{"title":"PM-Aug","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"how-nonviolence-protects-the-state","title":"How Nonviolence Protects the State","description":"\u003cspan\u003eSince the civil rights era, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. Today protest is often shaped by cooperation with state authorities--even organizers of rallies against police brutality apply for police permits, and anti-imperialists usually stop short of supporting self-defense and armed resistance. How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diverse tactics, passionately arguing that exclusive nonviolence often acts to reinforce the same structures of oppression that activists seek to overthrow.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Active Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175024013405,"sku":"9781909798571","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1361_HowNonviolenceProtectsStateLARGE.png?v=1661174584"},{"product_id":"mutual-aid-an-illuminated-factor-of-evolution","title":"Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist movement. It is often forgotten that Kropotkin was also a world-renowned geographer whose seminal critique of the hypothesis of competition promoted by Social Darwinism helped revolutionize modern evolutionary theory. An admirer of Darwin, he used his observations of life in Siberia as the basis for his 1902 collection of essays \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e. Kropotkin demonstrated that mutually beneficial cooperation and reciprocity—in both individuals and as a species—plays a far more important role in the animal kingdom and human societies than does individualized competitive struggle. Kropotkin carefully crafted his theory making the science accessible. His account of nature rejected Rousseau’s romantic depictions and ethical socialist ideas that cooperation was motivated by the notion of “universal love.” His understanding of the dynamics of social evolution shows us that the power of cooperation—whether it is bison defending themselves against a predator or workers unionizing against their boss. His message is clear: solidarity is strength!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEvery page of this new edition of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e has been beautifully illustrated by one of anarchism’s most celebrated current artists, N.O. Bonzo. The reader will also enjoy original artwork by GATS and insightful commentary by David Graeber, \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNjIifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ruth-kinna\" title=\"Ruth Kinna\"\u003eRuth Kinna\u003c\/a\u003e, Andrej Grubacic, and Allan Antliff.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“N.O. Bonzo has created a rare document, updating Kropotkin’s anarchist classic \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e, by intertwining compelling imagery with an updated text. Filled with illustrious examples, their art gives the words and histories, past and present, resonance for new generations to seed flowers of cooperation to push through the concrete of resistance to show liberatory possibilities for collective futures.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjI2OTY5In0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/scott-crow\" title=\"scott crow\"\u003escott crow\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Flags and Windmills\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSetting Sights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Taking aim at both Social Darwinists and Romantic dreamers, Kropotkin’s classic text makes plain that the promise of liberation arises from our collective instinct to cooperate. In this new edition, lovingly illuminated by N.O. Bonzo, we can see the powerful amplifying effect of mutual aid firsthand.” AK Thompson, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Bloc, White Riot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The turn of the century world that inspired Kropotkin to write \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e may seem very distant to the readers of the 21st century. Yet the principles of reciprocal support that he and his comrades advocated have taken on a new significance in our era of austerity, isolation, climate crisis, and pandemic. With a fantastic stroke of transhistorical artistic wizardry, N.O. Bonzo simultaneously conjures up and re-imagines the visionary aesthetics of the early twentieth century anarchist movement to make Kropotkin’s appeal for cooperation feel as urgent as ever.” Mark Bray, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The illustrations in this new edition of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e do justice to Kropotkin the polymath and to his magnum opus.” Lee Dugatkin, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Prince of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This version of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully illustrates what ‘mutual aid’ is all about! The cooperation evident on the pages between Kropotkin and N.O. Bonzo illuminates that the more we mutually support each other, the more we not only survive but also thrive—and soar to new heights of care and solidarity.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwNzgifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/cindy-milstein\" title=\"Cindy Milstein\"\u003eCindy Milstein\u003c\/a\u003e, coauthor of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaths toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/peter-kropotkin\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Kropotkin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1842–1921) was the foremost theorist of the anarchist movement. Born a Russian Prince, he rejected his title to become a revolutionary, seeking a society based on freedom, equality, and solidarity. Imprisoned for his activism in Russia and France, his writings include \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Conquest of Bread\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFields, Factories, and Workshops\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnarchism, Anarchist-Communism, and the State\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMemoirs of a Revolutionist\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eModern Science and Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e. New editions of his classic works \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e will be published by PM Press to commemorate his life and work on the centennial of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eN.O. Bonzo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is an anarchist illustrator, printmaker, and muralist based out of Portland, OR. They are the creator of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOff with Their Heads: An Antifascist Coloring Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/david-graeber\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/david-graeber\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, taught anthropology at the London School of Economics. He was the international best-selling author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDebt: The First 5,000 Years and Bullshit Jobs: A Theory\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMute\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e New Left Review\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the original organizers of Occupy Wall Street, Graeber has been called an “anti-leader of the movement” by \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e wrote that he “has come to represent the Occupy Wall Street message . . . expressing the group’s theory, and its founding principles, in a way that truly elucidated some of the things people have questioned about it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/andrej-grubacic\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/andrej-grubacic\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/andrej-grubacic\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndrej Grubačić\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the Founding Chair of Anthropology and Social Change department at CIIS-San Francisco, an academic program with an exclusive focus on anarchist Anthropology. He is the editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, and affiliated faculty at the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, UC Berkeley. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eLiving at the Edges of Capitalism: Adventures in Exile and Mutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Denis O’Hearn) winner of the 2017 American Sociological Association prize for Distinguished Scholarship. He is the editor of the PM Press Kairos editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuth Kinna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e works at Loughborough University in the UK. She is the author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKropotkin: Reviewing the Classical Anarchist Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and writes on historical and contemporary anarchist politics. She is editor of the peer-review journal \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnarchist Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllan Antliff\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor, University of Victoria, is author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnarchist Modernism: Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Chicago, 2001); \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall\u003c\/em\u003e (Arsenal Pulp, 2007); \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoseph Beuys\u003c\/em\u003e (Phaidon, 2014); and editor of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnly a Beginning\u003c\/em\u003e (Arsenal Pulp, 2004), a documentary anthology of anarchist writings and activism in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOakland-based artist \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGATS\u003c\/strong\u003e (Graffiti Against the System) is an internationally renowned graffiti artist with work reaching as far as Palestine, the Philippines, and Rome. He is best known for his iconic mask imagery, the intricate insignias that fill them, and his liberatory political messaging accompanying many of his pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Between the Lines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161013341,"sku":"9781629638744","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1185_mutualaidcover.jpg?v=1661174367"},{"product_id":"jackson-rising-redux-lessons-on-building-the-future-in-the-present","title":"Jackson Rising Redux: Lessons on Building the Future in the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eMississippi is the poorest state in the US, with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of vicious racial terror. Black resistance at a time of global health, economic, and climate crisis is the backdrop and context for the drama captured in this new and revised collection of essays. Cooperation Jackson, founded in 2014 in Mississippi’s capital to develop an economically uplifting democratic “solidarity economy,” is anchored by a network of worker-owned, self-managed cooperative enterprises. The organization developed in the context of the historic election of radical Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, lifetime human rights attorney. Subsequent to Lumumba’s passing less than one year after assuming office, the network developed projects both inside and outside of the formal political arena. In 2020, Cooperation Jackson became the center for national and international coalition efforts, bringing together progressive peoples from diverse trade union, youth, church, and cultural movements. This long-anticipated anthology details the foundations behind those successful campaigns. It unveils new and ongoing strategies and methods being pursued by the movement for grassroots-centered Black community control and self-determination, inspiring partnership and emulation across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jackson is one of the epicenters of resistance for all of us to emulate; this book lays the scene.” Chris Hedges, journalist, Presbyterian minister, and Princeton University lecturer; author of \u003cem\u003eWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eJackson Rising\u003c\/em\u003e is the rarest of things: a real strategic plan. You will not find a simple wish list that glosses over the hard questions of resources, or some disembodied manifesto imploring the workers forward, but a work in progress building the capacity of people to exercise power.” Richard Moser, author of \u003cem\u003eThe World the Sixties Made\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKali Akuno\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cofounder and codirector of Cooperation Jackson. He was the director of special projects and external funding in the mayoral administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. His focus in this role was supporting cooperative development, the introduction of eco-friendly and carbon reduction methods of operation, and the promotion of human rights and international relations for the city. Akuno has also served as the codirector of the U.S. Human Rights Network, and the executive director of the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF) based in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. He was a cofounder of the School of Social Justice and Community Development (SSJCD), a public school serving the academic needs of low-income African American and Latino communities in Oakland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003eMatt Meyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a noted educator, author, and organizer currently serving as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association. As former national co-chair of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and former chair of the War Resisters League, he is second only to A.J. Muste— “dean of the US peace movement”—being elected to the top position of both historic organizations. Based in New York City, Meyer has led seminars, courses, trainings, and conferences in over sixty countries throughout five continents, focusing on themes including the strategies and tactics of revolutionary nonviolence; political imprisonment; decolonization and the cases of Puerto Rico, Palestine, West Papua, Western Sahara, and Ambazonia; and the connections between militarism, white supremacy, patriarchy and imperialism. Meyer is Senior Research Scholar at the University of Massachusetts\/Amherst Resistance Studies Initiative, noted by South African Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu (in the foreword to his book with Bill Sutherland, \u003ci\u003eGuns and Gandhi in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e), as having “begun to develop a language which looks at the roots of our humanness.