Post by Modesto Anarcho on Jun 18, 2007 0:47:36 GMT -5
Modesto Anarcho Distro Updated! New Crimethinc Books In!
Modesto Anarcho Distro Catalogue
Last Updated Feb. 2008
All selections are $1-2 by donation, except for magazines and books, which are listed! Feel free to send us a little extra to help us keep this project going. Prisoners and people without money, please just send us a request and we'll see what we can do. Send well hidden cash donation to:
Modesto Anarcho
PO Box 3027
Modesto, CA 95353
For questions, email: anarcho209@yahoo.com
General: Theory, Analysis, Introductions
*These selections are highly recommended, especially for beginning readers.
Anarchist Parenting*
Edited by Anarchist FAQ
An in depth look at what an approach to raising children in an anarchist fashion would look like and includes a critique of "authoritarian parenting."
Anarchists are Going to Eat Your Children, and other Myths, Misinformation, and Misunderstanding
By Some Anarchists in Eugene
A booklet about some common misconceptions about anarchy, anarchism, and anarchists. Anarchism is not chaos, disorder, and the absence of organization - but mutual aid, decentralization, and autonomous self-organization.
Abolish Restaurants*
By www.prole.net
A worker's critique of working in a restaurant. Very inspiring and easy to read. Anyone who has ever worked for a living will enjoy this - its critique of capitalism, work, division of labor and bosses reaches out to all workers, even if you haven't worked in a restaurant. Also created in highly entertaining comic book format.
An Introduction to the Situationists
By Jan D. Matthews
A introduction to the writings and ideas of the French based group the Situationists. They created a critique of modern capitalism, "the spectacle," promoted the 'revolution of everyday life," and a lot of other things. They were also a part of the near revolution in France in May 1968. This selection boils down their ideas and the events of May 68' into easy to understand selections.
Democracy*
Edited by www.prole..
A selection of writings and critiques on representative based democracy.
A Citizen's Guide to Direct Action*
by Crimethinc
What is direct action? How is it a different different way to change society as opposed to voting and other forms of reformism? This comes in a color newspaper format.
Class: A Debate*
Edited by www.prole..
Documents from UK anarchist and anti-state communist groups like Class War, Subversion, and others about class, class society, and working class self-organization, resistance, and revolution.
Confrontations*
By Kristian Williams
A collection of essays about state repression against anarchists and other revolutionary movements in the past and in the current context. Also refutes many liberal assumptions about repression and direct action. Includes a forward by indigenous author Ward Churchill.
Disarm Authority! Arm Your Desires! Common Perspectives on Ourselves, our World, and Social Change*
By CAL Press
An in depth look introduction into anarchist ideas for a new world - and a critique of this one.
Fighting for Our Lives*
By Crimethinc
A poetic and easy to read introduction into anarchist ideas and what is revolutionary and subversive about everyday life.
From Politics to Life - Ridding Anarchy of the Leftist Milestone
By Wolfi
A critique of leftist forms of social change and why anarchy should be seen as outside of the left.
Instead of a Primer*
By Lawrence Jarach
"There is a great deal of confusion among anarchists in terms of what anarchism is and, more importantly, what anarchism is not." A good, short, and easy to read introduction into anarchist ideas and methodology.
Peace is Patriotic, and that's the Problem: An Anarchist Perspective*
By Some Bay Area Anarchists
Capitalist relations call for peace - or an end to class struggle for the sake of continued exploitation. Any real 'peace movement' must fight both 'capitalist peace' as well as 'capitalist wars.' We also have this title in Spanish.
Pieces of Self: Anarchy, Gender, and Other Thoughts
Edited by Wildflower
Selections of writings and critiques of gender, patriarchy, modern life, and how they relate to anarchy.
Take Back Your Life: A Wimmin's Guide to Alternative Health Care*
By Alicia non Grata
Guide to female health and care from a anarcha-feminist and DIY perspective.
The Calvin and Hobbes Guide to Daily Life*
Edited by Robin Banks
Everyone's favorite cartoon duo is back - this time with a message of revolution! Various C&H cartoons are reprinted along with discussions and notes about further meanings behind them. Ideas around school, work, society, the media, and ecological destruction are all discussed. A great and entertaining introduction to anarchist ideas.
