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One new feature on the Kersplebedeb website that may interest those of you who read is the Book Reviews section, with a number of reviews of several of the texts that i distribute. Books and pamphlets that have been reviewed have a "read a review" icon to their right. Click on it, and you will go to the "Book Review" page. |
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Apart from reviews, i have excerpts and extra information available about several of the publications that i distribute. To access this information, just click on the "read more" icon to the right of certain publications. |
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2008 Certain Days:
Freedom for Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Calendar.
One of the more beautiful examples of political activism, the Certain
Days calendar is an ongoing project to spread awareness about political
prisoners and prisoners of war, while raising funds for the
organizations which defend them and work for their freedom. $15.00.
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A Day Mournful and Overcast, by an "uncontrollable" from the Iron Column. The Iron Column was one of the legendary anarchist fighting units in the Spanish Revolution, famed because it was partly made up of ex-convicts, and because of its ferocious military abilities, and anarchist revolutionary fervor. This account first appeared in Nosotros , the daily newspaper of the Iron Column in March 1937, on the eve of its militarization. It serves as not only a moving personal account from one of its members, but a justification, and defence of the Column and its reputation. 21 pages $2.50 | |
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A Factory as
it Might Be (William Morris) & The Factory
We Never Had (Colin Ward) . 29 pages. $2.50 |
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A Spirit Filled Revolution, by
New Winds. A book and a CD with fourteen songs from this Portuguese
anarcho-straight edge band. The book comibines artwork and texts about
indigenous struggles from Palestine to North America, profiles of
numerous political prisoners and prisoners of war held by the United
States,
an examination of spirituality as a dimension of revolution and
revolution as a dimension of spirituality, animal rights and more. Plus
contributions from political prisoners Ali Khalid Abdullah, Craig
"Critter" Marshall and Jeff "Free" Luers. 168 page book and 14 track CD only $18.75!!! |
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Abortion without
Apology: a radical history for the 1990s, by Nina Baehr. A record of the experiences, successes qand ideas from the days before Roe vs. Wade, when radical women with radical ideas challenged men and the State and broke the law to claim control over their bodies. Lessons for tomorrow. 67 pages - $6.00 |
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Against All Tyranny! Essays on Anarchism in Brazil, by Edgar Rodrigues, Renato Ramos and Alexandre Samis. Translated and edited by Paul Sharkey. The story of immigrant anarchist workersworkers - Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Brazilian - and their struggles in Brazil in the early twentieth century. And it was not only rampant capitalism they had to fight, but also state-worshippers, both Left and Right. This pamphlet contains an outline of the history of the anarchist movement in Brazil to the present day,and records some of the figures who made it what it was. 33 pages. $3.50 | |
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AIDS Conspiracy Theories - tracking the real genocide , by David Gilbert with commentary by the late BLA/BPP prisoner of war Nuh Washington and others. Political prisoner and AIDS activist David Gilbert exposes the right-wing, racist and homophobic foundations of conspiracy theories surrounding the origins of AIDS, and shows how these in fact serve to divert attention from the less spectacular but all-too-real genocide facing Black people today. 49 pages. $3.00 |
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All Power To The
People, Nuh Washington. A collection of writings by Albert Nuh
Washington, a former member of the Black Panther Party and Black
Liberation Army. Washington was imprisoned in
1971 as a result of the U.S. government`s war against the Black
Liberation Movement and subsequently spent 29 years as a political
prisoner (one of the New York Three). He
died alone of cancer in the U.S. prison system on April 28,
2000. This is the largest collection of his writings and words ever
published, and is a tribute to his memory. All profits from the sale of
this book go to support Washington's comrades Herman Bell and Jalil
Muntaqim. (the other two of the New York 3) who remain behind bars
today. 111 pages. $15.00 |
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All Things Censored, Vol. I, by Mumia
Abu-Jamal . Here are the radio commentaries, the last of them
recorded just two days before Pennsylvania prison authorities
instituted a media ban to further silence the most famous death row
prisoner in the US. To hear his voice is to understand why the state is
going to such extremes to silence him. Included are an NPR commentary
by the late great William Kunstler, also banned by
NPR, and brief statements or readings of Mumia's work by Alice Walker,
Dorothy Allison, Robert Meeropol, Howard Zinn, Sister Helen Prejean,
and Judi Bari. $14.95 |
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Allies for Freedom/Blacks on John Brown
, by Benjamin Quarles. Two books combined into one, the first is a
biography of John Brown, who engaged in
armed struggle to end slavery in the United States. The second is
a compilation of writings on Brown by Black writers, from 1858 to 1972.
244 and 164 pages Kersplebedeb Price: $9.50 |
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The Almost Perfect Crime : The
Misrepresentation of Portuguese Anarchism, Julio
Carrapato. Portuguese anarchism has been overshadowed
by the events in neighbouring Spain and often deliberately ignored
by statist partisans of communism and liberalism. But, for all that,
Portugal has a long tradition of libertarian organisation. It runs from
the first days of the International in the 1870s, to the insurrection
of 1910, fighting the fascist dictatorship from the 1920s to the '70s,
continuing up to the present day. This pamphlet uncovers that hidden
history. 13 pages. $3.00 |
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Anarchism, Marxism and Hope for the
Future , by Noam Chomsky. $1.00 |
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Anarchism: the Feminist Connection,
by Peggy Kornegger.Peggy Kornegger was an editor of the American
feminist magazine The Second Wave . The text of this pamphlet -
now an anarcha-feminist classic - first appeared as an article in the
spring
'75 issue of Second Wave . 34 pages. $3.00 |
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Anarchism, What it Really Stands For
, by Emma Goldman. With a biographical sketch of Goldman by the
Workers' Solidarity Movement. 20 pages. $2.25 |
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Anarchist Economics - an alternative for a world in crisis , by Abraham Guillen. The economics/experience of the Spanish anarchist collectives 1936-39. A rare - and welcome - look at economics from an anarchist perspective. $3.75 | |
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The Anarchist Resistance to Franco.
