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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sonia Hernández paints a vivid and heroic mural of Mexican labor activists in and around industrial Tampico during the early twentieth century in her latest book, For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938. . . . A richly woven and important labor study." --Journal of American Ethnic History "For a Just and Better World is a well-written and detail-rich narrative with a robust theoretical framework and creative analysis of a complex world. . . Sonia Hernández provides a much-needed map for readers to find both the women and the engendered anarchism integral in this story of a collective quest for a just and better world." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly "Sonia Hernández's new book is an engaging story that unites a traditional focus on anarchist labor initiatives with a study of the roles that women anarchists played in the gendered and transnational politics stretching from the Gulf of Mexico and northward toward the Mexican-US border from before the Mexican Revolution to the end of the Lázaro Cárdenas era." --Hispanic American Historical Review Table of ContentsCoverTItleCopyrightContentsList of IlustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TerminologyAbbreviations Used in the TextTimelineIntroduction: Reenvisioning Mexican(a) Labor History across Borders1. The Circulation of Radical Ideologies, Early Transnational Collaboration, and Crafting a Women's Agenda2. Gendering Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalist Organizations: “Compañeras en la Lucha” and “Women of3. Feminismos Transfronterizos in Caritina Piña’s Labor Network4. The Language of Motherhood in Radical Labor Activism5. “Leave the Unions to the Men”: Anarchist Expressions and (En)Gendering Political Repression in the Midst of State-Sanctioned Socialism6. A Last Stand for Anarcho-Feminists in the Post-1920 Period7. Finding Closure: Legacies of Anarcho-Feminism in the Mexican BorderlandsNotesBibliographyIndexBack cover

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Book SynopsisAgrarian radicalism''s challenge to capitalism played a central role in working-class ideology while making third parties and protest movements a potent force in politics. Thomas Alter II follows three generations of German immigrants in Texas to examine the evolution of agrarian radicalism and the American and transnational ideas that influenced it. Otto Meitzen left Prussia for Texas in the wake of the failed 1848 Revolution. His son and grandson took part in decades-long activism with organizations from the Greenback Labor Party and the Grange to the Populist movement and Texas Socialist Party. As Alter tells their stories, he analyzes the southern wing of the era''s farmer-labor bloc and the parallel history of African American political struggle in Texas. Alliances with Mexican revolutionaries, Irish militants, and others shaped an international legacy of working-class radicalism that moved U.S. politics to the left. That legacy, in turn, pushed forward economic reform during the Trade Review"A fountain of information. . . Alter does an excellent job of showing the persistence of the agrarian radical impulse." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly"Alter's Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth is a highly readable, extensively researched contribution to our understanding of Southwestern radicalism. Both seasoned scholars and beginning students will benefit." --Western Historical Quarterly"Masterful. . . . Alter’s clear writing and well-argued analysis provides students of the Texas Socialist movement a newly congruent foundation. To repeat, this is the book to read first." --Kyle Wilkinson, Labor Online"Alter's careful attention to Socialists in Texas provides an excellent case study of the numerous forces that affect political agendas. He convincingly demonstrates that revolutions beyond the borders of the United States directly shaped the course of radical platforms in Texas, and he shows how even these radicals could not fully escape the grasp of white supremacy." --Journal of Southern History"In this thoroughly researched and clearly written study of radical politics and ideas, historian Thomas Alter II argues that German transplants to rural Texas contributed to building a farmer-labor bloc that significantly shaped American politics from Reconstruction to the 1920s." --Pacific Historical Review"In Towards a Cooperative Commonwealth, Alter provides a powerful example of how history can converse with the present. . . . His work deftly and naturally provides historical perspective into contemporary issues, clearly demonstrating that a certain degree of presentism within the profession is not only possible but often necessary. . . . Alter's work is an exceptional example of both quality scholarship and the role historians can and should have in the world today." --Journal of Arizona History"The Meitzens -- and Alter's book -- are too important for scholars of labor and American political radicalism to ignore. Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth should further appeal to a broader audience of scholars of immigration and transnational history, while lay readers will find it a rich and rewarding experience." --Journal of the Gilded Age"This engaging study moves easily from family history to broad movements for justice. It shows farmer-labor alliances as a persistent, important presence from Silesia to Texas. Alter tells a fascinating story of how solidarity with Mexican revolutionaries challenged white supremacy across borders."--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History "Alter narrates the rise and fall of an agrarian radical movement in Texas that brought unlikely partners together, albeit temporarily. German origin families such as the Meitzens collaborated with African Americans and Mexican Americans to create a commonwealth based on mutual benefits and centered on land, until reactionary forces in Texas and beyond quashed the movement. Alter's account shows the crucial role of land in the history of class struggle and class alliances."--Sonia Hernández, author of For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900–1938Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 What Was Lost in Germany Might, in Texas, Be Won 132 Inheritors of the Revolution 453 Populist Revolt 754 The Battle for Socialism in Texas, 1900–1911 1075 Tierra y Libertad 1356 From the Cooperative Commonwealth to the Invisible Empire 171Conclusion: Descent into New Deal Liberalism 205Notes 219Bibliography 251Index 265Alter_

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Book SynopsisJewish anarchism has long been marginalized in histories of anarchist thought and action. Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer edit a collection of essays which recovers many aspects of this erased tradition. Contributors bring to light the presence and persistence of Jewish anarchism throughout histories of radical labor, women's studies, political theory, multilingual literature, and ethnic studies. These essays reveal an ongoing engagement with non-Jewish radical cultures, including the translation practices of the Jewish anarchist press. Jewish anarchists drew from a matrix of secular, cultural, and religious influences, inventing new anarchist forms that ranged from mystical individualism to militantly atheist revolutionary cells. With Freedom in Our Ears brings together more than a dozen scholars and translators to write the first collaborative history of international, multilingual, and transdisciplinary Jewish anarchism.Trade Review“This volume vividly recaptures the lost world of Jewish anarchism, tracing its political imaginaries as well as the social structures and practices that it built. Spanning multiple continents and centuries, it offers a new way of approaching the Jewish radical experience in the past--and potentially rethinking its possibilities in the present.”