The May Day Orchestra   CD/Vinyl   2010 The second ‘folk opera’ by The May Day Orchestra tells the story of Ota Benga, a pygmy man who was taken from Congo and put on display at the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis. A simultaneous narrative about Roger Casement weaves into the songs as does … Continue reading Ota Benga →

Or, Songs for Lucy Parsons The May Day Orchestra   Vinyl   2009 “The ‘Folk Opera’ concerning the labor question” according to its liner notes, this is the debut release from The May Day Orchestra, a group started by Tim Rakel in 2008 to write historically-rooted albums with various musical accompaniment. Words for the songs … Continue reading May Day →

Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England William Cronon 1983 288p 5 x 8 William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists’ sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Changes in the Land provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land … Continue reading Changes in the Land →

1603-1714 Christopher Hill 1961 368p 5 x 8 During this period modern English society and a modern state began to take shape, and England’s position in the world was transformed. Marxist historian Hill tries to delve below the familiar events to grasp what happened to ordinary english commoners as well as to kings and queens … Continue reading The Century of Revolution →

B. Traven     1931     271p     5.5 x 8 In the second of his six Jungle Novels, Traven brings his remarkable narrative talents to bear on the coming of age of a young Indian oxcart driver and the oppressive world in which he must make his way. $7-15 Other works involving … Continue reading The Carreta →

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 →

An Oral History of the Spanish Civil War Ronald Fraser ed. 1979 628p 6.5 x 9.5 A massive oral history of the spanish civil war. $7-15 Other works involving spanish civil war, anarchism, communism, fascism, the united front, anti-fascism, the abraham lincoln brigades, stalin, spain, 1920s, 1930s, 1900s

Jesús Sepúlveda     2005     108p     5 x 8 Jesús Sepúlveda is a Chilean green anarchist with roots in Spain, Italy and Eugene, Oregon. This work is both critical and inspirational, a human and plant-centered antidote to the globalist technocracy. $8-12 Other works involving anarchism, civilization, primitivism, technology, theory

Margaret Atwood 2001 521p 6 x 9 The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: ‘Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.’ They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister’s death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental. … Continue reading The Blind Assassin →

A Record of Childhood and Youth Richard Wright 1945 448p 5 x 8 Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a ‘drunkard,’ hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was … Continue reading Black Boy →