Black blocs, squats, riots and urban guerillas - but also base groups in the factories, "free spaces", antinuclear occupations, and alternative lifestylism - all of these formed the context, the terrain, and the world of Germany's Autonomous movement duri

This brief, timely analysis situates the assault on Libya in the context of the winds of revolt that swept through the Middle East in the Spring of 2011.

In 1947, James Hickman shot and killed the landlord he believed was responsible for a tragic fire that took the lives of four of his children on Chicago’s West Side. This is the story of the defense campaign that helped win his freedom.

The stories of more than two dozen working-class organizers who occupied factories, held sit-down strikes, walked out, picketed, and found other bold and innovative ways to fight for workers’ rights.

Making the Future presents more than fifty of Chomsky's concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011

A humorous and harrowing tale of warped populism, phony reform, and blind deference to the nation's financial elite, laying bare the various dogmas and delusions that prop up plutocratic rule in the post-meltdown age.

Employing the form of direct personal address, Wise points a finger at whites’ race-based self-delusion, explaining how such an agenda will only do harm to the nation’s people, including most whites.

With specific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, this pathbreaking volume comprehensively traces the historical tradition of workers' self-management.

For the people of Kivalina, Alaska, the price of further climate change denial could be the complete devastation of their lives and culture. Their village must be relocated to survive, and neither the fossil fuel giants nor the U.S. government are willing

Celebrating punk's oft-overlooked female artists, exploring the latent - and not so latent - sexism of indie rock, and telling the story of how these women created spaces for themselves in a sometimes limited or exclusionary environment.

Interviews with Black intellectuals and activists on the Obama white house. Has the first black presidency helped move things forward for people of color? Has it delivered the "change we can believe in" and "deepening of democracy" that communities of col

A new edition of this extraordinary collection of stories rooted in the politics and culture of 1970s Vancouver; a gloriously written call to arms addressed to the disenfranchised about the possibilities of "the sweetness of life."

Examining Canada's interwar Red Scare in a global context, including state repression in the United States and western Europe, as well as its ramifications for the contemporary war on terror.

Delving into questions both fraught and explicit, revealing subtle, fluid truths about human sexuality and desire: drag queens, feminism, cross-cultural sex, bisexuality, gay youth, and the concept of being "out," among others.

In this new graphic novel, Gord Hill documents the history of capitalism as well as anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements around the world, from the 1999 "Battle of Seattle" against the World Trade Organization to the Toronto G20 summit in 2010

he Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics.

Explores the deep historical roots and the enduring, though often disavowed, legacies of the extraordinary pulse of radical energies that generated forms of collective life beyond the nuclear family and the world of private consumption.

The best of Moorcock's published, unpublished, and uncensored essays, articles, reviews, and opinions covering a wide range of subjects: books, films, politics, reminiscences of old friends, and attacks on new foes.

The high-velocity adventures of a trans-human teenager in a toxic post-Disney dystopia, battling wireheads and wumpuses until he meets the girl of his dreams. Plus Cory's historic 2010 World SF Convention address.

Peter Linebaugh enlists the anonymous and scorned 19th century loom-breakers of the English midlands into the front ranks of an international crew of commoners resisting dispossession in the dawn of capitalist modernity.

Spanning six decades, Selma James' work set a new political perspective for millions of unwaged women, redefining the working class to include sectors previously dismissed as marginal.

Set in NYC during the early 1980s, and written partly in response to the reactionary discourse of the time, this kick-ass and conscious crime novel was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mystery.

Jose Peirats' account of Spain's "Generation of '36," who led what many consider the most audacious, far-reaching, but ultimately failed revolution of the 20th century. Volume 2 focuses on the battles raging at both the front and rear guards.

Jose Peirats' brilliant account of Spain's "Generation of '36," who led what many consider the most audacious, far-reaching, but ultimately failed revolution of the 20th century. Volume 3 tells of the CNT's last push for the anarchist revolution.

A detailed analysis of the social movements and major uprisings that have patterned South Korea's politics and society.

This profusely illustrated anthology reproduces hundreds of original documents, speeches, posters, and handbills, as well as contributions by many of today's finest labor and radical historians focusing on Haymarket's enduring influence around the world.

31 writers reinvoke the anger, flamboyance, and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures in order to create something dangerous and lovely: an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability; a vision for change...

Angela Davis talks about the history of slavery, the struggles for freedom, and their implications for life in the U.S. today in a speech given on the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade.

In this outrageous novel, Rucker infiltrates fundamentalist Virginia to witness the apocalyptic clash between Bible-thumpers and Saucer Demons; undresses in orbit to explore foreplay in freefall, and dons the robe of a Transreal Lifestyle adviser.

New edition of this pamphlet, featuring an interview with J. Sakai about his groundbreaking work Settlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat, accompanied by Kuwasi Balagoon's essay The Continuing Appeal of Imperialism.

This is the special twentieth issue retrospective, containing articles from the past eight years, as well as recent news briefs, and a moving article by editor Jaan Laaman on the tragic death of his son.

