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What Would It Mean to Win?
Turbulence Collective
Sometimes all it takes to get moving again is a nudge in a new direction... We think now is a good time to ask the question: What is winning? Or: What would—or could—it mean to "win?"
Sometimes all it takes to get moving again is a nudge in a new direction... We think now is a good time to ask the question: What is winning? Or: What would—or could—it mean to "win?"
$14.95
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Venezuela Speaks!: Voices From The Grassroots
Editors: Carlos Martinez, Michael Fox, and JoJo Farrell
Interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela's social movements. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution.
Interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela's social movements. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution.
$22.95
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Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World, 2nd. ed.
Bob and Jenna Torres
In a revised and rewritten second edition, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World is your guide to embracing vegan freakdom. Come on, get your freak on!
In a revised and rewritten second edition, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World is your guide to embracing vegan freakdom. Come on, get your freak on!
$14.95
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The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy
Linda Evans and Eve Goldberg
Follow the money and find how the prison-industrial complex fits into the New World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs, and capital flight.
Follow the money and find how the prison-industrial complex fits into the New World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs, and capital flight.
$3.00
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Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners
Editor: Matt Meyer
Collecting dozens of documents from the past three decades of struggle to free US political prisoners, this resource book is designed for action!
Collecting dozens of documents from the past three decades of struggle to free US political prisoners, this resource book is designed for action!
$37.95
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DVDs
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (DVD)
Sílvia Leindecker and Michael Fox
Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is democracy?
Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is democracy?
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The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation (DVD)
Jimmy O'Halligan, scott crow, and Ann Harkness
Tells the gripping story of Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States.
Tells the gripping story of Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States.
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We Shall Not Be Moved: Posters and the Fight Against Displacement in L.A.'s Figueroa Corridor
Editors: Gilda Haas, Tomas Benitez, and Carol Wells
This book combines full-color graphic arts and grassroots voices to describe the harm of gentrification and development in central L.A., and how people fight to protect their communities.
This book combines full-color graphic arts and grassroots voices to describe the harm of gentrification and development in central L.A., and how people fight to protect their communities.
$15.00
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Becoming the Media: A Critical History of Clamor Magazine
Jen Angel
An analysis of the birth and life of Clamor Magazine.
An analysis of the birth and life of Clamor Magazine.
$5.95
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DVDs
Deserter (DVD)
Big Noise Films
Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson--a deserting soldier and his young wife--as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border.
Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson--a deserting soldier and his young wife--as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border.
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Black and Gold: The Story of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (DVD)
Big Noise Films
In 1994, the Latin Kings became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords.
In 1994, the Latin Kings became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords.
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Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1: San Francisco Bay Area 1974-2007, Over 30 Years of Political Posters from the Archives of Inkworks Press
Lincoln Cushing
Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1 contains over 400 full color reproductions of political posters from the archives of Inkworks Press.
Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1 contains over 400 full color reproductions of political posters from the archives of Inkworks Press.
$20.00
Other Comrades
Bash the Rich: True-life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK
Ian Bone
Ian Bone breaks his silence as one of the founders of the Class War movement and a leading militant anarchist in the UK.
Ian Bone breaks his silence as one of the founders of the Class War movement and a leading militant anarchist in the UK.
$15.00
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They Call It Conspiracy, We Call It Resistance: The Writings and Actions of Ray Luc Levasseur
Ray Luc Levasseur • Leslie James Pickering
A forgotten history of guerrilla resistance inside the heart of the American empire.
A forgotten history of guerrilla resistance inside the heart of the American empire.
$25.95
Active Distribution
How to Form an Affinity Group (A6)
Crimethinc
From an anarchist perspective, organizational structure should maximize both freedom and voluntary coordination at every level of scale, from the smallest group up to society as a whole.
From an anarchist perspective, organizational structure should maximize both freedom and voluntary coordination at every level of scale, from the smallest group up to society as a whole.
$4.00
Active Distribution
The Failure of Nonviolence
Peter Gelderloos
The Failure of Nonviolence examines recent major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish the limits of nonviolent protest, and suggest what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement might achieve.
The Failure of Nonviolence examines recent major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish the limits of nonviolent protest, and suggest what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement might achieve.
