The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

 A community screening of anarcha-feminist filmmaker Lizzie Borden's dystopian masterpiece, which explores themes of race, queerness, intersectional feminism, police brutality and surveillance, and the role of independent radio in political revolution. Fierce, intelligent guerrilla filmmaking from the depths of the Reagan era, which invites conversations about radical change, and has relevance to tino rangatiratanga and decolinisation movements in our own hapori whānui. We would love to see you there! WHEN: 7pm Wednesday 28th May. WHERE: 13 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

 On the 1st of May 2025, the Freedom Shop in Wellington turned 30! We began in upper Cuba Street in the NORML shop and since then have been in various places around the city: the Cake Shop, Oblong, sharing space at Rebel Press, and then for several years at the Opportunity for Animals - now we're in the front of Book Haven (next door to Opportunity for Animals). Come and check us out.   

There are a lot of new books in the shop at the moment, just arrived from PM Press and AK Press. There are old favourites including some Frantz Fanon, Silvia Federici along with ever popular The Adventures of Tintin: Breaking Free, Pangayaw and Decolonising Resistance: Anarchism in the Philippines as well as Anarcha-Feminists in the Philippines, Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution and a couple of new books for us, Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual and Physical Resistance – a history of UK anti-fascist organising. There's also, as always, Tina Ngata's Kia Mau: Resisting Colonial Fictions on the shelf, plus Murdoch Stephens new book Visas Now! Aotearoa's Response to Global Refugee Emergencies. A lot of reading as we head into the colder weather.