red ink books to close it doors

by Jocelyn - Concordia Animal Rights Organization Tue Jan 24, 2006 08:33 escapedsanitymeister at gmail dot com montreal

I cant sleep, the conservatives just won the election tonight, we have a new prime minister in Canada, Stephen Harper, and since i am getting my irish citizenship, soon I can now get the fuck out of here before us canadians get screwed over. I lived in dublin for a few months this summer, and I was missing it, so I searched the internet for places I knew, and I found out this horrible peice of news. Are there any other anarchist book stores in Dublin, or should I now need to move there and start one up?

by Ois Thu Jan 19, 2006 02:12

Yeah Anthology books is pretty good. Their good for social theory. Post modernist, post structualist etc stuff in particular. And their literature section is great but their politcs section is pretty awful.

Well done to red ink anyway, it was more than a worthy venture.

by d'other Wed Jan 18, 2006 21:17

Anthology Books in Temple Bar is a book store serving the queer community, carrying some good material and Books Up Stairs has its little leftie pamphlets section with the trot papers and Red Banner et al.

by StripeyCat Wed Jan 18, 2006 21:02

The only other radical bookshop I can think of is the Sinn Féin bookshop on Parnell Square. Anyone else think of any others?

by Misser Wed Jan 18, 2006 20:59

I'll miss it too, even if it did insist on stocking bollocks like "Green Anarchist" and Hakim Bey.

by D Wed Jan 18, 2006 17:55

Connolly Books is a grand little shop in my own opinion,but I will miss Red Ink.A lot.

It covered everything from local zines to Chomksy! It was a great collection of stuff in one place ran by great people.
I'll be sure to pay a visit before it closes,I'm actually pretty sad to hear this news.

Without sounding stupid,with the exception of Connolly and Red Ink,can anyone reccomend anywhere else that offers reading material up that tree?

by Insurrection Tue Jan 17, 2006 18:22

don't think that connolly books counts as radical.
Obscure and irrelevant are more fitting.

by ABTer Tue Jan 17, 2006 16:27

Sorry to hear you are closing but you are not the only radical bookshop in dublin the CP have a bookshop as well in the new posh street that Wallace built.

by sovietpop Tue Jan 17, 2006 14:29 sovietpop at eircom dot net

I'm very sorry to hear this - it's Dublins loss. Red Ink was an important part of the radical and anarchist scene in Dublin and we are going to miss it very much. Thanks to you both for the time and energy you put into the project.

by W Tue Jan 17, 2006 13:12

should this be in other press?

by Tony Mon Jan 16, 2006 21:37

Please try to open again. How about Seomra Spraoi.

by Tadhg - Shell to Sea Mon Jan 16, 2006 15:33

We were just going to drop down some new SHELL TO SEA t-shirts this week... Hope you can find another venue.