Welcome to MonkeyWrench Books

MonkeyWrench Books is an all volunteer, collectively-run radical bookstore in North Austin. We provide an extensive collection of radical literature and media, prioritizing books, magazines, movies and zines that you won't find at your average corporate bookstore.

MonkeyWrench is more than a bookstore. It's a place for meetings, film screenings, workshops, benefits, book readings and performances. The store facilitates greater interaction among individuals and organizations working toward social and economic justice. It's a place where both experienced organizers and people new to political activism can find support, information, and a range of progressive viewpoints. It's also a relaxed space to network and make connections over a cup of organic coffee or tea.

Announcements

  • On February 16th, Monkey Wrench will host globetrotting troublemaker John Ross, whoEl MonstruoEl Monstruo will read from his two new cult classics: IraqiGirl (Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq), which has been called "an Anne Frank for our time", and "El Monstruo - Dread & Redemption in Mexico City", the tangled tale of the most contaminated, corrupt, crime-ridden, and chaotic city in the Americas that has just been selected as "book of the year" by the San Antonio Express News.

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    Monkey Wrench Books hosts Fair Food Austin as part of a monthly "Meet a Community Group" speaker series. This series is put together to help bring supporters and community members together with local groups and organizations working on various issues in the Austin area. Fair Food Austin organizes with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for an end to poverty wages and human rights abuses in the U.S. agricultural industry. The CIW is a farmworker organization headquartered in Immokalee, Florida which has aided in the prosecution by the Department of Justice of six slavery operations and the liberation of well over 1,000 workers as part of theirstruggle for the right to work with dignity.