Metro, “Here’s where to celebrate National Book Lovers Day”
If you’re looking for a small collection of anarchist books and other media, take a walk down South St. The Wooden Shoe is a volunteer-run collective dedicated to sharing information on social and political issues. They have a unique collection of anarchist literature in addition to zines, records and apparel provide some choices. Check out […]
WBUR 90.9, “The Lucy Parsons Center, Where Boston’s Radicals Shop For Books”
In 1871, violating miscegenation laws, she married Albert Parsons, a socialist, anarchist, reporter and former Confederate soldier. Together, they were castigated by police and politicians for their tireless efforts to elevate workers’ rights and fight all forms of repression. Continue Reading
Al Día, “Philly Grows Into Its Anarchist Shoe”
Exclusively and collectively run by a group of politically liberal and socially conscious volunteers, Wooden Shoe Books & Records has been radicalizing the Philadelphia independent bookstore scene since 1976. Tucked into 7th and South Street, The Shoe has so much more in stock than literature expounding its anarchist values. Continue Reading
San Francisco Chronicle, “Lower East Side reaching higher as destination”
If you want a sense of Bluestockings Books, let’s just say it has an uncommon number of volumes by Noam Chomsky. Also, there are three shelves devoted to anarchism. And the fiction section is divided into post-Colonial fiction, feminist fiction and general fiction — with the latter possessing the smallest number of books. It is […]
Wisconsin State Journal, “Progressive Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative will close Wednesday”
The cooperative was founded by employees who left Peoples’ Bookstore, a now-closed, privately owned shop promoting feminist, anarchist and radical ideas, to start a store with a business model that was also in line with their views, said Ald. Marsha Rummel, one of the co-founders. Continue Reading