--Faith C. Hillis, author of Utopia's Discontents: Russian Émigrés and the Quest for Freedom, 1830s–1930s“This is the first book of its kind in English and each contribution is original and important. Not only does the collection add to the quantity of studies, it steers research on the subject in new directions. Traditionally, anarchism’s connections to religious thought have been ignored, the presumption being they have nothing to do with one another. These authors show otherwise.”--Tony Michels, author of Jewish Radicals: A Documentary HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction. Freedom’s Fullness: An Introduction to Jewish Anarchisms Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer Chapter 1. Johann Most and Yiddish Anarchism, 1876-1906 Tom Goyens Chapter 2. Political Satire in the Yiddish Anarchist Press, 1890-1918 Binyamin Hunyadi Chapter 3. Jewish Anarchist Temporalities Samuel Hayim Brody Chapter 4. The Debate on Expropriations in Early Twentieth-Century Russian Anarchism Inna Shtakser Chapter 5. Translation, Politics, Pragmatism, and the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn Chapter 6. Jews and North American Anarcho-Syndicalism: The Jewish Leadership of the Union of Russian Workers Mark Grueter Chapter 7. The Storm of Revolution: The Fraye Arbeter Shtime Reports on the Russian Revolution of 1905 Renny Hahamovitch Chapter 8. Divine Fire: Alfred Stieglitz’s Anarchism Allan Antliff Chapter 9. In the Jewish Tower: Prison Stories by a Forgotten Anarchist Ania Aizman Chapter 10. Jewish-American Anarchist Women, 1920-1950: The Politics of Sexuality Elaine Leeder Conclusion. The Past and Futures of Jewish Anarchist History Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With its chapters on labor, class, gender, culture, and prefigurative politics, this is a cutting-edge synthesis that shows how anarchism survived from the 1880s to the present in New York City--one of the central nodes in global anarchist networks."--Kirwin Shaffer, coeditor of In Defiance of Boundaries: Anarchism in Latin American History "This volume will be essential reading to anyone interested in American anarchist history....In addition to the essays' overall high quality, the book's (well-organized!) footnotes provide useful fodder for future research." --The Journal of American History "Overall, the collection makes a good contribution to the study of radicalism. It breaks new historiographical ground and it is well written and cohesive. It is suitable for an undergraduate or graduate class on American social movements or anarchism." --Journal for the Study of Radicalism "An inspiring collection that brings together the eclectic, transnational, multiethnic, and resilient histories of anarchist activism in one of the great hubs of the movement—New York City. Tracing the long arc of this movement from its immigrant and working-class roots to the Occupy movement, this is a must-read for everyone interested in the history and evolution of radical social movements."—Jennifer Guglielmo, author of Living the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945"Radical Gotham is a timely and helpful investigation of New York City as an incubator for American misfits--immigrants, pacifists, and artists--and their evolving plans for a freer and more just world." --Journal of Social History"Radical Gotham does an excellent job contesting popular conceptions of a radical break in anarchist history by documenting how these later movements were profoundly influenced by the practices and theories of their early immigrant comrades."--Lateral

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Book SynopsisIn the 1930s, anarchists and socialists among Spanish immigrants living in the United States created Espana Libre (Free Spain) as a response to the Nationalist takeover in their homeland. Worker-oriented and avowedly antifascist, the grassroots periodical raised money for refugees and political prisoners while advancing left-wing culture and politics. Espana Libre proved both visionary and durable, charting an alternate path toward a modern Spain and enduring until democracy's return to the country in 1977. Montse Feu merges Espana Libre's story with the drama of the Spanish immigrant community's fight against fascism. The periodical emerged as part of a transnational effort to link migrants and new exiles living in the United States to antifascist networks abroad. In addition to showing how workers' culture and politics shaped their antifascism, Feu brings to light creative works that ranged from literature to satire to cartoons to theater. As Espana Libre opened up radical practices,Trade Review"Fighting Fascist Spain elucidates the courage, creativity, and endurance necessary to keep this publication, its community, and its cause alive through decades of setbacks for antifascist Spanish exiles, both in their adopted homes in the United States and in Spain. . . . Feu's book reanimates a unique, print-based approach to resisting fascism and promoting democracy during that period while providing lessons that inform our understanding of the relationship between media, democracy, and resistance today." --American Periodicals”In this groundbreaking book, Montse Feu brings together a story of immigrants, print media, and transnational solidarity. Through meticulous archival research, Feu is able to craft a fascinating interwoven history about grassroots activism, anti-fascist organizing, and the global circulation of radical media from the perspective of Spanish immigrants in the United States. The book is also an important contribution to the bourgeoning scholarship on the Spanish Civil War’s impact across the Americas.”—Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo, Dartmouth College”An important, deeply researched, and well-written book. Feu has given us the definitive work on Spanish Civil War exiles in the United States.”—Kenyon Zimmer, author of Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America”Montse Feu has produced a detailed and comprehensive history of the most important newspaper and its network of artists, intellectuals and common folk who worked together for some four decades to combat fascism in Franco's Spain. After more than ten years of exhaustive research, Feu has successfully brought to light this important chapter in the making of the US Latino community and its transnational impact. Taking the combative periodical España Libre as the axis around which community organizations in New York coalesced and found common cause, Feu identifies all of the major actors and their ideologies, with particular attention to the role that anarchism played in educating and inspiring workers. This is a book that will stand the test of time, as well as inspire many more years of research on such themes as Hispanic immigrants and exiles in the United States and their relationship to politics in their homeland(s), relationships and networks of the various Hispanic nationality groups in building a shared identity, gender roles among Hispanic intellectuals and community organizations, art and politics, and above all, the role of print culture in the development of these themes.”—Nicolás Kanellos, author of Hispanic Immigrant Literature: El Sueño del Retorno"The life-long determination of the activists around Espana Libre reveals how the efforts of even a relatively small group can impact upon the attention and discourse of the larger society -- nationally and globally. Never fully acknowledged until now, Feu notes that the cause of democracy in both Spain and America owes much to the dedication of those anti-fascists who fought for justice and freedom, and left a legacy for the future." --Anarcho-Syndicalist Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sonia Hernández paints a vivid and heroic mural of Mexican labor activists in and around industrial Tampico during the early twentieth century in her latest book, For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938. . . . A richly woven and important labor study." --Journal of American Ethnic History"For a Just and Better World is a well-written and detail-rich narrative with a robust theoretical framework and creative analysis of a complex world. . . Sonia Hernández provides a much-needed map for readers to find both the women and the engendered anarchism integral in this story of a collective quest for a just and better world." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly "Sonia Hernández's new book is an engaging story that unites a traditional focus on anarchist labor initiatives with a study of the roles that women anarchists played in the gendered and transnational politics stretching from the Gulf of Mexico and northward toward the Mexican-US border from before the Mexican Revolution to the end of the Lázaro Cárdenas era." --Hispanic American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisAgrarian radicalism''s challenge to capitalism played a central role in working-class ideology while making third parties and protest movements a potent force in politics. Thomas Alter II follows three generations of German immigrants in Texas to examine the evolution of agrarian radicalism and the American and transnational ideas that influenced it. Otto Meitzen left Prussia for Texas in the wake of the failed 1848 Revolution. His son and grandson took part in decades-long activism with organizations from the Greenback Labor Party and the Grange to the Populist movement and Texas Socialist Party. As Alter tells their stories, he analyzes the southern wing of the era''s farmer-labor bloc and the parallel history of African American political struggle in Texas. Alliances with Mexican revolutionaries, Irish militants, and others shaped an international legacy of working-class radicalism that moved U.S. politics to the left. That legacy, in turn, pushed forward economic reform during the Trade Review"A fountain of information. . . Alter does an excellent job of showing the persistence of the agrarian radical impulse." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly"Alter's Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth is a highly readable, extensively researched contribution to our understanding of Southwestern radicalism. Both seasoned scholars and beginning students will benefit." --Western Historical Quarterly"Masterful. . . . Alter’s clear writing and well-argued analysis provides students of the Texas Socialist movement a newly congruent foundation. To repeat, this is the book to read first." --Kyle Wilkinson, Labor Online"Alter's careful attention to Socialists in Texas provides an excellent case study of the numerous forces that affect political agendas. He convincingly demonstrates that revolutions beyond the borders of the United States directly shaped the course of radical platforms in Texas, and he shows how even these radicals could not fully escape the grasp of white supremacy." --Journal of Southern History"In this thoroughly researched and clearly written study of radical politics and ideas, historian Thomas Alter II argues that German transplants to rural Texas contributed to building a farmer-labor bloc that significantly shaped American politics from Reconstruction to the 1920s." --Pacific Historical Review"In Towards a Cooperative Commonwealth, Alter provides a powerful example of how history can converse with the present. . . . His work deftly and naturally provides historical perspective into contemporary issues, clearly demonstrating that a certain degree of presentism within the profession is not only possible but often necessary. . . . Alter's work is an exceptional example of both quality scholarship and the role historians can and should have in the world today." --Journal of Arizona History"The Meitzens -- and Alter's book -- are too important for scholars of labor and American political radicalism to ignore. Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth should further appeal to a broader audience of scholars of immigration and transnational history, while lay readers will find it a rich and rewarding experience." --Journal of the Gilded Age"This engaging study moves easily from family history to broad movements for justice. It shows farmer-labor alliances as a persistent, important presence from Silesia to Texas. Alter tells a fascinating story of how solidarity with Mexican revolutionaries challenged white supremacy across borders."--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History "Alter narrates the rise and fall of an agrarian radical movement in Texas that brought unlikely partners together, albeit temporarily. German origin families such as the Meitzens collaborated with African Americans and Mexican Americans to create a commonwealth based on mutual benefits and centered on land, until reactionary forces in Texas and beyond quashed the movement. Alter's account shows the crucial role of land in the history of class struggle and class alliances."--Sonia Hernández, author of For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900–1938Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 What Was Lost in Germany Might, in Texas, Be Won 132 Inheritors of the Revolution 453 Populist Revolt 754 The Battle for Socialism in Texas, 1900–1911 1075 Tierra y Libertad 1356 From the Cooperative Commonwealth to the Invisible Empire 171Conclusion: Descent into New Deal Liberalism 205Notes 219Bibliography 251Index 265Alter_

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This volume vividly recaptures the lost world of Jewish anarchism, tracing its political imaginaries as well as the social structures and practices that it built. Spanning multiple continents and centuries, it offers a new way of approaching the Jewish radical experience in the past--and potentially rethinking its possibilities in the present.”--Faith C. Hillis, author of Utopia's Discontents: Russian Émigrés and the Quest for Freedom, 1830s–1930s“This is the first book of its kind in English and each contribution is original and important. Not only does the collection add to the quantity of studies, it steers research on the subject in new directions. Traditionally, anarchism’s connections to religious thought have been ignored, the presumption being they have nothing to do with one another. These authors show otherwise.”--Tony Michels, author of Jewish Radicals: A Documentary HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction. Freedom’s Fullness: An Introduction to Jewish Anarchisms Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer Chapter 1. Johann Most and Yiddish Anarchism, 1876-1906 Tom Goyens Chapter 2. Political Satire in the Yiddish Anarchist Press, 1890-1918 Binyamin Hunyadi Chapter 3. Jewish Anarchist Temporalities Samuel Hayim Brody Chapter 4. The Debate on Expropriations in Early Twentieth-Century Russian Anarchism Inna Shtakser Chapter 5. Translation, Politics, Pragmatism, and the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn Chapter 6. Jews and North American Anarcho-Syndicalism: The Jewish Leadership of the Union of Russian Workers Mark Grueter Chapter 7. The Storm of Revolution: The Fraye Arbeter Shtime Reports on the Russian Revolution of 1905 Renny Hahamovitch Chapter 8. Divine Fire: Alfred Stieglitz’s Anarchism Allan Antliff Chapter 9. In the Jewish Tower: Prison Stories by a Forgotten Anarchist Ania Aizman Chapter 10. Jewish-American Anarchist Women, 1920-1950: The Politics of Sexuality Elaine Leeder Conclusion. The Past and Futures of Jewish Anarchist History Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRazsa's affirmative ethnography is by no means naive or uncritical, but rather exhibits a kind of intellectual generosity and political honesty that makes it a timely, persuasive and welcome addition to anthropology of anarchism. It is also great proof that good things still emerge out of long-term ethnographic engagement with a particular historical-geographic space. * PoLAR *Bastards of Utopia makes an excellent contribution to the study of political activism and the social movements that have left an imprint on local and international politics around the world—from the antiglobalization demonstrations of the turn of the century to the so-called Color Revolutions, Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street. * American Anthropologist *The book's cast of characters proves outspoken and sometimes violent, willing to don gas masks and wield Molotov cocktails during standoffs with authorities. In this manner, Razsa brings a personal note to his academic treatment of politics, protest, transnational movements, and globalization . . . This book will prove a boon to anyone interested in understanding the diverse world of contemporary protest, as variously made manifest in the Occupy Movement, the Arab Spring, and Ferguson. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Grassroots Globalization in National Soil2. Uncivil Society: NGOs, the Invasion of Iraq, and the Limits of Polite Protest3. "Feeling the State on Your Own Skin": Direct Confrontation and the Production of Militant Subjects4. "Struggling For What Is Not Yet": The Right to the City in Zagreb5. The Occupy Movement: Direct Democracy and a Politics of BecomingConclusion: From Critique to Affirmation

