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Arizona

UPDATED: June 5, 2024

Ash Ave. Comics & Books
806 S. Ash Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281 480-858-9447

BCC, the
101 E. Ventura, Tucson, AZ 85705

BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Art & Salvage)
2001 N. 7th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705 520-628-7950

Bike Saviours
420 S Perry Lane, Suite 3 Tempe, AZ 85281

Fair Trade Cafe
1020 N. 1st Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003 602-354-8150

Global Justice Center
225 E 26th Street Ste. 1, Tucson, AZ 85713 202-540-8336

Groundworks
2919 E. Grant Rd. Tucson, AZ 85716

Humanitarian Aid Office
321 N Taladro Street, Ajo, AZ 85321

Lefty Loosey Bike Collective
Flagstaff, AZ

One n Ten
1101 N. Central Ave #202 Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-400-2601

Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
906 W. Roosevelt Suite 2, Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-595-9600

Paper Jam & Print
335 W McDowell Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003

Phoenix Pride LGBT Center
1430 N. 5th St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-277-7433

Phoenix Allies for Community Health
2902 W. Clarendon Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85017 623-455-6470

Revolutionary Grounds Books and Coffee
4675 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85712 520-838-0533

Rusty Spoke Bicycle Collective
1110 Grand Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 (entrance through the alley between Taylor and Fillmore)

Three Nations Market
20 West Brisa Street, Ajo, AZ 85321 520-270-2185 3nations.business.site

Tiny Town Surplus and Gallery
408 N 4th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705 520-907-9309

Tucson Food Share
2500 N Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85705 520-222-9242

Wasted Ink Zine Distro
906 W Roosevelt Street Suite 3, Phoenix, Arizona 85007

% Defunct

DEFUNCT: ^Carpe Locus Collective
1205 E Hubbell St. Phoenix AZ, 85006 602-888-6292 COLLECTIVE@CARPELOCUS.ORG

DEFUNCT: ^Catalyst Infoshop
207 Spring St. in Prescott, Az

DEFUNCT: ^The Counter Culture Cafe and Phoenix Anarchist Library
2330 E. McDowell Rd Phoenix AZ 85006

DEFUNCT: ^Dry River Radical Resource Center
740 N. Main St. Tucson, AZ 85705

DEFUNCT: Firehouse Artspace
1015 N. 1st St Phoenix, AZ 85006

DEFUNCT: ^Flagstaff Activist Network
PO Box 911 Flagstaff, AZ 86002 (928) 213-9507

DEFUNCT: ^Hungry Knife
10565 W. Fernando Dr. Arizona City, AZ (mail: PO Box 3285, Arizona City, AZ 85123) 520-466-8353

DEFUNCT: ^The Hive
319 S. San Francisco St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001

DEFUNCT: ^Ironwood Infoshop
11 E. 7th St., Tempe, AZ 85281

DEFUNCT: ^Phoenix Anarchist Coalition
PO Box 3438, Tempe, AZ 85280-3438

DEFUNCT: ^Phoenix Anarchist Library
c/o Conspire Gallery, 901 N 5th St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-237-5446

DEFUNCT: ^Phoenix Infoshop (formally Wildgrass)
1206 E. McKinnley Phoenix, AZ 85006

DEFUNCT: Taala Hooghan Indigenous Youth Media Arts Center & Infoshop
1704 N. 2nd St. Flagstaff, AZ 86004, iainfo@protonmail.com

DEFUNCT: ^Thought Crime
Phoenix, AZ

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California

UPDATED: November 26, 2024

1418 Fulton Daily Market
1418 Fulton St Fresno, CA 93721 559-697-3044

A.B.O. COMIX collective
2520 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612

Adobe Books
3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

AK Press
370 Ryan Ave #100 Chico, CA 95973

All Power Books
4749 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90016

Answer Coalition
2629 Mission St, SF 94110 415 821-6545

Artists’ Television Access
992 Valencia, SF, CA 94110 415 824-3890

Bandung Books / Eastside Arts Alliance
2289 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94606 510-533-6629

Bicycle Kitchen
4429 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029, 323.NO.CARRO (323.662.2776)

Berkeley Animal Rights Center
2414 Sixth Street, Berkeley CA, 94710

Biko Co-op
6612 Sueno Road, Isla Vista, CA 93117 858-722-8768

Bike Forth
1221 1/2 4th Street Davis, CA 95616 530-341-8322

Blackbird
[No location at the moment]