The Network of Domination*
By Wolfi Landstreicher
An essay on how the present networks, structures, and institutions like the state, capitalism, and social hierarchy maintain and expand themselves throughout our lives.
The New State Repression*
By Ken Lawrence
"Today's political repression differs fundamentally from the repression practiced around the world in the past. The most basic difference is on the level of strategy - the general approach of the state, the outlook of the ruling class. Their belief is that insurgency is not an occasional, erratic idiosyncrasy but a constant occurrence - permanent insurgency - which calls for a strategy of permanent repression." Highly recommended.
To Work or Not to Work, Is That the Question?
By Gilles D.
A discussion on how over the last century worker resistance has turned from just being about the struggle for self-management of the work place but to the refusal and destruction of "work" (wage labor, wage slavery, etc) itself.
Sabotage in the Workplace*
Edited by www.prole..
A selection of real life accounts of people fighting back, stealing from, and sabotaging their workplaces. Includes a selection from Dynamite: A Century of Class Struggle in America.
Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists*
By Various
A basic introduction into security culture - and why those working for social change should be using it. Why do the work for the police - protect yourself and communities in struggle.
Survival Without Rent*
By Various
Some ideas from people in New York about squatting (occupying without paying) houses that are unused.
Why I love Shoplifting from Big Corporations*
By Crimethinc
A fun and easy to read that critiques capitalism and consumerism and a offers a defense of 'proletarian shopping.'
Work*
Edited by www.prole.net
What does it mean to live in a society where we are forced to rent ourselves out in order to survive and then buy back the products that we produce? How can we go about destroying it?
Work Will Make You Free*
By Anonymous
"Musings of a anti-work anarchist stuck in a pro-work union." The news that a baby is on the way sends a working class anti-work/anti-civilization anarchist into a carpentry union. His experiences both back up and create tensions with his (anti)politics. Also includes various rants about civilization, capitalism, work and direct action.
Strategy, Praxis, and Tactics:
*Highly recommended!
A Project of Liberation*
By the Insurrectionary Anarchists of the Coast Salish Territory
Some thoughts and conceptions of how anarchists can act and resist against the forces of capital and the state.
Anarchist Organization and the Insurrectional Project*
By Various
A collection of insurrectionary texts from various individuals. A wonderful introduction into insurrectionary anarchist ideas.
Autonomous Self-Organization and Anarchist Intervention: A Tension in Practice*
By Wolfi Landstreicher
"A revolution capable of destroying all domination and exploitation will have to be based on the self-organized struggle of those who suffer domination and exploitation." Very highly recommended.
Blocs and Tactical Evolution*
A look at "black blocs" and other forms of collective action that aim at attacking the social order.
Down with the Empire, Up with the Spring!*
By Do or Die
One of the most inspiring and interesting proposals for how to go about creating social change and revolution in modern times. Comes from both a revolutionary, class struggle, green anarchist, and insurrectionary approach. We highly recommended that you get this!
Give Up Activism*
By Various
A selection of essays that critique the specialized role and single issue nature of "activism." Highly recommended.
How to Fire Your Boss: A Worker's Guide to Direct Action*
By Various
Some common sense ideas and tactics for getting what you want while on the job. Wildcat strikes, sabotage, etc...Make your boss pay!
The Question of Organization: A Recent Analysis
Argues for 'informal' as opposed to 'formal' organization for revolutionary struggle.
Radical History of Events and Movements
*Highly recommended!
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance*
Highly recommended. A crash course look at indigenous resistance to colonization, genocide, and occupation - then and now. From Columbus to the Zapatistas.
A Commune in Chiapas?: Mexico and the Zapatista Rebellion*
By Aufheben
A critical, yet in depth look at the rebellion of the 1st and 2nd waves of Zapatismo and it's struggle against racism, neo-liberalism, the PRI, and the military. A must read for anyone interested in the Zapatistas, the EZLN, or indigenous struggles in Mexico.
