Activism & Organizing
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Books
Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change
Staughton Lynd
Accompanying distinguishes two strategies of social change, "organizing" and "accompaniment," and applies them to five social movements.
Accompanying distinguishes two strategies of social change, "organizing" and "accompaniment," and applies them to five social movements.
$5.00
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From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
Robert Hillary King
This story is simply and humbly told, it strips bare the economic and social injustices inherent in our society, while continuing to be a powerful literary testimony to our own strength and capacity to overcome.
This story is simply and humbly told, it strips bare the economic and social injustices inherent in our society, while continuing to be a powerful literary testimony to our own strength and capacity to overcome.
$9.95
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We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America
Editors: Elizabeth Betita Martínez, Mandy Carter, and Matt Meyer
A collection of articles from scholars and activists exploring the major points of intersection between white supremacy and the war machine and what needs to be done.
A collection of articles from scholars and activists exploring the major points of intersection between white supremacy and the war machine and what needs to be done.
$29.95
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Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities
Victoria Law and China Martens
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
$17.95
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Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice
Editors: Aziz Choudry, Jill Hanley, and Eric Shragge
What are the ways forward for organizing for social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis?
What are the ways forward for organizing for social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis?
$24.95
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Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement
Geronimo
Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990 with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that "the movement had produced its own classic.
Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990 with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that "the movement had produced its own classic.
$19.95
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Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: Machine-Breaking, Romanticism, and the Several Commons of 1811–12
Peter Linebaugh
Linebaugh enlists the anonymous and scorned 19th century loom-breakers of the English midlands into the front ranks of an international crew of commoners resisting dispossession in the dawn of capitalist modernity.
Linebaugh enlists the anonymous and scorned 19th century loom-breakers of the English midlands into the front ranks of an international crew of commoners resisting dispossession in the dawn of capitalist modernity.
$6.95
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Sex, Race, and Class—The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings 1952-2011
Selma James
Spanning six decades, Selma James's work set a new political perspective for millions of unwaged women, redefining the working class to include sectors previously dismissed as marginal.
Spanning six decades, Selma James's work set a new political perspective for millions of unwaged women, redefining the working class to include sectors previously dismissed as marginal.
$20.00
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Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond
David Gilbert
A candid, uncompromising, yet ultimately humane autobiography by arguably one of the most celebrated political prisoners in the world.
A candid, uncompromising, yet ultimately humane autobiography by arguably one of the most celebrated political prisoners in the world.
$22.00
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Organizing Cools the Planet: Tools and Reflections to Navigate the Climate Crisis
Joshua Kahn Russell and Hilary Moore
A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.
A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.
$6.95
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About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War
Editors: Buff Whitman-Bradley, Sarah Lazare, and Cynthia Whitman-Bradley
The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.
The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.
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Blood on the Tracks: The Life And Times of S. Brian Willson
S. Brian Willson
A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect, and empathy.
A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect, and empathy.
$25.00
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Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law (2nd Edition)
Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy.
A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy.
$15.00
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Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday Life
The Free Association
Weaves lucid descriptions of the intensity of collective action into a more sober reflection on the developing problematics of the "movement of movements."
Weaves lucid descriptions of the intensity of collective action into a more sober reflection on the developing problematics of the "movement of movements."
$14.95
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Ensenando Rebeldia: Historias de la Lucha Popular Oaxaquena
Editors: Diana Denham and the C.A.S.A Collective
In 2006, Oaxaca, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources for education quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy. En Espanol.
In 2006, Oaxaca, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources for education quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy. En Espanol.
$24.95
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DVDs
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to A New Way of Life (DVD)
Setsu Shigematsu, Cameron Granadino, Jolie Chea, and Critical Resistance
Visions of Abolition is a new feature length documentary about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement.
Visions of Abolition is a new feature length documentary about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement.
From $14.95
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Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks
Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross • Illustrator: Tom Keough
Combining history and theory Lynd and Gross make a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective approach to winning a voice on the job.
