The Life and Times of A Black Wobbly Ben Fletcher & Peter Cole     2006     149p     5.5 x 8.5 The great African American Wobbly organizer, Benjamin Fletcher (1890-1949), was noted for his brilliant organizing ability and imaginative on-the-job strategies, as well as for his courage, humor, and excellence as a … Continue reading Ben Fletcher →

As Told to Alex Haley Malcolm X & Alex Haley 1965 460p MMPB From his childhood in Michigan to hustling on the streets of Boston and Harlem to prison where he finds allah and back to Harlem to preach for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm was eventually betrayed by the Nation of Islam, and left, … Continue reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X →

Jean Genet     1949     272p     5 x 8 The man Jean Cocteau dubbed France’s ‘Black Prince of Letters’ here reconstructs his early adult years — time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step … Continue reading The Thief’s Journal →

Rebel Women in Pre-War Japan Misiko Hane     1993     340p     6 x 9 As japanese court dictated, these condemned rebels wrote their biographies while awaiting execution. Hear what inspired and drove these socialists and anarchists to attack power. $5-10 Other works involving prisoners, assassination, memoirs, prisoner writings, japan, trial, executions, 1920s, 1930s

Henri Charrière     1969     576p     5 x 8 “We have too much technological progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better. The craving for every new scientific discovery breeds a hunger for greater comfort and the constant struggle to … Continue reading Papillion →

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 →

Daphne Scholinski     1997     224p     6 x 9 At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of ‘Gender Identity Disorder.’ She spent three years – and over a million dollars of insurance – ‘treating’ the problem with makeup lessons and instructions in how … Continue reading Last Time I Wore A Dress →

The IWW and the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture Franklin Rosemont     2003     650p     5 x 8 A massive and thorough take on the life of Joe Hill (1877-1915), one of the best-known figures in the heroic history of the Industrial Workers of the World. U.S. labor’s most world-renowned … Continue reading Joe Hill →

Paul Avrich     1984     556p     6 x 9 Similar to most of Avrich’s work, this is the definitive take on the Haymarket bombing: the years and social tensions leading up to it, the 8 defendants including their similarities and differences, their executions and the anarchist seed that was planted by … Continue reading The Haymarket Tragedy →

125th Anniversary Edition Franklin Rosemont & David Roediger     2012     272p     8 x 11 Marking the 125th anniversary of the 1886 bombing at Chicago’s Haymarket Square, in a revised and expanded edition, this profusely illustrated anthology reproduces hundreds of original documents, speeches, posters, and handbills, as well as contributions by many … Continue reading The Haymarket Scrapbook →