Literature |
| 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. | |
| 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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2009 Certain Days
Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. Here it is again, a
beautful political calendar created by a Canadian collective working
under the guidance and inspiration of u.s. PP/POWs David Gilbert,
Robert Seth Hayes and Herman Bell. Proceeds from this full color
calendar go to the New York Task Force on Political Prisoners, the
Palestinian NGO Adameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association,
and the San Francisco 8. $12.00 |
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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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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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Against Freedom: The war on terrorism in everyday New Zealand life, by Valerie Morse. In 2001, the United States launched the ‘war on terrorism’ in purported response to the September 11th attacks. This book, written by a New Zealand anarchist, provides both a quick and accessible look at what the “war on terror” is all about, and also shows how this global campaign is experienced in a small faraway country. 168 pages $20.00 | |
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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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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. $6.00 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 and Art, From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, by Allan Antliff. Exploring art’s potential as a vehicle for meaningful social change from an anarchist perspective, this survey begins with artist Gustave Courbet and writer Emile Zola’s activism during the 1871 Paris Commune, and ends with an examination of anarchist art during the fall of the Soviet empire. Other subjects include the Neo-Impressionists and their depictions of the homeless in the 1890s; the Dada movement in New York City during World War I; the decline of the Russian Avant-Garde during the 1920s and 30s; the West Coast Beats of the 1940s and 50s; the Modernists of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s; and anarchistic responses to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 by visual artists. Arsenal Pulp Press (ISBN 9781551522180) 213 pages $26.95 | |
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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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Becoming the Media, A Critical History of Clamor Magazine, by Jen Angel. This analysis is presented as a case study on how movement projects and organizations deal with vital but rarely discussed issues such as management, sustainability, ownership, structure, finance, decision-making, power, diversity, and vision. Jen Angel was one of the people behind Clamor Magazine, which existed between 2000 and 2006, covering radical politics, culture, and activism. PM Press (ISBN 978-1-60486-022-1) 44 pages $5.95 | |
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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
$4.50 |
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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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Color of Violence: the
INCITE! anthology. The weakness of a lot of anti-violence
politics is its reliance on the State and its police, courts and
prisons. The weakness of a lot of revolutionary movements is their
failure to engage with problems of interpersonal violence and
anti-social behaviour amongst and between the oppressed. Color of Violence doesn't just untangle this knot, it takes a chainsaw to it, elaborating strategies of radical community intervention and grassroots movement building that avoid the trite while zero-ing in on the experiences of the oppressed. Glimpses of what anti-violence strategies that are anti-cop might look like, of what feminism imbued with anti-racism and anti-imperialism can give us. Anti-violence strategies which acknowledge the fact that the State is itself a major source of abuse and oppression for women in the united states and around the world. Interventions, arguments and strategies dealing with how women can protect themselves and their communities both from interpersonal and systemic violence. A groundbreaking contribution. The best book i read in 2007. Seriously. South End Press (ISBN-13 978-0-89608-762-0) 325 pages $20.00 |
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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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Daring to Struggle,
Failing to Win: the Red Army Faction’s 1977 Campaign of Desperation,
by André Moncourt and J. Smith. In 1970 a small group of West
German revolutionaries decided to go underground, to set up safehouses,
and learn the skills of the urban guerilla. They were the Red Army
Faction. Seven years later, almost all of the original combatants were
in prison or dead, yet, through their example, they had inspired a
militant and illegal support movement, comrades willing to take up arms
in defense of the prisoners. 1977 was to be a year of reckoning.
Through daring attacks and devastating errors, the West German guerilla
brought their society to the brink, mounting one of the most desperate
and incredible campaigns of asymmetrical warfare ever waged in postwar
Europe. That they failed is no excuse to not learn their story, to see
who they were and what they fought for – and, most tragically, to bear
witness to the lengths the state would go to silence them, to make sure
no one would ever again make such an attempt to free the prisoners.
Later this year Kersplebedeb and PM Press will be publishing the first
volume in a documentary history of the RAF by Moncourt and Smith, but
in the meantime this pamphlet is a modest introduction to this story.
43 pages $5.95 |
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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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Death by Regulation
& A Message from a Death Camp: two essays by Russell Maroon Shoatz
on “clean torture” in u.s. prisons. Sensory deprivation,
isolation, control units... these terms represent the all-too-real and
horrible realities to which thousands upon thousands of u.s. prisoners
are subjected, day in and day out. In this short pamphlet, Russell
“Maroon” Shoatz, a veteran of the Black Liberation Army, explains the
realities behind these terms, revealing a cruel world of “clean”
torture which may not leave physical marks, but is designed to inflict
deep psychological wounds. Shoatz writes from experience, having been
incarcerated in such inhumane conditions for over twenty years now. 16
pages $2.00 |
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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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Disaster and Resistance: Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century, by Seth Tobocman with and introduction by Mumia Abu-Jamal. A set of radical comics outlining pressing social and political struggles at the dawn of the twenty-first century — from post 9-11 New York City, to Israel and Palestine, to Iraq and New Orleans. Fans of Seth's classic works, You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive, and War in the Neighborhood, will see that his punch has not softened as his new work skewers the individuals and institutions reaping havoc across the globe today. In his bold comic style, Seth chronicles events as they happen, musing not on the chaos of instability and fear, but on the struggle against it. 170 pages $20.00 | |
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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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Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling
Reader, edited by Matt Hern. An
array of historical and
contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that
children's capacity to learn decreases as soon as they enter
bureaucratic, institutional facilities. Contributors include, among
many others, Ivan Illich, Grace Llewellyn, John Taylor Gatto, Vinoba
Bhave, Emma Goldman, Gustava Esteva, Madhu Prakash, Pat Farenga, the
Pedro Abizu Puerto Rican High School and Albany Free School, as well as
interviews with unschooled children and an array of international
alternative-to-school experimenters in Israel, Thailand, India, and
Mali. 269 pages - $17.95 |
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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
. The
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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F-Word: A
Feminist Handbook for the Revolution
#3. The third issue of this zine is all about "Outlaws".