Examines the history of South Asian struggles against colonialism and neocolonialism, highlighting lesser-known dissidents as well as iconic figures. What emerges is an alternate narrative of decolonization...

This provocative study examines the far-reaching influence of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail, or escaping, & more...

Originally published in 1970, Marge Piercy’s second novel follows the lives of four teenagers, in a near future society, as they rebel against a military draft and “the system.”

This semi-autobiographical novel from Rudimentary Peni singer, guitarist, lyricist, and illustrator Nick Blinko, plunges into the worlds of madness, suicide, and anarchist punk.

Originally published in 1979, Vida is Marge Piercy�s classic bookend to the Sixties. Vida is full of the pleasures and pains, the experiments, disasters, and victories of an extraordinary band of people.

Moving seamlessly from Aldous Huxley and Colin Ward to the war in Iraq, this challenging volume will energize leftist movements throughout the world.

Taking a fresh, bold, and alternative approach to vegan cooking without the substitutes, this cookbook showcases more than 100 fully vegan recipes, many of ...

In this instant classic, recorded on the eve of the quincentennial, legendary historian Howard Zinn returns to the themes he popularized in his masterful A People's History of the United States.

Paul Buhle brings a new dimension to Robin Hood, helping to explain why an outlaw from the 14th Century is still a left wing hero today.

Visions of Abolition is a new feature length documentary about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement.

A thrilling tale of adventure, treachery and betrayal... a fascinating insight into the ideas and optimism that set the world ablaze in the first part of the twentieth century.

Exploring important issues from the last six tumultuous decades of Algerian history, from an anarchist point of view.

Looking back at the underground press from 1965-69, with images and anecdotes from the heyday of the sixties.

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party (BPP), the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) ... all described by a participant in the Black uprising of the 1960s.

A collection of some of British anarchist Colin Ward's most enduring works from the fields of politics, educational theory, social theory, and beyond.

The November 2011 edition of this radical journal of theory and action, from Toronto, Canada, with an editorial critically examining activist encounters with the law.

Starting from the premise that long-term isolation imprisonment is a form of torture that serves no purpose except the state's oppressive aims at social control, Unlock the Box documents the struggle against isolation over the years.

Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.

Black Flag's hardcore story from the inside, drawing on exclusive interviews with the group's members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired.

Soccer vs. the State serves both as an orientation for the politically conscious football supporter and as an inspiration for those who try to pursue the love of the game away from television sets and big stadiums.

This timely new volume traces Greece's long moment of transition from the revolt of 2008 to the economic crisis that followed. In its twenty chapters, authors from around the world analyze how December became possible, exploring its legacies and the posit

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1869) was one of the most important and influential political theorists of the nineteenth century, and the first man to call himself an "anarchist." Property Is Theft! collects his most important works in one volume, making

Slaughton Lynd's powerful story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, with a foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal.

A vivid memoir of a turbulent time when Common Ground did what FEMA couldn't or wouldn't do in New Orleans after the storm, resisting indifference and rebuilding hope amidst the ruins.

Setting forth a politic that goes beyond the quest for mere legal inclusion, Normal Life is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.

Capturing the spirit and actions of the sixties movements, Palante features political essays by members of the Young Lords Party, oral histories of their lives leading into the party, and more than seventy-five photos of their vibrant membership and actio

Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement.

The essential first hand account of the Attica Prison rebellion, back in print for the 40th anniversary of the uprising.

An incendiary mix of original and out-of-print stories from the past, present and fearful future about the fight for a better world.

With a foreword by John Robb, this book showcases the lyrics of G.W. Sok from The Ex.

A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.

Views, thoughts and analysis from the hearts and minds of North American political prisoners.

The People's Potato collective is back with a second edition of the ever popular Vegan on a Shoestring cookbook. This new edition builds on the original cookbook - outlining the basics of vegan cooking with a healthy dose of radical food politics and i

The Death Ship is the first of B. Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work

Through extensive research and exclusive interviews with musician-activists such as Yoko Ono, Richie Havens, Janis Ian, and Buffy Sainte-Marie, this chronicle details the struggle that went into the creation of liberation music.

A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted.

This collective autobiography delves into the lives of the RNC 8, who were charged with violations of the Minnesota Patriot Act for organizing logistics protests against the 2008 Republic National Convention. Their stories provide an understanding of the

They're back - the superb, beautiful, and ever-so-radical Slingshot yearbooks, for 2012!

The 2012 slingshots are here! This is the classic, pocket version...

The first collection of its kind, bringing together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics to offer new ways for understanding how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity.

Yearning crosses disciplinary boundaries in major debates on cultural criticism and the politics of race and gender. hooks warns us about the tendency of the discourse about difference to be removed from the struggle we must all wage against power.

Exile, longing, belonging, diaspora, idealization ... "homeland" isn't just a physical place. It can also be an imagined community, a part of one's identity, or simply a wavering memory. It's a world we create and re-create every day.

The essays in One of the Guys challenge and examine the expectations placed on women while attempting to understand female perpetrators of abuse and torture in a broader context.

