Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! Fredy Perlman 1983 296p 5 x 8 How Civilization encroached on free peoples. On every continent scribes, traders and kings promoted division of labor, professional armies, social discipline, national, ethnic and class fervor. Bastard Out of Carolina A Novel Dorothy Allison 1992 320p 6 x … Continue reading Recommended Reading
A Memoir Reinaldo Arenas 1992 336p 5 x 8 Written while dying of AIDS in New York City in the late 1980s, this is Arenas’ incredible story, told so movingly and elegantly in all its misery and beauty. Born in impoverished countryside of Cuba, Arenas ran away to join guerrillas at … Continue reading Before Night Falls
An Autobiography Assata Shakur 1987 303p 6.5 x 9.5 Black radical, former panther, BLA member and all-around badass, this is Assata’s own story up until the late 1980s. From the afterward: “Through her eyes we have the chance to see so many social tensions at play. The obvious and … Continue reading Assata