Biography & Memoir
Books about change-makers putting their minds and bodies on the line to overthrow an unjust system.
68 titles
Black & Red
Eat The Rich And Other Interesting Ideas
Peter Werbe
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
$17.95
Autonomedia
Ruminations
Kirkpatrick Sale
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
$13.95
Other Comrades
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health
Jason Schreurs
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
$25.00
Black & Red
Summer On Fire: A Detroit Novel
Peter Werbe
The temperature is scorching in Detroit during the summer of 1967 and so is everything happening in this fictionalized memoir by a staff member of the long-running Fifth Estate magazine.
The temperature is scorching in Detroit during the summer of 1967 and so is everything happening in this fictionalized memoir by a staff member of the long-running Fifth Estate magazine.
$15.95
Active Distribution
La Bande a Bonnot (A6)
Ezra Brett Mell
This booklet comprises several short essays about the Bonnot gang with robberies and Getaways by Albert Meltzer and others.
This booklet comprises several short essays about the Bonnot gang with robberies and Getaways by Albert Meltzer and others.
$5.00
Autonomedia
Hero in Art: The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton
Istvan Kantor
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
$14.95
Active Distribution
Chav Solidarity
D. Hunter
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
$24.00
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I Stopped Drinking and I Hate You All (A6)
Laura
An interesting and honest document of one female activist's experiences of using alcohol and giving up alcohol.
An interesting and honest document of one female activist's experiences of using alcohol and giving up alcohol.
$3.50
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 1
Emma Goldman
The first volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The first volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 2
Emma Goldman
The second volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The second volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 3
Emma Goldman
The third volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The third volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Jacob
Bernard Thomas
The amazing story of the French illegalist named Alexander Marius Jacob (among other aliases).
The amazing story of the French illegalist named Alexander Marius Jacob (among other aliases).
$15.00
Distro of PM Comrades
In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary
Ngo Van
A story of movements and revolts in Vietnam that were caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors of those times.
A story of movements and revolts in Vietnam that were caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors of those times.
$19.95
Other Comrades
Jacques Vache and the Roots Of Surrealism
Franklin Rosemont
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
$20.00
Other Comrades
Camden Parasites
Daniel Lux
"A savage indictment of bourgeois society..." - Stewart Home.
"A savage indictment of bourgeois society..." - Stewart Home.
$15.00
Black & Red
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan (Black & Red)
Fredy Perlman
Perlman's major work, a vast study of the rise of totalitarian lifestyles and a profound affirmation of the struggle to reassert human values.
Perlman's major work, a vast study of the rise of totalitarian lifestyles and a profound affirmation of the struggle to reassert human values.
$16.00
Black & Red
Love & Politics
Judith Malina
In these poems Judith shares her anguish at injustices inflicted by bureaucratic authority and the rewards she found in love and collaboration.
In these poems Judith shares her anguish at injustices inflicted by bureaucratic authority and the rewards she found in love and collaboration.
$8.00
Black & Red
The Story of Tatiana
Jacques Baynac
True history of the radical militant from upper class Tsarist Russia who has come to assassinate the interior minister.
True history of the radical militant from upper class Tsarist Russia who has come to assassinate the interior minister.
$12.00
Black & Red
Having Little, Being Much: A Chronicle of Fredy Perlman's Fifty Years
Lorraine Perlman
A memoir with photos written by Fredy’s companion of 27 years.
A memoir with photos written by Fredy’s companion of 27 years.
$10.00
Black & Red
Some Winded, Wild Beast
Christina V. Pacosz
A daughter of Polish parents, the poet examines her heritage of growing up in Detroit.
A daughter of Polish parents, the poet examines her heritage of growing up in Detroit.
$10.00
Black & Red
Eat The Rich And Other Interesting Ideas
Peter Werbe
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
This collection of over 40 essays from his writings for Fifth Estate magazine provide unique and often humorous insights into: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, music, and more.
$17.95
Autonomedia
Ruminations
Kirkpatrick Sale
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
Ruminations on humanity, civilization, and the impact of human beings upon the world at large heading for environmental disaster.