Interviews include radical historian Howard
Zinn, author and activist Loretta Ross, artist Cristy Road, and gender
outlaw Kate Bornstein. A fascinating history of the pre-Roe Vs. Wade
underground abortion service, JANE, articles by Mos Def and Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore, underground comics, music/film/book reviews and
more all viewed through a radical, fun, feminist lens. $5.95 |
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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. 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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Flights of Angels, My Life with the Angels of Light, by Adrian Brooks. The Angels of Light were a genderfucking hippy performance troupe in the 1970s, growing out of the equally legendary Cockettes in San Francisco. Adrian Brooks was a pivotal member of the Angels; he was the author of many of their shows, and appeared in almost all of their productions during their heyday from late 1974 to 1980. In this vivid memoir, San Francisco in the 1970s comes to life as Brooks recounts the amazing stories of the Angels from behind closed doors, a book that is much about the politics of hippie experience in North America at the time. He also describes his early years as a Pennsylvania youth whose life is transformed by social and political activism: as a radical anti-war Quaker, as a volunteer for Martin Luther King, and later in New York's gallery scene, passing through Andy Warhol's circus before heading west, where the Angels made perfect, beautiful sense of the world. A memoir of the queer seventies counter-culture. Arsenal Pulp Press (ISBN-13: 9781551522319) 272 pages $27.95 | |
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Free Comrades:
Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895-1917, by
Terence Kissack. Examines the opinions and positions of anarchists
towards homosexuality at a time when the topic remained taboo, even for
many on the left. Subjects covered include the trial and imprisonment
of Oscar Wilde, the life and work of Walt Whitman, periodicals
including Tucker’s Liberty and Leonard Abbott’s The Free Comrade, and
the frank treatment of homosexual relations in Berkman’s Prison Memoirs
of an Anarchist. By defending the right to enter into same-sex
partnerships free from social and governmental restraints, the
anarchists posed a challenge to society still not met today. 220 pages $17.95 |
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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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Geek Mafia, by Rick Dakan. A technopirate crime novel following a disgruntled video game designer as he tries to take personal revenge on corporate america. PM Press (ISBN 978-1-60486-002-3) 330 pages $15.95 | |
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Geek
Mafia: Mile Zero, by Rick Dakan.
Dakan's heroes Paul
and Chloe
continue their fun in what has been described as a geeky version of The Sting. Another crime novel from
Rick Dakan. PM Press (ISBN 978-1-60486-006-1) 296 pages $15.95 |
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Granny Made Me an
Anarchist: General Franco, The Angry Brigade and Me, by Stuart
Christie. The author became Britain’s most famous anarchist in 1964
when he was arrested for smuggling explosives in a plot to assassinate
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Charged with “Banditry and
Terrorism,” he served three years of his twenty-year sentence before
international pressure secured his release. Five years later, he stood
trial in London for alleged involvement with Britain’s Angry Brigade,
an urban guerilla group, but was this time acquitted. He is the
cofounder of Anarchist Black Cross, Black Flag magazine, and Cienfuegos
Press. This is his autobiography. 400 pages $19.95 |
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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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Hammered by the Irish:
How the Pitstop Ploughshares Disabled a U.S. Warplane—With Ireland's
Blessing, by Harry Browne with an
introduction by Daniel Berrigan. On a damp night in February 2003, as
the U.S. prepared to invade Iraq, five Catholic Worker activists
scrambled across runways and broke into a hangar at Shannon Airport.
Swinging hammers and a pickaxe, they did more than $2.5 million damage
to a U.S. Navy transport plane. The five were hit with the full
weight of the law, and were quickly condemned by the media and much of
the anti-war movement. But three-and-a-half years later a Dublin jury
decided they were innocent of any crime. This is the story of how a
civilian airport in the west of Ireland became a "Pitstop of Death,"
and how an act of conscience touched the hearts and minds of twelve
jurors, making political and legal history, in an epic of popular
resistance. 180 pages - $15.95 |
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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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How It All Began, The Personal Account of a West German Urban Guerrilla, by Bommi Baumann. The author was a member of the West Berlin Blues scene, out of which emerged the anarchist guerilla 2nd of June Movement in the early seventies. While this book represented Baumann’s turn away from the guerilla (the last chapter is entitled "Terror or Love"), it remains an important document from the period, a glimpse into what it was like to be a working class rebel in the freak counter-culture of the sixties, and how one section of the armed resistance in West Germany emerged from this scene. First published in 1975, the book was immediately banned in Germany - nevertheless, at the time some comrades considered Baumann a traitor, and this book a counter-insurgency work. In retrospect, this seems incorrect, for while the author was clearly moving away from a certain kind of revolutionary politics, he remains honest and sympathetic as he tells the story of his life and struggle against the state. With commentary by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Heinrich Boell. Arsenal Pulp Press (ISBN: 9780889780453) 131 pages $19.95 | |
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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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Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building
Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law, by Staughton Lynd and
Daniel Gross. A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a
precarious global economy.
Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with
a theory of dramatic social change from below, Staughton Lynd and
Daniel Gross deliver a practical guide for making work better while
re-invigorating the labor movement. Labor Law for the Rank and
Filer demonstrates
how a powerful model of organizing called "Solidarity Unionism" can
help workers avoid the pitfalls of the legal system and utilize direct
action to win. This new revised and expanded edition includes new cases
governing fundamental labor rights as well as an added section on
Practicing Solidarity Unionism. This new section includes chapters
discussing the hard-hitting tactic of working to rule; organizing under
the principle that no one is illegal, and building grassroots
solidarity across borders to challenge neoliberalism, among several
other new topics. Illustrative stories of workers' struggles make the
legal principles come alive. 110 pages $10.00 |
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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.
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Let Freedom Ring: A
Collection of Documents From the Movements to Free U.S. Political
Prisoners. Edited by Matt Meyer, with a Foreword by Adolfo
Pérez Esquivel and Afterwords by Lynne Stewart and Ashanti
Omowali Alston. A two-decade sweep of essays, analyses,
histories, interviews, resolutions, People’s Tribunal verdicts, and
poems by and about the scores of U.S. political prisoners and the
campaigns to safeguard their rights and secure their freedom. In
addition to an extensive section on the campaign to free death-row
journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, represented here are the radical movements
that have most challenged the U.S. empire from within: Black Panthers
and other Black liberation fighters, Puerto Rican independentistas,
Indigenous sovereignty activists, white anti-imperialists,
environmental and animal rights militants, Arab and Muslim activists,
Iraq war resisters, and others. Contributors in and out of prison
detail the repressive methods – from long-term isolation to sensory
deprivation to politically inspired parole denial – used to attack
these freedom fighters, some still caged after 30+ years. This
invaluable resource guide offers inspiring stories of the creative, and
sometimes winning, strategies to bring them home. (For a full list of contrbutors and
more information, please click here.) 912 pages $37.95 |
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| Looking Back at Twenty
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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Making a Killing, the
Political Economy of Animal Rights, by Bob Torres. With a focus
on labor, property, and the life of commodities, an examination into
the broad nature of domination, power, and hierarchy. Making a Killing
explores the intersections between human and animal oppressions in
relation to the exploitative dynamics of capitalism. Combining
nuts-and-bolts Marxist political economy, a pluralistic anarchist
critique, as well as a searing assessment of the animal rights
movement, the author challenges conventional anti-capitalist thinking
and convincingly advocates for the abolition of the animal industry.
185 pages $17.95 |
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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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| Miguel Garcia’s Story,
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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Models of Revolution:
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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Move Into the Light: Postcript to a
Turbulent 2007.
Starting from the anti-G8 mobilization at Heiligendamm last year, this
pamphlet tries to provide a "where we're at" from a European
anti-capitalist perspective. Climate change, recent developments in
Latin America and the 2005 revolt in the banlieues in France all figure
into this pamphlet, as the authors try to explore where they are and
aren't and what this might mean for their movement(s). (Pleasse note
that this text is available online at http://turbulence.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/postscript_1107.pdf)
20 pages - $2.95 |
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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 Mother Wears Combat
Boots: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, by Jessica Mills.
Written with humor, extensive research, and much trial and error, My
Mother Wears Combat Boots delivers sound advice for parents of all
stripes. Amid stories of bringing kids (and grandparents) to women’s
rights demonstrations, taking baby on tour with her band, and
organizing cooperative childcare, Jessica gives detailed nuts-and-bolts
information. A clever, hip, and entertaining mix of advice, anecdotes,
political analysis, and factual sidebars that will help parents as they
navigate the first years of their child’s life. 260 pages $16.95 |
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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.
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Only a Beginning, an Anarchist Anthology, edited by Allan Antliff. Drawing on a wide-range of anarchist publications, this is an excellent overview of anarchist publications in Canada from 1976 to the present, but with an emphasis on the 1980s. Publications prominently featured include Open Road, BOA, Demolition Derby, No Picnic, Anarchives, Demanarchie, Reality Now, Bulldozer/Prison News Service, Enless Struggle, Resistance and Kick It Over, though at the same time dozens of smaller publications are also looked at. Profusely illustrated with pages reprinted from the newspapers and magazines in question. Arsenal Pulp Press (ISBN 9781551521671) 405 oversize pages $29.95 | |
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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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Partisanas: Women in
the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation (1936–1945),
by Ingrid Strobl. Common
stereotypes of women during
wartime relegate them to the sidelines of history — to supporting
roles
like dutiful munitions factory workers or devoted wives waiting for
their men to return home. The truth is that much of the armed
resistance to fascism, before and during World War II, can be chalked
up to women about whom official accounts have little or nothing to say.