Bash the Fash: Anti-Fascist Recollections 1984-93*
By K. Bullstreet
A look at the militant UK movement against organized racism and fascism. Highly entertaining and action packed!
Behind the 21st Century Intifada
By Aufheben
From a class struggle perspective, the history of the occupation of Palestine is laid out. Very in depth!
Black Fighting Formations*
By Russell "Maroon" Shoatz
A look at various revolutionary groups of blacks in the US who have fought against oppression and racist terror. A great introduction into the groups that emerged out of the civil rights movement and fought through armed struggle for liberation.
Big Easy, Small Window*
Edited by 1,000 Emotions
An insurrectionary look at the situation in New Orleans and looks at the ways in which the people broke in many ways with the government and money/private property. Includes some ideas on how people should respond to disasters like this in the future.
Class Struggle in the Gulf War*
Edited by www.prole..
Accounts and analysis of the first gulf war and the various proletarian insurrections that surrounded it. The exploited of Iraq fought largely not for Saddam but for their own interests...
!Fuera Ulises!*
By Ana Nimo
A "graphic interpretation of the events in Oaxaca from an antiauthoritarian perspective." About the recent riots and uprisings in Oaxaca Mexico.
How Fast it All Blows Up*
By 1,000 Emotions Press
A look at the riots and uprisings in Cincinnati in the wake of police killings of young black men. Includes various essays.
Industrial Domestication
From Fifth Estate
A short introduction into the modern industrial production system and how poor people were moved from semi-communal lives in rural settings, to non-stop production and oppression into urban industrial ones.
Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973*
A look at an underground abortion clinic that existed in Chicago before the passing of Roe vs. Wade.
No State Solution: A Jewish Anarchist Perspective on the Isreal-Palestine Conflict
By Shearith Korakh Series - Alef
An anarchist call for a non-statist solution to the nationalist and statist conflict in Palestine.
No, We Can't All Just Get Along*
Edited by the Institute for Experimental Freedom
One look at the rebellion in Los Angles from a non-anarchist, but highly radical perspective. Selections taken from the book, "Can't Stop Won't Stop."
Race Treason Behind Prison Walls*
By 1,000 Emotions Press
Details various prison uprisings and how the breaking up of racism lead to greater revolt.
The Eclipse and Reemergence of the Communist Movement
Edited by www.prole..
Both a critique of Marxist-Leninism as well as a look at "real" communist currents in not so distant times (that were against the state and capital).
The Rebellion in Los Angles: The Context of a Proletarian Uprising*
By Aufheben
A look at the uprising and Los Angles. Destroys the myth that it was a "race riot" and explains that it was a full scale working class uprising.
Vietnam: Mutinies*
Edited by www.prole..
A look at the various organized and informal resistance movements that appeared in the late 60's and early 70's against the Vietnam war that came from the soldiers themselves.
School Work and Students
*Highly recommended.
Toward the Destruction of Schooling*
By Jan D. Matthews
A historical look at schooling as a vehicle for social control - and a call for it's destruction.
School Work and the Struggle Against It
By Harry Cleaver
A critique of student work from a autonomist marxist (non-Leninist) perspective. Also critiques the work culture of professors and universities and schools themselves. Goes over brief struggles against them.
Prisons, Prisoners, and Prison Abolition:
*Highly recommended!
Attacking Prisons at the Point of Production*
Edited by Green Anarchy
A look at how revolutionaries have attacked prisons as centers of social control.
The Expansion of the Amerikan Prison Cell*
By Peter Gelderloos
An in depth look at what the 'prison industrial complex' is, how it is based on systematic racism, what life is like inside prison, and how the prison complex benefit from near slave like conditions with in. All from an anarchist standpoint and with some ideas about how to go about destroying all prisons. Very highly recommended.
The New Plantation*
By Bill Dunne
A look at the prison industrial complex - and how prisons are the new economic powerhouse of exploitable labor.
Prisons and Their Moral Influence On Prisoners
By Peter Kropotkin
Prisons are breeding grounds for more crime because crime is caused by class society and poverty. The first goal of any revolution is to destroy all prisons.
