Mayday Books

Mayday Books is a volunteer-run, non-profit collective bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Established in 1975, its organizational mission is to provide leftist political books and magazines and a space for political organizing for the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area.[1] Mayday Books carries a selection of new and used political books, magazines, zines, T-shirts, postcards, and select CDs and DVDs.

Mayday Books
TypeNon-profit collective
IndustryRetail
Founded1975 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Headquarters301 Cedar Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454
ProductsBooks
Websitemaydaybookstore.org

Numerous political organizations use the collective's space for their public meetings. The collective regularly hosts author readings, film screenings, political discussions, organizational meetings, and occasional celebrations.[1][2] Among the many prominent activist groups that meet at Mayday Books, the Iraq Peace Action Coalition (IPAC) meets in the store space, where in 2008 it planned the permitted anti-war march against the Republican National Convention on September 1, 2008.

History

Mayday Books was founded in 1975 on the corner of Selby and Western in St. Paul, Minnesota. By 1980 Mayday had moved to Franklin and Chicago in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eventually, in the early 1990s, internal differences over store organization and political program resulted in a split with the breakaway group forming Arise Bookstore. Subsequently, in 1991, Mayday moved to its present location on Cedar Avenue in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis.[1]

References
  1. Amend, Alex. Mayday Bookstore: Serving Minneapolis' Progressive Leftist Community Since 1975. Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine The Wake Magazine. 2 April 2008.
  2. Stratton, Jeremy. "The Grass" speaks of memory and forgetting. Twin Cities Daily Planet. 11 May 2009.


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