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Direct Action: An Ethnography
To many anarchists, the idea of an “ethnographic study of the global justice movement” may seem problematic. Whether it be matters of security culture or the question of an outsider coming into a culture and telling the rest of the world about them, people I’ve talked to, without knowing Graeber’s work, often seemed skeptical.
Continue reading...Colectivo Solidario, El anarcosindicalismo español. Una historia en imagenes
7. February 2010
Marking the centenary of Solidaridad Obrera, this extensive graphic history of the Spanish libertarian tradition is one of the most recent books published by the Confederación Sindical Solidaridad Obrera.
Continue reading...Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms
1. February 2010
The stated aim of Rebel Alliances is to “provide a convincing, documented account of contemporary anarchism and to critically evaluate its tactical and organisational forms through an appropriate framework.”
Continue reading...The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle
21. January 2010
David Solnit asks, "who has the power and resources to define our history and thus shape what people think?" It is a premise that shapes the awkwardly titled AK Press offering The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, a primer for activists
Continue reading...Durruti in the Spanish Revolution
20. January 2010
This is the definitive version of Diego Camacho’s (a.k.a. Abel Paz) monumental biography of Buenaventura Durruti, the celebrated activist who most embodied the heroism, resistance and spirit of sacrifice of the Spanish anarchist movement.
Continue reading...Unstable Universalities: Poststructuralism and Radical Politics
19. January 2010
Thanks largely to the efforts of Saul Newman, we now refer to the site where poststructuralism intersects anarchist politics as "postanarchism." The term postanarchism appears to derive from the works of Hakim Bey, via Jason Adams.
Continue reading...Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory
16. January 2010
It is widely recognised that these are exciting times for anarchist theory. Uri Gordon’s book is one of many by the young veterans of the varied anarchist practices of the last ten years (at least) and can only add to this excitement.
Continue reading...Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism
16. January 2010
Arguing about the nature of anarchism is a popular anarchist pastime, and Paul McLaughlin here offers a provocative intervention in that debate, in the form of a ‘philosophical introduction to classical anarchism’. While I don’t in the end find his answer convincing, he does a good deal of valuable work in the course of arguing for it.
Continue reading...The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement
27. December 2009
This richly illustrated and designed volume, featuring indigenous art and photographs on nearly every page and unprecedented interviews with members of the early villages, is a result of the seven years Mexican journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez’ spent with the Zapatistas in Southern Chiapas.
Continue reading...Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
12. August 2009
This is a novelized true story by Ann Hansen describing vividly the rise and eventual downfall of the Canadian urban guerrilla group Direct Action. The book is engaging from the start, opening with a dramatic police ambush.
Continue reading...Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook
12. August 2009
Another deftly produced manual from the Crimethinc Collective, this time an A-Z (or A-W as it goes) guide to living the Good Lifestyle Anarchy. This book gives you detailed information on everything from asphalt mosaics (don't ask me, read the book)
Continue reading...- Girls Are Not Chicks - Coloring Book
- The Jena 6
- A Movement of Movements: Is another world really possible?
- The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther
- Behind the Mask
- On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Twenty-First Century Lynching
- Earthlings
- The Will to Resist
- The Lifelong Activist: Changing the World Without Losing Your Way
- The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
- Cath: I've had Get it Ripe for a few months now. And yes...
- Abbey: I'm just beginning to read this. I love Todd May's...
- Anthony Nocella: A really good book, which I enjoyed. It is helpful...
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14. February 2010
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