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An infoshop is a storefront or community space that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. Infoshops often serve as a meeting space and resource hub for local activist groups.

For other meanings of the word "infoshop", see infoshop (disambiguation).

Infoshops are particularly prevalent in Western Europe and North America, but can be found around the world. According to an Utne Reader article, author Chris Atton describes British infoshops as having grown "out of the squatted anarchist centres of the 1980s, such as the 121 Centre in Brixton, London." [1]. Another big influence was the regular European-wide International Infoshop Meetings of the 1990's. See the magazine 'Clash', a fairly regularly published European journal, a product of collaboration between different infoshops (archived at 56a Infoshop). The long-standing 56a Infoshop in South London was a direct result of influence and visits to various Euro Info-Ladens or Info-Bok-Caffes. See [2].

Writing in Maximum RocknRoll, librarian Chuck Munson places North American infoshops in the lineage of Vietnam War era peace and justice centers.

External links

• Comprehensive list of infoshops worldwide, on the Anarchist Yellow Pages website.
• Street Libraries: Infoshops and Alternative Reading Rooms
• Infoshop Action
• Solidarity! Revolutionary Center & Radical Library
• French speaking Infoshops
• Wooden Shoe Books: Philadelphia Infoshop
• Mayday Books and Infoshop: NYC's Anarchist Bookstore