The Taos Peace House and Infoshop is one of a growing number of progressive activist infoshops and peace centers. The Taos Peace House and Infoshop was started by Food Not Bombs. The Taos Peace House is also the global coordination office of Food Not Bombs helping organize new chapters, organizing tours and Food Not Bombs gatherings.

Infoshops started to grow the 1980's with 121 Centre Brixton and the Long Haul. Freedom Books in London and Bound Together Books in San Francisco were two of a small number of progressive bookshops that survived the sixties but after the fall of the Berlin Wall there was a revival of underground bookstores called infoshops. Infoshops became a center for the activist community in many communities.

An infoshop is a storefront or social center that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist and progressive information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. Infoshops often serve as a meeting space and resource hub for local activist groups.

Infoshops are particularly prevalent in Western Europe and North America, but can be found around the world. According to an Utne Reader article, author Chris Atton describes British infoshops as having grown "out of the squatted anarchist centres of the 1980s, such as the 121 Centre in Brixton, London." Another big influence was the regular European-wide International Infoshop Meetings of the 1990s.

Writing in Maximum RocknRoll, librarian Chuck Munson places North American infoshops in the lineage of Vietnam War era peace and justice centers. In June of 2006, the Infoshop Network, a network spanning Canada and the United States, was formed at the Infoshop Gathering in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Taos Peace House and Infoshop provides libraries of zines, books, music, and information about how to create an alternative society based on peace and equality. The infoshop will also host many local activist projects like Food Not Bombs, Indymedia and other progressive activities. The worldwide network infoshops has provided a place for people to connect with other activists and plug into local and global activities and information. Like the other infoshops The Taos Peace House and Infoshop provides literature, lectures, videos, cultural events to foster peace, social justice and respect for the environment. The public can also get uncensored world news as well as the latest information about how to support local and global protests and campaigns. We have been contacting progressive publications requesting bulk orders. Please let us know of any publications we should carry. We will also host workshops on many issues such as alternative energy and transportation, democracy and the use of Formal Consensus, organic gardening and natural medicine , popular media, event, tour and campaign planning, drumming, puppet making, radio production and vegan cooking.

We are inviting everyone to become a sustaining member and take part in this exciting community project. All local peace and social justice groups are invited. Memberships and volunteer opportunities available. To fund the infoshop we are inviting you to pledge $15 a month as a basic membership and $25 a month as a sustaining member. Groups can join for $100 a month.

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