When an unknown attacker tried to burn Freedom Press down in 2013 they very nearly destroyed archives of our newspaper which go back to the 1920s – so now we’re working on restoring them. The Freedom Newspaper archive is one of the most important for British anarchism. Not necessarily because it always had the […]
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Our new magazine arrived!
Exclusively available for free/donation from Freedom Bookshop up until the London Anarchist Bookfair on October 29th (where we’ll be giving as many away as we can), and featuring: Iida Käyhkö on student rent strikes A look at Sisters Uncut’s campaign work in Hackney An in-depth analysis of what’s happening in the controversial fracking industry by Frack […]
Freedom Building Collective Benefit
The shop will be hosting a monthly benefit night to raise money for essential building works on the 2nd Friday of every month. Come along this Friday, 13th May 2016 and bring your 2nd hand anarchist books to donate while you’re at it 😉 It’s an early one: 6:30pm – 8:30pm, so use us as […]
Fire at AK Press
As many of you will have heard, the building next door to AK Press warehouse in Oakland caught fire on March 21st 2015. Two people lost their lives. Severe water and fire damage has affected AK Press, 1984 Printing and the home of 30+ people. Our thoughts go out to all those that have suffered. […]
Rebel Footprints is here!
David Rosenberg (of East End Walks fame) has written another book about London and its rebellious and sometimes forgotten history. We have it for sale in the shop and online, but more excitingly will be having David Rosenberg in to talk about the book at the shop. He’ll be here on Sunday 12th of April from […]
Crimethinc’s Anarchist Appeal
We have in the shop the new pamphlet from Crimethinc Ex-workers Collective. Its part of a new anarchist outreach project that they’ve begun. Its very ambitious. You can pick up your copy for free in the shop, or order even more of them from Active Distribution. They follow up the information in the leaflet with an […]
Burnt books for Sale
In February 2013 the shop was set on fire in the early hours of the morning. The response from everyone was great and loads of money was raised in the following months from all over the world. Those donations helped us pay to replace the ceiling in the shop, replace all the shelving, repaint the […]
We’ve got posters from the Beehive Collective! Oh yeah.
I’m really excited to have two of the fantastic Beehive Collective posters available in the shop. We have the last two posters produced by the collective, the Mesoamerica Resiste and The True Cost of Coal. The posters are pretty big and incredibly detailed. From the Beehive Collective website: In 2008, the Beehive Design Collective allied with Appalachian grassroots […]