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1 Stay Solid! A Radical Handbook for Youth | Edited by Matt Hern and the Purple Thistle Centre AK Press 350 pp. / pb / $20.00 / 9781849350990 “Essential reading! A beacon of light for youth around the world. This unique collage of voices helps inform, inspire, and uplift the next generation.”—MK Asante, author of Buck Our first youth book! This scrapbook-style compilation brings together the voices of kids and adult allies, exploring a range of topics from gender and sexuality to cops and courts. With con- tributions from Michelle Alexander, Dan Savage, Mike Davis, Vikki Law, Andrea Schmidt, CrimethInc, and more!

Our new pocket-size edition of this classic 2 Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Exist- ing Capitalism | Geoff Mann manifesto. Redesigned for a new genera- AK Press tion, with a new Foreword by Michelle Tea. 262 pp. / pb / $14.95 / 9781849351263 “Disassembly Required is about a kind of common sense that’s 4 Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Fem- become hard to escape—a common sense of privatization, austeri- inist Reader | Edited by Dark Star ty, and financialization that has invaded virtually every aspect of Collective our lives and communities.”—Utne Reader AK Press 160 pp. / pb / $17.00 / 9781849351034 An anti-capitalist analysis of capitalism, that seeks to explain the mechanisms behind the machine in clear, accessible terms, with- A fascinating window into the develop- out watering down the complex history that’s led us to this point. ment of the women’s movement in the The best overview of the subject we’ve seen to date! words of those who moved it. Compiled and introduced by the UK-based anarchist collective Dark Star, featuring articles and 3 SCUM Manifesto | Valerie Solanas AK Press essays from anarchists and anarchist-in- 80 pp. / pb / $10.00 / 9781849351805 spired feminists, from to our contemporary anarcho-queer writers “To see the SCUM Manifesto’s humor, to let it crack you up page and activists. after page, is not to read it as a joke. The truth of the world as seen though Valerie’s eyes is patently absurd, a cosmic joke.”— Michelle Tea 5 One Game at a Time: Why Sports Matter | Matt Hern AK Press 176 pp. / pb / $12.95 / 9781849351362 “The spirit of Walt Whitman, cheered on by the ghost of A. J. Liebling, moves Matt Hern’s pen in this street-tough but joyful celebration of bodies electric and hopes defiant.”—Mike Davis, author of In Praise of Barbarians An impassioned and entertaining plea for a more active engagement with sports, both physically and intellectually, from radical urbanist and unrepentant sports fanatic Matt Hern.

6 Take Back the Land: Land, Gen- trification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown | Max Rameau AK Press 150 pp. / pb / $14.95 / 9780983059752 4 Before Occupy, there was Umoja Village. From the principal architect of Miami’s Take Back the Land movement comes an inspiring story about the power of the community to reclaim public space. Half philosophical reflection and half “how we did it,” this book is destined to be a classic.

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3 1 Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency | Edited by Kristian Williams, Will Munger, and Lara Messersmith-Glavin AK Press 440 pp. / pb / $21.00 / 9781849351300 “Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich.”— Publishers Weekly Counterinsurgency has existed as the state’s implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and political essays, fifteen writers examine the application of domestic counterinsurgency tactics within the United States, and seek to equip the left with a more nuanced understanding of state repression—and how to fight back.

Sewing Freedom: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism, 2 & Early New Zealand Anarchism | Jared Davidson 3 The Value of Radical Theory: An AK Press Anarchist Introduction to Marx’s 176 pp. / pb / $12.95 / 9781849351324 Critique of Political Economy | “A ground breaking tale of a rebel life, skillfully unearthed by Wayne Price Jared Davidson. A must read.”—Lucien van der Walt, co-author AK Press of 200 pp. / pb / $12.95 / 9781939202017 The first in-depth study of anarchism in New Zealand during A cogent explanation of Marx’s theory the turbulent years of the early-20th century—a time of of capital, from an anarchist perspec- wildcat strikes, industrial warfare, and a radical working class tive. Price presents Marx’s theory as counter-culture. Interweaving biography, cultural history, and an as-yet-unsurpassed explanation of an array of archival sources, this engaging account unravels contemporary capitalism, one that will the anarchist-cum-bomber stereotype by piecing together the aid in the task of overcoming the market life of Philip Josephs—a Latvian-born Jewish tailor, antimilita- and ushering in an era of collective, par- rist, and founder of the Wellington Freedom Group. ticipatory control of the economy. 4