A collection of pictures of Anarchist fighters against post-war
Francoism. Includes biographical notes by Antonio Tellez. "The
post-civil war Resistance was not wiped from memory. Like Franco's
post-war genocide of a million, which gave rise to it, it was
deliberately obscured both while
and after it happened." Kate Sharpley Library $2.50 |
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The Anarchist Response to War and Labor
Violence in 1914: Rebecca Edelsohn, Alexander Berkman, Anti-militarism,
Free Speech and Hunger Strikes. Rebecca (Becky) Edelsohn was a dynamic New York Anarchist active in unemployment protests, anti-militarism, and solidarity actions with both the Mexican Revolution and the Colorado miners strike at the time of Rockerfeller's notorious Ludlow Massacre. This work examines both the New York Anarchist movement of the time (including the Lexington Avenue explosion which killed four militants) and her personal struggle - on the streets, in the courts, and finally in jail. Concluded with writings from "The Woman Rebel" and "Mother Earth", including her speech at the memorial of Caron, Berg and Hanson. 25 pages $3.00 |
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Anarchist Yellow Pages, (2004 edition) - a
useful 115-page directory of anarchist contacts (groups, organisations,
papers etc.) around the world, although North America and Europe do
predominate. Perfectly bound. $8.00 SPECIAL PRICE! |
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Anarchy, by Elisee Reclus. This
is a reprint of an article by anarchist geographer Elisee Reclus, which
first appeared in the Contemporary Review, May 1884.14 pages saddle
stitched. $1.00 |
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Anarchy in the UK - The Angry Brigade
, by Tom Vague. The Angry Brigade was a movement in Britain that
challenged reaction and state power in all its forms. Here, in Tom
Vague's notorious barbed pop-culture style, is the story of Britain's
premier revolutionary hooligans. Drawing extensively on the Angry
Brigade's communiques themselves, along with both the
underground/counter-cultural and mainstream press of the late 60s/early
70s, and police and court documents, the book is profusely illustrated
throughout. AK Press. $14.95 |
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Anti-Mass - methods of organization for collectives , $2.50 | |
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The Arcane of Reproduction - Housework,
Prostitution, Labor and Capital, by Leopoldina Fortunati. While
I cannot honestly recommend this book, i am sure it will be of interest
to some. I suspect part of the problem is in the translation, and an
original text that was probably laden with jargon - or pehaps it is
simply like a friend said: "Steeped in the canon." The thing is that
even after scratching through the verbiage, i'm left with the feeling
that maybe just maybe
even if it were written in plain language, i would still not agree with
Fortunati's argument. That said, given how we often continue to not pay enough attention to questions of unwaged labour, including housework, and the continuing dearth of analysis of the role of prostitution in making capitalism tick, it is always nice to see someone trying to grapple with these questions. I'm halfway through the book now, so i may rewrite this when i get to the end... 176 pages $12.00 |
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As Nature Made Him, by John Colapinto,
read by Howard McGillin. The story of David Reimer who's botched
circumcision as a baby resulted in him living the first 14 years of his
life as a girl. Yet at age 14, he makes the decision to live life as a
male. David's early life was used as the example
that gender identity was based on physical biology/nurture, whereas
Reimer's decision to reject Dr John Money's insistence that he
"conveniently" become female has been embraced by the trans-community
as an example
of individual gender freedom being more important than theories from
the "experts". AUDIO BOOK - Remaindered Kersplebedeb Price: $15.00 |
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Assata, by Assata Shakur. This captivating book by Black Liberation Army fugitive Assata Shakur (s/n JoAnne Chesimard) gives the feel for the context and substance of revolutionary Black politics in the 1960s and 70s, not to mention a personal account of the extent of political repression in America. Wten following her escape from prison in 1979 (she now lives as a political refugee in Cuba). For more information about Assata Shakur, click the icon to your right. $14.95 |  |
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Anti-Fascist Recollections 1984-93, by K. Bullstreet. A
no-punches pulled account of Anti-Fascist Action’s fight against
fascism in Britain by a grassroots anarchist member of AFA. Written
with honesty and a sense of humor, the tale of challenging the fascists
for control of the streets – and winning – never descends to political
cliché, nor is it merely a list of brawls – though there are
plenty of those! 29 pages - $3.00 |
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Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography, by Jim Tully. Tully's father was a ditchdigger, his mother died when he was very young, and he spent several years in an orphanage. By the time he was 14, he was a road-kid hopping freight trains. In this vivid piece of outlaw history, the first of 5 (somewehat fictionalized) autobiographies, Tully takes us across the seamy underbelly of pre-WW1 America on freight trains, and inside hobo jungles and brothels, while narrowly avoiding railroad bulls and the wardens of order. Includes an introduction by Charles Willeford. 170 pages $15.00 | |
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Behind the Barricades: The Best of David
Rovics. No stranger to the picket line and North American protest
scene, Rovics brings his guitar and songs to support those who struggle
for change. A prolific songwriter, this greatest hits package takes,
over 70 minutes, the best from his first 6 self-released CDs, together
with 3 previously unreleased tracks specially recorded
for this collection. Shaping the issues of today into a witty and often
biting commentary, Rovics carries on a folk tradition of rabble-rousing
and agitating that would make Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie proud. 21
tracks (Compact Disc) $14.98 |
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Biopiracy: The plunder
of Nature and Knowledge, by Vandana Shiva. Looking at
imperialism's ongoing assault against the South's biological and other
resources. Since the land, forests, oceans, and atmosphere have already
been colonized, eroded, and polluted, Northern capital is now carving
out new colonies to exploit for gain: the interior spaces of the bodies
of women, plants, and animals. 148 pages $13.00 |
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Breaking Free: the Adventures of Tintin.
Great anarchist remake of the Tintin comic strip. ATTACK International. $11.75 |
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Breaking the Walls of
Silence, AIDS and Women in a New York State Maximum-Security
Prison, by the AIDS Counseling and Education Programme. In
New York State in the 1980s, one in five women entering prison was
infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Those pegged as carriers
were ostracized by others fearful that the deadly disease could spread
in any number of ways in close quarters. At the maximum-security prison
Bedford Hills, a group of women banded together with the support of
their superintendent to launch a peer-counseling and education
program called ACE. This is their story. (Interesting to note that
both Judy Clark and Kathy Boudin were involved in this project.) Hardcover 336 pages - Remaindered Kersplebedeb Price: $6.00 |
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Broadening the Struggle and Winning the
Media War - "Marcos Mystique", "Guerilla Chic" and Zapatista P.R.
, by Nicholas Henck. A sympathetic look at the relationship of the EZLN
guerilla army, and more specifically its charismatic spokesman Marcos,
and the world media and liberal opinion. $5.00 |
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The Buenos Aires Tragedy: The Last
Fight of Severino di Giovanni & Paulo Scarfo. No
discussion of Italian anarchism, the movement in Argentina or
illegalism can pass over Severino di Giovanni and his comrades in
silence. With written propaganda and acts of violence they attacked
fascism, the framing of Sacco and Vanzetti, the Argentinian
dictatorship and the
entire capitalist order. Their uncompromising revolt led them into
conflict with other anarchists and eventually to a final, fatal
showdown - 29 January-2 February 1931 - with the state that they
defied. This pamphlet is a tribute originally published in L'Adunata
dei Refrattari, drawing on letters from comrades in Argentina who had
escaped the final repression. Also included is a letter from America
Scarfo - lover of Severino, sister of Paulo and comrade of both. 34
pages $3.50 |
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Caliban and the Witch - Women, the Body
and Primitive Accumuluation, by silvia Federici. This is the
book that pushed me to start carying stuff from Autonomedia. The
origins of capitalism and patriarchy, not as “necessary stages” or
“progressive” developments, but as counter-revolutionary cancers
fomented centuries ago by Europe’s feudal ruling class to neutralize
the struggles of the oppressed. A very thought-provoking read that
deals with some very important, and much-neglected, questions. 285
pages $15.95 |
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Chile: Promise of Freedom .