Black and Red coop
[not clear if it still exists – no recent on-line events as of 6/2023 : 4232 Whiteside St. Los Angeles 90063 (mail: PO Box 65052 LA, CA 90065)

Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture
800 Black Butte Road, Weed, CA 96094=

Book Club HQ
2304 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018 323-840-2055

Bound Together Books
1369 Haight SF CA 94117, 415-431-8355

Cafe Colonial
3520 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 916-475-1600

CalPride Sierras
134 N Washington St., Ste. 3, Sonora, CA 95370

CalPride Stanislaus
1202 H St.,Ste. C, Modesto, CA 95354 209-408-8848

CalPride Valle Central
710 W 18th St., Ste. 18, Merced, CA 95340

Casa C.O.A.T.L / Boyle Heights Autonomous Community Space (Ovas Headquarters)
2515 E. Cesar E Chavez, LA, CA 90033 323-285-2019

Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101 619 559-6389

Che Cafe Collective
3035 Theatre District Dr, La Jolla, CA (Mail: 9500 Gilman Dr SC B-0323C, La Jolla 92093) 858-247-2648

Chuco’s Justice Center
7625 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90001 323-235-4243

CounterPulse
80 Turk San Francisco, CA 94102 415-626-2060

Critical Resistance
(6/4/24) might be at 2929 Summit Street, Suite #207 Oakland, CA 94609 or 4400 Telegraph Ave, Oakland 510 444-0484

Eastside Café
5469 Huntington Dr N, Los Angeles CA 90032

Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Berkeley 94702 (510) 548-2220

El Centro Cultural de México
837 N Ross St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 info@elcentroculturaldemexico.org

Fallout SF
50-A Bannam Place San Francisco CA 94133

Feather River Coop
269 Main St. Quincy, CA 95971. 530-283-3528.
60 North Pine St. Portola, CA 96122 530-832-1642

Flora y Tierra
811 E. 7th St, Long Beach CA 90813

Fluid Cooperative Cafe (6/24 – unclear if they still exist)
332 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102

Food Cooperative, the
9500 Gilman Drive MC-0323, La Jolla, CA 92093

Food Forest
889 Camino Del Sur, Isla Vista, CA 93117

General Store Co-op
9500 Gilman Drive, 0323 F Student Center, La Jolla, CA 92037 858-450-3080

Gilman St. Project
924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 510-525-9926

Grand Opening
1220 4th St. Berkeley CA 94710

Grassroots House
2022 Blake Berkeley, CA 94704

Groundwork Books
0323 Student Ctr La Jolla 92037

Hasta Muerte Coffee
2701 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland, CA 94601 510 689 2922

Hella Positive
1606 7th St, Oakland, CA 94607

HUB for Sustainable Transport
703 S. Pacific Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-425-2453

Isla Vista Food Co-op
6575 Seville Rd., Isla Vista, CA 93117 805 968-1401

Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd. Oakland CA 94606. 510-533-3204

IntegreTea
717 Marin Street Vallejo, CA 94590

KPOO 89.5FM
1329 Divisadero St. San Francisco (mail: PO Box 156650 San Francisco, CA 94115) 415-346-5373

Kresge Coop
600 Kresge Court Santa Cruz CA 95064 831-426-1506

Lavender Library
1414 21st st Sacramento, CA 95811 916-492-0558

LGBTQ Youth Space
452 S. 1st St. San Jose, CA 95113 408-343-7940

Libuéla Books & Co.
950 S 26th St San Diego, CA 92113

Lizard Tree Library
555 Rosalie Drive, Niland, CA (mail: PO Box 642 Niland, CA 92257)

Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Berkeley 94705 510 540-0751

Mandela Grocery Co-op
1430 7th Street Oakland, CA 94607 510-452-1133

Marcus Books
3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94609 510-652-2344

Medicine For Nightmares
3036 24th St. San Francisco, CA 94110 415-824-1761

Meinolf Weaving School
141 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 94960

Midnight Books
@ artspaceHP 3382 E. Florence Ave. Huntington Park, CA 90255

Moments Co-op
410 13th Street Oakland, CA 94612

Monterey Peace and Justice Center
1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 93955 831-899-7322

Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94609-1113 510-595-7417

Noisebridge
272 Capp Street. San Francisco, CA 94110

Old Capitol Books
482 Alvarado St, Monterey CA 93940 831-747-1322

Omni Commons
4799 Shattuck Ave. Oakland, CA 94609

Outer Space Arcata
793 K St, Arcata, CA 95521

Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County
467 Sebastopol Ave. Santa Rosa 95401 707-575-8902

