The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

 Interested in the 'Notebooks for People in Aotearoa Prisons'? Come and meet 5ever and find out more about what and why they're doing it!! Book Haven at 6pm on Rāpare Thursday 21st Mahuru September. We sell the 5ever 'Hot Men for Prison Abolition' fundraising notebooks at the Shop and we often get asked why people inside need paper and notebooks, so many assume paper is a basic necessity and everyone has access to it - but that's not necessarily true! So come along and kōrero with 5ever and find out more more about the campaign. You can also find out more about their September Notebooks for Prisoners Working Bee which is going to be held Rāhoroi Saturday 23rd September at Rebel Press.   The 5ever books community supports incarcerated people through their Notebooks for Prisoners campaign. They repurpose waste paper into blank notebooks with the help of friends. These notebooks are put together by volunteers, delivered free of charge, and then distributed ad hoc...

  “ The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed” – Simone de Beauvoir   Introduction The last 40 years have seen the incremental, but steady, shift of political power away from the working class. Much of this power has moved into the hands of the managers, bureaucrats and other functionaries that make up the Professional-Managerial Class (PMC). This is a problem, firstly because no particular sector of society should have an unfair share of power, secondly because these are people who have never liked democracy very much. Increasing inequality, in other words the continuing class war waged on the working class, also creates resentment (even if the losers are only vaguely aware of what is going on), crime, increased health and mental health costs and demands for increased repression and control. At this point, the Professional-Managerial Class are the main reason we aren ’ t getting anywhere. In the class war, they ’ ve chos...