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Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas
An old saying goes that, until lions are the storytellers, hunters will always write history to favor themselves. Countering such understandings is a fundamental aspiration to ideas like popular education as advocated by Paulo Freire.
Continue reading...Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy
15. July 2010
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AAARRRGGGGHHHH, Matey! I was one of the kids who grew up thinking that pirates were, well, cool as shit. Swashbucklers had evil-looking flags and tattoos, they wore eyepatches, they were fearless bandits, hedonistic drunks, and nationless nomads.
Continue reading...Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward
9. June 2010
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The book focuses on eleven writers representing a spectrum from left libertarianism to fully fledged anarchism in all its diverse manifestations.
Continue reading...Empire of Sacrifice: The Religious Origins of American Violence
3. June 2010
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From Regeneration Through Violence to Settlers, many sobering works have given attention to the unusual relationship religion has served in undergirding oppression and the passive as well as active support among keepers of the faith for brutal policies.
Continue reading...Want to Start A Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle
9. May 2010
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The position of women as organizers seems under continuous scrutiny. For women of color, the clashes they face are compounded by questions of loyalty as well as privilege and struggling within communities that have been subjected to historic miseducation and troubles.
Continue reading...Colectivo Solidario, El anarcosindicalismo español. Una historia en imagenes
7. February 2010
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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...Durruti in the Spanish Revolution
20. January 2010
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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...The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement
27. December 2009
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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...The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther
27. November 2009
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Among some circles, Fred Hampton is a luminary without peers. Though new generations may only catch his reference in a song, his legacy in Chicago and to the Black liberation movement is without question.
Continue reading...From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of Revolution
27. November 2009
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Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton perhaps explained Black revolutionary nationalism best when he drew lines against what he called reactionary nationalism. Revolutionary nationalism is a force that sees capital and the ruling order in a fundamentally different way;
Continue reading...Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juárez: 1893-1923
16. October 2009
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Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, a dominant image that sticks out in my mind is a view from Interstate-10, a common route for commuters. Whether heading east- or west-bound, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is, at one point, visible from the freeway, and if one takes a second look, an interesting juxtaposition presents itself:
Continue reading...Become A Friend
29. July 2010
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