The young writers in this collection band together under the banner of feminism to share the message that the F-Word is a good thing, and that feminists are breaking new ground while still valuing the traditions and achievements of their foresisters and f

Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, A History of U.S. Feminisms will provide historical context of all the major events and players since the late nineteenth century through today.

This powerful study strives to rewrite race and feminism, encouraging women to “take back the body” in a world of new activism. Women of Color and Feminism encourages a broad conversation about race, class, and gender and creates a discourse that brin

The first book of its kind to include the impact of racial awareness on women of all colors, Under Her Skin is a diverse exploration of how race shapes, and sometimes shatters, lives.

Author and cofounder of Bitch magazine Andi Zeisler traces the impact of feminism on pop culture (and vice versa) from the 1940s to the present and beyond.

Understanding that personal values, beliefs and environment affect an individual’s response to—and acknowledgment of—violence against women, this book addresses topics such as global perspectives on violence, controversies and debates, and social ch

Examining how feminism relates to motherhood, how has it changed over time, and what does the future of motherhood and feminism look like - and more.

Musa Budeiri shows how the complex history of the Palestinian Left before the Zionist destruction of historic Palestine was defined by secularism and solidarity between Arab and Jewish workers.

Here it is again, a beautiful 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.

Political prisoner David Gilbert tells the story of his life, from his childhood as an idealistic boy scout, to student radical, to urban guerilla in the Weather Underground and beyond.

Drawing on his own involvement with the Autonomia movement in Italy and his collaboration and friendship with leading thinkers of the European political left, including Félix Guattari and Antonio Negri, Berardi presents a highly nuanced analysis of the s

The members of the Iron Column were among the most notorious anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. They were intransigent in the face of the fascist revolt, but also in defence of the revolution's gains.

The best pieces from the award-winning zine Rad Dad and from the blog Daddy Dialectic, two kindred publications that have tried to explore parenting as political territory.

Jose Peirats' brilliant account of Spain's "Generation of '36," who led what many consider the most audacious, far-reaching, but ultimately failed revolution of the 20th century.

The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.

A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect and empathy.

A prescient, thought-provoking collection of interviews with ten leading writers, philosophers, teachers, and activists.

The dark ghost who haunts every blood-spattered crime scene in Phoenix does exist. "The Kid" has a love of cooking and reading with an appetite for violence, but he's ready to escape into the arms of the beautiful Vanjii. Can he abandon his past?

In a moment of increasing corporate control in the music industry, Jared Ball analyzes the colonization and control of popular music and posits the homemade hip-hop mixtape as an emancipatory tool for community resistance.

Winter in America: The Reluctant Welfare State; featuring "Sustaining Families in Radical Movements", the "Egypt Uprising", "Wisconsin Grassroots", and "After Osama Bin Laden".

David Price combines his expert knowledge of the history of anthropologists' collaborations with military and intelligence agencies with an activist stance opposing current efforts to weaponize anthropology in global counterinsurgency campaigns.

Pack of 50 postcards and 50 stickers with artwork by Kevin "Rashid" Johnson, raising awareness about the California prisoners' hungerstrike set to start July 1.

Pack of 50 postcards with artwork by Kevin "Rashid" Johnson, raising awareness about the California prisoners' hungerstrike set to start July 1.

Pack of 50 postcards with artwork by Kevin "Rashid" Johnson, raising awareness about the California prisoners' hungerstrike set to start July 1.

14 tracks of revolutionary hip hop from canada.

A workshop and a radio interview produced by radical queers in Guelph, on CD.

Interview with Ed Mead about his work with the revolution prison group called Men Against Sexism, which used violence and the threat of violence to stop rape within prisons in the Northwest of America in the 70's.

"Queer is a territory of tension, defined against the dominant narrative of white-hetero-monogamouspatriarchy, but also by an affinity with all who are marginalized, otherized and oppressed." A reading on CD.

Two interviews, one with Jason Lydon on Prison Justice Day, and one with artist and revolutionary Faith Nolan. On CD, from Guelph's Fierce and Fabulous Krew.

Explaining the benefits of gun ownership particularly for oppressed groups, including the radical left.

A tale of a revolutionary queer prison gang at Walla Walla penitentiary in Washington state in the 1970s, through the eyes of founding member Ed Mead, a political prisoner from the George Jackson Brigade.

Written during the height of the AIDS crisis and distributed at the June 1990 Pride march in New York City, the rage that fuels the authors is timeless.

Examining the historical, legal, ethical, psychological and medical aspects of deeply sexist practices in defining and treating issues of contemporary women’s health.

Eight volunteers converge to help campesinos build a water system in Chiapas—a strategy to bolster the Zapatista insurgency by helping locals to assert their autonomy. These outsiders come to question the movement they've traveled so far to support...

A collection and contextualization of some of the most literary and complex Zapatista communiqués.

