How does one demonstrate the enduring relevance of a sacred text but to help it speak to present times? This is what churches do with the Bible and what Marxists do with the writings of Marx. Richard
In October 2006, a group of housing activists called Take Back the Land seized control of a plot of public land in Miami, Florida and built an encampment that would become known as the Umoja Village S
"Movement reporting on a par with Mailer's Armies of the Night"—Peter Linebaugh, author of Magna Carta Manifesto and The Many-Headed Hydra.Hold on tight as you open the pages of Born Under a Bad Sky a
When ten sailors are shipwrecked onto a desert island, they lock their tyrannical captain in a cage and live off the bounty of the land--until one sailor's greed gets the best of him. The rest must le
"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn, Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid o
"I would say he was the best courtroom lawyer I've known in my lifetime, and I've known a lot of them."Tom Hayden"He wasn't drawn to making money. He was drawn to defending justice. He
Occupation Culture is the story of a journey through the world of recent political squatting in Europe, told by a veteran of the 1970s and '80s New York punk art scene. It is also a kind of scholar ad
If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it. And, says veteran environmental activist Matt Hern, cities are the best chance we have left for a tr
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
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
Endnotes is a journal/book series published by a discussion group based in Germany, the UK and the US. It is primarily oriented towards conceptualising the conditions of possibility of a communist ove
A collection of essays, most from the 80s, but with one 'post-Iraq', looking at how, in a man's world, women can make revolutionary change. "Now in this exploration, we are moving onto the gr
The Duty to Stand Aside tells the story of one of the most intriguing yet little-known literary-political feuds—and friendships—in 20th-century English literature. It examines the argument
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
"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
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
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
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
Cultural Writing. Few are aware that Eugene Debs (1855-1927), the best-loved socialist agitator of his time, wrote one of the most insightful books on prisons. Debs's only full-length book,WALLS &
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
In "Guillotined," Alexander Cockburn sets out to save the English language from abuse by journalists, politicians, and bloggers. Cockburn lines up a most wanted list of cliches, over-used phrases and
Endnotes is a journal/book series published by a discussion group based in Germany, the UK and the US. It is primarily oriented towards conceptualising the conditions of possibility of a communist ove
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
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
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
"This intimate, moving, and timely collection of essays points the way to a world in which the burden of grief is shared, and pain is reconfigured into a powerful force for social change and collectiv
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.
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
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
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
Autonomedia's Jubilee Saints Calendar for 2013 will be our 21st annual wall calendar, with artwork by James Koehnline, and text by the Autonomedia Collective. Hundreds of radical cultural and politica
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
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