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard D. Wolff\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of economics emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor at the New School University in New York. Wolff’s recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis. His groundbreaking book \u003cem\u003eDemocracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e inspired the creation of Democracy at Work, a nonprofit organization dedicated to showing how and why to make democratic workplaces real. Wolff is also the author of \u003cem\u003eOccupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCapitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do about It\u003c\/em\u003e. He hosts the weekly hour-long radio program “Economic Update,” which is syndicated on public radio stations nationwide, and he writes regularly for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and Truthout.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeward: Richard Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Kali Akuno\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I. GROUNDINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild and Fight: The Program and Strategy of Cooperation Jackson, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToward Economic Democracy,Labor Self-management and Self-determination, Kali Akuno \u0026amp; Ajamu Nangwaya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II. EMERGENCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jackson-Kush Plan: The Struggle for Black Self-determination and Economic Democracy, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople's Assembly Overview: The Jackson People's Assembly Model, Kali Akuno for the New Afrikan People’s Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jackson Rising Statement: Building the City of the Future Today, Kali Akuno for the Mayoral Administration of Chokwe Lumumba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeek Ye First the Worker Self-management Kingdom: Toward the Solidarity Economy in Jackson, MS, Ajamu Nangwaya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III. BUILDING SUBSTANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJackson Rising: An Electoral Battle Unleashes a Merger of Black Power, the Solidarity Economy and Wider Democracy, Carl Davidson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJackson Rising: Black Millionaires Won’t Lift Us Up, But Cooperation and the Solidarity Economy Will, Bruce A Dixon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing Full Circle: The Intersection of Gender Justice and the Solidarity Economy, Sacajawea ('Saki') Hall interviewed by Thandisizwe Chimurenga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCasting Shadows: Chokwe Lumumba and the Struggle for Racial Justice and Economic Democracy in Jackson, Mississippi, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Socialist Experiment: A New-Society Vision in Jackson, Mississippi, Katie Gilbert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCasting Light: Reflecting on the Struggle to Implement the Jackson-Kush Plan, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on 2018: A Year of Struggle, Lessons and Progress, Cooperation Jackson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV. CRITICAL EXAMINATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jackson-Kush Plan: The Struggle for Land and Housing, Max Rameau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Long and Strong History with Southern Roots, Jessica Gordon Nembhard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreeing the Land, Rebuilding Our Movements: Reflections on the Legacies of Chokwe Lumumba and Luis Nieves Falcon, Matt Meyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlanta 2021: Radical Futures, Yolande Tomlimson \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart V. MOVEMENT EXPANSIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity Movement Builders, Kamau Franklin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooperation Humboldt, Cooperation Board and Staff Collective: Argy Munoz, David Cobb, Marina Lopez, Oscar Mogollon, Ruthi Engelke, Ron White, Sabrina Miller, Tamara MacFarland, Tobin McKee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrikan Cooperative Union, Adotey Bing-Pappoe \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart VI. RADICAL MUNICIPALISM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooperation and Self Determination—Not Middle Management, Kana Azhari and Asere Bellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst, We Take Jackson: the New American Municipalism, Kate Shea Baird\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking Beyond Electoralism: the New Radical Municipalism in the UK?, Daniel Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibertarian Municipalism and Murray Bookchin’s Legacy: A Conversation between Debbie Bookchin and the editors of Green European Journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart VII. TOWARDS THE GENERAL STRIKE AND DUAL POWER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding the Commune, George Ciccariello-Maher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowards Dual Power and Beyond, Symbiosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“A Deeper Understanding of What We're Trying to Accomplish”—A People’s Strike Dialogue with Kali Akuno, Sakajawea “Saki” Hall, Rose Brewer, Wende Marshall, and Matt Meyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart VIII. GOING FORWARD: ECOSOCIALISM AND REGENERATION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountering the Fabrication Divide, Kali Akuno and Gyasi Williams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEco-socialism or Death, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEco-socialist Transition: Socialize Production, Democratize Society, Kali Akuno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IX. 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By explaining the entrenched forces that are preventing rapid action, it helps you understand the nature of the political reality we are facing and arms you with the tools you need to overcome them. The book offers background information on the roots of the crisis and the many rapidly expanding solutions that are being implemented all around the world. It explains how to engage in productive messaging that will pull others into the climate justice movement, what you need to know to help build a successful movement, and the policy changes needed to build a world with climate justice. It also explores the personal side, including how engaging in the movement can be good for your mental health. It ends with advice on how you can find the place where you can be the most effective and where you can build climate action into your life in ways that are deeply rewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Sea Is Rising and So Are We\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare kind of book, at once a primer for activists and an astute commentary on a set of critical topics that even a seasoned climate stalwart could benefit from. It takes on some really tough questions—transformational change, how to talk about the emergency, the need for a specifically global politics of climate justice—and it does in a manner that is both simple and sophisticated. It’s not an easy balance, but Kaufman pulls it off.” Tom Athanasiou, author of \u003cem\u003eDead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Cynthia Kaufman’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Is Rising and So Are We\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable overview of where we as a species are in the existential fight to prevent catastrophic climate disruption. It covers a lot, from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment of our situation to the need for a personally supportive movement culture to sustain our climate activism. It is an accessible, up-to-date resource both for those who have been in the climate fight for decades and those who know they need to do so but haven’t yet figured out how.” Ted Glick, longtime climate organizer and author of \u003cem\u003eBurglar for Peace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Is Rising and So Are We\u003c\/em\u003e Cynthia Kaufman has provided us with a vital manual for confronting the climate crisis and its root causes. Kaufman offers compelling analysis, a comprehensive mapping of the political landscape, and practical guidance for action—all in a straightforward and accessible manner. Most importantly, she offers hope.” Tony Roshan Samara, Program Director of Land Use and Housing at Urban Habitat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCynthia Kaufman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is the director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action at De Anza College, where she runs and teaches in a community organizer training program. She is the author of three books on social change: \u003cem\u003eChallenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020); \u003cem\u003eIdeas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2nd ed. PM Press, 2016); and\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eGetting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope\u003c\/em\u003e (Lexington Books, 2012). She has been active in a wide variety of social justice movements including Central American solidarity, union organizing, police accountability, and most recently tenants’ right and climate change. She publishes on social justice in \u003cem\u003eCommon Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e (Foreword) is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel.” His 1989 book \u003cem\u003eThe End of Nature \u003c\/em\u003eis regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has appeared in twenty-four languages. He’s gone on to write a dozen more books. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world in every country save North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement. 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What you lob in, he will hammer out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese conversational interviews by Michael Albert, who has been close to Chomsky for roughly half a century and talked with him many hundreds of times, spans a wide range of topics including journalism, science, religion, the racist foundations of American society, education as indoctrination, issues of class and resistance, colonialism, imperialism, and much more. The thread through it all is that every topic—and the list above takes us just about halfway through this book—reveals how social systems work, what their impact on humanity is, and how they are treated by the elite, mainstream intellectuals, and leftists. It gets personal, theoretical, and observational. The lessons are relevant to all times, so far, and pretty much all places, and Chomsky’s logical scalpel, with moral guidance, is relentless.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Chomsky is a global phenomenon. . . . He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.” \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With relentless logic, Chomsky bids us to listen closely to what our leaders tell us—and to discern what they are leaving out. . . . Agree with him or not, we lose out by not listening.” \u003cem\u003eBusinessweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Chomsky remains the thinker who shaped a generation, a beacon of hope in the darkest of times.” Sarah Jaffe, author of \u003cem\u003eNecessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Noam Chomsky is the world’s most humane, philosophically sophisticated, and knowledgeable public intellectual.” Richard Falk, Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and Chomsky is one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eWho Rules the World?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHopes and Prospects\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/michael-albert\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Albert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an organizer, publisher, teacher, and author of over twenty books and hundreds of articles. He cofounded South End Press, \u003cem\u003eZ Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the Z Media Institute, ZNet, and various other projects, and works full time for Z Communications. 