This classic "manifesta" of radical Italian feminism helped define the autonomist-inspired "wages for housework" movement, and identified the capitalist complicity of both the traditional nuclear family as well as the "liberation" of the woman as wage-ear

FF is a post-gender provocateur, not so much a gender terrorist as a gender risk-taker going the distance with her body. FF’s philosophy is lived. Actions count. One resists with one’s body.

Blend a spoonful of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a dash of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, and a few pinches of the Adventures of Lassie and you get a powerful, fast-moving novel for young and old alike.

In this most singular memoir, rape survivor Leo weaves a psychological journey into an analysis that becomes equally personal: the fault lines of property mismanagement, class vulnerabilities, and a deeply flawed criminal justice system.

From fearful Irish Catholic Girl Scout to gun-toting teenage revolutionary, Susie Bright’s life story is shaped as much by America’s sexual awakening as the national sexual landscape was altered by Bright herself.

Strange Trade tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and drug cartel boss.

In the second issue of Arena we aim to provide general insights into the role of the anarchist in fiction, both as protagonist and author.

A cheerfully creepy tour of declassified government surveillance documents!

Whether you're a teenager who is thinking about going vegan or already vegan, this is the ultimate resource, written by someone like you, for you.

Stories, polemics, and rants from the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest.

Nicolas Walter scorned the pomp and frequent ignorance of the powerful and detested the obfuscatory prose and intellectual limitations of academia. The items collected in this volume display him at his considerable best.

Canada the global good guy? Lets examine that claim. Essential intro to geopolitics and profits, from NATO to Afghanistan via Kosovo. An entertaining, well argued documentary.

Change we can believe in? Travel with Michael Fox and Silvia Leindecker across the United States in 2008 and 2010 and hear the voices of the people impacted by the financial meltdown and its aftermath.

Terry Bisson’s short stories cover all the territory—from his droll faux-FAQ’s done for Britain’s Science magazine, to the most seductive of his Playboy fantasies, to an eerie dreamlike evocation of the 9/11 that might have been.

Love, Politics, Parasitic Manipulation. An underworld of radical political gestures and Internet organizing looking to overthrow a a ruling class it knows nothing about.

The history of the most significant translator, publisher, and distributor of left-wing literature in the United States.

Canada has hundreds of companies that produces arms and components for weapon systems that are used in wars all over the world. This map shows only a small fraction of the Canadian companies and other support systems that are profiting off of conflicts an

Akbar Ahmed's Suspended Somewhere Between is a collection of poetry from the man the BBC calls “the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam. ...

Poet Derrick Weston Brown channels hip-hop, Toni Morrison, and Snagglepuss to make way for the shudder and eruption of wisdom.

Views, thoughts and analysis from the hearts and minds of North American political prisoners.

After so much technological progress, why do we have to work more than ever before? How is it that the harder we work, the poorer we end up compared to our bosses? When the economy crashes, why do people focus on protecting their jobs when no one likes wo

Crimethinc. claim this is their flagship book, the perfect size for any knapsack and the perfect reference manual for anyone seeking a life of passion and revolt. See for yourself.

A field manual for a field on which all manuals are useless, a meditation on individual transformation and collective resistance in disastrous times, and a masterpiece that raises the bar for radical publishing.

A history of Canadian drink and drinking from the European conquest to the present, by labour historian Craig Heron.

Now, as awareness of the apartheid nature of the State of Israel continues to grow, Omar Barghouti, founding member of the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, presents a renewed call to action.

Upon his arrival in Petrograd in 1919, Victor Serge found a society nearly shattered by civil war. In these essays he sketches a portrait of the darkest hours faced by the fledgling revolution, defending the new regime against its critics.

Like the Red Scare, this "Green Scare" is about fear and intimidation, and Will Potter outlines the political, legal, and public relations strategies that threaten even acts of nonviolent civil disobedience with the label of "eco-terrorism."

Oppose and Propose!: Lessons from Movement for a New Society recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.

In 1969, the author uncovered evidence of the FBI's infiltration of the Panthers as a part of the COINTELPro initiative, and found himself locked away, just one year later, convicted of a murder he did not commit. This is his autobiography.

At once a masterpiece of critical theory and rip-roaring radical humor, this is one of the most spirited attacks on the notion of the "work ethic" ever to be published!

Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war, Remi Kanazi's poems tackle some of the most important issues facing the world today. Includes full-length spoken word poetry CD.

A shirt to support eco-anarchist political prisoner Marie Mason, serving a 23 year sentence for acts in solidarity with Third World farmers, and to protect the ecosphere.

Covers a wide range of topics, from anarchistic elements in traditional African societies to the development and failure of "African socialism and a possible means of resolving Africa's ongoing crises.

In 21st century America, the content of this book is a critical look at the roots of the “race problem” as a power dynamic and asks what solutions—if any—seem possible

Consisting of more than 36 years of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, this collection represents some of the significant contributions he has made to the Black Liberation and New Afrikan Independence Movements.

Covering both the Cuban anarchist and labor movements from their origins in the mid-19th century to the present, and ends with an enlightening analysis of the failure of the Castro dictatorship.

A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life.

