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aargh issue 7 online now

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aargh   issue 7 is now online and can be downloaded  here When we picked the theme What is anarchism and how do we get there we thought this would be a positive, uplifting collection of articles. We should have known better. A look at the world around us should have been enough: millions fleeing from war and terror, and more terror being inflicted on those who thought that they had escaped, children being tortured in the hell hole of Nauru as part of a policy of deterrence, homelessness and poverty becoming rampant even in a relatively rich country like NZ. So what are we supposed to think of a world where you get into trouble for eating food instead of throwing it away? What do you do if the act of dreaming seems to be too concrete, but you don’t want to give up hope? How do you escape the daily urge to waste your energy fighting against yet another neo-liberal austerity measure?  A common thread of angst, frustration and anger runs through  this edition of aargh!, but there is also

aargh issue 7 online now

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aargh   issue 7 is now online and can be downloaded  here When we picked the theme What is anarchism and how do we get there we thought this would be a positive, uplifting collection of articles. We should have known better. A look at the world around us should have been enough: millions fleeing from war and terror, and more terror being inflicted on those who thought that they had escaped, children being tortured in the hell hole of Nauru as part of a policy of deterrence, homelessness and poverty becoming rampant even in a relatively rich country like NZ. So what are we supposed to think of a world where you get into trouble for eating food instead of throwing it away? What do you do if the act of dreaming seems to be too concrete, but you don’t want to give up hope? How do you escape the daily urge to waste your energy fighting against yet another neo-liberal austerity measure?  A common thread of angst, frustration and anger runs through  this edition of aargh!, but there

New Tee-shirts at the FreedomShop

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We've got new tee-shirts  at the Shop  - including  Riots Not Diets,  Migration is Not a Crime,  and John Key

New Tee-shirts at the FreedomShop

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We've got new tee-shirts  at the Shop  - including  Riots Not Diets,  Migration is Not a Crime,  and John Key

aargh! issue 7 is out

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The latest aargh! is available in the Shop - the theme this time is What is anarchism and how do we get there.  The issue opens with a letter written in 1934 by American anarchist Lucy Parsons. It’s a bleak letter - Lucy writes ‘ Anarchism is a dead issue in American life today. Radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe. … Radicalism is at a low ebb today. We are living in strange times. Despotism is on horseback, riding at high speed. The worker is helpless; he has no voice in his mode or method of life – he just floats along on the tides of ill times. ’ Most of the articles in this edition of aargh! are also bleak, but it is worthwhile remembering that just two years after Lucy wrote in her letter that 'radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe', revolution burgeoned in Spain. So read this issue and ponder - what is lying around the corner for us? Come to the Shop to get your copy, or if you're not in Wellington, get in contact with us via email or normal

aargh! issue 7 is out

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The latest aargh! is available in the Shop - the theme this time is What is anarchism and how do we get there.  The issue opens with a letter written in 1934 by American anarchist Lucy Parsons. It’s a bleak letter - Lucy writes ‘ Anarchism is a dead issue in American life today. Radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe. … Radicalism is at a low ebb today. We are living in strange times. Despotism is on horseback, riding at high speed. The worker is helpless; he has no voice in his mode or method of life – he just floats along on the tides of ill times. ’ Most of the articles in this edition of aargh! are also bleak, but it is worthwhile remembering that just two years after Lucy wrote in her letter that 'radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe', revolution burgeoned in Spain. So read this issue and ponder - what is lying around the corner for us? Come to the Shop to get your copy, or if you're not in Wellington, get in contact with us via email or normal

Wars Without End – the land wars in nineteenth century New Zealand by Danny Keenan

