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Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ’80s, Revolutionary Mothering places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation. The challenges we face as movements working for racial, economic, reproductive, gender, and food justice, as well as anti-violence, anti-imperialist, and queer liberation are the same challenges that many mothers face every day.

How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always: The Nation
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The Spitboy Rule reviewed on Feministing, Hip Mama, KQED Arts, & Latino Rebels.

"We are all punks, but we are not all punks the same.” Nguyen’s introduction captures the sometimes invisible differences in punk communities at the heart of Spitboy,
I think there are echoes of this sentiment in feminism more broadly. We are all feminists, but we are not all the same. Feminism has done its fair share of excluding intersectional approaches to issues such as race, sexuality, class, ability, migration status, etc. It is that difference within community that is essential and heartbreaking in Gonzales’s journey."—Chanelle Adams, Feministing

Watch Michelle at the 11/4/15 Punk Panel in Oakland, CA
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Review: Bitch Magazine
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Review: Hip Mama
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May Day and Peter Linebaugh on Al Jazeera, Democracy Now! and more!

"May Day is about affirmation, the love of life, and the start of spring, so it has to be about the beginning of the end of the capitalist system of exploitation, oppression, war, and overall misery, toil, and moil.” So writes celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh in an essential compendium of reflections on the reviled, glorious, and voltaic occasion of May 1st..."

Watch Peter Linebaugh on Al Jazeera
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Watch Peter on The Laura Flanders Show
Buy The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day

"This collection on birth is truly rare and precious." —Squat Magazine

"Break out the tissues and breathe deeply. Alana Apfel imbues Birth Work As Care Work with intimacy, empathy, and buckets of love.

I had the great honor to witness the development of this anthology. While working towards our Master’s degrees in Anthropology and Social Change at California Institute of Integral Studies, I cried tears of awe on many a train ride as I read the drafts of these stories..." —Angela Anderson, SQUAT

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PM Press @ Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, IL

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Sunday, Jun 12

PM Press @ Show de Riot Grrl Bénéfice pour le Revolution Fest in Montreal, QC

SF in SF presents: Rudy Rucker (Surfing the Gnarl) & Terry Bisson @ San Francisco, CA

Monday, Jun 13

Elliott Liu (Maoism: A Critical Introduction) @ Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, Jun 14

Victoria Law (Resistance Behind Bars) @ Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, MA

Thursday, Jun 16

Peter Kuper (The System, WW3 Illustrated, Drawn to NY) @ SCOTT EDER GALLERY in Brooklyn, NY

Friday, Jun 17

PM Press & Revolutionary Mothering @ Allied Media Conference in Detroit, MI

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De-Educating Society (Part 2): Squandering “Our Greatest Resource” Michae lRyan
Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children. Walt Disney

20 Years in the Making Noel Ignatiev
Received the following letter from my old friend and comrade, Ed Voci:

The Global Perspective Gabriel Kuhn
The former Blekingegade Group member Torkil Lauesen presents a new study on imperialism, global capitalism, and the Left’s possibilities of resistance.

De-Educating Society (Part 1): Burning Down the House Michae lRyan
The 2008 economic meltdown served as the signal to gut the public school system in the U.S.

Khadija Ismayilova freed JJ Amaworo Wilson
Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been freed from prison.

Climate Action: Disrupting Business as Usual Cynthia Kaufman
Talk given to the California Student Sustainability Coalition’s annual convergence

"We will intensify the guerrilla's activities" Gabriel Kuhn
Interview with Bese Hozat, co-chair of the Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK).

Reflections on a Delegation to Imprisoned Palestine Diana Block
At the end of March 2016, I was part of a nineteen-member Prisoner Solidarity and Labor Delegation that traveled from the United States, the country with the largest number of prisoners in the ...

No Child Left Unmarketized Michae lRyan
Eliminate compulsory schooling, government operation of and government financing of schools except for financial assistance to the indigent. The market would then have full rein.Milton Friedman

Freedom in the Mountains: Visiting the PKK in the Qandil Region Gabriel Kuhn
A report from the comrades at Lower Class Magazine who have traveled to the heartland of the Kurdish guerrilla movement.

Left Forum 2016 Steven
PM Press and our authors are bringing the noise to Left Forum in NYC from May 20th to 22nd. Here's your guide to all the panels you need for this year's conference!

Ten Ways to Challenge Capitalism's Death Grip on Daily Life Cynthia Kaufman
In order to deal with the climate crisis and have more satisfying lives, we need to build economies that consume fewer natural resources. In other words, we need to build a "solidarity economy" based on worker-owned cooperatives, self-pr...

Breaking Our Dependency on the Old Economy as We Build the New Cynthia Kaufman
People all around the world are working to build solidarity economies, based on worker-owned collectives, the creation of local currencies, and making one’s own things and sharing them.

“…because my sister and I were very close” Andre Moncourt
Today is the fortieth anniversary of the death in of RAF founding member Ulrike Meinhof. To mark the anniversary, former RAF member Ron Augustin interviewed Ulrike’s sister Wienke.

The Other Damnificados: "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" - by Matthew Desmond JJ Amaworo Wilson
One hundred years from now, historians will want to describe African American life in the 21st century. They may well use Matthew Desmond's formulation: "Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out."

Revolution Is More Than a Word: 23 Theses on Anarchism Gabriel Kuhn
"...it seems as good a time as any to reflect on anarchism’s role in the overall political arena and to examine its strengths and weaknesses."

Shopping in the Security State Michae lRyan
Most people would likely consider the idea that their shopping practices serve to advance the security state absurd, but they would be wrong. The interconnection between security concerns and shopping is more than ideological, it’s pra...

White folks and flies Noel Ignatiev
A column from 2000: Two meetings in one night

The Commons and the Centennial of the Easter Rising Peter Linebaugh
Last year on Earth Day we sang the Digger’s Song and I promised not to come again unless it was with a jackhammer. Here I am with no jack hammer. So it was at best a hope deferred or at worst a false promise. In any case a defeat.

Sober Living for the Revolution: The Song Gabriel Kuhn
In 2010, PM Press published the book Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics. Now the Australian hardcore punk band Rebirth has released a song by the same name.

The Cheapest Way to Get Nowhere Good … and Somewhere to Stay When You Get There Michae lRyan
Uber and Airbnb are perhaps the best known and most heavily used of the new corporate online business platforms that profit from a whole new form of marginalized labour – the permanent subcontractor. The two may seem as different as da...

To those who believe in voting Noel Ignatiev
Why do people vote?

Book review: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation - by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor JJ Amaworo Wilson
"Mike Brown was ... walking down the street. Eric Garner was standing on the corner. Rekia Boyd was in a park with friends. Trayvon Martin was walking with a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. Sean Bell was leaving a bachelor party, an...

Poet Mohammed al Ajami released from Qatar prison JJ Amaworo Wilson
After more than four years in prison, Qatari poet Mohammed al Ajami has been pardoned and released.

Fairness Hearing Takes Place on Abusive NYPD Spying Kris Hermes
Federal Judge Charles S. Haight heard oral comments Tuesday in what was referred to as a “Fairness Hearing.” The hearing, which was open to any New York City resident or organization concerned about NYPD spying, stemmed from two clas...

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

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