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In this collection of adventure rebus stories, Chirp snorkels for treasure, explores a jungle, flies to...
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$17.95
Soft Money
Pm Press |
April 1, 2013 |
256 pages
Officer Filomena Buscarela has traded in her uniform for the many joys and trials of being a single parent, but her passion for justice burns as hot as ever in this second installment of the critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1980s New York City. When the owner of Filomena's neighborhood... More Info
$22.00
Towards Collective Liberation
Pm Press |
March 1, 2013 |
300 pages
Organized into four sections, this collection of essays is geared toward activists engaging with the dynamic questions of how to create and support effective movements for visionary systemic change. These essays and interviews present powerful lessons for transformative organizing. It offers a... More Info
$22.00
Maroon the Implacable
Pm Press |
April 1, 2013 |
300 pages
During a lengthy incarceration spent mostly in solitary confinement, political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz has developed into a prolific writer and powerful voice for the disenfranchised. This first published collection of his accumulated works showcases his sharp and profound understanding of... More Info
$17.95
Oscar Lopez Rivera
Pm Press |
March 1, 2013 |
144 pages
The life story of Puerto Rican freedom fighter and leader Oscar López Rivera, outlined in this book, is one of courage, valor, and sacrifice. In 1981, Oscar was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for which he is still imprisoned, making him the longest-held political prisoner in... More Info
$27.95
Barred for Life
Pm Press |
February 14, 2013 |
328 pages
Cataloging the legacy of the American punk rock pioneers Black Flag, this photo documentary uses stark, contrasting portraits to share the stories of the die-hard fans who wear the iconic four-barred logo tattooed on their skin. From doctors to homeless punks, stories range from the intensely... More Info
Rad Dad
PM Press |
September 1, 2011 |
200 pages
A compilation of top-selected essays from the award-winning magazine and the Daddy Dialectic blog features contributions by best-selling writers, musicians and others on issues challenging today's fathers, from gender politics and sperm donations to war and racism. Original.
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$16.95
Accompanying
Pm Press |
November 26, 2012 |
160 pages
Distinguishes strategies of social change into the complementary parts of organizing and accompaniment, citing the examples of the 1960s United States and Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador while tracing the author's own participation in five social movements. By the co-author of Labor Law for... More Info
$22.00
Anarchy Comics
Pm Press |
November 26, 2012 |
223 pages
Reviving an iconic comic series originally published from 1978 to 1986, this exclusive collection brings together the legendary four issues of Anarchy Comics, the underground comic that melded anarchist politics with a punk sensibility, producing a riveting mix of satire, revolt, and artistic... More Info
$22.00
Earth at Risk
Pm Press |
December 1, 2012 |
288 pages
The annual conference Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet features environmental thinkers and activists who are willing to ask the hardest questions about the seriousness of the planet's situation, and this book presents an impassioned critique of the dominant culture... More Info
$22.00
Sex, Race and Class-The Perspective of Winning
PM Press |
March 1, 2012 |
300 pages
Branching off Marx's theories of class struggle, this impressive collection of essays on workers' rights as they pertains to women's rights aims to educate and inform those interested in radical feminist labor theory. Arguing that class struggle manifests itself as the conflict between the... More Info
Resistance Behind Bars
Pm Press |
March 1, 2009 |
258 pages
"In 1974, women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off guards, holding seven of them hostage, and took over sections of the prison. While many have heard... More Info
The Revolution of Everyday Life
Pm Press |
October 5, 2012 |
266 pages
Finally, back in print again, the essential handbook for all of us still alienated by modern capitalism. Together with Debord, Vaneigem was the main theorist of Situationist ideas. He has the added benefit of being eminently more readable! An incredible work, more potent now than ever. "We have a... More Info
$18.00
Catastrophism
Pm Press |
October 5, 2012 |
163 pages
Amid a global zeitgeist of impending catastrophe, this book explores the culture of fear so prevalent in today's politics, economic climate, and religious extremism. The authors of this collection argue that the lens of catastrophe through which so many of today's issues are examined distorts... More Info
$20.95
Banksy: Locations & Tours, Volume 1
Pm Press |
November 1, 2011 |
180 pages
Three visual tours by the influential critic and photographer catalog and assess recent street works by the political graffiti artist and his peers, incorporating into an expanded edition provocative and informative examples by such figures as Eine, Faile and El Chivo. Original.
