Radical bookstore collective in New Mexico (IWW sponsered)
Submitted on Thu, 06/22/2006 - 2:32pm
Radical bookstore opening in Out ch'Yonda at 929 4th St SW. Albuquerque, New Mexico Libre-ría “La Semilla” --- books, zines, posters, music, maté, art, shirts, coffee, films, music and more . Our focus is on: people of color, radical childrens & young adult books, queer theory, feminism, resistance movements, gay and lesbian, new mexican resistance movements, appropriate technology, political prisoners, magonismo, spanish language radical literature, workers' stories, Xicano movement, working class history, african american history, local poets, anarchism, local writers and artists, radical thought and history, zapatismo, indigenous history and struggles, socialism, ecological struggles, zines, punk rock, hip hop, anti war, and anti imperialist materials.
The bookstore will also provide a meeting and office space for the IWW, which is providing a mountain of books to the collective to start up.
Our wish list:
Swamp cooler, cash register, comfy furniture, table, lumber to make shelves, coffee tables, water cooler, house plants, cd player, magazine racks / post card rack, glass counter, a big rug, lighting, coffee maker, interior paint, monthly pledges, capital to help us expand our inventory, a poster display rack, and donations of your books.
Most of all, we need you to join the forming collective. "La Semilla" will be run by an all volunteer collective, so we are counting on you to help out or sign up to make a one time or monthly donation to this project.
We are also organizing a Grand Opening Party & Benefit show sometime around Saturday, July 15th. If you are a performance artist and would like to play, please write to us.
We are hoping to open on July 1st Our Hours Are: 11:15 AM – 10:03 * Wednesday - Sunday
for a new dawn of solidarity and freedom,
CJ Levine, IWW
for Libre-ría "La Semilla"