This audio CD features interviews with Isabel Allende, Ariel Dorfman,
Isabel Letelier, and people in global pursuit of the Pinochet/Kissinger
cases, as well as the archived voices of Salvador Allende, his
supporters, and witnesses of the 1973 coup. Includes the attack on the
presidential palace, Allende's speech at the UN, as well as remarks by
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. The story documents the events from
the rise of the Allende-led Popular Unity government, the bloody coup,
the disappeared, and the emerging democratic process. 60+ minutes $12.00 |
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Chomsky on Anarchism, by Noam
Chomsky, edited by Barry Pateman. A different side of this best-selling
author, includes numerous pieces that have never been published before,
as well as rare material that first saw the light of day in
hard-to-find pamphlets and anarchist periodicals. Taken together, they
paint a fresh picture of Chomsky, showing his life-long involvement
with the anarchist community, his constant commitment to
nonhierarchical models of political organization, and his hopes for a
future world without rulers. 245 pages $16.95 |
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Class Warfare in the USA and the Proper
Way to Mutiny, by Joe LeVasseur. A look at the class
composition of the U.S. anarchist scene and what it means from a
working class perspective. Overworked and Still Broke Publishers
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The CNT and the Russian Revolution
, by Ignacio de Llorens. What were the relations between the
anarcho-syndicalist CNT and the Russian Bolshevik regime? An account of
their entry and exit from the Red International of Labor Unions. 15
page $3.00 |
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Collective Liberation on my mind , by Chris Crass. Essays examining the prospects and arguments for a pro-actively multicultural and feminist movement againt capitalism and oppression in general, grounded in the everyday realities of the oppressed. Reflections on the Battle of Seattle, the civil rights movement, elitism in "the movement" and more. To read some of the essays in this pamphlet, click the icon to your right! $3.75 | |
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Come September, by Arundhati
Roy. Speaking poetically to power on the U.S. government's "War
on Terror", globalization, and the misuses of nationalism, Arundhati
Roy contextualizes the recent invasion of Iraq within the history of
U.S.-sponsored interventions in Chile, Palestine, and Afghanistan. With
lyricism and passion, Roy combines her literary talents and
encyclopedic knowledge to expose injustice and provide hope for a
future world. A
lively introduction and discussion with Howard Zinn rounds out this
engaging, provocative recording. Compact Disc $14.98 |
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Coming of Age, A New Afrikan
Revolutionary, by Safiya Asya Bukhari. From the
introduction: "Read 'Coming of Age' and become aware of the path taken
by one New Afrikan woman as her youthful search for the "amerikkan
dream" led her to conscious participation in the New Afrikan
Independence Movement: to the Black Panther Party; the Black Liberation
Army; to capture and imprisonment as a New Afrikan Prisoner of War. The
story which describes the coming of age of Comrade-Sister Safiya is but
one page from the book of New Afrikan life. This page describes the
conditions which have led others before Sister Safiya to realize that
decisions must be made, so that We become part of the solution to our
problem." A reprint authorized by Spear & Shield Publications. $1.50 |
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Communiques of the Zapatista Army of
National Liberation, January-August 1996. 36 pages. $3.00 |
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Comunal: palabras desde las comunidades
del Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca 'Ricardo Flores Magon' ,
by CIPO-RFM and Ce-Acatl. Written entirely in Spanish, a fully
illustrated book looking at the indigenous "Ricardo Flores Magon"
community in Oaxaca state, Mexico. 80 pages $15.00 |
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Confronting Fascism, discussion
documents for a militant movement
; by Anti-Racist Action Chicago, Don Hamerquist, J. Sakai and
Mark Salotte. New discussions questioning & then overturning
established radical theories about world fascism and its revival. From
the ranks of
militant anti-fascist activists. Published by Chicago Anti-Racist
Action, Arsenal and Kersplebedeb. 169 pages perfectly bound. $20.00 |
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Conquest Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, by Andrea Smith with a foreword by Winona LaDuke.Examining the connextion between various forms of social violence, control and disposession aimed at Indigenous people in america, and how they relate to the high rates of violence against Native American women - the most likely to suffer from povety-related illness and to survive rape and partner abuse. Smith also outlines radical and innovative strategies for eliminating gendered violence. 244 pages – South End Press (ISBN 0-89608-743-3) $18.00 | |
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Counter-Productive - Québec City
Convergence Surrounding the
Summit of the Americas , compiled by Luca Palladino and David
Widgington. In April 2001 the political elite from across the Americas
met in Quebec City to
discuss the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. The co-called "Summit
of the Americas" was marked by days of militant protest as thousands of
people gathered to show their opposition to corporate globalization. In
this beautiful (if somewhat artsy) booklet twenty five participants in
these protests tell their stories. 131 pages + spoken word CD (over an
hour long!). $18.00 |
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Dear Motorist, reprint of the anti-automobile essay "The Social Ideology of the Motorcar", written by the French group Le Sauvage in 1973. This 8-page pamphlet has been widely reproduced over the years. $1.00 | |
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Death by Crystal, A Johannah Wilder
Mystery, by Agnes Bushell. A man has been found dead, killed
with a large amethyst crystal, in the studio of a gay activist and
artist. In their search for evidence that will keep the studio owner
out of jail, our lesbian detective duo confront drug enforcement
agencies, criminal syndicates and the cops. Set in the author’s home
state of Maine - a detective novel for radicals. 149 pages $11.25 |
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Detroit: I Do Mind
Dying: a study in urban revolution, by Dan Georgakas and Marvin
Surkin, foreword by Manning Marable. The story of the Dodge
Revolutionary Union Movement, based in Detroit, and the League of
Revolutionary Black Workers, two of the most important political
organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. This "updated" edition includes a
new forward by Manning Marable, a new preface by the authors and two
new chapters at the end of the book, including one in which the authors
interview four Detoiters twenty years later about their experiences in
the DRUM. 254 pages – South End Press $18.00 |
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Digger Tracts 1649-50, edited and introduced by Andrew Hopton. While it may be pushing things to say that these pieces are just as accessible and relevant today as when they were first written almost 400 years ago, it is certainly true that they are as relevant as when this 36-page pamphlet was first published by Aporia Press in 1989. The Diggers, for those who don't know, were a communalist movement in 17th century England. $3.75 | |
| Direct Action, by Ann Hansen. This
is an autobiographical account of Direct Action, or the Vancouver Five:
five members of the West Coast Canadian anarchist scene who went
underground in
the 1980s to carry out armed actions against an arms manufacturer,
a sex shop that specialized in hardcore pornography, and
a hydro substation. Hansen spent seven years in prison after her
capture by the State. 493 pages. $19.50 |
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Direct Action CD, by Ann Hansen.
Recorded in October 2002, Ann Hansen reflects on the successes and
failures of the bombings she participated in in the 1980s,
and dispels some of the common myths surrounding not only her
actions, but armed struggle in general. She also explores the
differences between direct action and terrorism as means of affecting
social
change; laying the groundwork for defining what direct action means,
what its guiding principles are, and how it can be applied successfully
and meaningfully in today's political climate. 55 min. $12.00
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Documents Regarding the Struggle at Six
Nations, June 2006. This document - produced anonymously by
“some people” , and updated since it first appeared in May 2006 -
includes background material and documents regarding the struggle at
Six Nations itself, as well as a useful chronology up until June 20th.
Includes Canada is a Colonial Country by Andrew Orkin, Caledonia’s
Mohawks Have Plenty Of Reason To Mistrust the Law by Kenneth Deer,
the Statement from the Clan Mothers, a report from the
day of the police attack by Hazel Hill, and much much more. All funds
from sales of this pamphlet go to support the Six Nations’ Reclamation,
an inspirational act by First Nations people to protect their land in
Caledonia, Ontario. 73 pages (letter size) - $5.00 |
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Dreamer of the Day; Francis
Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International, by Kevin
Coogan. This is a great book, if you’re really interested in the nitty
gritty details and nuances of postwar fascist intellectuals and schools
of thought. An unusual and fascinating read, chapters are very short,
often semi-anecodtal, and could almost stand alone, their point of
connection
being Francis Parker Yockey, a deranged man who became, after his
suicide,
something of a theoretical guru for some of the more innovative
sections
of the far right. Know your enemy! 648 pages $16.95 |
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Dreams of Freedom; A Ricardo Flores Magon
Reader, edited by Chaz Bufe and Mitchell Cowen Verter. For the
first time the writings of this contemporary of Emiliano Zapata and
Pancho
Villa have been published in English. Includes a lengthy biographical
sketch
that places Magon’s work in historical context, a comprehensive
chronology,
bibliography, and an introduction by Benjamin Maldonado. 420 pages - AK
Press $19.95 |
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Durutti in the
Spanish Revolution, by Abel Paz. The definitive biography of
Spanish
revolutionary and military strategist, Buenaventura Durruti,chronicling
an entire nation and a tumultuous historical era. Paz seamlessly weaves
intimate biographical details of Durruti’s life – his progression from
factory worker and father to bank robber, political exile and,
eventually, revolutionary leader – with extensive historical
background, behind-the-scenes governmental intrigue, and blow-by-blow
accounts of major battles and urban guerrilla warfare. Written with a
thorough and sympathetic understanding of the anarchist ideals that
motivated Durruti, this is an amazing and exhaustive study of an
incredible man and his life-long fight against totalitarianism in both
its capitalist and Stalinist forms. 795 pages - AK Press $27.95 |
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Ecofascism, by Janet Biehl and
Peter Studemaier. In order to preserve the liberatory aspects of
ecology, the authors, as social ecologists, explore the German
experience of fascism and derive from it historical lessons about the
political use of ecology. Including two essays-"Fascist Ideology: The
Green Wing of the
Nazi Party and its Historical Antecedents" and "Ecology and the
Modernization of Fascism in the German Ultra-Right." AK Press. $7.00 |
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Enemies of the State, a frank discussion of past political movements, victories and errors, and the current political climate for revolutionary struggle within the u.s.a.With European-American anti-imperialist political prisoners Marilyn Buck, David Gilbert and Laura Whitehorn. Published by Resistance in Brooklyn. Published by Solidarity. To read more, click the icon to your right! $6.00 | |
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Essays from the Minister of Defense , by Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton. $2.50 | |
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Every Cook Can Govern, by Cyril Lionel Robert James, an important and unorthodox Pan-Africanist and Marxist. This pamphlet is his study of democracy in ancient Greece and its meaning for today. $3.00 | |
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EZLN Communiques #1 - Navigating the
Seas . A collection of Zapatista National Liberation Army
communiques, from December 22nd 97 - January 29th 98. This particular
body of communiques captures the events in Chiapas during a time of
extreme tension and unease - the massacre of Acteal and the military
incursions. A very fine collection, beautifully produced, with
photographs, an introduction, maps of southern Mexico, a glossary and
resource guide. $3.00 |
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EZLN Communiques #3 - Masks and Silences
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3rd in the beautifully produced and translated series of missives from
the jungles of southern Mexico, these from April-July 1998. $3.00 |
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EZLN Communiques #4 - The War Against
Forgetting . Brand new installment of communiques, statements
and analysis from the mountains of southeast Mexico. This batch covers
August-November 1998. As ever, they are beautifully produced, and
complete with maps, and an extensive, updated contacts list. $3.00 |
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Facing the Enemy: A History Of
Anarchist Organisation From Proudhon To May 1968, by Alexander
Skirda. Critical and engaged, Skirda offers biting and incisive
portraits of the major anarchist thinkers, and more crucially, the
organizations they inspired, influenced, came out of and were spurned
by. Opinionated and witty, he is equally at home skewering the actions
of the early anarchist Victor Serge as he is the Paris chief of police
who organized undercover "anarchist bombers" in an attempt to
infiltrate and discredit the movement. Bakuninist secret societies; the
Internationals and
the clash with Marx; the Illegalists, bombers and assassins; the mass
trade unions and insurrections; and, of course, the Russian and Spanish
Revolutions are all discussed through the prism of working people
battling fiercely for a new world free of the shackles of Capital
and the State. AK Press. $17.95 |
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False Nationalism False Internationalism , by E. Tani & Kaé Sera, provides a critical history of revisionism, opportunism, and parasitical relationships between white and black revolutionary organizations in the United States. This essay was an attempt to evaluate the rise in radical armed activity in the US during the 1960s and 1970s from an activist perspective. 260 pages spiral bound.. $22.50 | |
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Fascism, by George Jackson. A
reprint of this text by this martyred Black prison revolutionary.