Combining history and theory with the groundbreaking practice of the model by Starbucks workers, provides a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective, resilient, and deeply democratic approach to winning a voice on the job and in society.

Ed Mead, a former member of the George Jackson Brigade, explores the political environment in the Northwestern United States during the 1970s, the rationale of those engaged in armed actions against the state and a critique of the tamed left.

Video footage from over 100 videographers showing what really happened on Seattle’s streets at the 1999 WTO protests.

Former Weather Underground member Cathy Wilkerson, who famously escaped the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, here wrestles with the legacy of the armed movement.

Michael Moorcock's most audacious creation, Jerry Cornelius--assassin, rock star, chronospy and maybe-Messiah--is back with a time twisting odyssey that connects 60s London with post-Obama America, with stops in Palm Springs and Guantanamo

From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, and the War on Terror in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq, The Fourth World War is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated.

With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.

Examines our culture's addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of environmental carnage.

Over one hundred posters by over eighty artists that pay tribute to revolution, racial justice, women's rights, queer liberation, labor struggles, and creative activism and organizing

Vandana Shiva questions the "maldevelopment paradigm" based on enclosure, privatization, corporate piracy, marginalization, and violence...

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Instead of simply declaring "another world is possible," the writers in this collection engage with what that world would look like, how it would function, and how our commitments to just outcomes is related to the sort of institutions we maintain.

Chocolate, candy, and even ice creem--a vegan alternative to ice cream--are featured in this fun vegan dessert cookbook.

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Analyzes the systemic crisis facing this neoliberal phase of capitalism and argues that far from having ended, the global meltdown has ushered in a whole period of worldwide economic and political turbulence.

A gripping story with three lives colliding against the flaming backdrop of the Rodney King riots in LA. Vietnam vet turned journalist Harry Hudson, Mama Thuy - a Vietnamese woman running a Navy bar, and Kelly Crenshaw - an African-American prostitute.

Jim Nisbet's hilarious, thrilling and obscene novella, ripped straight from the zeitgeist of San Francisco in the 80s.

Exploring the complex ways grassroots social movements have been working with, against, and independently of national governments in South America.

A chance encounter with a faded Wanted poster in a San Diego library sends Jack deep into the wilds of California's hidden history, in search of outlaw revolutionary Bobby Flash.

Surveying the creative work of dozens of international social movements - more than 350 posters, prints, photographs, films, videos, music, and ephemera from more than twenty-five nations.

An engaging and innovative examination of the Zapatistas' communication strategies - an important tool for movements everywhere engaged in creating a world where many worlds fit...

Fabbri addresses problems he sees as stemming from the stereotyping of anarchism in bourgeois literature and media and the unfortunate feedback effect this was having on some militants practice of anarchism and language.

Local people fighting against MTR's destruction of their homes in West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia together with folks from outside Appalachia's coalfields to help them bring national attention to this shameful practice, and abolish it

More than just an exploration into the filmmaker's process of transition from biological male to female, this is an emotionally charged account of the individual experiences, struggles, and stakes that her two sisters, mother, father, best friend and wife

Filmmaker Johnny Bergmann explores the plight of a man who was born into the body of a woman in this introspective and often funny look at the existence of the modern transsexual.

An important, heartbreaking, and infuriating examination of the lives of transwomen behind bars. Ripping the middle-class facade off the movement.

An up-to-the minute documentary about AIDS treatment activism around the world.

First-hand testimony and documentary record mixed with hard-headed analysis and history, showing why the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla may just turn out to be Israel's Selma, Alabama moment: the beginning of the end for an apartheid Palestine.

Award winning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.

Angela Davis interviewed in 2010 about resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics and prison.

This picture book is a lesson for both young and old to connect with one's surroundings and embrace the role of good neighbors with the rest of the natural world, whether in the city or in the forest.

By the end of the millennium, thousands of homeless people roamed the streets of Manhattan. A small group of them went - literally - underground.

A philosophical account of the neglected tradition of anarchist thought on education.

A new book for a new generation - essays, commentary, comic art, and conversation from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives.

A brief history of the Black Bloc and the autonomist/anarchist movements from which it arises in W. Europe and N. America.

Floodlines is a firsthand account of community, culture, and resistance in New Orleans. The book weaves the stories of gay rappers, Mardi Gras Indians, Arab and Latino immigrants, public housing residents, and grassroots activists in the years before and

New ways of doing politics beyond the state, gracefully mapping the "how" of revolution, offering valuable lessons to activists and new theoretical frameworks for understanding how social movements can and do operate independently of state-centered models

For six years, Tony Hefner was a security guard at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, one of the largest immigration detention centers in America, and witnessed alarming corruption and violations of basic human rights.

Emphasizing the importance of culture and the arts in society, this reprint of a 1960s classic--the author's last book of social criticism--includes a new introduction that situates the late Paul Goodman in his era.

Here it is again, a beautiful 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.

The UNICEF report on the conflict between imperialism and the New People's Army that caused an uproar, and that UNICEF subsequently refused to reprint...

Probing the systemic relationships between energy production and consumption and the worldwide division of labor on which capitalism itself is based?its conflicts and hierarchies, its crisis and class struggles.

