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'We the People' is an emboldening book that equips movements to fight for community rights.

"Drawn from the work of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, each chapter presents a narrative case study of a particular community rights movement, each seeking to preserve the autonomy of groups of people and to protect the natural realm. Together, they form a picture of the struggles and victories that change agents face across the United States...

The book is at once timeless and timely. With echoes of David versus Goliath, it embodies the cries for community rights and environmental protection voiced by prominent movements like the Standing Rock protests. In a time when corporations are more and more hungry for profits at the expense of communities, and when communities are increasingly voiceless in response, these stories of persistence and hope are incredibly vital..."—Melissa Wuske, Foreword Reviews

"For the literary-minded, this Rad Dad collective is a gem of inspired thought..."— Library Journal

“...These collected essays, written by various contributors, are raw, inspired, and artful, capturing the joys and pains of parenting with no apologies and no lack of grace. As such, some entries will speak more to readers than others, but the truth and beauty they evoke is elegant and grounding, celebrating the victories and struggles of a generation of parents: “I did not grow up in a family where anything seemed possible. The future did not really exist because surviving the present was the priority.” —Julianne Smith, Library Journal

New T-shirts— Out Now!

No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA T-Shirt

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”.

Every Day is May Day T-Shirt

A celebratory graphic in black ink on a white UNION MADE in America shirt. One day a year is not enough to honor all the work the WE do, so why not celebrate International Workers' Day year round? Cat illustration by Bizhan Khodabandeh.

Check out our other T-Shirts and Merch HERE

Rad Coloring Book Busts Gender Stereotypes With Awesome Images

"This coloring book is a creative mix of fun and social commentary.

Girls Are Not Chicks, from Jacinta Bunnell and Julie Novak, aims to teach kids to think past boys’ toys and girls’ toys and to be bold. From a girl who loves to farm to a princess who rescues herself to little Miss Muffet who refuses to get off her tuffet, the characters in the coloring book celebrate feminism, boldness and the beauty of being yourself..."—Talor Pittman,
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PM Press @ National Council on Teachers Education in Portland, OR

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Saturday, Mar 18

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Thursday, Mar 23

PM Press @ National Association for Ethnic Studies in San Francisco, CA

Friday, Mar 24

Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Revolutionary Mothering) @ Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN

Saturday, Mar 25

PM Press @ Orange County Anarchist Book Fair in Anaheim, CA

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Federal Judge Approves Landmark Settlement, But Is It Enough To Curb NYPD Spying Kris Hermes
As the nation gears up for further legal battles surrounding President Trump’s second Muslim travel ban, on Monday a federal judge in New York City approved a long-awaited settlement stemming from widespread New York Police Department spying...

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In honor of Women's History Month, International Women's Day, and the Day Without a Woman/General Strike on March 8th, 2017, we've put together a selection of our favorite titles that can offer a historical topography of what has led to this mo...

Labor Must Embrace the Anti-Trump Resistance to Fight for the Working Class Jeremy Brecher
While Trump’s actions will be devastating for organized labor, they may also have a silver lining. The Trump era is seeing the emergence of what has been called “social self-defense,” a massive self-organization of millions o...

The Gong of History; Or, What Is a Human? Peter Linebaugh
Every great historical epoch in the freedom struggle raises the question: what is a human? The answer changes, to quote Askia Muhammad Toure of the Revolutionary Action Movement, with “the Gong of History.” Amid all the confusing din o...

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Bending the arc back towards justice for LGBTQ youth by Rachelle Lee Smith.

Margaret Atwood on the role of the artist in testing times JJ Amaworo Wilson
I met Margaret Atwood last year. It was at an author party at the Brooklyn Book Festival. She appeared to be quite shy – although maybe it was just me boring her to death – and her physical stature was in inverse proportion to...

U.S. Anarchists: Idiots or Inspirators? Gabriel Kuhn
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Criticism and Self-Criticism for Anarchists Gabriel Kuhn
A review of Matthew Wilson's "Rules Without Rulers: The Possibilities and Limits of Anarchism".

Mandela, Oscar Lopez Rivera, and a Special Day Beyond the Myths Matt Meyer
The privilege of knowing both Nelson Mandela and Oscar Lopez Rivera, as men and not just idealized, mythologized figures, has afforded me the opportunity to look beyond the rhetoric calling Oscar “the Mandela of the Americas.” Osc...

It worked! Owen Hill
I was at the action (demonstration, whatever) last week. I used to find them exciting but I’ve grown weary.

Berlins Taiga Gabriel Kuhn
An antifascist football supporter as Soviet history tour guide.

Global Workers' Struggles Beyond Unions? Gabriel Kuhn
A review of Immanuel Ness's "Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class".

Big City Skiing Gabriel Kuhn
As a PM envoy at the World Cup race in Stockholm.

VISITING HERMAN IN THE AGE OF TRUMP Susie Day
This past year was good for prison activists. Those who advocated for high-profile political prisoners in the federal system celebrated when President Obama commuted the sentences of Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez, both n...

"Socialism or Nothing" Gabriel Kuhn
A review of John Smith's "Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism's Final Crisis".

Trump and May Peter Marshall
Donald Trump is truly absurd. He is not only a racist and misogynist and believes in torture but an extreme right -winger who denies the existence of climate change.

Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances James Kilgore
Yusef Shakur is a Detroit community organizer who spent several years in Michigan State prisons. "The prison industrial complex has found the right person to feed it," he told Truthout in response to the election results. Trump is of ...

Propaganda Football Gabriel Kuhn
More European books on soccer and politics.

To Praise Ginger Goodwin Is to Revere a Radical Mark Leier
Feisty miner reminds that comfortable compromisers are easily forgotten.The broad outline of Ginger Goodwin's story is well known to many of The Tyee's readers. Albert "Ginger" Goodwin was active in the coal mining unions of Glace Bay,...

'Al-Mutanabbi Street' 2017: As Long As We Need To Remember j. stephanie pasvankias
Next March marks the tenth anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad’s al-Mutanabbi Street, the city’s historic bookselling corridor. The “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here” movement has started to organize readings on or...

HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE DONALD Susie Day
I was blue the other day, thinking how little power I have over my life. Like, how I didn’t vote for you, but how you’re going to be president anyway? Bummer....

On the Labour of Activist Birth Work Alana Apfel
As a birth worker, or “doula” I provide non-medical support to birth givers and their families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

Kämpa Showan! Gabriel Kuhn
A newly released book tells the story of antifascist organizer and football supporter Showan Shattak, who nearly lost his life after being assaulted by neo-Nazis in 2014.

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.

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