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Zapatista (DVD)
Big Noise Films
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
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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
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The Fourth World War (DVD)
Big Noise Films
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, and the War on Terror The Fourth World War is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated.
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, and the War on Terror The Fourth World War is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated.
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When I Was That Age Did Art Exist?
James Kelman
This is a big bundle of essays and written talks, put down over a long number of years: Kelman hopes some of them make you smile.
This is a big bundle of essays and written talks, put down over a long number of years: Kelman hopes some of them make you smile.
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The Joy of Revolution and Related Texts
Ken Knabb
“It may seem absurd to talk about revolution. But all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd.”
“It may seem absurd to talk about revolution. But all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd.”
$21.95
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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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Active Distribution
Challenging Ideas on Human-Nonhuman Relations (A6)
Benedict Quetzal
This pocketbook discusses the importance of transforming ideas on human-nonhuman relations and why nonhuman animals are worthy of moral consideration based on their ability to suffer.
This pocketbook discusses the importance of transforming ideas on human-nonhuman relations and why nonhuman animals are worthy of moral consideration based on their ability to suffer.
$5.00
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Conviviality and Political Resistance From Below: Ivan Illich's Legacy in Mexico
This book is an act of recovery and a gesture of resistance. It brings together a constellation of thinkers (Ivan Illich, Gustavo Esteva, Sylvia Marcos, Jean Robert) whose work has often been sidelined or excluded from most western thought.
$16.00
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Subversive Hope and Radical Conviviality: The life and work of Gustavo Esteva
This book traces Esteva's journey from his family roots to his role in the San Andres accords: from his renunciation of catholicism to marxist militancy: from years in government to friendship with Ivan Illich and the Universidad de la tierra
$16.00
Black & Red
The Strait 2
Fredy Perlman
This second volume of Fredy Perlman’s novel The Strait completes his project to depict the story of the catastrophic effects of what he called the “world-changers” on the original communities of the North American continent.
This second volume of Fredy Perlman’s novel The Strait completes his project to depict the story of the catastrophic effects of what he called the “world-changers” on the original communities of the North American continent.
$20.00
Active Distribution
Feeding The Masses: A Guide to Vegan Mass Catering, 3rd Ed.
Anarchist Teapot Mobile Kitchen
A new updated 2025 version of the guide to vegan mass catering.
A new updated 2025 version of the guide to vegan mass catering.
$12.00
Active Distribution
Veganarchism: Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again
Edited by Will Boisseau and Nathan Poirer
This book brings together a diverse collection of anarchists, vegans, scholars and activists to explore the ways in which veganism and anarchism interact with each other.
This book brings together a diverse collection of anarchists, vegans, scholars and activists to explore the ways in which veganism and anarchism interact with each other.
$12.00
Active Distribution
A Palestine Reader (Incomplete)
Seditionist Distribution
Published in the middle of the latest genocide with increasingly horrific reports, this is a printing of the compilation of anarchist writings about Palestine put together by Seditionist Distribution in the UK.
Published in the middle of the latest genocide with increasingly horrific reports, this is a printing of the compilation of anarchist writings about Palestine put together by Seditionist Distribution in the UK.
$15.00
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Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism
Joel Andreas
Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.
Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.
$15.00
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Other Comrades
Plain Words: The "Good War" of Italian Immigrant Anarchists in the US 1914-1920
anonymous
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions.
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions.
$25.00
Active Distribution
Casa Encantada: A Portrait of the Fight for Housing in Belo Horizonte
Renato Baruq and Cadu Passos
The book Casa Encantada the almost 20 old abandoned houses in Belo Horizonte that have been squatted and transformed into homes and social centers.
The book Casa Encantada the almost 20 old abandoned houses in Belo Horizonte that have been squatted and transformed into homes and social centers.
$15.00
Active Distribution
Paris May 68 (A6)
Maurice Brinton
This is an eye-witness account of two weeks spent in Paris during, May 1968. It is what one person saw, heard or discovered during that short period.
This is an eye-witness account of two weeks spent in Paris during, May 1968. It is what one person saw, heard or discovered during that short period.
$7.50
Active Distribution
Anarchism, Marxism and the Lessons of the Commune (A6)
Iain Mckay
There are a few sure things about reading history books. Firstly, and most obviously, you generally know how it ends (badly, in the case of the Paris Commune). What is important is what you learn from the events discussed.
