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WHAT's NEW at 56a Infoshop!
NEW EXHIBITION UP!! Ontario Coalition Against Poverty" Poster from the actions!! See below...
LIBRARY THING: You can now check out the titles of most of the books we have
in the archive (1,078 and counting!) by going to our LibraryThing page
here
2010!
What the ****'s going on!
We
are going to re-organise the bookshop a little bit. Do some more ordering,
set up new sections (art + politics, urbanism, history etc). We are
also building a special section to house and show off the big
YOU ARE HERE But Why? Map Archive. Here are some questions for
you:
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Do you want to run a reading group here?
• Do you want to screen things here?
• Do you want to launch a book or zine here?
• Do you want to hold a discussion night here?
• Do you want to use our small exhibition space for something
decent? (not your commercial art though!)
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Do you want help us digitise videos, run the shop, help out with the
archive, do something here new!
Come down and say hello, we would love you to do any of the above. Our
space is smallish and there are only a few evenings open for events
but it's all possible.
OUT
NOW !!
'Everyone To The Streets: Communiques
and Texts from the Streets and Occupations' . A new
book produced by some people in and around 56a Infoshop about the riots
and struggles in Greece last year! 150 pages!! Contains Introduction
by us, two chronologies from Athens and Thessaloniki, 15+ texts and
communiques from the streets and occupations plus analysis from Greek
group TPTG and afterword! £5 from us OR by mail order from www.activedisdtribution.org
- Online PDF versions here:
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UNEMPLOYMENT CINEMA, a bunch of no good commies and anarchists
showing films about work and the struggles against it, are now showing
FREE FILMS at 56a once a month. Go
here for what has and what will be shown!•.
"In
2008 we published two new pamphlets in solidarity with the struggles
and resistance in Oaxaca (Broken Barricades)
and in Italy (The Anomalous Wave Rebellion
In Italy). The Oaxaca pamphlet is still available (as well
as being online).
It's one of the best overviews of the Oaxaca Uprising of 2006. You can
get a printed version (with a great comic
drawn by someone who was active there) from Active
Distribution (£1). The Italy pamphlet
details some history and analysis of the ongoing
Italian Anomalous Wave rebellion. The free 16 page pamphlet goes also
into an analysis of the movement. We highly recommend people to read
it, copy it, email it out to encourage solidarity with the Italian Wave
but to also inspire people in the UK to act. Download here:
L'Onda Anomala or here in Greek
. You can also find all our pamphlets on line as PDFs at www.zinelibrary.net
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The 56a Zine Library is undergoing an overhaul
right now. We are doing a major resort of all the hundreds of zines
we have. We hope eventually (it's a slow process!) to have it all re-jigged
and maybe catalogued too. Anyway, it's gonna be more user-friendy! Come
on down and use the resource. We got tons of great zines going back
to 1980! SPECIAL EVENT in JULY to mark
the re-opening of the library with gigs and workshops. Keep posted here!!
• We've
just put up a new LONDON
ACTIVE GROUPS page where you can access info and resources about
loads of active groups, events and resources for the London area. We
thought it would be useful for people, old and new, wanting to connect
with other people doing local stuff. Something for everyone.
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in this spirit, we just created a very low volume email list so you
can receive our news, events and useful sundry other postings. We won't
flood your inbox with crap you've already got. To join, put your address
in the box above this News box
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Come to our
56a ARCHIVE worknights: First TUESDAY of every
MONTH at 7pm
- No experience needed. Just willingness to shuffle papers and sort
leaflets. Get to know the archive!! Meet the nerds at 56a. Be a nerd
yourself! Drink tea, file and destroy capitalism (slowly)!! See you
there
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The FREE
BIKE WORKSHOP is up and running again, mainly due to sterling work
by Mr T. So check it out WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, SATURDAY. Build
a bike, mend your bike or help others. We got tools, bike parts and
cheap new stuff like tubes, spokes, cables, lights etc.
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We had a few small cafes here - beans on toast and Zapatista coffee.
You probably missed them. Keep an eye here. We had a load of technical
problems with our site but some we like loads sorted out what was basically
our incompetence.So now we can actually change what is written here
again and keep you posted.
There's a great strong collective here and we have been sorting out
stuff...the yard, the book exchange (see below), the free bike space.
We have begun to finally archive the boxes and boxes of stuff we have
not touched since 2005. So pretty soon everything we have will be in
the proper place, accesible to all. We have a load of great stuff (50,000+
items), all open-access for reading and researching, republishing and
dreaming with. Our next move is to begin the process of cataloguing
it first electronically and then in a paper format. That's a big job
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Practical
Squatting nights are twice a month here. Check that link<<
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We drank a lot of coffee this month...again! And we keep going. We never
sleep!
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56a INFOSHOP EXHIBITION SPACE! What's on..
ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY
Assorted OCAP posters from the anti-poverty street actions of the last 10 years
  
OCAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We mount campaigns against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working people. In addition, we provide direct-action advocacy for individuals against wellfare and ODSP, public housing and others who deny poor people what they are entitled to. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves.
We believe in the power of resistance.
www.ocap.ca
We are making this small exhibition at 56a to inspire people to resist the onslaught of the rich against the poor by taking it to the streets and where the decisions are made. Not paying for their crisis is just the start...
YES! We have a small exhibition space at 56a Infoshop.
If you have any ideas for small exhibits..photos, propaganda, themed
displays...get in touch. We have space for 3 frames at 90x60cm and 2
frames at 50x60cm plus a few little frames. Stuff can stay up 2 to 3
months.
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BOOK EXCHANGE
Up and running. Bring a
book and leave it in the exchange. Look at what books we have and take
one away! Recent goodies - Vaneigem, Goldman, Primo Levi, etc
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INTERVIEW WITH SOME OF US...
There is also an interview about 56a in the Spanish language magazine
DIAGONAL
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INTERVIEW WITH SOME MORE OF US...
There is also a short video about 56a on BLIP
TV thats nice. Made by Erika
Ransom for Channel Zero.
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LOCAL NASTY STUFF..
Crazy GENTRIFICATION
is at work in our local area: We've put up a webpage about what's going
on...and
wow! there's a lot happening. 8-(
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VOLUNTEERING AT 56a
If you want
to get involved in working a shift, helping out in the bike workshop,
doing archive work, planning events, publicity work etc then come on
down..Potential volunteers should come to the Infoshop>>>>>
Oh!...WE
ARE A SOCIAL CENTRE!!
56a Infoshop was born in June 1991, sharing a squatted
space with Fareshares food co-op (purveyers of fine wholefoods and organic
veg. since 1988). After a recent dark period of no electricity and possible
eviction, the premises has gone legit and has a new (10 year!) lease
of life. There has been a major refurbishment of both Fareshares Food
Co-op and 56a Infoshop. Right now, we face a happy future with great
possibility. We've added a new
Zine Library Room and have been thinking of things that we would
like to happen here: reading groups, small caffs, a dedicated archive
group, oh! lots of things...Come by and check out the building work
that's been done... and get involved and make the space happen!
Non-profit
- Non-funded -Volunteer run for 19 years -
Built by us! Endless adventure...
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our current exhibtion
CELEBRATE PEOPLES HISTORY
Open again! 56a Book Exchange
Drink our coffee and destroy!
Free Bike Workshop
Usually
Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat during opening hours.
Mend your bike or learn how.
Cheap new parts available.
Volunteers needed too!
See here!!
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