The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

Friday 8 July What is Anarchism? Wander in to 17 Tory St at lunchtime: 1 2.30pm  join a discussion about what anarchism is or come in at after work for the film 'Living Utopia'.  6.30pm - film screening: Living Utopia Be inspired by people who lived and worked and showed a different world possible not dominated by capitalism. Living Utopia is a documentary consisting of interviews and talks with 30 anarchist survivors of the Spanish revolution. It includes workers involved in the collectives and members of Free Women of Spain - a truly up-lifting and inspiring way to spend a cold Friday night. The full programme for the Spanish Revolution Exhibition is: Friday, 8 July
 -Open all day 12.30 - 1.30pm: lunchtime discussion ‘What is Anarchism?' 6.30pm: film screening ‘ Living Utopia ’, followed by cerveza y patatas

 Saturday, 9 July
 -Open from 10am-
 1-2pm: Mujeres Libres - film screening ‘ Toda la Vida ’ followed by discussion
 7pm: movie screening ‘ La Lengua de las Mariposa

Friday 8 July What is Anarchism? Wander in to 17 Tory St at lunchtime: 1 2.30pm  join a discussion about what anarchism is or come in at after work for the film 'Living Utopia'.  6.30pm - film screening: Living Utopia Be inspired by people who lived and worked and showed a different world possible not dominated by capitalism. Living Utopia is a documentary consisting of interviews and talks with 30 anarchist survivors of the Spanish revolution. It includes workers involved in the collectives and members of Free Women of Spain - a truly up-lifting and inspiring way to spend a cold Friday night. The full programme for the Spanish Revolution Exhibition is: Friday, 8 July
 -Open all day 12.30 - 1.30pm: lunchtime discussion ‘What is Anarchism?' 6.30pm: film screening ‘ Living Utopia ’, followed by cerveza y patatas

 Saturday, 9 July
 -Open from 10am-
 1-2pm: Mujeres Libres - film screening ‘ Toda la Vida ’ followed by discussion
 7pm: movie screening ‘ La Lengua de las Mariposa

Escape the cold Wellington winter and remember one of the great moments of working class history, the sunny days of 80 years ago when ordinary Spaniards seized control of their lives, fought fascism and showed how pleasant life could be when capitalism and the state are consigned to the dustbin. Come along to 17 Tory St from Thursday 7th July to Sunday 10th July and view the exhibition or join us for a variety of events including film screenings, discussions & more... Schedule: Thursday, 7 July -Open from 5pm 6pm: Barry Pateman - "Some thoughts about why the Spanish Revolution is important to us today". Barry is from the Kate Sharpley Library (KSL) and editor at The Emma Goldman papers. KSL has published many pamphlets by participants in the Spanish Revolution as well as a number of books including “ The Friends of Durruti ” and " Ready for Revolution ”.
Pan y vino incluido

. Friday, 8 July
 -Open all day 12.30 - 1.30pm: lunchtime discussion ‘What is Anarchism?

Escape the cold Wellington winter and remember one of the great moments of working class history, the sunny days of 80 years ago when ordinary Spaniards seized control of their lives, fought fascism and showed how pleasant life could be when capitalism and the state are consigned to the dustbin. Come along to 17 Tory St from Thursday 7th July to Sunday 10th July and view the exhibition or join us for a variety of events including film screenings, discussions & more... Schedule: Thursday, 7 July -Open from 5pm 6pm: Barry Pateman - "Some thoughts about why the Spanish Revolution is important to us today". Barry is from the Kate Sharpley Library (KSL) and editor at The Emma Goldman papers. KSL has published many pamphlets by participants in the Spanish Revolution as well as a number of books including “ The Friends of Durruti ” and " Ready for Revolution ”.
Pan y vino incluido

. Friday, 8 July
 -Open all day 12.30 - 1.30pm: lunchtime discussion ‘What is Anarchism?

Join us for a celebration of what Noam Chomsky called "a glimpse of a future that differs by orders of magnitude from the tendencies inherent in the state capitalist and state socialist societies that exist today." From Thursday, 7 July to Sunday, 10 July , the Freedom Shop will be holding a series of events at 17 Tory St, Te Aro, including: exhibition, film screenings, talks and discussions, books and pamphlets, and more... More details coming soon!

Join us for a celebration of what Noam Chomsky called "a glimpse of a future that differs by orders of magnitude from the tendencies inherent in the state capitalist and state socialist societies that exist today." From Thursday, 7 July to Sunday, 10 July , the Freedom Shop will be holding a series of events at 17 Tory St, Te Aro, including: exhibition, film screenings, talks and discussions, books and pamphlets, and more... More details coming soon!

The Freedom shop invites you to: An evening of short films  and discussion on borders, refugees and militarisation. ( Download our 12-page Border Militarisation zine  here .) Donald Trump is talking about it, NATO is sending its frigates and the Dutch want to copy Australia's 'turn back the boats' policy - border enforcement is back with a vengeance and anyone who challenges the legitimacy of barbed wire and armed border guards is getting criminalised.  Come and join us on  Thursday, 26 May 2016, 7pm  at 17 Tory St, Te Aro  Join a discussion on who makes money from the refugee crisis, see what happens when you take food supplies to refugees in France and find out what it looks like when 15,000 refugees are stuck between two borders. 

