Zines & Pamphlets

We stock radical zines and pamphlets.  New zines are always being dropped off. 

If you make radical zines bring them in and with collective approval we can sell with minimum mark-up of 20% on your behalf. We are non-profit.

Some of the zines we have are: Theses Against Cynicism /Anarchism: Arguments For and Against / The ABC of Anarchism / The Russian Tragedy / A Day Mournful and Overcast / 500 Years: Indigenous Resistance / Assembly Line / The Capitalist System / What Do We Do When? A zine about community response to sexual assault /  The Art and Science of Billboard Improvement / Miguel Garcia's story / The Traffic in women and others essays on feminism / Emma Goldman in Revolutionary Russia / Kronstadt, Persecution of Anarchists / Malatesta's Anarchy / Towards Anarchism / The Reproduction of Everyday Life / A Woman without a Country / Comments on the society of the spectacle / Power, History and Warfare / Hot Pantz: Do it yourself gynecology: Herbal Remedies / Anarchy: From Loyalism to Anarchism / Against Separatism / Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution / Anarchism and Anarchist Communism: Its Basis and Principles / Buffo: Spectacular Times / Fighting the Revolution: Louise Michel and Kropotkin / The End of Anarchism / Anarchism and Feminism / Mujeres Libres: Organizing Women During the Spanish Revolution /

and many more ....

Some zines:

Tino Rangatiratanga;
The treaty of Waitangi Today (c1995)

Based on a collection of articles on Tino Rangitiratanga originally put out by the people of Pakaitore Marae, this booklet contains a clear history of the endlessly repeating Government treachery towards Maori in regards to the Treaty and has sections on the little-known Declaration of Independence of Aotearoa signed in 1835. It also has the real story behind John Ballance, Aotearoa's racist fascistic prime minister between 1890-93. Essential reading to stave off the media manipulation of history.
 

The Terror of the Dawn Raids (2021)

From an article written by Melani Anae for E-Tangata and re-designed by Darcy Woods, this zine tells us about the Dawn Raids of the '70s. Described by Melani Anae as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by the New Zealand government in New Zealand’s history", the raids were a part of our lives in that decade. This zine looks looks at the terror and fear of that time, the state and police tactics, and the activism of the Polynesian Panthers. 
If you want to know more about the Polynesian Panthers, read the zine and check out Polynesian Panthers on NZonScreen.

Prison Abolition (2018)

This zine is a collection of articles about prison abolition, justice and the criminal justice system that the nz state operates.
A common thread running through them all is the belief that prison cannot be reformed, it is society that must be transformed. Articles come from aargh!, aotearoa indymedia, PAPA, and Imminent Rebellion.


Are We All NZers Now? (2005 reprint 2020)

'Are we all New Zealanders now? A Māori response to the Pākehā quest for indigeneity' is the transcript of a speech by Dr Ani Mikaere for the Bruce Jesson 2004 annual lecture. The Freedom Shop had printed the speech out as a zine but was then redesigned by Izzy Joy as part of our collaboration with WellingtonZineFest for the Radical Zine Series.


Museifushugi:

A brief history of Anarchism in Pre War Japan (199?)A fascinating little intro into Japanese anarchism researched in Japan by Christchurch anarchist Matthew Turner. Great stories of individual anarchists' lives in particular, extremely valuable as a start to uncovering what seems a lost past of Japanese political history.



bell hooks (2021)

Just one of four zines we have with writings by bell hooks, this zine includes three articles: 'Teaching to Transgress: Paulo Freire', 'Killing Rage: Militant Resistance' and 'Feminist Class Struggle'. Killing Rage opens with the wonderful sentence, 'I am writing this essay sitting beside an anonymous white male that I long to murder' and ends with the explanation that although rage can be consuming, and some also say rage has no place (in struggle), we need to 'take that rage and move it beyond fruitless scapegoating of any group, linking it instead to a passion for freedom and justice that illuminates, heals, and makes redemptive struggle possible.'

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