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Michelle Gonzales of The Spitboy Rule in KQED Arts, Latino Rebels, La Raza & more!

"González’s story is about challenging your obstacles however possible, in tough times before political correctness and policing of speech; when four angry young women came together to play as loud and as nasty as the boys did—who refused Riot Grrrl status and segregation of the genders at their shows. The Spitboy Rule follows the difficult and courageous journey of a young woman who wasn’t afraid to venture into a mostly white underground scene, to hold mirrors up to the faces of her worst critics." —Charlie Vázquez, Latino Rebels

Militancy and the Beautiful Game: An interview with Gabriel Kuhn

"...One of the most revealing aspects of the relationship between anarchism and sport is the latter’s almost complete absence from anarchist publications. But there have always been anarchists who criticized the rejection of sports as elitist and who stressed sport’s political potential in terms of uniting people, strengthening communal values, challenging class structures, and so on. Essentially, both leftist anti-sport and pro-sport arguments have remained the same during the past hundred years..."—Recomposition

JJ Wilson's Damnificados in the Library Journal and more!

"Inspired by the 2007 occupation of a skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, Wilson's debut novel of magic realism is a modern retelling of the classic hero's journey, complete with a two-headed beast, a flood of biblical proportion, miraculous healing, and deus ex machina. The author's elegant language makes even the darkest of situations beautiful. Sure to attract readers who enjoy a touch of magic mixed in with their tales of social justice."—Portia Kapraun, Library Journal

"Demanding the Impossible [is] indispensable… [It] thinks big in mega-history and grand theory."

‘[A] very fine history of anarchist thought… [Peter] Marshall traces the roots of anarchist doctrine to the sixth century BCE, with many excellent biographical portraits, summaries of key events and movements, and long, careful reconstructions of individual philosophies and doctrines. Major trends are plotted chronologically in a spirited, enjoyable narrative that does not presume prior knowledge. All this makes Demanding the Impossible indispensable… [It] thinks big in mega-history and grand theory.’—Gary Roth, Critical Sociology

Upcoming Events

Monday, Apr 11

Kris Hermes (Crashing the Party) @ Northeast Book Tour

Wednesday, Apr 13

PM Press @ United Association for Labor Education in Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, Apr 13

Marge Piercy (My Life, My Body and The Cost of Lunch, Etc) @ Wooster, OH

Alana Apfel (Birth Work as Care Work) @ Santa Cruz Doula Salon in Santa Cruz, CA

Thursday, Apr 14

Marge Piercy (My Life, My Body and The Cost of Lunch, Etc) @ Granville, OH

Friday, Apr 15

PM Press @ 11th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair in Dublin, Ireland

Friday, Apr 15

Marge Piercy (My Life, My Body and The Cost of Lunch, Etc) @ Oxford, OH

Friday, Apr 15

E. Ethelbert Miller (The 5th Inning) @ CityLit Festival in Baltimore, MD

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Capitalism Is Organized Crime – Meet the Victims Michae lRyan
In spite of substantially increased productivity, the growing income gap is pushing greater numbers of people into marginality and poverty in the First World, as capitalism’s neoliberal age quite literally destroys lives and kills people.

What a Relief, the City of Cleveland Won't Be Using Nerve Gas on RNC Protesters Kris Hermes
Wednesday, the Cleveland Police Department (CPD) allegedly unveiled its Republican convention security "plans" to the city's Safety Committee, but it left the public with a lot more questions than it answered.In addition to the vague...

The Game is Fixed - Meet the Winners Michae lRyan
Remember that old saw: “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” Ends up it’s true.

I obeyed my conscience Andre Moncourt
To some people, she’s a whistleblower who passed on essential information to those who would be negatively affected. To others, she is a revolutionary who broke her country’s law to prevent harm from coming to a neighbouring coun...

An Ideology of Greed and Cruelty Michae lRyan
The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.[1] Ludwig von Mises

New Landauer Online Bibliography Gabriel Kuhn
A new "online participative bibliography" provides an excellent tool for investigating the work and legacy of Gustav Landauer.

Court Offers Rare Opportunity for Public Comment on NYPD Spying Kris Hermes
There’s little dispute today that we live in a National Security State. Unlawful police surveillance and infiltration of religious and political groups has become so common that it barely evokes outrage. Perhaps the most notorious perpet...

Money, Sex and Power: On a Sham Biography of Guy Debord Donald Nicholson-Smith
Our age is the first in world history to claim as its sole enemies those that it manufactures itself, on its own terms and for its own spectacular purposes. Projecting all its characteristic infamy and brutality onto these simulated foes, it cl...