$3.75 |
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The
FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders, by John Potash. i
picked this up at the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Radical Bookfair in
Baltimore. It contains a wealth of names, dates and events detailing
the use of COINTELPRO style tactics by the FBI against a generation of
political rap artists. Based on 12 years of research and includes over
900 endnotes. Sources include over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA
and FBI documents, court transcripts, and many mainstream media
outlets. It looked interesting so i picked up a few copies - available
while they last! 270 pages $20.00 |
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Fired by the Ideal: Italian-American
Responses to Czolgosz's killing of McKinley, by Giuseppe Ciancabilla.
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, until an
anarchist from a Polish-Russian immigrant family - Leon Czolgosz -
assassinated him on September 6th 1901. Fierce repression struck the
anarchist movement, and as a result many offered only lukewarm support
for Czolgosz. An exception was the anarchist newspaper L'Aurora,
based among Italian miners in Spring Valley, Illinois, and edited by
the author of this pamphlet. This newspaper spoke up stongly in defense
of the assassination, and found itself in the crosshairs of the State.
This pamphlet consists of writings and statements from the time of the
assassination, centering on the repression faced by Ciancabilla. 28
page $3.50 |
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Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto,
by Bernard Goldstein. The author was a leader of the Jewish underground
with the socialist Bund in the Warsaw Ghetto prior to its liquidation
by the Nazis in 1943.This is his account of life in the underground -
organizing housing, food, and clothing within the ghetto; communicating
with the West for support; and developing a secret armed force. His
surprisingly modest and frank depiction of a community under siege at a
time when the world chose not to intervene is enlightening,
devastating, and ultimately inspiring. 260 pages $19.00 |
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Free Women of
Spain, by Aillen O'Carrol. This is the text of a talk given by
a member of the (anarchist) Workers Solidarity Movement in July 1995
. This talk assumes a certain knowledge of the Spanish Revolution
of 1936. 15 pages. $2.25 |
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Free Women of Spain:
Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women, by
Martha A. Ackelsberg. Cowards don't make history; and the women
of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough
to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, these women
mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during the
Spanish
Revolution to strive for community, education, and equality for women
and the emancipation of all. Militants in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT
union, Mujeres Libres struggled both against fascism, the state, and
reaction; and the less than supportive attitudes and concerns of their
male comrades. Martha Ackelsberg writes a comprehensive study of
Mujeres Libres, intertwining interviews with the women themselves and
analysis connecting them with modern feminist movements. This new
edition includes additional research Ackelsberg carried out for the
Spanish language edition, together with a brand new introduction
written in the light of the new social
movements, and resurgence of anarchism, post-Seattle. 287 pages $20.00 |
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The Friends of Durruti Group: 1937-1939
, by
Agustin Guillamon. This is the story of a group of anarchists engaged
in the Spanish revolution. Essentially street fighters with a long
pedigree of militant action, they used their own experiences to arrive
at their analysis. This study - drawing on
interviews with participants and synthesizing archival information - is
THE definitive text on these unsung activists. AK Press. $9.95 |
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The Green Nazi. An investigation into
fascist ecology , by J. Sakai. A book review of Blood and
Soil , a book by academic Anna Bramwell, disputing her flattering
portrayal of Third Reich Imperial Peasant Leader Walther Darre. Takes a
critical look at the relationship between social and natural purity,
the green movement and the far right. 33 pages saddle stitched $3.00 |
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Guerilla Warfare, a method, by Che Guevara. $3.00 | |
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Guns for Hire: How the CIA and U.S.
Army Recruit Mercenaries for White Rhodesia, a historical reprint.
A collectors item from the anti-colonial struggles of the seventies.
This text details how the US military and CIA colluded with Solider
of Fortune magazine and others to send white mercenaries to fight
for the Ian Smith regime in Rhodesia. While the nitty gritty details
are mainly of historical significance, given the heavy reliance on
"contractors" in Iraq and elsewhere, the broad outlines of this work
remain relevant today. From the introduction by Jon Dough: "Although
the CIA's mercenary operation for Zimbabwe had failed in the end, the
machinery remains as a covert weapon that can be restarted and put to
use in new imperialist interventions and wars in the Global South.
That's why this investigative report still has useful knowledge for
everyone tracking the bloody footprints of the u.s. empire." 40 pages saddle-stitched $4.00 |
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The Hardcore/Punk Guide to Christianity
, by Robin Banks. A critical examiniation of Christianity, and how it
intersects with the punk scene in North America, by an ex-Christian. 38
pages saddle stitched $3.75
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Hauling Up the Morning/Izando la Manana
- writings & art by political prisoners and prisoners of war in the
United States. Edited by political prisoners Ray Luc Levasseur
and Tim Blunk, with an introduction by Black Liberation Army fugitive
Assata Shakur, this book contains paintings, poetry, essays and prose
by dozens of imprisoned revolutionaries in the United States. 408 pages
REMAINDERED $15.00 |
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Heartcheck, by Jeffrey “Free”
Luers and Rob “Los Ricos” Thaxton. Both of the authors are
eco-anarchist prisoners serving time for their activities - Thaxton
received a 7 year sentence on charges of assault and riot on the June
18th “”Day of International Action Against the Global Economy” and
Luers received a staggering 22 year sentence for setting fire to three
SUVs. Here they lay out their
ideas on what is needed to stop the empire. An action-oriented,
caffeinated
plea for radical resistance from two guys who walked their talk and are
now paying the price. Proceeds from the sale of this pamphlet go to
benefit
the authors. 36 pages $7.00 |
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Hope Breathing Life:
Postcards
for Liberation, by Zolo Agona Azania. Sixteen postcards
featuring
artwork by Zolo Agona Azania, a New Afrikan political prisoner who has
spent
23 years on death row, and this despite having forced the State to
admit
to racist improprieties in his trial and and having his sentence
overturned
not once but twice - despite a judge ruling in May 2005 that the State
should
not be allowed to pursue the death penalty a third time as this would
constitute
a clear violation of Azania’s rights, the prosecution is appealing,
shamelessly
pulling out all the stops to kill this man! As well as containing
sixteen
postcards by Azania, this booklet includes information about his case
and
current situation. Funds from the sale of this booklet are used for his
support
campaign. 16 postcards + 2 pages - Kersplebedeb & Zolo Agona Azania
Support
Committee (ISBN 0-9731432-9-0) $12.00 |
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Hot Lead Is Medicine: Thoughts on
Whiteness, privilege and violence, by Texas F. Slim. Clearly
written from the "anti-civilization"/insurrectional wing of anarchism,
this snappy little pamphlet is nevertheless a cut above most anarchist
discussions of violence and revolution. 12 pages $1.25 |
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I Cried, You Didn’t Listen: A Survivor’s Exposé of the California Youth Authority, by Dwight E. Abbott. At the age of nine, a family tragedy split up Dwight Abbott’s family, and forced him into the hands of the California Youth Authority. This is the chilling chronicle of his life behind bars – a story of brutality and survival; showing how the systematic abuse of incarcerated children creates a cycle of criminal behavior that usually ends with prison or death. In its first serialization, these writings won a Project Censored award for stories that are significant, yet under-reported in the mainstream media. This edition contains an introduction by Books Not Bars, new pieces by the author, and writing from other victims of the CYA.153 pages - AK Press $14.95 | |
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I've Got to Know, Utah
Philips. "During the Gulf War, I got plenty good and mad...with the
help of Dakota Sid Clifford, I went in a small but very fine
studio...For the next 70 minutes I spouted, fulminated, and
sang about war, peace, pacifism and anarchy - and believe me, I know
what I'm talking about. I used songs, poems, and rants to make the
point."