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Without the constant pressure of popular organisations and activity, the politicians would never have created a Republic, nor been able to survive the counterrevolutionary forces internally or externally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on such mass movements—and especially the peasant majority—rather than on the few great men beloved of bourgeois accounts, this is a groundbreaking account of the period and a seminal work of “history from below.” Later research may have corrected some factual details and opened new avenues of scholarship, but Kropotkin’s text remains an exemplar of anarchist history-writing, challenging both bourgeois republican and Marxist interpretations of the Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet it is more than a history: Kropotkin uses the experience of the French Revolution to aid us in our current struggles and to learn its lessons in order to ensure the success of future revolutions. This book raises issues which have resurfaced time and again, as well as offering solutions based on the self-activity of the masses, the new, decentralised, directly democratic social organisations they forged during the Revolution, and the need to transform a political revolt into a social revolution which seeks to secure the well-being of all by transforming the economy from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The French Revolution erupted out of the remnants of the old world and set a dynamic precedent for new centuries of resistance. Multifaceted, contradictory, and compelling, the French Revolution cast an enormous shadow that influenced every radical faction of 19th century politics. Peter Kropotkin was perhaps the preeminent anarchist intellect of his generation, and so his book \u003cem\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e provides us with a fascinating exploration into the late 19th century anarchist vision of historical transformation. This saga of popular upheaval from below provides a fascinating mirror image of how Kropotkin and many of his comrades envisioned the coming revolution.” Mark Bray, author of Antifa\u003cem\u003e: The Anti-Fascist Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eAnarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this classic text, Kropotkin demonstrates how even struggles that falter can lay the groundwork for subsequent upheavals. The French Revolution may have succumbed to reaction, but it also gave birth to ideas that would define revolutions to come. A must-read for anyone struggling to put insurgency on the agenda once again.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ak-thompson\"\u003eAK Thompson\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Bloc, White Riot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e constitutes a monumental achievement and is the best-known of all anarchist historical works. In it, Kropotkin perceptively analyzes the roots in the revolution of the fateful struggle between centralized authority and popular power that was to pervade modern political history. He argues that the prospects of the revolution depended on the achievement of communal self-determination and communalization of the land. His communist anarchist analysis of the revolution becomes increasingly relevant today, as attention turns to the history and politics of the commons.” John P. Clark, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBetween Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to the Beloved Community\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Kropotkin’s \u003cem\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential work of history from below, giving a nuanced account of one of the most important upheavals from the perspective of the masses of ordinary people who made it happen. It’s great to see it back in print.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/working-class-history-everyday-acts-of-resistance-rebellion\"\u003eWorking Class History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One hundred years ago, Peter Kropotkin’s death occasioned the last public gathering of anarchists in Russia for over six decades. Today his revolutionary yet commonsense ethics have come to life again, resurrected by the widespread embrace of mutual aid during the pandemic. But Kropotkin also still has much to say, always with gentle care and strong principles, about the twin disasters of capitalism and the state, and in contrast, the promise of liberatory transformation via confederal forms of self-organization. So don’t just mourn this dead anarchist; use the words of a rebel as inspiration to fight like hell for the living!” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/cindy-milstein\"\u003eCindy Milstein\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAnarchism and Its Aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/peter-kropotkin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Kropotkin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (1842–1921) was the foremost theorist of the anarchist movement. Born a Russian Prince, he rejected his title to become a revolutionary, seeking a society based on freedom, equality, and solidarity. Imprisoned for his activism in Russia and France, his writings include \u003cem\u003eThe Conquest of Bread\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFields, Factories, and Workshops\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAnarchism, Anarchist-Communism, and the State\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Revolutionist\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eModern Science and Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e. New editions of his classic works \u003cem\u003eMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e will be published by PM Press to commemorate his life and work on the centennial of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Berry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e taught French, history and politics at Loughborough University, where he was a member of the Anarchism Research Group, for over thirty years. Among other things, he has published \u003cem\u003eA History of the French Anarchist Movement, 1917–1945\u003c\/em\u003e (AK Press, 2009); \u003cem\u003eNew Perspectives on Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLabour and Syndicalism: The Individual, the National and the Transnational\u003c\/em\u003e (CSP, 2010), coedited with Constance Bantman; \u003cem\u003eLibertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red\u003c\/em\u003e (PM Press, 2017), coedited with Alex Prichard, \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNjIifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ruth-kinna\" title=\"Ruth Kinna\"\u003eRuth Kinna\u003c\/a\u003e, and Saku Pinta, and edited \u003cem\u003eFor a Libertarian Communism\u003c\/em\u003e (PM Press, 2017) by Daniel Guérin. Recently retired from wage slavery, he is currently putting the finishing touches to \u003cem\u003eA Life in the Service of Revolution: Daniel Guérin, 1904–1988\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161275485,"sku":"9781629638768","price":41.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1196_Great_French_Revolution.jpg?v=1661174390"},{"product_id":"words-of-a-rebel","title":"Words of a Rebel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Kropotkin remains one of the best-known anarchist thinkers, and \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e was his first libertarian book. Published in 1885 while he was in a French jail for anarchist activism, this collection of articles from the newspaper \u003cem\u003eLe Revolté\u003c\/em\u003e sees Kropotkin criticise the failings of capitalism and those who seek to end it by means of its main support, the state. Instead, he urged the creation of a mass movement from below that would expropriate property and destroy the state, replacing their centralised hierarchies with federations of self-governing communities and workplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKropotkin’s instant classic included discussions, themes, and ideas he returned to repeatedly during his five decades in the anarchist movement. Unsurprisingly, \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e was soon translated into numerous languages—including Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Russian, and Chinese—and reprinted time and time again. But despite its influence as Kropotkin’s first anarchist work, it was the last to be completely translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a new translation from the French original by Iain McKay except for a few chapters previously translated by Nicolas Walter. Both anarchist activists and writers, they are well placed to understand the assumptions within and influences on Kropotkin’s revolutionary journalism. This volume compiles the original 1885 text, the preface to the 1904 Italian edition, and the preface and afterword to the 1919 Russian edition, along with numerous articles on the labour movement by Kropotkin for \u003cem\u003eLe Revolté\u003c\/em\u003e that highlight how he envisioned moving from criticism to a social revolution. With a comprehensive glossary and an introduction by Iain McKay placing this work within the history of anarchism as well as indicating its relevance to radicals and revolutionaries today, this is the definitive edition of an anarchist classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Peter Kropotkin was a giant of socialist history whose tireless scientific, historical, and political scholarship and agitational writing united and fueled the transnational anarchist movement of the turn of the twentieth century. But this aristocrat turned revolutionary didn’t start there. \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on the young Kropotkin’s political transformation in the wake of the destruction of the First International. By including articles from \u003cem\u003eLe Revolté\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume traces Kropotkin’s political journey farther as he sewed the early seeds of anarchist communism and set an agenda for anti-authoritarian rebellion for years to come.” Mark Bray, author of \u003cem\u003eAntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e and coeditor of \u003cem\u003eAnarchist Education and the Modern School\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e, Kropotkin’s first book, is significant not only for its place in the development of the thought of that towering figure, but also for the many insights it gives into the nature of the European revolutionary movement of his time. Most of the texts, which include several of his most famous essays, appeared originally in \u003cem\u003eLe Révolté\u003c\/em\u003e (1879–1882), the most important anarchist publication of the period, and other historically valuable documents are appended. These writings reveal Kropotkin as a deeply engaged revolutionary, and show him emerging as a major visionary social thinker.” John P. Clark, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBetween Earth and Empire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Kropotkin’s \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e is still one of the best introductions to anti-parliamentary socialism, communalism, revolutionary action, state repression, and the illusions of representative government.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNjIifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ruth-kinna\" title=\"Ruth Kinna\"\u003eRuth Kinna\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Peter Kropotkin was one of the most important and underrated thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who influenced mass movements all over the world from Russia to Switzerland to Japan, Spain, China, and beyond. This new edition of \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e will undoubtedly bring his ideas to a new audience. And there is no one better placed than Iain McKay, with his encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of anarchism, to translate and put these ideas in context for modern movements.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/working-class-history\"\u003eWorking Class History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One hundred years ago, Peter Kropotkin’s death occasioned the last public gathering of anarchists in Russia for over six decades. Today his revolutionary yet commonsense ethics have come to life again, resurrected by the widespread embrace of mutual aid during the pandemic. But Kropotkin also still has much to say, always with gentle care and strong principles, about the twin disasters of capitalism and the state, and in contrast, the promise of liberatory transformation via confederal forms of self-organization. So don’t just mourn this dead anarchist; use the words of a rebel as inspiration to fight like hell for the living!” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/cindy-milstein\"\u003eCindy Milstein\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAnarchism and Its Aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/peter-kropotkin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Kropotkin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (1842–1921) was the foremost theorist of the anarchist movement. Born a Russian Prince, he rejected his title to become a revolutionary, seeking a society based on freedom, equality, and solidarity. Imprisoned for his activism in Russia and France, his writings include \u003cem\u003eThe Conquest of Bread\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFields, Factories, and Workshops\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAnarchism, Anarchist-Communism, and the State\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Revolutionist\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eModern Science and Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e. New editions of his classic works \u003cem\u003eMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWords of a Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Great French Revolution, 1789–1793\u003c\/em\u003e will be published by PM Press to commemorate his life and work on the centennial of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIain McKay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is an independent anarchist writer and researcher. He was the main author of \u003cem\u003eAn Anarchist FAQ\u003c\/em\u003e as well as numerous other works, including \u003cem\u003eMutual Aid: An Introduction and Evaluation\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition, he has edited and introduced \u003cem\u003eProperty Is Theft! A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eDirect Struggle Against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e; and Kropotkin’s 1913 book, \u003cem\u003eModern Science and Anarchy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/elisee-reclus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElisée Reclus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (1830–1905) was a renowned French geographer, writer, and anarchist. He produced his nineteen-volume masterwork \u003cem\u003eLa Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes\u003c\/em\u003e (“Universal Geography”), over a period of nearly twenty years (1875–1894), which was coedited by John P. Clark and Camille Martin into \u003cem\u003eAnarchy, Geography, Modernity: Selected Writings of Elisée Reclus\u003c\/em\u003e (PM Press, 2013). In 1892 he was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite having been banished from France because of his political activism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161308253,"sku":"9781629638775","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1197_words_of_a_rebel.jpg?v=1661174395"},{"product_id":"taming-the-rascal-multitude-essays-interviews-and-lectures-1997-2014","title":"Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Noam Chomsky writes about something—US foreign policy, corporate policies, an election, or a movement—he not only specifically recounts the facts of the topic but also exercises blisteringly relentless logic to discern the interconnections between the evidence and broader themes involved. