Radical Zine Redesign

Zinefest and the Freedom Shop have teamed up to redesign a few of our zines. We are looking for designers, artists and illustrators to spruce up some text-heavy zines. And the best thing is that this work is even funded. 

Check out the details of the project here.

Welligton Zinefest ZINE 101

Our friends at Wellington Zinefest have created this awesome ZINE 101 online course to encourage people to get involved in zine making. Check it out here, especially the course by Kathleen Winter about political zines.

There is also a "Newbies Market" where new and emerging zine makers can show off their works. It runs on Sunday, 19 July, 12-4pm at the Vic Uni School of Design Innovation, 139 Vivian St. 

aargh! Issue 12 is out

We had this issue almost ready to go back in March - and then COVID happened and half our articles were obsolete. So here it is now, only slightly out of date because APEC was moved to be an online conference just after we printed it.

Get your copy at the shop, contact us if you want one sent by post or download the PDF here.

PUNX 4 BLACK LIVES MATTER

The Freedom Shop will be contributing stuff to this BLM fundraiser on Saturday, 27 June 2020, from 4:30 pm at the Newtown Sportsbar. All proceeds go to for People Against Prisons Aotearoa and The Homeless Trans Black Women Fund in the USA.

Nau mai, Haere Mai! 
Come to Newtown Sports Bar to show solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement around the world, see some bands, buy some cool stuff and help donate much needed CA$H to People Against Prisons Aotearoa and The Homeless Trans Black Women Fund in the USA.

Market and BBQ start at 4.30pm: Perfect to grab some cheap shit like records, clothes, art and books donated by the community and eat some kai! All money will be going to the charities above.

Bands at 6.30pm:
BOWEL RUPTURE
UNSANITARY NAPKIN
AYN RANDY
STRESS GHETTO
ROGERNOMIX

Plus the DJ stylings of:
KATE BISH
DJ SUAVE
FABLE
JMC


There will also be a raffle! With prizes from:
COVEN JEWELLERY, THE BLACK SCOURGE, STEPH MAREE TATTOO, XOË HALL, POGGER, WROUGHT MATERIAL AND HEAPS MORE!!

$10 on the door  
https://allevents.in/online/punx-4-black-lives-matter/200019785021335
 

Radical Zine Production

We're working with Wellington Zinefest to support local artists and radical writers to produce some beautiful zines. This is the time for critical and hopeful, radical thinking. If you can chip in to help us pay artists for their mahi at a time when it's REALLY needed -- please check out our boosted campaign: https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/radical-zine-production

Black Lives Matter

The fightback that erupted in the usa after the murder of George Floyd didn't just come from nowhere. There had been resistance before and there had been many, many deaths before. One of these deaths was in 2012 when Trayvon Martin was killed, it was after the acquittal of his murderer that #BlackLivesMatter came into being.

The usa has never been the ‘land of the free’ or the democracy it ever claimed to be; the usa is founded on slavery and genocide of First Nation peoples. It is a settler colonial nation & a hyper-consumer capitalist country based on super inequality and racism.

Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Ferguson, Palestine, and
the Foundations of a Movement

The fightback that erupted after the killing of George Floyd is a response to the dehumanisation of people. It is a reaction to the violence of capitalism.

Killing Trayvons:
An Anthology of American Violence

BlackLife Post-BLM
and the Struggle for Freedom

We Want Freedom
A Life in the Black Panther Party

Writing on the Wall:
Selected Prison Writings
of Mumia Abu-Jamal

500 Years
of Indigenous Resistance

Barry Pateman & anarchism: "If you think you've got the answers, you're wrong"

The Final Straw Radio chatted with Barry Pateman on 26 April this year in an episode called 'Barry Pateman on Anarchist History and Challenges'.

It's a rich and glorious discussion where Barry talks about 'what does it mean to be an anarchist in a capitalist world?', how 'to beat weaselly capitalism' in the world we live in and how we need to communicate. It's a highly-recommended must listen that talks about being an anarchist, communication and communities, class and bolshevism and the joy and frustration of being an anarchist in a capitalist world.