Max Cafard & Stephen Duplantier 2012 180p 5 x 8 Philosopher, activist, artist Max Cafard, has been steadily working his way through critiques of Anarchism, Surrealism, Situationism, Media, Cinema, and Regionalism, to arrive to his own fascinating and practicable practice of the Surregional. The still-standing techniques of all the … Continue reading Surreagional Explorations →
Radical Perspectives in the Caribbean Fundi 1988 24p 5 x 8 A compilation of excerpts from a forum on Grenada and Jamaica, which was held in San Francisco in December, 1983, follow-up interviews and informal discussions. These edited statements belong 53-year-old Jamaican named Fundi. The basis for his critical … Continue reading None Shall Escape →
1967-1984: Documents and Chronology The Angry Brigade & Jean Weir 1985 64p 4 x 5 ‘Sit in the drugstore, look distant, empty, bored, drinking some tasteless coffee? Or perhaps BLOW IT UP OR BURN IT DOWN. The only thing you can do with modern slave-houses — called boutiques — … Continue reading The Angry Brigade →
Autonomy & Self-Organization in the Revolutions of Everyday Life Stevphen Shukaitis 2009 256p 6 x 9 All power to the imagination? Over the past forty years to invoke the imagination as a basis for radical politics has become a cliché: a rhetorical utilization of ideas already in circulation, invoking the mythic unfolding … Continue reading Imaginal Machines →
Situationists and the Beach, May 1968 Dark Star Collective 2001 120p 8 x 8 An anthology of the three classic Situationist pamphlets—The Poverty of Student Life, Totality for Kids, and The Decline and Fall of the Spectacular Commodity Economy, plus an eyewitness account of the Paris May ’68 events. Much of the Situ creed was … Continue reading Beneath the Paving Stones →
France, May ‘68 R. Gregoire & F. Perlman 1969 96p 5 x 8 Gregoire and Perlman recount their fascinating experiences Paris when it seemed possible that a non-bureaucratic revolution was at hand. As participants, they analyze actions and principles. They criticize passivity, leaders and the fear of change. $2-5 … Continue reading Worker-Student Action Committees →
Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb Ken Knabb 1997 408p 6 x 9 The greatest hits, and a fine read for anyone interested in situationist ideas, anarchism, the 60s counterculture and beyond. Includes two substantial new texts—”The Joy Of Revolution” and “Autobiography,” and reprints of all his old pamphlets, co-authored … Continue reading Public Secrets →
Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary Ngo Van 1995 296p 6 x 9 Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people in the english-speaking world are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the … Continue reading In the Crossfire →
A Chronicle of Fredy Perlman’s Fifty Years Lorraine Perlman 1989 200p 5 x 8 A memoir with photos written by Fredy’s companion of 27 years. Fredy’s life began in Czechoslavakia in 1934 and ended in Detroit in 1985. In those fifty years he lived on three continents and incorporated … Continue reading Having Little, Being Much →
L’insurrection Qui Vient The Invisible Committee 2007 136p 4.5 x 7 From the beginning: “From whatever angle you approach it, the present offers no way out. This is not the least of its virtues. From those who seek hope above all, it tears away every firm ground. Those who … Continue reading The Coming Insurrection →