Voices from today's myriad movements, generating common understandings of radical community organizing, movement building, and the impetus and inspiration toward making a revolution possible.

Libby's story, of the environmental devastation of a community, is ultimately the tale of the families who fought Grace for justice, who refused to sacrifice their dignity even as they lost their lives.

A look at fin de si�cle Buenos Aires and the vibrant culture behind one of the world's largest anarchist movements: the radical schools, newspapers, theaters, and social clubs that made revolution a way of life.

High-ranking Nepalese Maoist explains the relationship between women's leadership and the struggle to resist revisionism and oppression.

Illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it. Drawing on a range of anti-capitalist ideas as well as a heaping plate of personal experience, it

Zig Zag describes his time in Toronto with the Black Bloc, and provides some suggestions for future outings.

Looking at employment, housing, education and healthcare, shows how racism is indeed still an acute problem in the United States today, and that colorblind policies actually worsen the problem of racial injustice.

World famous Indian author takes on George W. Bush.

Here will be found the �utopian essays and practical proposals� that inspired the dissident youth of the Sixties, influencing movement theory and practice so profoundly that they have become underlying assumptions of today�s radicalism.

The euphoric idealism of grassroots reform and the tragic reality of revolutionary failure are at the center of this speculative novel that opens with the massacre of Tlatelolco in 1968.

In the age of collapse and converging emergencies, the solution to many of our ills might just be getting back to basics, for material reasons and for spiritual reasons, both personal and political.

Feminist, political, and activist writers alike present their ideas for a paradigm shift from the �No Means No� model�an approach that while necessary for where we were in 1974, needs an overhaul today.

Shout Out addresses a range of responses to the injustices that women everywhere are sustaining in their daily lives: physical abuse, murder, rape, poverty, and psychological terror. Through critical examinations, creative nonfiction, and poetry, the cont

30 first-person accounts of gender construction, exploration, and questioning provide a groundwork for cultural discussion, political action, and even greater possibilities of autonomous gender choices.

One of the best histories of the FBI siege of Wounded Knee, the FBI efforts against the Black Panthers, and the development of COINTELPRO.

Looking at the dramatic increase of women in the prison system.

A diverse collection of personal narratives and prose by Muslim women whose experiences and observations are particularly poignant in today's politically and religiously charged environment.

A novel about Max Rabinowitz, a a radical butch lesbian bartender at an East Village club where drag kings, dykes dressed as men, perform.

Memoirs by one of only two Black American members of the African National Congress (ANC), described by President Nelson Mandela as �a threat to national security.�

Critical to the work of prison abolitionists and transitional reformists alike, this groundbreaking history offers a real-life example of a prison solution many see only as theoretical.

Exploring the themes of genocide in the Americas, historical/legal (re)interpretation of the processes of conquest and colonization, literary/cinematic criticism, and the positing of indigenist alternatives to the status quo, for which Ward Churchill has

Featuring contributions from a vibrant community of out and proud sex workers, showcasing women who dare to take their jobs out of the shadows and into the public consciousness and examines the complexity of a sex worker�s life.

Looking at the global turmoil of 1968, from the Prague Spring to the student movements, The Tet Offensive to the assassination of Martin Luther King.

A quick overview of COINTELPRO and how activists can protect themselves.

The proceedings of the 1907 conference that brought together delegates from 14 different countries, attempting (amongst other things) to found a new anarchist international.

Makhno's odyssey through revolutionary Russia in the spring of 1918. Driven from his Ukrainian village by a German invasion, he wandered through a nation torn by civil war, encountered various remarkable personalities, and survived hair-raising adventu

Twenty five years of a Wobbly in the maritime industry - the story of an ordinary worker who refused to accept economic exploitation and fought against oppression in all its forms.

Sin Soracco�s prison novel about survival, dignity, friendship and insubordination.

Pegi Deitz Shea has written a suspenseful, action-filled book that will open teens' eyes and hearts to the lives of young people exposed to violence around the world.

The story of the Zapatista movement, from its clandestine birth in the jungle of Chiapas, to its impact on Mexico and its ongoing influence around the world.

Indigenous scholars and activists comment on interviews with Noam Chomsky regarding development, resistance, autonomy and assimilation, and what they mean to Indigenous people in the Americas today.

The 20th anniversary edition of this revolutionary documentary on El Salvador's civil war, following a woman combattant with the FMLN.

A moving and insightful account of the battle between "authoritarian, top-down collaborationists" and "bottom-up, rank and filers," SEIU vs. NUHW, which illustrates the divide across the United States between different ways of organizing labor.

Demonstrating how imperial powers have historically invented fantastic reasons to sell their wars to their people, this powerful examination illustrates the attack on Iraq as not just a mistake but also a crime, proposing that the criminals behind it shou

Tales of civil disobedience to the unjust wars of US history offers models, ideas, and inspirations for how and why we might go about challenging and changing the structures of power.

It's a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before (800 million) while there are also more people overweight (1 billion). Patel takes a look at why.