Combining history and theory Lynd and Gross make a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective approach to winning a voice on the job.
$4.95
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Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherf**ker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group
Ben Morea and Ron Hahne
Ten issues of Black Mask (1966–1967), together with a generous collection of the leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask & UATW/MF, plus Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on UATW/MF.
Ten issues of Black Mask (1966–1967), together with a generous collection of the leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask & UATW/MF, plus Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on UATW/MF.
$18.95
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500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
Gord Hill
This slim volume chronicles the resistance by Indigenous peoples, which limited and shaped the forms and extent of colonialism.
This slim volume chronicles the resistance by Indigenous peoples, which limited and shaped the forms and extent of colonialism.
$12.00
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Spoken Word/Music CDs
Blackwater: Mercenary Army (CD)
Jeremy Scahill
This Award winning journalist takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
This Award winning journalist takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
$14.95
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Creating a Movement with Teeth: A Documentary History of the George Jackson Brigade
Editor Daniel Burton-Rose
A powerful illumination of a forgotten chapter of the radical social movements of the 1970s in which diverse interests combined forces in a potent rejection of business as usual in the United States.
A powerful illumination of a forgotten chapter of the radical social movements of the 1970s in which diverse interests combined forces in a potent rejection of business as usual in the United States.
$24.95
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We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected Prison Writings
Jalil A. Muntaqim
This second edition of We Are Our Own Liberators consists of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, which have spanned over the nearly forty years of his imprisonment.
This second edition of We Are Our Own Liberators consists of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, which have spanned over the nearly forty years of his imprisonment.
$17.95
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Abolish Restaurants: A Worker's Critique of the Food Service Industry
Prole.info
A 60-page illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it.
A 60-page illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it.
$6.95
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From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
Staughton Lynd
Unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist historian Staughton Lynd.
Unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist historian Staughton Lynd.
$22.00
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Books
Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change
Staughton Lynd
Accompanying distinguishes two strategies of social change, "organizing" and "accompaniment," and applies them to five social movements.
Accompanying distinguishes two strategies of social change, "organizing" and "accompaniment," and applies them to five social movements.
$5.00
Books
From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
Robert Hillary King
This story is simply and humbly told, it strips bare the economic and social injustices inherent in our society, while continuing to be a powerful literary testimony to our own strength and capacity to overcome.
This story is simply and humbly told, it strips bare the economic and social injustices inherent in our society, while continuing to be a powerful literary testimony to our own strength and capacity to overcome.
$9.95
Books
We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America
Editors: Elizabeth Betita Martínez, Mandy Carter, and Matt Meyer
A collection of articles from scholars and activists exploring the major points of intersection between white supremacy and the war machine and what needs to be done.
A collection of articles from scholars and activists exploring the major points of intersection between white supremacy and the war machine and what needs to be done.
$29.95
Books
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities
Victoria Law and China Martens
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
$17.95
Books
Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice
Editors: Aziz Choudry, Jill Hanley, and Eric Shragge
What are the ways forward for organizing for social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis?
What are the ways forward for organizing for social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis?
$24.95
Books
Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement
Geronimo
Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990 with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that "the movement had produced its own classic.
Fire and Flames was the first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990 with the legendary German Konkret journal concluding that "the movement had produced its own classic.
$19.95
Books
Ned Ludd & Queen Mab: Machine-Breaking, Romanticism, and the Several Commons of 1811–12
Peter Linebaugh
Linebaugh enlists the anonymous and scorned 19th century loom-breakers of the English midlands into the front ranks of an international crew of commoners resisting dispossession in the dawn of capitalist modernity.
Linebaugh enlists the anonymous and scorned 19th century loom-breakers of the English midlands into the front ranks of an international crew of commoners resisting dispossession in the dawn of capitalist modernity.
$6.95
Books
Sex, Race, and Class—The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings 1952-2011
Selma James
Spanning six decades, Selma James's work set a new political perspective for millions of unwaged women, redefining the working class to include sectors previously dismissed as marginal.
