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We now stock the complete range of titles from III Publishing, a small publishing house specializing in anarchistic fiction. These are a welcome boost to our Literature section. We also offer them by mail order sale completely post free, similar to all our Freedom Press titles.
Updated March 1, 2004
A recent shipment from AK Press and the improvement in the Australian exchange rate against the US Dollar lead us to reassess our current pricing for AK Press titles, and other books we source from AK Distribution. As a result, our prices have fallen for quite quite a few books in our catalog. We are glad we can pass on these lower costs in lower prices.
Andreas, Joel
Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism
AK Press 160pp ISBN: 1 902593 57 X $12.00 Political Systems
Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented, and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays--and who dies. "A witty and devastating portrait of U.S. military policy."--Howard Zinn "Political comics at its best. Bitterly amusing, lively and richly informative. For people of all ages who want to understand the link between U.S. militarism, foreign policy, and corporate greed at home and abroad."--Michael Parenti "Addicted to War is must reading for all Americans who are concerned with understanding the true nature of U.S. foreign policy and how it affects us here at home."--Martin Sheen
Black, Bob
Anarchy after Leftism
CAL Press 176pp ISBN: 1-890532-00-2 $10.40 Anarchism
A reply to, and an assault on, Murray Bookchin's 'Social Anarchism Or LIfestyle Anarchism,' Bookchin himself, Bookchinism, and so called 'anarcho-leftism.'
Carlsson, Chris (ed.)
Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration
AK Press 256pp ISBN: 1 902593 59 6 $28.40 Ecology
This leaderless, grassroots social movement cuts through the noise and inertia of car-clogged urban transportation and teaches us to carve a wedge of our city for our dreams. So says essayist Anna Sojourner in this pushy and irreverent collection of inkworthy social critique and optimistic celebration. Four dozen contributors document, define and drive home the beauty of a quiet ride with a thousand friends, the anarchy of grassroots inspiration, the melodrama of media coverage and the fight for the survival of our cities.
Chomsky, Noam
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements Of Propaganda
Seven Stories 103pp ISBN: 1 58322 536 6 $11.60 Political Systems
Beginning with a brief overview of the origins of propaganda in America, Chomsky examines the varieties of mind control and behaviour modification that result when government and businesses use image manipulation and disinformation to influence events. Now in a newly expaned edition, with his January 2002 comments regarding media coverage of terrorism and US foreign policy in the post-September 11 world.
Chomsky, Noam
Power And Terror: Post-9/11 Talks And Interviews
Seven Stories 158pp ISBN: 1 58322 590 0 $15.50 Political Systems
Chomsky's latest thinking on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today, based on a series of talks and conversations in March and May of 2002. He reviews the history of war crimes and delivers his now-famous analysis of the double-standards and hypocrisy of Western governments, and the role of the media and intellectuals. With clarity and forcefulness, he places terrorist acts in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades - in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East and elsewhere. And this new volume includes Chomsky's personal reflections on the sources of his optimism, and the connection, if any, between his work in linguistics and his political activism.
Cleaver, Harry
Reading Capital Politically
AK Press 183pp ISBN: 1-902593-29-4 $22.50 Political Economy
Through a close reading of the first chapter, Cleaver shows that Das Kapital was written for the workers, not for academics, and that we need to expand our idea of workers to include housewives, students, the unemployed and other non-waged workers. Reading Capital Politically provides a theoretical and historical bridge between struggles in Europe in the 60s & 70s, and particulary the Autonomia of Italy to the Zapatistas of the 90s. Cleaver's introduction provides a brilliant and succinct overview of working class struggles in the century since Capital was published.
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel & Gabriel
Obsolete Communism
AK Press 239pp ISBN: 1-902593-25-1 $25.40 Anarchism
'Their nightmares are our dreams' In May 68 a student protest at Nanterre University spread to other universities, to Paris factories and in a few weeks to most of France. On May 13 a million Parisians marched. Ten million workers went out on strike. At the center of the fray from the beginning was Daniel Cohn-Bendit, expelled from Nanterre for his agitation. Obsolete Communism was written in 5 weeks immediately after the French state regained control, and no account of May 68 or indeed of any rebellion can match its immediacy or urgency. Daniel's gripping account of the revolt is complemented by brother Gabriel's biting criticism of the collaboration of the state, the union leadership and the French Communist Party in restoring order, defusing revolutionary energy & handing the factories back to the capitalists. Leninism & the unions come under fire as top-down bureaucracies whose need to manage and control are always at odds with revolutionary action.