Pain Sugar Gallery
3635 9th St. Riverside CA 92501 951 782-0414

PLACE for Sustainable Living
1121 64th Street Oakland, CA 94608

POOR Magazine / Homefullness
8032 MacArthur Bl, Oakland, 94605 510-435-7500

Positive Images
200 Montgomery Drive, Suite C Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707-568-5830

Queerious Labs
223 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Rock Paper Scissors Collective
2120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland (mail: PO Box 71706 Oakland, CA 94612)

Sacramento Bike Kitchen
1915 I Street, Midtown Sacramento, CA (Mail: PO Box 188336 Sacramento, CA 95818) 916-538-6697

Sanctuary, the
1301 J Street Arcata, CA 95521 707-822-0898

San Diego LGBT Community Center, The
3909 Centre Street San Diego, CA 92103 619-692-2077

San Jose Peace & Justice Center
48 S. 7th Street, #101 San Jose, CA 95112 408-297-2299

Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living
703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831 854-7822

Shades of Afrika
1001 East 4th Street Long Beach, CA 90802 562-436-2210

Silver Sprocket
1018 Valencia, San Francisco 94110

Southern California Library
6120 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044, (323) 759-6063

Street Level Cycles / Waterside Workshops
84 Bolivar DR Berkeley, CA 94710 510-644-2577

SubRosa
703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-426-5242

Tamarack
1501 Harrison St., Oakland, CA 94612 510-788-7545

Tana
1224 Lemen Ave. Woodland, CA 95776 530-402-1065

Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
12677 Glenoaks Blvd. Sylmar, CA 91342 818-939-3433

Time Tested Books
1114 21st St. Sacramento, CA 95811 916 447 5696

Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project
131 Franklin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (mail: 370 Turk St #370 San Francisco, CA 94102)

UC Gill Tract Community Farm
1050 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706

Tri-Cooperatives
TB 13, 14, 15 Reagan Hall Cir. and California Ave. UC Davis 1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616

UCSD Student Food Co-op
9500 Gilman Dr. #0323 La Jolla, CA 92093 858-546-8339

Underground Books
2814 35th St, Sacramento, CA 916-737-3333

Understory
528 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607. Occupied Ohlone Territory 510-740-8427

Urge Palette Art Supply
3635 9th St. Riverside, CA 92501 951-782-0414

Waterside Workshops
84 Bolivar DR Berkeley, CA 94710 510 644-2577

Women’s Building
3543 18th Street, SF, CA 94110, 415 431-1180

% Defunct Spaces 

DEFUNCT: ^33 1/3 Books
1200 N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles, CA 90026, 213-483-3500

DEFUNCT: ^Bakersfield zine library
137 Donna Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93304

DEFUNCT:^Blood Orange Infoshop
3485 University Ave Studio #2, Riverside, CA 92501

DEFUNCT: Bridgetown DIY
1421 N. Valinda Ave., La Puente, CA 91744

DEFUNCT Collective For Arts Freedom and Ecology Infoshop
935 F st Fresno Ca 93706 559 237-0922

DEFUNCT: ^Casa De Pueblo
2414 N. Broadway Suite 204. LA, CA 90026 213-481-1986

DEFUNCT: ^Cell Space
2050 Bryant St, SF CA 94110 415 648-7562

DEFUNCT: Eastwind Books
2066 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 510-548-2350

DEFUNCT: Eso Won Bookstore
4327 Deghan Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90008 323-290-1048

DEFUNCT: ^Ex Nihilo
43302 45th St. West Lancaster, CA 93536

DEFUNCT: ^Firehouse 51
410 James St. Modesto, CA 95354

DEFUNCT: ^Flor y Canto
3706 N. Figueroa Ave LA, CA 90065 323 276-1148

^Free Mind Media
546 Pacific Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95404, 707-579-1605

DEFUNCT: ^Gaian Mind
620 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802, 562-552-9930

DEFUNCT: Grease Diner, the
6604 San Pablo Ave. Oakland, CA 94608 510-379-0190

DEFUNCT: ^Heart of Art Gallery
1907 Rodeo Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90018

DEFUNCT: LA Fort
736 Ceres Ave Los Angeles, CA 90021

DEFUNCT: ^Modern Times
2919 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415-282-9246

DEFUNCT: ^IMPACT!
1251 Marian Way Petaluma, CA 94954 707-338-5318

DEFUNCT: ^People’s Action for Rights & Community
1617 3rd St. Eureka, CA 95501 707-442-7465

