The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

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

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

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...

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...

… but not very far. We’re still inside Opportunities for Animals, but at the back of the shop. The new space is a bit more enclosed and feels more like a book shop. We’re still in the process of making it pretty.  So don’t despair if you don’t see our window display, just wander to the back.

… but not very far. We’re still inside Opportunities for Animals, but at the back of the shop. The new space is a bit more enclosed and feels more like a book shop. We’re still in the process of making it pretty.  So don’t despair if you don’t see our window display, just wander to the back.

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

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

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

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

We celebrated and remembered the Spanish Revolution and the people involved as it gave so many people a world of enablement and empowerment. A world not ruled by class and capitalism, but a world based on collectivism and humanity. If you would like more information about the Revolution, at the Freedom Shop there are a range of books, pamphlets and zines on the Spanish Revolution, including: Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933–1938 by Agustín Guillamón; Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain by Frank Mintz; We The Anarchists! A Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 by Stuart Christie; Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz; Anarchism in Galicia: Organisation, Resistance and Women in the Underground by Eliseo Fernández, Antón Briallos, and Carmen Blanco, and Free Society: A German Exile in Revolutionary Spain by Werner Drescher. Three of the film shown at the exhibition are on-line: Vivir la Utopia (

We celebrated and remembered the Spanish Revolution and the people involved as it gave so many people a world of enablement and empowerment. A world not ruled by class and capitalism, but a world based on collectivism and humanity. If you would like more information about the Revolution, at the Freedom Shop there are a range of books, pamphlets and zines on the Spanish Revolution, including: Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933–1938 by Agustín Guillamón; Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain by Frank Mintz; We The Anarchists! A Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 by Stuart Christie; Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz; Anarchism in Galicia: Organisation, Resistance and Women in the Underground by Eliseo Fernández, Antón Briallos, and Carmen Blanco, and Free Society: A German Exile in Revolutionary Spain by Werner Drescher. Three of the film shown at the exhibition are on-line: Vivir la Utopia (

Two long running annual events are happening in Wellington this coming weekend: On Saturday, 5 March, we have the 8th Anarchist Raft Race, this year at Hataitai Beach / Evans Bay instead of the usual location at Oriental Beach (to avoid clashes with the dragon boat race there). Start is about 1pm. Bring life jackets, drinks, food etc. We had a collective of orca turn up for it once! Then on Sunday, 6 March there is of course the Newtown Festival. We won't have a stall but we will have the shop open from about 10am onwards. See you then!

Two long running annual events are happening in Wellington this coming weekend: On Saturday, 5 March, we have the 8th Anarchist Raft Race, this year at Hataitai Beach / Evans Bay instead of the usual location at Oriental Beach (to avoid clashes with the dragon boat race there). Start is about 1pm. Bring life jackets, drinks, food etc. We had a collective of orca turn up for it once! Then on Sunday, 6 March there is of course the Newtown Festival. We won't have a stall but we will have the shop open from about 10am onwards. See you then!

We are now open four times a week: Tuesday: 2 - 5pm Thursday: 12 - 3pm Friday: 2 - 5pm Saturday: 1 - 4pm If you can't get to the shop when it's open, send us an email and let us know what you want: FreedomShopAotearoa@gmail.com

We are now open four times a week: Tuesday: 2 - 5pm Thursday: 12 - 3pm Friday: 2 - 5pm Saturday: 1 - 4pm If you can't get to the shop when it's open, send us an email and let us know what you want: FreedomShopAotearoa@gmail.com

We're trying to keep the shop open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (21. - 23.12.) this coming week to cater for any emergency Xmas present needs. We still have a few of the tee-shirts left that we screenprinted ourselves  - images of revolutionary women.  We even have a few Slingshot and Bottled Wasp diaries left! The shop will then be closed until after New Year. Happy holidays to everyone!

We're trying to keep the shop open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (21. - 23.12.) this coming week to cater for any emergency Xmas present needs. We still have a few of the tee-shirts left that we screenprinted ourselves  - images of revolutionary women.  We even have a few Slingshot and Bottled Wasp diaries left! The shop will then be closed until after New Year. Happy holidays to everyone!

Issue 5 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Global Hegemony) can be downloaded here .

Issue 5 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Global Hegemony) can be downloaded here .