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 […]
Knitting- round 2
Unsurprisingly we didn’t manage to raise £3000 for a new boiler from the last knitting evening. We did have a good evening though. So…we’re doing it again! Come down to Freedom Bookshop on Sunday the 11th of Jan at 4pm to sit, have a cup of tea and a bit of a knit. We’ll […]
We’re busy with the festive season right now…
…we’ll be back on the 2nd of January at 12 o’clock. […]
Phone line not working
If you phone the bookshop it will sound like it’s ringing, but at our end not a peep. Sorry if you’ve called and had no answer. If you need to contact us we’ll be checking our email ( shop(@)freedompress.org.uk ) more closely than normal. We will be open today till 6 as normal. Thanks. […]
Its that time of year again…
Come visit us at the shop for the annual Solstismuss gathering. We’ll be here from 2pm on Sunday 21st of December: sitting around chatting, eating our nibbles and drinking our refreshments. Dogs welcome. […]
Non-seasonal cards for the season
We’ve got a selection of cards in the shop at the moment, if you are looking for some thing a bit less Christmassy than normal… The birds cards that you can see above are a benefit for Warsaw ABC and are screen-printed on recycled card. They’re £1 and 50p depending on size. The orange, blue […]