Activism & Organizing
Explore histories of radical organizing as well as books with direct action-plans for change.
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Books
Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies
Editor: Quincy Saul • Illustrators: Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill, and Songe Riddle
A fire on the mountain where maroon words and images meet to tell stories together.
A fire on the mountain where maroon words and images meet to tell stories together.
$15.95
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The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance
Editor: Jai Sen
Rethinking Our Dance, the second of two volumes, offers a wide range of essays from frontline activists that address the question, “What do we need to do in order to bring about justice and peace?”
$29.95
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The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes
Editor and translator: Mitch Abidor
This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
$14.95
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Heart X-rays: A Modern Epic Poem
G.H. Mosson and Marcus Colasurdo
Heart X-rays is a twenty-first-century beat epic poem that ranges across landscapes and voices while exploring the mystery we call the human heart.
Heart X-rays is a twenty-first-century beat epic poem that ranges across landscapes and voices while exploring the mystery we call the human heart.
$5.95
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Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense
Editor: scott crow
This anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defense, as used by marginalized and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals.
This anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defense, as used by marginalized and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals.
$24.95
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Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chican@ Movement (DVD)
Freedom Archives
Symbols of Resistance illuminates the untold stories of the Chican@ Movement with a focus on events in Colorado and New Mexico.
Symbols of Resistance illuminates the untold stories of the Chican@ Movement with a focus on events in Colorado and New Mexico.
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The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?
Editor: Jai Sen
What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
$29.95
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Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction
Editor: Wess Harris
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history.
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history.
$19.95
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Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition
Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning
Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
$21.95
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Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Jamal Joseph • Editors: Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki
The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
$33.95
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Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society
Michael Albert
Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
$20.00
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Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars
Alice and Staughton Lynd
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance introduces readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as “moral injury.”
$17.95
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Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual
Jeremy Brecher
Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual tells how to put strategy into action—and how it can succeed. It is a handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate—a how-to for climate insurgents.
$12.95
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Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas
Chris Robé
Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
$26.95
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Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition
Ward Churchill and Michael Ryan
This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
$15.95
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We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States
Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell
We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
$14.95
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The Traffic Power Structure
Planka.nu
The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world.
The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world.
$12.00
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Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change, 2nd Ed.
Cynthia Kaufman
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action.
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action.
$22.95
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A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel
Paul Buhle and Tom Keough
This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
$4.95
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Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities
Alana Apfel
Birth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities.
Birth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities.
$15.95
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Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
Editors: Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, and Mai’a Williams
Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ‘80s, this anthology centers around mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices.
Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ‘80s, this anthology centers around mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices.
$19.95
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Joe Hill: The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture, Second Edition
Franklin Rosemont
A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies—songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr—Joe Hill.
A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies—songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr—Joe Hill.
$29.95
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Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
David Pilgrim
This book introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than ten thousand contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race.
This book introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than ten thousand contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race.
$24.95
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Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000
Kris Hermes
This book shows how events in 2000 acted as a testing ground to develop repressive policing methods now used across the U.S., as well as providing a laboratory for radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support.
This book shows how events in 2000 acted as a testing ground to develop repressive policing methods now used across the U.S., as well as providing a laboratory for radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support.
$22.95
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Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies
Editor: Quincy Saul • Illustrators: Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill, and Songe Riddle
A fire on the mountain where maroon words and images meet to tell stories together.
A fire on the mountain where maroon words and images meet to tell stories together.
$15.95
Books
The Movements of Movements: Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance
Editor: Jai Sen
Rethinking Our Dance, the second of two volumes, offers a wide range of essays from frontline activists that address the question, “What do we need to do in order to bring about justice and peace?”
$29.95
Books
The Permanent Guillotine: Writings of the Sans-Culottes
Editor and translator: Mitch Abidor
This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
This is an anthology of figures who expressed the will and wishes of this nascent revolutionary class, in all its rage, directness, and contradictoriness.
$14.95
Books
Heart X-rays: A Modern Epic Poem
G.H. Mosson and Marcus Colasurdo
Heart X-rays is a twenty-first-century beat epic poem that ranges across landscapes and voices while exploring the mystery we call the human heart.
Heart X-rays is a twenty-first-century beat epic poem that ranges across landscapes and voices while exploring the mystery we call the human heart.
$5.95
Books
Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense
Editor: scott crow
This anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defense, as used by marginalized and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals.
This anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defense, as used by marginalized and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals.
$24.95
DVDs
Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chican@ Movement (DVD)
Freedom Archives
Symbols of Resistance illuminates the untold stories of the Chican@ Movement with a focus on events in Colorado and New Mexico.
Symbols of Resistance illuminates the untold stories of the Chican@ Movement with a focus on events in Colorado and New Mexico.
From $14.95
Books
The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?
Editor: Jai Sen
What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world.
$29.95
Books
Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction
Editor: Wess Harris
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history.
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history.
$19.95
Books
Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, 2nd Edition
Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning
Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the Center for Story-based Strategy over fifteen years of their movement building partnerships.
$21.95
Books
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Jamal Joseph • Editors: Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki
The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21.
$33.95
Books
Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society
Michael Albert
Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society.
$20.00
Books
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars
Alice and Staughton Lynd
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance introduces readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as “moral injury.”
$17.95
Books
Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual
Jeremy Brecher
Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual tells how to put strategy into action—and how it can succeed. It is a handbook for halting global warming and restoring our climate—a how-to for climate insurgents.
$12.95
Books
Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas
Chris Robé
Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
Breaking the Spell offers the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activism from the late 1960s to the present.
$26.95
Books
Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, Third Edition
Ward Churchill and Michael Ryan
This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
This short book challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics.
$15.95
Books
We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States
Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell
We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
We the People offers portraits of communities across the U.S. that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by banning those projects at a local level.
$14.95
Books
The Traffic Power Structure
Planka.nu
The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world.
The Traffic Power Structure argues for a different kind of traffic in a different kind of world.
$12.00
Books
Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change, 2nd Ed.
Cynthia Kaufman
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action.
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action.
$22.95
Books
A Full Life: James Connolly the Irish Rebel
Paul Buhle and Tom Keough
This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
This pamphlet, the first graphic treatment of Connolly’s life, is issued on the centenary of the Easter Rising.
$4.95
Books
Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities
Alana Apfel
Birth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities.
Birth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities.
$15.95
Books
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
Editors: Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, and Mai’a Williams
Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ‘80s, this anthology centers around mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices.
Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and ‘80s, this anthology centers around mothers of color and marginalized mothers' voices.
$19.95
Books
Joe Hill: The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture, Second Edition
Franklin Rosemont
A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies—songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr—Joe Hill.
A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies—songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr—Joe Hill.
$29.95
Books
Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
David Pilgrim
This book introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than ten thousand contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race.
This book introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than ten thousand contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race.
$24.95
Books
Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000
Kris Hermes
This book shows how events in 2000 acted as a testing ground to develop repressive policing methods now used across the U.S., as well as providing a laboratory for radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support.
This book shows how events in 2000 acted as a testing ground to develop repressive policing methods now used across the U.S., as well as providing a laboratory for radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support.
$22.95