A powerful analysis of the current economic crisis and its structural roots; the continuity in U.S. foreign policy under the Barack Obama administration; and the class interests driving U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

An important exploration of how post-structuralism and other academic theories relate to current activist - and anarchist - practice.

Drawing on models of left politics in Marx and Gramsci, McKay outlines a fresh agenda for exploration of the Canadian left.

Illuminating the region-wide conflict, of which Lebanon is only one piece. A record of events during the 2006 war, linking conflicts on the ground to the global order.

This fully updated edition of Chomsky's classic dissection of terrorism explores the role of the U.S. in the Middle East and reveals how the media are used to manipulate public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism."

How revolution was imagined throughout the Sixties, the implications of the �nation� for various liberation movements, the complex politicization of bodies during this time, and the enduring legacy of the period in terms of lasting political movements

Between 1970 and 1972 the Britain's Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic attacks against property.

An accessible overview of an often-misunderstood political philosophy, highlighting its principles and practices as well as its reconstructive vision of a liberatory society.

This history "from below" examines the burgeoning public sphere of working-class life and its relationship to the State, industrial bourgeoisie, and professional classes.

Two of the most venerable figures on the American Left�Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky�converse with Sasha Lilley about their lives and political philosophies, looking back at eight decades of struggle and theoretical debate.Two of the most venerable figures

Chomsky offers a powerful analysis of the current economic crisis and its structural roots; the continuity in U.S. foreign policy under the Barack Obama administration; and the class interests driving U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

Two short films about violence against women on the streets and from the police.

Hard-hitting essays on free speech, culture wars, and academic freedom in a post-9/11 era.

An examination and history of the drug-free straight edge punk subculture and its complex political associations.

Box set of Dutch punk band The Rondos ("Punk=Resistance"), 1978-1980.

The US economy has disintegrated, and with it into the abyss plummet the blueprints of neoliberal economists, whose theories about "the free market" have now gone the way of medieval alchemy.

From community media to land reform; cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network - a spotlight on the Bolivarian Revolution.

While talk of non-violence is understandable and the struggle for peace has never been more essential, let's face it: The odds are that sooner or later you're going to end up in a confrontation that may escalate into physical violence.

In this revised and rewritten second edition, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World is your guide to embracing vegan freakdom. Come on, get your freak on

Writings by Safiya Bukhari, former member of the Black Liberation Army and prisoner of war.

Critical, humorous, and prophetic, this book is a must-read for those new to egalitarian groups as well as for the salty old vet that thinks she's got it all figured out.

Engaging, accessible, and relentlessly original, Common Ground in a Liquid City is an appealing portrait of what a democratic urban future might look like�if we can get our act together.

Many of Seth Tobocman's most enduring images in a powerhouse assemblage that cuts right to the heart of 1980s activism.

Tim Wise examines "Black success" in Amerika.

Short stories by amerika's best known Black Feminist author of speculative fiction.

Russian revolutionary Victor Serge wrote these poems in Central Asia, where he was sent into exile by Stalin in 1933.

This anthology by former members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) captures the history and spirit of the revolutionary time just after Stonewall.

A new critical edition by Angela Davis, of one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.

Using details drawn from actual accounts of detainee treatment in US military prisons, Fusco conceives a field guide of instructional drawings that prompts urgent questions regarding the moral dilemma of torture in general and more specifically about how

Mexico Unconquered probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary Mexico, home to the world�s richest man, Carlos Slim, and to destitute millions.

Traces the development of Newton�s personal and political thinking, as well as the radical changes that took place in the formative years of the Black Panther Party.

Bringing together the voices of more than thirty former and current members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Richard Stacewicz offers an eloquent account of the impact of the war on the lives of individuals and the nation.

Idealistic, inspired, pissed-off, and often way-over-the-top, the writings of the Weather Underground epitomizes the sexual, psychedelic, anti-war counterculture of the American 1960s and 1970s.

The story of how Iraqi-American Wafaa Bilal's art confronts those in the comfort zone with the realities of life in a conflict zone.

Dahr Jamail's comprehensive study of the today's military resisters sheds new light on the contours of dissent within the ranks of the world's most powerful military.

This book presents a fresh, comprehensive analysis of Afghanistan�s political history that begins at the roots of tribal leadership and ultimately emphasizes our present political moment and the impact of ongoing US military intervention.

Iraq veterans argue that horrors like Abu Ghraib and the massacre at Haditha are not the isolated incidents perpetrated by �a few bad apples�: they are part of a pattern of �an increasingly bloody occupation.�

The inspirational story of women who played a leading role in the Paris Commune, one of history�s greatest moments of social upheaval. This is the first paperback edition of this vital, remarkable book.

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a historic attack on the Harper’s Ferry Armory. Nelson narrates the incredible events that unfolded that day and explodes the conventional dismissal of John Brown as a fanatic, presenting him as a revolutionary wh

In this slim volume, Gord Hill chronicles the resistance by Indigenous peoples, which limited and shaped the forms and extent of colonialism. This history encompasses North and South America, the development of nation-states, and the resurgence of Indigen

Released just in time for the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests, this collection confronts the challenges of historical memory, and suggests just how much we have to learn from (and about) the past decade of activism against globalization.