DEFUNCT: ^Playing in Sand Collective
293 Squid Row Santa Cruz, CA

DEFUNCT: ^Pehrspace
325 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

DEFUNCT:Qilombo
2313 San Pablo, Oakland, CA 94612

DEFUNCT: ^Redwood Peace & Justice Ctr
1040 H St., Arcata, CA 95521 707-826-2511

DEFUNCT: ^Rhizome Infoshop
47B West Third St. Eureka, CA [Mail PO Box 196 Eureka, CA 95501, 707-440-9310 rhizomeinfoshop@gmail.com,

DEFUNCT: ^Sandpaper Books
3706 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065

DEFUNCT: ^ Santa Barbara Infoshop
421 N Alisos St. #A CA 93103, sbinfoshop@ gmail.com

DEFUNCT: St. James Infirmary
730 Polk Street 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109 415-554-8494

DEFUNCT:  *The Smell
247 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-625-4325

DEFUNCT: Students for Justice
3095 Yerba Buena San Jose 95135 408-274-7900 x6878

DEFUNCT:  Third Space Art Collective
946 Olive Drive, Davis, CA 95616.

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Onward to Cascadia: Toward a Worker’s Ecotopia

Editor’s Note:

I grew up in the so-called “Pacific Northwest,” and I’ve heard a lot of forgettable myths about future anti-authoritarian ecotopic societies. But for some reason, Cascadia and its mythos sticks around.

I’ve witnessed the Cascadian Separatist Movement grow from hushed tavern conversations in Seattle, to drunken proclamations on sailboats in Bellingham Bay, to protestors waving Cascadian flags during massive labor marches in Portland, Oregon. Numerous workers’ cooperatives have sprouted up inspired by the Cascadian Dream of removing bosses and the state, the dream of creating a meaningful relationship with one’s workplace and bioregion. Perhaps the incredible growth of this movement has something to do with the Cascadian flag.

Unlike so many radical visions these days, Cascadia is not merely a project of negation. Cascadians allow themselves to indulge in the symbolic things that have been ascribed to modern imperialism: flags, anthems, mottos, and maps. Some criticize this. But I’ve come to wonder: As activists, are we merely fighting the flags and symbols of capitalist imperialism? Or are we actually attempting to confront the mechanisms of oppression beneath the flags? Humans have united around symbols since long before the first capitalist bought the abstracted labor of a worker, and symbols will remain long after the last growth-oriented workplace is dismantled. Perhaps the Cascadians are on to something: they have stolen the symbolic language that gives power and legitimacy to empires, and applied it to a network of workers’ coops engaged in environmental stewardship. But Cascadia isn’t just about putting good ideas in fun packaging.

There is something magic about the dream of Cascadia, something sentimental–it evokes a sort of longing for an ideal future of the past (the blueprint for Cascadia was, after all, largely inspired by the bestselling 1975 science-fiction novel Ecotopia). And I’ll admit that sometimes, while walking under a water-laden sky, I find my imagination spilling onto the canvas of grey clouds, my mind suddenly alight with visions of a free Cascadia, and a global network of Bioregional Cooperative Commonwealths.

I stole the text of this article from a zine that’s been circulating for about 20 years called “FREE CASCADIA! WE ARE CASCADIAN.” I’ve revised parts to better reflect the scope of conversations I’ve had in with people who dare to dream and call themselves Cascadians. As we develop our theories and perfect our practices, I hope folks will continue to revise this manuscript.

-Samara of the Slingshot Collective

By Alexander Baretich
Cascadia is a region that extends west from the Rockies, following the flow of water all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Why not call it “the Pacific Northwest”? Because that is a geopolitical description based on an Atlantic-centered map. The “Pacific Northwest” is a nameless object at the distant corner of Atlantic empires, an object of second thought to the power centers in Washington DC & Ottawa. We have a name: We are Cascadians! And we have a home: It is called Cascadia! By giving ourselves and our home a name, we begin the process of empowering ourselves and restoring the land as a place of home and sacredness, and not a place for “resource extraction” for empire or greed. In Chinook Jargon, the name of our bioregion is Chinook Illahee. We honor and use both names of our home.