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaming the Rascal Multitude\u003c\/i\u003e is a judicious selection of essays and interviews from \u003ci\u003eZ Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e from 1997 to 2014. In each, Chomsky takes up some question of the moment and situates what followed even without having known what would follow. They explicate what preceded the current era and provide a how-to for successfully comprehending social events and relations. They are a pleasure to read, much like the pleasure of watching a great athlete or performer, but they also edify. They educate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReading Chomsky is about understanding how society works, how people relate to society and social trends, and, beyond the specifics, how to approach events, relations, occurrences, and patterns in a way that reveals their inner meanings and their outer connections and implications. It is like reading the best you can get about topic after topic, and, more, it is like watching a master craftsperson in a discipline that ought to be all of ours understanding the world to change it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Chomsky is a global phenomenon. . . . He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.” \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With relentless logic, Chomsky bids us to listen closely to what our leaders tell us—and to discern what they are leaving out. . . . 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Chomsky's work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics and he is one of the foremost critics of US foreign policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eWho Rules the World?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA New World in Our Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Albert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is an organizer, publisher, teacher, and author of over twenty books and hundreds of articles. He cofounded South End Press, \u003cem\u003eZ Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the Z Media Institute, ZNet, and various other projects, and works full time for Z Communications. 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She also edited \u003cem\u003eWomen and Revolution: A Discussion of the Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161439325,"sku":"9781629638782","price":39.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1198_Taming_the_rascal_multitude.jpg?v=1661174399"},{"product_id":"between-thought-and-expression-lies-a-lifetime-why-ideas-matter","title":"Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime: Why Ideas Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhilarating collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence—spanning the years 1988 through 2018, and reaching back a decade more—is about the simple concept that ideas matter. They mutate, inform, create fuel for thought, and inspire actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Kelman says, the State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn “the truth. But whether we can or not is beside the point. We must grasp the nettle, we assume control and go forward.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned, elucidating, and often humorous collaboration. Philosophical and intimate, it is a call to ponder, imagine, explore, and act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“James Kelman changed my life.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Douglas Stuart, author of \u003cem\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The real reason Kelman, despite his stature and reputation, remains something of a literary outsider is not, I suspect, so much that great, radical Modernist writers aren’t supposed to come from working-class Glasgow, as that great, radical Modernist writers are supposed to be dead. Dead, and wrapped up in a Penguin Classic: that’s when it’s safe to regret that their work was underappreciated or misunderstood (or how little they were paid) in their lifetimes. You can write what you like about Beckett or Kafka and know they’re not going to come round and tell you you’re talking nonsense, or confound your expectations with a new work. 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He started writing at the age of twenty-two: ramblings, musings, sundry phantasmagoria, stories, whatever. In 1969 while working in London he met and married Marie Connors from South Wales. They settled in Glasgow, where he has lived as writer, father, and grandfather. Kelman has been a vocal supporter of the Kurdish people and campaigns regularly with Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan. For further information go to jameskelman.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #075ae6;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/noam-chomsky\" style=\"color: #075ae6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics and Chomsky is one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy. 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This book recalls the highly individualistic writers, with often radically different approaches.” Michael Moorcock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Critics and general readers of science fiction have been struggling to define, assess, and in some cases, dismiss the New Wave era in science fiction since its inception. This entertaining volume offers a fresh, twenty-first century reappraisal of the major New Wave SF authors along with a concise history of the movement’s significant publications. Then, additional essays diversify the discussion to include other less well-known, progressive authors, and wide-ranging historical topics, effectively placing the New Wave in a broader radical context. An excellent introduction to the ground-breaking SF of the period, and an insightful critique of its continuing impact. And having all the vintage covers in one place is very cool.” Allan Kausch, original Lucasfilm Star Wars continuity editor, pre-production editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, co-editor of Michael Moorcock’s \u003cem\u003eLondon Peculiar and Other Nonfiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Nette\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a writer of fiction and nonfiction based in Melbourne, Australia. 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The streets roiling: pitched battles between radical workers and the henchmen of industrial barons, and between a vibrant, largely Italian immigrant anarchist milieu and the forces of state and church.  All in the looming shadow of Europe’s raging war, and of a fierce struggle over whether the U.S. should commit its might, and human fodder, to the slaughter in the trenches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto this maelstrom arrives Kate Jameson, a novice envoy from Washington tasked to secretly investigate the tenor of support for war entry among San Francisco’s business elite.  She’s also hoping to glimpse her wayward daughter, Maggie, whose last message to Kate had come from there.  And, too, she’s seeking the ghost of her husband Jamey, who fifteen years earlier had landed there upon his return, shattered, from his part in the U.S. occupation of the Philippines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving back in the city at the same moment is Baldo Cavanaugh, a Sicilian-Irish son of San Francisco whose militant beliefs and special skills have led him time and again to the violent extremes of the city’s turbulent history.  And who now must confront the doubts and demons of his own character, which he’d sought to escape by fleeing the city three years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stunning tale explores how these two seemingly disparate characters become engaged with the city’s and nation’s turmoil, and with the complexities of their related pasts in Boston, Dublin, London, Cuba, and the Philippines. 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Matthews brings to life a lost world of radicalism, in a riveting story that ripples out across multiple continents, with the entanglements of the personal and the political squarely in his sights. He has a keen ear for the passions, large and small, that impel women and men to take matters into their own hands. This is a novel for our troubled times.” Sasha Lilly, author of \u003cem\u003eCatastrophism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this immersive novel, Joseph Matthews transports us to San Francisco at the dawn of its modern age: a restive town of immigrants and arrivistes, robber barons, and political radicals, where suffragettes and anarchists and Wobblies all fought to shape the city’s future. In a taut narrative that’s also a delight, this is essential reading about how and why what happens in that city has so often shaped America.” Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, author of \u003cem\u003eNames of New York \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Joseph Matthews’ gripping novel pulls back San Francisco’s curtain of fog to explore what was America’s most radical city. 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A compelling glimpse of what might have been and, perhaps more importantly, why it isn't.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ward-churchill\"\u003eWard Churchill\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWielding Words Like Weapons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.pmpress.org\/authors-artists-comrades\/joseph-matthews\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff6600;\"\u003eJoseph Matthews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Boston, raised there and in California, and has lived for many years in San Francisco.  Formerly a criminal defense lawyer, he is author of the novels Everyone Has Their Reasons and Shades of Resistance, the story collection The Lawyer Who Blew Up His Desk, and the post–September 11 political analysis Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War (with Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, and Michael Watts).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161570397,"sku":"9781629639109","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1236_9781629639109_FC.jpg?v=1661174419"},{"product_id":"my-mom-had-an-abortion","title":"My Mom Had an Abortion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Mom Had an Abortion\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique coming-of-age tale told by a self-described dyslexic-asexual-lesbian-feminist teenager and illustrated by body-positive comic artist Tatiana Gill. We follow our protagonist Beezus B. Murphy as she chronicles her evolving understanding of menstruation, reproduction, and abortion and finds her place in a confusing world. Initially influenced by harmful narratives in pop media such as the “the pregnant teenager” cliche, we watch Beezus’s ideas change as her body changes and as she learns more about the intricacies of her family history and her mom’s own reproductive experiences. She grows from a confused, out-of-place kid into a self-assured, empathetic, and strong-willed activist teen. As Beezus says, “People shouldn’t be shamed for getting or not getting abortions. Young people absorb the information that we gather from our surroundings. Sometimes it’s good information and other times it can be harmful. But now I realize abortion is perfectly normal and should be kept safe and legal.” Sprinkled with pop culture references, hilariously apt descriptions of unwanted body changes and menstruation like the chapter “Blood, Bath, and Beyond,” and instantly understandable revelations of growing-up, this beautifully illustrated short graphic novel crucially fills a cultural gap around complexities of abortion, pop culture, body changes, and finding out where we fit in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s a rare gift to be welcomed into the inner corridors of a person’s life, especially a person as frank, funny, and utterly allergic to posturing as Beezus B. Murphy. You have to admire Beezus’s clarity of self and her warm curiosity about the hard things as she writes her way through them. Beezus approaches abortion and periods and sexuality with the vulnerable authenticity of a young person actively hashing these issues out in real time—which, of course, she is. The fact that she feels free to be so free, because she never really learned that she wasn’t supposed to talk about these things, is one of the most hopeful sights our currently very un-free universe has to offer.” Lindy West, author of \u003cem\u003eShrill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beezus B. Murphy’s graphic novel is thoughtful, honest, blunt, and smart. We don’t talk openly enough about this subject, and Ms. Murphy does so in such a conversational way that you kind of forget it’s supposed to be taboo. I won’t forget this one.” Dana Simpson, author and illustrator of \u003cem\u003ePhoebe and Her Unicorn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beezus B. Murphy’s \u003cem\u003eMy Mom Had an Abortion\u003c\/em\u003e has more real-but-not-precious, raw-but-not-wrenching stories packed into its relatively short pages than you’d imagine it could. It’s full of poignant, funny, and empathetic connective thread between generations and families, mothers and daughters, reproductive experience and autonomy, growing up, sexual identity and more, all in Beezus’ deeply original, open, and accessible voice that feels both warmly familiar and wholly original. Tatiana Gill’s down to earth illustrations add the perfect touch to this unique addition to the next generation of powerful pro-abortion lit.” Heather Corinna, founder of Scarleteen, author of \u003cem\u003eS.E.X. The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sixteen-year-old Beezus B. Murphy writes with a whip-smart self-awareness that gives me hope for America’s future. 