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Revolt!: The Next Great Transformation from Kleptocracy Capitalism to Libertarian Socialism through Counter Ideology, Societal Education, & Direct Action

politicalmediareview — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:42:00 +0000

What is most interesting about John Asimakopoulos’s Revolt! is its intended audience. And while he endeavors to trouble assumptions about readership and readability in his introduction, it is clear throughout the text that I am not who he had in mind when he wrote it.

The CNT in the Spanish Revolution, Volume 1

politicalmediareview — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:02:18 +0000

The Spanish anarchist movement and revolution of the late 1930s are undoubtedly the historical force and context most praised by Western anarchists. In absolute numbers, in proportion of the overall population they were part of, and in the radical transformation they accomplished in much of Spanish society, the reputation is well deserved.

3 Anarchist Rebellions on Film

politicalmediareview — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:54:55 +0000

Hundreds of films take on anarchist themes in some manner, but only a handful deal with anarchist governance. Three of the most interesting of these are, Alexander the Great (Megalexandros, 1980, Greek), Viva Zapata! (1952, United States), and Rebellion in Patagonia (La Patagonia Rebelde, 1974, Argentina).

Drawing The Line Once Again: Paul Goodman’s Anarchist Writings

politicalmediareview — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:47:20 +0000

While relatively unknown today, Paul Goodman was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In books like Growing Up Absurd, published in 1960, Goodman captured the zeitgeist of his era, catapulting himself to the forefront of American intellectual life

So Much Pretty

politicalmediareview — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:33:55 +0000

I picked up So Much Pretty looking to escape the world and its many disappointments. What I found instead was a story that could very well happen in my community, to my friends, to their children...a terrifying prospect. And yet, I kept reading. As the suspense mounted, as a girl went missing, as the chapters began to be numbered as police evidence, I could not turn away

Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader by Gustav Landauer

politicalmediareview — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:50:32 +0000

Gustav Landauer is perhaps the most important German speaking anarchist of the late 19th and early 20th century, but he is not well known in the English speaking world. Despite four book length studies of Landauer and a few translations, there has never been a major collection of his work in English.

Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada

politicalmediareview — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:44:59 +0000

After reading Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada, all I wanted to do was become a pirate. Not the kind that steals in a capitalist bent to become rich at the expense of others. I want to appropriate what is already mine: the public airways and broadcast what corporate media despise most—defiant free-form radio