Biography & Memoir
68 titles
Just World Books
The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, Second Edition
Miko Peled
A powerful account of a young man's transformation from growing up in Israel’s elite and serving proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
A powerful account of a young man's transformation from growing up in Israel’s elite and serving proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
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Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between
Laila El-Haddad
Gaza Mom provides a wealth of detail (and some charming photographs) that inform readers about the daily lives of Gaza’s Palestinians, along with El-Haddad’s reporting and political analysis.
Gaza Mom provides a wealth of detail (and some charming photographs) that inform readers about the daily lives of Gaza’s Palestinians, along with El-Haddad’s reporting and political analysis.
$20.99
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Cultural Capital Doesn't Pay the Rent: A Queer Memoir
Jessica Lawless
This is a story about loss, economic survival, and three decades of organizing against the interlocking hellscapes of neoliberal capitalism. As she recounts her experiences with chronic underemployment, working several shit-pa
This is a story about loss, economic survival, and three decades of organizing against the interlocking hellscapes of neoliberal capitalism. As she recounts her experiences with chronic underemployment, working several shit-pa
$24.95
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Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
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In the Hour of the Wolf: Tales of a Sámi Warrior
Niillas Somby
A tale of struggle and survival, of solidarity and kinship, of steadfast principles and spiritual awakening.
A tale of struggle and survival, of solidarity and kinship, of steadfast principles and spiritual awakening.
$17.00
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A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon
Eric King
A Clean Hell opens the doors of America’s most secretive prison and lets the reader step into the cell to experience all the horrors the Federal Bureau of Prisons tries to keep hidden underground.
A Clean Hell opens the doors of America’s most secretive prison and lets the reader step into the cell to experience all the horrors the Federal Bureau of Prisons tries to keep hidden underground.
$22.95
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Our Gun, Our Consciousness, and the Collective: Letters from the Discussion in Prison
Ulrike Meinhof
We are disarmed, but what they will never be able to take away from us, if we defend it tooth and nail, is our consciousness and the collective.
We are disarmed, but what they will never be able to take away from us, if we defend it tooth and nail, is our consciousness and the collective.
$19.95
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Submerged: On Healing from Abuse While Navigating a Lifetime of Imprisonment
Sheena King
Fearless honesty. Deep despair. Resilient discovery. Profound forgiveness. Revolutionary hope and liberation.
Fearless honesty. Deep despair. Resilient discovery. Profound forgiveness. Revolutionary hope and liberation.
$19.95
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Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery
Marcus Rediker and Michelle Markel
Benjamin Lay’s remarkable life story can be a lesson in courage and hope for us all.
Benjamin Lay’s remarkable life story can be a lesson in courage and hope for us all.
$19.95
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Other Comrades
My Life Song By Song: The Story of Dr. Strange Records
Bill "Doc" Plaster
Bill's memoir about growing up in the 1980's So Cal punk scene and starting the legendary mail order, record label and record store: Dr. Strange Records.
Bill's memoir about growing up in the 1980's So Cal punk scene and starting the legendary mail order, record label and record store: Dr. Strange Records.
$20.00
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Another War Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era
Tomas Rothaus
A history of twentieth century anarchist mass mobilizations and the movement against capitalist globalization come to life.
A history of twentieth century anarchist mass mobilizations and the movement against capitalist globalization come to life.
$28.95
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Shadows in the Struggle for Equality: The History of the Anarchist Red Cross
Boris Yelensky, Edited by Matthew Hart, Illustrated by N.O. Bonzo
The firsthand account of an activist of the Anarchist Black Cross, during the Russian revolutionary movement and the subsequent Leninist/Stalinist repression.
The firsthand account of an activist of the Anarchist Black Cross, during the Russian revolutionary movement and the subsequent Leninist/Stalinist repression.
$19.95
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B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown
Golo • Donald Nicholson-Smith
His life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.
His life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.
$19.95
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The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah
Aaron Cometbus
An argument between two stubborn men is the fuse that puts the sixties—and much of modern culture—into motion.
An argument between two stubborn men is the fuse that puts the sixties—and much of modern culture—into motion.
$12.95
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Other Comrades
Jacques Vache and the Roots Of Surrealism
Franklin Rosemont
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
$20.00
Autonomedia
Roll Over Picasso: E.F. Higgins III, His Life, Art, Legend
Istvan Kantor
E.F. Higgins III was a founding member of the Rivington School, a gang of visionary graffiti artists, welders, noise makers, beer drinkers, ardent guerrilla fighters striving against conformist museum art.
E.F. Higgins III was a founding member of the Rivington School, a gang of visionary graffiti artists, welders, noise makers, beer drinkers, ardent guerrilla fighters striving against conformist museum art.
