Spartacus Books

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Spartacus Books

• martha gonzález palacios
• LIBR 500 Foundations of Information
• marthagonzalez_at_telus.net
• Winter 2005

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What Spartacus is

• Since 1973, Spartacus Books is a non-profit,
  volunteer collectively run bookstore resource
  center that was located right on the edge of
  Vancouver's Eastside.

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What we did

• Spartacus sold
• new and used books
• zines
• comics
• magazines
• cds
• videos
• t-shirts, patches and pins
• posters and cards
• and more!
• The Spartacus collective hosted
• Shows
• Workshops
• Readings
• free film nights
• As a community space, Spartacus had couches,
  workspace and free networked computer terminals.

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What happened
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• Vancouvers radical bookstore burned to the
  ground Sunday April 25th 2004 when a fire tore
  through 311 W. Hastings St.

The fire started at approximately 630am and by
10am the entire inventory was destroyed from
smoke and water damage. The hundred-year-old
heritage building was demolished by Sunday
evening and now only a gaping hole remains where
North Americas oldest collectively-run,
non-profit bookstore once stood.
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What we are up to right now

• As a volunteer based collective, meetings are in
  progress in order to bring Spartacus Books back
  to building form.
• Events such as parties, concerts, and yard sales
  are organized regularly to raise funds for rent,
  equipment and books.

Spartacus Books table at Under the Volcano
Festival in 2004
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How you can help out
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Join the Spartacus-supporters listserv

• The Spartacus Collective wants to rebuild the
  store and this list will serve as a place for its
  supporters and allies to find out about
  fundraising and other events that will get the
  store started again. The list will receive weekly
  announcements about meetings and events.

If you'd like to keep on top of what is happening
with Spartacus so that you might help out, join
the Spartacus-supporters listserv for updates.
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Become a collective member

• Give nico a shout at nico.riseup.net and he'll
  let you know what it's about and how to proceed.

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Donate

• You can write a cheque (or hide that cash well)
  and send it to
• Spartacus Books Fund
• c/o CCEC Credit Union
• 101-2250 Commercial Drive
• Vancouver, BC
• V5N 5P9
• Canada
• Or take part in our Raffle! Great prizes to be
  won (of course).

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Want to know more?

• Spartacus Books is featured in
• Antill, Allan , ed. Autonomous Zones. Only A
  Beginning An Anarchist Anthology. Vancouver
  Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004.
• (soon to be available at the UBC library)
• Or you can go to our website
• http//www.spartacusbooks.org/

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• I would like to thank tobi s., colin brown/
  artists against war and all members of the
  spartacus books collective for for the use
  photographs and text.

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