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Book SynopsisExamines the lives of Andalusian campesinos, rural workers and peasants, who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements.Trade Review" ... It is no exaggeration to qualify this work as a significant new contribution to the historiography of Spanish anarchism and also to the social history of the Andalusian peasantry. A more effective prosecution of oral history is rarely to be found." Stanley G. Payne, Journal of Modern History " ... a brilliant and moving combination of conventional research and oral history." Raymond Carr, New York Review of Books "Mintz convincingly demolishes both liberal and Marxist myths about the Spanish anarchists, and compellingly depicts their real world in a classic revolutionary historiography." Nicholas Walter, New Statesman "This is an extraordinarily affecting and profound account of the anarchist movement in Spain, from the perspective of the ordinary women and men who constituted its core and whose lives were roiled by its turbulence. As a demonstration of how anthropologists can understand the grand events of history as forms of experience that resonate in everyday life for long decades after they occur, this book has become a historical milestone in its own right." Michael Herzfeld "For its intelligence and humanitarian achievements, for its political honesty, for its power and its beauty (there is no other word), this book deserves to be called a masterpiece." David D. Gilmore, American EthnologistTable of ContentsForeword to the new edition by James W. FernandezPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart OneOne The Beginning of the Anarchist Sindicato in Casas Viejas, 1914Two Social ClassThree CampesinosFour The Church in Casas ViejasFive The Centro is OrganizedSix Free LoveSeven The End of the Workers' CentroEight The Death of José OlmoPart TwoNine In the Time of the RepublicTen The Split within AnarchosyndicalismEleven The Year 1932Twelve InsurrectionThirteen The Uprising at Casas ViejasFourteen The Government and the PressFifteen Responsibility and PunishmentPart ThreeSixteen AftermathGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A beautifully written account of Milwaukee a century ago, as well as a fair appraisal of the political passions of those times in the light of recent research. Strang approaches his subject with the skill of a sympathetic storyteller.”—Shepherd Express“Strang paints a convincing and critical picture of the events in question, illuminating this moment in American history and justice. . . . Bound to be of interest to scholars and hobbyists alike.”—Publishers Weekly“Dean A. Strang’s fascinating book excavates a conspiracy trial in Milwaukee back in 1917 that sheds crucial insights into the failings of our legal system and the hazards of succumbing to mass hysteria against immigrants and alleged terrorists. The book provides urgent lessons for us all. And along the way, the author provides vivid portraits of Clarence Darrow and Emma Goldman.”—Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive“In engaging prose and with a terrific eye for detail, Dean A. Strang gives us the full story of a fascinating—and almost forgotten—moment of conflict from Milwaukee’s past. His book explores debates over civil liberties and terrorism, immigration and radicalism as they were lived and fought over a century ago.”—Beverly Gage, author of The Day Wall Street Exploded“Vividly depicts [Clarence Darrow’s] strengths and foibles. The reader truly understands why Darrow’s involvement in the Milwaukee bombing defendants’ appeal arrived at a pivotal period.”—New Republic“No one asked for this story. It simply begged to be told. . . . Strang’s impulse to tell a representative, rather than a unique, story has a chilling power he could not have anticipated.”—Partisan“A riveting account of a miscarriage of justice relevant to our times, when fear of radicals of a different stripe may infect our system of justice.”—Booklist

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Book SynopsisTells the story of a modern radical who took seriously the idea that inner liberation is the first business of social revolution. This title draws an intimate and insightful portrait of a woman of heroic proportions whose performance on the stage of history did what Tolstoy said a work of art should do: it made people love life more.Trade Review"Arresting . . . Gornick sees Goldman's lifelong commitment to anarchism as doing 'what Tolstoy said a work of art should do: It made people love life more'; this generous book does the same."—New Yorker * New Yorker *"[An] elegant portrait."—Russell Baker, New York Review of Books -- Russell Baker * New York Review of Books *"An intense, engrossing essay written with an allusive, sinuous style."—Fred Siegel, Wall Street Journal -- Fred Siegel * Wall Street Journal *“[A] fascinating biography…Gornick weaves it together in an accessible and engaging way…a timely and valuable contribution.”—Jennifer Lipman, Jewish Chronicle -- Jennifer Lipman * Jewish Chronicle *Finalist for the 2011 National Jewish Book Award in the Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir category, as given by the Jewish Book Council. -- National Jewish Book Award * Jewish Book Council *Honorable Mention in the Biography/Autobiography category at the Los Angeles Book Festival. -- Biography/Autobiography Honorable Mention * Los Angeles Book Festival *Finalist for the 2012 Book of the Year in the Biography category, as awarded by ForeWord Magazine. -- Book of the Year Bronze Winner * ForeWord Magazine *“Vivian Gornick has a gripping new entry in Yale’s Jewish Lives series...She has breathed new life into one of the liveliest figures of modern history—not a rebel without a cause but a rebel with many causes.”—David Shribman, Boston Globe -- David Shribman * Boston Globe *“Emma Goldman’s life is a biographer’s dream, with walk-on parts for many of the great figures of 20th-century history, from Lenin to Freud, and an astounding trajectory from poverty in Lithuania to America’s most famous anarchist.”—The Sunday Telegraph * The Sunday Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisColin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy is the first full account of Ward's life and work. Drawing on unseen archival sources, as well as oral interviews, it excavates the worlds and words of his anarchist thought, illuminating his methods and charting the legacies of his enduring influence.Colin Ward (19242010) was the most prominent British writer on anarchism in the 20th century. As a radical journalist, later author, he applied his distinctive anarchist principles to all aspects of community life including the built environment, education, and public policy. His thought was subtle, universal in aspiration, international in implication, but, at the same time, deeply rooted in the local and the everyday. Underlying the breadth of his interests was one simple principle: freedom was always a social activity.This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and general readers with an interest in anarchism, social movements, and the history of radical ideTable of ContentsIntroduction, 1. The Forward View, 2. Sapper Ward, 3. The Freedom Press Anarchists 1936–1945, 4. Building and People, 5. The Social Principle, 6. Domestic Anarchy, 7. Autonomy, 8. A Journal of Anarchist Ideas, 9. Liberal Studies, 10. The Drone’s Tale, 11. Ramshackle Independence, 12. Categorically Ward Afterword: The Everyday Anarchist

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Book Synopsis12 essays by the influential radical include "Marriage and Love," "The Hypocrisy of Puritanism," "The Traffic in Women," Anarchism," and "The Psychology of Political Violence."