There are a few sure things about reading history books. Firstly, and most obviously, you generally know how it ends (badly, in the case of the Paris Commune). What is important is what you learn from the events discussed.
$7.50
Active Distribution
Herbalism and State Violence
Edited by Nicole Rose
From herbal care for handcuff injuries to healing from incarceration, this book looks at examples from around the world of herbal solidarity in practice.
From herbal care for handcuff injuries to healing from incarceration, this book looks at examples from around the world of herbal solidarity in practice.
$25.00
Active Distribution
The Good Don’t Use Umbrellas: Deconstructing a Police Frame-Up and Exposing the State
Asel Luzarraga
Putting an end to anti-social barbarism requires much more than the existence of organizations that watch over “human rights”. It demands putting an end to the entire inseparable structure, to the capital–state duo.
Putting an end to anti-social barbarism requires much more than the existence of organizations that watch over “human rights”. It demands putting an end to the entire inseparable structure, to the capital–state duo.
$15.00
Other Comrades
Peace! Books! Freedom!: The Secret History Of A Radical London Building
Rosa Schling
This new book charts the history of 5 Caledonian Road, which has survived as a radical oasis in central London for over 60 years.
This new book charts the history of 5 Caledonian Road, which has survived as a radical oasis in central London for over 60 years.
$16.00
Active Distribution
Dmitry Petrov: A Life in Combat, Biography of a Russian Anarchist Fighter (A6)
Dmitry Petrov
“My name is Dmitry Petrov, and if you read these lines, then most likely I died fighting against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
“My name is Dmitry Petrov, and if you read these lines, then most likely I died fighting against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
$7.00
Other Comrades
The Balkan Anarchist Network
Antipolitika
In the summer of 2023, Antipolitika helped bring out this book about the history of the anarchist network in the Balkans.
In the summer of 2023, Antipolitika helped bring out this book about the history of the anarchist network in the Balkans.
$15.00
Other Comrades
Antipolitika Journal #3: Nationalism
Various Authors
The latest Balkan Anarchist journal (more like a book) returns with an issue about nationalism..
The latest Balkan Anarchist journal (more like a book) returns with an issue about nationalism..
$15.00
DVDs
Zapatista (DVD)
Big Noise Films
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
From $14.95
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
DVDs
The Fourth World War (DVD)
Big Noise Films
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, and the War on Terror The Fourth World War is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated.
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, and the War on Terror The Fourth World War is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated.
From $14.95
Upcoming Releases
When I Was That Age Did Art Exist?
James Kelman
This is a big bundle of essays and written talks, put down over a long number of years: Kelman hopes some of them make you smile.
This is a big bundle of essays and written talks, put down over a long number of years: Kelman hopes some of them make you smile.
From $25.95
Books
The Joy of Revolution and Related Texts
Ken Knabb
“It may seem absurd to talk about revolution. But all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd.”
“It may seem absurd to talk about revolution. But all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd.”
$21.95
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
Active Distribution
Challenging Ideas on Human-Nonhuman Relations (A6)
Benedict Quetzal
This pocketbook discusses the importance of transforming ideas on human-nonhuman relations and why nonhuman animals are worthy of moral consideration based on their ability to suffer.
This pocketbook discusses the importance of transforming ideas on human-nonhuman relations and why nonhuman animals are worthy of moral consideration based on their ability to suffer.
$5.00
Active Distribution
Conviviality and Political Resistance From Below: Ivan Illich's Legacy in Mexico
This book is an act of recovery and a gesture of resistance. It brings together a constellation of thinkers (Ivan Illich, Gustavo Esteva, Sylvia Marcos, Jean Robert) whose work has often been sidelined or excluded from most western thought.
$16.00
Active Distribution
Subversive Hope and Radical Conviviality: The life and work of Gustavo Esteva
This book traces Esteva's journey from his family roots to his role in the San Andres accords: from his renunciation of catholicism to marxist militancy: from years in government to friendship with Ivan Illich and the Universidad de la tierra
$16.00
Black & Red
The Strait 2
Fredy Perlman
This second volume of Fredy Perlman’s novel The Strait completes his project to depict the story of the catastrophic effects of what he called the “world-changers” on the original communities of the North American continent.
This second volume of Fredy Perlman’s novel The Strait completes his project to depict the story of the catastrophic effects of what he called the “world-changers” on the original communities of the North American continent.
$20.00
Active Distribution
Feeding The Masses: A Guide to Vegan Mass Catering, 3rd Ed.
