Only days after the Anarchist bookshop opens and Jeff Monaghan and few others are qouted in the Ottawa Citizen the state sends in the gestapo ("A police organization that employs terroristic methods to control a populace"). Fear seems to be one of the many strategies here.

But Jeff Monaghan, a member of the group's organizing collective, said the project is much more than just another bookstore.

"This is a community space," he said. "Infoshops are part of a much larger social movement, putting complex theories of social equality into practice and identifying with related movements and struggles demanding freedom and dignity."

"Considering that Ottawa is the country's political capital, it is surprising that there was never been a space so overtly dedicated to fostering dissent," a statement from the group said.
Decisions about the shop are made by the eight-member collective, based on a model of non-hierarchy where every member has an equal say.

In a statement, the group said that the goal is "to provide community members with access to alternative media and resources, to provide a base and meeting space for anti-poverty and social justice organizations, and to support mutual aid and the growth of grassroots community organizing."

The collective hopes that this location will provide the much-needed space for Ottawa's advocate and anarchist groups to meet.

Collective member Sarah Armstrong summed up what she hopes to accomplish through the shop: "We shouldn't just rock the boat - we have to sink the f-----!"

Is it really a coincidence that the bookshop opens a week and a half ago and Jeff is under investigation for some bullshit charge? 

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