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We Were So Terribly Consistent: A Conversation About the Red Army Faction - André Moncourt (Introduction by), Stefan Wisniewski (Interviewed), Petra Groll (Contributor), and Jürgen Gottschlich (Contributor)
The Red Army Faction was an underground revolutionary organization devoted to carrying out armed attacks within the Federal Republic of Germany, with a view to establishing a tradition of illegal, guerilla resistance to imperialism and state repression. Stefan Wisniewski joined the guerilla shortly after the death of prisoner Holger Meins during a RAF hunger strike in 1974. By 1977, Wisniewski was participa...
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Dynamite: A Century Of Class Violence In America - Louis Adamic and Jon Bekken (Foreword by)
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 events—from the riots of immigrant workers in the second quarter of the nineteenth century to the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)—he gives pr...
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Notes From The Underground: Zines And The Politics Of Alternative Culture - Stephen Duncombe
The subterranean world of zines uncovered in words and pictures. This is NOT yet another anthology of the 'best' of zines, it is the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in 60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock. While it pays full due to the political importance of zines as...
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Bomb The Suburbs - William Upski Wimsatt
"It's my favorite book I read in jail." [Tupac Shakur] On hip-hop, rap, and the culture and politics (or otherwise) that surround it. From the role of white kids, to gangsta rap, to journalism, to breakdancing, freight-hopping, black intellectuals and graffitti. "Through stories, cartoons, interviews, disses, parodies and original research, (it) challenges the suburban mind-set wherever it is found, in subu...
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White Like Me: Reflections On Race From A Privileged Son - Tim Wise
From his experiences as a white anti-racist activist and white American, Wise has crafted the first history of what it means to be part of the "majority" in America. Combining the emotion of personal stories with insights gleaned from 15 years as an educator, White Like Me examines the ways in which whites reap the benefits of "racial preferences" - whether or not they actively engage in racism. By criticall...
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We The Anarchists!: A Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 - Stuart Christie
At last. A serious examination of the legendary FAI. And hence, by necessity, a history and analysis of the organised anarchist movement in Spain, and its relationship with the wider labor movement. By far the best book on the subject, Christie is ruthless in his examination - from an anarchist perspective - of the theory, and practice of this loose-knit group of anarchist militants. Required reading for eve...
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Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader - Matt Hern (Editor), Emma Goldman (Contributor), Ivan Illich (Introduction by), John Taylor Gatto (Contributor), and Grace Llewellyn (Contributor)
What's wrong with our education?—School!

Debates about education often revolve around standardized testing, taxes and funding, teacher certification—everything except how to best help kids develop learning skills. Everywhere All the Time presents an array of historical and contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that children's capacity to learn decr...
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Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland - Jeffrey St. Clair (Editor), Joshua Frank (Editor), Ward Churchill (Contributor), Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Contributor), Jordan Flaherty (Contributor), Justin Akers Chacon (Contributor), and Saul Landau (Contributor)
A Red States rebellion is breaking out. It's been going on for some time. The stakes are high and the odds are long and the battles are waged over the essentials of life: water, food, wilderness, and human liberty.
Out here there are no fixed blueprints for resistance. No organizational flow charts for how to plot a rebellion. No focus groups or pulse polls or field-tested PR strategies or genteel formali...
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Beyond Chutzpah: On The Misuse Of Anti-Semitism And The Abuse Of History - Norman Finkelstein
In this long-awaited sequel to his international bestseller The Holocaust Industry, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched exposé of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Bringing to bear the latest findings on the conflict and recasting the scholarly debate, Finkelstein points to a consensus amo...
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The F-Word: A Feminist Handbook For The Revolution - Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Contributor), Michelle Tea (Contributor), Melody Allegra Berger (Editor), Cristy Road (Contributor), and Maria Raha (Contributor)
The third and latest issue of F-Word: A Feminist Handbook for the Revolution is the “Outlaws” issue. Interviews include radical historian Howard Zinn, author and activist Loretta Ross, artist Cristy Road, and gender outlaw Kate Bornstein. A fascinating history of the pre-Roe Vs. Wade underground abortion service, JANE, articles by Mos Def and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, underground comics, music/film...
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