From Beatnik to Anarchist

north america / mexico | anarchist movement | non-anarchist press Friday May 06, 2005 00:49 by Jonathan Leyse - Kansas.com

Radical eruptions in Lawrence

Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1119 Massachusetts St. is one of many “Infoshops,” anarchists libraries and organizing spaces, popping up around the country in recent years.

Rumor of Lawrence’s “liberals, freaks, activists, queers and the ghost of Burroughs” brought Ailecia Ruscin, graduate teaching assistant in women’s studies, to Lawrence from Auburn, Ala. To continue the tradition, she joined some local ex-punks and created a radical new home for the oppositional culture: Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1119 Massachusetts St.

During the day, the space serves the community as a library: free Internet, book checkout and space to sit and read — but this library is run by anarchists.

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