Anarchist Publications:
A Murder of Crows
Issue 2
Analysis, critique, information, and venom against the ruling social order and communities around the world who are resisting it. Highly recommended! Great for seeing what's going on in the world from a insurrectionary anarchist perspective.
$2
Rolling Thunder
Various Issues
A fantastically designed (lots of color!) anarchist journal published twice a year. Goes over various projects, uprisings, and inspiring tales from across the world. Easy to read.
$4
Green Anarchy
!Sold Out!
The large green anarchist journal that is published twice a year from Eugene Oregon. Full of news, reviews, opinion, and devastating critique. In depth and highly intelligent.
$3
Earth First! Journal
Nov-Dec, Jan-Fed Issues
The "radical environmental journal" from an direct action ecological anarchist standpoint. Covers ecological direct action campaigns and more. Now is newspaper format.
$2
Books!
A Crime Called Freedom
By Eberhardt Press
Details the outlaw crimes of a group of French insurrectionaries who sabotaged and took action against the prison industry. Learn more about the book at: www.eberhardtpress.org/catalog/crimecalledfreedom.php
$5
Days of War, Nights of Love
By Crimethinc
Crimethinc's first major work. An introduction into anarchist ideas in easy to understand language. Learn more about the book at: www.crimethinc.com/books/days.html
$7
Expect Resistance
By Crimethinc
The follow up to Days of War, Nights of Love. More anarchist tales and essays of resistance and revolution to make the heart beat faster. Learn more about the book at: www.crimethinc.com/books/er.html
$7
Espanol
Anarchismo: Una Introducion
By Anarchist Action
A short introduction into anarchism, a critique of the current capitalist order, and some ideas about taking it down. Comes from a class struggle and insurrectionary perspective. Includes text in both Spanish and in English.
La Paz es Patriotica: Y Eso es el Problema - Una Perspectiva Anarquista
A Spanish translation of "Peace is Patriotic, and That's the Problem".
Modesto Anarcho:
Issues 1-6. Covers current events, news, analysis, action, repression, and goings on in the Central Valley area from an insurrectionary anarchist perspective. Either $2 each or for orders of over 10, just $1 each. Free with every order.
Modesto Anarcho Distro Catalogue
Last Updated Feb. 2008
All selections are $1-2 by donation, except for magazines and books, which are listed! Feel free to send us a little extra to help us keep this project going. Prisoners and people without money, please just send us a request and we'll see what we can do. Send well hidden cash donation to:
Modesto Anarcho
PO Box 3027
Modesto, CA 95353
For questions, email: anarcho209@yahoo.com
General: Theory, Analysis, Introductions
*These selections are highly recommended, especially for beginning readers.
Anarchist Parenting*
Edited by Anarchist FAQ
An in depth look at what an approach to raising children in an anarchist fashion would look like and includes a critique of "authoritarian parenting."
Anarchists are Going to Eat Your Children, and other Myths, Misinformation, and Misunderstanding
By Some Anarchists in Eugene
A booklet about some common misconceptions about anarchy, anarchism, and anarchists. Anarchism is not chaos, disorder, and the absence of organization - but mutual aid, decentralization, and autonomous self-organization.
Abolish Restaurants*
By www.prole.net
A worker's critique of working in a restaurant. Very inspiring and easy to read. Anyone who has ever worked for a living will enjoy this - its critique of capitalism, work, division of labor and bosses reaches out to all workers, even if you haven't worked in a restaurant. Also created in highly entertaining comic book format.
An Introduction to the Situationists
By Jan D. Matthews
A introduction to the writings and ideas of the French based group the Situationists. They created a critique of modern capitalism, "the spectacle," promoted the 'revolution of everyday life," and a lot of other things. They were also a part of the near revolution in France in May 1968. This selection boils down their ideas and the events of May 68' into easy to understand selections.
Democracy*
Edited by www.prole..
A selection of writings and critiques on representative based democracy.
A Citizen's Guide to Direct Action*
by Crimethinc
What is direct action? How is it a different different way to change society as opposed to voting and other forms of reformism? This comes in a color newspaper format.
Class: A Debate*
Edited by www.prole..
