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The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes
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The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes

Editor and translator: Mitch Abidor
This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
$14.95
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Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
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Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Jamal Joseph • Editors: Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki
The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
$33.95
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Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society
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Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society

Michael Albert
Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
$20.00
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Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies
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Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies

Editors: Constance Bantman & Bert Altena
This volume reassesses the ongoing transnational turn in anarchist and syndicalist study, a field where the interest in cross-border connections has generated innovative literature in the last decade.
$24.95
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Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red
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Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red

Editors: Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry
This collection reveals the enduring sores in the revolutionary socialist movement in order to explore the often neglected left-libertarian currents that have thrived there.
$26.95
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William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary
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William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary

Peter Marshall
The picture of Godwin that emerges is one of a complex man and a subtle and revolutionary thinker, one whose influence was far greater than is usually assumed.
$29.95
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Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars
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Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars

Alice and Staughton Lynd
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance introduces readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as “moral injury.”
$17.95
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Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual
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Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual

Jeremy Brecher
Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual tells how to put strategy into action—and how it can succeed. It is a handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate—a how-to for climate insurgents.
$12.95
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Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition
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Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition

Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning
Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
$21.95
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The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance
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The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance

Editor: Jai Sen
Rethinking Our Dance, the second of two volumes, offers a wide range of essays from frontline activists that address the question, “What do we need to do in order to bring about justice and peace?”
$29.95
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A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel
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A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel

Paul Buhle and Tom Keough
This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
$4.95
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Against Urbanism
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Against Urbanism

Franco La Cecla
After demolishing the myth of the rock star architect with his book Against Architecture, Franco La Cecla now explores the decisive challenges that cities are going to have to confront in the near future.
$14.95
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Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas
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Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas

Chris Robé
Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
$26.95
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We Are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader
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We Are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader

John Holloway
We Are the Crisis of Capital collects articles and excerpts written by radical academic, theorist, and activist John Holloway over a period of forty years.
$22.95
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Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition
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Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition

Ward Churchill and Michael Ryan
This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
$15.95
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Romantic Rationalist: A William Godwin Reader
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Romantic Rationalist: A William Godwin Reader

William Godwin
This handy collection of Godwin’s key writings in a clear and concise form, together with an assessment of his influence, a biographical sketch, and an analysis of his contribution to anarchist theory and practice.
$17.95
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A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings: On the Sovereignty of Life as Surpassing the Rights of Man, Second Edition
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A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings: On the Sovereignty of Life as Surpassing the Rights of Man, Second Edition

Raoul Vaneigem
Sometimes playful or poetic, always provocative, Raoul Vaneigem offers fifty-seven rights with commentary, written in the highest idiom of subversive utopianism.
$20.00
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For a Libertarian Communism
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For a Libertarian Communism

Daniel Guérin
Guérin not only provides a critique of the socialist and communist parties of his day, he analyzes some of the most fundamental and pressing questions with which all radicals must engage.
$14.95
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The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975
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The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975

Mat Callahan
The Explosion of Deferred Dreams offers a critical re-examination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties.
$22.95
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Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area
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Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area

Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff
Other Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People’s Food System of the 1970s.
$14.95
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The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?
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The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?

Editor: Jai Sen
What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
$29.95
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We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States
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We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States

Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell
We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
$14.95
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Anarchy in Action
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Anarchy in Action

Colin Ward
This classic text is an attempt to bridge the gap between the present reality and anarchist aspirations, “between what is and what, according to the anarchists, might be.”
$17.95
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Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces
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Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces

Editors: Robert H. Haworth and John M. Elmore
Out of the Ruins sets out to explore and discuss the emergence of alternative learning spaces.
$24.95
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The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes
Books

The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes

Editor and translator: Mitch Abidor This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
$14.95
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Books

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Jamal Joseph • Editors: Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
$33.95
Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society
Books

Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society

Michael Albert Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
$20.00
Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies
Books

Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies

Editors: Constance Bantman & Bert Altena This volume reassesses the ongoing transnational turn in anarchist and syndicalist study, a field where the interest in cross-border connections has generated innovative literature in the last decade.
$24.95
Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red
Books

Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red

Editors: Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna, Saku Pinta, and David Berry This collection reveals the enduring sores in the revolutionary socialist movement in order to explore the often neglected left-libertarian currents that have thrived there.
$26.95
William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary
Books

William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary

Peter Marshall The picture of Godwin that emerges is one of a complex man and a subtle and revolutionary thinker, one whose influence was far greater than is usually assumed.
$29.95
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars
Books

Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars

Alice and Staughton Lynd Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance introduces readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as “moral injury.”
$17.95
Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual
Books

Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual

Jeremy Brecher Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual tells how to put strategy into action—and how it can succeed. It is a handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate—a how-to for climate insurgents.
$12.95
Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition
Books

Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition

Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
$21.95
The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance
Books

The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance

Editor: Jai Sen Rethinking Our Dance, the second of two volumes, offers a wide range of essays from frontline activists that address the question, “What do we need to do in order to bring about justice and peace?”
$29.95
A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel
Books

A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel

Paul Buhle and Tom Keough This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
$4.95
Against Urbanism
Books

Against Urbanism

Franco La Cecla After demolishing the myth of the rock star architect with his book Against Architecture, Franco La Cecla now explores the decisive challenges that cities are going to have to confront in the near future.
$14.95
Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas
Books

Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas

Chris Robé Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
$26.95
We Are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader
Books

We Are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader

John Holloway We Are the Crisis of Capital collects articles and excerpts written by radical academic, theorist, and activist John Holloway over a period of forty years.
$22.95
Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition
Books

Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition

Ward Churchill and Michael Ryan This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
$15.95
Romantic Rationalist: A William Godwin Reader
Books

Romantic Rationalist: A William Godwin Reader

William Godwin This handy collection of Godwin’s key writings in a clear and concise form, together with an assessment of his influence, a biographical sketch, and an analysis of his contribution to anarchist theory and practice.
$17.95
A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings: On the Sovereignty of Life as Surpassing the Rights of Man, Second Edition
Books

A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings: On the Sovereignty of Life as Surpassing the Rights of Man, Second Edition

Raoul Vaneigem Sometimes playful or poetic, always provocative, Raoul Vaneigem offers fifty-seven rights with commentary, written in the highest idiom of subversive utopianism.
$20.00
For a Libertarian Communism
Books

For a Libertarian Communism

Daniel Guérin Guérin not only provides a critique of the socialist and communist parties of his day, he analyzes some of the most fundamental and pressing questions with which all radicals must engage.
$14.95
The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975
Books

The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975

Mat Callahan The Explosion of Deferred Dreams offers a critical re-examination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties.
$22.95
Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area
Books

Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area

Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff Other Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People’s Food System of the 1970s.
$14.95
The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?
Books

The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?

Editor: Jai Sen What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
$29.95
We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States
Books

We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States

Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
$14.95
Anarchy in Action
Books

Anarchy in Action

Colin Ward This classic text is an attempt to bridge the gap between the present reality and anarchist aspirations, “between what is and what, according to the anarchists, might be.”
$17.95
Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces
Books

Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces

Editors: Robert H. Haworth and John M. Elmore Out of the Ruins sets out to explore and discuss the emergence of alternative learning spaces.
$24.95