This year we will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary on Sunday the 1st of December, and we are planning a full day of events, from vegan brunch to talks, workshops and music!

On this day, to celebrate the work we did so far, together with the photo exhibition, we are going to present a book we just released: The Barricade ABC, which is our attempt at putting together many moments and reflections on these years of activity in all the letters of the alphabet.

The idea of writing this book started with the pictures. We were all very excited about the picture project and were thinking about what to write. We felt that adding some text, to not reduce The Barricade and everything we do to fighting foodwaste, was needed. But soon we realized that writing something a bit more in depth than a small introduction was not so easy. 

The Barricade is not only a people's kitchen, but also not only a library or a place to organize events. The Barricade is an autonomous collective that tries to anticipate the society the people involved would like to live in, by creating a space that is different, that refuses and fights the current hegemonic system, from the way we prepare and eat food to the way we learn from each other and interact with knowledge.

We decided to write an ABC of the Barricade, selecting together a word for each letter and trying to cover the many topics and different levels we feel are important to talk about. And starting from many words, just like every week we start from many different vegetables, we collectively created this book, just like every week we create the dinner.