red emma s country united states type bookstore vegan restaurant established 2004 location baltimore maryland website http redemmas.org former exterior of red emma s red emma s bookstore coffeehouse is a radical infoshop located in baltimore maryland usa and run by a worker owner collective . 1 named for anarchist firebrand emma goldman red emma s opened in november 2004 . it features a fair trade coffee bar free computer access and wireless internet vegetarian and vegan foods an extensive stock of books and a variety of socially aware and radical events including film screenings political teach ins and community events . contents 1 history 2 collective ownership 3 past events 4 2640 5 the baltimore free school 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit red emma s was formed and revitalized from a previous infoshop named black planet books formerly located on the fells point broadway then 1621 fleet street . while maintaining black planet books stringent academic tradition it provides a public face on causes throughout america s history and offers a look at how capitalism can be changed . through june 2013 the store operated from 800 st. paul street in baltimore . it reopened in the fall of 2013 in a much larger space at 30 w. north avenue in the station north neighborhood in baltimore . 2 3 collective ownership edit since before the official opening in 2004 all decisions regarding the operations of the space have been made by consensus . the collective of worker owners has ranged in size from 10 to 20 over the 7 years the shop has been open usually hovering around 15 . collective meetings are open to the public every sunday except the first of the month at 7pm at the store . the red emma s collective is a closed shop organized with the industrial workers of the world . that means that all collective members are also members of iu 660 the one big union . past events edit past events have included ex weather underground leader bernardine dohrn presentations by the beehive collective and numerous small concerts including many by members of the riot folk collective and charming hostess . imprisoned black panther marshall eddie conway has done call in readings and talks from jail and red emma s often hosts talks by local activist organizations such as the baltimore algebra project and the leaders of a beautiful struggle . the bookstore is also a venue for touring authors . red emma s accolades include best coffeehouse by the student body of johns hopkins university in 2005 and the baltimore city paper s best of baltimore awards in 2005 for best wireless hotspot and in 2006 for best non bar hangout . 2640 edit in march 2007 red emma s joined with st. john s united methodist to form 2640 a noncommercial cooperatively managed space for radical politics and grassroots culture . 4 the organization centers around management of the charles village church located at 2640 saint paul street . in addition to sunday services the facility is used as a community space . 5 the baltimore free school edit baltimore free school dec. 2012 in september 2009 classes began at 1323 n. calvert st. in baltimore md at the baltimore free school . subjects have included history of the middle east small passive solar design to be tobacco free revolutionary hip hop terror genocide and human rights in the 20th century and stitch n bitch . the classes are taught along the principles of horizontal organizing collaborative learning and participatory education and it s guaranteed that the teachers are not y know fascists . the free school is volunteer run and any person is invited to teach a class or series of classes with no certification required . 6 in 2012 the school was located at 512 516 w. franklin st. 7 but has since moved into a classroom in the red emma s coffeestore bookhouse at 30 w. north ave. 8 see also edit list of anarchist communities anarchism portal cooperatives portal food portal maryland portal references edit digiondomenico amanda september 14 2009 . coffeeshop collective inspires creative conversations . the retriever weekly . retrieved september 21 2009 . red emma s announces move to station north . city paper 6 december 2013 . corey reidy red emma s is moving an interview indyreader 29 april 2013 . what is 2640 church anarchists come to each other s rescue . baltimore sun november 27 2007 a beginning the baltimore free school 13 . winter 2009 2010 . the baltimore free school . retrieved december 8 2012 . the baltimore free school . retrieved august 23 2014 . external links edit redemmas.org red emma s bookstore coffeehouse official website 2640 a collectively run events venue at redemmas.org baltimore free school at redemmas.org cassie ron october 2009 . radical success . baltimore magazine . baltimore maryland usa . v t e anarchism schools of thought black agorist capitalist christian collectivist communist egoist existentialist feminist green individualist infoanarchism insurrectionary 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