Crimethinc
Days Of War Nights Of Love: Crimethink For Beginners
Crimethinc 281pp ISBN: No ISBN1 $11.70 Anarchism
Beautifully designed A-Z of the totality of revolutionary youth politics. Sort of a Situ-inspired Steal This Book for everyday life, love, and how to live it. Heavily illustrated with photos, cartoons, posters, and other useful accoutrements for the new millenium. Believe the hype, and check out why this is already an underground bestseller.
Dark Star Collective (ed.)
Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader
AK Press 120pp ISBN: 1 902593 40 5 $22.50 Sexuality & Gender
From consciousness-raising groups to hair-razing punk rockers, here's a fascinating window into the development of the women's movement, in the words of the women who moved it. These classic essays span the century, providing welcome context for feminism as part of a larger politics of liberation and equality. Critical analysis and biting polemic, whether it's Emma Goldman's attack on the suffrage movement or the debates of Second Wave feminists of the 1970s, connect the dots to show not just how anarchism influenced feminism, but how feminism changed the political landscape around it.
Dark Star Collective, ed
Beneath the Paving Stones
AK Press 120pp ISBN: 1-902593-38-3 $22.50 Anarchism(Situationist)
An anthology of the three classic Situationist pamphlets - The Poverty of Student Life, Totality for Kids, and The Decline and Fall of the Spectacular Commodity Economy, plus eyewitness accounts of the Paris May 68 events. Much of the Situ creed was produced in pamphlet form - and these 3 were crucial in creating the Situationist legend. Easier to read than Society of the Spectacle, and a provocatively seductive invitation to a life of freedom and revolt. Illustrated throughout with photos of the May 68 events, and the graffiti which played such a crucial role. A beautiful book.
Fremion, Yves and Volny
Orgasms of History: 3000 Years of Spontaneous Insurrection
AK Press 248pp ISBN: 1 902593 34 0 $28.40 History
Every now and then, society explodes. Our standard histories tend to treat these as oddities, if treated at all. Here's a People's History to puncture that balloon. From the Cynics & Spartacus through the Levelers, Diggers & Ranters to the Revolution of the Carnation, the San Francisco Diggers, Red Guard of Shenwulian, Brethren of the Free Spirit, Guevara, the Provos & the Metropolitan Indians. Nearly 100 episodes of revolt and utopia which popped up without a plan or a leader from the ancient Greeks to the present. Includes Volny's drawings of the participants.
Goldman, Emma
Anarchism And Other Essays
Dover 271pp ISBN: 0-486-22484-8 $10.30 Anarchism
A useful selection of the writings of Red Emma covering a wide range of subjects. Seven essays in all.
Hansen, Ann
Direct Action: Memoirs Of An Urban Guerilla
AK Press 493pp ISBN: 1 902593 48 0 $29.90 Social Defence
The Vancouver 5, or Squamish 5, were 5 Canadians convicted in the early 80s of (successfully) bombing a hydro-electric power sub-station, the Litton Systems plant in Toronto, where components for Cruise Missiles were being made, and several Red Hot Video stores, accused of selling violent pornography. Now, finally, twenty years later, Ann Hansen, who served 7 years for her involvement, tells the true gripping saga of an anarchist guerilla group. From its origins in the Canadian anarchist and counter-cultural milieu of the late 70s/early 80s; to going underground, and a clandestine life of arms drills, explosive practice, stealing cars, and (failed) armored car heists; to the massive reaction and surveillance of a state that felt (understandably) very much under attack, and the subsequent 'trial by media' of those involved - this is very real incredible revolutionary 'true-crime' tale of unrepentant action. 480 pages of fast-paced narrative are topped off with Communiques issued for all the actions, and Ann Hansen's Statement To The Court Before Sentencing. A triumph of storytelling, history and very real debate about movement tactics, goals, and vision. "Hansen's story is an intense, articulate rendering of her motivations and desire to be part of an effective revolutionary force for social justice." [Quill & Quire]
Home, Stewart
The Assault On Culture
AK Press 115pp ISBN: 1 873176 30 9 $22.40 Arts
RECENTLY REPRINTED. A critical history of radical and avant-garde art and cultural movements ranging through lettrists, COBRA, the Situationists, fluxus, the Motherfuckers, yippies, mail art, punk and Class War. "Home's book is the first that I know of to chart this particular 'tradition' and to treat it seriously. It is a healthy corrective to the overly aestheticised view of 20th century avant-garde art that now prevails." --City Limits "...essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. It demystifies the political and artistic practices of the opponents to the dominant culture and serves as basic reference for a field largely undocumented in English. It is also engagingly honest, unpretentious, questioning and immediated in its impact." --Artists Newsletter
Home, Stewart
What Is Situationism?: A Reader
AK Press 203pp ISBN: 1 873176 13 9 $29.90 Anarchism(Situationist)
RECENTLY REPRINTED. This anthology gathers together a broad range of critical material about the Situationist International. The texts run sequentially according to date of original publication, thereby providing an overview of the way in which situationism has been historicized in the Anglo-American world. A wealth of historical and interpretative information is provided by the various contributors. This plurality of voices ranges from underground legends to art theorists, ultra-leftists to professional academics, whose opinions blend and clash to provide a book that is far more vibrant than a conventional monograph. Contributors include among others: Sadie Plant, author of The Most Radical Gesture: The Situationist International in the Postmodern Age; Chris Gray, member of the British section of the Situationist International and editor of Leaving the Twentieth Century; Bob Black, anarchist and author of The Abolition of Work.