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The following is a book review that originally appeared in issue 6 of aargh! (available online here ) A wonderful ease Wars Without End – the land wars in nineteenth century New Zealand by Danny Keenan -  Penguin 2009 Reviewed by Peppertree BY CHOOSING the title Wars Without End , Danny Keenan puts an important conclusion of his book on the land wars right up front. While the gun fighting mainly took place between 1843 and 1872, the battle over land has continued endlessly in the courts, in parliament and in tribunal hearings. In the age of neoliberalism, the armed force have been replaced by hordes of property developers who continue to dispossess people of a place to live. Every chapter of the very detailed book clearly shows how utterly incompatible the British concept of individual property titles and the collective ownership model of Māori society are. The British system with its clearly defined, surveyed and permanently owned plots was imposed on a society where land had always b

Wars Without End – the land wars in nineteenth century New Zealand by Danny Keenan

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The following is a book review that originally appeared in issue 6 of aargh! (available online here ) A wonderful ease Wars Without End – the land wars in nineteenth century New Zealand by Danny Keenan -  Penguin 2009 Reviewed by Peppertree BY CHOOSING the title Wars Without End , Danny Keenan puts an important conclusion of his book on the land wars right up front. While the gun fighting mainly took place between 1843 and 1872, the battle over land has continued endlessly in the courts, in parliament and in tribunal hearings. In the age of neoliberalism, the armed force have been replaced by hordes of property developers who continue to dispossess people of a place to live. Every chapter of the very detailed book clearly shows how utterly incompatible the British concept of individual property titles and the collective ownership model of Māori society are. The British system with its clearly defined, surveyed and permanently owned plots was imposed on a society where land had always b

Bookstall at the Counterfutures Conference at Vic Uni

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The Freedom Shop will be having a stall at the  Counterfutures : Left Thought and Practice Aotearoa gathering  Thursday and Friday, 1 & 2 Sept. We'll be setting up the stall midday Thursday - so if you are on campus, come along on check it out. Some of the books we will be selling include:    We also have numerous pamphlets and zines by a range of authors including: Michael Albert, Bakunin, Alexander Berkman, Boff, Murray Bookchin, Toby Boraman, Willamette Brown, Noam Chomsky, Voltairine de Cleyre, Sam Dolgoff, Leslie Feinberg, Kropotkin, Malatesta, Lucy Parsons, Rudolf Rocker & many more.  Have a look at our catalogue here: 2016 Zine Catalogue

Bookstall at the Counterfutures Conference at Vic Uni

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The Freedom Shop will be having a stall at the  Counterfutures : Left Thought and Practice Aotearoa gathering  Thursday and Friday, 1 & 2 Sept. We'll be setting up the stall midday Thursday - so if you are on campus, come along on check it out. Some of the books we will be selling include:    We also have numerous pamphlets and zines by a range of authors including: Michael Albert, Bakunin, Alexander Berkman, Boff, Murray Bookchin, Toby Boraman, Willamette Brown, Noam Chomsky, Voltairine de Cleyre, Sam Dolgoff, Leslie Feinberg, Kropotkin, Malatesta, Lucy Parsons, Rudolf Rocker & many more.  Have a look at our catalogue here: 2016 Zine Catalogue

Pamphlets & Zines on the Spanish Revolution

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If you are interested in reading about the Spanish Revolution, below are some pamphlets and zines we had for sale at the Freedom Shop's recent Spanish Revolution exhibition The Friends of Durruti A Chronology Noam Chomsky on Spanish Revolution Augustin Souchy 1936-39 The Spanish Civil War Martha Ackelsberg Mujeres Libres A Day Mournful and Overcast Isaac PuenteLibertarian Communism Life in Revolutionary Barcelona Poster Mujeres LibresWedding Factory Poster George OrwellBarcelona in 1936

Pamphlets & Zines on the Spanish Revolution

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If you are interested in reading about the Spanish Revolution, below are some pamphlets and zines we had for sale at the Freedom Shop's recent Spanish Revolution exhibition The Friends of Durruti A Chronology Noam Chomsky on Spanish Revolution Augustin Souchy 1936-39 The Spanish Civil War Martha Ackelsberg Mujeres Libres A Day Mournful and Overcast Isaac PuenteLibertarian Communism Life in Revolutionary Barcelona Poster Mujeres LibresWedding Factory Poster George OrwellBarcelona in 1936