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Paperback. Condition: Good. Perhaps the most visible revolutionary anarchist organisation in North America in the last few decades, The Love and Rage Federation have made numerous key contributions to debates around anarchism and organisation, race, white supremacy and the national question. This collection of writings from the Federation keep these debates alive while also documenting the rise and fall of an important political movement.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The first English-language evaluation of the French anarchist movement between World War One and World War Two. Using an impressive array of archival sources and personal interviews, Berry's original research explores the debates and growing pains of a large, working class movement facing great obstacles. Focusing on the organised wings of the movement - the syndicalist and anarcho-communist group - it offers a ringside seat to the legacy of the First International, the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Bolshevik treachery, as well as the fight against fascism.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. We need to take sports seriously as arenas of immense power, with a mass appeal. Yet intellectuals have long since abandoned the sporting world. Why? What do we gain by handing over the persuasive power of sports to the worst elements of our culture, by allowing sports to become plagued by hyper-consumption, militarism, violence, sexism and homophobia? According to Matt Hern, not a whole lot. In a series of narratives, Hern makes an impassioned and entertaining plea for a more active engagement with sports, both physically and intellectually.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Duty to Stand Aside tells the story of one of the most intriguing yet little-known literary-political feuds - and friendships - in 20th-century English literature. It examines the arguments that divided George Orwell and Alex Comfort during WWII. Laursen's book takes a fresh look at the Orwell-Comfort quarrel and the lessons it holds for our very different world - in which war has been replaced by undeclared 'conflicts,' civilian bombing is even more enthusiastically practiced, and moral choices between two sides are rarely straightforward.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bringing together a decade's worth of AK Thompson's essays on the culture of revolt, Premonitions offers an engaged and engaging assessment of contemporary radical politics. Inspired by the writings of Walter Benjamin, Thompson combines scholarship and grassroots grit to address themes ranging from violence and representation to Romanticism and death. Whether uncovering the unrealised promise buried in mainstream cultural offerings or tracing an imperiled course toward the moment of reckoning, the essays in Premonitions are provocations set to spark debate and kindle fires in the night.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wayne Foster is working at a fastfood restaurant in small-town Scotland. Fed up with dead-end jobs, Wayne and his colleagues are thrust into conflict with their boss and the police. Their hopes of a better world frustrated, he moves to London with a French anarchist called Manette. Together they protest the invasion of Iraq and riot against the EU in Greece. But as their relationship collapses, the anti-capitalist movement stutters and the war on terror continues, Wayne feels disillusioned and lost. He turns to his old friends for support, but there are too many old scores to be settled.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn present a detailed scrutiny of the 'quality' print press and leading corporate media in the last decade, detailing a disastrous sequence of misrepresentation, suppression, ignorance and a wilful embrace of the government's agenda. The book traces the impending disintigration of what are now 'old media' and looks towards the emergence of an entirely new landscape of mass communications: one that includes a more populist approach to information dissemination.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Wayne Foster is working at a fastfood restaurant in small-town Scotland. Fed up with dead-end jobs, Wayne and his colleagues are thrust into conflict with their boss and the police. Their hopes of a better world frustrated, he moves to London with a French anarchist called Manette. Together they protest the invasion of Iraq and riot against the EU in Greece. But as their relationship collapses, the anti-capitalist movement stutters and the war on terror continues, Wayne feels disillusioned and lost. He turns to his old friends for support, but there are too many old scores to be settled.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In kindergarten, teachers told Tennessee Reed that she had a learning disability so severe that she would never read or write, but she proved them wrong by writing her first book at the age of 11. In this inspiring autobiography, spanning from school to university, Reed gives an inspiring account of her disabilities and how they affect her life. More importantly, she exposes society's disability' - that there is only one correct way of being. Through great reserves of courage, she has fought an education system that would otherwise have written off her capabilities.'. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Clifton Ross has made a name for himself making films and writing books about the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. This book is an about-face: an exploration of how he realised the degree to which he was duped by a cult of personality - and how this has happened to him, and to much of the Left, over and over again. Part memoir, part historical and political analysis, Home From the Dark Side of Utopia is one man's reassessment of his faith in political parties and revolutionary vanguards.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The first collection in English of writings by Ricardo Flores Magon (1874-1922), a legend in Mexico. Through his newspaper, Regeneracion, Magon boldly criticised the injustices of Mexico's military dictatorship and worked to build the popular movement that eventually overthrew it. Exiled to the US, Magon continued to agitate for revolution. He was finally murdered in Leavenworth Penitentiary in 1922.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. After centuries of colonial domination and a twentieth century riddled with dictatorships, indigenous peoples in Bolivia embarked upon a social and political struggle that would change the country forever. As part of that project activists took control of their own history, starting in the 1960s by reaching back to oral traditions and then forward to new forms of print and broadcast media. This book tells the fascinating story of how indigenous Bolivians recovered and popularised histories of past rebellions, political models and leaders, using them to build movements for rights, land, autonomy, and political power. Drawing from rich archival sources and the author's lively interviews with indigenous leaders and activist-historians, The Five Hundred Year Rebellion describes how movements tapped into centuries-old veins of oral history and memory to produce manifestos, booklets, and radio programs on histories of resistance, wielding them as tools to expand their struggles and radically transform society.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the punitive atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalised and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and centre as real alternatives to today s failed models of confinement and 'correction'. In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms - from toolkits to personal essays - to delve deeply into the 'how to' of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organisers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the punitive atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalised and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and centre as real alternatives to today s failed models of confinement and 'correction'. In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms - from toolkits to personal essays - to delve deeply into the 'how to' of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organisers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Shawna Potter turns decades of experience into a clear and concise guide for public spaces of all sorts, from art galleries to bagel shops to concert halls, that want to shut down harassers wherever they show up. The steps she outlines are realistic, practical, and actionable. With the addition of personal stories, case studies, sample policies, and no-nonsense advice like 'How to Flirt without Being a Creep,' Potter shows why safer spaces are important, while making it easier to achieve them. Eschewing theory, she assumes the reader is already an ethical creature and jumps right in with candour, punk passion, and righteous anger to get the job done.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. This muti-ethnic, multi-generational collection is written directly to and by survivors of sexual violence. Intentionally written in an accessible language appealing to all populations of survivors, allies and activists, Dear Sister mixes genres, bringing letters offering profound and lasting insight into the journey of survivorship together with essays providing substantial analysis around issues pertaining to healing and justice.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Leonard Weinglass was a U.S. criminal defence lawyer and constitutional law advocate whose clients were a who's who of the twentieth-century left. They included the Chicago 7, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army and Weather Underground, Angela Davis, Daniel Ellsberg, and Mumia Abu Jamal. Through Buhle's words and Tobocman's images, Len, a Lawyer in History explores the vibrant life and inspiring legacy of an American iconoclast. Len's story is gripping and his adventures involve some of the most important historical moments of the last 50 years. Tobocman, Seth (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This companion text to the Creative Interventions Toolkit, also published by AK Press, provides grounded, hands-on lessons to help readers confront and end interpersonal violence of all sorts sexual, domestic, family, and more. Together they form the feminist bedrock texts for the emerging framework of transformative justice.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Missionaries of the left, 'saviours' are people of privilege who believe they have all the answers. They want to help, but don t want to listen; they lead but never follow. From post-Katrina New Orleans, to anti-sextrafficking work, to do-gooder journalists, Jordan Flaherty s book reveals how this saviour mentality undermines the very causes these activists are trying to advance. Then, Flaherty shows how activists can build stronger movements using solidarity instead of charity, with examples from current movements such as Black Lives Matter.…