Freedom Bookstore Firebombed

February 2, 2013

I’ve just seen (via Boing Boing) that Freedom Books was recently and mysteriously firebombed. The long-lived London Anarchist bookstore is 125 years old. Read more here.

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Anarchism Anti-capitalism Anti-war Culture & Media Global Solidarity History Social Movements

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