Utah Phillips on perhaps his most important record to date. A pure
slice of genius from the IWW bard. 33 tracks (Compact Disc) $14.98 |
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It's All Lies. An overwhelming
collection of flyers/posters/protest art
and graphics from the Israeli radical movements of the past
30 odd years. The editors have managed to reproduce (on fancy slick
paper) hundreds of pieces of propaganda translated in both
Hebrew and English in one oversized left-bound volume. Comes with a
multimedia CD containg 30 Israeli punk bands, the book as a
PDF, and a film. $30.00 |
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The Italian Glassblowers Takeover of
1910, by Odon Por. Syndicalism in action. Another forgotten gem
of working class history and self-organisation brought back to life.
Kate Sharpley Library. $2.50 |
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Italian Workers Against Fascism, by
John Hewetson. A reprint of a text written in October 1944 and
published by the British group Anarchy, initially under the title
“Italy After Mussolini”. Details the role of the Italian working class
in toppling fascism, and the role of the Allies and the Italian
political class in sabotaging the anti-fascist struggle. Also some
details on life in occupied Italy.
46 pages. $3.75 |
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Jailbreak out of History - the rebiography of Harriet
Tubman , by Butch
Lee. This is a new, book form, edition of a text previously
published in pamphlet form. This is a major biographical study, which
refutes the standard "American" version of Harriet Tubman's life. At a
time when violence against women of color is at the center of world
politics, uncovering the censored story of one Amazon points to
answers that have nothing
to do with government programs, police, or patriarchal politics.
90 pages. $8.75
(the 300K+ text of this
booklet is
available on this site - click the icon to your right to read it!)
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Joe Hill: IWW Songwriter, by Dean Nolan and Fred Thompson. A short biography of wobblie trobadour Joe Hill. $2.50 | |
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John Brown, May 9 1800 – Dec. 2 1859 . A reprint of this critical look at the righteous struggle of John Brown and his band, who took up arms against the U.S. government to end slavery. Includes a tribute by Nebula and Hugo award winning author Terry Bisson, and a bibliography by anti-imperialist activist Matt Meyer. 24 pages. $3.00 | |
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June 13½, a book by the
“Queens Park Riot” defendants. Published
by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, proceeds go to
the legal defense of people arrested on June 15, 2000 when police
attacked an anti-cutback demonstration in Toronto, Canada. 74 pages $12.00 |
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Krontsadt in
the Russian Revolution, by Efim Yartchuk. At last,
a translation of one of the voices of the Kronstadt rebels.
A translation from the original 'Kronstadt 1921: Proletariat contre
Bochevisme' published in Paris in 1921. To say this is a vital
document is a staggering under-exaggeration. Kate Sharpley Library $6.00 |
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Kuwasi Balagoon: a Soldier's Story; writings by a revolutionary New Afrikan anarchist, by fallen Black Liberation Army freedom fighter Kuwasi Balagoon, with contributions by Meg Starr, David Gilbert and Sundiata Acoli. This 120-page book is an incredible collection of writings by Kuwasi Balagoon, an anarchist revolutionary who fought the good fight with the B.L.A. To read more click the "read more" icon to your right! $15.00 |
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Leninism or
Marxism , by Rosa Luxemburg. Originally written in 1904 under
the title "Organizational Problems of Russian Social Democracy",
Luxemburg was a Marxist who elaborated a critique of what would later
be known as Leninism. A
revolutionary leader, in 1919 she helped lead the Spartakist uprising
in Berlin, and was subsequently executed without trial. 18 pages.
$2.25 |
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Years of Jail, by Miguel Garcia. This interview took place
shortly after Miguel Garcia’s arrival in London (in the late 60s) and
his return to political activity after serving twenty years for his
‘crimes’ – namely, refusing to give up the fight against Franco’s
regime after the end of World War II. In it, he explains the motivation
and methods of the resistance. It is complemented by some of Miguel’s
letters to the press, and a short introduction to his life and times. 14 pages – Kate Shaprley Library $2.50 |
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anarchist life, by Sylvain Garel. Anarcho-Communist,
Anarcho-Syndicalist, Anti-Militarist, but always involved
in social struggles, Louis Lecoin's life presents the map of
a journey through the French Anarchist movement for more than half a
century - from the turn of the century right up till the early 1970s...
Kate Sharpley Library $3.00 |
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Marriage and Love, by Emma Goldman. Anti-marriage rant by Amerikkka's most famous anarchist. $1.00 | |
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Mayday and Anarchism
: Remembrance and Resistance From Haymarket to Now, edited by
Anna Key. Mayday means more than maypoles and pagan love rites.
It's remembrance of class struggle and resistance. It
commemorates the Haymarket Martyrs of Chicago who were framed — and
executed — for their anarchist ideas and fighting for the eight hour
day. Since the 1890s workers have marked Mayday all across the world.
This pamphlet shows the origins and history of Mayday, and the
differing
ways in which Anarchists have responded to its call. 31 page $3.00 |
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Meditations on Frantz Fanon's Wretched
of the Earth, Part One; by Owusu Yaki Yakubu. Part one of a
work in progress, this is a study guide written by a New Afrikan
revolutionary, and member of the Spear and Shield Publishing
collective. Since its founding 25 years ago by a prison collective of
former Black Panther Party members and other revolutionaries, Spear and
Shield has been an active part of the New Afrikan independence
movement. "We call our nation New Afrika, and it exists in both
actuality and potentiality." 26 pages. $3.75 |
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Meditations on Frantz Fanon's Wretched
of the Earth, Part Two; by Owusu Yaki Yakubu. Part two of a
work in progress, this is a study guide written by a New Afrikan
revolutionary, and member of the Spear and Shield Publishing
collective. 38 pages. $3.75 |
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Memories of a Makhnovist Partisan,
by Ossip Tsebry. One of those who took up arms in defence of
the Russian
Revolution - fighting against interventionists, Tsarists, Whites and
Reds, and who linked up with the Makhnovists, survived to tell his
story. A fascinating account of revolutionary Russia as it really was.