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5 Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Pow- er and Desire | Edited by C.B. Daring, J. Rogue, Deric Shannon, and Abbey Volcano AK Press 240 pp. / pb / $19.95 / 9781849351201 “Queering Anarchism is a vital contribution in this moment, providing analysis and strategies for building the queer and trans politics we want and need.”—Dean Spade, author of Normal Life A diverse set of writings, ranging from the deeply theoretical to the playfully personal, that explore the possibilities of the concept of “queering,” turning the dominant, and largely heteronormative, structures of belief and identity entirely inside out.

6 Cartography of Revolutionary Anarchism | Michael Schmidt AK Press 192 pp. / pb / $12.00 / 9781849351386 4 Anarchism and Workers’ “Part history, part manifesto, Cartography of Revolutionary Anar- Self-Management in Revolution- chism is a succinct and insightful polemic.”—Mark Leier, author of ary Spain | Frank Mintz Bakunin: A Biography AK Press A concise history of the significance and global reach of mass 326 pp. / pb / $19.00 / 9781849350785 organized anarchism, tracing its syndicalist origins to Mexico in Frank Mintz’s classic study of collectiv- 1869, then Spain, spreading to Egypt and Uruguay by 1872, then isation and economic experimentation to Cuba and the United States by 1883, its dramatic rise to labor during the Spanish revolution is available dominance throughout Latin America, and its radicalizing minority here for the first time in English. This is influence in Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Oceania, and the chronicle of the anarcho-syndicalists Sub-Saharan Africa. 1 2

1 Anarchists Against the Wall | Edited by 2 Undoing Border Imperialism | Harsha and Ohal Greitzer Walia AK Press / Institute for Anarchist Studies AK Press / Institute for Anarchist Studies 150 pp. / pb / $12.00 / 9781849351140 340 pp. / pb / $16.00 / 9781849351348 new Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel “Harsha Walia has played a central role in building titles! since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been some of North America’s most innovative, diverse, boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and and effective new move­ments. That this brilliant generalized violence against occupied Palestine. organizer and theorist has found time to share her The reflections herein offer a window into some of wisdom in this book is a tremendous gift to us all.” the most dynamic activism today. —Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine Anarchist Interventions

3 Blood and Betrayal: Inside Mexico’s Drug new War | Paul Imison titles! AK Press / Counterpunch 200 pp. / pb / $15.00 / 9781849351782 Blood and Betrayal tells the story of the “Drug War”: the key events, the origin of the CounterPunch rivalry between the “cartels,” the infamous drug lords, the 70,000 people who have been killed in Mexico since 4 2006, and the major political players, many of whom have been accused of protecting organized crime. (Available 3 in January 2014)

In the Shadow of the 4 Sabertooth | Doug Peacock AK Press / Counterpunch 200 pp. / pb / $15.00 / 9781849351409 A renegade naturalist tells the story of global warming, the first Americans, and the terrible beasts of the Pleisto- cene ... the latest work from the incomparable Doug Peacock. Now available through AK Press Distro! New Distro Titles: Anarchism

1 To Remain Silent Is Impossible: Emma 1 2 Goldman and in Russia by Emma Goldman & Alex- ander Berkman | Edited byAndrew Zonneveld On Our Own Authority! Publishing 249 pp. / pb / $19.99 / 9780985890988 A collection of many of Goldman and Berkman’s most important essays, pamphlets, and diary entries related to the Russian Revolution and their experiences in Russia. 4 3 5 2 The Commune: Paris, 1871 | Various Authors On Our Own Authority! Publishing 106 pp. / pb / $14.99 / 9780985890933 A new collection of writings and critical reflections on the by the likes of , William 6 Morris, , Peter 7 Kropotkin, Voltairine de Cley- re, Alexander Berkman, and Maurice Brinton.