$13.95
Other Comrades
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health
Jason Schreurs
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
Coping with childhood abuse and an undiagnosed mental health condition Schreurs details his own mental health journey and shares the lived experiences of other punks and their stories alongside his.
$25.00
Black & Red
Summer On Fire: A Detroit Novel
Peter Werbe
The temperature is scorching in Detroit during the summer of 1967 and so is everything happening in this fictionalized memoir by a staff member of the long-running Fifth Estate magazine.
The temperature is scorching in Detroit during the summer of 1967 and so is everything happening in this fictionalized memoir by a staff member of the long-running Fifth Estate magazine.
$15.95
Active Distribution
La Bande a Bonnot (A6)
Ezra Brett Mell
This booklet comprises several short essays about the Bonnot gang with robberies and Getaways by Albert Meltzer and others.
This booklet comprises several short essays about the Bonnot gang with robberies and Getaways by Albert Meltzer and others.
$5.00
Autonomedia
Hero in Art: The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton
Istvan Kantor
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
Creator of three major multi-city street art series, Richard Hambleton is esteemed to be the godfather of street art, and one of the principal players of New York’s East Village scene in the early 1980's.
$14.95
Active Distribution
Chav Solidarity
D. Hunter
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
Hunter uses his experiences as child sex worker, teenage crack addict, violent thug and community activist to examine how our classed experiences shape how we think and do our politics.
$24.00
Active Distribution
I Stopped Drinking and I Hate You All (A6)
Laura
An interesting and honest document of one female activist's experiences of using alcohol and giving up alcohol.
An interesting and honest document of one female activist's experiences of using alcohol and giving up alcohol.
$3.50
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 1
Emma Goldman
The first volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The first volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 2
Emma Goldman
The second volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The second volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Emma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 3
Emma Goldman
The third volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
The third volume of noted anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman’s three-part autobiography.
$14.00
Active Distribution
Jacob
Bernard Thomas
The amazing story of the French illegalist named Alexander Marius Jacob (among other aliases).
The amazing story of the French illegalist named Alexander Marius Jacob (among other aliases).
$15.00
Distro of PM Comrades
In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary
Ngo Van
A story of movements and revolts in Vietnam that were caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors of those times.
A story of movements and revolts in Vietnam that were caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors of those times.
$19.95
Other Comrades
Jacques Vache and the Roots Of Surrealism
Franklin Rosemont
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
The first of its kind in English, this book chronicles Vaché's boundless originality, creative nonconformity, revolutionary morality (or umoral-ity), and his all-out turn-the-world-upside-down hilarity.
$20.00
Other Comrades
Camden Parasites
Daniel Lux
"A savage indictment of bourgeois society..." - Stewart Home.
"A savage indictment of bourgeois society..." - Stewart Home.
$15.00
Black & Red
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan (Black & Red)
Fredy Perlman
Perlman's major work, a vast study of the rise of totalitarian lifestyles and a profound affirmation of the struggle to reassert human values.
Perlman's major work, a vast study of the rise of totalitarian lifestyles and a profound affirmation of the struggle to reassert human values.
$16.00
Black & Red
Love & Politics
Judith Malina
In these poems Judith shares her anguish at injustices inflicted by bureaucratic authority and the rewards she found in love and collaboration.
In these poems Judith shares her anguish at injustices inflicted by bureaucratic authority and the rewards she found in love and collaboration.
$8.00
Black & Red
The Story of Tatiana
Jacques Baynac
True history of the radical militant from upper class Tsarist Russia who has come to assassinate the interior minister.
True history of the radical militant from upper class Tsarist Russia who has come to assassinate the interior minister.
$12.00
Black & Red
Having Little, Being Much: A Chronicle of Fredy Perlman's Fifty Years
Lorraine Perlman
A memoir with photos written by Fredy’s companion of 27 years.
A memoir with photos written by Fredy’s companion of 27 years.
$10.00
Black & Red
Some Winded, Wild Beast
Christina V. Pacosz
A daughter of Polish parents, the poet examines her heritage of growing up in Detroit.
A daughter of Polish parents, the poet examines her heritage of growing up in Detroit.
$10.00