Through years of intrepid research and numerous interviews with the
participants themselves, Ingrid Strobl excavates the history of the
women who shouldered guns, planned assassinations, planted bombs, and
were among the era's most active antifascist fighters. Strobl's
commitment to and respect for her subjects has resulted in a work of
both scholarly rigor and emotional depth. Weaving moving personal
narratives into the broader history of the European resistance, Partisanas
is both a detailed historical account and an investigation into what
compelled women to reject their traditional roles to take up arms in a
fight for a better world.This first English-language edition was
translated by Paul Sharkey. Author Ingrid Strobl was herself arrested
and charged with membership in the "terrorist" organizations Rote Zora
and the Revolutionary Cells in 1987. 300 pages $21.95 |
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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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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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Possibilities: Essays
on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire, by David Graeber. In this
collection, David Graeber revisits questions raised in his previous
book, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. Employing an
unpretentious style to convey complex ideas, these twelve essays cover
a lot of ground: the origins of capitalism, the history of European
table manners, love potions and gender in rural Madagascar, the
phenomenology of giant puppets at street protests, and much more. But
they’re linked by a clear purpose: to explore the nature of social
power and the forms that resistance to it have taken—or might take in
the future. 400 pages $22.95 |
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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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The Radical Roots of
Divers/Cité by Sketchy Thoughts. In 1990 police attacked
the Sexgarage party in Montreal’s warehouse district. In retrospect,
the subsequent political mobilization looks like the “coming out” of
queer politics in Montreal, and as such is commemorated every year in
that city’s LGBTA march, “Divers/Cité”. This short pamphlet
looks at the context and previous political mobilizations which laid
the basis for people feeling empowered to fight back against police
violence - the Mohawk Nation’s conflict with the Canadian state, the
AIDS activist movement, and previous responses to homophobic violence
in Montreal. A previous version of this text appeared on my blog,
Sketchy Thoughts. 17 pages $2.00 |
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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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Real Cost of Prisons Comix, by Lois
Ahrens. One out of every hundred
adults in the
U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives
mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the
numbers from going even higher. This volume collects the three comic
books published by the Real Cost of Prisons Project. The stories and
statistical information in each comic book is thoroughly researched and
documented. Prison Town: Paying the Price tells the
story of how the financing and site locations of prisons affects the
people of rural communities in which prison are built. It also tells
the story of how mass incarceration affects people of urban communities
where the majority of incarcerated people come from. Prisoners of
the War on Drugs
includes the history of the war on drugs, mandatory minimums, how
racism creates harsher sentences for people of color, stories on how
the war on drugs works against women, three strikes laws, obstacles to
coming home after incarceration, and how mass incarceration
destabilizes neighborhoods. Prisoners of a Hard Life: Women and
Their Children
includes stories about women trapped by mandatory sentencing and the
"costs" of incarceration for women and their families. Also included
are alternatives to the present system, a glossary and footnotes. Over 125,000 copies of the comic books have been printed and more than 75,000 have been sent to families of people who are in prison, people who are inside and to organizers and activists throughout the country. The demand for them is constant and the ways in which they are being used is inspiring. 104 pages $12.95 |
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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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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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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 high price, this is a thin magazine, not a book –
while certainly a collector’s item, it is by no means a documentary
history of the Reclamation. 36 pages – Turtle Island News $18.00 |
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Slingsot - 32 Postcards by Eric
Drooker. Radical artwork by graphic artist Eric Drooker, touching no
themes of oppression and love, misery and resistance. Quite beautiful.
32 postcards - $15.00 |
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Slingshot Organizer 2009.
A handy pocket calendar/agenda with space to
write your engagements, addresses, and notes. With radical events for
every day of the year, a contact list of groups around the globe,
menstrual calendar, info on police repression, extra note pages, plus
much more, all laid out in that funky Slingshot style you've come to
know and love. Available in pocket size ($6.00) or larger spiral bound
($9.00). $6.00 or $9.00 |
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So Long Been Dreaming; Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan. Imagined futures from the perspectives of nineteen writers associated with what might loosely be termed the “Third World,” with stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy, stories that are centred in the worlds of the “developing” nations, stories that dare to dream what we might develop into. Ranging from the dystopian to the poetic to the hopeful, it does was science fiction is supposed to do, stretching the mind in ways you may not have considered before. Arsenal Pulp Press (ISBN 9781551521589) 270 pages $24.95 | |
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Social Anarchism vs. Lifestyle
Anarchism, the Unbridgeable Chasm, by Murray Bookchin. In an
era of privatism, kicks, introversion, and post-modernist nihilism,
Murray Bookchin forcefully examines the growing nihilistic trends that
threaten to undermine the revolutionary tradition of anarchism and
co-opt its fragments into a harmless personalistic, yuppie ideology of
social accommodation that presents no threat to the existing powers
that be. Includes the essay, "The Left That Was." AK Press. $9.95 |
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Soy not Oi! An authorized
reprint of the classic vegan cookbook. Over 100 recipes designed to
destroy the government, complete with musical notes to accompany the
chef. A sure-fire winner for every revolutionary palate. $5.00 |
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The Spirit of Freedom - The War in
Ireland . A reprint of this Attack International classic - a
revolutionary anarchist analysis of the struggle against British
colonial rule in Ireland. Not as pretty as the original (no nice green
cover, for those who remember it), but it has the advantage of being in
print! 71 pages saddle stitched. $4.00 |
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The Story of a Proletarian Life,
by Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The name of Vanzetti, like that of his
comrade Sacco, resonates — it marks the biting point where
revolutionary activism and state repression come to blows. For Sacco
and Vanzetti were two Italian anarchist immigrants who were convicted
of murdering a factory paymaster with the flimsiest of evidencel; they
received the death penalty and were killed in 1927 basically just for
being anarchists. This pamphlet, written in prison, throws a
little light on the life of a man who was much more than a poor fish
peddler, fighting for liberty and destined for the fame of a martyr. 16
pages $3.00 |
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Stranger to the System: life portraits of a
New York City homeless community, collected
and edited by Jim Flynn and Nelson Hall.A collection of
autobiographical writings by people living on the streets on New York
City. Signed by Jim Flynn, who collected these stories. 305 pages -
Curbside Press $8.50 |
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“Strike One to Educate One Hundred” - the
rise of the Red Brigades in Italy in the 1960s 1970s, by Chris
Aronson Beck, Reggie Emiliana, Lee Morris and Ollie Patterson.
Long-rumoured to be out of print, this book is a sympathetic appraisal
of the marxist-leninist Red Brigades. The main criticism that can be
made of this impressive 200 page photocopied book is that the authors
do not deal with the more convoluted and depressing part of the
Brigades’ history after the
kidnapping and killing of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro
in 1978. Nevertheless, a very good read which could serve as an
example as to how this kind of subject matter can be dealt with.
