An Autopsy of Newark Ronald Porambo 1972 425p 5 x 8 The definitive account of the buildup, chaos, and aftermath of one of the biggest urban riots in US history: the 1967 Newark riots. Forty-five years ago, Newark’s black majority erupted in revolt and were ruthlessly put down by … Continue reading No Cause for Indictment
Freedom, Equality and Solidarity: Writings and Speeches, 1878-1937 Gale Ahrens 2004 183p 5 x 8 ‘More dangerous than 1000 rioters!’ That’s what the Chicago police called Lucy Parsons – America’s most defiant and persistent anarchist agitator, whose cross-country speaking tours inspired hundreds of thousands of working people. Her friends … Continue reading Lucy Parsons
Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895-1917 Terrance Kissack 2008 220p 6 x 9 By investigating public records, journals, and books published between 1895 and 1917, Terence Kissack expands the scope of the history of queer politics in the United States. The anarchists Kissack examines—such as Emma Goldman, … Continue reading Free Comrades
B. Traven 1926 384p 6 x 9 The story of a sailor rendered Stateless after losing his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an ‘illegal’ job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction. $10-15 Other works involving b. … Continue reading The Death Ship
The Story of America’s Largest Labor Uprising Robert Shogan 2004 296p 6 x 9 The Battle of Blair Mountain covers a profoundly significant but long-neglected slice of American history – the largest armed uprising on American soil since the Civil War. In 1921, some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners, outraged over years of brutality and exploitation, … Continue reading The Battle of Blair Mountain
Alan Moore & David Lloyd 1989 296p 7 x 10 Remember, remember the fifth of November… A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and … Continue reading V For Vendetta
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
The Rose of Fire Has Returned: The Struggle for the Streets of Barcelona Anonymous 2012 75p 4 x 8 ‘In may 2011, tens of thousands occupied plazas throughout Spain in a protest movement that prefigured similar occupations around the world, including the Occupy movement in the US. On March … Continue reading ¡La rosa de foc hat tornat!