Anarchist Teapot Mobile Kitchen
A new updated 2025 version of the guide to vegan mass catering.
A new updated 2025 version of the guide to vegan mass catering.
$12.00
Active Distribution
Veganarchism: Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again
Edited by Will Boisseau and Nathan Poirer
This book brings together a diverse collection of anarchists, vegans, scholars and activists to explore the ways in which veganism and anarchism interact with each other.
This book brings together a diverse collection of anarchists, vegans, scholars and activists to explore the ways in which veganism and anarchism interact with each other.
$12.00
Active Distribution
A Palestine Reader (Incomplete)
Seditionist Distribution
Published in the middle of the latest genocide with increasingly horrific reports, this is a printing of the compilation of anarchist writings about Palestine put together by Seditionist Distribution in the UK.
Published in the middle of the latest genocide with increasingly horrific reports, this is a printing of the compilation of anarchist writings about Palestine put together by Seditionist Distribution in the UK.
$15.00
Books
Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism
Joel Andreas
Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.
Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful, and destructive military in the world.
$15.00
Other Comrades
Plain Words: The "Good War" of Italian Immigrant Anarchists in the US 1914-1920
anonymous
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions.
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions.
$25.00
Active Distribution
Casa Encantada: A Portrait of the Fight for Housing in Belo Horizonte
Renato Baruq and Cadu Passos
The book Casa Encantada the almost 20 old abandoned houses in Belo Horizonte that have been squatted and transformed into homes and social centers.
The book Casa Encantada the almost 20 old abandoned houses in Belo Horizonte that have been squatted and transformed into homes and social centers.
$15.00
Active Distribution
Paris May 68 (A6)
Maurice Brinton
This is an eye-witness account of two weeks spent in Paris during, May 1968. It is what one person saw, heard or discovered during that short period.
This is an eye-witness account of two weeks spent in Paris during, May 1968. It is what one person saw, heard or discovered during that short period.
$7.50
Active Distribution
Anarchism, Marxism and the Lessons of the Commune (A6)
Iain Mckay
There are a few sure things about reading history books. Firstly, and most obviously, you generally know how it ends (badly, in the case of the Paris Commune). What is important is what you learn from the events discussed.
There are a few sure things about reading history books. Firstly, and most obviously, you generally know how it ends (badly, in the case of the Paris Commune). What is important is what you learn from the events discussed.
$7.50
Active Distribution
Herbalism and State Violence
Edited by Nicole Rose
From herbal care for handcuff injuries to healing from incarceration, this book looks at examples from around the world of herbal solidarity in practice.
From herbal care for handcuff injuries to healing from incarceration, this book looks at examples from around the world of herbal solidarity in practice.
$25.00
Active Distribution
The Good Don’t Use Umbrellas: Deconstructing a Police Frame-Up and Exposing the State
Asel Luzarraga
Putting an end to anti-social barbarism requires much more than the existence of organizations that watch over “human rights”. It demands putting an end to the entire inseparable structure, to the capital–state duo.
Putting an end to anti-social barbarism requires much more than the existence of organizations that watch over “human rights”. It demands putting an end to the entire inseparable structure, to the capital–state duo.
$15.00
Other Comrades
Peace! Books! Freedom!: The Secret History Of A Radical London Building
Rosa Schling
This new book charts the history of 5 Caledonian Road, which has survived as a radical oasis in central London for over 60 years.
This new book charts the history of 5 Caledonian Road, which has survived as a radical oasis in central London for over 60 years.
$16.00
Active Distribution
Dmitry Petrov: A Life in Combat, Biography of a Russian Anarchist Fighter (A6)
Dmitry Petrov
“My name is Dmitry Petrov, and if you read these lines, then most likely I died fighting against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
“My name is Dmitry Petrov, and if you read these lines, then most likely I died fighting against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
$7.00
Other Comrades
The Balkan Anarchist Network
Antipolitika
In the summer of 2023, Antipolitika helped bring out this book about the history of the anarchist network in the Balkans.
In the summer of 2023, Antipolitika helped bring out this book about the history of the anarchist network in the Balkans.
$15.00
Other Comrades
Antipolitika Journal #3: Nationalism
Various Authors
The latest Balkan Anarchist journal (more like a book) returns with an issue about nationalism..
The latest Balkan Anarchist journal (more like a book) returns with an issue about nationalism..
$15.00