An Evening with Joel Whitney Author of Flight Radicals on the Run

  • May 27, 2024 1:34 am

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In FLIGHTS, Joel Whitney offers us a genre-defying group portrait of radicals, dissidents, and whistleblowers on the run, sharing with us the stories of how dozens of our best-loved poets, writers, journalists, activists, artists, and leaders have been obliged to elude, evade, and flee from the authorities.Collecting for us the dirty and deep 20th century background to our current age of mass surveillance, torture, assassination and censorship, FLIGHTS is a “fine-grained and deeply engaging” collection (Astra Taylor) that is so “mind-bending … so profound and original” (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz) that you won’t want to miss it.

Jesus and the Abolitionist Launch Event

  • May 26, 2024 1:32 am

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Photo by The Wooden Shoe on May 16, 2024. May be an image of 1 person, book, magazine and text that says 'LAUNCH EVENT JUNE 2, 6-8PM Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St., Philadelphia, PA JESUS and andthe the ABOLITIONISTS D HOW ANARCHIST NARCHISTCHRISTIANITY CHRISTIANITY EMPOWERS EMPOWERSTHEPEOPLE THE PEOPLE TERRY ERRYJ.STOKES J. STOKES Jesus and the Abolitionists By TERRY J. STOKES'.
Join us at the Wooden Shoe for a launch of Terry Stoke’s exciting new book, JESUS AND THE ABOLITIONISTS: HOW ANARCHIST CHRISTIANITY EMPOWERS THE PEOPLE! Compelling, witty and written with a deep sense of purpose and empathy, we hope you’ll join us for Terry’s reading and for questions and answers afterwards.

Monday May 27th: Letter-writing for Ant Smith

  • May 24, 2024 1:23 am

from Philly ABC

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Join us on Monday May 27th at 6:30pm at Wooden Shoe Books to write letters to Philadelphia’s own Ant Smith. Ant is a high school social studies teacher in North Philly, an activist with organizations including Food Not Bombs Solidarity and Philly for REAL Justice, and a beloved community member currently serving a yearlong sentence for politically motivated charges related to the 2020 George Floyd Uprisings.

On Oct 26 2020, Ant was taken from his home and charged with obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and aiding and abetting the arson of a police cruiser. An outpouring of community support and outrage immediately followed. The impact of his tireless pursuit of collective liberation for his community was made clear to the court from the statements in his support released by the North Philly Peace Park, Philly Student Union, the Racial Justice Organizing Committee, the Coalition for REAL Justice, as well as the over 70 character letters submitted by students and colleagues after his arrest.

At his sentencing on Nov 21 2023, Ant’s friends and supporters had to be packed into a second overflow courtroom. U.S. District Judge Juan Sanchéz heard emotional pleas that Ant not be sent to prison from family, students and coworkers. Sanchéz sentenced him to a year and a day in prison, and two years probation on top of the three years of house arrest already served, and monetary restitution for the burnt police cruiser. Ant’s felony conviction also bars him from teaching for 10 years.

Just as Ant worked selflessly for all of us before he was imprisoned, we need to have his back while he’s in prison. This includes writing him letters to let him know he’s not alone. If you can’t join us in person on Monday May 27th, you can still write to him at:

Anthony Smith
14813-509
FCI Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution
Satellite Camp
P.O. Box 2000
Joint Base MDL, NJ 08640

Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly

  • May 9, 2024 1:05 am

from Instagram

Another great event coming up at the shop! Did you know @muralarts is set to unveil a Ben Fletcher mural at 301 South Christopher Columbus on May 18th? Come out two days before to learn more about who this incredible Philadelphian was and why his impact on our city is still being felt today.A brilliant union organizer and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher (1890–1949) was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member of the IWW during its heyday. Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful interracial union of its era, taking a principled stand against all forms of xenophobia and exclusion.Hope to see you on the 16th!

One Book, One Philadelphia: Anarcho-Curious with Wooden Shoe Books

  • April 24, 2024 1:03 am

from Free Library of Philadelphia

Wed, May 1, 2024 7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Slash and his friends in True Biz present an image of anarchism rarely seen in the news. For those who want to learn more, Anarcho-Curious at the Free Library expands the Anarcho-Curious program periodically hosted by Wooden Shoe Books. The event includes three speakers, all based in Philadelphia: Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor; Andrew Lee, author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War; and the abolitionist educator and organizer Felicia Teter. Kelly, Lee, and Teter will share their stories and an outline of what anarchism means to them in a panel conversation moderated by Wooden Shoe volunteers. Then, attendees will break into conversation groups to ask questions and discuss. Curious about anarchism? Join us!

This event will take place in the Skyline Room, on the 4th floor of Parkway Central Library. ASL interpretation will be provided. Masks required.

Click here to register.

Anarcho-curious?

