The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

6.30pm at Freedom Shop on Tuesday 29 October, 2024 After decades of neoliberal economic policies, in October 2019 the population of Chile rose up in a series of protests that  grew into amass movement against inequality and for constitutional change. Pablo Abufom has been a student organiser, an activist for pension reform, and was a community organiser during the 2019 popular uprising against neoliberal austerity and inequality. He will talk about his experiences organising during the 2019 protests and the successes and defeats for the ongoing constitutional reform process in Chile. He is also keen to learn about the struggle against neoliberal capitalism in Aotearoa. Facebook Event

In the shop we've got some new badges - and we're planning more tee-shirts. The message needs to get out there loud and clear: Toitū Te Tiriti Māori never ceded sovereignty

It's cold evenings now but there's heaps of events - some online, some in real life - happening in Te Whanganui-A-Tara / Wellington this month. Of particular interest to us are two talks happening at Book Haven / Freedom Shop about street art (Wednesday 10) and Decolonisation (Thursday, 25), but there's lots of others crucial mahi going on around town. Have a read through the events listed below and hope to see you at some.

Just in this month is a box of books from Canada. There are a load of new books and also a heap of old favourites. Below are just a sample... We've got Rebecca Solnit, Arundhati Roy, Gord Hill... Stuff on everyone from the groundbreaking Combahee River Collective to Proudhon, Lucy Parsons, Edward Said and Frantz Fanon to Rosa Luxembourg. Silvia Federici favourites are back in stock and a couple more copies of Tintin: Breaking Free, which won't stay on the shelves for long...

For the next 5 days the Freedom Shop will be part of the Pop-Up Books container at the Wellington Performance Arcade 2024 . The container is shared with our host Book Haven , 5ever Books , Left of The Equator and Lawrence & Gibson .   Come and check us out - the event starts a 6pm Wednesday, 21 Feb and runs through to Sunday night.