The State

Randolph Bourne

"War is the health of the State...." The classic polemic finally back in print. Should be required reading.

Society Against the State

Essays In Political Anthropology

Pierre Clastres

Can there be a society that is not divided into oppressors and oppressed, or that refuses coercive state apparatuses? In this landmark text in anthropology, Clastres offers examples of South...

The Society Of The Spectacle

Guy Debord

Finally available in a new superb English translation - approved by the author - by Donald Nicholson-Smith. Yes, Society Of The Spectacle IS a difficult book. This translation makes it alot easier....

A Short History Of Anarchism

Max Nettlau

Max Nettlau was the most proficient, and still is the most important, chronicler of anarchism. This one volume (at 400 pages) introduction to the history of anarchist ideas and early movements,...

On The Poverty Of Student Life

Internationale Situationiste

Finally, back in print, with a new sparkly updated translation for the new millenia. I know terms like lucid exposition get thrown around a lot, but really, if you want a short, (relatively) simple...

Designing Utopia

John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America

Michael H. Lang

Although his name is not one that springs to mind when the public thinks of influential urban planners and designers, John Ruskin was, undoubtedly, a most important influence. Art critic, social...

A Coney Island of the Mind

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The best-selling book of poetry by any living writer. Over a million copies sold. I guess if you want anything by the dude, this is it.

The Wandering of Humanity

Jacques Camatte

Having begun a critical reassessment of Marx and the Italian ultra-left in the face of the events of the late 60's, Camatte and his comrades were led to conclude that "what is invariant is the...

Society Of The Spectacle

Guy Debord

The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. This is the original translation by Fredy Perlman, kept in print continuously for the...