Kate Sharpley Library $2.50 |
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Men, Sexism and the Class Struggle , by Men Against Sexist Shit. $3.00 | |
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Message to the Black Movement, by the
Coordinating Committee of the Black Liberation Army. This statement was
originally written in 1975 by the Coordinating Committee of the Black
Liberation Army as part of its effort to consolidate the various
isolated BLA units. It is political analysis, statement of general
political positions, and a contribution to the Black Liberation
Movement specifically, and to the
revolutionary movement in general. Sections include: view from the
armed front; racism and class; leadership of the struggle;
what is protracted war in the black liberation struggle; revolutionary
internationalism & pan- africanism; alliances with whites. 36
pages. While Supplies Last! $4.00 |
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Mexico: The Moon Between The Mirrors Of
The Night And The Crystal Of Day
- A Continuing Fable By Subcommander Marcos .
A collection of writings and communiques from the man behind the
mask. $2.50 |
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edited by Albert Meltzer. Classic autobiography of a life-long Spanish
militant. From Franco’s prisons to exile and beyond. 72 pages – Kate
Shapley Library $2.00 |
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The Militant Tradition: Commemorating Canadian Volunteers of the International Brigades, by Anti-Fascist Forum . $3.00 | |
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The Military
Strategy of Women and Children , by
Butch Lee. Lays out the need for an autonomous and independent women's
revolutionary movement, a revolutionary women's culture
that involves not only separating oneself from patriarchal imperialism,
but also in confronting, opposing, and waging war against it by all
means necessary. Of particular interest is the Lee's critique of
reformist "feminism", and her examination of how genocide, colonialism
and patriarchy are intertwined, not only historically but also in the
present. 116 pages. $15.00 |
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Rural Women and Anarchist Collectivization in Civil War Spain,
by Martha Ackelsberg. A comparison of two different approaches to “the
woman question” by anarchists in revolutionary Spain. 22 pages - $2.50 |
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Money and Power Hook or Crook ,
by Zolo Agona Azania. Written by a revolutionary socialist and
Conscious New Afrikan Nationalist presently a political prisoner in the
United Snakes of Amerikkka. Essays deal with the psychological and
moral distortions of capitalism, and the need for a moral socialist
alternative. Includes artwork by the author, and an introduction by
Owusu Yaki Yakubu. 56 pages $5.00 |
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Mothers and Sons,
by Agnes Bushell. More from this fnie radical novelist - this is both a
companion volume to her Days of the Dead (see
above) and the first in a trilogy of novels whose second and
third volumes are Asian Vespers and After Mistra. This is a privately
published numbered edition. 276 pages $11.25 |
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Mutual Aid and Social Evolution
, by John Hewetson. 17 pages. $2.25 |
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My Enemy's Enemy: essays on globalization, fascism and the struggle against capitalism, Anti-Fascist Forum; this 118-page book contains articles by anti-fascist researchers and political activists from Europe and North America, examining racist and pro-capitalist tendencies within the movement against globalization. They expose the activities of fascists and garden-variety xenophobes, showing that the struggle has to be against capitalism and exclusion, not simply its "neo-liberal" rendition. The second edition of this publication is now perfectly bound (like a book!) and illustrated, and includes new texts. Temporarily out of stock - new edition due out in October. $15.00 | |
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My Visit to the Kremlin, by Nestor
Makhno . Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary's account of his
interviews with the Bolshevik leaders Lenin and Sverdlov in June 1918.
He was not impressed. Kate Sharpley Library $2.50 |
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Ned Kelly's Ghost: the
Tottenham IWW and the Tottenham Tragedy An examination of the
killing of an Australian policeman, the subsequent hangings of two
Australian IWW members convicted of
his murder, and the context - a millitant IWW, an alarmed ruling
class and the Iron Heel of state repression - in which it all
took place. More of our hidden history unearthed. Kate Sharpley Library
$2.50 |
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Nestor Makhno - Anarchy’s Cossack: The
Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921, by
Alexandre Skirda. The phenomenal life of Ukrainian peasant Nestor
Makhno (1888–1934) provides the framework for this breakneck account of
the downfall of the tsarist empire and the civil war that convulsed and
bloodied Russia between 1917 and 1921. More than just the incredible
exploits of a guerilla revolutionary par excellence, Skirda weaves the
tale of a people, and the organizations and practices of anarchism,
literally fighting for
their lives. 420 pages $21.95 |
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The New State Repression, by Ken
Lawrence with an introduction by Kristian Williams. First published in
1985, this is a short essay and analysis of the
theory (and practice) of permanent repression. It posits that the state
now views insurgency of the oppressed as a permanent condition, and
hence has reacted accordingly – a strategy of permanent repression as
the full-time task of the security forces. The author draws on the
theories of low-level counter-insurgency, developed by the British in
Northern Ireland and Kenya, and how it was applied here in North
America during the Reagan era. For what it’s worth, Ken Lawrence was
one of those radicals who had been part of the Sojourner Truth
Organization. In this new edition, Kristian Williams points to the
continuing relevancy for this analysis today. 24 pages - Tarantula
Publishing $3.00 |
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A New World in Our Hearts: 8 Years of
Writings from the Love and Rage
Revolutionary Anarchist Federation edited by Roy San Filipo. The Love and Rage Federation was perhaps the most visible revolutionary anarchist organization in North America in the last few decades. This book keeps alive the many key political contributions Love and Rage made to debates around anarchism and organization, race, white supremacy and the national question, as well as documenting the rise and fall of an important political movement. $11.95 |
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Night-Vision: Illuminating War and Class on the Neo-Colonial Terrain , by Butch Lee and Red Rover. Clearly written from the same pespective as Bottomfish Blues, this book does away with much of the latter's shrill tone and replaces it with cutting-edge theory. Unfortunately I have noticed that many people take a look at the title and decide that this is one of those boring academic books. Nothing could be farther from the truth: this is kick-ass feminism as good as it gets. $14.95 | 
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No War But The Class
War! Libertarian Anti-Militarism Then and Now. Edited by
Anna Key. This pamphlet represents 110 years of
anti-militarist propaganda, from Spain's last imperialist adventure in
1893, through the First World War right up to the 'War On Terror'. It
includes Randolph Bourne's classic analysis of why war is the 'health
of the state' and a recent dissection of the myths of Remembrance
Day.Also included is material from Ricardo Flores Magon, Gustave Herve,
Mother Earth magazine, the
Iron Column from the Spanish Revolution, Alexander Berkman, John Olday
and much more. 20 pages $3.00 |
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Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing
Alternative , by Daniel Cohn-Bendit. Daniel's gripping account
of the May 68 revolt in France is complemented by brother Gabriel's
biting criticism of the collaboration of the state, the union
leadership and the French Communist Party in restoring order, defusing
revolutionary energy & handing the factories back to the
capitalists. Leninism & the unions come under fire as top-down
bureaucracies whose need to manage and control are always at odds with
revolutionary action. AK Press. $17.95 |
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On A Move: The Story of Mumia
Abu-Jamal, by Terry Bisson. Mumia
Abu-Jamal is probably Amerika's most famous political prisoner.
In this sympathetic book Terry Bisson recounts Mumia's life,
providing both a look at both the man and the times that produced him.
Provides a glimpse of life in the Black Panther Party in the sixties
and brutal police repression in Philadelphia in the seventies.
$7.00 |
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On Organization, by Gianni Collu and Jacques Camatte. $3.75 | |
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On the Justice of Roosting Chickens:
Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and
Criminality, by Ward Churchill with an introduction by
Chellis Glendinning.Based on the essay that launched a thousand death
threats, this if Churchill's scathing indictment of American
criminality, a list of charges year bvy year, month by month, day by
day. As a result of the title essay in this book (originally written under the title "Some People Push Back"), Churchill has become the focus of a national right-wing witchhunt; he has been slandered in the press and has been condemned by the governor of Colorado, the State Legislature and many many others. Read it for yourself! (and check out the controversy online by clicking here ) 309 pages $15.95 |
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Organization
means Commitment , a reprint
of a reprint - this anonymously written text on cadre organizations was
originally published in the New Afrikan journal Vita Wa Watu .
$2.00 |
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Outlaws of America; The Weather
Underground and the Politics of Solidarity, by Dan Berger. The
best book devoted to the Weather Underground so far. Berger is both
sympathetic and critical of Weather, but from a left-wing perspective.