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The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life, by Georgy Katsiaficas. A welcome examination of the European autonomist left, especially in its strongest centers in (West) Germany and Italy. Emerging after the failed revolts of 1968, autonomism developed a radical and often illegal practice which drew heavily on certain Marxist traditions while thoroughly rejecting the reformism of the official “communist” parties and sects. A movement (or movements) from which we can all draw inspiration – and learn lessons! 299 pages - AK Press $17.95 US | |
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Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton
, by Diane Wood Middlebrook. In the days before "transgender" was a
word, Billy Tipton defied the odds and
lived life as a man, marrying five times and fathering several
children, despite the fact that he had been born female. This book is
valuable as one of the few biographical sources about Tipton, but
should be
taken with a grain of salt as the author implausibly, and somewhat
insultingly, insists that Tipton would not have identified as a man,
but as a woman disguing herself in order to be able to make it in a
man's world. Nevertheless, i carry this title as its one of the few
sources of information about this man, who many consider a FTM pioneer. Softcover, 326 pages, Remaindered Kersplebedeb Price: $6.00 |
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Take Back Your Life: A Wimmin's Guide
to Alternative Health Care, by Alicia Non Grata. Originally
published by the Profane Existence anarcho-punk collective, this is an
excellent practical DIY Guide - from healing common infections of the
vagina and bladder to menstruation, birth control and an understanding
of AIDS. 12 pages saddle stitched letter sized pages. $1.50 |
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Tales from the Clit, edited by
Cherie Matrix. From intimate sexual experiences
and physical perception through to the academic arena, this
ground-breaking volume documents women's POSITIVE thoughts, uses, and
desires for,
with, and about pornography. Essays include such diverse topics as
how the authors discovered porn, what it means to a blind and deaf
woman,
running a sex magazine, starting a sex shop, and what the contributors
would actually LIKE to see. Contributors include: Deborah Ryder, Jan
Grossman, Sue Raye, Linzi Drew, Annie Sprinkle, Tuppy Owens, Lucy
Williams,
Nettie Pollard, Avedon Carol, Scarlet Harlot and Caroline Bottomley.
The volume was compiled by Feminists Against Censorship. 144 pages $13.95 |
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Televisionaries: the Red Army Faction
Story 1963-1993, by Tom Vague. An irreverent chronological
history and analysis of the
Red Army Faction. AK Press. $10.95 |
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The Theory and Practice
of Armed Struggle in the Northwest, by Ed Mead. Examining the
history, growing pains, and context of the
George Jackson Brigade, a group of anarchists and marxist-leninists who
between 1975 and 1977 carried out a series of bank
robberies,and bombings in
the Seattle area, and also succesfully broke a comrade out of prison.
Subjects examined include the political environment during the 1970s,
the rationale of those engaged in armed actions
against the State and a critique of the tamed left. Ed Mead was a
member of the GJB who served a total of eighteen years in prison as a
consequence of his activities. This text was written while he was
incarcerated; it is published here for the first time. 45 pages $3.00 |
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They Never Crushed His
Spirit... A Tribute to Richard Williams, with an introduction by
Lynne Stewart, and contributions by Netdahe
Williams Stoddard, Jaan Laaman, Tom Manning, Ray Luc Levasseur, Jamila
Levi, Pat Levasseur, Kazi Toure, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Marilyn Buck, Nehanda
Abiodun, Sundiata Acoli, Mutulu Shakur, Russell "Maroon" Shoats, Carlos
Alberto Torres, Oscar López Rivera, Laura Whitehorn, Susan
Rosenberg,
Adolfo Matos Antongiorgi, and many other friends, family and comrades. Richard Williams was a lifelong anti-imperialist and socialist, one of the Ohio 7 convicted in 1984 of having carried out armed actions against racism and imperialism as a member of the United Freedom Front. After over twenty years of captivity and medical neglect, Richard passed away on December 7th 2005, at the age of 58. 143 pages. $8.50 |
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They Will Never Get Us All! by
Harold H. Thompson. Short essays and poems by this anarchist, who has
spent twenty years behind bars in Tennessee. As an outspoken anarchist
and jailhouse lawyer, Thompson has had to deal with violence from nazis
and prison guards. While this pamphlet was originally published in 1996
by the Anarchist Black Cross, this greatly expanded and updated edition
was published in 2005. Friends of Harold H. Thompson. $3.00 |
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Three Essays by Action Directe Prisoners - "Short Collective Biography of Action Directe Prisoners", "Political Prisoners and the Question of Revolutionary Violence" and "Resistance is a Duty!", explaining the history and giving some insight into the politics of this armed revolutionary organization. $3.00 | |
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Three Into One: The Tripple
Oppression of Racism, Sexism, and Class, by Klaus Viehmann. Paper
Street Publishers (POB 14541, Richmond, VA 23221) have done the
English-speaking left a great service by publishing this pamphlet - an
exceptionally important document from the German revolutionary left.