The Freedom shop invites you to: An evening of short films  and discussion on borders, refugees and militarisation. ( Download our 12-page Border Militarisation zine  here .) Donald Trump is talking about it, NATO is sending its frigates and the Dutch want to copy Australia's 'turn back the boats' policy - border enforcement is back with a vengeance and anyone who challenges the legitimacy of barbed wire and armed border guards is getting criminalised.  Come and join us on  Thursday, 26 May 2016, 7pm  at 17 Tory St, Te Aro  Join a discussion on who makes money from the refugee crisis, see what happens when you take food supplies to refugees in France and find out what it looks like when 15,000 refugees are stuck between two borders. 

Sedition: The Suppression of Dissent in World War II New Zealand Introduced by producer/director Russell Campbell. The People's Cinema / Thursday 24 April, 6.30pm After the carnage of World War I many New Zealanders formed a movement committed to rejecting war as a means of settling international disputes. When World War II broke out, government and pacifists were on a collision course; and Communists, too. There was active opposition to New Zealand’s involvement in the war. The government would brook no dissent. Anti-war campaigners were fined and imprisoned, and eight hundred conscientious objectors were incarcerated in detention camps for the duration of the war. Sedition tells their story. Biography: Dr Russell Campbell is an adjunct professor in film at Victoria University of Wellington and a documentary filmmaker with Vanguard Films . Among his films as director or co-director are 'Rebels in Retrospect' (about the Progressive Youth Movement of the Vietnam War er

Sedition: The Suppression of Dissent in World War II New Zealand Introduced by producer/director Russell Campbell. The People's Cinema / Thursday 24 April, 6.30pm After the carnage of World War I many New Zealanders formed a movement committed to rejecting war as a means of settling international disputes. When World War II broke out, government and pacifists were on a collision course; and Communists, too. There was active opposition to New Zealand’s involvement in the war. The government would brook no dissent. Anti-war campaigners were fined and imprisoned, and eight hundred conscientious objectors were incarcerated in detention camps for the duration of the war. Sedition tells their story. Biography: Dr Russell Campbell is an adjunct professor in film at Victoria University of Wellington and a documentary filmmaker with Vanguard Films . Among his films as director or co-director are 'Rebels in Retrospect' (about the Progressive Youth Movement of the Vietnam

Rebellion, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz is a dramatisation of the events on the New Caledonian island of Ouvea in 1988 when pro-independence Kanak activists took a group of French gendarmes hostage.   Screening Friday March 21st 6.30pm The People's Cinema, Manners Street (over the road from McDonald's), Wellington.  This was a crucial event in the long Kanak struggle for independence from France. Rebellions in 1871 and 1917 were followed by increasing pro-independence activism from the late 1960s. In 1981 a Kanak trade union, the USTKE was formed, followed in 1984 by the FLNKS, a pro-independence federation. During the late '80s pro and anti-independence activity led to protests and armed clashes. Much grassroots organising took place amongst the indigenous Kanaks including the establishment of the grassroots school network, the Ecole Populaire Kanak. The lack of reaction by the FLNKS leadership to the Ouvea hostage situation created a perception of the distancing of the

Rebellion, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz is a dramatisation of the events on the New Caledonian island of Ouvea in 1988 when pro-independence Kanak activists took a group of French gendarmes hostage.   Screening Friday March 21st 6.30pm The People's Cinema, Manners Street (over the road from McDonald's), Wellington.  This was a crucial event in the long Kanak struggle for independence from France. Rebellions in 1871 and 1917 were followed by increasing pro-independence activism from the late 1960s. In 1981 a Kanak trade union, the USTKE was formed, followed in 1984 by the FLNKS, a pro-independence federation. During the late '80s pro and anti-independence activity led to protests and armed clashes. Much grassroots organising took place amongst the indigenous Kanaks including the establishment of the grassroots school network, the Ecole Populaire Kanak. The lack of reaction by the FLNKS leadership to the Ouvea hostage situation created a perception of the distanc

A film screening of 'Lucio' - at the Wellington People's Cinema. Lucio is a colorful documentary about the life of Lucio Uturbia, a Spanish bricklayer and anarchist. Uturbia resists fascism, assists in the kidnapping of a Nazi war criminal, aids Black Panthers wanted by the US government, and brings Citibank to its knees by forging $20 million in travelers cheques to finance Latin American guerillas. Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Aitor Arregi and Jose Maria Goenaga, 2007 What : Lucio When : 7pm, March 7 Where : People's Cinema at 57 Manners St, in central Wellington, fully wheelchair accessible. This screening is a fundraiser for the Wellington Anarchist Bookfair .

A film screening of 'Lucio' - at the Wellington People's Cinema. Lucio is a colorful documentary about the life of Lucio Uturbia, a Spanish bricklayer and anarchist. Uturbia resists fascism, assists in the kidnapping of a Nazi war criminal, aids Black Panthers wanted by the US government, and brings Citibank to its knees by forging $20 million in travelers cheques to finance Latin American guerillas. Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Aitor Arregi and Jose Maria Goenaga, 2007 What : Lucio When : 7pm, March 7 Where : People's Cinema at 57 Manners St, in central Wellington, fully wheelchair accessible. This screening is a fundraiser for the Wellington Anarchist Bookfair .

