Industrial Domestication

Industry as the Origins of Modern Domination Leopold Roc     16p     5 x 8 An excellent description of the history and methods used to force some of the first people from their homes into factories. No one goes willing, it isn’t smooth, inevitable or anything close to a ‘revolution.’ Industrial Domestication PDF … Continue reading Industrial Domestication

There’s A Riot Going On

Peter Doggett     2009     608p     6 x 9 Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from Berkeley, Detroit, and Newark, to Paris, Berlin, Ghana, and Peking. Rock … Continue reading There’s A Riot Going On

Bread Upon the Waters

Rose Pesotta 1944 435p 6 x 8 Rose Pesotta was an anarchist, feminist labor organizer and the vice president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Born in Ukraine in the 1890s, Pesotta’s interest in Narodnaya Volya eventually lead her to anarchism. Arriving in New York City in 1913, Pessota found work in the garment … Continue reading Bread Upon the Waters

There’s A Riot Going On

Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of the ‘60s Peter Doggett     2007     608p     6 x 9 Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from … Continue reading There’s A Riot Going On

Sabotage in the American Workplace

Anecdotes of Dissatisfaction, Mischief, and Revenge T. Cox & M. Sprouse     1992     175p     9 x 11 Stories of frustration and revenge throughout all sectors of the american workplace: construction, restaurants, transportation, sex, factory, art, education, military, etc. $10-20 Other works involving sabotage, work, service industry, factories, military, 1980s, 1990s

Rebels Against the Future

The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution Kirkpatrick Sale     1995     336p     6 x 9 Sale tells the compelling story of the Luddites’ struggle to preserve their way of life by destroying the machines that threatened to replace them and force further isolation, exploitation and alienation. ‘King Ludd’ lead anonymous groups of peasants against … Continue reading Rebels Against the Future

Joe Hill

The IWW and the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture Franklin Rosemont     2003     650p     5 x 8 A massive and thorough take on the life of Joe Hill (1877-1915), one of the best-known figures in the heroic history of the Industrial Workers of the World. U.S. labor’s most world-renowned … Continue reading Joe Hill

Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads Dee Brown     1977     305p     6 x 9 An often unknown and under-appreciated social history of the transcontinental railroad. Brown covers so many social tensions: from the barge workers (being displaced by railroads) and the railroad industry, to the hyper-exploitation of immigrant rail … Continue reading Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow

Pamphlets

All pamphlets are on a sliding scale. Pamphlets are listed with the author, when it was first written and approximate page length and size. If available, pdfs accompany each pamphlet’s page. Prices do not include shipping.   The Angry Brigade 1967-1984: Documents and Chronology The Angry Brigade & Jean Weir   1985   64p  4 x 5 … Continue reading Pamphlets