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Printed on union made black shirts with white text, this shirt makes no apologies in standing in direct opposition to the racist, white supremacist, and sexist bigotry further normalized by Trump’s election win while also giving a nod to MDC's song "Born to Die”.

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One day a year is not enough to honor all the work the WE do, so why not celebrate International Workers' Day year round?

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Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: A Guide to Including Children, Elders, Everyone in Activism

"All told, the collection is stimulating, and whether we are parents, eldercare providers, or simply concerned human beings, inclusivity - not leaving anyone behind - is key to making the changes we wish to see. After all, if another world is possible, doesn't it have to include the young, the old and the in between - whether able-bodied or not?"—Eleanor J Bader, Truthout

"This is a horrifying but important book..." —Socialism and Democracy

"This book is evidence of the validity of the William Faulkner saying “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”….This is a horrifying but important book that should be widely read to gain an accurate view of the long history of racism in the US.“ —Barbara H. Chasin,
Socialism and Democracy

“One of the most important contributions to the study of American history that I have ever experienced.”
—Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research

“(Going Underground) remains the go-to tome and an essential read for punks and historians alike."

"Despite the glut of punk history books in recent years, still precious few attempt an overview of the “hardcore” years referenced in the book’s title. The best known, Steven Blush’s American Hardcore, is a highly flawed and wildly inflammatory cesspool of factual inaccuracies, lurid sniping, backbiting, and axe-grinding posturing as “documenting” one of the most important subcultures of twentieth century music history. Though covering the same ground, Hurchalla’s tome is easily superior on a number of levels, not the least that he not only understands the subculture of which he was a part, but he makes a concerted effort to explain it—its motivations, codes of conduct, strengths, weaknesses, and very raison d’etre."—Jimmy Alvarado, Razorcake

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PM Press @ Derry Radical Bookfair in Derry, Northern Ireland

Wednesday, Feb 08

Revolutionary Mothering, E. Ethelbert Miller, & Karen Joy Fowler @ AWP in Washington, D.C.

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Review of "The Football Factory" by John King JJ Amaworo Wilson
John King’s novel was first published in the UK twenty years ago. It has recently been reissued by PM Press in a handsome and suitably eye-catching edition for North American readers. Curious then that the title remains The Football Facto...

FORWARD EVER, NORMAL NEVER: TAKING DOWN DONALD TRUMP Susie Day
This dream. Something is in the house, something's breaking, the things I love are going away. I reach for Laura, she becomes translucent, evaporates. I wake up, telling myself this dream means I'm worried about how tired and worn Laura has grown ...

Why do we marginalize children in our radical political spaces? Mark Van Steenwyk
Yesterday, I flew from Minneapolis to San Francisco to read books to children. This is a new gig for me. All of my other books are for adults. And, even though those books haven’t sold loads of copies, I am confident that I could line up a s...

US activists say no to bigotry and racism after homophobic massacre Nicola Field
The homophobic massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last Sunday horrified people across the world. So did attempts to turn the anger into racism against Muslims.

Castro and Cuba Peter Marshall
The ‘Jefe Maximo’ (Supreme Leader) Fidel Castro is dead. He may have become been a towering figure in the 20th century but for many he was a highly controversial and divisive one. His brother Raúl, head of the military forces...

"(We the People) is a highly recommended read for those wishing to affect change in their communities."—Edward Wells j. stephanie pasvankias
by Edward Wells, Professor of Environmental Studies, Division of Integrated Sciences Wilson CollegeReview of: Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell's We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States

A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 2) – Making a Buck in the Pig’s Pen Michael Ryan
In August, we looked at runway imprisonment in the U.S. As disturbing as the numbers are, they are the logical extension of the general corporatization of prison – and it’s a heads we win, tails you lose situation for prisoners.

No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA! Reading List j. stephanie pasvankias
As we all struggle with the results and ramifications of the 2016 Election, we here at PM Press put together a short list of books that can help arm the spirit, inspire change, and build bridges to create a better world. In many ways...

RIP Tom Hayden JJ Amaworo Wilson
On October 23rd we lost writer/activist/politician Tom Hayden. He’d lived a life of service in the pursuit of social justice. Hayden was one of the original Freedom Riders, journeying to the Deep South in 1961 and getting beaten up for his ...

