Salon Mazal

Coordinates: 32°3′54.92″N 34°47′16.8″E / 32.0652556°N 34.788000°E / 32.0652556; 34.788000
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Salon Mazal (סלון מזל‎) was an

non-hierarchical
collective of volunteers at 32 Yitzhak Sadeh Street, Tel Aviv.

Activities

Salon Mazal had a lending library, a shop and a space for meetings, lectures, workshops and film screenings.[1][2] Occasionally there are other projects on various topics of interest, such as youth group meetings, Arabic lessons, DIY workshops, a reading group of anarchist texts.

The lending and

reference library stocks several thousand books on subjects related to social change, of which roughly half are in English.[1] The idea behind it is to enable people to read books without encouraging them to buy, thus creating an alternative to the existing consumer culture. Salon Mazal prints and publishes materials on a variety of subjects, including a DIY guide, a guide on wise consumerism, a translated booklet on permaculture
, translated anarchist texts, booklets on feminism for men and women.

Workshops, lectures, film screenings, group discussions and meetings on different subjects are held several times a week, open to the public and are free of charge. Salon Mazal also provides a space for study, organization, meeting, planning and working on initiatives and projects for social change, free of charge. Groups who have used the space over the years for their meetings include

The Committee against House Demolition
, the Alternative youth summer camp, New Profile.

Store

Salon Mazal was one of the distribution points for

Palestinian farmers in Tulkarm and olive oil soaps from Palestinian farmers in Budrus. The products are imported by Green Action and their production avoids the exploitation of workers or environmental degradation. In addition, they distribute flyers and booklets on fair trade and hold lectures on the subject.[3]

The infoshop is one of the only places in Israel where self-made products and self-published books can be distributed. People are encouraged to sell their products, including artwork, books, poetry books, homemade jams, deodorants, self made political T-shirts and other products made by individuals. In this way the infoshop encourages local, non-industrial production and supports local independent producers.

References

  1. ^ a b c Kloosterman, Karen (2005-08-12). "The Anarchist's Playground". The Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem: Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2008-07-11. Alt URL
  2. Maximum RocknRoll
    , Issue 235 (December 2002). Retrieved on July 11, 2008. "The place is 100% vegan straight edge. called Salon Mazal and has a library, along with books, zines, and music for sale."
  3. ^ a b Kloosterman, Karen (2006-01-12). "A Political Trade-off". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2008-07-11.

External links

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