owned urban… by anon (not verified)
do not cede getting our hands dirty and speaking to the plants to yuppies, plz.
i work in a native-run community garden at least once a month.
dear yall both fuks, i said …
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/22/2025 - 17:18
In reply to do not cede getting our… by anon (not verified)
dear yall both fuks,
i said "secret."
sincerely,
someone who uses words literally
My secret garden is a few…
anon (not verified) Fri, 07/25/2025 - 13:56
In reply to dear yall both fuks, i said … by anon (not verified)
My secret garden is a few dumpster bins where an endless supply of greaaasy delicioussss dumpstered poutine can be found at zero cost other than the moralcuck stare of some Karens and a few normies.
You can't see the garden…
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/23/2025 - 07:35
In reply to where all my secret gardens… by anon (not verified)
You can't see the garden from the plastic tree infront of you fool! Out gardens are subversive, in mobile containers, the finest spinach and cherry tomatoes and spring onions, garlic, beans, you FooOooL!!!
my days of staple food prod…
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/23/2025 - 08:43
In reply to You can't see the garden… by anon (not verified)
my days of staple food prod are still ahead...
Also good to get loads of…
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/23/2025 - 12:20
In reply to You can't see the garden… by anon (not verified)
Also good to get loads of roundworms glogging up your gut so you don't get fat from excess food!
Tape worm will do it faster,…
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/24/2025 - 04:58
In reply to Also good to get loads of… by anon (not verified)
Tape worm will do it faster, and you only need one.
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