Carr relates the story of his life with a cold passion, powerfully illuminating the horrors of daily life on the streets and in prison�race riots, murders, rape, and corruption�from the standpoint of one who has overcome them.

A down-and-dirty survey of the Surrealist movement written under a pseudonym in 1970 by leading Situationist theorist Raoul Vaneigem.

Street reclaimers, squatters, road protesters, musicians, artists, cafes, autonomous and social centers, and much more.

Intoxicating melanges of history, analysis, tactics, and recipes for this most edible of the political direct action techniques.

From the First International to the 1872 Anti-Authoritarian International, from government suppression and anarchist insurrection to Errico Malatesta's prominent role in resurrecting the anarchist movement, Nunzio Pernicone's Italian Anarchism provides a

In the turmoil of the Russian insurrection of 1905 and civil war of 1917, the anarchists attempted to carry out their program of "direct action"�workers' control of production, the creation of free rural and urban communes, partisan warfare and more

This astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around the terrifying question of what might have happened if the fateful bomber flight over Hiroshima had gone a bit differently.

Activists discuss autonomous, non-corporate, media and its possibilities.

Featuring works by �alternative� parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought--or remove its influence altogether--this anthology carefully considers the implications of parenting while raising children with disabilities.

Seeking to reclaim a history that has remained largely ignored by most historians, this dramatic and stirring account examines American cooperative movements for social change that have been all but erased from collective memory.

Some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction discuss the endless possibilities of their craft with a specific focus on anarchist politics.

In the best tradition of participant-observation, anthropologist David Graeber undertakes the first detailed ethnographic study of the global justice movement.

Equal parts journalism, history, and personal memoir, Suffled How it Gush records Shon's travels throughout ex-Yugoslavia and the greater Balkans region, chronicling the beauty of an area too renowned for its ugliness.

Finkelstein cuts through the fog with indisputable historical facts, optimistic that the struggle in Palestine is winnable, and that it is simply an issue of justice.

In a period of unprecedented scrutiny of the social and economic impacts of the US defense policies, Sanders explores a completely different aspect of the situation, declaring military activity, from fuel emissions to radioactive waste to defoliation camp

Everyone remembers their first punk show...

the crises facing music as well as its liberatory potential, looking at technology and its effects on music making and listening; superabundance and the absence of critical thought; the development of radio; music criticism; copyright; the digital domain

With unrestrained passion, clarity, and consistency, Brinton examines the totality of revolutionary politics and flays the "revolutionaries" who obstruct their realization.

Taken from a wide variety of sources, many never widely published�some never in a book at all�and spanning four decades, the reader is furnished with a truly comprehensive window into Chomsky's anarchist convictions.

Hard-hitting, carefully documented, illustrated expose of why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country.

Speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions, and manifestos--of people throughout U.S. history who struggled against slavery, racism, and war, against oppression and exploitation, and who articulated a vision for a better world.

These four essays, written between 1989 and 2002 and collected here for the first time in this volume, provide an excellent overview of Murray Bookchin's political philosophy.

Hunter Cutting and Makani Themba-Nixon help build the capacity of progressive activists and advocates to conduct media work, reframe public debate, and interrupt media stereotypes with messaging around racial justice.

A measured but relentless assessment of the long struggle between Israelis and Palestinians, showing that Zionism was responsible for the conflict, and that Israel is responsible for its perpetuation.

As well as a comprehensive listing of animal ingredients, this easy to navigate guide contains supplemental information on vegan nutrition, food alternatives, and contact information for animal advocacy groups.

An intoxicating m�lange of history, analysis, tactics, and recipes for this most edible of the political direct action techniques. Tips from experienced pie-ers on the best ways to slip into a shareholders meeting unobserved�ammunition in hand�and on blen

Writings on art, music, culture, and sex from the editors and writers of CounterPunch, the radical newsletter and hugely popular website.

A fascinating and compelling look at the emerging movement of revolutionary environmentalism. Includes essays by Marilyn Buck, Robert Jensen, John Zerzan, Ashanti Alston, Jeffrey "Free" Luers, Derrick Jensen, Ann Hansen, and a preface by Bron Taylor.

Four dozen contributors document, define, and drive home the beauty of a quiet ride with a thousand friends, the anarchy of grassroots inspiration, the melodrama of media coverage, and the fight for the survival of our cities.

"The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human." With this succinct formulation, Murray Bookchin launches his most ambitious work...

A guide to developing a healthier relationship with the food we eat and the planet we inhabit. And it is an exploration of how food affects us on all levels and how we can improve our practical and political relationship to it.

In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it.

In three guided tours, Martin Bull documents sixty-five London sites where one can see some of the most important works by the legendary political artist

Clips of interviews, scenery, gigs, people, music and 'things that happen', meshed together to give a wide-angle picture of a band on (and off) tour.