'A Place Called Chiapas’ The Freedom Shop film screening on Friday, 14 February , is a film to celebrate 20 years of autonomous Zapatista communities! 20 years ago, on 1st January 1994, NAFTA came into effect and the Zapatistas condemned it as 'a death sentence for the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico'.  Fighting the effects of 500 years of colonisation, they knew what NAFTA would mean and said no to corporate globalisation. The Zapatista army said “¡Ya Basta!”, “Enough!” and since then the Zapatista have become an international symbol and inspiration for resistance against colonisation and corporate globalisation. In spite of murders, mass killings, rapes, harassment and arrests – despite constant harassment by the state and para-military forces, in spite of anti-Zapatista propaganda and attempts by global powers to vilify them – the autonomous communities of Chiapas continue.  Come along and join in a film viewing and discussion about the Zapatista struggle. What

'A Place Called Chiapas’ The Freedom Shop film screening on Friday, 14 February , is a film to celebrate 20 years of autonomous Zapatista communities! 20 years ago, on 1st January 1994, NAFTA came into effect and the Zapatistas condemned it as 'a death sentence for the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico'.  Fighting the effects of 500 years of colonisation, they knew what NAFTA would mean and said no to corporate globalisation. The Zapatista army said “¡Ya Basta!”, “Enough!” and since then the Zapatista have become an international symbol and inspiration for resistance against colonisation and corporate globalisation. In spite of murders, mass killings, rapes, harassment and arrests – despite constant harassment by the state and para-military forces, in spite of anti-Zapatista propaganda and attempts by global powers to vilify them – the autonomous communities of Chiapas continue.  Come along and join in a film viewing and discussion about the Zapatista struggle.

The Wellington Zapatista Support Group are holding a photographic exhibition at Thistle Hall covering 20 years in the construction of Zapatista autonomy. Place: Thistle Gallery , Cnr Cuba and Arthur Street Dates: 27 January – 02 February Opening Hours: 11am – 6pm daily. Launch: 5.30pm Monday 27 January Twenty years ago, on January 1st 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, the Zapatistas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas said “Enough!!” and took a stand against attempts to further dispossess them of their indigenous lands and culture. For the last 20 years they have pursued a peaceful path, constructing from below and to the left a 'world in which many worlds fit'. The exhibition at Thistle Hall features photos of ordinary and extraordinary moments in 20 years of the life of a people under constant military and paramilitary threat, going about the business of survival following a path of patience, dignity, and resistance. To hel

The Wellington Zapatista Support Group are holding a photographic exhibition at Thistle Hall covering 20 years in the construction of Zapatista autonomy. Place: Thistle Gallery , Cnr Cuba and Arthur Street Dates: 27 January – 02 February Opening Hours: 11am – 6pm daily. Launch: 5.30pm Monday 27 January Twenty years ago, on January 1st 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, the Zapatistas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas said “Enough!!” and took a stand against attempts to further dispossess them of their indigenous lands and culture. For the last 20 years they have pursued a peaceful path, constructing from below and to the left a 'world in which many worlds fit'. The exhibition at Thistle Hall features photos of ordinary and extraordinary moments in 20 years of the life of a people under constant military and paramilitary threat, going about the business of survival following a path of patience, dignity, and resistan

It is 20 years since NAFTA came into effect and the Zapatista National Liberation Army and people of Chiapas condemned it as 'a death sentence for the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico'. It was on 1st January 1994 that the Zapatista army said “¡Ya Basta!”, “Enough!”. Already fighting the effects of 500 years of colonisation, they knew what NAFTA would mean and said no to corporate globalisation. It is now 20 years since that day and for many the Zapatista have become an international symbol and inspiration for resistance against colonisation and corporate globalisation. In spite of murders, mass killings, rapes, harassment and arrests – despite constant harassment by the state and para-military forces, in spite of anti-Zapatista propaganda and attempts by global powers to vilify them – the autonomous communities of Chiapas continue. Come along on Friday 17 January and join in a film viewing and discussion about the Zapatista struggle. Further information about the Zapatista struggle

It is 20 years since NAFTA came into effect and the Zapatista National Liberation Army and people of Chiapas condemned it as 'a death sentence for the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico'. It was on 1st January 1994 that the Zapatista army said “¡Ya Basta!”, “Enough!”. Already fighting the effects of 500 years of colonisation, they knew what NAFTA would mean and said no to corporate globalisation. It is now 20 years since that day and for many the Zapatista have become an international symbol and inspiration for resistance against colonisation and corporate globalisation. In spite of murders, mass killings, rapes, harassment and arrests – despite constant harassment by the state and para-military forces, in spite of anti-Zapatista propaganda and attempts by global powers to vilify them – the autonomous communities of Chiapas continue. Come along on Friday 17 January and join in a film viewing and discussion about the Zapatista struggle. Further information about the Zapatista struggle