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Book SynopsisFar from fading away, anarchists dealt with major events such as the rise of Communism, the New Deal, atomic warfare, the black freedom struggle, and a succession of artistic avant-gardes. This book traces US anarchism as it evolved from the creed of poor immigrants militantly opposed to capitalism early in the twentieth century.Trade Review"Points to a growing interest in the study of American anarchist history for readers of political and social history." -- Jessica Moran Library Journal "No matter how one feels about it, the current state of anarchism has represented something of a mystery: What was once a mass movement based mainly in working class immigrant communities is now an archipelago of subcultural scenes inhabited largely by disaffected young people from the white middle class. Andrew Cornell's Unruly Equality: U.S. Anarchism in the Twentieth Century supplies the first convincing account of that transition... Cornell's analysis serves as a much-needed check against the kinds of fairy tales that anarchists too often tell themselves about themselves. With its historical backing and its determined even-handedness, Unruly Equality simultaneously delivers a well-researched account of the 'transformation of the economic Left into the cultural Left' and offers an honest and nonsectarian assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each... Unruly Equality makes a real contribution to the history of American anarchism and may - if it is widely read and carefully considered - make a contribution to anarchism's future as well." -- Kristian Williams Toward Freedom "Andrew Cornell's Unruly Equality: U.S. Anarchism in the Twentieth Century comes as a precious gift. It is a sweeping, enthralling history of anarchism's march-really, more of a shuffle-across the mid-twentieth century in the United States. Throughout eight chapters and 300 pages of storytelling and analysis-all backed by another 70 pages of notes-Cornell explicitly attempts to demystify how the classical anarchism of Bakunin and Kropotkin morphed into the contemporary anarchisms we now know-from today's class strugglers and insurrectionists, to the anarcho-primitivists, and especially to the more intersectional anti-authoritarian current." -- Jeremy Louzao Institute for Anarchist Studies "Cornell's book is a perfect fit for a broad array of social and political leaders and thinkers, from young activists who grew up scrawling anarchy symbols on their lockers, to academics who study the means and motives of social change." -- Melissa Wuske Foreword "Unruly Equality makes a real contribution to the history of American anarchism... Cornell's book is... strong on the facts... [and] tells a forgotten story." Transcend Media Service The book is scholarly and highly readable... Highly recommended." -- T.S. Martin ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction PART I THE DECLINE OF CLASSICAL ANARCHISM 1. Anarchist Apogee, 1916 2. The Red and Black Scare, 1917-1924 3. A Movement of Emergency, of Defense, 1920-1929 4. The Unpopular Front, 1930-1939 PART II THE RISE OF CONTEMPORARY ANARCHISM 5. Anarchism and Revolutionary Nonviolence, 1940-1948 6. Anarchism and the Avant-Garde, 1942-1956 7. Anarchism and the Black Freedom Struggle, 1955-1964 8. New Left and Countercultural Anarchism, 1960-1972 Conclusion Epilogue: From the 1970s to Occupy Wall Street Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA manifesto for anarchism, written during the Spanish Civil War. With an introduction by Noam Chomsky.Trade Review'With a preface by Noam Chomsky, and a fascinating introduction by veteran British anarchist Nicolas Walker, this is a timely reissuing of Rudof Rocker's classic statement of anarchist principles, values and methods' -- SpectreTable of ContentsPreface - Noam Chomsky Introduction - Nicolas Walter 1. Anarchism 2. The Proletariat and the Beginning of the Modern Labour Movement 3. The Forerunners of Syndicalism 4. The Objectives of Anarcho-Syndicalsim 5. The Methods of Anarcho-Syndicalism 6. The Evolution of Anarcho-Syndicalism Bibliography Epilogue

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Book SynopsisRescuing Kropotkin's anarchist philosophy from the neglect and misrepresentation it has suffered.Trade Review'I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a lively introduction to the man's writing and its implications' -- John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, UCLA'A deeply intellectual, yet readable account of Kropotkin's life and thought, set in the context of a stellar account of the development of scientific anarchism. Essential for all critical thinkers and political activists desperately in need of a dose of optimism in these sorry times' -- Richard Peet, Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University'An excellent contribution to this 'anarchist Renaissance' and should be read and referenced by all those who hope to heed the call to revolutionary praxis' -- LSE Review of Books'[A] wonderful introduction to Kropotkin’s thought' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of Books'An excellent introduction to Kropotkin’s life and theory' -- Science & SocietyTable of Contents1. Anarchism Before Kropotkin 2. Kropotkin: The Education of an Anarchist 3. Kropotkin and the Legitimization of Anarchism 4. 'Scientific Anarchism’ and Evolutionary Theory: Towards an Ontology of Anarchist Ethics and Altruism 5. Kropotkin’s Anarchism and the Nineteenth-Century Geographical Imagination: Towards an Anarchist Political Geography Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA nuanced and highly original anarchistic interpretation of Islam, and Islamic interpretation of anarchismTrade Review'This is one of the fiercest books I've ever read. It is a call to action. It is conceptually rich and gives us new methodological tools for thinking theory and politics together. It is unrelenting in its critique of liberal assimilationist tendencies in diasporic and BIPOC knowledge production and movement organizing. Abdou is a truth-teller of the highest order. Drawing together disparate geographies and thought into a dazzling web of interconnectedness and dialogue, Islam and Anarchism proffers a kaleidoscopic vision of what could be otherwise' -- Jasbir K. Puar, author of 'Terrorist Assemblages' and 'The Right to Maim''A passionate plea for a spiritual decolonial movement. Mohamed Abdou advances a vision of Islam that is abolitionist at its core, reminding us that Islam has been and can still be a religion of the oppressed, one that is anti-capitalist, egalitarian, anti-ableist, anti-patriarchal, queer feminist and for Muslims and non-Muslims alike' -- Sherene H. Razack, Distinguished Professor and Penny Kanner Endowed Chair, Gender Studies, UCLA'An uncompromising queer-feminist vision of decolonial, abolitionist, and anti-capitalist praxis that is keyed to the pluralistic traditions of Islamic spirituality and anarchic thought' -- Iyko Day, Elizabeth C. Small Associate Professor of English and Critical Social Thought at Mount Holyoke College, MassachusettsTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration and Translation 1. Introduction: Panegyric Desert of the Present The Destructive Legacy of (Neo)Liberalism and Colonial Modernity in the Production of Neo-Orientalist and Neo-Fundamentalist Muslim Subjectivities A Match to a Powder Keg Islām and Anarchism Are Dead: Muslim Anarchists in Turtle Island’s Newest Social Movements Positionality: Who Is Speaking? A Sum Exceeding the Whole, Everything Divided: The Argument Condensed 2. Authoritarianism, Capitalism, and Capitalist Nation-States: Anarcha-Islām’s Playground and Ethical-Political Consciousness On Decolonization and Reindigenization, and the Crises of Fleeting Tahrir Moments Thus Spoke God: The Method of Anarchic Ijtihād Deleuze and Guattari’s Oedipal Triad: The Nation-State (Daddy) – Capitalism (Mommy) – and Me/Us 3. Anarcha-Islām: An Anti- and Non-Authoritarian Islām Anarcha-Islām’s Osteological Left-Side Arise: An Anti- and Non-Authoritarian Islām Modern Uses of Waṭaniyyah, Qawmiyyah, and Dawla, and Decolonized Vestiges of the Umma and Īmāmah in Arab and Muslim Lexicons Muslim and Non-Muslim Glossaries of Indigeneity Towards a Resurgent Umma: Anti-Blackness and Anti-Indigenous Politics 4. Anarcha-Islām: An Anti- and Non-Capitalist Islām Anarcha-Islām’s Osteological Right-Side Awaken: An Anti- and Non-Capitalist Islām: Micro- and Macro-Economics As Patients We Come to Each Other’s Aid 5. Uprisings: On (Im)Possibilities and Militant Resistance The Delusional Myth of Nonviolence Violence, Jihād, and Qitāl in Islām: A Single Blunder Can Fuel a Great Fire From the Deception of “Nonviolence” to Red, Black, and Brown Power Liberatory Victory 6. Conclusion: There Are Only Middles, No Beginnings and No Ends. Between BLM, NoDaPL-INM, and Tahrir Notes Index

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Book SynopsisBring out your inner anarchist!Trade Review'A joyful rethinking of anarchism. Branson draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theory and the messiness of activism to illuminate new ways to transform society. The result is a practical guide to everyday revolutions. A real treasure' -- Alex Prichard, author of 'Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction''Clever and inspiring! Branson's brilliant method of weaving together our collective and individual lives alongside our most complex relationships with the systems that we are part of is truly refreshing and ground-breaking. I feel that I and many other radicals have walked the edges of so many of these conversations that Branson has skilfully and necessarily busted open' -- carla joy bergman, editor of 'Trust Kids' and co-author of 'Joyful Militancy''Steeped in knowledge of Black and queer feminisms and decolonial struggles against the state, 'Practical Anarchism' is a powerful guide to the collective manufacture of utopia now' -- Sophie Lewis, author of 'Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation''Presents clear, astute critiques of work, school and the destruction of community in capitalism and serves as a handbook for liberation, both optimistic and intensely motivating' -- Ruth Kinna, author of 'The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism''Time and time again, anarchists have been involved in improving social relationships, empowering dispossessed and marginalised communities, and supporting struggles on the right side of history. In this highly readable and passionate book, Scott Branson sheds a light on many examples of everyday anarchist engagement' -- Gabriel Kuhn, author of 'Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics''This brilliant book is an antidote to giving up. Weaving practical advice alongside women of colour, queer activists, abolitionists and more, Branson offers us a beautiful reminder that we do anarchism everyday - through care, through imagining, through loving - against and in spite of the state' -- Raechel Anne Jolie, author of 'Rust Belt Femme''An anarchist kaleidoscope, inviting us to shake up this world and see the endless array of beautiful possibilities that are already present in the here and now. This book - tender, dreamy, actionable - inspires us to pick up all the sparkly, even if sometimes jagged, edges of daily life that too often go unnoticed and toss them, time and again, into utopian play' -- Cindy Barukh Milstein, author of 'Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle''Deftly and joyfully shows us that lives lived with compassion and collective autonomy in the engagements we call anarchy have practical applications in our everyday living' -- scott crow, insurgent, author of 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective'Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Am I Already Doing Anarchy?: Anarchy On and Off the Streets 2. Are Relationships Even Possible?: Anarchy at Home 3. You Call this Living?: Anarchy on the Job 4. Can I Relearn That?: Anarchy in School 5. How Do We Pay for It?: Anarchy in your Wallet and in the Market 6. Can We Still Enjoy Ourselves?: Anarchy and Art 7. Who Will Fix the Roads and Collect the Trash?: Anarchy in your Neighbourhood 8. When Will It End?: Anarchy, Time, and the World Coda: No Place, or Living a World Without a State Further Reading Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisBring out your inner anarchist!Trade Review'A joyful rethinking of anarchism. Branson draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theory and the messiness of activism to illuminate new ways to transform society. The result is a practical guide to everyday revolutions. A real treasure' -- Alex Prichard, author of 'Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction''Clever and inspiring! Branson's brilliant method of weaving together our collective and individual lives alongside our most complex relationships with the systems that we are part of is truly refreshing and ground-breaking. I feel that I and many other radicals have walked the edges of so many of these conversations that Branson has skilfully and necessarily busted open' -- carla joy bergman, editor of 'Trust Kids' and co-author of 'Joyful Militancy''Steeped in knowledge of Black and queer feminisms and decolonial struggles against the state, 'Practical Anarchism' is a powerful guide to the collective manufacture of utopia now' -- Sophie Lewis, author of 'Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation''Presents clear, astute critiques of work, school and the destruction of community in capitalism and serves as a handbook for liberation, both optimistic and intensely motivating' -- Ruth Kinna, author of 'The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism''Time and time again, anarchists have been involved in improving social relationships, empowering dispossessed and marginalised communities, and supporting struggles on the right side of history. In this highly readable and passionate book, Scott Branson sheds a light on many examples of everyday anarchist engagement' -- Gabriel Kuhn, author of 'Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics''This brilliant book is an antidote