Documents from UK anarchist and anti-state communist groups like Class War, Subversion, and others about class, class society, and working class self-organization, resistance, and revolution.
Confrontations*
By Kristian Williams
A collection of essays about state repression against anarchists and other revolutionary movements in the past and in the current context. Also refutes many liberal assumptions about repression and direct action. Includes a forward by indigenous author Ward Churchill.
Disarm Authority! Arm Your Desires! Common Perspectives on Ourselves, our World, and Social Change*
By CAL Press
An in depth look introduction into anarchist ideas for a new world - and a critique of this one.
Fighting for Our Lives*
By Crimethinc
A poetic and easy to read introduction into anarchist ideas and what is revolutionary and subversive about everyday life.
From Politics to Life - Ridding Anarchy of the Leftist Milestone
By Wolfi
A critique of leftist forms of social change and why anarchy should be seen as outside of the left.
Instead of a Primer*
By Lawrence Jarach
"There is a great deal of confusion among anarchists in terms of what anarchism is and, more importantly, what anarchism is not." A good, short, and easy to read introduction into anarchist ideas and methodology.
Peace is Patriotic, and that's the Problem: An Anarchist Perspective*
By Some Bay Area Anarchists
Capitalist relations call for peace - or an end to class struggle for the sake of continued exploitation. Any real 'peace movement' must fight both 'capitalist peace' as well as 'capitalist wars.' We also have this title in Spanish.
Pieces of Self: Anarchy, Gender, and Other Thoughts
Edited by Wildflower
Selections of writings and critiques of gender, patriarchy, modern life, and how they relate to anarchy.
Take Back Your Life: A Wimmin's Guide to Alternative Health Care*
By Alicia non Grata
Guide to female health and care from a anarcha-feminist and DIY perspective.
The Calvin and Hobbes Guide to Daily Life*
Edited by Robin Banks
Everyone's favorite cartoon duo is back - this time with a message of revolution! Various C&H cartoons are reprinted along with discussions and notes about further meanings behind them. Ideas around school, work, society, the media, and ecological destruction are all discussed. A great and entertaining introduction to anarchist ideas.
The Network of Domination*
By Wolfi Landstreicher
An essay on how the present networks, structures, and institutions like the state, capitalism, and social hierarchy maintain and expand themselves throughout our lives.
The New State Repression*
By Ken Lawrence
"Today's political repression differs fundamentally from the repression practiced around the world in the past. The most basic difference is on the level of strategy - the general approach of the state, the outlook of the ruling class. Their belief is that insurgency is not an occasional, erratic idiosyncrasy but a constant occurrence - permanent insurgency - which calls for a strategy of permanent repression." Highly recommended.
To Work or Not to Work, Is That the Question?
By Gilles D.
A discussion on how over the last century worker resistance has turned from just being about the struggle for self-management of the work place but to the refusal and destruction of "work" (wage labor, wage slavery, etc) itself.
Sabotage in the Workplace*
Edited by www.prole..
A selection of real life accounts of people fighting back, stealing from, and sabotaging their workplaces. Includes a selection from Dynamite: A Century of Class Struggle in America.
Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists*
By Various
A basic introduction into security culture - and why those working for social change should be using it. Why do the work for the police - protect yourself and communities in struggle.
Survival Without Rent*
By Various
Some ideas from people in New York about squatting (occupying without paying) houses that are unused.
Why I love Shoplifting from Big Corporations*
By Crimethinc
A fun and easy to read that critiques capitalism and consumerism and a offers a defense of 'proletarian shopping.'
Work*
Edited by www.prole.net
What does it mean to live in a society where we are forced to rent ourselves out in order to survive and then buy back the products that we produce? How can we go about destroying it?
Work Will Make You Free*
By Anonymous
"Musings of a anti-work anarchist stuck in a pro-work union." The news that a baby is on the way sends a working class anti-work/anti-civilization anarchist into a carpentry union. His experiences both back up and create tensions with his (anti)politics. Also includes various rants about civilization, capitalism, work and direct action.
Strategy, Praxis, and Tactics:
*Highly recommended!