  • April 20, 2024 1:49 am

from Instagram

Join us for an open conversation about anarchism where you can ask all your questions and talk to other people about how we can build a freer, more just society. To attend the @freelibrary event please register! https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/134416

Informality, Anarchy, and the Black Radical Tradition at Wooden Shoe

  • March 10, 2024 1:48 am

Submission


A lecture based discussion on organization and strategy in the 21st century.
Bring a friend. No prior reading required, this will be an introductory discussion.

March 24
5pm
Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St

are you anarcho-curious?

  • December 9, 2023 1:09 am

from Instagram

We’re back on our bullshit! If you’re newly acquainted with anarchist thought or if you’re one of THOSE people, come on by and chat! Masks required!

Wooden Shoe Books and Books Behind Bars

  • October 31, 2023 1:27 am

from Instagram

Wooden Shoe Books is partnering with Books Behind Bars @booksbehindbarsnj for a book drive in honor of @penamerica Prison Banned Books Week: October 25-31. Books Behind Bars is a prison abolition project that mails free books to incarcerated people. To participate, come down in person to the Wooden Shoe and purchase a book to be donated to Books Behind Bars. The deadline is November 24th. Every book you buy/donate before November 24th will be matched by a generous foundation. This means your donation has double the impact!We know that more books are banned in prisons than anywhere else in the country, and censorship efforts everywhere are increasing at an alarming rate. From an anarchist and abolitionist standpoint, sending free books to our incarcerated community members is a radical act of solidarity, mutual aid, and love. Please join us in this effort. Come down (until 11/24) and pick out any book of your choosing to be donated to our friends on the inside.

Weelaunee Worldwide Mass Action Speaking Tour

  • October 8, 2023 1:03 am

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Tuesday 10/10 at 7pm we’re hosting the Weelaunee Worldwide mass action speaking tour! Come learn about ongoing and upcoming actions to block Cop City, despite RICO charge repression!

Are you anarcho-curious?

  • October 7, 2023 1:28 am

from Mastodon

Are you anarcho-curious? Bring your thoughts and questions to an open discussion! With snacks!! Saturday Oct. 14, 3pm-5pm at Wooden Shoe Books

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  • November 28, 2022 1:10 am

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Building Power While The Lights Are Out

  • July 16, 2022 1:04 am

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Join us for a conversation with Jimmy Dunson, editor of the new anthology on disaster relief mutual aid, at 7pm 7/23 in person and live-dreamed on our Instagram. “Disaster capitalism, although still currently dominant, is no longer the only powerful force when disasters occur. There is a growing movement of movements engaged in decentralized, liberatory disaster relief, rooted in the values of mutual aid and solidarity. These efforts, grounded in radical social movement organizing, offer a direct action alternative: meeting the survival needs of the people and building power from below, while challenging the forces of Money and Power. This mutual aid disaster relief movement is a broad ecosystem, with diverse organizations, positions, and practices. As hurricanes, fires, pandemics, and other disasters increase in intensity and frequency, the insights, visions, and experiences the authors in this book share offer a valuable road map to meet the climate crisis head on, struggle for a just recovery when disasters do hit, reimagine our relationships to each other and the planet, and as the Zapatistas taught civil society, “Don’t seize power, exercise it.””

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Kristian Williams @ Wooden Shoe (In-Person Event)

  • July 1, 2022 1:22 am

from AK Press

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On Sunday, July 3 at 7pm, join Kristian Williams for a book launch event at Wooden Shoe Books to celebrate the release of Gang Politics: Revolution, Repression, and Crime.
Registration not required!

In Gang Politics, Kristian Williams examines our society’s understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between “gangs” of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and conflict more common, Williams’s analysis is a crucial corrective to our usual ideas about the role violence might or should play in our social struggles.

Kristian Williams is the author of six books, including Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America. Williams has been actively writing and leading discourse on anarchism in historical and present-day contexts, social inequalities, and critiques on police and political force since the 1990s. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Revolutionary Letters Marathon Reading Signup!

  • August 23, 2021 1:07 am

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Thank you for your interest in the marathon reading of the expanded 50th anniversary edition of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters, which will be released by City Lights Books in October 2021! We’ll be hosting the reading at Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia on October 16, 2021 from 6-9PM.

To help us plan the lineup, please fill in your name & contact info, availability, & the poem you would prefer to read. (Please feel free to add a 2nd or 3rd choice; we’ll be assigning poems on a first-come basis.)

If you don’t have a preference, we’ll assign you a poem within your available time slot(s). Some of the poems in here are previously unpublished & will be new to all of us!

We’ll be reading in order of the TOC, so please keep this in mind if you have any time constraints: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-06JUJzKcFZ5XBpHNxaA4TvUI0cno4HjzAAHe3tDbsw/edit?usp=sharing

We can’t wait to see you there!

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