A founder of Columbia University SDS, and a veteran of the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War Movements, David Gilbert joined the Weather Underground Organization in the late -60's. After more than 10
An excellent, short, contemporary, introduction to anarchism, its ideas, and some of the thornier issues in life ("don't we need the police to catch criminals," "aren't peop
A huge, eminently practical workbook, and organizing tool. A popular education resource of exercise and tools for immigrant and refugee community organizations and other allies of immigrants and refug
The former metalworker and trade union leader Luis Inacio 'Lula' da Silva-known to everyone as Lula-was elected president of Brazil in late 2002 in his fourth attempt since founding the Workers' Party
The state is neither an inevitable, nor natural, phenomenon, but the creation of despots. Its history is a history of power, wealth and tyranny. The immortality of the state is the greatest myth of ou
Undoubtedly the most popular book in American labor history, the IWW's 'Little Red Song Book' has been a staple item on picket lines and at other workers gatherings for generations, and has gone throu
The sordid and shocking tale of one man's journey through erotic humiliation, Marxist political philosophy and gourmet curries. Certainly stretching the boundaries of non-fiction.
A welcome collection of essays exposing some of the more troublesome characteristics, reactionary tendencies, and unsavory elements in the struggle against globalization. Not everyone campaigning agai
Charlotte Wilson was the principal founder of Freedom Press, and the first editor of the anarchist newspaper Freedom, in 1886. She had been writing about anarchism in the socialist press since 1884, a
One of the finest short introductions to the basic concepts, theories and practical applications of anarchism. First written in the 60s, it has yet to be surpassed. This handsome new edition includes
Under pavement. Under a shimmering crust of broken glass and weeds, the dark earth endures. We are dispossessed of our most basic human right - to cultivate the land. But in cities across North Americ
Literary Nonfiction. Politics. Critical Theory. The first half of the book consists of two new texts. "The Joy of Revolution" is a series of observations on the problems and possibilities of a global
A collection of ten lectures exploring the alternative traditions in housing design that stress both user needs AND pleasure principles, disputing professional assumptions of architectural design. Wid
Talking Schools gathers together ten lectures given in Britain and the United States at teachers' conferences, meetings of educational progressive groups, and all those occasions when schooling is on
Fermin Rocker was born in the East End of London in 1907, the son of Rudolf Rocker, the famous anarchist theorist, activist and disciple of Kropotkin. A book illustrator, and painter, in exploring his
Strategies for freeing information from the distortions of power in mass media, bureaucracies, intellectual property, surveillance, research and the like.
Allotment gardens (or community gardens as they are called here) are taken for granted as party of the everyday scene on the fringe of very city, town and village. This unique and fascinating book exp
The incredible autobiography of an incredible man. Souchy fought in the Spanish Revolution;was a serious and knowledgeable student of Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin and Gustav Landauer; a consistent war
Solidarity Unionism is critical reading for all who care about the future of labor because its modesty lets it say so much. Short and plainly written, it is also deliberately tentative in its conclusi
A selection of original documents from the period - from first hand accounts of the revolution: the collectives in town, country, industry, public services and agriculture; reports on meetings and dem
A wonderfully erudite, short treatise, originally written in 1974, and published under the name Ratgeb. "So you see, you have had your fill of controls and constraints, and of the cop who is
In this classic work of American nonfiction the greatest labor organizer in US history details her three quarter century fight for labor's liberation, and her unswerving belief in industrial unionism
During the late 1960s, when students all over American were practicing direct democracy on campus by waging massive student strikes and taking over their university buildings, the three essays collect
Eyewitness reports of the crushing counter-revolution from Augustin Souchy, Jose Peirats, Burnett Bolloten and Emma Goldman. This 'minor' incident in the Spanish Civil War claimed more casualties in t
Published here for the first time, this lively narrative by old-time Wobbly Henry McGuckin (1893-1974) is not like any other book on the Industrial Workers Of The World. Although 'Mac' knew and worked
First published in 1984, this is unfortunately, still rather relevant. A serious look at strategies against war, which involve confronting institutions such as the state, bureaucracy, the military and
Posthumous novel. A wide-ranging imaginative account of history. Narrator Obenabi records in 1840 the histories of his ancient and recent grandmothers. Set in the North American woodlands, these tales
Kadour Naïmi came from Algeria to study in France in 1966, four years after his country’s liberation from colonial rule and two years before a different liberation movement exploded in France. Capturi
IIn 1968, Leslie Kaplan, a young American poet living in France, went to work in a factory. This was the Maoist practice of établissement, an effort toward helping form a revolutionary proletar
A beautifully illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of Simón Radowitzky (1891-1956), a gentle soul caught up in a cruel world. The author/illustrator is an Argentinian living in Spain
"Rather than provide literary criticism or biography, Kristian Williams is most concerned in this felicitous collection to derive George Orwell's methodthe process he used to translate personal
Nonfiction. Media Studies. European History. Translated from Italian by Jessica Otey. Focusing on Italian "videocracy," ETHEREAL SHADOWS documents the emergence of the first Italian media mogul, Silvi
East End Jewish Radicals is essential reading for anyone interested in Victorian and Edwardian London, social and labour history, and Jewish and migrant history in this country.Professor William Fishm
In December 2001 Ted Curtis traveled to Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem in the West Bank, to participate in non-violent Direct Action against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, then in its
Workers' control of industry, a phrase coined by the Guild Socialists, recalls the libertarian aspirations of the first rebels against the slavery inherent in the capitalist mode of production. A hist
Cultural Writing. HOBOHEMIA: EMMA GOLDMAN, LUCY PARSONS, BEN REITMAN & OTHER AGITATORS & OUTSIDERS IN 1920s/30s CHICAGO is a vivid account of a colorful, dynamic, creative and radical communit
Deb's only full-length book (first published in 1927) is a lively memoir as well as a stirring critique, drawing on his own prison experiences. He served time for his leading role in the Pullman Strik