A Project of Liberation*
By the Insurrectionary Anarchists of the Coast Salish Territory
Some thoughts and conceptions of how anarchists can act and resist against the forces of capital and the state.
Anarchist Organization and the Insurrectional Project*
By Various
A collection of insurrectionary texts from various individuals. A wonderful introduction into insurrectionary anarchist ideas.
Autonomous Self-Organization and Anarchist Intervention: A Tension in Practice*
By Wolfi Landstreicher
"A revolution capable of destroying all domination and exploitation will have to be based on the self-organized struggle of those who suffer domination and exploitation." Very highly recommended.
Blocs and Tactical Evolution*
A look at "black blocs" and other forms of collective action that aim at attacking the social order.
Down with the Empire, Up with the Spring!*
By Do or Die
One of the most inspiring and interesting proposals for how to go about creating social change and revolution in modern times. Comes from both a revolutionary, class struggle, green anarchist, and insurrectionary approach. We highly recommended that you get this!
Give Up Activism*
By Various
A selection of essays that critique the specialized role and single issue nature of "activism." Highly recommended.
How to Fire Your Boss: A Worker's Guide to Direct Action*
By Various
Some common sense ideas and tactics for getting what you want while on the job. Wildcat strikes, sabotage, etc...Make your boss pay!
The Question of Organization: A Recent Analysis
Argues for 'informal' as opposed to 'formal' organization for revolutionary struggle.
Radical History of Events and Movements
*Highly recommended!
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance*
Highly recommended. A crash course look at indigenous resistance to colonization, genocide, and occupation - then and now. From Columbus to the Zapatistas.
A Commune in Chiapas?: Mexico and the Zapatista Rebellion*
By Aufheben
A critical, yet in depth look at the rebellion of the 1st and 2nd waves of Zapatismo and it's struggle against racism, neo-liberalism, the PRI, and the military. A must read for anyone interested in the Zapatistas, the EZLN, or indigenous struggles in Mexico.
Bash the Fash: Anti-Fascist Recollections 1984-93*
By K. Bullstreet
A look at the militant UK movement against organized racism and fascism. Highly entertaining and action packed!
Behind the 21st Century Intifada
By Aufheben
From a class struggle perspective, the history of the occupation of Palestine is laid out. Very in depth!
Black Fighting Formations*
By Russell "Maroon" Shoatz
A look at various revolutionary groups of blacks in the US who have fought against oppression and racist terror. A great introduction into the groups that emerged out of the civil rights movement and fought through armed struggle for liberation.
Big Easy, Small Window*
Edited by 1,000 Emotions
An insurrectionary look at the situation in New Orleans and looks at the ways in which the people broke in many ways with the government and money/private property. Includes some ideas on how people should respond to disasters like this in the future.
Class Struggle in the Gulf War*
Edited by www.prole..
Accounts and analysis of the first gulf war and the various proletarian insurrections that surrounded it. The exploited of Iraq fought largely not for Saddam but for their own interests...
!Fuera Ulises!*
By Ana Nimo
A "graphic interpretation of the events in Oaxaca from an antiauthoritarian perspective." About the recent riots and uprisings in Oaxaca Mexico.
How Fast it All Blows Up*
By 1,000 Emotions Press
A look at the riots and uprisings in Cincinnati in the wake of police killings of young black men. Includes various essays.
Industrial Domestication
From Fifth Estate
A short introduction into the modern industrial production system and how poor people were moved from semi-communal lives in rural settings, to non-stop production and oppression into urban industrial ones.
Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973*
A look at an underground abortion clinic that existed in Chicago before the passing of Roe vs. Wade.
No State Solution: A Jewish Anarchist Perspective on the Isreal-Palestine Conflict
By Shearith Korakh Series - Alef
An anarchist call for a non-statist solution to the nationalist and statist conflict in Palestine.
No, We Can't All Just Get Along*
Edited by the Institute for Experimental Freedom
One look at the rebellion in Los Angles from a non-anarchist, but highly radical perspective. Selections taken from the book, "Can't Stop Won't Stop."