This is My Fucking Country Michelle Cruz Gonzales
"This is my place. My people have been here since borders were only imaginary, ‘just a line in the dirt,’ but this fact gives me no right over anything more than anyone else. Before my people, there were other people, and before...

Federal Judge Rejects Settlement in Landmark NYPD Spying Cases as Inadequate to Curb Abuse Kris Hermes
In a significant ruling applauded by religious, political, and civil liberties groups, a New York federal judge recently rejected a settlement agreement in a decades-long, class-action lawsuit stemming from illegal spying by the New York Police...

#DisruptJ20: Call for a bold mobilization against the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 Steven
NO PEACEFUL TRANSITION. We call on all people of good conscience to join in disrupting the ceremonies.

The Global Perspective II Gabriel Kuhn
Press roundup and crowdfunding: news on Torkil Lauesen's "Det globale perspektiv".

Behind the Demonstrations in Morocco Noel Ignatiev
a sustained campaign of calumny

My dream Noel Ignatiev
Sparked by a telephone conversation

Op-ed: Recently disclosed DNC insurance policy shows law enforcement's contempt for protest Kris Hermes
With much less fanfare than it received before the Democratic National Convention, the insurance policy protecting Philadelphia police from liability against a host of rights violations perpetrated against protesters was finally obtained ...

THE MAD ACTIVIST REFRAINS FROM ASSASSINATING DONALD TRUMP Susie Day
Time to vote for our next president! Time to choose just the right person to lead our world's most militarily advanced superpower. That's why presidential elections should be nonviolent and fulfilling on a deep personal level! O whom, shall I choo...

Law Enforcement Uses StingRays To Spy On Americans And Lies About It Kris Hermes
With the rapid advancement of surveillance technology used by increasingly militaristic law enforcement, public policy and privacy protections have struggled to keep pace. In this relatively uncharted tech landscape, the state can easily and i...

The Most Important Publication of 2016 JJ Amaworo Wilson
Nope - it's not Karl Ove Knausgaard's Some Rain Must Fall or Annie Proulx's epic novel Barkskins or even Zero K by the master, Don DeLillo. It's not Postcapitalism by Paul Mason or Thomas Mallon's biography of George W. Bush, altho...

Entebbe Revisited Gabriel Kuhn
A new German book reexamines the infamous 1976 hijacking of an Air France plane to Entebbe, Uganda, and the alleged selection between Jewish and non-Jewish hostages.

David Bowie: Hunky Dory, Indeed Randal Doane
From ages thirteen to eighteen, I exchanged my every spare dollar for petroleum products: gas for the car, to get us to Tower Records and, of course, long-playing records. In the summer of 1987, I was eighteen years old and, with the August issue ...

National Museum of African American History Opens and African American Director Is Locked Out JJ Amaworo Wilson
This month sees the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington. The museum took 101 years to come to fruition. That’s not a typo. It was first suggested by African American Civil War veterans in 1...

Don’t Mourn, Organize…and Vote Cynthia Kaufman
Presidential elections are important. They are really important. If George Bush hadn’t been president, the US would not have bombed Iraq, ISIS would not exist. And yet around presidential election time, people get wrapped up in t...

Letters from Richard Greeman in France: Burkinis and Bombs Noel Ignatiev
from Richard Greeman

Introduction to CLR James, Modern Politics Noel Ignatiev
James's lectures in Trinidad

Introduction, The World View of CLR James Noel Ignatiev
A New Notion

Making beautiful things where everyone gains and no one profits Cynthia Kaufman
My friend Annette Aylward is trying to make a living as a crafts person. She makes beautiful handmade linen towels. She believes in craft. She loves to make these things. To make a living making handmade things woven out of linen she needs to char...

POLICE SHOOT ANOTHER RICH WHITE MAN Susie Day
Darien, CT – Only days before he was to enter Yale Law School, Trey Von Der Brown, 22, was mowed down behind the wheel of his powder-blue 2016 Mini Cooper convertible in a hail of police bullets.

Making Rights Work Cynthia Kaufman
Making Rights Work: A Review of "The Human Rights Enterprise" A few years ago, when California was going through a major budget crisis and money for education was being cut back dramatically, many students protesting the cuts claimed t...

A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 1) – Tallying the Damage Done Michael Ryan
If Tsarist Russia was “a prison house of nations,” the modern U.S. might be called “a nation of prison houses.”

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