The Brian MacKenzie Infoshop was a self-managed social center located at 1426 Ninth St., in the Shaw neighborhood of

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The volunteer-run

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co-operative ran the basement

infoshop Infoshops are places in which people can access anarchist or autonomist ideas. They are often stand-alone projects, or can form part of a larger radical bookshop, archive, self-managed social centre or community centre. Typically, infoshops offer ...

from May 2003 until December 2008. For the first four years, it was open every day to sell books and records. It also served as a community center, hangout, and meeting place for local radicals. Events included talks by

Ward Churchill Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American activist, author, and former academic. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007.

, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Nate Powell and Josh MacPhee. The infoshop shared a building with offices for the Gray Panthers,

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, the

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and a Catholic Worker bookshop. Its lease was co-signed by

Ian MacKaye Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore pu ...

Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They were noted for their style-transc ...

and it was named for an

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student active in the radical community who died of a heart seizure at a D.C. hardcore show at the Wilson Center in 1999. Participants in the local activist organization

Positive Force Positive Force DC is an activist organization founded in 1985 by members of the punk community in Washington, D.C. It has organized hundreds of benefit concerts for community and activist groups, and worked alongside Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Nation o ...

were amongst the founders, and the co-ordinators were brothers Ryan and Wade Fletcher.

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website Defunct anarchist organizations in North America Independent bookstores of the United States Infoshops 2003 establishments in Washington, D.C. 2008 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. Defunct companies based in Washington, D.C. Socialism in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-stub