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$13.95
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
PM Press |
November 1, 2011 |
136 pages
A collection of signature works by the influential writer and activist includes a novella in which a transhuman future teen must choose between immortality and sex with the "meat girl" of his dreams, a transcript of his controversial address at the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention and an essay... More Info
$16.95
Paths Toward Utopia
Pm Press |
October 5, 2012 |
120 pages
Consisting of 10 collaborative picture-essays that weave poetic words with intricate yet bold images, this collection aims to challenge readers into thinking of community action in a positive light. Depicting what it would be like to live, every day, in a world created from below, where coercion... More Info
Banksy Locations & Tours
PM Press |
September 1, 2011 |
180 pages
An up-to-date visual tour of the rest of the graffiti artist's street works from the past five years catalogs more than 100 different locations and is complemented by informative facts, a walking tour of pieces in Banksy's native Bristol and examples of graffiti works by a selection of his peers.... More Info
Anarchist Pedagogies
Pm Press |
August 1, 2012 |
340 pages
"Education is a challenging subject for anarchists. Many are critical about working within a state-run education system that is embedded in hierarchical, standardized, and authoritarian structures. Numerous individuals and collectives envision the creation of counterpublics or alternative... More Info
$30.95
The CNT in the Spanish Revolution
Pm Press |
August 1, 2011 |
324 pages
The CNT in the Spanish Revolution is the history of one of the most original and audacious, and arguably also the most far-reaching, of all the twentieth-century revolutions. It is the history of the giddy years of political change and hope in 1930s Spain, when the so-called 'Generation of '36',... More Info
$19.95
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind
Pm Press |
October 5, 2012 |
256 pages
A collection of suggestions, tips, and narratives on ways everyone can support parents, children, and caregivers involved in social movements, this book focuses on social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation. One of the few books dealing with community support for issues facing children... More Info
$32.95
For All the People
Pm Press |
July 1, 2012 |
544 pages
Seeking to reclaim a history that has remained largely ignored by historians, this dramatic and stirring account examines each of the definitive American cooperative movements for social change—farmer, union, consumer, and communalist—that have been all but erased from collective memory.
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Byzantium Endures
PM Press |
March 1, 2012 |
400 pages
Meet Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, also known as Pyat. Tsarist rebel, Nazi thug, continental conman and reactionary counterspy: the dark and dangerous antihero of Michael Moorcock's most controversial work. Published in 1981 to great critical acclaim?then condemned to the shadows and unavailable in... More Info
$16.95
Moments of Excess
Pm Press |
April 1, 2011 |
134 pages
Examining the complicated and sometimes controversial history, goals, and tactics of anticapitalist movements, this compilation focuses on the meaning of the movement as a whole and examines the protests that surrounded global trade and political conferences such as the 1999 World Trade... More Info
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1
PM Press |
January 1, 2012 |
360 pages
Using social movements as a prism to illuminate the oft-hidden history of 20th-century Korea, this book provides detailed analysis of major uprisings that have patterned the country's politics and society. From the 1894 Tonghak uprising through the March 1, 1919, independence movement and... More Info
A History of Pan-African Revolt
Pm Press |
December 1, 2012 |
160 pages
A classic history of revolts by African peoples worldwide up until the early 20th century explores the wide range of methods used by Africans to resist oppression and the negative effects of imperialism and colonization. Reissue.
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$16.00
Catastrophism
Pm Press |
October 31, 2012 |
192 pages
Our world is reeling from dire economic crises and ecological disasters. Visions of the apocalypse and impending doom abound. Governments warn that no alternative exists to taking the bitter medicine they prescribe. Catastrophismexplores the politics of apocalypse—on the left and right, in the... More Info
From the Bottom of the Heap
Pm Press |
October 5, 2012 |
245 pages
Expanded and updated with new photographs and stories, this autobiography of one of the Angola Three traces the life of Robert Hillary King from his early days in Louisiana, through a troubled adolescence, a conviction that kept him behind bars for decades, his relationship with the Black Panther... More Info
Blood on the Tracks
Pm Press |
August 1, 2011 |
500 pages
In telling his story, Willson provides numerous examples of the types of personal, risk-taking, nonviolent actions he and others have taken in attempts to educate and effect political change: tax refusal which requires simplification of one's lifestyle; fasting done publicly in strategic political... More Info
Truths Among Us
PM Press |
September 1, 2011 |
300 pages
Interviews with 10 leading writers, philosophers, teachers and activists share their arguments against societal beliefs that corporations and governments know what is best for humanity's future, in a compendium that explores such topics as the humanity of gang members, the psychology of abuse and... More Info
Liberating Society from the State and Other Writings
PM Press |
September 1, 2011 |
320 pages
Featuring a riveting collection of anarcho-communist poetry, essays, articles, and diary entries, this translation of Erich Mühsam’s legendary writings introduces the German revolutionary’s ideas to English speakers for the first time.
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London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction
Pm Press |
March 1, 2012 |
300 pages
Voted by the London Times as one of the best writers since 1945, Michael Moorcock has long been considered one of the top names in science fiction and fantasy. Here, Moorcock has personally selected his best published and unpublished essays, articles, reviews, and opinions—all uncensored.... More Info
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