Written by Klaus Viehmann in 1990 - when he was a political prisoner
incarcerated as a result
of his involvement in the anti-imperialist Revolutionary Cells - this
essay serves as a revolutionary introduction to what in North America
is now often termed anti-oppression theory. Includes addenda written
in 1991 and 1993. 36 pages $4.75 |
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Torture, American Style, by
Historians Against the War. Edited by Margaret Power and including
articles by H. Bruce Franklin, Richard Grossman, Don Luce, Jane
Franklin, Marjorie Cohn and John Cox. This pamphlet looks at Guanatano
prison,
Abu Ghraib, torture in U.S. prisons and a look at how U.S. forces used
torture in Latin America and Vietnam. An important, accessible,
collection
of documents. 22 pages $1.25 |
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The Trial Statements of Ray Luc Levasseur
. Ray Levasseur is a Vietnam veteran, a former organizer for
Vietnam Veterans Against The War, and revolutionary. He has been a
political prisoner since 1984, accused of membership in the Sam
Melville/Jonathan Jackson Unit and United Freedom Front, two
revolutionary anti-imperialist organizations that carried out armed
attacks in the 1970s and 80s in solidarity with national liberation
struggles in the U.S. and internationally against apartheid in South
Africa, U.S. intervention in Central America and in support of Puerto
Rican independence. These three trial
statements spell out his beliefs and what led him to oppose the empire
into which he was born. An additional essay described life in Atlanta
Federal Prison and the effect of support efforts on his behalf. This
title replaces Until All Are
Free , a pamphlet published ten years ago that included one of his
trial statements. 57 pages. $3.75 |
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Trotskyism and Maoism, Theory and
Practice in France and the United States, by A. Belden
Fields. A history of the main two (mutually hostile) strains of
twentieth
century Marxist thought. Definite weaknesses, and the book was written
back in 1988, but still a relatively light introduction and interesting
history of the ideas and groups in both France and the United States.
368 pages $12.00 |
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Under the Yoke of the State: Selectred
Anarchist Respones to Prisons and Crime, Vol. I 1886-1929. This
pamphlet offers personal reflections from anarchists about time spent
behind bars and critiques of the prison system from the Haymarket
frame-up to the Sacco-Vanzetti trial. It gives direct testimony on the
treatment of prisoners in numerous penitentiaries, World War One
internment camps,and Bolshevik jails. It also presents many viewpoints
on how capitalism's exploitation is society's greatest crime, and how
anti-social acts would be treated in a truly free and just world. This
collection includes complete essays by Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman,
and Alexander Berkman, plus material from anarchist fighters Ricardo
Flores Magon, Errico Malatesta, Louise Michel, Albert Parsons, Rudolf
Rocker,
Mollie Steimer, and others. 58 pages $3.00 |
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Upping the Anti #1 (2004)
Interviews with Ward Churchill (on “Anarchism, Indigenism and the
State”), Grace Lee Boggs (on “Revolution as a New Beginning” part one)
and roundtable discussions about anti-globalization and autonomous
Marxism. 124 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti
#2 (December 2005). Roundtable discussion on Palestine
Solidarity organizing, anti-war activism, and solidarity with immigrant
struggles in Canada. Articles by Tom Keefer (“Marxism, Anarchism and
Socialism from Below”) and Taiaiake Alfred & Lana Lowe (“Indigenous
Warrior Societies”), interviews with Himani Bannerji, Grace Lee Boggs
and NEFAC’s Nicholas Phebus. 188 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti #3 (November
2006) The most recent issue of this radical journal from Canada
includes interviews with Aijaz Ahmad (“The Anti-Imperialism of our
Times”) and William Robinson (“Latin America vs. Global Capitalism”),
articles by AK Thompson (“Making Friends With Failure” - thoughts about
Richard Day’s book Gramsci Is Dead), Isabel MacDonald (“Haiti:
Adventures in Colonialism”), RJ Maccani (“The Zapatistas: Enter the
Intergalactic”) and Jen Plyler (“How To Keep On Keeping On” about
sustainable habits for long-term community activism). Also, a
fascinating roundtable discussion about the struggle at Six Nations and
the possibilities and limitations of non-indigenous solidarity. Book
reviews of Sociology for Changing the World (Caelie Frampton et al.),
Outlaws of America (Dan Berger) and Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil:
My life and times in a racist, imperialist society (Inga Muscio).
184 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti #4
(May 2007 – 178 pages) Includes interviews with
queer anarchist Robin Isaacs (“Living My Life”), John Holloway
(“Against and Beyond the State”) and Dan Irving (“Trans Politics and
Anti-Capitalism”). Richard Day (author of Gramsci Is Dead) responds to
his critics, and there are articles by Carmelle Wolfson and Lesley Wood
(“Dispatches from the World Social Forum”) and Tom Keefer (“Six Nations
and the Politics of Solidarity”). This issue’s roundtables are about
Prison Abolition (with Peter Collins, Emily Aspinwall, Filis Iverson,
Sonia Marino, Julia Sudbury, Kim Pate and Patricia Monture) and
Vancouver Housing Struggles (with Kat Norris, Jill Chettiar, Anna
Hunter and Cecily Nicholson). Book reviews of The New Abolitionists
(Angela Davis, Julia Sudbury and Karlene Faith), Homegrown: Engaged
Cultural Criticism (bell hooks and Amelia Mesa-Bains) and Taking
Responsibility, Taking Direction: White Anti-Racism in Canada (Sheila
Wilmot). 179 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti #5
(October 2007 - 204 pages) An ambitious editorial about Social
Democracy and Anti-Capitalist Renewal in English Canada, interviews
with Sunera Thobani ("The Fight for Feminism"), Gord Hill ("The
Tradition of Resistance") and Michael Hardt ("From the Perspective of
Resistance"), as well as articles about tar sands oil production ni
Western Canada, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Three Way
Fight debate (Islam, Fascism and the Left) and an excellent roubtable
on political prisoners and prisoners of war, including interviews with
Ashanti Alston, Robert Seth Hayes, Susan Tipograph and Sara Falconer.