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A loving reminder that abortion is often a parenting decision that makes it possible for people to grow their families when they’re willing, ready, and able, this is required reading for anyone who knows and loves someone who has had an abortion. Yes, this means you.” Danielle Campoamor, writer, editor, and abortion advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beezus B. Murphy’s writing brims with curiosity, generosity, and precocious wisdom. She candidly and expertly presents the complexities of learning how to distinguish between stereotypes and the complexity of what really is, and how one eloquent teen views the social repercussions of our culture’s representation of the female reproductive system. Tatiana Gill’s friendly, straightforward artwork is perfectly matched with the text. The reader can easily imagine Beezus and Tatiana having intimate, animated conversations and really getting a kick out of each other. Like Beezus, I wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for my mom’s abortion. It’s a complicated, powerful thing to know, and we both remain amazed and thankful. Our moms’ decisions weren’t easy, but allowed them to live their own, rewarding lives—which eventually included loving relationships with us!” Ellen Forney, artist and author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Who wrote the rule that you have to be an adult to publish a book? Thanks to teenager Beezus Murphy, illustrator Tatiana Gill, Shout Your Abortion, and PM Press, we get this marvelous autobiographical graphic novel about a young lesbian growing up in Seattle. Beezus’ tender honesty gives you the feeling that you are sitting around chatting with a close friend, opening up to each other about school challenges, pop culture’s influence on your beliefs, and puberty. I hope this isn’t Bezzus’ last book because I want to read more!” Jacinta Bunnell, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/a-more-graceful-shaboom\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA More Graceful Shaboom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeezus B. Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 2004, is a Seattle based dyslexic, asexual, lesbian, feminist, writer, and activist. She lives in Seattle with her mother Shawna Murphy, father Christian Peetz, younger sister Minnow Murphy, three pugs, two Siamese cats, and one Chihuahua. Her hobbies include the creation and consumption of media, roller skating, and trying to keep up in school. Beezus struggled in school and didn’t learn how to read until she was 8 because of her learning disability, but her kindergarten teacher Jennifer Nieman always said that when she did the world would lose her to books. 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Neglected by the statist versions of socialism, whether social democratic or Stalinist that left a wreckage of coercion and disillusionment in their wake, this new annotated translation of Marx’s \u003cem\u003eCritique\u003c\/em\u003e makes clear for the first time the full emancipatory scope of his notion of life after capitalism. An erudite new introduction by Peter Hudis plumbs the depth of Marx’s argument, elucidating how his vision of communism, and the transition to it, was thoroughly democratic. This definitive edition also includes an afterword by Peter Linebaugh and other supplementary materials. 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Arcing across times, the then of a first articulation connects to the now of hindsight and to the unwritten terms of an open future. While the delusions of real existing state socialism have dispelled, confusions around the role of the state in an emancipating society persist. In this short metatext, Marx’s snappish commentaries and his forensic dissections of weasel words and hollow phrases reveal how language matters, because it conveys and betrays ideology, policy and underlying standpoints. Translation works with this malleability of language. Meaning turns on a dime: political orientation can be realigned, if the slogan evinces exactitude, acknowledging history and horizons of possibility. We should learn, through this book, to read closer, better, and in dialogue.\" Esther Leslie, professor of political aesthetics, Birkbeck College, University of London, and author of \u003cem\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCritique of the Gotha Program\u003c\/em\u003e is a key text for understanding Marx's vision of an emancipated society beyond capitalism. With an excellent introduction by Peter Hudis, this new translation is both timely and important. Returning to Marx's pathbreaking essay can give new direction to the political struggles of our time.” Martin Hägglund, Yale University, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This new translation of Marx’s \u003cem\u003eCritique of the Gotha Program\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introductory essay by Peter Hudis, which points to Marx’s distinction between value, that is, the socially-necessary time required to produce a commodity, and labor itself, that is, the actual number of hours a worker engages in. He provides a provocative and useful critique of Lenin’s conception of the transition to socialism, and of subsequent Marxist-Leninist and social democratic conceptions of a socialist society. This raises questions about the nature of both labor and value in a society in which both have been transformed by technology. Nevertheless Hudis’ analysis provides a clarifying and useful critique of both social democratic and Marxist-Leninist conceptions of socialism\/communism.” Barbara Epstein, professor in the History of Consciousness Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of \u003cem\u003ePolitical Power and Cultural Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The \u003cem\u003eCritique of the Gotha Program\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Marx’s great strategic texts, often cited but little read. At a time when the questions of transition and of the forms of organization to exit capitalism are so urgent, this new edition should be saluted. Elaborated by the Marxist-Humanist tendency, it makes a valuable contribution, thanks to the way it situates Marx’s Critique in historical perspective.” Isabelle Garo, editing committee, Grande édition des Oeuvres de Marx et Engels, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The proletarian revolution implies the end of the state. . . . In this period the objective is not simply to destroy the state . . . but to let society as a whole—the transformed society—take over the functions previously performed by the state.” Henri Lefebvre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The old Protestant ethics of work was resurrected among German workers in secularized form. The Gotha Program already bears traces of this confusion, defining labor as ‘the source of all wealth and all culture.’ Smelling a rat, Marx countered that ‘...the man who possesses no other property than his labor power’ must of necessity become ‘the slave of other men who have made themselves the owners...’ However, the confusion spread, and soon thereafter Josef Dietzgen proclaimed: ‘The savior of modern times is called work.’\" Walter Benjamin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The primitive idea of freedoms essentially guaranteed by Law and State is annulled precisely by the grandiose final aim of communism, now already visible to us. 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He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLenin, Hegel, and Western Marxism\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFoucault and the Iranian Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e (with Janet Afary); and \u003cem\u003eMarx at the Margins\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarel Ludenhoff\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Amsterdam-based labor activist and a writer on Marx's critique of political economy whose essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eLogos\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Hudis\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of philosophy and humanities at Oakton College and author of \u003cem\u003eMarx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades\u003c\/em\u003e. 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He lives in the region of the Great Lakes and retired from the University of Toledo in Ohio in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161701469,"sku":"9781629639161","price":13.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1241_9781629639161_FC.jpg?v=1661174432"},{"product_id":"muse-sick-a-music-manifesto-in-fifty-nine-notes","title":"Muse Sick: a music manifesto in fifty-nine notes","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrammy-winning music producer Ian Brennan’s seventh book, \u003ci\u003eMuse-Sick\u003c\/i\u003e, is a primer on how mass production and commercialization have corrupted the arts. 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Nobody who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic will soon forget the challenges, sacrifices, and incredible loss felt during such an uncertain time in history. \u003cem\u003eCrisis and Care\u003c\/em\u003e addresses not what happened during COVID-19, or why it happened, but rather how queer activists responded in real time. It considers the need to memorialize resiliency as well as loss, hope as well as pain, to remember the strides forward as well as the steps back. Activist contributors Zephyr Williams, Mark Travis Rivera, Jamie Gliksberg, Denise Spivak, Emmett Patterson, Omar Gonzales-Pagan, Kenyon Farrow, and more provide a radical lens through which future activists can consider effective strategies to make change, even or perhaps especially, during periods of crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Adrian Shanker has emerged in recent years as an urgent and prescient voice on matters concerning queer health. \u003cem\u003eCrisis and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic\u003c\/em\u003e is timely, important and shares a message we ignore at our own peril. The response to COVID-19 from LGBTQ communities is informed by our own experience with a deadly pandemic made vastly worse by poor presidential leadership. Our lived experience over the past 40 years has valuable lessons for how we should be addressing today’s viral threats.” Sean Strub, author of \u003cem\u003eBody Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How did we respond? That is the central question in \u003cem\u003eCrisis and Care\u003c\/em\u003e. Lots of books will look at COVID-19, but this book looks at how LGBTQ activists responded to one of the most challenging moments of our lives.” Igor Volsky, author of \u003cem\u003eGuns Down: How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eCrisis and Care\u003c\/em\u003e, Adrian Shanker and the contributing authors make the bold case that we are defined not by the bad things that happen in our society, but by how our community responds.” Robyn Ochs, editor of \u003cem\u003eBi Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCrisis and Care\u003c\/em\u003e tells stories about Queer people’s experiences during COVID-19 that needs to be memorialized as another example of our community’s resiliency in times of crisis. This book presents the stories of how LGBTQ community members came together to help one another not only survive the pandemic, but also our determination to thrive despite the failures of the federal government’s response.” David Heitstuman, executive director of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Shanker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (he\/him) is editor of the critically acclaimed anthology \u003ci\u003eBodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health\u003c\/i\u003e (PM Press, 2020) and the new anthology \u003ci\u003eCrisis and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e.  