Unlike other authors who
have tackled this subject, Berger is not interested in whining about
Weather’s adopting armed struggle against the United States government,
but rather examines their successes and failues in living up to their
own standards, specifically in regards to anti-racism and anti-sexism.
An excellent book. 432 pages - AK Press $20.00 |
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Overworked and Still Broke
#2, by Joe Levasseur. When well done, a personal zine should
also be a political zine, and it is telling that this is so rarely
the case. But here Joe Levasseur does it again, discussing life on the
job, rich kids pretending to be poor, and creepy child molestors, all
from a working class anti-capitalist point of view. Definitely not
a crimethinc publication! 43 pages - $4.25 |
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Pages from Italian Anarchist History,
by Andrea Ferrari and Aldo Aguzzi. This pamphlet
includes two essays - Ferrari's "The Anarchism of the Cervi Brothers"
and Aguzzi's "Italian Anarchist Volunteers in Barcelona
and the Events of May 1937". These take on two different aspects of
the anti-fascist fight: the struggle of the partisans in Reggio Emilia,
and the contribution of the Italian volunteers in Spain in 1937. Both
essays share a common, tragic, subtext: the sacrificing of libertarian
communist revolutionaries (and of the revolutions they fought for)
by an "official" Communism dictated from Moscow. In a postscript on the
recent trial of comrades in Italy, Greece and Scotland, the continuity
of anarchist resistance in Italy, and the need for international
solidarity, is shown clearly. 19 pages $2.50 |
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The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere: Making Resistance to Antisemism Part of All Our Movements, by April Rosenblum. Showing how the left remains vulnerable to anti-semitism, and explaining why radicals should oppose it. Highly accessible, some of the ideas in this pamphlet could have been pushed further... which just means that people should read this, and get pushing! 34 pages - thepast.info (where you can download it) $2.50 | |
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The People Decide: Oaxaca’s Popular
Assembly, by Nancy Davies. In one of the authors first
dispatches she explains that “Oaxaca is a
perfect example of a place where those in power see the collapse of
order – their order. The violence escalates more in line with their
fear than with ours. When they start beating up photographers and
shoving around elderly women, they must be frantic.” It was on June 14,
when thousands of striking teachers – who had been joined by other
social movements in their Oaxaca city encampment – beat back a dawn
invasion by 3,000 state and municipal police, that Davies’ reports
documenting the “collapse of order” began to be taken seriously... More
than seven months later, Oaxaca is known around the world for the
rebellion through which people took back control of the state capital
and other municipalities for more than four months, chased out the
repressive police corps and political bosses, seized control of the
radio and television airwaves, and constructed an alternative
government from below. 234 pages - Narco News Limited Collector's Edition
Galleys $20.00 |
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People's War...
Women's War? two
texts by Comrade Parvati of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) with
commentary by Butch Lee. A looik at women's role in the Nepalese
Revolution, and the relationship of women to Maoism and revolution in
general. The two main
texts in this pamphlet are reprints of essays by Comrade Parvati, one
of
the few women in the central committee of the Communist Party of Nepal
(Maoist).
In her interview with People's March, and her essay The
Question
of Women's Leadership in People's War in Nepal, Parvati is
refreshingly
critical and honest in her appraisal of the role of women in the
CPN(M)'s
peasant guerilla army, drawing conclusions regarding the connections
between
patriarchy and the defeat and degeneration of past communist
revolutions,
and the centrality of women to any successful communist revolution.
Commenting
on these texts, North American Amazon theorist Butch Lee examines the
mixed
record of Marxism-Leninism and Maoism in regards to women's liberation,
the
role of women in armed struggle, and the role of armed struggle in
winning
and defending freedom and autonomy for women and children. 70 pages - $5.00 |
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Personal Recollections of an Anarchist
Past, by George Cores. Written in 1947, these are
recollections from the inside
of the anarchist movement 1883-1939 by a forgotten veteran. Kate
Sharpley Library $2.50 |
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The Price of Fire:
Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia, by Benjamin
Dangl. New social movements have emerged in Bolivia over the
“price of fire” – access to basic elements of survival like water, gas,
land, coca, employment, and other resources. Though these movements
helped pave the way to the presidency for indigenous coca-grower Evo
Morales in 2005, they have made it clear that their fight for
self-determination doesn’t end at the ballot box. From the first
moments of Spanish colonization to today’s headlines, this book offers
a gripping account of clashes in Bolivia between corporate and people’s
power, contextualizing them regionally, culturally, and historically.
226 pages – $15.95 |
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The Prison Industrial Complex and the
Global Economy, by Eve Goldberg and Linda Evans. The
prison-industrial complex isn't about locking up a lot of dangerous
hoodlums. Follow the money & find how the PIC fits into the New
World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs,
capital flight.Evans is a former political prisoner who served time in
federal prison for anti-imperialist actions. 24 pages. $3.00 |
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Prison-Industrial Complex CD by
Angela Davis. A cutting analysis of the phenomenal expansion of the US
prison system, and the industries which feed at that trough. Davis pays
particular attention to how the drug war has played out across the
race, class and gender divisions in US society. Spellbinding,
provocative, powerful. $11.00 |
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Prisons on Fire: George Jackson, Attica
and Black Liberation CD.
Thirty years later, through a mixtures of archive audio
and contemporary interviews, music and narration, the voices of George
Jackson; Jonathan Jackson Jr; Georgia Jackson (mother of George and
Jonathan Jackson); Angela Davis; David Hilliard (former Black Panther
Party leader); James Baldwin; Harry Belafonte; David Johnson, Hugo
Pinell, Luis Talamantez & Sundiata Tate
(all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder
of George Jackson); Frank 'Big Black' Smith (Attica Brother and
prison activist); William Kunstler; Elizabeth Fink and Michael Deutsch
(attorneys for the Attica Brothers); L.D. Barkley (Attica Brother,
murdered in the retaking of the prison in September of 1971,
who announced the Attica Manifesto to the world); and Ruchell Magee
(prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political
activities) introduce and grapple with this history, and its lessons
for today, and tomorrow. $14.95 |
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Que Se Vayan
Todos: Argentina's Popular Rebellion, by John
Jordan and Jennifer Whitney, photography by Andrew Stern/Argentina
Indymedia. An eyewitness account of the financial meltdown and ongoing
grassroots rebellion. Part anarchist travelogue, part radical analysis,
an account by two activists from England who visited Argentina during
the height of the popular rebellion in 2001. With excellent photography
by Andrew Stern of Argentina Indymedia. 60 pages. $4.50 |
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Reading Capital Politically,
by Harry Cleaver. Through a close reading of the first chapter, Cleaver
shows that Das Kapital was written for the workers, not for academics,
and that we need to expand our idea of workers to include housewives,
students, the unemployed and other non-waged workers. Reading Capital
Politically provides a theoretical and historical bridge between
struggles in Europe in the 60s & 70s, and particulary the Autonomia
of Italy to the Zapatistas of the 90s. His introduction provides a
brilliant and succinct overview of working class struggles in the
century since Capital was published. Cleaver adds a new preface to the
AK Press/Anti-Thesis edition. $15.00 |
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Realizing the Impossible: Art Against
Authority, edited by Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland. Exploring
the vibrant relationship between anti-authoritarianism and
aesthetics throughout the past, this is a sprawling and inclusive
collection bursting with ideas and images. With topics ranging from
turn-of-the-century French cartoonists to modern-day Indonesian
printmaking, from people rolling giant balls of trash down Chicago
streets to massive squatted urban villages and renegade playgrounds in
Denmark, from the stencil artists of Argentina to the radical video
collectives of the US and Mexico – as well as conversations with
pioneering anarchist artists like Clifford Harper, Carlos
Cortéz, Gee Vaucher, and members of Black Mask... A richly
illustrated history of art and anarchism! 319 pages - AK Press $23.95 |
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The Religion of Capital: A Satirical
Exposure of Capital's Claims to Sanctity, by
Paul Lafargue. Written in mock-biblical style by this early Marxist
(actually old Karl's son-in-law), this witty attack on the bourgeoisie
has been out of print for decades. Bitterly funny, a caustic attack
on capitalist "morality". Includes a biography of the author. 59 pages saddle-stitched $3.75 |
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Remembering Spain: Italian Anarchist
Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, by Umbert Marzocchi.