Pannekoek, Anton
Workers' Councils
AK Press 219pp ISBN: 1902593561 $22.50 Anarchism
'Good, solid, working-class literature.' -Noam Chomsky What the working class strives for in its struggle, liberty and security, to be master of its own life, is only possible through control of the means of production. State socialism is not control of the means of production by the workers, but control by the organs of the state. If it is democratic at the same time, this means that workers themselves may select their masters. By contrast direct control of production by workers means that the employees direct the enterprises and construct the higher and central organizations from below. This is what is called the system of workers councils. -Pannekoek 1952 In this timeless text, Anton Pannekoek provides his analysis of how we can create and sustain this practical model for social equality.
Porton, Richard
Film And The Anarchist Imagination
Verso 314pp ISBN: 1 85984 261 5 $26.00 Arts
The first comprehensive survey of anarchism in film - from the stereotypes of bearded bomb throwers, to the early cinema of Griffith and Rene Clair, to the work of Godard, Lina Wertmuller, Lizzie Borden and Ken Loach. Erudite and eloquent, Porton in addition provides an excellent guide to the complex traditions of anarchist thought, from Bakunin to Bookchin.
Reitman, Dr. Ben
Sister of the Road: the Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha
AK Press 205pp ISBN: 1 902593 03 0 $22.50 Biography
Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout culture that gets left out of the stultifying fairytales that pass for history books--a much more rowdy and messily interesting tradition than the guardians of propriety, steeped in those other great American traditions of puritanism and hypocrisy, let on. Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows and open freight cars--these were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. This vivid autobiography recounts one hell of a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs, wobblies and anarchists.
Roy, Arundhati
Power Politics
South End 182pp ISBN: 0 89608 668 2 $15.60 Political Systems
If any of you read popular contemporary fiction you will undoubtedly recognize Roy's name. Don't worry, this book will not be sectioned in the fiction section by mistake. It's a call to action and conscience for the struggle for social justice in India, the cost of development, and the politics of writing. As a native writer, Roy shows why she has the right to speak out on urgent matters such as nuclear war and the privatization of India's power supply by U.S.-based energy companies, which promises the dislocation of hundreds of thousands of people. This new expanded, and updated edition includes her two new essays on the events of 9/11 and the US bombing of Afghanistan.
Roy, Arundhati
War Talk
South End 142pp ISBN: 0 89608 724 7 $15.60 Political Systems
An eloquent, passionate and poetic series of new essays and lectures on politics from the now famed writer. From globalization, to war and militarism, pogroms against Muslims in India, to Noam Chomky, Roy is as sharp, incisive, and enlightening as ever.
San Filippo, Roy (ed.)
A New World In Our Hearts: 8 Years of Writings from the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation
AK Press 139pp ISBN: 1 902593 61 8 $17.90 Anarchism
The Love and Rage Federation was perhaps the most visible revolutionary anarchist organization in North America in the last few decades. This book keeps alive the many key political contributions Love and Rage made to debates around anarchism and organization, race, white supremacy and the national question, as well as documenting the rise and fall of an important political movement.
Yates, John
Controlled Flight Into Terrain: Stealworks Anthology 3.0
AK Press 127pp ISBN: 1 902593 67 7 $16.40 Arts
Controlled Flight Into Terrain is episode three in the sociopolitical graphic commentary from John Yates? Stealworks design compound. A San Francisco Bay Area independent designer, his work has appeared for years within the underground music and political scenes. Through such work as this Democracy We Deliver, Officer Friendly?, and Mom, We're Home! designs, Yates has gained a somewhat precarious notoriety within both the counter and over-the-counter cultures. This latest collection draws on themes familiar to those found throughout his previous body of work, simply because those themes never seem to go away. 'From subtle propagandist to raging agit-prop provocateur, John Yates exhibits the keen eye and sharp wit of an art world Robin Hood; Yates robs images from the rich and gives power to the poor, exposing the raw underbelly of the ruling class.'--Winston Smith
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