The World That Never Was

A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists, and Secret Agents Alex Butterworth     2011     544p     6 x 9 In the late nineteenth century, nations the world over were mired in economic recession and beset by social unrest, their leaders increasingly threatened by acts of terrorism and assassination from anarchist extremists. … Continue reading The World That Never Was

The Pope is NOT Gay!

Angelo Quattrocchi     2010     192p     5 x 8 The Pope is Not Gay! is an irreverent history of homophobic and sexist obscurantism in the Holy Roman Church and an endoscopic examination of its greatest contemporary advocate, Pope Benedict XVI. In his inimitable style, anarchist Angelo Quattrocchi traces the evolution of … Continue reading The Pope is NOT Gay!

Jumping the Line

The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical William Herrick     2001     280p     6 x 9 Jumping the Line offers a vivid, sobering, first-hand account of Left culture in America’s heady days of the 20s through the 40s. William Herrick grew up in New York City with pictures of Lenin … Continue reading Jumping the Line

Isabelle

The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt Annette Kobak    1990    258p    6 x 9 Born in switzerland to an anarchist father, Isabelle’s family moved to Algeria when they were a young girl. By the time they were in their early teens, most of their immediate family had died and they set off to explore … Continue reading Isabelle

The Guillotine at Work

Vol. I: The Leninist Counter-Revolution G.P. Maximoff    1940    360p    5 x 8 Originally published in 1940 in two volumes, this is the (partially eyewitness) account of the Leninist terror inflicted upon Russia. Maximoff, a life-long anarchist, fought in the Russian Revolution, organized with the metal-workers, and was imprisoned by Lenin’s secret police … Continue reading The Guillotine at Work

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey 1969 269p MMPB Desert Solitaire is a collection of vignettes about life in the wilderness and the nature of the desert itself by the (at the time) park ranger and conservationist, Edward Abbey. The book details the unique adventures and conflicts the author faces, from dealing with the damage caused by development of … Continue reading Desert Solitaire

May Day

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

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

The Garden of Peculiarities

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

Dreams and Everyday Life

André Breton, Surrealism, Rebel Worker, SDS and the Seven Cities of Cibola Penelope Rosemont 2008 250p 5.5 x 8 Nationwide campus surveys show that students today regard the 1960s as the most attractive, creative, and effective decade of the past century. Above all, the Sixties introduced an inspiring new radicalism—in truth, many new radicalisms, a … Continue reading Dreams and Everyday Life