204 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti #6
(May 2008 - 204 pages) Includes
interviews with Mutulu Olugbala (M1 from Dead Prez), Roxanne
Dunbar-Ortiz and George Katsiaficas, as well as two roundtable
discussions with activists from across Canada - one about Organizing
Against the G8 and the other about Anti-Poverty Organizing in Halifax.
Articles by Joshua Kahn Russell & Brian Kelly (“Giving Form to a
Stampede: The First Two Years of the New SDS”), Eric Newstadt
(“Accounting for the Student Movement”) with a response from Caelie
Frampton, as well as a look at political repression by Jeff Monagham
& Kevin Walby (“The Green Scare is Everywhere”). 204 pages $10.00 |
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Upping the Anti #7
(October 2008 - 216 pages) Interviews with Clayton Thomas-Müller
("Just Environmentalism?"), Kara Gillies ("Sex Work and the State") and
Chris Harris ("Building to Building, Hood to Hood"). Also includes
articles on Labour Zionism, the struggle at Six Nations, and the
BDS (Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions) movement against Israeli
colonialism, plus a roundtable discussion about migrant labour
struggles. 216 pages $10.00 |
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The Urban Guerilla Concept, by
the Red Army Faction (1971). With an introduction by Anthony Murphy
(2004). The first major ideological text from West Germany's most
famous urban guerillas. This document merits attention from anyone who
wants to understand the motivation and ideology behind the beginning of
a
long and violent confrontation between the Red army Faction and the
German state. Apart from setting out the justification for armed
struggle
this text touches on: the strength of the capitalist system in West
Germany; the weaknesses of the revolutionary Left; the significance of
the German student movement; the meaning and importance of
internationalism; the necessity for taking a revolutionary initiative;
the importance of class analysis and political praxis; the failure of
parliamentary democracy and how this had the inevitable consequence of
political violence;
the factionalism of the German Left; and the organization and logistics
of setting up an illegal armed struggle. 37 pages saddle-stitched $3.00 |
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The Vancouver 5, armed struggle in Canada , by Jim Campbell. In 1981 and 1982 several bombings (against a hydro sub-station, an arms manufacturer and three pornographic video stores) were carried out in Canada under the banner of Direct Action and the Wimmin’s Fire Brigade. When five members of the Vancouver anarchist scene were arrested for these attacks they became known as the Vancouver Five – this is an account of the politics and practice, successes and errors of the Five and their supporters. 20 pages $2.50 |
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The Vinyl Project. OK, its
definitely not "literature", but this 12" vinyl sampler from the
Freedom Archives ain't music either. Featuring spoken word voices and
soundbites from Howard Zinn, Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, David
Gilbert, Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman, Christian Parenti,
Earth Liberation Front, Judi Bari, Geronimo Pratt, Alexander Cockburn,
Ward Churchill, Weather Underground, Cherrie Moraga, Malcolm X, Raul
Garcia, Ramsey Muniz, Martin Luther King, and many many more! $15.00 |
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The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader,
edited by A.J. Brigati. Writings by an early twentieth centuy anarchist
who was born into poverty and plagued by it her entire life, educated
by nuns in a convent school, chronically ill, the survivor of a nearly
successful assassination attempt, and dead at a tragically early age...
in the words of Emma Goldman “by sheer force of will [she] pulled
herself out of a living grave... turned her face to the sun, perceived
a great ideal and determinedly carried it to every corner of her native
land.” 251 pages $16.95 |
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The Walsall Anarchists, by David Nicoll.
His testimony of the Walsall Bomb Plot, and its excuse to frame this
prolific and persistent Victorian pamphleteer. Part of the rich
tapestry of anarchism in the working class struggle in England. Kate
Sharpley Library $2.50 |
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Weapons of Mass Deception, by
Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber. Media criticism showing,
in an accessible way, how lies, distortions and untruths were all
packaged as truth and used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Softcover, 248 pages, Remaindered Kersplebedeb Price: $5.00 |
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We The Anarchists!: A
Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937, by Stuart Christie. Since the official birth of organized
anarchism at the Saint-Imier Congress of 1872, no anarchist
organization has been held up to greater opprobrium or subjected to
such gross misinterpretation than the Federacíon Anarquista
Ibérica.
Better known by its initials, the FAI was a group of twentieth-century
militants dedicated to keeping Spain's largest labor union, the CNT, on
a revolutionary, anarcho-syndicalist path. There are two dimensions to Stuart Christie's indispensable We, the Anarchists! The first is descriptive and historical: it outlines the evolution of the organized anarchist movement in Spain and its relationship with the wider labor movement and, at the same time, providing some insight into the main ideas that made the Spanish labor movement one of the most revolutionary of modern times. The second is analytical, as the book addresses—from an anarchist perspective—the problem of understanding and coping with change in the contemporary world; how can ideals survive the process of institutionalization? AK Press 235 pages - $17.95 |
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We Want Freedom A
Life in the Black Panther Party, by Mumia Abu-Jamal,
introduction by Kathleen Cleaver. As a young Black Panther, Mumia
Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch, wrote for the
newspaper, and began his life-long fight for freedom. Here he combines
his memories of day-to-day life in the Party with analysis of the
history of Black liberation struggles. The result is a vivid and
compelling picture of the Black Panther Party. 292 pages - $18.00 |
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What
is Anarchism? by Alexander Berkman. A reprint of perhaps the
first and best exposition of Anarchism by one of its greatest
propagandists (by both word and deed) and thinkers. In a clear
conversation with the reader Berkman discusses society as it now
exists, the need for Anarchism and the methods for bringing it about.
