Freedom firebombedPublished February 1, 2013
http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/2013/02/01/freedom-firebombed/#more-26646The bookshop has been firebombed. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but there’s quite a lot of damage from both the fire and the water used to douse the flames.
If you’d like to help us sort out some of the mess, please come down to the shop on Saturday 2nd February from 1pm and give us a helping hand. See here for details
http://www.wewillgather.co.uk/whitechapel-volunteer-projects/freedom-press-shop-cleanup-866We’re still assessing the damage, so watch this space for further news. There’s a good turn-out to help clean up the bookshop – here are some photos of how the clean up operation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29712186@N05/8438413724/ is progressing.
Here are some photos of the damage :
http://www.demotix.com/news/1764357/britain-s-largest-anarchist-bookshop-gets-firebombed#media-1764312And more photos here
http://guy-smallman-photos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Freedom-Arson-Attack-1-2-13/G0000n150X8xCAx8 and here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29712186@N05/with/8437148443/#photo_8437148443[url][/url]
If you’d like help us out financially, cheques or postal orders made payable to Freedom Press can be sent to Freedom Press, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX.
You can also help by ordering books through our website here and then emailing us at
subs@freedompress.org.uk to let us know that your purchase was a donation.
Please spread the word!
There are reports in the Guardian, Evening Standard, Washington Post, International Times, Huffington Post, Left Unity and Libcom.
See also Verso Books and Facebook.
There will be an event at the Cowley Club in Brighton and Donate a Poem event.
There’s a forthcoming compilation from Iron Column Records.
And there’s an Arson attack on Freedom Press interview.