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The Price Hammer Strikes Again!

Posted on June 4th, 2010 in AK Distribution

Another new selection of books at 50% off the regular price! By the time I’m done with you, you’ll have all the AK books or have opened up an Amazon™ store!

Critical Mass: Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration
Edited by Chris Carlsson

This leaderless, grassroots social movement cuts through the noise and inertia of car-clogged urban transportation and teaches us to carve a wedge of our city for our dreams. So says essayist Anna Sojourner in this pushy and irreverent collection of ink-worthy social critique and optimistic celebration. Four dozen contributors document, define, and drive home the beauty of a quiet ride with a thousand friends, the anarchy of grassroots inspiration, the melodrama of media coverage, and the fight for the survival of our cities.
Now just $9.50!

1936: The Spanish Revolution
The Ex

Originally released in 1986, this 144-page photo-book about the Spanish anarchists’ fight against the fascists is available again and now on sale! Hubba hubba!

Within the deluxe hardcover, you’ll find previously unpublished photographs from the CNT (the Spanish anarchist trade union) archives, documenting the heroic revolutionary struggle from 1936–1939, with text in English and Spanish. Includes two 3″ CD singles with two Spanish anarchist songs and two original compositions, all performed by The Ex, everyone’s favorite anarchist-art-agitators.
Now just $12.50

Anarchism in America (DVD)
By Steven Fischler & Joel Sucher

Two fascinating documentaries on one DVD. Both are the work of Emmy and Guggenheim Award-winning filmmakers, Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher. In the first, Anarchism in America, the two take a road trip to map anarchism as a distinctly American tradition, interviewing a diverse cast of characters: from “ordinary” truckers and farmers to famous anarchists like Kenneth Rexroth, Ursula LeGuin, and Murray Bookchin. The second, Free Voice of Labor, traces the history of the Yiddish anarchist newspaper of that name—publishing its final issue after eighty-seven years—as told by its now elderly, but decidedly unbowed staff. Also included is first hand accounts of the labor organizing, propaganda, educational experiments, and monumental contributions from these cherished, if largely unsung, heroes of the American anarchist movement.
Now just $10.00!

Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth
Edited by Anthony J. Nocella II & Steve Best

For decades, environmental groups have been resisting the destructive trends set by industry and government, but as the social and political climate has changed, popular protest movements have become less and less effective. As the earth’s situation worsens, those opposing its destruction have out of necessity become increasingly militant. Whether you’re drawn by frustration with environmental strategies that, to date, have been ineffective against this growing ecological crisis, or simply by curiosity (Who are these people? Why are they doing this? What do they hope to gain?), Igniting a Revolution offers a fascinating and compelling look at the emerging movement of revolutionary environmentalism.

Includes essays by Marilyn Buck, Robert Jensen, John Zerzan, Ashanti Alston, Jeffrey “Free” Luers, Derrick Jensen, Ann Hansen, and a preface by Bron Taylor.
Now just $11.00!

Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism, CounterPower Vol. I
By Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt

Black Flame is the first of a two-volume set (the second still forthcoming) examining the democratic class politics of the worldwide anarchist movement, its vision of a decentralized planned economy, and its impact on popular struggles on five continents over the course of the past 150 years. From anarchism’s first glimmers as a nineteenth-century ideology to today’s anticapitalist struggles, Black Flame traces anarchism’s lineage and contemporary relevance, outlining the movement’s insights into questions of race, gender, class, and imperialism. With Black Flame, Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt, both writers and activists in South Africa, have begun what promises to be the definitive synthetic account of the international anarchist tradition. Nearly exhaustive in scope, and rigorous in its scholarly detail, this first volume significantly reframes the work of previous historians and, especially, examines coherent alternatives to Marxist and nationalist approaches to revolutionary theory and practice. An indispensable conceptual roadmap to the history and continuing relevance of anarchist praxis.
Now just $11.50!

Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century
Edited by Chris Spannos

Instead of simply declaring “another world is possible,” the writers in this collection engage with what that world would look like, how it would function, and how our commitments to just outcomes are related to the sorts of institutions we maintain. Topics include: participatory economics, political vision, education, architecture, artists in a free society, environmentalism, work after capitalism, and poly-culturalism. The catchall phrase here is “participatory society”—one that is directly democratic and seeks institutional solutions to complex sociological and economic questions.

Contributors include: Michael Albert, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steve Shalom, Robin Hahnel, Marie Trigona, Noam Chomsky, Paul Burrows, Justin Podur, Tom Wetzel, Cynthia Peters, Andrej Grubacic, and Mandisi Majavu, among others.
Now just $11.00!