$19.95
Autonomedia
Hero in Art: The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton
Istvan Kantor
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
$14.95
Black & Red
Eat The Rich And Other Interesting Ideas
Peter Werbe
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
$17.95
Autonomedia
Ruminations
Kirkpatrick Sale
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
$13.95
Active Distribution
Chav Solidarity
D. Hunter
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
$24.00
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Freedom Shall Prevail: The Struggle of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish People
Sean Michael Wilson • Illustrated by Keko
Freedom Shall Prevail is the first graphic novel exploring the life and struggle of Abdullah Öcalan, affectionately known as “Apo.”
Freedom Shall Prevail is the first graphic novel exploring the life and struggle of Abdullah Öcalan, affectionately known as “Apo.”
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The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist
Josh Fernandez
This book is an act of creative insurgency. A gripping, incendiary story about the making of a lifelong antifascist.
This book is an act of creative insurgency. A gripping, incendiary story about the making of a lifelong antifascist.
$22.95
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Other Comrades
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health
Jason Schreurs
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
$25.00
Just World Books
The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, Second Edition
Miko Peled
A powerful account of a young man's transformation from growing up in Israel’s elite and serving proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
From $9.95
Just World Books
Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between
Laila El-Haddad
Gaza Mom provides a wealth of detail (and some charming photographs) that inform readers about the daily lives of Gaza’s Palestinians, along with El-Haddad’s reporting and political analysis.
$20.99
Books
Cultural Capital Doesn't Pay the Rent: A Queer Memoir
Jessica Lawless
This is a story about loss, economic survival, and three decades of organizing against the interlocking hellscapes of neoliberal capitalism. As she recounts her experiences with chronic underemployment, working several shit-pa
$24.95
Books
Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
Books
In the Hour of the Wolf: Tales of a Sámi Warrior
Niillas Somby
A tale of struggle and survival, of solidarity and kinship, of steadfast principles and spiritual awakening.
$17.00
Books
A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon
Eric King
A Clean Hell opens the doors of America’s most secretive prison and lets the reader step into the cell to experience all the horrors the Federal Bureau of Prisons tries to keep hidden underground.
$22.95
Books
Our Gun, Our Consciousness, and the Collective: Letters from the Discussion in Prison
Ulrike Meinhof
We are disarmed, but what they will never be able to take away from us, if we defend it tooth and nail, is our consciousness and the collective.
$19.95
Books
Submerged: On Healing from Abuse While Navigating a Lifetime of Imprisonment
Sheena King
Fearless honesty. Deep despair. Resilient discovery. Profound forgiveness. Revolutionary hope and liberation.
$19.95
Books
Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery
Marcus Rediker and Michelle Markel
Benjamin Lay’s remarkable life story can be a lesson in courage and hope for us all.
$19.95
Other Comrades
My Life Song By Song: The Story of Dr. Strange Records
Bill "Doc" PlasterBill's memoir about growing up in the 1980's So Cal punk scene and starting the legendary mail order, record label and record store: Dr. Strange Records.
$20.00
Books
Another War Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era
Tomas Rothaus
A history of twentieth century anarchist mass mobilizations and the movement against capitalist globalization come to life.
$28.95
Books
Shadows in the Struggle for Equality: The History of the Anarchist Red Cross
Boris Yelensky, Edited by Matthew Hart, Illustrated by N.O. BonzoThe firsthand account of an activist of the Anarchist Black Cross, during the Russian revolutionary movement and the subsequent Leninist/Stalinist repression.
$19.95
Books
B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown
Golo • Donald Nicholson-SmithHis life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.
$19.95
Books
The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah
Aaron CometbusAn argument between two stubborn men is the fuse that puts the sixties—and much of modern culture—into motion.
$12.95
Other Comrades
Jacques Vache and the Roots Of Surrealism
Franklin RosemontThe first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
$20.00
Autonomedia
Roll Over Picasso: E.F. Higgins III, His Life, Art, Legend
Istvan KantorE.F. Higgins III was a founding member of the Rivington School, a gang of visionary graffiti artists, welders, noise makers, beer drinkers, ardent guerrilla fighters striving against conformist museum art.
$19.95
Autonomedia
Hero in Art: The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton
Istvan KantorCreator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
$14.95
Black & Red
Eat The Rich And Other Interesting Ideas
Peter WerbeThis collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
$17.95
Autonomedia
Ruminations
Kirkpatrick SaleRuminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
$13.95
Active Distribution
Chav Solidarity
D. HunterHunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
$24.00
Books
Freedom Shall Prevail: The Struggle of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish People
Sean Michael Wilson • Illustrated by KekoFreedom Shall Prevail is the first graphic novel exploring the life and struggle of Abdullah Öcalan, affectionately known as “Apo.”
From $9.95
Books
The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist
Josh Fernandez
This book is an act of creative insurgency. A gripping, incendiary story about the making of a lifelong antifascist.
$22.95
Other Comrades
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health
Jason SchreursCoping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
$25.00