Lucy Parsons: An Amer- 3 ican Revolutionary | Carolyn Ashbaugh Haymarket CounterPunch 288 pp. / pb / $16.00 / 9781608462131 A woman ahead of her time, Lucy Parsons was an early American anarchist who defied all conventions of her turbulent The End of Anarchism? | Luigi analizar los orígenes y la influencia era. This is her story. 5 Galleani de las ideas anarquistas en la isla. Elephant Editions The Age of Globaliza- 4 121 pp / pb / $12.00 / No ISBN Contradictionary: A Bestiary of tion: Anarchists and the 7 In the words of , this Words in Revolt | Crimethinc. Anticolonial Imagination series of articles forms “a lucid state- Crimethinc. | Benedict Anderson ment of the ever present problems of 320 pp. / pb / $11.95 / Verso Books anarchism in relation to the would-be 9780970910196 272 pp. / pb / $19.95 / revolutionary movements.” New from Crimethinc, in the tradition 9781781681442 of The Devil’s Dictionary: this is no An account of the unlikely Voces libertarias: Los origenes mere miscellany, but a lighthearted 6 connections that made up late del anarquismo en Puerto Rico work of serious nineteenth-century politics and | Jorell A. Melendez literature, culture, in particular the links concentrating a between militant anarchists in Secret Sailor Press 175 pp / pb / $15.00 / 9781618872562 wealth of ideas Europe and the Americas and and history into the anti-imperialist uprisings in Voces libertarias recorre la historia del ascendiente movimiento obrero aphorisms and Cuba, China, and Japan. Based anecdotes. on Anderson’s classic, Under puertorriqueño durante las primeras See everything Three Flags. dos décadas del siglo XX en aras de we distribute->-> Politics

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1 The Failure of Nonviolence: From 3 Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice the Arab Spring to Occupy | Peter Despite Our Fears | Penny Rosenwasser Gelderloos PennyRosenwasser.com Left Bank Books 423 pp. / pb / $21.95 / 9780988918702 150 pp. / pb / $14.95 / 9780939306183 Anchored in Jewish ethical tradition and a desire for community-build- The Failure of Nonviolence examines most of ing, this is a longtime activist’s call to repair the world and end racism. the major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish what nonviolence 4 Out of Control: A Fifteen-Year Battle Against Control Unit can accomplish, and what a diverse, unruly, Prisons | Nancy Kurshan non-pacified movement can accomplish. Freedom Archives 229 pp. / pb / $20.00 / 9780979078927 2 We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected The inspiring story of the Committee to End the Marion Lockdown Prison Writings | Jalil Muntaqim (CEML), a group whose work and influence has spread, even as the Arissa Media Group practices at Marion became widespread in many other prisons in the 311 pp. / pb / $17.95 / 9780974288468 U.S. and internationally. More than thirty-six years of Jalil Muntaqim’s prison writings, this book contains some of Occupied London #5 | 5 Occupied London the most significant contributions he has Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness made to the Black Liberation and New Afri- 108 pp. / pb / $12.00 / 9781938660115 kan Independence Movements. The final issue ofOccupied London, an anarchist journal of theory and action. This issue features reflections from many recent sites of mass revolts from the past few years.

Lines of Work: Stories of Jobs and Resistance | 6 Edited by 5 6 Scott Nikolas Nappalos Black Cat Press 242 pp. / pb / $21.95 / 9781926878133 A rare look at life and social relationships viewed from the cubicle, cash register, hospital, factory, and job site, this text brings together organizers sharing their experiences of working and fighting back.

