The Freedom Shop Aotearoa

WHATEVER PALACE IS OPEN! Hosted by 5ever books it's at 113 Taranaki Street open from e levenish to wheneverish from 4th Dec to 22nd Dec! It's a community space! Bookshop (with zines from us)! With workshops! Films! Discussions! Dance class! Poetry and writing workshops! Community dinners every Wednesday! Chutney making and cooking classes! Make your own lamp!... and SOOO much more!  To see what's on, there's a regularly updated calendar on the door - or alternatively (if you use social media) check out @5everbooks on instagram or facebook.

  The Freedom Shop will be closed on 19 November- we’ll be joining the Hīkoi - 9am at Waitangi Park. #Hikoi In the shop we have Toitū Te Tiriti tote bags, plus loads of Toitū Te Tiriti badges still in stock, along with ‘Māori Never Ceded Sovereignty’ badges - badges made in August after Luxton showed how little he knew of the story of this land #toitūtetiriti #MāoriNeverCededSovereignty

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.