to giving up. Weaving practical advice alongside women of colour, queer activists, abolitionists and more, Branson offers us a beautiful reminder that we do anarchism everyday - through care, through imagining, through loving - against and in spite of the state' -- Raechel Anne Jolie, author of 'Rust Belt Femme''An anarchist kaleidoscope, inviting us to shake up this world and see the endless array of beautiful possibilities that are already present in the here and now. This book - tender, dreamy, actionable - inspires us to pick up all the sparkly, even if sometimes jagged, edges of daily life that too often go unnoticed and toss them, time and again, into utopian play' -- Cindy Barukh Milstein, author of 'Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle''Deftly and joyfully shows us that lives lived with compassion and collective autonomy in the engagements we call anarchy have practical applications in our everyday living' -- scott crow, insurgent, author of 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective'Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Am I Already Doing Anarchy?: Anarchy On and Off the Streets 2. Are Relationships Even Possible?: Anarchy at Home 3. You Call this Living?: Anarchy on the Job 4. Can I Relearn That?: Anarchy in School 5. How Do We Pay for It?: Anarchy in your Wallet and in the Market 6. Can We Still Enjoy Ourselves?: Anarchy and Art 7. Who Will Fix the Roads and Collect the Trash?: Anarchy in your Neighbourhood 8. When Will It End?: Anarchy, Time, and the World Coda: No Place, or Living a World Without a State Further Reading Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisAs the climate crisis worsens, we must look to revolutionary strategy for justiceTrade Review'Guides us beyond the greenwashing of the arsonist state, towards the regenerative agency of local communities. Gelderloos demonstrates how we have the means at hand to extinguish the blaze and reset our wayward course towards a more livable and just planet for all' -- Simon Springer, author of 'The Anarchist Roots of Geography''Few books are as honest, inclusive and based on so much experience of committed social and ecological struggle. The Solutions Are Already Here opens doorways to a world so many young activists want to know and understand, and reminds so many more that now is the time to act' -- Dr. Alexander Dunlap, Centre for Development & the Environment, University of OsloTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. A Wide-Angle View The Bare Bones: The Situation Now and Our Likely Futures In the Biosphere Everything Is Connected: The Ecological Crisis beyond Carbon Hoard the Profit, Share the Blame: The Anthropocene Reconsidered 2. Foxes Building Henhouses Government Promises and Market Solutions: The Profitable Failings of Paris, the NGOs, and Climate Capitalism Religions of Consumption: Ecocide and Entitlement Prison Cells and Death Squads: The Real First Response to Climate Change 3. The Solutions Are Already Here We Have Stopped Pipelines, Airports, Highways, and Mines: The Victories that Add Up Food Sovereignty and Ecological Healing: Finding Our Place in a Damaged Ecology Fighting Where We Live: From Cities to Habitats 4. Versatile Strategies A Thousand Worlds Struggling to Be Born: Ecosystems of Revolt False Pragmatisms: Strategies of Desperation Ecological Revolution: The Best Strategy in Success or Failure 5. A Truly Different Future Ecological Imaginations: Plotting a Total Transformation of Human Existence Justice and Reconciliation: Making Sure Mass Murder Doesn’t Pay Apocalyptic Utopias Now: Present Steps in the Networking of Local and Global Spaces Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAs the climate crisis worsens, we must look to revolutionary strategy for justiceTrade Review'Guides us beyond the greenwashing of the arsonist state, towards the regenerative agency of local communities. Gelderloos demonstrates how we have the means at hand to extinguish the blaze and reset our wayward course towards a more livable and just planet for all' -- Simon Springer, author of 'The Anarchist Roots of Geography''Few books are as honest, inclusive and based on so much experience of committed social and ecological struggle. The Solutions Are Already Here opens doorways to a world so many young activists want to know and understand, and reminds so many more that now is the time to act' -- Dr. Alexander Dunlap, Centre for Development & the Environment, University of OsloTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. A Wide-Angle View The Bare Bones: The Situation Now and Our Likely Futures In the Biosphere Everything Is Connected: The Ecological Crisis beyond Carbon Hoard the Profit, Share the Blame: The Anthropocene Reconsidered 2. Foxes Building Henhouses Government Promises and Market Solutions: The Profitable Failings of Paris, the NGOs, and Climate Capitalism Religions of Consumption: Ecocide and Entitlement Prison Cells and Death Squads: The Real First Response to Climate Change 3. The Solutions Are Already Here We Have Stopped Pipelines, Airports, Highways, and Mines: The Victories that Add Up Food Sovereignty and Ecological Healing: Finding Our Place in a Damaged Ecology Fighting Where We Live: From Cities to Habitats 4. Versatile Strategies A Thousand Worlds Struggling to Be Born: Ecosystems of Revolt False Pragmatisms: Strategies of Desperation Ecological Revolution: The Best Strategy in Success or Failure 5. A Truly Different Future Ecological Imaginations: Plotting a Total Transformation of Human Existence Justice and Reconciliation: Making Sure Mass Murder Doesn’t Pay Apocalyptic Utopias Now: Present Steps in the Networking of Local and Global Spaces Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA new look at a brilliant radical legacyTrade Review'A fundamental contribution, containing precious insights into what made David Graeber the most innovative social thinker of our time, and why the legacy of his ideas will continue to inspire projects of emancipation, for generations to come.' -- David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology, University College London, and co-author of 'The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity''In this stimulating collection of ‘slow cooked’ essays, the editors reflect on the enduring enchantment of David Graeber’s ideas. They remind us that there is always hope in today’s troubled world and that the activist pursuit of hope can be fun as well as rewarding.' -- Chris Gregory, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Australian National University'Uncovers the critical contributions of Graeberian thought to contemporary education, politics, economy, reproduction, and power relations writ small and large. A must-read for anyone who believes in the power of academia as activism.' -- Sophie Chao, Environmental anthropologist, University of Sydney'From Game of Thrones and The Idiots to free birth and megafires in Australia, this book’s writers honour Graeber’s legacy, while revealing their own original voices. Informing, provoking and imagining alternatives, they testify to people’s