He is executive director of the Spahr Center, serving Marin County, California’s LGBTQ+ and HIV communities. He previously founded and led Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A specialist in LGBTQ+ health policy, he has developed leading-edge health promotion campaigns to advance health equity through behavioral, clinical, and policy changes. Adrian is also a Biden-Harris appointee to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV\/AIDS. He lives on unceded Coast Miwok land in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRea Carey\u003c\/b\u003e served as the National LGBTQ Task Force’s executive director from 2008 to 2021 and has advanced a vision of freedom for LGBTQ people and their families that is broad, inclusive, and progressive. She grounds her work solidly in racial, economic, gender and social justice. Currently, Rea is the principal of Carey Forward consulting, providing executive coaching and working with executives and boards to provide strategic advice, succession and transition planning, crisis management, and to sharpen their leadership skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445161996381,"sku":"9781629639352","price":22.33,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1260_9781629639352_FC.jpg?v=1661174460"},{"product_id":"the-cry-of-mother-earth-plan-of-action-of-the-ecosocialist-international","title":"The Cry of Mother Earth: Plan of Action of the Ecosocialist International","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Cry of Mother Earth: Plan of Action of the Ecosocialist International\u003c\/em\u003e recognizes and records the history and the future of the world’s first Ecosocialist International—a chorus of grief and praise for Mother Earth and a planetary program of revolutionary action in defense of free life.\n\u003cp\u003eIt combines two historic documents, written in a collective process of loving exchange and hope, in a land that knows liberation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The first is an invitation—an urgent summons to come together and draft a plan of action for the salvation of ourselves and the planet. It is a wish—a seed. The second is the fruit of that seed written a year later, over the course of four days with the words of over one hundred delegates from five continents. It is a compass and a cradle, a map and a manifesto, for a global revolution—a return to a way of life in unity with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is terrific, what every grassroots organizer needs, a profoundly revolutionary and practical vision rooted in the lives and achievements of Third World people. Beautifully written, filled with imagination to protect the people and the planet as fascist mobs roam the earth, The First Ecosocialist International vision paper offers me hope and pushes me, as I push others, far to the left into the future by seeing the past ‘not only as a point of departure but a point of arrival.’” Eric Mann, author of \u003ci\u003ePlaybook for Progressives: The 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This strategic ecosocialist plan of action is a beautiful document, inspired by the spirituality of the original peoples. It shows the way to overcome the present ecocidal system: by anticapitalist, anti-imperialist, and social-ecological struggles.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjIwMzcwIn0=\" href=\"\/collections\/all\/michael-lowy\" title=\"Michael Lowy\"\u003eMichael Lowy\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eEcosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCry for Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e reads like poetry from the heart, something which is revolutionary in itself! The result of this work is phenomenal. … it’s perfect in its understanding and execution and should be put into action immediately. I hope that the rest of the world will have the opportunity to absorb its lessons and plans soon. I have no doubt that the seeds which have been sown are going to change ideas and conclusions and the paths ahead. What a blessing! … I am very excited to organize meetings here in Tanzania, between schools and artists who I work with there. I am honored to be a small part of this revolutionary movement that will be an example to change the world, community by community.” Charlotte O’Neal, aka Mama C, Black Panther Party, Kansas City Chapter and United African Alliance Community Center\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’m impressed by the welcome of the people of Veroes in the state of Yaracuy, for their attention, their humility and their beauty, with whom we stayed for several days discussing the problems which affect our Mother Earth. I’m very proud to belong to the First Ecosocialist International, and I hope we can continue with this social movement … We concluded that we must build an international movement, made up of progressive governments, activists and ordinary people, to save the planet from the devastation of the imperialist capitalist system which destroys the environment.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/dhoruba-bin-wahad\"\u003eDhoruba Bin Wahad\u003c\/a\u003e, Black Panther Party, New York Chapter and Community Change Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This elegant manifesto points the way to the future, by drawing on our diverse and collective past. It provides a guide to short term defensive actions, medium term campaigns to prefigure alternatives in the present, and a long-term vision of a future where human beings thrive as part of nature. There is really no alternative to ecosocialism; the onus is on all of us to realize this future, wherever we live and whichever sphere of struggle we are engaged with.” Janet Cherry, South African activist and historian, former political detainee, and researcher for the Truth and Reconciliation commission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I am humbled by the simplicity, political generosity, spiritual depth, gentleness, and ecological sense carried in this eco-socialist vision. Meeting the cry of Gaia, we will act together for Life-on-Earth and we know what to do—the future is pluriversal.” Ariel Salleh, ecofeminist writer and activist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A hugely important project that gets my strongest endorsement.” Paul Buhle, official biographer of CLR James\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Plan of Action of the Ecosocialist International captures the Cry of Mother Earth. It also captures her defiance. And her hope. It echoes the urgent need for cultural reawakening and resistance in defense of all beings recognizing that an attack on one is an attack on us. This is not a plan to stimulate curiosity, but one that demands sensitivity, connectivity and actions as a sacred\/radical duty to free humans and other beings from the predatory propensity of capital and their drivers. A call to recover our place as part of a community of beings.” Nnimmo Bassey, Health of Mother Earth Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Due to systemic inequality exacerbated by fascist politics of racial, gender, abled, linguistic, geographical, and anthropocentric antagonisms, the need for an ecosocialist plan of action is felt more than ever. The Combined Strategy and Plan of Action of the First Ecosocialist International assure the world, time and time again, that ecological justice is inter-linguistic, intercultural, and intergenerational—that an ecosocialist plan of action is the best foot forward towards a more just and equal world.” Thilini Prasadika, host of \u003ci\u003eWho’s Afraid of the Humanities?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEcosocialist Horizons\u003c\/b\u003e seeks to advance ecosocialism as a world-view and as a movement capable of offering real answers to the crises caused by capitalism. Whether these crises be social, economic, or ecological, an integrated approach is necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445162061917,"sku":"9781629639369","price":16.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1261_9781629639369_FC.jpg?v=1661174466"},{"product_id":"future-on-fire-capitalism-and-the-politics-of-climate-change","title":"Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eClimate change is already affecting millions of people. Governments talk about taking action to limit global warming to 2°C above preindustrial levels, but the greenhouse gas emissions allowed by their policies have the Earth on track to far exceed that by the end of the century—a truly disastrous path. Visionary plans abound for how to slash emissions and improve society at the same, including various Green New Deals, but how can we make these urgently needed changes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuture on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e argues that a just transition from fossil fuels and other drivers of climate change will not be delivered by businesspeople or politicians who support the status quo. Electing green left leaders will not be enough to overcome opposition from capitalists and state bureaucrats. Only the power of disruptive mass social movements has the potential to pressure governments to change, so supporters of climate justice should commit to building them. Confronting the question “What if warming above 2° becomes unavoidable?” and refusing to despair, David Camfield argues that even a ravaged planet is worth fighting for—and that ultimately the only solution to the ecological crisis created by capitalism is a transition to ecosocialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At last, a book that can be shared with anyone awakening to the urgency of climate justice. In clear and accessible prose, \u003cem\u003eFuture on Fire \u003c\/em\u003eshows us why we are in an ecological crisis—and what it will take to move beyond it. With meticulous care, David Camfield lays out sharp and compelling arguments for building mass movements that set their sights on ecosocialism. Spread the word!” David McNally, Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business, University of Houston, and author of \u003cem\u003eGlobal Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNTEifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/naomi-klein\" title=\"Naomi Klein\"\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/a\u003e says only mass movements can save us from climate catastrophe. In this clear, concise, and absolutely convincing book, David Camfield shows why that is, and how we can build an effective movement to stop capitalism’s deadly assault on our planet. Essential reading for every climate activist.” Ian Angus, author of \u003cem\u003eFacing the Anthropocene\u003c\/em\u003e and editor of climateandcapitalism.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In these times of rising oceans and constant bruising of the natural world it is easy to feel hopeless and alone. 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Camfield weaves in lessons from history, dispels false solutions to the crisis, and lays out clear opportunities. Perfect for climate justice organizers and climate strikers thinking through strategy and what it will take to win the world we so urgently need.” James Hutt, labour and climate organizer, digital campaign strategist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We know what the solutions are—David Camfield asks the question we should all be focusing on now: what is stopping policymakers from acting? Camfield argues that we—the workers, students, and caregivers of civil society—have a critical role to play—not as consumers or even primarily as voters, but as builders of mass movements. It is a compelling argument for the power we hold when we organize collectively. This book is illuminating, empowering, and hopeful.” Hannah Muhajarine, organizer with Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is an excellent book that clearly articulates why we need to understand the politics of the climate crisis in order to be able to effectively approach it. Camfield makes a robust case for why the climate movement should be mass in scale, anticapitalist and intersectional—not as a nice addition but as an absolute necessity if we are to win. This is essential reading for anyone concerned about climate change and how we ought to face it, succinctly laying out what we need to do, why, and how.” Alice Swift, international climate activist of ten years, cofounder of Fossil Free UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An all-in-one book with everything the committed climate justice activist needs to know. This book covers the issues, the arguments, and most importantly the strategies and methods to win. As climate justice activists, we know what is at stake, and we know that the problem is ultimately political, not technological. Drawing on a range of political theorists and engaged activists, this guidebook provides us the building blocks for a road towards climate justice and human emancipation.” Tara Olivetree (Ehrcke), Climate Justice Committee chair, Greater Victoria Teachers Association\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Camfield\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches labour studies and sociology at the University of Manitoba and has been involved in social justice efforts since high school. 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She lives in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445162094685,"sku":"9781629639376","price":22.33,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1263_9781629639376_FC.jpg?v=1661174470"},{"product_id":"global-civil-war-capitalism-post-pandemic","title":"Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobal Civil War \u003c\/em\u003eis an exciting new study by scholar and activist William Robinson that provides a big-picture account of how the coronavirus pandemic and new digital technologies have drastically transformed capitalism and the entire global economy and society. 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Now is the time for the people to organically reject the ‘offers’ of the global capitalist class and make real the revolution of our values; that is, one of truth, justice, peace, and human and earth dignity.” Cynthia McKinney, author, activist, and six-term member of the US Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam I. Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. 