236 pages – AK Press $13.95 |
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When Race Burns Class: Settlers Revisited, an interview with J. Sakai regarding his book Settlers (also available from Kersplebedeb), and a review of the book by fallen New Afrikan anarchist and Black Liberation Army member Kuwasi Balagoon. All of the contents of this pamphlet are available on the Kersplebedeb site - you can view them if you click on the icon to your right! $3.00 | |
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Wild Poppies, a poetry jam
across prison walls. This poetry CD was created across razor
wire, prison bars and censored phone lines. It is a gathering of 27
poets/activists celebrating the work of Marilyn Buck, who has spent
more than 20 years in US prisons for her anti-imperialist politics and
actions. Marilyn recites from behind prison walls. Sonia Sanchez,
Dennis Brutus, Genny Lim, devorah major, Carlos Quiles, Jean Stewart,
Akwasi Evans, Uchechi Kalu, Mitsuye Amada and Chrystos read Marilyn's
poetry and their own, mixed with music. Tributes from Amiri Baraka and
Kwame Ture. 46 tracks. 70 minutes. Pure poetry in motion. $12.00 |
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Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on
Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History, by Staughton
Lynd and Andrej Grubacic. Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the
reader an encounter
between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an
anarchist from the Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist,
influenced by Marxism. They meet in dialogue in an effort to bring
together the anarchist and Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing
of history by those who make it, and to remind us of the idea that "my
country is the world." Encompassing a Left libertarian perspective and
an emphatically activist standpoint, these conversations are meant to
be read in the clubs and affinity groups of the new Movement.
The authors accompany us on a journey through modern revolutions,
direct actions, anti-globalist counter summits, Freedom Schools,
Zapatista cooperatives, Haymarket and Petrograd, Hanoi and
Belgrade,
'intentional' communities, wildcat strikes, early Protestant
communities, Native American democratic practices, the Workers'
Solidarity Club of Youngstown, occupied factories, self-organized
councils and soviets, the lives of forgotten revolutionaries, Quaker
meetings, antiwar movements, and prison rebellions. Neglected and
forgotten moments of interracial self-activity are brought to light.
The book invites the attention of readers who believe that a better
world, on the other side of capitalism and state bureaucracy, may
indeed be possible. 300 pages $20.00 |
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Women in the Zapatistas; a short
compilation of texts relating to the experiences of women in the EZLN.
24 pages $3.75 |
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Women, Development and Labor of
Reproduction: Struggles and Movements, edited by Mariarosa
Dalla Costa &
Giovanni F. Dalla Costa. An international, feminist anti-capitalist
look
at reproductive politics. Contributors include Silvia Federici and
George
Caffentzis. Remaindered - 197 pages $7.50 |
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Working Women and their Organizations
,
by Joyce Maupin. A reprint of this 1974 publication by the Union
Women's Alliance to Gain Equality, an organization of union and
non-union women organized to fight sex discrimination on the job, in
unions, and in society. A history of women in
the U.S. trade union movement. 33 pages saddle stitched $3.00 |
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The World Split Open, by Ruth Rosen.
The dustjacket says: “Weaving together ten years of archival research
and interviews, Rosen turns the complicated history of the women’s
movement into a compelling and coherent
narrative. Written with vigor and grace, she has created the balanced,
meticulously documented, and evocative history that we expect from a
distinguished scholar and activist. With uncompromising integrity,
The World Split Open challenges us to understand how the women’s
movement has forever altered our lives and why the revolution is far
from over. This is extraordinary achievment and long awaited history
will attract men and women, entice educators and students, beguile
movement veterans, and captivate those who came of age in the wake of
this revolution.” With nice pictures! Softcover 480 pages, Remaindered Kersplebedeb Price: $7.50 |
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Ya Basta: Ten Years of the Zapatista
Uprising - Writings of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Includes
forewords by Noam Chomsky and Noami Klein; edited and with a
contribution by Ziga Vodovnik. In the interests of revolutionary
completism, his
mammoth volume includes all of the major and minor texts, declarations
and statements by Subcomandante Marcos, spokesperson of the Zapatistas,
as of late 2003. Also includes loads of photos, and the five
Declarations
from the Lacondon Jungle. 685 pages $26.95 |
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Zapatistas in Their Own Words, An interview with EZLN spokesperson Marcos and a couple of manifestos. $2.50 |
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Anti-Fascism in Canada (Anti-Fascist Forum #1 - 1997); A look at the neo-Nazi street scene in Canada, the relationship between the extreme right and the Canadian State, and a look at Toronto Ant-Racist Action in its early days. $3.00 | |
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Anti-Fascist Forum #2 (1997); Fascist networks and the Oklahoma City bombing, a critical view of the World Anti-Fascist League and the Anti-Fascist Militia. $2.00 | |
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Anti-Fascist Forum #3 (1998);Paramilitary violence and the State, Fascism in Canada: The Early Years , and The Past is Our Master? , a look at the history of fascist movements in the Canadian province of Quebec. $3.00 | |
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Anti-Fascist Forum #4 (1999); Dossier on anti-abortion movement includes articles on "pro-life" violence in the US and Canada, Human Life International and the Catholic Right, pro-choice activism in Ireland and the US. Also includes pieces on the anti-fascism movement in Canada, Germany, England and Colombia. $3.00 | |
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The A Word,
November/December 2003 (#6), a zine from Seattle, with a mix
of stuff from different anarchist perspectives. Contents include
"Lenin's Tomb", "How to burn Out and fuck Everything Up", "The
Education Trap", Butch Lee's "Would You Shoplift 'Days of War'?", and
Interview with Derrick Jensen and "Ganster-izing the Movement".
22 pages $2.00 |
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