Lucy Parsons Center — Local services in Boston

The only thing leftist about this place are the books they sell. One of the owners is a trust fund kid, who couldn't care less about the poor in Boston or black and brown people. There are not different from the countless businesses in Boston who have gentrified the area. These suburban edge lords were recently attempting to incite violence against the police at a block party in Jamaica Plain and they sell t-shirt depicting cop cars being blown up. The staff there are mostly white, middle class yuppies who have no nothing for the JP Latino community. The owner is rich, but is still asking average visitors to help pay for a 30k project to fix the ceiling of their new digs. They also have been harassing the employees of SEED in JP for not caring about the community and just pretending to be "woke". Well Lucy Parson might just be describing themselves and they need a...

This is such a cozy place; very comfortable and the person working at the time was really kind and helpful (even recommended a nice spot for dinner). We talked and bonded over shared experiences as I had been a volunteer at a similar space for a time. If I didn't live a thousand miles away I would imagine I would spend many of my days here. The selection here is pretty good and much better organized than some other radical bookstores. I mean, I'm not a strict platformist or anything, but it is nice to not have to look at 1,000 books to find the 3 you want. Wow, look at me ramble... Anyhow, if you can go...

I have travelled here five or six times, all at different dates and times, all during posted hours. The store was never open. While I do love a bookstore so anti-cap that no one actually works there, I thought I'd leave a review to let people know that this place isn't open very much. Call before you...