$15.00
Active Distribution
How Nonviolence Protects the State
Peter Gelderloos
How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diver
How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diver
$12.00
Black & Red
On the Poverty of Student Life (Black & Red)
Situationists International
The manifesto that launched the Situationist International (SI) into the public eye and sparked an uprising.
The manifesto that launched the Situationist International (SI) into the public eye and sparked an uprising.
$5.00
DVDs
This is What Democracy Looks Like (DVD)
Big Noise Films
This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a co-production of the IMC and Big Noise Films, weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle’s streets in November 1999.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a co-production of the IMC and Big Noise Films, weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle’s streets in November 1999.
$19.95
Labor Notes
Running for Local Union Office
Labor Notes
This book draws from decades of experience of labor activists who have run for office. It covers topics like: how union elections work, building a campaign team, flyers, mailings, raising money, getting out the vote, and the law.
This book draws from decades of experience of labor activists who have run for office. It covers topics like: how union elections work, building a campaign team, flyers, mailings, raising money, getting out the vote, and the law.
$20.00
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Out of the Lab, Into the Streets: An Oral History of the 2022 UAW Strike at the University of California
Aleida García Aguirre, with Molly Vine and Patrick Dexter
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
$25.95
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Jobs, Jive, & Joy
Bernard Marszalek
Utopianism arose in the 19th century as a response to industrialism. Today a new culture needs to address the immanent disasters of climate catastrophe and resource depletion with "radical hedonism".
Utopianism arose in the 19th century as a response to industrialism. Today a new culture needs to address the immanent disasters of climate catastrophe and resource depletion with "radical hedonism".
$19.00
Labor Notes
Just Cause - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. Schwartz
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
$20.00
Merch
Liberation Tarot Deck
Elicia Epstein
Liberation Tarot seeks to serve as a tool for those inspired towards revolution.
Liberation Tarot seeks to serve as a tool for those inspired towards revolution.
$50.00
Books
What Would It Mean to Win?
Turbulence Collective
Sometimes all it takes to get moving again is a nudge in a new direction... We think now is a good time to ask the question: What is winning? Or: What would—or could—it mean to "win?"
Sometimes all it takes to get moving again is a nudge in a new direction... We think now is a good time to ask the question: What is winning? Or: What would—or could—it mean to "win?"
$14.95
Books
Venezuela Speaks!: Voices From The Grassroots
Editors: Carlos Martinez, Michael Fox, and JoJo Farrell
Interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela's social movements. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution.
Interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela's social movements. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution.
$22.95
Books
Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World, 2nd. ed.
Bob and Jenna Torres
In a revised and rewritten second edition, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World is your guide to embracing vegan freakdom. Come on, get your freak on!
In a revised and rewritten second edition, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World is your guide to embracing vegan freakdom. Come on, get your freak on!
$14.95
Books
The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy
Linda Evans and Eve Goldberg
Follow the money and find how the prison-industrial complex fits into the New World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs, and capital flight.
Follow the money and find how the prison-industrial complex fits into the New World Order of free trade and imprisoned people, the war on drugs, and capital flight.
$3.00
Books
Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners
Editor: Matt Meyer
Collecting dozens of documents from the past three decades of struggle to free US political prisoners, this resource book is designed for action!
Collecting dozens of documents from the past three decades of struggle to free US political prisoners, this resource book is designed for action!
$37.95
DVDs
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (DVD)
Sílvia Leindecker and Michael Fox
Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is democracy?
Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is democracy?
From $14.95
DVDs
The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation (DVD)
Jimmy O'Halligan, scott crow, and Ann Harkness
Tells the gripping story of Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States.
Tells the gripping story of Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States.
From $14.95
Books
We Shall Not Be Moved: Posters and the Fight Against Displacement in L.A.'s Figueroa Corridor
Editors: Gilda Haas, Tomas Benitez, and Carol Wells
This book combines full-color graphic arts and grassroots voices to describe the harm of gentrification and development in central L.A., and how people fight to protect their communities.
This book combines full-color graphic arts and grassroots voices to describe the harm of gentrification and development in central L.A., and how people fight to protect their communities.
$15.00
Books
Becoming the Media: A Critical History of Clamor Magazine
Jen Angel
An analysis of the birth and life of Clamor Magazine.
An analysis of the birth and life of Clamor Magazine.
