Freedom Shop
The Freedom Shop is the name of an anarchist collective for the distribution of books and information based in Wellington New Zealand. It operates on a non profit basis, injecting income back into the project. They mainly sell books on anarchism, feminism, indigenous struggle, ecology and a range of activist issues. It also carries patches, badges, clothing and music.
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[edit] History
The Freedom Shop was established in 1995, and was based on upper Cuba St in Te Aro, in a building formerly occupied by the NORML Shop. In early 2003, due to the construction of an inner city motorway extension, the Freedom Shop moved into a more prominent location in the Cake Shop (a community infoshop/internet cafe in mid Cuba St). When the Cake Shop closed in 2005, the Freedom Shop relocated to Oblong (a community infoshop/internet cafe) in Te Aro's left bank arcade. Oblong closed in early 2009, and The Freedom Shop reverted to running stalls at public events(1).
[edit] Affiliations
The collective maintains close links with Aotearoa Indymedia and local radical groups such as the 128 Community Centre.
[edit] References
(1) http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/76552/freedom-shop-moving
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Coordinates: 41°17′43.04″S 174°46′35.32″E / 41.2952889°S 174.7764778°E
