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New Books at the Freedom Shop

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We have a load of new books out on the shelves in the Freedom Shop. Authors include: Norman Nawrocki, Chomsky, Tina Ngata, Howard Zinn, and Silvia Federici. And some of the books are 'Kia Mau', 'Time For Plan B', 'How to Read Donald Duck', 'Dreams of Anarchy and the Anarchy of Dreams', 'Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States', 'Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times', 'Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937', 'Paths to Autonomy' and volumes II & III of 'Subversions' by Anarchist Writers Block in Canada.

New Books

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The Freedom Shop is well and truly well-stocked at the moment. Within the last few weeks we've had boxes of books arriving from AKPress, PM Press and Kersplbdeb - along with more treasures from BWB...   We've got David Graeber, George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, Silvia Federici, Angela Davis, Murray Bookchin, the suddenly famous Andreas Malm, the classic alt-Tintin volume Breaking Free and even a new edition of Thomas More's Utopia. We've got utopian AND dystopian Sci-Fi from Ursula LeGuin, Octavia E Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Vandana Singh, Eileen Gunn and John Shirley. There's something for everybody, and we haven't even got around to opening two of the boxes.  

Surviving home detention - the great lockdown

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Obviously the Freedom Shop is closed now while we are in lockdown. For prisoners and people in home detention, being separated from friends and family and having your movements curtailed is quite normal.  While we can't sell you books right now, you can download e-books from our comrades at AK Press - they're having a sale at the moment. We're working on putting some of our zines and pamphlets online soon. See you on the barricades - but 2 metres apart please!

Surviving home detention - the great lockdown

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Obviously the Freedom Shop is closed now while we are in lockdown. For prisoners and people in home detention, being separated from friends and family and having your movements curtailed is quite normal.  While we can't sell you books right now, you can download e-books from our comrades at AK Press - they're having a sale at the moment. We're working on putting some of our zines and pamphlets online soon. See you on the barricades - but 2 metres apart please!

New Books at the Freedom Shop

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We have just received our latest order of books from AK Press, including:                

New Books at the Freedom Shop

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We have just received our latest order of books from AK Press, including:                

New books have arrived

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Here are some of the new books we've got. Don't forget the Newtown Festival on Sunday, 4 March. The Freedom Shop will be open from 10am till about 5pm. Anarchy Explained To My Father Anarchy Explained to My Father is a provocative and accessible discussion of the revolutionary mode of thought that rejects all forms of domination and seeks, in the words of Louise Michel, "order through harmony." Is China an Imperialist Country? Considerations and Evidence This book brings together theoretical, definitional and logical considerations, as well as the extensive empirical evidence which is now available, to demonstrate that China has indeed definitely become a capitalist-imperialist country Why Don't the Poor Rise Up? Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance In the context of unparalleled global wealth disparity, ecological catastrophe, and myriad forms of structural oppression, this vibrant collection offers a reassessment of contemporary obstacles to mass mobi

New books have arrived

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Here are some of the new books we've got. Don't forget the Newtown Festival on Sunday, 4 March. The Freedom Shop will be open from 10am till about 5pm. Anarchy Explained To My Father Anarchy Explained to My Father is a provocative and accessible discussion of the revolutionary mode of thought that rejects all forms of domination and seeks, in the words of Louise Michel, "order through harmony." Is China an Imperialist Country? Considerations and Evidence This book brings together theoretical, definitional and logical considerations, as well as the extensive empirical evidence which is now available, to demonstrate that China has indeed definitely become a capitalist-imperialist country Why Don't the Poor Rise Up? Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance In the context of unparalleled global wealth disparity, ecological catastrophe, and myriad forms of structural oppression, this vibrant collection offers a reassessment of contemporary obstacles to mass mobi

Rebel Moon - a benefit for AK Press

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A fundraising celebration of radical and independent publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond! AK Press is a worker-run, collectively managed anarchist publishing and distribution company, in operation since 1990. On March 21st of this year, a fire in a building behind AK’s caught fire and the fire spread to AK’s warehouse. Two people living in the building died in the fire, much of AK’s inventory was damaged by water and smoke, and the city has deemed their building uninhabitable. While they have suffered a major blow they are carrying on and continue to publish and distribute anarchist and radical literature around the world, including to Aotearoa New Zealand. But they need all the help they can get and all money raised at this event will go directly to their fire relief fund. More information about AK Press and the fire can be found at http://www.akpress.org/ fire-relief.html Also a RadioNZ interview with Pip Adams promoting the AK Benefit. Confirmed so far: Jared

