50% Off More AK Titles!
Hello darling babyfaces (may I call you “darling babyfaces”?), Lorna here, once again bringing down the quality of the blog! April is finally here, which means 1) Arbor Day; 2) World Book and Copyright Day; and last but not least 3) 50% off a different selection of AK titles! Another shockingly good list, if I do say so myself. This month, for your reading and financial satisfaction:
I Cried, You Didn’t Listen: A Survivor’s Exposé of the California Youth Authority
by Dwight Abbott
At the age of nine, a family tragedy split up Dwight Abbott’s family, and forced him into the hands of the California Youth Authority. This is the chilling chronicle of his life behind bars—a story of brutality and survival; a dark journey showing how the systematic abuse of incarcerated children creates a cycle of criminal behavior that usually ends with prison or death. Sadly, this one is going out of print, so once it is gone it is gone. Now just $7.50!
Dynamite: A Century of Class Violence in America
by Louis Adamic
The history of labor in the United States is a story of almost continuous violence. In Dynamite, Louis Adamic recounts one century of that history in vivid, carefully researched detail. Covering both well- and lesser-known events—from the riots of immigrant workers in the second quarter of the nineteenth century to the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) “class war.” Now just $10.00!
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence And Dissolution Of Hierarchy
by Murray Bookchin
“The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human.” With this succinct formulation, Murray Bookchin launches his most ambitious work, The Ecology of Freedom. An engaging and extremely readable book of breathtaking scope, its inspired synthesis of ecology, anthropology, and political theory traces our conflicting legacies of hierarchy and freedom, from the first emergence of human culture to today’s globalized capitalism, constantly pointing the way to a sane, sustainable ecological future. On a college syllabus or in an activist’s backpack, this book is indispensable reading for anyone who’s tired of living in a world where everything is an exploitable resource. Now just $11.50!
My Mother Wears Combat Boots: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
by Jessica Mills
Written with humor, extensive research, and much trial and error, My Mother Wears Combat Boots delivers sound advice for parents of all stripes. Amid stories of bringing kids (and grandparents) to women’s rights demonstrations, taking baby on tour with her band, and organizing cooperative childcare, Jessica gives detailed nuts-and-bolts information about weaning, cloth vs. disposable diapers, the psychological effects of co-sleeping, and even how to get free infant gear. This book provides a clever, hip, and entertaining mix of advice, anecdotes, political analysis, and factual sidebars that will help parents as they navigate the first years of their child’s life. Now just $8.50
What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library (4XDVD)
edited by Roz Payne (Newsreel Collective)
By working directly with the Black Panthers, Newsreel was able to explore realities often ignored by traditional media outlets, while producing documents that the Panthers and other activists could use in organizing their own communities. The results speak for themselves and stand as true testimonials to the spirit of community self-defense and political savvy the Panthers are celebrated—and were targeted—for. This 12-hour DVD features three films on the Black Panther Party and additional footage on their history and legacy. Now just $19.00!
Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations, Collective Theorization
edited by Stevphen Shukaitis & David Graeber
What is the relationship of radical theory to movements for social change? In a world where more and more global struggles are refusing vanguard parties and authoritarian practices, does the idea of the detached intellectual, observing events from on high, make sense anymore? In this powerful and unabashedly militant collection, over two dozen academic authors and engaged intellectuals—including Antonio Negri and Colectivo Situaciones—provide some challenging answers. In the process, they redefine the nature of intellectual practice itself. Now just $11.00!
¡Ya Basta! The Writings Of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
edited by Ziga Vodovnik
For ten years a voice from deep within the mountains and jungles of Mexico has inspired us to fight back. The most comprehensive collection of essays and communiqués of Subcomandante Marcos, ¡Ya Basta! chronicles the written voice of the Zapatista movement and its struggle to open a space within the neoliberal, globalized landscape for the oppressed people of the world. It includes nearly 700 pages and the tenth year anniversary communiqués. Now just $13.50!
Great list, am I right? Don’t forget also that all new AK books are 25% off in their first month (so you don’t have to wait for a couple of years for me to randomly put them on a list like this). Right now, those books are: We Are an Image from the Future, Anarchism and Its Aspirations, and Anarchism and the City. Or, please, please, please, support us by signing up for the Friends of AK program, and all new releases are mailed right to your door!