Race Treason Behind Prison Walls*
By 1,000 Emotions Press
Details various prison uprisings and how the breaking up of racism lead to greater revolt.
The Eclipse and Reemergence of the Communist Movement
Edited by www.prole..
Both a critique of Marxist-Leninism as well as a look at "real" communist currents in not so distant times (that were against the state and capital).
The Rebellion in Los Angles: The Context of a Proletarian Uprising*
By Aufheben
A look at the uprising and Los Angles. Destroys the myth that it was a "race riot" and explains that it was a full scale working class uprising.
Vietnam: Mutinies*
Edited by www.prole..
A look at the various organized and informal resistance movements that appeared in the late 60's and early 70's against the Vietnam war that came from the soldiers themselves.
School Work and Students
*Highly recommended.
Toward the Destruction of Schooling*
By Jan D. Matthews
A historical look at schooling as a vehicle for social control - and a call for it's destruction.
School Work and the Struggle Against It
By Harry Cleaver
A critique of student work from a autonomist marxist (non-Leninist) perspective. Also critiques the work culture of professors and universities and schools themselves. Goes over brief struggles against them.
Prisons, Prisoners, and Prison Abolition:
*Highly recommended!
Attacking Prisons at the Point of Production*
Edited by Green Anarchy
A look at how revolutionaries have attacked prisons as centers of social control.
The Expansion of the Amerikan Prison Cell*
By Peter Gelderloos
An in depth look at what the 'prison industrial complex' is, how it is based on systematic racism, what life is like inside prison, and how the prison complex benefit from near slave like conditions with in. All from an anarchist standpoint and with some ideas about how to go about destroying all prisons. Very highly recommended.
The New Plantation*
By Bill Dunne
A look at the prison industrial complex - and how prisons are the new economic powerhouse of exploitable labor.
Prisons and Their Moral Influence On Prisoners
By Peter Kropotkin
Prisons are breeding grounds for more crime because crime is caused by class society and poverty. The first goal of any revolution is to destroy all prisons.
Anarchist Publications:
A Murder of Crows
Issue 2
Analysis, critique, information, and venom against the ruling social order and communities around the world who are resisting it. Highly recommended! Great for seeing what's going on in the world from a insurrectionary anarchist perspective.
$2
Rolling Thunder
Various Issues
A fantastically designed (lots of color!) anarchist journal published twice a year. Goes over various projects, uprisings, and inspiring tales from across the world. Easy to read.
$4
Green Anarchy
!Sold Out!
The large green anarchist journal that is published twice a year from Eugene Oregon. Full of news, reviews, opinion, and devastating critique. In depth and highly intelligent.
$3
Earth First! Journal
Nov-Dec, Jan-Fed Issues
The "radical environmental journal" from an direct action ecological anarchist standpoint. Covers ecological direct action campaigns and more. Now is newspaper format.
$2
Books!
A Crime Called Freedom
By Eberhardt Press
Details the outlaw crimes of a group of French insurrectionaries who sabotaged and took action against the prison industry. Learn more about the book at: www.eberhardtpress.org/catalog/crimecalledfreedom.php
$5
Days of War, Nights of Love
By Crimethinc
Crimethinc's first major work. An introduction into anarchist ideas in easy to understand language. Learn more about the book at: www.crimethinc.com/books/days.html
$7
Expect Resistance
By Crimethinc
The follow up to Days of War, Nights of Love. More anarchist tales and essays of resistance and revolution to make the heart beat faster. Learn more about the book at: www.crimethinc.com/books/er.html
$7
Espanol
Anarchismo: Una Introducion
By Anarchist Action
A short introduction into anarchism, a critique of the current capitalist order, and some ideas about taking it down. Comes from a class struggle and insurrectionary perspective. Includes text in both Spanish and in English.
La Paz es Patriotica: Y Eso es el Problema - Una Perspectiva Anarquista
A Spanish translation of "Peace is Patriotic, and That's the Problem".
Modesto Anarcho:
Issues 1-6. Covers current events, news, analysis, action, repression, and goings on in the Central Valley area from an insurrectionary anarchist perspective. Either $2 each or for orders of over 10, just $1 each. Free with every order.
