Many people are familiar with Emma Goldman’s story, but in this newly translated title we hear the other side, from one of Emma’s loudest detractors Helene Minkin.Helene Minkin was the companion of anarchist firebrand Johann Most and she chronicles with detail and passion their life and struggles within the movement.Most of what we know of this period has remained fairly static for close to a century. In particular, little in the way of new prim ...
Though pillage, profit, and plunder have been a mainstay of war since pre-colonial times, there is little contemporary focus on the role of finance and economics in today's «Drug Wars»—despite the fact that they boost US banks and fill our prisons with poor people. They feed political campaigns, increase the arms trade, and function as long-term fixes to capitalism's woes, cracking open new territories to privatization and fo ...
Dear Sister, It wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault. At night when you lay there and your mind fills with images and you wonder if only, if you had . . . if you hadn't . . . . Remember: it wasn't your fault. Dear Sister highlights the lessons, memories, and vision of over forty artists, activists, mothers, writers, and students who share a c ...
• Matt Hern tackles the issues of sports from a much needed left perspective. Sports are the most significant uniting force in our culture, yet the Left has thus far shied away from engaging in this vital platform.• This book tackles the fundamental aspects that draws us to sports. Specifically the most authentic experiences we gain as athletes and fans. • High art and sports are not dissimilar, and Matt Hern shows us ...
The third in AK's popular collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies. Ramnath is an IAS board member, and a respected member of the anarchist intellectual community.South Asian/Indian anarchism is a largely unexplored topic; most anarchist histories tend to focus on Europe and Latin America. This new study provides a window into radicalism in a part of the world that is largely unknown in the West.Thinkers like Arundhati Roy and ...
A.K. Thompson is the first scholar to offer an analysis and investigation of the black bloc (the masked, militant, and decentralized anti-globalization army that is inextricably linked to our memory of the mass protests at the turn of the century) that refuses to shy away from the issue of violence – and the only scholar to suggest the positive and liberatory effects of the black bloc on white middle-class politics. Revisiting the struggles agai ...
The People's Pension covers a period of Social Security history that no one else has covered, let alone in so much depth, and it presents a unique interpretation of why the politics of Social Security have played out as they have since the Reagan years.Slated to release in April 2012, The People's Pension will make its appearance in the midst of the presidential primaries, when Social Security will undoubtedly be a major issue. The fat ...
In this incredible true story of familial love and triumph through adversity, Thuhang Tran and Sharon Orlopp document decades in the lives of Thuhang and her father, Chinh Tran. Thuhang was born in 1970 in Saigon, near the end of the Vietnam War. She contracted polio as a baby, and though her family sacrificed much to seek treatment, their efforts were halted by the fall of Saigon. Chinh was an air traffic controller in the South Vietnam Air For ...
