songs of solidarity
space for radical imagination
songs of solidarity (sos) began in 2025 as a three-day book festival dedicated to celebrating, acknowledging, and sharing stories of resistance, resilience, and song. centered on intersectional critical voices across aotearoa and the third world, the festival created a space for dialogue, connection, and collective reflection.
the theme of our pilot festival, intersectional solidarity, was rooted in the idea of emancipation and liberation for all. It brought together writers, artists, organisers, and communities to engage in critical conversations and imagine new possibilities for justice.
now evolving beyond a single event, sos is becoming an ongoing space for dialogue, organising, and imaginationโbuilding alliances with local and transnational working-class communities and cultural workers to resist, challenge dominant narratives, and imagine new possibilities for liberation.
it is a space to imagine, to challenge, to learn/unlearn, and to radicalise ideasโgrounded in intersectional solidarity.
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Elshareif: An exhibition honoring Palestine
This exhibition honours and shares the work of Palestinian visual artistย Mohammad Ahmad Elshareif, while also supporting a mutual aid fundraiser for him and his family.
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THREADS: Storytelling, Poetry, and Craft
Come and learn from Micro Mill and friends, who will be contributing and facilitating a community loom, as well as Sumaia Daoud who will be leading a tatreez demonstration.
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farewell, reflect, remember
Join us as we acknowledge, reflect, remember, and farewell the powerful work of Mohammad Ahmad Elshareif. Save the date โ we would love to see you there โจ
nau mai, haere mai! find us at
115 taranaki street, te aro
opening hours
monday to friday: 1pm-7:30pm (hours may vary as we are volunteer-runโplease check our socials for updates)
follow the movement
kei te mihi ki a koutou who made SOS possible
whฤnau whฤnui/extended family/เคชเคฐเคฟเคตเคพเคฐ who have supported SOS from day one and continue to do so โ ngฤ mihi/thank you/เคงเคจเฅเคฏเคตเคพเคฆ. a growing listโฆ
13 Garrett Street | ahinata kaitai-mullane | amira | anahera gildea | aotearoa philippines solidarity | ar-em baรฑas | ash holwell | aziz sohail | ben k. c. laksana | bhagya herath | borneo laboratory | cameron | ces | climate liberation aotearoa | coastal lines press | eric mokuma | erin matariki carr | falastin tea collective | hara | jason muir | jazeerabad | joshua toum’ua | jieying cai | justice for palestine | kaalo.101 | kerry ann lee | khadro mohamed | leftword books | lo I mirza tauseef baig | midland bookshop | mohan j. dutta | nadia abu-sanab | nadia solomon | nadine hura | nam chucks | neha rayamajhi | queer unschool south asia | ramashankar yadav (vidrohi) | rebel press | richa sharma | samuel leason | sam buchanan | sophie jerram | spacelamp | student justice for palestine pลneke | suvendu mallick | taraheke press | tarns hood | teirangi klever | tulika books | university workers for palestine | urban dream brokerage | valerie morse | welmie | wellington city mission | zubaan books | zuber baig
find us at
115 taranaki street, te aro
te whanganui-a-tara wellington, aotearoa new zealand
opening hours:
monday to friday: 1pm – 7:30pm
weekends: depends on events (please check instagram)
come as you are, free wifi, browse books, tea/coffee is on us!
venue is fully accessible!
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space for radical imagination to build intersectional solidarity