Margot Pepper's memoir propels us through the blockade to post-cold war Cuba. It's a surreal world where high-ranking officials are required to pick up hitch-hikers. Root canals, cosmetic surgery and
9 essays from members of the venerable Jewish peace and justice organisation, plus one from Judith Butler reframe the debate on the middle-east, and anti-semitism. "The eloquent testimonials
With his combination of hard-edged logic and visionary hope, Michael Albert is one of the treasures of the Left. [Barbara Ehrenreich] How does a Marxist talk about gender? How does a feminist talk abo
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
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
A fast-paced, information account (with lots of photos!), of the Tin Pot Insurrection, and the rise of the Neighborhoods, and Piqueteros. John Jordan was one of the founders of the UK's 'Reclaim The S
Based on the experience of thousands of war tax resisters and enlivened with dozens of inspiring stories of resistance, War Tax Resistance provides both support and practical advice for everyone resis
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
A new collection of essays, largely focussing on the history of informal housing movements - squatters and cotters, plotlanders, travellers and settlers - together with water and the gift relationship
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
An extended interview with the three political prisoners - a frank discussion of past political movements, victories and errors, and the current political climate for revolutionary struggle within the
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
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
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
Albert's work...offers valuable signposts for those who are not satisfied to contemplate a dismal future for much of humanity. [Noam Chomsky.] A highly accessible and unorthodox approach to thinking a
Under the rallying cry of "Music is our bomb!" this collection of 38 articles and interviews with all sorts of practitioners of musicopolitical activism will refresh, incite, and ins
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
The fiery polemic against the State, and the Constitution, from the individualist anarchist, together with an introduction, annotations and new afterword by James J Martin.
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
A book of anti-war, anti-state, anti-capitalist cartoons by a brilliant artist, supplemented by quotations from contemporary newspapers and other sources, selected by Marie Louise Berneri. A reprint o
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
