Freedom Shop

The Freedom Shop is the name of an

non profit basis, injecting any income back into the project. The shop has been based in different locations and mainly sells books on anarchism, feminism, indigenous rights, ecology

and a range of activist issues. It also carries patches, badges, clothing and music.

History

The Freedom Shop was established on May 1, 1995.[1] It was based on upper Cuba Street in Te Aro, in a building formerly occupied by the NORML shop. NORML initially kept up with the rent. The shop was operated by volunteers, and any earnings were reinvested in the business. The shop sold books, magazines, pamphlets, leaflets, T-shirts, patches, records, and stickers.^[2]

In the 2000s, plans for the construction of the

Transit NZ broke into the shop and changed the locks, 50 activists broke in and briefly re-opened it.^[4]

The Freedom Shop moved into a more prominent location in the Cake Shop (a community

Newtown, Wellington

.

Publications

In 2014, the collective published the first issue of a periodical called AARGH! as the Aoteroa Anarchist Review.[1] Issue ten was published in April 2019.^[5]

Affiliations

The collective maintains close links with Aotearoa Indymedia and local radical groups such as the 128 Community Centre.

References

^ ^a ^b Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (9 July 2019). "Review: Aotearoa Anarchist Review (and Golfing Handbook)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
^ "Anarchism in Aotearoa - 1995". Radical tradition in Aotearoa. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ O'Neil, Andrea. "150 years of news: Protests against inner-city bypass exposed deep rift in Te Aro district heritage". Stuff. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ Anti-Bypass Activists (10 March 2002). "Freedom Shop Reoccupied!". Scoop. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "AARGH issue 10 is online". Freedom Shop Aotearoa.

External links

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[AWSM-1] Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (9 July 2019). "Review: Aotearoa Anarchist Review (and Golfing Handbook)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.

[takver-2] "Anarchism in Aotearoa - 1995". Radical tradition in Aotearoa. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[Stuff-3] O'Neil, Andrea. "150 years of news: Protests against inner-city bypass exposed deep rift in Te Aro district heritage". Stuff. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[Scoop-4] Anti-Bypass Activists (10 March 2002). "Freedom Shop Reoccupied!". Scoop. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[AARGH10-5] "AARGH issue 10 is online". Freedom Shop Aotearoa.

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