Spanning six decades, Selma James's work set a new political perspective for millions of unwaged women, redefining the working class to include sectors previously dismissed as marginal.
$20.00
Books
Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond
David Gilbert
A candid, uncompromising, yet ultimately humane autobiography by arguably one of the most celebrated political prisoners in the world.
A candid, uncompromising, yet ultimately humane autobiography by arguably one of the most celebrated political prisoners in the world.
$22.00
Books
Organizing Cools the Planet: Tools and Reflections to Navigate the Climate Crisis
Joshua Kahn Russell and Hilary Moore
A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.
A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.
$6.95
Books
About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War
Editors: Buff Whitman-Bradley, Sarah Lazare, and Cynthia Whitman-Bradley
The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.
The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.
From $5.00
Books
Blood on the Tracks: The Life And Times of S. Brian Willson
S. Brian Willson
A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect, and empathy.
A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect, and empathy.
$25.00
Books
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law (2nd Edition)
Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy.
A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy.
$15.00
Books
Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday Life
The Free Association
Weaves lucid descriptions of the intensity of collective action into a more sober reflection on the developing problematics of the "movement of movements."
Weaves lucid descriptions of the intensity of collective action into a more sober reflection on the developing problematics of the "movement of movements."
$14.95
Books
Ensenando Rebeldia: Historias de la Lucha Popular Oaxaquena
Editors: Diana Denham and the C.A.S.A Collective
In 2006, Oaxaca, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources for education quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy. En Espanol.
In 2006, Oaxaca, what began as a teachers' strike demanding more resources for education quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy. En Espanol.
$24.95
DVDs
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to A New Way of Life (DVD)
Setsu Shigematsu, Cameron Granadino, Jolie Chea, and Critical Resistance
Visions of Abolition is a new feature length documentary about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement.
Visions of Abolition is a new feature length documentary about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement.
From $14.95
Books
Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks
Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross • Illustrator: Tom Keough
Combining history and theory Lynd and Gross make a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective approach to winning a voice on the job.
Combining history and theory Lynd and Gross make a compelling case for solidarity unionism as an effective approach to winning a voice on the job.
$4.95
Books
Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherf**ker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group
Ben Morea and Ron Hahne
Ten issues of Black Mask (1966–1967), together with a generous collection of the leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask & UATW/MF, plus Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on UATW/MF.
Ten issues of Black Mask (1966–1967), together with a generous collection of the leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask & UATW/MF, plus Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on UATW/MF.
$18.95
Books
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
Gord Hill
This slim volume chronicles the resistance by Indigenous peoples, which limited and shaped the forms and extent of colonialism.
This slim volume chronicles the resistance by Indigenous peoples, which limited and shaped the forms and extent of colonialism.
$12.00
Spoken Word/Music CDs
Blackwater: Mercenary Army (CD)
Jeremy Scahill
This Award winning journalist takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
This Award winning journalist takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
$14.95
Books
Creating a Movement with Teeth: A Documentary History of the George Jackson Brigade
Editor Daniel Burton-Rose
A powerful illumination of a forgotten chapter of the radical social movements of the 1970s in which diverse interests combined forces in a potent rejection of business as usual in the United States.
A powerful illumination of a forgotten chapter of the radical social movements of the 1970s in which diverse interests combined forces in a potent rejection of business as usual in the United States.
$24.95
Books
We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected Prison Writings
Jalil A. Muntaqim
This second edition of We Are Our Own Liberators consists of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, which have spanned over the nearly forty years of his imprisonment.
This second edition of We Are Our Own Liberators consists of the prison writings of Jalil Muntaqim, which have spanned over the nearly forty years of his imprisonment.
$17.95
Books
Abolish Restaurants: A Worker's Critique of the Food Service Industry
Prole.info
A 60-page illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it.
A 60-page illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it.
$6.95
Books
From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
Staughton Lynd
Unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist historian Staughton Lynd.
Unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist historian Staughton Lynd.
$22.00