Llibreria Aldarull

Llibreria Aldarull is an anarchist bookshop located in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Spain. Founded on 26 May 2009, it is a self-managed collective project run by around fifteen people of libertarian ideology. The shop focuses on the dissemination of material for social transformation and agitation, promoting anarchist ideas and critical thinking through books, fanzines, stories, comics, talks and training sessions. Its catalogue covers themes such as the labour movement, the Spanish Civil War, anarchism in the Soviet Union, counterculture, menstruation, sexuality and immigration, alongside dedicated sections on environmentalism, antimilitarism, social movements and feminism. From the outset, the collective has combined its activity as a cultural space with that of a publishing house under the name Editorial Aldarull or Aldarull Edicions. It has published around twenty titles, including authors such as Émile Pouget, Ken Knabb and Camillo Berneri. The project operates as a non-profit cooperative and an assembly-based entity. The members who work as booksellers do not take a salary; the money obtained from book sales is directed towards neighbourhood projects and, above all, towards maintaining the premises. In 2019, the shop shared its space with the agroecological consumer cooperative Més fresques que un enciam. Aldarull is one of the points of sale for the media outlet Directa, at least since 2019. It hosts events such as reading clubs and book presentations. The collective celebrated its tenth anniversary with a lunch at the Ateneu Llibertari de Gràcia alongside like-minded organisations and a party organised by Ojalá Estë Mi Bici. In 2013, it collaborated with La Llibertària and the Unió del Poble Romaní in the tribute for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Carmen Amaya. After the Sant Jordi day of 2022, when a hailstorm damaged sales in the literary sector, the bookshop joined a statement claiming that the impact of weather circumstances was unequal for small publishers and bookshops. In 2023, it hosted a course-seminar of the Universitat Popular Autogestionada on city and anarchism.

Llibreria Aldarull was founded on 26 May 2009 in the Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona, as a self-managed project by a collective of around fifteen people of libertarian ideology. From the beginning, the collective alternated its activity as a cultural space with that of a publishing house under the name Editorial Aldarull or Aldarull Edicions. The bookshop focuses on the dissemination of material for social transformation, with anarchist ideals that promote critical thinking through books, fanzines, stories, comics, records and vinyl. Some of the themes most present in its catalogue are the labour movement, the Spanish Civil War, anarchism in the Soviet Union, counterculture, menstruation, sexuality and immigration. It also has sections focused on environmentalism, antimilitarism, social movements and feminism. It is one of the points of sale for the media outlet Directa at least since 2019. The collective organises events such as reading clubs and book presentations. It functions as a non-profit cooperative to preserve and give visibility to the project, and is an assembly-based entity. The members of Aldarull who work as booksellers do not take a salary; the money obtained from book sales is directed towards neighbourhood projects and above all to maintaining the premises. In 2019, they shared the space with the agroecological consumer cooperative Més fresques que un enciam. They celebrated their tenth anniversary with a lunch at the Ateneu Llibertari de Gràcia accompanied by like-minded organisations and a party organised by Ojalá Estë Mi Bici. In 2013, they collaborated with La Llibertària and the Unió del Poble Romaní in the tribute for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Carmen Amaya. After the Sant Jordi day of 2022, when a hailstorm damaged sales in the literary sector, they joined a statement claiming that the impact of weather circumstances was unequal for small publishers and bookshops. In 2023, they hosted a course-seminar of the Universitat Popular Autogestionada on city and anarchism.

• Llibreria Aldarull is founded in Gràcia, Barcelona.

• Collaborates with La Llibertària and the Unió del Poble Romaní in the tribute for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Carmen Amaya.

• Celebrates its tenth anniversary; shares space with the agroecological consumer cooperative Més fresques que un enciam; is a point of sale for Directa.

• After the Sant Jordi day hailstorm, joins a statement on the unequal impact on small publishers and bookshops.

• Hosts a course-seminar of the Universitat Popular Autogestionada on city and anarchism.

A self-managed, non-profit anarchist bookshop and publisher dedicated to social transformation, critical thinking and support for grassroots collectives.

• Books on anarchism, labour movement, Spanish Civil War, counterculture, feminism, environmentalism, antimilitarism and social movements

• Fanzines, stories, comics, records and vinyl

• Editorial Aldarull published titles (around 20 titles, including authors Émile Pouget, Ken Knabb and Camillo Berneri)

1. 1Llibrería Aldarull – Llibres per pensar la següent revolucióaldarull.org
2. 2Llibreria Aldarull - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Llibreria Aldarull - Viquipèdiaca.wikipedia.org