Rebel Moon - a benefit for AK Press

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A fundraising celebration of radical and independent publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond! AK Press is a worker-run, collectively managed anarchist publishing and distribution company, in operation since 1990. On March 21st of this year, a fire in a building behind AK’s caught fire and the fire spread to AK’s warehouse. Two people living in the building died in the fire, much of AK’s inventory was damaged by water and smoke, and the city has deemed their building uninhabitable. While they have suffered a major blow they are carrying on and continue to publish and distribute anarchist and radical literature around the world, including to Aotearoa New Zealand. But they need all the help they can get and all money raised at this event will go directly to their fire relief fund. More information about AK Press and the fire can be found at http://www.akpress.org/ fire-relief.html Also a RadioNZ interview with Pip Adams promoting the AK Benefit. Confirmed so far:

New Books

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Once more we have a range of new books on the shelves. Orders have arrived from both PM Press and AK Press , including: The line has been drawn: it has gone this far, but no further . Published in 2014 ' A Line in the Tar Sands ' makes it clear that the industry needs to be shut down. The tar sands are a pivotal position in the fight against climate change. Anit-colonial and anti-capitalist fighters are confronting an industry driven by some of the largest corporations on earth, which have no goals that are any nobler than maximizing short-term profits and growth. A sample of the book can be downloaded here .   Asia's Unknown Uprisings , by George Katsiaficas. “Through Katsiaficas’s study of Asia’s uprisings and rebellions, readers get a glimpse of the challenge to revolutionaries to move beyond representative democracy and to reimagine and reinvent democracy. This book shows the power of rebellions to change the conversation.” —Grace Lee Boggs, activist and coauthor of

New Books

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Once more we have a range of new books on the shelves. Orders have arrived from both PM Press and AK Press , including: The line has been drawn: it has gone this far, but no further . Published in 2014 ' A Line in the Tar Sands ' makes it clear that the industry needs to be shut down. The tar sands are a pivotal position in the fight against climate change. Anit-colonial and anti-capitalist fighters are confronting an industry driven by some of the largest corporations on earth, which have no goals that are any nobler than maximizing short-term profits and growth. A sample of the book can be downloaded here .   Asia's Unknown Uprisings , by George Katsiaficas. “Through Katsiaficas’s study of Asia’s uprisings and rebellions, readers get a glimpse of the challenge to revolutionaries to move beyond representative democracy and to reimagine and reinvent democracy. This book shows the power of rebellions to change the conversation.” —Grace Lee Boggs, activist and coautho

Help AK Press

AK Press are dealing with the aftermath of a significant fire which swept through the warehouse they share with 1984 Printing and over 30 residents. Two people were killed in the fire, others have lost their homes and belongings - AK Press is appealing for donations to spread between between themselves and others affected by the fire. Details are at: http://www.akpress.org/fire-relief.html . The direct link to the fundraising page is: http://www.gofundme.com/akpressfire . Please help!

Help AK Press

AK Press are dealing with the aftermath of a significant fire which swept through the warehouse they share with 1984 Printing and over 30 residents. Two people were killed in the fire, others have lost their homes and belongings - AK Press is appealing for donations to spread between between themselves and others affected by the fire. Details are at: http://www.akpress.org/fire-relief.html . The direct link to the fundraising page is: http://www.gofundme.com/akpressfire . Please help!

New Books at the Freedom Shop

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We have received a fresh load of books – here are some of them: Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion Ryan Conrad (Editor) If you missed RyanConrad’s talk last weekend in Wellington (or the week before in Auckland), or if you want to read more about Against Equality – we have the book for $21.00. If you can't get to the Shop, send us an email at freedomshopaotearoa@gmail.com and you can buy this book, or any other book or product that we stock, online.   Administration of Fear Paul Virilio  We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain timeframe. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market crises, undifferentiated terrorism, lightning pandemics, "professional" suicides.... Fear has b

New Books at the Freedom Shop

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We have received a fresh load of books – here are some of them: Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion Ryan Conrad (Editor) If you missed RyanConrad’s talk last weekend in Wellington (or the week before in Auckland), or if you want to read more about Against Equality – we have the book for $21.00. If you can't get to the Shop, send us an email at freedomshopaotearoa@gmail.com and you can buy this book, or any other book or product that we stock, online.   Administration of Fear Paul Virilio  We are living under the administration of fear: fear has become an environment, an everyday landscape. There was a time when wars, famines, and epidemics were localized and limited by a certain timeframe. Today, it is the world itself that is limited, saturated, and manipulated, the world itself that seizes us and confines us with a stressful claustrophobia. Stock-market crises, undifferentiated terrorism, lightning pandemics, "professional" suicides.... Fear has b