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Situationist International Anthology- Ken Knabb’s translations from the notorious group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. Articles, leaflets, graffiti and internal documents by Guy Debord, Raoul Vaneigem, etc., from the situationists’ early experiments in cultural subversion and urban “psychogeography” to their lucid analyses of the Watts riot, the Vietnam War, the Prague Spring, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and other crises and upheavals of the sixties. A revised and expanded edition has recently been published.
- The Society of the Spectacle (Debord)
- Knabb’s new translation of the most important radical book of the twentieth century.
- Guy Debord’s Films
- The latest news about Debord’s films plus excerpts from Knabb’s new translation of the scripts.
- Public Secrets
- Knabb’s own publications over the last three decades. Two new texts — “The Joy of Revolution” (visions of a liberated society and how we might get there) and “Confessions of a Mild-Mannered Enemy of the State” (autobiography) — plus earlier articles, leaflets and posters on the sixties counterculture, Wilhelm Reich, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, radical Buddhists, Chinese anarchists, the 1970 Polish revolt, the 1979 Iranian uprising, the Gulf war, etc.
Gateway to the Vast Realms- A list of over 500 books that Knabb recommends — classic and modern literature, religion and philosophy, science and psychology, humor and comics, history and revolution — with brief comments on why they are worth reading and passages from some of the recommended works.
- Recent Publications and Polemics
- The latest BPS publications plus selected opinions and polemics.
The Uprising in France (March-April 2006)- Analysis of the nationwide movement of demonstrations, occupations, blockades and “blitz actions.” With translations of documents and graffiti and links to texts, photos and videos.
- Bureau Prehistory
- Comics, leaflets and scandals of three early San Francisco Bay Area situationist groups (1970-1972).
Crossfire- Provocative radical documents, old and new — Karl Marx, Clarence Darrow, Randolph Bourne, Bertolt Brecht, Karl Korsch, Josef Weber, Paul Goodman, Gary Snyder, Jo Freeman, Raoul Vaneigem, May 1968 graffiti, etc.
- Kenneth Rexroth Archive
- Texts by and about the great poet, essayist and social critic, who wryly described his main themes as “sex, mysticism and revolution,” and who was the leading inspiration behind the San Francisco Renaissance of the fifties and sixties.
- San Francisco Fifty Years Ago
- Kenneth Rexroth’s complete columns from the San Francisco Examiner (1960-1967), posted on the 50th anniversary of their original appearance.
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Teksti Latviski (Latvian)
(Russian)Tamlilim be-ivrit (Hebrew)
Türkçe Metinler (Turkish)
Neveshtarha-ye Farsi (Farsi)
Nihongo no tekisuto (Japanese)
Terjemahan di dalam bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
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