Capital’s Greek Cage | Various Authors 7 128 pp. / pb / $9.95 / 9781570272851 Includes the essays “When the Invisible Hand of the Market Rises in a Nazi Salute” by Clandestina; “Greek Diaries, 2012–2013” by George Kaffentzis,” and “Lethal Experiment in Greece: Survival and Resis- 7 8 tance” by Ernest Larsen & Sherry Millner.

8 Stand Up Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class and Patriarchy | Sanyika Shakur Kersplebedeb 208 pp. / pb / $13.95 / 9781894946469 New writings from the author of Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. “When you become revolutionary, you become a threat...” 1 My New Gender Workbook: A Step-By- 2 Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro- Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Choice Movement | Through Gender and Sex Positivity Sarah Erdreich | Kate Bornstein Seven Stories Press Routledge 268 pp. / pb / $16.95 / 9781609804589 293 pp. / pb / $39.95 / 9780415538657 One-third of all American women will have an abortion by the Transgender activist Kate Bornstein brings theory time they are 45, yet the topic remains taboo. This provocative down to Earth and provides a practical approach book presents the antidote to the usual abortion debates. to living with or without a gender. 3 Practicing Feminist 3 Mothering | Fiona Joy Green ARP Books 200 pp. / pb / $21.95 / 9781894037549 An exploration of the real- ities of feminist mothering for both mothers and their children, providing a powerful perspective on mothering as a central aspect of feminism.

4 The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure 2 | Edited by Tristan Taormino, et. al. Feminist Press 432 pp. / pb / $22.95 / 9781558618183 4 1 Bringing together writings by feminists in the adult industry and research by feminist porn scholars, this book investigates not only how feminists understand Gender & Feminism pornography, but also how feminists do porn.

5 Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City | Bradley L. Garrett Theory & Culture Verso Books 272 pp. / hb / $29.95 / 9781781681299 A manifesto—combining philosophy, politics and adven- 5 ture—on our rights to the city and how to understand the twenty-first century metropolis.

6 Surregional Explorations | Max Cafard 6 Charles H. Kerr 180 pp. / pb / $16.00 / 9780882863634 Max Cafard works his way through critiques of Anarchism, Surrealism, Situationism, Media, Cinema, and Regionalism, to arrive to his own fascinating and practicable practice of the Surregional.

7 The Revolution Will Be Hilarious | Adam Krause New Compass Press 46 pp. / pb / $7.95 / 9788293064244 This look at comedy and social change demonstrates that humor, democracy, and creativity are all closely related. 7 Disrupting Business: Art & 8 Activism in Times of Finan- cial Crisis | Edited by Tatiana Bazzichelli & Geoff Cox Autonomedia 234 pp. / pb / $19.95 / 9781570272646 Disrupting Business explores some of the interconnections between art, activism and the business con- cept of disruptive innovation. 1 Assault on the Impossible: Dutch Collec- tive Imagination in the Sixties and Seven- 1 ties | Marjolijn van Riemsdijk Autonomedia 150 pp. / pb / $16.95 / 9781570272714 An investigation of the aesthetic attitudes and ludic interventions that helped generate the group mind 2 that drove the politics of the movement.

2 in Europe: Radical Spaces, Urban Struggles | Edited by Squatting in Europe Kollective Minor Compositions 256 pp. / pb / $20.00 / 9781570272578 An investigation into the history and politics of squatting in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Ger- many, and England over the past four decades.

3 Against the Nation: Anti-National Politics 3 in Germany | Robert Ogman New Compass Press 110 pp. / pb / $14.95 / 9788293064206 By examining the campaigns and documents of the various anti-national tendencies in Germany following reunification, Ogman takes a fresh look 4 at the question of nationalism that has haunted the left for more than a century.

4 (The Rise & Fall of the) Dil Pickle Club: Chicago’s Wild 20s! | Edited by Franklin Rosemont Charles H. Kerr 186 pp. / pb / $15.00 / 9780882862743 Reminiscences of the Dil Pickle Club by the poets, artists, journalists, novelists, hobos, scholars, anar- History chist, wobblies, and assorted radicals and oddballs who made it famous.

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