The Freedom Shop

The Freedom Shop The Freedom Shop is a not-for-profit anarchist bookshop and info-centre. Our aim is to spread radica We have are located in the front of Book Haven Bookshop.

The Freedom Shop is a not-for-profit anarchist bookshop and info-centre based in Wellington, New Zealand. We stock radical zines and pamphlets, music, badges, patches and t-shirts, alongside a collection of local and international radical books. If you think we should stock a certain book or you would like us to order one for you, let us know.The shop is run by a collective of volunteers who are d

edicated to non-hierarchical consensus-based decision-making. You can send mail to us at P.O. Box 9263, Te Aro, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand

"A heartfelt plea for greater vigilance in a world increasingly controlled by advanced digital technology."-Kirkus Revie...
17/10/2025

"A heartfelt plea for greater vigilance in a world increasingly controlled by advanced digital technology."
-Kirkus Reviews

AT THE DAWN OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION, THE INTERNET promised to be the great equalizer, a global democratic force. Instead, Wall Street ended up funding a new breed of serial capitalists, the Techtitans, who jacked up their own profits by mining new frontiers and stripping their workers of rights. In Technocapitalism, Napoleoni outlines the genesis of a new paradigm. It is not by chance that today the great obstacles we face-global warming, increasing militarism, and despotism- are not being curbed. With her deep understanding of the global economy and its history, Napoleoni offers us the real story of how we got here and what it will take to redirect our collective will toward the common good.

Brims with fresh insights and new approaches to some of the most vexing issues. A profound contribution to our understan...
13/10/2025

Brims with fresh insights and new approaches to some of the most vexing issues. A profound contribution to our understanding of how common of our time. struggles are forged . ..[land] a guiding light for activists.'" ROB NIXON

Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for envi- ronmental liberation in the Global South. These communities-among the most vulnerable to but also least responsible for the climate crisis--have long been at the forefront of the fight to protect imperiled worlds, Scholar and activist Ashley Dawson constructs a gripping narrative of movements of climate insurgents, from international solidarity organizations like La Via Campesina and Shack Dwellers International to local struggles in South Afica, Colombia, India, Nigeria, and beyond. AS Dawson reminds US, the fight against ecocide iS already being waged world wide. It demands our solidarity.

"A wondrous tour of communities working for life after capitalism. An atlas of the world's most important struggles." RAJ PATEL

"A book that deserves to be celebrated . .. and] a book that fossil fuel tycoons and other purveyors of fictional environmental optimism will hate." NNIMMO BASSEY

"Dawson reframes grim realities to emphasize how grassroots communities proactively resist the privatization and toxic exploitation of the natural world in
innovative and empowering ways." DINA GILIO-WHITAKER

Join the launch of Protect Protest here in Aotearoa NZ!⁠ The right to protest is under threat.The government is working ...
11/10/2025

Join the launch of Protect Protest here in Aotearoa NZ!⁠
The right to protest is under threat.
The government is working on three proposals to limit our ability to protest:
1. Protest permit required – the plan to fine or imprison people for protests not allowed by the government.
2. Protesters aren’t terrorists – the govt is rewriting the Terrorist Suppression Act to allow the banning of causes and the locking up of protesters.
3. No protests outside homes – Creating limited protest zones in residential area where protesters can be arrested without warning.

The launch of PROTECT PROTEST is: Wednesday 15 October at 4:00pm at Government Building Lecture Theatre 1 (GBLT1), Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga Waka VUW
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Protect Protest is a coalition established to defend protest as a tool of democracy and liberation. that includes Amnesty International, NZ Council of Civil Liberties, NZ Council of Trade Unions, Peace Action Wellington, academics and activists.⁠ You can find out more about Protect Protest here: https://protectprotest.nz/

The most comprehensive and incisive exposure of the origins of the British betrayal of Palestine." Ilan Pappe, author of...
07/10/2025

The most comprehensive and incisive exposure of the origins of the British betrayal of Palestine." Ilan Pappe, author of The Etbnic Cleansing of Palestine

Deeply researched powerfully argued and meticulously
documented, Policy of Deceit lays bare Britain's shameful record of lies, broken promises and betrayals that paved the way to the Zionist takeover of Palestine,. Avi Shlaim, author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World

This is the untold story of Britain's role in the Israel-Palestine conflict,

For anyone interested in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is a must-read.

With this empirically rich and analytically rigorous book, Shambrook makes an important contribution to the study of Britain's direct responsibility for the dispossession of the Palestinian people?
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies, Rice University

During the First World War, the British High Commissioner in Egypt reached a secret agreement with the Sharif of Mecca. If the Sharif allied with Britain against the Ottomans, after the war an independent

Arab state that included Palestine would be established. The Sharif kept his word The British did not. Instead, two years later Lloyd George's government declared that Palestine would be for the global Jewish community.

Through meticulous analysis of official records and private papers,Peter Shambrook exposes how Britain came to betray the Arabs. He debunks the myth that Palestine was never part of the lands guaranteed to the Sharif and details the attempts of successive British governments to prevent the truth from ever becoming public.

We are at Zinefest in Welly today! Come on down - it's at the Design School or whatever it's called these days in Vivian...
03/10/2025

We are at Zinefest in Welly today! Come on down - it's at the Design School or whatever it's called these days in Vivian Street. Oodles of stalls in addition to us!

March this Saturday against Genocide and Apartheid and in support of Palestinian self determination and the Global Flot...
02/10/2025

March this Saturday against Genocide and Apartheid and in support of Palestinian self determination and the Global Flotilla

Burma fundraiser - film nightYo folks!The Freedom Shop is hosting another movie night this coming Thursday, with inauthe...
13/09/2025

Burma fundraiser - film night

Yo folks!

The Freedom Shop is hosting another movie night this coming Thursday, with inauthentic Burmese food beforehand, and we would love to see you there.

LINDA LINDA LINDA (Nobuhiro Yamash*ta, Japan, 2005)
13 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Thursday 18th September, 6pm.

Fundraiser for Burmese punks - Koha entry.

We are screening Linda Linda Linda – a low-key, cheerful but by no means saccharine, 2005 Japanese film that actually gets punk. It has the same plot as every other rock movie, except this one is believable. Four grumpy teenagers are empowered through a willingness to accept outsiders, music and friendship.

Since the military overthrow of a semi-democratic government in 2021, Burma has been immersed in a civil war, three million people have been displaced, many now living as refugees in surrounding countries. Over half of the country has been liberated by opposition armed groups, but the regime hangs on, using air strikes, forced conscription and brutality to control the main cities and areas of economic value. Amongst the opposition is the punk movement that has led protests, organised Food not Bombs groups, food gardens, social centres and other projects, both inside and outside the country, all run on the smell of an oily rag. Your dollar goes further when it’s in the hands of punks.

Burmese food from 6pm, a short talk about the situation at 7pm followed by the film.

A plethora of books on Palestine just went on the shelves at the Freedom Shop. Other new books pictured in the comments.
24/08/2025

A plethora of books on Palestine just went on the shelves at the Freedom Shop. Other new books pictured in the comments.

Limited copies of this just in, a direct import from the Burma border. Invisible Yet Invincible - Narratives of Women Fi...
04/07/2025

Limited copies of this just in, a direct import from the Burma border. Invisible Yet Invincible - Narratives of Women Fighting Dictatorship in Burma/Myanmar by Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi. They are winning too, which makes a nice change...

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