From International Times
FREEDOM BOOKSHOP AND AUTONOMY CLUB has been firebombed.
The attack on the Whitechapel bookshop took place on Friday morning at 5.30am.
The downstairs section of the shop is badly damaged. Electrics are damaged. Many books are burnt or charred. Upstairs is untouched. No one was hurt.
The fire-bomb was projected through a downstairs shop-window.
An emergency meeting is taking place on Friday afternoon at The White Hart pub close to Angel Alley.
No one has claimed responsibility and the general response can be summed up in three letters: WTF?
IT suggests that if it’s a lone nutter with a grudge or a small-time fascist, the perpetrator will appear on CCTV. If it’s an attack by the powers-that-be, the perpetrator may not appear on CCTV.
The Left has a whodunnit to solve. A book-burning is bad enough; a bookshop-burning is a very serious crime.
Also, there is a mess to clean up and a campaign to raise funds.
Publishers, record shops, and magazines have already pledged to donate stock and sales proceeds to help FREEDOM ‘rebuild’ .
People will gather at the shop from 1pm on Saturday Feb 2 to start the work.
Here are some shots of the interior:


Photos: FREEDOM BOOKSHOP AND AUTONOMY CLUB
http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/bookshop/
http://www.facebook.com/niall.mcdevitt.5#!/groups/246036957900/?fref=ts




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"A book-burning is bad enough; a bookshop-burning is a very serious crime."
i commend the brits and their
i commend the brits and their humour in the face of a very horrible event.
"The Left has a whodunnit to
"The Left has a whodunnit to solve."
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you may also like this from
you may also like this from the left website called left unity
Andy Meinke, speaking from the pub where the staff have been forced to relocate said, ‘Freedom will carry on in the same haphazard way it always has – the Fascists have just driven us to the pub a little bit earlier in the day than otherwise. "
I think I understand why
I think I understand why British post-apocalyptic fiction usually ends with everybody dying miserably or killing themselves.
the cops weren't called,
the cops weren't called, right?
as stated in the washington
as stated in the washington post amongst other state friendly media outlets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/famed-london-anarchist-bookshop-h...
the police were called by the fire brigade
Does anyone know what city
Does anyone know what city "Whitechapel" is located in?
it's part of london
it's part of london
Sounds like an American city.
Sounds like an American city.
For your info Freedom has
For your info Freedom has been an anarchist bookshop / newspaper/ press in this building for well over a hundred years. was set up by Kropotkin amongst others at the turn of the 19/20th century
set up in 1886 to be precise
set up in 1886 to be precise
Uh yeah... where the fuck is
Uh yeah... where the fuck is this place? There are multiple "whitechapels"
You're confusing this with
You're confusing this with White Castle hamburgers.
Whitechapel is in central
Whitechapel is in central London, UK
Whitechapel, as in Jack the
Whitechapel, as in Jack the Ripper? You've never heard of whitechapel?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel
Stoopid anarchist is stoopid.
Stoopid anarchist is stoopid.
The "official" take...http:/
The "official" take...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/anarchist-bookshop-in-whitechapel--...
"Police confirmed officers
"Police confirmed officers attended but no further details were immediately available."
Have at it, vultures.
Not saying that they didn't
Not saying that they didn't call the police, but I'm pretty sure that with things like suspicious fires, the cops probably get called by the fire department immediately.
"don't talk to the cops" has
"don't talk to the cops" has played out a number of different ways in the past. i was more struck by the surveillance aspect.
i posted this above as well..
i posted this above as well...
as stated in the washington post amongst other state friendly media outlets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/famed-london-anarchist-bookshop-h...
the police were called by the fire brigade
Knowing anarchists, it was
Knowing anarchists, it was probably anarchists. I hope not.
as i am an anarchist, it was
as i am an anarchist, it was probably fascists. i know your an idiot
Freedom bookshop was attacked
Freedom bookshop was attacked by fascists before. The group was called Combat 18, and some of their boneheads tried to burn down the entire building if I remember correctly in the 90s.
The article should say London
The article should say London.
Awful! Good luck with the
Awful! Good luck with the investigation.
Thank God most of their
Thank God most of their copies of "The Anarchist Quiz Book" remain unscathed.
Did somebody say '
Did somebody say ' Whitechapel '? Isn't that where a series of murders took place suspected of being carried out by Friedrich Engels?
Its a little known fact that Marx and ' Fred' both called each other ' Midwives' and saw themselves as the Hunter and Smellie of the 19th century.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/07/british-obstetrics-founders-mur...
Signed - professor rat
More information, please. I
More information, please. I know this is probably a joke, but I really do want to believe that Engels was a cold-blooded mass murderer. Seriously. Any inkling of it would really make my week.
Did you know that there are
Did you know that there are gobs of serial killers who are waiting for someone just like you to be their pen pal ? Just wanted to give you a heads up, bc I used to know a lot of not-very-bright skinhead chics who shared many of your interests, and they seemed to derive a lot of pleasure and self-worth from these activities.
Freedom bookshop's metal
Freedom bookshop has metal plaques of distinguished anarchists outside it's entrance. One of these depicts the most distinguished anarchist government official of all time, Frederica Montseny.
It might be easier to give
It might be easier to give your complaint more weight if you hadn't done that stupid "it's" thing plus misspelled Montseny's first name. And maybe add a little context for people who don't know (and/or don't care) what you're talking about.
Oh, Mister Grumpy. Promise
Oh, Mister Grumpy. Promise you'll never change. No, wait, scratch that, do change, your schtick is deeply tedious.
Nobody is forcing you to read
Nobody is forcing you to read or comment. Crawl back into your anonymous hole.
nobodys forcing u 2 read or
nobodys forcing u 2 read or comment either tho
Crappy and careless writing
Crappy and careless writing among named and anonymous anarchoids is precisely WHY I am Mister Grumpy. Don't you know anything?
IGTT 0/10
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