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Waiting for Lightning to Strike
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Kevin Alexander Gray
The Year that saw an African-American run for the presidency as the nominee of the Democratic Party for the first time in U.S. history also witnessed a truly remarkable silence—one that was scarcely coincidental. In all the millions of words written about a political ascent of one black man, there
was virtually nothing about the descent of black leadership into well nigh total ineffectiveness. Barack Obama's personal itinerary was mapped in minutest detail. The larger itinerary of African Americans was mostly ignored.
No one should venture a mile into the rough terrain of black politics and culture in America today without reading this. There's no keener mind, no sharper eye focused on the condition of black politics.
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An Anarchist FAQ, Volume 1
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Iain McKay
This exhaustive volume, the first of two, seeks to provide answers for the curious and critical about anarchist theory, history, and practice. More a reference volume than a primer, An Anarchist FAQ eschews curt answers and engages with questions in a thorough, matter-of-fact style.
Having been an internet staple for over a decade, we are proud to offer this solicitously edited print version. AFAQ's oversized and affordable format (topping out at over 550 pages) will ensure it a place on every shelf, where it will be referenced again and again.
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We, the Anarchists!
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Stuart Christie
The FAI was a group of twentieth-century militants dedicated to keeping Spain's largest labor union, the CNT, on a revolutionary, anarcho-syndicalist path.
There are two dimensions to Christie's indispensable We, the Anarchists! The first is descriptive and historical: it outlines the evolution of the organized anarchist movement in Spain and its relationship with the wider labor movement and, at the same time, provides some insight into the main ideas that made the Spanish labor movement one of the most revolutionary of modern times. The second is analytical, as the book addresses—from an anarchist perspective—the problem of understanding and coping with change in the contemporary world; how can ideals survive the process of institutionalization?
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Abolition Now!
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CR10 Publications Collective, editor
Today, over 7,000,000 people live under the control of U.S. jail, prison, probation, or parole systems—the vast majority of them people of color and young people. Between 2000 and 2007, Congress added 454 new offenses to the Federal criminal code. Policing at all levels is increasingly militarized and demands more and more resources. The crisis shows no signs of slowing.
Published in honor of Critical Resistance's tenth anniversary, Abolition Now! reflects the themes: Dismantle, Change, and Build. It presents bold strategies to create a stronger movement of people committed to PIC abolition and build healthy communities free from surveillance, policing, and imprisonment.
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Hammered by the Irish
- Harry Browne
As the US prepared to invade Iraq in 2003, five Catholic Worker activists scrambled across runways and broke into a hangar at Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland. Swinging hammers and a pickaxe, they did more than $2.5 million damage.
Three-and-a-half years later, a jury decided they were innocent of any crime. This is the story of how a civilian airport became a "Pitstop of Death," and how an act of conscience touched the hearts and minds of twelve jurors, making political and legal history, in an epic of popular resistance.
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Partisanas
- Ingrid Strobl
Common perception of women during wartime relegates them to the sidelines of history—working in munitions factories, or waiting for their men to return. The truth is that much of the resistance to fascism should be chalked up to the people whom official accounts have nothing to say. Partisanas excavates the history of women who planted bombs, shouldered guns, and were among the most active participants in the European Resistance.
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Disaster and Resistance
- Seth Tobocman
Disaster and Resistance outlines pressing social and political struggles at the dawn of the 21st century—from post 9-11 NYC to Israel and Palestine, to Iraq and New Orleans. Fans of Seth's classic works, You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive and War in the Neighborhood, will see that his punch has not softened as his new work skewers the individuals and institutions wreaking havoc across the globe today. In his bold comic style, Seth chronicles events as they happen, musing not on the chaos of instability and fear, but on the struggle against it.
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Everywhere All the Time
- Matt Hern, editor
Debates about education often revolve around standardized testing, taxes and funding, teacher certification—everything except how to best help kids develop learning skills. Everywhere All the Time presents an array of historical and contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that children's capacity to learn decreases as soon as they enter bureaucratic, institutional facilities.
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