A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #373 - Culture - Read Tienstiens, "Paid Holiday Activity Book" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Koko needs no introduction. Like us, she dislikes capitalism (Koko 
Doesn't Like Capitalism & Other Stories, Bandes détournées, 2022 and 
Koko Doesn't Like Capitalism at the Beach, 2025). Her author, 
Tienstiens, and Bandes détournées publishing house return as co-authors 
of the Paid Holiday Activity Book, 1312 games to prepare for the start 
of the new school year. --- This holiday activity book, approximately 
120 pages long and of a unique kind, actually offers 150 games, from the 
most classic-crosswords (anti-fascist version), charades, coloring 
pages, and "true or false"-to, and above all, original games: starting 
with "communism exams," blank-fill posters or lyrics to militant songs, 
and other left/right spectrum tests.

The book impresses with its mastery of the theoretical, historical, and 
cultural breadth and diversity of the radical left. Without sectarianism 
and always with finesse, brimming with activist and popular references, 
*The Paid Holiday Notebook* will subtly guide you from the most absurdly 
comic to the most pedagogical perspectives, allowing you to wonder, from 
one moment to the next, what's in the "camembert box" or what the 
concept of "totally automated luxury communism" actually encompasses.

Among a multitude of other characters, you'll encounter Marine Tondelier 
as the Green Jester, Duralex glasses, and the (almost) complete catalog 
of the Libertalia company. And because nothing is too good for the 
working class, let's mention that the notebook is also a beautiful book, 
printed in color and of high quality, featuring on every page the 
colorful pencil drawings of Tienstiens, the wonderful double-page spread 
"Search and Find Protests" by Léa Jarrin, a militant version of "Where's 
Waldo?", and more logos of left-wing and revolutionary organizations 
than you've ever seen.

A true instrument of cultural hegemony, mercilessly mocking our class 
enemies without sacrificing a healthy dose of self-deprecation, we can 
only rejoice at the publication of this notebook, which reminds us that 
paid vacations are for having fun and that the Internationale will be 
humankind!

A notebook aimed at "leftists aged 16 to 116" that will appeal as much 
to fans of the humor of the French TV series "La Classe américaine" as 
to those who know everything there is to know about the acronyms of the 
most obscure anti-fascist groups. And if you finish it before the end of 
the holidays, you can always explore the rest of the books from the 
small publishing house Bandes détournées.

Specializing in communist-libertarian humor, détournement (particularly 
of old, copyright-free comics to create decolonial comics), leftism, 
ecology, and "the mycological study of temperate European forests," it 
uses crowdfunding and pays more royalties to authors than traditional 
publishing. A very nice way to participate in the "de-Bollorization of 
publishing," and the world!

Camille (UCL Paris Nord-Est)

Tienstiens, Paid Holiday Notebook, Detoured Comics, 96 pages, EUR14.90, 
available for pre-order on Ulule.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Tienstiens-Cahier-de-conges-payes
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