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Revolution in Rojava: Public Talk

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Join us at 6pm on Friday 8th March at the Newtown Community & Cultural Centre to hear an eyewitness account of events on the frontline in Syria and Kurdistan. Lachlan Spittles, who fought against ISIS as part of the People's Protection Units ( the YPG ) in Syrian Kurdistan, will be talking about the origins of the revolution in Rojava, the current state of the revolution and what we can do to help from here in Aotearoa. A copy of the poster can be downloaded here: Rojava Public Talk .

Revolution in Rojava: Public Talk

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Join us at 6pm on Friday 8th March at the Newtown Community & Cultural Centre to hear an eyewitness account of events on the frontline in Syria and Kurdistan. Lachlan Spittles, who fought against ISIS as part of the People's Protection Units ( the YPG ) in Syrian Kurdistan, will be talking about the origins of the revolution in Rojava, the current state of the revolution and what we can do to help from here in Aotearoa. A copy of the poster can be downloaded here: Rojava Public Talk .

Summer Reading

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We received a new order of books at the Freedom Shop towards the end of last year, and of course, we still have some old favourites. Some of the titles include: To Dare Imagining, Rojava Revolution by Dilar Dirik (Editor); David Levi Strauss (Editor); Michael Taussig (Editor); Peter Lamborn Wilson (Editor) Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan by Eliza Egret (Author); Tom Anderson (Author) Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia (Author); Andrea Smith (Introduction) Rad Girls Can, Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women by Kate Schatz (Author); Miriam Klein Stahl (Illustrator) The Antifa Comic Book, 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements byGord Hill (Author); Mark Bray (Foreword) The Post-Snowden Era by Kathleen Kuehn Fair Borders? by David Hall (Editor) The Quiet War on Asylum by Tracey Barnett Doing Our Bit by Murdoch Stephens The Stolen Island: Searching for ‘Ata by Scott Hamilton

Summer Reading

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We received a new order of books at the Freedom Shop towards the end of last year, and of course, we still have some old favourites. Some of the titles include: To Dare Imagining, Rojava Revolution by Dilar Dirik (Editor); David Levi Strauss (Editor); Michael Taussig (Editor); Peter Lamborn Wilson (Editor) Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan by Eliza Egret (Author); Tom Anderson (Author) Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia (Author); Andrea Smith (Introduction) Rad Girls Can, Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women by Kate Schatz (Author); Miriam Klein Stahl (Illustrator) The Antifa Comic Book, 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements byGord Hill (Author); Mark Bray (Foreword) The Post-Snowden Era by Kathleen Kuehn Fair Borders? by David Hall (Editor) The Quiet War on Asylum by Tracey Barnett Doing Our Bit by Murdoch Stephens The Stolen Island: Searching for ‘Ata by Scott Hamilton

Xmas opening hours

In order to support all those of you who have been resisting the onslaught of capitalism in the build-up to the annual celebration of consumerism, but who have succumbed in the very last minute - we will forfeit some of our well-earned holiday time to extend the shop hours: Thursday, 20 Dec: 2-5pm Friday, 21 Dec: 2-5pm Saturday, 22 Dec: 11-4pm Monday, 24 Dec: 2-5pm So make it worthwhile for us and come and buy stuff...

Xmas opening hours

In order to support all those of you who have been resisting the onslaught of capitalism in the build-up to the annual celebration of consumerism, but who have succumbed in the very last minute - we will forfeit some of our well-earned holiday time to extend the shop hours: Thursday, 20 Dec: 2-5pm Friday, 21 Dec: 2-5pm Saturday, 22 Dec: 11-4pm Monday, 24 Dec: 2-5pm So make it worthwhile for us and come and buy stuff...

SlingShot Organiser & Plan B 2019

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We have Slingshots and also Plan B - the Freedom Shop's very own organiser for 2019! Plan B is A5 size, 64 pages, full of interesting historic dates from Aotearoa, and costs $10.   Slingshots are pocket-size (4.25 inches X 5.5 inches), 176 pages and costs $13