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Wednesday, February 17th, 2016Our pals at the Institute for Anarchist Studies are planning an important issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory about”Anarcha-Feminisms.” They’ve got an Indiegogo campaign started to help pay for printing and mailing costs. Remember: these folks all volunteer their time and energy to produce this vital contribution to our movement, so let’s help them out by [...]
Exploring “Anarchy Without Opposition”
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014We’re always glad when the ideas in our books jump off their pages and morph into real-life (or online!) discussions, so we were pleased to see that one of the pieces from our recently published book Queering Anarchism has been making the rounds online lately. Jamie Heckert’s contribution, “Anarchy Without Opposition,” has just been excerpted [...]
Review of Sewing Freedom by Chris Brickell
Thursday, April 11th, 2013Jared Davidson’s new book is a history of both an influential figure – Philip Josephs – and a movement: anarchism in New Zealand. It is a beautifully-written and impeccably-researched volume that brings to our attention an often overlooked aspect of our political history. Sewing Freedom traces the journey of Josephs and his family from Latvia [...]
Paradoxes of Utopia – Anarchist culture and politics in Buenos Aires 1890-1910 – Review
Monday, September 10th, 2012Paradoxes of Utopia – Anarchist culture and politics in Buenos Aires 1890-1910 – Review by Sean Mathews When the Argentine economy collapsed in 2001, many were surprised by the factory takeovers and neighbourhood assemblies that resulted. But workers’ control and direct democracy have long histories in Argentina, where from the late nineteenth century and well [...]
Review of Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria
Friday, June 29th, 2012We were very pleased to see this review of David Porter’s Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria by Javier Sethness-Castro. It is held in some circles that anarchism, like Marxism, is a form of thought and praxis that originated in nineteenth-century Europe and as such is inseparably related to this social milieu; interventions [...]
David Swanson is “Hopelessly Devoted”
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012We’re very excited to see David Swanson’s review of Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion on his blog War is a Crime. Hopelessly Devoted by David Swanson You’d never know it from watching television, but there are many thousands of people in the United States who take peace, justice, environmental protection, and government [...]
Review of “Arab Spring, Libyan Winter” by Ron Jacobs on CounterPunch
Friday, March 23rd, 2012We just found out that Ron Jacobs reviewed Arab Spring, Libyan Winter for CounterPunch! It’s always exciting to see reviews of our books, and we’re especially fond of CounterPunch. Arab Spring, Libyan Winter by Vijay Prashad will be available in April 2012. Stay posted for upcoming author events! Rebellious Spring, Murderous Winter by Ron Jacobs [...]
Review of Anarchist FAQ by Effluvia Magazine
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012We just found out about a recent review of Iain McKay’s An Anarchist FAQ by Effluvia Magazine. We are always so happy to see reviews of our books out there and hear how they are affecting readers. Thanks to everyone at Effluvia Magazine and we look forward to reading more reviews from all of you! [...]
“Yellow Kid” Weil Reviewed on BoingBoing!
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Much to our delight, we woke up this morning to an excellent BoingBoing review of the latest book in our popular Nabat series, “Yellow Kid” Weil: The Autobiography of America’s Master Swindler! Cory Doctorow describes the book: “Weil’s autobiography is really more of a memoir—it doesn’t provide much of a coherent narrative of the man [...]
Looking for Labor Day: A review of Immanuel Ness’s new book
Thursday, September 8th, 2011AK Press’s Oakland warehouse recently hosted a small event to celebrate a new book by our comrade Immanuel Ness, called Ours to Master and to Own: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present, published earlier this year by Haymarket Books. In attendance was Bay Area anarchist & organizer, Bernard Marszalek, editor of AK/Kerr Company’s [...]
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