Bioregionalism is the consciousness or awareness of the interconnectedness of the water-life cycle within a given region. The great water-life cycles are actually the generation and transfer of energy. So each bioregion is a living system of interconnected communities and churning energy. In Tao philosophy, the flow of energy in bodies and systems is ascribed to chi (Qi) or often translated into English as “life force.” The water-life (within the great water-life cycles) is like the chi of the biomass of the Earth. It is a flow of energy and living beings that are dependent on those life cycles, and it is crucial that we sustain, maintain, and preserve those cycles in conscious, healthy ways. Within each bioregion, there are many ecoregions with unique habits and microclimates, but those ecoregions are all connected by a shared water-life cycle. The actions in one part of a bioregion have consequences downriver and upwind. As bioregionalists awakened to the importance of these cycles and their regional interconnectivity, the work of stewardship becomes part of who we are. The bioregion permeates the very soul of the awakened inhabitant, the bioregionalist. Hence a bioregionalist is one who advocates for the expansion of consciousness and the protection of the water-life cycle.

Some envision a future Cascadia as a social democracy akin to some of the northern European countries like Finland or Denmark. Others envision a representational democracy that could be called a Republic of Cascadia. But many of us are tired of Western models of nation-states. We envision a Cascadia that is radically counter to the nation-state and counter to the control of transnational corporations that have inflicted so much direct & structural violence around the world. Our vision is anti-capitalist, decolonialist, and the end of exploitation of all kinds. This new model is one of horizontal structures, cooperative relations (mutual aid), and resilient communities. It is a decentralized network that branches out like a nervous system throughout the bioregion. This new approach is called a Bioregional Cooperative Commonwealth (BCC).

A Bioregional Cooperative Commonwealth is not a centralized socialist system, but it takes ideas from socialism and turns them inside out & upside down. Instead of an overarching centralized management bureau redistributing wealth, controlling the means of production & the commons, a BCC would be locally and horizontally managed. It is a network, with local nodes of autonomy working together in mutual aid. The model of the BCC is inspired by two historically successful movements: the Mondragón Cooperative Federation in Spain, and the Swadeshi Movement in India.

The Mondragon Cooperatives arose in the Basque Country of Northern Spain in the late 1950s as a mode of economic resistance to Franco’s fascist regime. Mondragon started with a polytechnic school and paraffin heater making cooperative, and eventually grew into to a complex network of cooperative workplaces. By the end of 2011, the Mondragon Cooperative Federation included 83,869 people working in 256 companies. These companies are all owned and democratically managed by the workers. They manage the means of production themselves, without intervention by bosses or the state, and coops support each other in mutual aid. This is perhaps the world’s best functioning model of anarcho-syndicalism, an economic model which facilitates the formation of a non-authoritarian society.

The Swadeshi Movement in India arose in the early 1900s as a strategy to dismantle the colonial rule of the British Empire. Following the principals of swadeshi (Sanskrit for “self-reliance” or “autonomy”), folks boycotted British products and revived domestic production. This was a Localization Movement that was carefully aimed at undermining imperialist power structures, and it was a key strategy of Mahatma Gandhi, who described Swadeshi as the soul of Swaraj (self-rule). Gandhi’s economic model is central as we restructure our workplaces to build a Bioregional Cooperative Commonwealth.

Gandhian economics diverge from both Smith (capitalism) and Marx (communism) because those models operate through a system of ownership. Gandhian economics promotes a social structure based on trusteeship. In ownership-based systems, one can legally use, misuse, abuse, and even destroy what is owned. (In capitalism, this is done by individuals. In communism, it is done by the state.) In a trusteeship-based system, the trustee cannot misuse or destroy property because there is no property; there are only resources that have been temporarily entrusted to individuals and groups. This reflects reality. We live temporary lives within a deeply interconnected biosphere. The lie of private property conceals this reality, and enables destructive ownership-based systems to direct people away from their own happiness in a destructive race for temporary gain.

As humans, we are entrusted with an incredible amount of power over our bioregion. Those who cannot speak for themselves–future generations of humans, as well as non-human people (called “animals” by those who exploit them), depend on us to make responsible choices. Our choices deeply affect all living things, particularly those within our bioregion.

Our home is of continuous cascading water, and as trustees of this water-life cycle, our highest incentive is stewardship, autonomy, and the process of building meaningful lives. The matter in our bodies is on loan to us, and will soon return to the biosphere.

The lone-standing Douglas-fir on the Cascadian flag symbolizes endurance, defiance, and resilience against the forces of imperialism.

The Nine Dieta of Cascadia:

For Ecology, Equality & Equity

With Respect, Reverence & Responsibility

In all Commons, Communities & Cooperatives