The Long Haul Infoshop

The people volunteering here were friendly, amicable, and helpful. They have a good collection of literature at this place. Josh is a cool dude. Met some traveling folks and normal academic types here. Made new friends. Good crowd. Free food and coffee, a place to hang out and get free wi-​fi — who could ask for more?
Oh yeah — and I didn’t feel one bit like this place was cliquish. It might help to actually try to talk to people.

If you’re homeless, poor, or otherwise have nothing to do in the East Bay, this is the place to be: free coffee, free food in the evening sometimes (from East Bay Food Not Bombs), free internet access, free local phone calls, free access to books and ‘zines, free movie showings on Saturday nights. Free condoms, too.
…That is, if you don’t mind cold, half-​eaten food, computers still running Windows ’98 (and probably closely monitored by the FBI), and books and movies restricted to the theme of revolution.
I’m glad this place has survived as long as it has.

The first poster should STFU and DIAF. The post consists entirely of generalizations and unsubstantiated assertions and makes you seem like you have more issues than the people on whom you are venting. I also notice that you don’t seem to have any generalized remarks and offhanded critiques of the police and federal agencies even though you, in all likelihood, have just about as much exposure to them as you do to the people at Long Haul. Go troll somewhere else.

Listen… I don’t know anything about the Long Haul Infoshop, per se, being as I have yet to even step foot in the state of California. But I do know my Slingshot organizers.
I’ve been buying them since 2001, and they have kept me extremely well-​organized and knowledgeable about little-​known holidays like Lupercalia (a pre-​Roman fertility festival that was just this past Feb. 15^th! Bet you didn’t know about that). Also extremely helpful is the «Femstrual» calendar, where I can easily keep track of my monthly friend.
I don’t know what I would do without my Slingshot! And I sure do plan on making Long Haul one of my first stops when I finally make it to the west coast this April.

Rad place to learn about community groups and events. I’ve gotten involved with some great non profits through long haul, East Bays Food Not Bombs has their meetings there the first Wednesday of every month and the Slingshot publication also meets there. Check out their event calendar for awesome occurances.
It can feel cliquish but as long as you wear your black pants, tattered canvas shoes and idealistic spirit, it’ll feel just like home.

My friend wanted a slingshot so we went to the Long Haul to pick one up. When we got there they offered us free dumpstered food which was nice enough. Neither of us were all that hungry so we declined and they went to dig into their free food and promptly started to complain about it going bad. Geez, who would have thought that pasta salad or whatever it was they were eating left outside all day and night would eventually go bad when it’s not refrigerated? If the «revolution» ever happens, I really hope these people are able to feed themselves. But I suppose if anarchists can’t; what hope is there for the rest of humanity? Oof.
I do have to give them props for the dollar used books they sell though.

Long Haul is cliqueish, in a good way, stay long, look around, or ask what’s up. Thankfully, security culture and insider drama usually bores people quickly so they are happy to be distracted by a new person. Also, free coffee but you may have to bring your own cream. Sundays are a benefit night which provide, almost every week, cheap healthy food.

I love anarchist infoshops. Maybe I’m just spoiled by visiting so many infoshops around the country (and I’m from Eugene, so that makes a difference I’m sure), but the environment at the Long Haul feels a little cliqueish, so I’m hesitant to stay long, look around, or ask what’s up. Probably security culture and insider drama has everyone down. Bummer.