A review of “Frantz Fanon – The Militant Philosopher of Third Word Revolution” – by Leo Zeilig JJ Amaworo Wilson
Jean-Paul Sartre described Che Guevara as “the most complete man of our time.” Like Martin Luther King, Guevara was martyred by the forces of conservatism at the age of thirty-nine. But before Guevara there was Fanon.

CLR James Replies to Atticus Finch Noel Ignatiev
Who are the Backward Ones?

Perimenopunk Michelle Cruz Gonzales
It’s not that I don’t give a fuck. I give a fuck plenty. It’s just that something new but oddly familiar has come over me. I feel both forty-six and sixteen. After years of mothering, schooling, cooking dinner, sorting socks, hel...

First Woman President Nukes Iran Susie Day
WASHINGTON – President Hillary Clinton, making good on her 2008 threat to “totally obliterate” Iran, celebrated her first week in office by ordering a nuclear strike on Iran's capital city of Tehran. As a squa...

A Sneak Peek of The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler by John King John King
It is sometime in the future and the individual nations of Europe no longer exist. The EU’s mission has reached its final stage and the United State Of Europe has been formed. Power is fully centralised, and this corporate-driven, closet ...

HARD CRACKERS Noel Ignatiev
Chronicles of Everyday Life

How a Former Black Panther Could Change the Rules of Solitary Confinement Vikki Law
The case of Russell Maroon Shoatz, who spent nearly 30 years in solitary confinement, could set a precedent for others held in prolonged isolation.

Making Up with Punk Rock Michelle Cruz Gonzales
I broke up with punk rock, but it appears I’m back, having never really left at all. Still, I feel I have some explaining to do.

Slaves and Workers, Workers and Slaves Noel Ignatiev
How slavery is taught

Great Writers, Great Lives: Those We Lost in 2015 JJ Amaworo Wilson
Six great writer/activists we lost in 2015 ...

To my Chavista Friends Clifton Ross
In the December 6 elections for the National Assembly in Venezuela, the opposition won an astounding 2/3 majority, giving them extraordinary powers of governance which would even include the possibility of writing a new constitution. Effectively t...

Violations of Attorney-Client Privilege: Unconstitutional and Nothing New Kris Hermes
Politically motivated surveillance is a prominent feature of today’s National Security State and is part of a playbook of tactics aggressively used by police against Muslims, dissidents, social change movements, and other targeted groups and...

Many Thousand Gone: New Orleans 10 years on JJ Amaworo Wilson
When the levees broke in New Orleans in 2005, so did the veneer of racial harmony in the United States.

What do you mean by Jewish Noir? Kenneth Wishnia
"A message from the Department of Unexpected Experiences: On every leg of our extensive tour for Jewish Noir outside of the New York area, the first question was invariably some form of, “What do you mean by Jewish noir?”At first,...

France at War II Noel Ignatiev
The fear that is gripping France today stands in ghastly contrast with the positive national mood during the days immediately following the horrific Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.

New Landauer Biography Gabriel Kuhn
Under the title "Die Politik eines ‘Antipolitikers’", the German Edition AV has published the most comprehensive biography of Gustav Landauer to date.

France at "War" Noel Ignatiev
the overall reaction of the French people (and media) was humane and peaceful

MISSOURI AND THE MOVEMENT ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE: NOTES ON AN INTRODUCTION TO AN OUTLINE OF A DRAFT OF A STATEMENT Noel Ignatiev
Either the U.S. is a very democratic, even revolutionary, place, where gladiators fire the president of an important ruling-class institution—something which Spartacus failed to accomplish in four years of war—or events at the Universi...

Take the Levites - Please! Kenneth Wishnia
“Take the Levites—please!”--God, Numbers 8:6 (translated by Henny Youngman) To be Jewish is to be constantly reminded of disaster or near disaster. The traditional Jewish calendar is full of events commemorating various a...

As Activists, We Build the World We Want—Which Is Still Very Far Off Vikki Law
On Monday, over 1,700 people tuned into the livestream of Ferguson is the Future, a day-long symposium at Princeton University. Unlike most science fiction/fantasy conferences, this one centered Blackness and social justice.

Police infiltration—a tactic of political repression—is on the rise in the twenty-first century Kris Hermes
Police infiltration of political dissidents—one indicator of society’s failure to adhere to basic democratic principles—is on the rise in the twenty-first century and shows no signs of letting up. Infiltration of political movem...

Welcoming Refugees Peter Marshall
Europe is at present besieged by refugees from countries in the Middle East where their governments and that of the U.S.A have intervened militarily: Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya.

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