$5.95
DVDs
Deserter (DVD)
Big Noise Films
Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson--a deserting soldier and his young wife--as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border.
Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson--a deserting soldier and his young wife--as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border.
From $14.95
DVDs
Black and Gold: The Story of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (DVD)
Big Noise Films
In 1994, the Latin Kings became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords.
In 1994, the Latin Kings became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claimed to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the footsteps of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords.
From $14.95
Books
Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1: San Francisco Bay Area 1974-2007, Over 30 Years of Political Posters from the Archives of Inkworks Press
Lincoln Cushing
Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1 contains over 400 full color reproductions of political posters from the archives of Inkworks Press.
Visions of Peace & Justice Volume 1 contains over 400 full color reproductions of political posters from the archives of Inkworks Press.
$20.00
Other Comrades
Bash the Rich: True-life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK
Ian Bone
Ian Bone breaks his silence as one of the founders of the Class War movement and a leading militant anarchist in the UK.
Ian Bone breaks his silence as one of the founders of the Class War movement and a leading militant anarchist in the UK.
$15.00
Upcoming Releases
They Call It Conspiracy, We Call It Resistance: The Writings and Actions of Ray Luc Levasseur
Ray Luc Levasseur • Leslie James Pickering
A forgotten history of guerrilla resistance inside the heart of the American empire.
A forgotten history of guerrilla resistance inside the heart of the American empire.
$25.95
Active Distribution
How to Form an Affinity Group (A6)
Crimethinc
From an anarchist perspective, organizational structure should maximize both freedom and voluntary coordination at every level of scale, from the smallest group up to society as a whole.
From an anarchist perspective, organizational structure should maximize both freedom and voluntary coordination at every level of scale, from the smallest group up to society as a whole.
$4.00
Active Distribution
The Failure of Nonviolence
Peter Gelderloos
The Failure of Nonviolence examines recent major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish the limits of nonviolent protest, and suggest what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement might achieve.
The Failure of Nonviolence examines recent major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish the limits of nonviolent protest, and suggest what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement might achieve.
$15.00
Active Distribution
How Nonviolence Protects the State
Peter Gelderloos
How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diver
How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diver
$12.00
Black & Red
On the Poverty of Student Life (Black & Red)
Situationists International
The manifesto that launched the Situationist International (SI) into the public eye and sparked an uprising.
The manifesto that launched the Situationist International (SI) into the public eye and sparked an uprising.
$5.00
DVDs
This is What Democracy Looks Like (DVD)
Big Noise Films
This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a co-production of the IMC and Big Noise Films, weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle’s streets in November 1999.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a co-production of the IMC and Big Noise Films, weaves the footage of over 100 videographers into a gripping document of what really happened on Seattle’s streets in November 1999.
$19.95
Labor Notes
Running for Local Union Office
Labor Notes
This book draws from decades of experience of labor activists who have run for office. It covers topics like: how union elections work, building a campaign team, flyers, mailings, raising money, getting out the vote, and the law.
This book draws from decades of experience of labor activists who have run for office. It covers topics like: how union elections work, building a campaign team, flyers, mailings, raising money, getting out the vote, and the law.
$20.00
Books
Out of the Lab, Into the Streets: An Oral History of the 2022 UAW Strike at the University of California
Aleida García Aguirre, with Molly Vine and Patrick Dexter
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
The story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy.
$25.95
Other Comrades
Jobs, Jive, & Joy
Bernard Marszalek
Utopianism arose in the 19th century as a response to industrialism. Today a new culture needs to address the immanent disasters of climate catastrophe and resource depletion with "radical hedonism".
Utopianism arose in the 19th century as a response to industrialism. Today a new culture needs to address the immanent disasters of climate catastrophe and resource depletion with "radical hedonism".
$19.00
Labor Notes
Just Cause - 3rd Ed.
Robert M. Schwartz
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
Just cause is the keystone of the union contract, protecting members from unwarranted and excessive discipline. But until now many of its most important aspects have been restricted to arbitrators and labor professionals.
$20.00
Merch
Liberation Tarot Deck
Elicia Epstein
Liberation Tarot seeks to serve as a tool for those inspired towards revolution.
Liberation Tarot seeks to serve as a tool for those inspired towards revolution.
$50.00