Posted on May 6th, 2011 in Events
Join us and Will Potter for a discussion of his new work, Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege at our warehouse. The book will be available from us soon!
“Part history, part action thriller and courtroom drama, part memoir, Green is the New Red plunges us into the wild, unruly, and entirely inspirational world of extreme environmental activism. Will Potter, participant-observer and partisan-reporter, is the perfect guide, unpacking with wit and skill the most elusive concepts—his discussion of ‘terrorism’ as myth and symbol is the finest I’ve ever read. He takes us inside the first moments of a movement in the making—idealistic, hopeful, deeply human in its aspirations and its oh-so-human failings—and he reports brilliantly on a ruling power willing to hollow out any sense of authentic democracy in its futile attempt to maintain dominance, privilege, and their arid version of reality. Green is the New Red is an indispensable book that will change the way we think about commitment, the limits of protest, and the possibility of radical change.” —Bill Ayers
Posted on May 6th, 2011 in AK Distribution, Reviews
We told you it was coming. We told you it’d be good. After all, it’s by the same author as The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism! But in case you doubted its awesomeness (even though we told you!): we’ve just gotten word that David Lester’s new graphic novel The Listener (from Arbeiter Ring Publishing, distributed in the US by AK Press) is reviewed in this week’s San Francisco Bay Guardian!
Here’s just a bit of what they had to say (you can read the full review here):
“The Listener is a shadowy morality play cloaked in the mantle of German Expressionism. The black guilt that weighs heavily within Louise and the German couple seeps across each page like a Rorschach blot. Each bleak frame is a single painting, rendered in messily urgent layers of gray…”
And they’re not the only ones who have noticed this book, nope, not at all! Vancouver’s Straight says:
“Lester’s monochrome panels are lovely, bringing an emotional payload to all that heavy subject matter—quite powerfully in a couple of places … this affecting and thoughtful debut belongs on any grown-up comic bookshelf that also includes, say, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and Alan Moore and Joyce Brabner’s Iran-Contra history, Brought to Light.”
Paul Buhle, writing for ZEEK: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture, says:
“Speaking as a reviewer of comic art since 1970 and historian of comic art, in some way, for the last thirty years, I can say that no one has captured better this dilemma of the politically-inspired artist.”
That, right there, is some pretty high praise! It’s probably enough to make you want to pick up a copy of the book, eh? If you are still in need of convincing, you can see a full list of reviews here.
Posted on May 5th, 2011 in AK Authors!, Happenings, Uncategorized
We’re thrilled to announce that AK author Andrew Cornell will be on tour all this month with his new book Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement for a New Society. He’ll be heading up the west coast first, then hitting the east coast in just a couple weeks!
In his talks, he will discuss the book and place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of U.S. anarchism and post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A and lively discussion.
If you’re in one of these cities, don’t miss what’s sure to be an awesome event! And as always, stay tuned to the AK Press events calendar for the most up-to-date information on upcoming author events, bookfairs, and more!
Oppose and Propose! Tour Dates:
Sunday, May 8 at 7PM in Santa Cruz, CA @ SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave.
Monday, May 9 at 7PM in Oakland, CA @ AK Press, 674-A 23rd St.
Wednesday, May 11 at 6PM in Portland, OR @ The Variant, 4810 NE Garfield
Thursday, May 12 at 12PM in Olympia, WA @ Evergreen State University (Building & Room TBA)
Thursday, May 12 at 6PM in Seattle, WA @ University of Washington, Denny Hall 216
Sunday, May 15 at 3PM in Corvallis, OR @ Location TBA
Saturday, May 21 at 11AM in Montreal, QC @ Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, CEDA, 2515 Rue Delisle
Monday, May 23 at 7PM in Boston, MA @ Location TBA
Tuesday, May 24 at 7PM in Providence, RI @ Libertalia Autonomous Space, 280 Broadway
Thursday, May 26 at 7PM in Philadelphia, PA @ Wooden Shoe, 704 South St.
Friday, May 27 at 7:30PM in Washington, DC @ Dream City, White Garage in the Northside Alley, West of 11th on Monroe St. NW
Saturday, May 28 at 7PM in Baltimore, MD @ Red Emma’s, 800 St. Paul St.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Events, Uncategorized
Please join author Andy Cornell and former members of Movement for New Society for a talk and lively discussion about the new book, Oppose and Propose: Lessons from Movement For A New Society (AK Press and Institute for Anarchist Studies, 2011)
Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Movement for a New Society, a Philadelphia-based radical pacifist organization active in the 1970s and… 1980s, pioneered forms of consensus decision making, communal living, direct action, and self-education now central to anti-authoritarian movements. Brimming with analysis, interviews, and archival documents, Oppose and Propose! recovers a missing link in recent radical history, while drawing out crucial lessons on leadership, movement building, counterculture, and prefigurative politics.
MNS served as a crucial organizational link between the movements of the 1960s and the post-Seattle global justice movement. Yet the group’s political innovations created tensions of their own. Members found their commitments to “live the revolution now” often alienated potential allies and distracted them from confronting their opponents, while their distrust of leadership and rigid commitment to cumbersome group processes made it difficult to keep their analysis and strategy cutting-edge.
In this talk, the author and former members will place Movement for a New Society in the broader history of post-1960s radicalism, while offering an assessment of the strategies and conceptual tools it left to current movements.