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This autohistory of the Rotisken'rhakéhte is complemented by a Mohawk history timeline from colonization to the present, a glossary of Mohawk political philosophy, and a new map of Iroquoia in Mohawk language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAussi disponible \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/la-mohawk-warrior-society-manuel-de-souverainete-autochtone\"\u003een français\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“While many have heard of AIM \u0026amp; the Red Power movement of the ’60s and ’70s, most probably do not know the story of the Mohawk warriors and their influence on Indigenous struggles for land and self-determination, then and now. These include the 1974 Ganienkeh land reclamation (which still exists today as sovereign Mohawk territory), the 1990 Oka Crisis (an armed standoff that revived the fighting spirit \u0026amp; warrior culture of Indigenous peoples across North America), and the Warrior\/Warrior Unity flag, a powerful symbol of Indigenous resistance today commonly seen at blockades \u0026amp; rallies. \u003cem\u003eThe Mohawk Warrior Society: Auto-History of the Rotisken’rhakéhte\u003c\/em\u003e tells this history in the words of the Mohawks themselves. Comprised of interviews with some of the key participants, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Warrior’s Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy\u003c\/em\u003e (both written by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall, who also designed the Warrior\/Unity flag), this book documents the important contributions Mohawk warriors have made to modern Indigenous resistance in North America.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/gord-hill\"\u003eGord Hill\u003c\/a\u003e, Kwakwaka’wakw, author of \u003cem\u003e500 Years of Indigenous Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Antifa Comic Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This clear and stimulating book had me on edge from beginning to end. No matter who we are we can learn from these histories of the Iroquois Confederacy as related by its present-day members, lessons pertaining to nonhierarchical political organization and the care of the land. In the age of Black Lives Matter this work makes the case for autonomous life-spaces free of US or Canadian state control.” Michael Taussig, Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This book is a window into a world seldom glimpsed by Europeans and their settler descendants. Revealed to us is the inner vision of First Nation liberation movements that emerged from forms of government within which group autonomy and individual freedom have been cherished for thousands of years. Despite inspiring the US Constitution, these confederacies were heavily repressed and forced underground. At the end of the 1960s, the Warrior Society was rekindled by seven original members who vowed to defend their people against state violence depriving them of their rights. Overnight, they were joined by hundreds throughout Mohawk lands, then thousands all over the Iroquois Confederacy, with supporters from the East Coast to the West Coast in North and South America. The Warrior Society emerged within a broader cultural renaissance that imbued traditional matrilineal cultures with new vitality. As part of the global awakening of the 1960s, they were more popularly rooted than AIM or the Black Panthers. Their Great Law provides an ecological and democratic framework for peaceful coexistence of all peoples.” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/george-katsiaficas\"\u003eGeorge Katsiaficas\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Subversion of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Global Imagination of 1968\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This book takes the reader behind the masks of the Mohawk Warrior Society, exploring the deep roots of the controversial Indigenous movement that precipitated the 78-day standoff at Oka in 1990. Offering unprecedented oral histories, concept glossaries, and transcripts of internal documents, this auto-history presents the perspective of the Rotisken’rhakéte in their own words. All readers interested in contemporary Indigenous resistance to colonialism will find much of value in this unique compendium that goes beyond the well-known symbols to explain their origins and meaning.” Jon Parmenter, associate professor of history at Cornell University and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of the Woods: Iroquoia, 1534–1701\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Mohawk Warrior Society\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent collection of stories about colonialism and resistance in Turtle Island—a must read for settler allies seeking to learn and unlearn the histories of colonial violence that structure our contemporary relations. In providing vital histories of state repression and Indigenous resilience, the teachings in this volume can inform all contemporary efforts working towards decolonialization.” Jeffrey Monaghan, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University, coauthor of \u003cem\u003ePolicing Indigenous Movements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I've been blessed because I came to know the Unity Flag by seeing Oka on TV when I was young. When I got married they wrapped us with the flag, it has been a part of all the spiritual ceremonies that I went to, it has been present at every blockade. Along with the Women's Warrior Flag, it's a symbol that's embedded in our spirit, and it's always been an inspiration. Louis Hall, Ganienkeh, and \u003cem\u003eThe Warrior's Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e were way ahead of their time, back when people were just starting to fight back, fighting to get their land back. The intention of \u003cem\u003eThe Warrior's Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e and Unity Flag was for all Indigenous nations throughout the hemisphere and really the whole world to unite, and first and foremost to fight. That's why this book is so important, it's something that Louis Hall has gifted to all red nations.\u003cem\u003e” \u003c\/em\u003eKanahus Freedom Manuel, Indigenous land defender, Secwepemc Women Warrior Society, Tiny House Warriors\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“This is a compelling account of the political struggle for the return of indigenous thought through the words of those Kaianerehkó:wa Mohawks affiliated with the original 1970s Warrior Society. It offers a trenchant and witty critique of settler colonialism together with a body of teachings aimed at re-establishing balance and harmony. It is for the Kanien'kehá:ka, the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, and all people troubled by the state of our relations to each other and to the beings of the land that make us as well as those who care for it.\u003cem\u003e” \u003c\/em\u003eEduardo Kohn, associate professor of anthropology at McGill University and author of\u003cem\u003e How Forests Think\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Karoniaktajeh Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (1918–1993) was a prolific Kanien'kehá:a painter and writer from Kahnawake, whose work continues to inspire generations of indigenous people today. A man of all trades, Karoniaktajeh worked as a butcher, a carpenter, and a mason. Initially groomed for a life in the priesthood, Karoniaktajeh (on the edge of the sky) began his life as a devout Christian before later turning against what he saw as the fallacies of European religion and deciding to reintegrate himself into the traditional Longhouse and help revive “the old ways.” Appointed as the Secretary of the Ganienkeh Council Fire, he became a prominent defender of indigenous sovereignty, and was instrumental in the reconstitution of the Rotisken’rhakéhte (Mohawk Warrior Society). His distinctive artwork includes the iconic Unity Flag, which still symbolizes indigenous pride across Turtle Island (North America). His legacy as a revivor and innovator of traditional Mohawk culture includes his works \u003ci\u003eThe Warrior’s Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) and \u003ci\u003eRebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy \u003c\/i\u003e(1980). Both these texts, which served during their time as a political and cultural call to arms for indigenous communities across Turtle Island, were initially printed by hand and distributed in secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eKahentinetha Rotiskarewake\u003c\/b\u003e is a Kanien’kehá:ka from the Bear Clan in Kahnawà:ke. Initially working in the fashion industry, Kahentinetha went on to play a key role as speaker and writer in the indigenous resistance, a role which she has fulfilled consistently for the last six decades. During this time she witnessed and took part in numerous struggles, including the blockade of the Akwesasne border crossing in 1968. She has published several books, including \u003ci\u003eMohawk Warrior Three\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been in charge of running the Mohawk Nation News service since the Oka Crisis in 1990. She now cares for her twenty children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Kahentinetha means “she who is always at the forefront.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilippe Blouin\u003c\/strong\u003e writes, translates and studies political anthropology and philosophy in Tionni’tio’tià:kon (Montreal). His current PhD research at McGill University seeks to understand and share the teachings of the Tehiohate (Two Row Wampum) to build decolonial alliances. He has published essays in \u003cem\u003eLiaisons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStasis\u003c\/em\u003e, and an afterword to George Sorel’s \u003cem\u003eReflections on Violence\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Peterson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an organizer at Woodbine, an experimental space in New York City. He is the codirector of \u003cem\u003eThe Native and the Refugee\u003c\/em\u003e, a multimedia documentary project on American Indian reservations and Palestinian refugee camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalek Rasamny\u003c\/strong\u003e codirected the research project The Native and the Refugee and the feature film \u003cem\u003eSpaces of Exception\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Between the Lines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445162258525,"sku":"9781771136013","price":39.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1266_9781629639413_FC.jpg?v=1661174484"},{"product_id":"night-shift","title":"Night Shift","description":"\u003cp\u003eWry, dark humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic, sometimes troubling, but always fascinating tales that combine and masterfully conflate the disparate worlds of corporate tech and literary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“After the Thaw” is a hi-tech take on an ancient idea: immortality. “Terrible Trudy on the Lam” based on actual events, is a modern fable about a zoo escape, a private eye, a vaudeville act and keeping your mouth shut. “Night Shift at NanoGobblers,” written for a NASA website, is about asteroid-altering AIs and their world-weary earthbound handlers. “Transitions” deals with jet lag when your flight is decades late. Gunn’s long-awaited third collection is rounded out by incisive and affectionate portraits of her SF colleagues, mentors, and friends, beginning with Ursula Le Guin. All illuminated of course by our artfully intimate interview.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Without Eileen Gunn, life as we know it would be so dull, we wouldn’t recognize it. Among the five or six North Americans currently able to write short stories, she has not written anywhere near enough.” Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If ‘umami’ described how stories feel in your mind instead of how food tastes, I would say everything Eileen does is infused with umami.”\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eNisi Shawl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Plenty of science fiction and fantasy authors do ‘thought experiments’ but few of them disregard experimental safety protocols with quite as much gleeful abandon as Eileen Gunn.” Charlie Jane Anders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Gunn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle, Washington, who began publishing in 1978. Her story “Coming to Terms,” inspired, in part, by a friendship with Avram Davidson, won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2004. Several others have been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus awards. Gunn has a background in high-tech advertising and marketing; she wrote advertising for Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s, and was Director of Advertising at Microsoft in the 1980s. A seasoned SF pro, she is on the board of directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445162291293,"sku":"9781629639420","price":19.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1267_9781629639420_FC.jpg?v=1661174489"},{"product_id":"politics-at-a-distance-from-the-state-radical-and-african-perspectives","title":"Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor decades, most anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements identified radical change with capturing state power. The collapse of statist projects from the 1970s fostered both neo-liberalism and a global crisis of left and working-class politics. But it also opened space for rediscovering democratic, society-centered, and anti-capitalist modes of bottom-up change, operating at a distance from the state. This resurgent alternative has influenced the Zapatistas in Mexico, Rojava in Syria, Occupy, and independent unions and struggles worldwide around austerity, land, and the city. Its lineages include anarchism, syndicalism, autonomist Marxism, philosophers like Alain Badiou, and popular praxis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis pathbreaking volume helps recover this once sidelined politics, with a focus on South Africa and Zimbabwe. It includes a dossier of texts from a century of anarchists, syndicalists, radical unionists, and anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. Originating in an African summit of scholars, social movements, and anti-apartheid veterans, this book also features a preface from John Holloway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Yes, universities may produce assemblies which serve the people. So, in 2012 at Grahamstown, South Africa, did Rhodes University (despite the name), and in that service produced a people’s knowledge to transform the economic, material, social, family, political, educational, and spiritual institutions of capitalism at their core, without hierarchy, racism, oppression, or chauvinism of any kind. With sober care, practical acumen, and passionate eloquence the knowledge from that assembly is presented here. Absorb this knowledge and sense the future!” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwMjAifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/peter-linebaugh\" title=\"Peter Linebaugh\"\u003ePeter Linebaugh\u003c\/a\u003e, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e (with Marcus Rediker)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Capturing state power is regarded as the dominant means to achieving social transformation. This excellent collection challenges this prevailing perspective through examining societal and social movements in South Africa and Zimbabwe that have advocated and achieved tangible change from below without seizing state power. Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt offer a compelling counternarrative that is indispensable to the literature on social movements.” Immanuel Ness, City University of New York, author of \u003cem\u003eOrganizing Insurgency: Workers’ Movements in the Global South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Moving beyond the disillusion and cynicism engendered by liberation movements of the global South which ‘triumphed’ and then betrayed everything they professed to hold dear, the contributors to this volume explore what could happen when and if ‘bottom-up’ labor, gender, and livelihood social movements stop lusting after the capture of state power. Mainly based in South African and Zimbabwean studies, the authors construct an exciting dialogue with the ideas of Mexico-based sociologist and philosopher John Holloway. Can there really be independent survival strategies against the twin malignancies of late capitalism and state turgidity? This is a must-read about the scope and health of 21st-century social formations, trying to walk new paths of equitable human flourishing.” Teresa Ann Barnes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of \u003cem\u003eUprooting University Apartheid in South Africa: From Liberalism to Decolonization \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the 1980s and ’90s, people who sought a world of equality, liberty, and socialism looked to Zimbabwe. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, after the fall of apartheid, even more looked towards South Africa. Tragically, the ruling parties in both countries—and which had led the liberation struggles in each—have proven epic failures and profound disappointments. Hence, it is high time to revisit historical social movements and more fully analyze recent ones that never placed their hopes in state power. This collection brings together fascinating research on the history of anarchist, community, rural, and worker movements from the early 20th century into the 21st that believe another world is possible.” Peter Cole, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/ben-fletcher-the-life-and-times-of-a-black-wobbly-second-edition\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBen Fletcher: The Life and Times of Black Wobbly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the light of the unfulfilled expectation of overcoming class and race inequality through state-centered national liberation movements and African state socialism this book edited by Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt offers a fascinating insight into the seldom told history of alternative socialist currents in Southern Africa.” Dario Azzellini, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico, author of \u003cem\u003eIf Not Us, Who? Global Workers against Authoritarianism, Fascism and Dictatorships \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A must read for all people-centered movements aiming to transform society. This book could not have been written at a more opportune time, as ‘socialism’ returns to the world stage after a period of much disrepute and gross misinformation. It introduces us to past and present struggles in Southern Africa that do not see the capture of the state by vanguard parties as an adequate form of struggle., and that devise new ways to deal with the changes in capitalism.\" Zarina Patel, is editor of \u003cem\u003eAwaaz\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and author of \u003cem\u003eThe In-Between World of Kenya’s Media: South Asian Journalism, 1900–1992\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Time and again socialist movements have debated how best to achieve change. Some, like the anarchists and syndicalists, argued that it could only come from below, by means of working-class direct action, solidarity, and self-organization. The majority, with mainstream Marxists at the fore, argued that workers should take part in state politics and stand in elections. The judgment of history is clear: the former were right and, as predicted, rather the conquer state power, it conquered them. This excellent collection of essays brings a welcome South African and Zimbabwean perspective on this debate and will be interest to all those seeking to learn from history rather than repeat it.” Iain McKay, editor of \u003cem\u003eDirect Struggle against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirk Helliker\u003c\/strong\u003e is research professor in sociology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and director of its Unit of Zimbabwean Studies. His books include the edited \u003ci\u003eEveryday Crisis: Living in Contemporary Zimbabwe \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) and the authored \u003ci\u003eFast Track Land Occupations in Zimbabwe in the Context of the Zvimurenga \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), both in collaboration with Sandra Bhatasara and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe. He was deported by the apartheid regime. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucien van der Walt\u003c\/strong\u003e is a South African sociologist and labour educator, involved in the working-class movement. His research includes anarchism\/syndicalism, working-class and left history, and neo-liberalism. He has been active in workers’ education since the 1990s, including for DITSELA, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA, the Vuyisile Mini Workers School, the Unemployed Peoples’ Movement, and the Red \u0026amp; Black Forums. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Holloway\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of sociology at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades in the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. He has published widely on Marxist theory, on the Zapatista movement, and on the new forms of anti-capitalist struggle. His book \u003cem\u003eChange the World Without Taking Power\u003c\/em\u003e has been translated into eleven languages and has stirred an international debate. 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Persecuted for much of the 20th century, they dared to try to overcome social fragmentation by affirming social solidarity among all the region’s ethnic and religious peoples. As Syria plunged into civil war, the Kurds and their Arab and Assyrian allies established a self-governing polity that was not only multiethnic but democratic. And women were not only permitted but encouraged to participate in all social roles alongside men, including political and military roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo implement these goals, Rojava wanted to live in peace with its neighbors. Instead, it soon faced invasion by ISIS, a force that was in every way its opposite. ISIS attacked its neighbors in Iraq and Syria, imposing theocratic, tyrannical, femicidal rule on them. Those who might have resisted fled in terror. But when ISIS attacked the mostly Kurdish city of Kobane and overran much of it, the YPG and YPJ, or people’s militias, declined to flee. Instead they resisted, and several countries, seeing their valiant resistance, formed an international coalition to assist them militarily. While the YPG and YPJ fought on the ground, the coalition coordinated airstrikes with them. They liberated village after village and in March 2019 captured ISIS’s last territory in Syria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround that time, two UK-based filmmakers invited the author to spend a month in Rojava making a film. She accepted, and arrived to explore the society and interview people. During that month, she explored how the revolution had progressed and especially the effects of the war on the society. She found that the war had reinforced social solidarity and welded together the multiethnic, gender-liberated society. As one man in Kobane told her, “Our blood got mixed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You haven’t been to Rojava yet? Let Janet Biehl’s graphic novel help you take your first step to the land of revolutionary hope, to North-East Syria, by providing a fascinating glimpse and thrilling insight into the most significant revolution of the 21st century. History is usually written by powerful elites and rulers, but Janet Biehl invites us to a new viewpoint. \u003cem\u003eTheir Blood Got Mixed\u003c\/em\u003e is a creative contribution to a historiography from the perspective of those who actually made it.” Havin Guneser, she is one of the spokespersons of the International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this graphic novel, Janet Biehl brings to life the revolutionary experience in the North-East of Syria, also known as Rojava. Biehl deftly combines a deep understanding of the democratic-confederal principles underpinning the revolution with an artistic eye capable of capturing the humanity of ordinary people, in an extraordinary situation, making history. This book is a most impressive achievement. It communicates a complex and dramatic story about the history and workings of the radical-democratic experiment in Rojava in a clear and compelling fashion. Its combination of historical narrative with political theory and graphic art will make it appealing to a very broad audience, not only of academics and political activists, but to the public more generally.” Dr. Thomas Jeffrey Miley, lecturer in political sociology at Cambridge University and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eYour Freedom and Mine: Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdogan’s Turkey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A spirited portrayal of the everyday life of a revolution at its most basic levels of societal organization and political mobilization. Janet Biehl beautifully shows the interactions, face-to-face negotiations, and debates between the people who come from different ethnic backgrounds in citizens’ councils in neighborhoods and villages. Despite the trauma of war, Biehl shows that these people insist on building a new life and an alternative society to make a break from histories of injustice that have torn apart the people from each other.” Sardar Saadi is director of The Rojava Institute of Social Sciences (RISS) at the University of Rojava\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Janet Biehl is one of our most important interlocutors for understanding the radical experiment in democracy that since 2012 has taken place in northeastern Syria. \u003cem\u003eTheir Blood Got Mixed \u003c\/em\u003ebreaks down an incredibly complex conflict-turned-social-revolution into a simple—but not simplistic—narrative, introducing readers to the men and women (especially women) who have sacrificed everything, including their lives, to simultaneously defeat ISIS and create a new society. 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Bookchin’s writings influenced an ideological transformation of the Kurdish freedom movement away from Marxism and statism and toward grassroots democracy and ecology. To observe the implementation of his ideas, she visited northeastern Syria several times and chronicled her observations in numerous articles. She has also translated several German-language books about the Kurdish movement into English. \u003cem\u003eTheir Blood Got Mixed\u003c\/em\u003e is her first graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40445162356829,"sku":"9781629639444","price":39.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_1269_9781629639444_FC.jpg?v=1661174498"},{"product_id":"your-place-or-mine-a-21st-century-essay-on-same-sex","title":"Your Place or Mine? 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How might they create constitutions, balance power and write protocols? How do group cultures and institutions maintain coalitions? This urgent and inspiring how-to is the product of more than twenty years of research. Designed explicitly for everyday use, it contains lived examples and text from current horizontally organized constitutions. These documents illustrate the never-ending process of developing community and keeping collaborations alive in the fairest ways possible. Written by dedicated anarchist scholars and organizers, and based on the widely popular Anarchic Agreements pamphlet series, this book facilitates grassroots activism and provides methods to improve and streamline decision making. It is an inspiring celebration of the novel, complex, and flexible constitutions anarchists have created over time. 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