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Sewing Freedom , by Jared Davidson, is the first in-depth study of anarchism in New Zealand during the turbulent years of the early 20th century—a time of wildcat strikes, industrial warfare and a radical working class counter-culture. Interweaving biography, cultural history and an array of archival sources, this engaging account unravels the anarchist-cum-bomber stereotype by piecing together the life of Philip Josephs—a Latvian-born Jewish tailor, anti-militarist and founder of the Wellington Freedom Group. Anarchists like Josephs not only existed in the ‘Workingman’s Paradise’ that was New Zealand, but were a lively part of its labour movement and the class struggle that swept through the country, imparting uncredited influence and ideas. Sewing Freedom places this neglected movement within the global anarchist upsurge, and unearths the colourful activities of New Zealand’s most radical advocates for social and economic change. More information on the book, a sampler, and revie

Sewing Freedom , by Jared Davidson, is the first in-depth study of anarchism in New Zealand during the turbulent years of the early 20th century—a time of wildcat strikes, industrial warfare and a radical working class counter-culture. Interweaving biography, cultural history and an array of archival sources, this engaging account unravels the anarchist-cum-bomber stereotype by piecing together the life of Philip Josephs—a Latvian-born Jewish tailor, anti-militarist and founder of the Wellington Freedom Group. Anarchists like Josephs not only existed in the ‘Workingman’s Paradise’ that was New Zealand, but were a lively part of its labour movement and the class struggle that swept through the country, imparting uncredited influence and ideas. Sewing Freedom places this neglected movement within the global anarchist upsurge, and unearths the colourful activities of New Zealand’s most radical advocates for social and economic change. More information on the book, a sampler,

We have new stock in the Shop, including: Hawaii 1778--1958, From Western Discovery to Statehood - J. Gerlach The Right to be Lazy. Paul LaFargue (Author) Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader, New Edition - Dark Star Collective Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism - Geoff Mann Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and Desire - C. B. Daring A Poetics of Resistance, The Revolutionary Public Relations of the Zapatista Insurgency - Jeff Conant (Author) Arab Spring, Libyan Winter - Vijay Prashad Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle - Maia Ramnath The Congo: A European Invention - J. Gerlach Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction - Margaret Killjoy (Editor) Partisanas: Women in the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation (1936--1945) - Ingrid Strobl Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America (2nd edition) - Ward Churchill Ey

We have new stock in the Shop, including: Hawaii 1778--1958, From Western Discovery to Statehood - J. Gerlach The Right to be Lazy. Paul LaFargue (Author) Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader, New Edition - Dark Star Collective Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism - Geoff Mann Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and Desire - C. B. Daring A Poetics of Resistance, The Revolutionary Public Relations of the Zapatista Insurgency - Jeff Conant (Author) Arab Spring, Libyan Winter - Vijay Prashad Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle - Maia Ramnath The Congo: A European Invention - J. Gerlach Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction - Margaret Killjoy (Editor) Partisanas: Women in the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation (1936--1945) - Ingrid Strobl Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America (2nd edition) - Ward Churchill Ey

We are contemplating a new order of books and zines, if you have a title you think we should stock - flick us an email at the_freedom_shop@yahoo.com