No Cause for Indictment

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

Lucy Parsons

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

In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary Ngo Van     1995     296p     6 x 9 Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people in the english-speaking world are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the … Continue reading In the Crossfire

The Haymarket Tragedy

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

Ojibwa Warrior

Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement Dennis Banks     2004     352p      6 x 9 The autobiography of Dennis Banks and the story of the American Indian Movement (AIM), of which he was a co-founder. The warrior’s story covers ground as vast as the country itself, from … Continue reading Ojibwa Warrior

The Subversion of Politics

European Autonomous Social Movements & The Decolonization of Everyday Life George Katsiaficas     1997     312p     6 x 9 George Katsiaficas’s account covers the period 1968-1996 and pays special attention to the role of autonomous feminist movements, the effects of squatters and feminists on the disarmament movement and on efforts to … Continue reading The Subversion of Politics

Recommended Reading

  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

Dynamite

The Story of Class Violence in America Louis Adamic     1935     380p     5 x 8 The history of labor in the United States is a story of almost continuous violence. In Dynamite, Louis Adamic recounts one century of that history in vivid, carefully researched detail. Covering both well- and lesser-known … Continue reading Dynamite

¡La rosa de foc hat tornat!

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!