The author was a veteran of the struggle
against Mussolini's blackshirts, who was then involved in the supply
of weapons to Spanish anarchists during the Civil War. He fought on
the Aragon front from October 1936 until 1937. This is his account
of those important and bloody days. 28 pages $3.00 |
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Resistance: My Life For Lebanon, by
Soha Bechara. In 1988 the author was sent by the Lebanese Communist
Party to
assassinate a general in the South Lebanon Army, a pro-Israeli militia
that was aiding in the occupation of Lebanon at that time. She failed
to assassinate him, was arrested, tortured, and held for ten years in
Khiam prison. This book traces Bechara’s life from childhood to her
arrest and years of imprisonment. 142 pages - Soft Skull Press $14.00 |
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The Revolution Will Not
Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, edited by
INCITE! Women of color Against Violence. Even as funding shrinks and
government surveillance rises, many activists often find it difficult
to imagine movement-building outside the nonprofit model. Therein lies
the value of this book, where radical activists from around the globe
critically rethinking the long-term consequences of the "non-profit"
organizational model. Urgent and visionary, this book is an unbeholden
exposé of the “non-profit industrial complex” and its quietly
devastating role in managing dissent. 257 pages $18.00 |
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Revolutionary Activism: The Spanish
Resistance in Context, Octavio Alberola texts and interviews
Alvaro Millan and Juan Zambrana. This is glimpse at anarchist
armed opposition to Francoism after the defeat of the Spanish
Revolution. How many know that the anarchists never stopped fighting
Franco and tried - unsuccessfully, unfortunately - to assassinate him
several times, and carried on a guerrilla war till the very end of the
fascist regime? Here the libertarian activist described as 'Franco's
public
enemy number one' recounts some of the context of the new wave of
opposition to the Franco regime in the 1960s, and its international
significance. 19 pages $2.50 |
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Revolutionary Women Stencils,
by Tui. Stencil-drawings and short biographies of twelve revolutionary
women. From Harriet Tubman and Louise Michel to Leila Khaled and Emma
Goldman - and also women like Lucia Sanchez Saornil and Eva Rickard who
North American comrades may be less familiar with.... 25 pages $2.50 |
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The Road Ahead:
applying the science of dialectical and historical materialism to the
prison construct as it exists within California prison system today.
A California prisoner analyzes the continuing deterioration in prison
conditions and the possibilities of resistance, using the tools of
dialectical materialism in the spirit of Mao. (Though for you
anarchists who are wincing,i should point out that this aspect of
Maoism has nothing inherently unanarchistic about it.) With an
introduction by Ed Mead. 26 pages $2.00
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Robert and Mabel Williams Resource Guide, by the Freedom Archives.
This book contains the complete transcript of the audio CD
Self-Respect, Self Defense and Self-Determination (see
below), as well as the complete text of the pamphlet People with
Strength, by
legendary radical journalist Truman Nelson, and historicalal photos
from
the Black liberation struggle in the 1950s and 1960s. 84 pages $10.00 |
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S11: Truth and Consequences; radical perspectives on September 11 - pieces by William Blum, Ahmed Rashid and Norm Dixon explore the history of U.S. imperialism in Afghanistan and how it helped create Osama Bin Laden and his Al Queda network and pave the way for the Taliban to take power. A smaller section explores the post-S11 fallout within North America, domestic repression and national unity. Published by Solidarity-Arm the Spirit. To see more, click on the icon to your right! $3.50 | |
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Sabate; Guerilla Warfare, by Antonio
Tellez. A new edition of the incredible story of the life, the actions,
and the death of an anarchist guerilla. Sabate was the most famous of
the anarchists who never stopped - after the defeat of the Spanish
Revolution -
fighting Franco. Until his death, in action, in 1960, he and a
few brave comrades physically carried the fight against fascism into
Spain. $10.00 |
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Sabotage in the American Workplace:
Anecdotes of
Dissatisfaction, Mischief and Revenge, edited by Martin Sprouse.
An out-of-print collector’s item, i only have ten copies of this book
and cannot offer any wholesale discount on it at this point. Unlikely
that i will ever get more, so buy it while you can! 174 pages – AK
Press & Pressure Drop Press WHILE
SUPPLIES LAST! $12.00 |
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SCUM Manifesto,
by Valerie Solanas. Wonderful call for the overthrow of the
government, elimination of the money system, and the destruction of
the male sex. A truly awesome polemic from the woman who shot Andy
Warhol. An essential text. Includes a biography of the author by
Freddie
Baer. (BTW "SCUM" stands for Society for Cutting Up Men) 58 pages $6.00 |
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Seizing the Airwaves, a Free Radio
Handbook, by Ron Sakolsky and Stephen Dunifer. The first book
to document and emphasize the myriad voices of the free radio movement,
from Black Liberation Radio in Springfield, Illinois, to Free Radio
Berkeley in Berkeley, California. The first section, "Media Monopoly
And The Rise Of The Free Radio Movement" includes contributions from
Robert McChesney on the political economy of radio in North America and
a history and analysis of the burgeoning pirate radio movement. The
second section, "On The Air," includes interviews with and commentary
by some of the key grassroots participants in micropower broadcasting
worldwide--from Canada, Holland, Haiti and Mexico, as well as America.
The final section of the book consists of a comprehensive technical
guide and how-to manual for going on the air, complete with schematics
and "sound" advice. $12.95 |
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Self-Respect,
Self-Defense and Self-Determination. Robert Williams organized
African-American armed self-defense in the South. President of the
NAACP in Monroe, North Carolina, he led the Black community in
preventing
Klan attacks and opposing the racism of governmental agencies. He was
falsely accused of kidnapping charges by the FBI and was forced into
exile. Williams lived in Cuba and China from 1961-1969. From Cuba he
broadcast Radio Free Dixie, which aired the message of Black Liberation
to the Southern US. He built strong relationships with world leaders
like Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Mao Tse Tung, and organized
international
support for the human rights struggles of African-Americans. This audio
documentary chronicles Williams' life through his interviews, and
speeches
and is narrated by his widow, Mabel Williams. Please note that this audio CD is not the same as the video Self-Respect, Self-efense and Self-Determination, which confusingly enough also features Mabel Williams and is also produced by Freedom Archives and distributed by yours truly - for more informatino on the video please go to the Kersplebedeb Video Page. Also, please note that the transcript of this audio CD is also available alongside other materials in the Robert and Mabel Williams Resource Guide. $15.00 |
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September Commando, by John
Yates. Featuring over 100 of Yates' designs, September Commando
is a visual assault on all things bad. From our benevolent leaders on
Capitol(ist) Hill to Twenty First Century Cops, from his "own"
apathy-embracing (de)Generation X to the selling of Corporate American
ignorance (and purchase thereof) to the (pocket) enlightened m(asses).
September Commando picks up where Stealworks left off and from there on
out it's a trilateral social injustice kill spree. To the barricades,
and don't spare the hors d'oeuvre! AK Press. $10.00 |
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Settlers: Mythology of theWhite Proletariat , by J. Sakai. The authoritative attack on the idea that the American working class is primarily white, with Black, Asian and Indian labour being little more than special interest groups. This book presents US history from a working class, revolutionary and non-white perspective. To see more, click on the icon to your right! $16.00 | |
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Sex-Pol: Three Early Essays,
by Wilhelm Reich. Three essays ("What is Class Consciousness?",
"Reforming the Labour Movement" and "Let the Gabblers Gabble!") written
between 1929 and 1934 which provide probably the simplest and clearest
exposition of Reich's ideas about mass psychology, and his vision of a
movement which could speak to workers in their own language and defeat
the irrational pull of Nazism. 108 pages. $9.00 |
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Six Nations at the Crossroads: Douglas Creek Reclamation,a Pictorial History, Turtle Island News Anniversary Edition - February 28, 2006 - February 28, 2007. A full-colour special edition of this indigenous magazine, full of photos from the succesful defense of the indigenous Reclamation against a violent early-morning raid by Ontario Provincial Police. Please note that despite the h |
