Infoshop
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An infoshop is a storefront or community space that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. Infoshops often serve as a meeting space and resource hub for local activist groups.
Infoshops are particularly prevalent in Western Europe and North America, but can be found around the world. According to an Utne Reader article, author Chris Atton describes British infoshops as having grown "out of the squatted anarchist centres of the 1980s, such as the 121 Centre in Brixton, London."[1]. Another big influence was the regular European-wide International Infoshop Meetings of the 1990's. See the magazine 'Clash', a fairly regularly published European journal, a product of collaboration between different infoshops (archived at 56a Infoshop). The long-standing 56a Infoshop in South London was a direct result of influence and visits to various Euro Info-Ladens or Info-Bok-Caffes. See [2]. Writing in Maximum RocknRoll, librarian Chuck Munson places North American infoshops in the lineage of Vietnam War era peace and justice centers.
Ironically, the World Bank, an institution whose meetings have been targeted by leftist and anarchist protestors, also operates a bookstore called The InfoShop. The World Bank describes its Washington DC based store as "a one-stop shop for economic development literature and for information on World Bank project activities."[3]
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- Street Libraries: Infoshops and Alternative Reading Rooms
- Infoshop Action
- Solidarity! Revolutionary Center & Radical Library
- French speaking Infoshops
- The Infoshop Network (US & Canada)
The page was seeded with material from Wikipedia This term is part of the Infoshop Glossary