lives and struggles today. [It] will find a broad readership among thinkers and activists for social and economic justice, along with urgent climate action.' -- Lorraine Mortimer, independent Anthropology scholar'A simultaneously rigorous and personal tribute to a giant in public anthropology and activism … destined to serve as an invitation to further conversation, action, and friendship.' -- Hirokazu Miyazaki, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Preface Preface Introduction: David Graeber in the Library Stacks - Joshua O. Reno and Holly High 1. On Morons - Joshua O. Reno, Binghamton, USA 2. Birthing Possibilities - Holly High, Deakin, Australia 3. Actually Existing Anarchist Anthropology - Holly High and Joshua O. Reno 4. Ka Mare, Ka Ora: On Truth, Lies, and Knowing the Difference - Georgina Tauri Stewart, Auckland University of Technology 5. Actualizing the Public University - Sharad Chari, UC Berkeley 6. Reading Graeber, Leach, and a Revolution in Myanmar - Michael Edwards, University of Cambridge 7. Debt and Political Possibility in Eritrea - Michael Ralph, Howard University 8. Collectivized Hoards and the Regulation of Money - Gustav Peebles, New School 9. Notes on Confronting the System - David Pedersen, UC San Diego Afterword - Bill Maurer, UC Irvine Index

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Book Synopsisaeo This is the first full--length study of Nozicka s political philosophy as presented in his important and influential work Anarchy, State and Utopia. aeo The author compares Nozicka s views at each stage with those of his contemporary allies and opponents.Trade Review'A very clear exposition ... incisive and illuminating ... it is hard to see how the book could be bettered, and it will be eagerly pounced upon by every student who hopes to answer a 'Nozick question' in finals.' Political Studies 'Thorough and lucrid...' The Philosopher 'An intelligent, attractively written and smartly argued discussion.' Philosophical QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction. I: Nozick's Libertarianism. II: Libertarian Rights. III: Defending the Minimal State. IV: The Entitlement Theory of Justice. V: Nozick and Political Philosophy. Notes. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisArticulates the intersection of anarchism and poststructuralism in order to frame a new approach to politics: 'postanarchism'.Trade ReviewSaul Newman is one of the pioneers in redeeming the promise of anarchist thought with the resources of contemporary continental philosophy. In this work, at once philosophical and political, Newman engages such thinkers as Foucault, Badiou and Ranciere alongside classical and contemporary anarchist thought as well as struggles such as the anti-globalization movement. The Politics of Postanarchism offers a compelling framework for progressive political thought and intervention. -- Todd May, Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities, Clemson University In this book, Saul Newman announces postanarchism as a lively, vital and highly pertinent perspective for our times. With a brilliant grasp of the anarchist tradition, of continental theory and the political challenges of the contemporary world, Newman unpacks the meaning and relevance of postanarchism to readers at all levels of experience. That he manages to do so in a readable and confident style, pays testimony to his own growing reputation as a highly original thinker with a great deal to offer us in terms of showing the link between political theory and political practice. Highly recommended. -- Simon Tormey, Professor and Head of School, Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney Saul Newman is one of the pioneers in redeeming the promise of anarchist thought with the resources of contemporary continental philosophy. In this work, at once philosophical and political, Newman engages such thinkers as Foucault, Badiou and Ranciere alongside classical and contemporary anarchist thought as well as struggles such as the anti-globalization movement. The Politics of Postanarchism offers a compelling framework for progressive political thought and intervention. In this book, Saul Newman announces postanarchism as a lively, vital and highly pertinent perspective for our times. With a brilliant grasp of the anarchist tradition, of continental theory and the political challenges of the contemporary world, Newman unpacks the meaning and relevance of postanarchism to readers at all levels of experience. That he manages to do so in a readable and confident style, pays testimony to his own growing reputation as a highly original thinker with a great deal to offer us in terms of showing the link between political theory and political practice. Highly recommended.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Euthanasia of Government: classical anarchism reconsidered; 2: Crowned Anarchy: towards a postanarchist ontology; 3: An Infantile Disorder: Anarchism and Marxism; 4: The Horizon of Anarchy: radical politics in the wake of Marx; 5: Debating Postanarchism: ontology, ethics and utopia; 6: Conclusion: Postanarchism and Radical Politics Today; Index.

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Book SynopsisArticulates the intersection of anarchism and poststructuralism in order to frame a new approach to politics: 'postanarchism'.Trade ReviewIn this book, Saul Newman announces postanarchism as a lively, vital and highly pertinent perspective for our times. With a brilliant grasp of the anarchist tradition, of continental theory and the political challenges of the contemporary world, Newman unpacks the meaning and relevance of postanarchism to readers at all levels of experience. That he manages to do so in a readable and confident style, pays testimony to his own growing reputation as a highly original thinker with a great deal to offer us in terms of showing the link between political theory and political practice. Highly recommended. -- Simon Tormey, Professor and Head of School, Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney Saul Newman is one of the pioneers in redeeming the promise of anarchist thought with the resources of contemporary continental philosophy. In this work, at once philosophical and political, Newman engages such thinkers as Foucault, Badiou and Ranciere alongside classical and contemporary anarchist thought as well as struggles such as the anti-globalization movement. The Politics of Postanarchism offers a compelling framework for progressive political thought and intervention. -- Todd May, Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities, Clemson University In this book, Saul Newman announces postanarchism as a lively, vital and highly pertinent perspective for our times. With a brilliant grasp of the anarchist tradition, of continental theory and the political challenges of the contemporary world, Newman unpacks the meaning and relevance of postanarchism to readers at all levels of experience. That he manages to do so in a readable and confident style, pays testimony to his own growing reputation as a highly original thinker with a great deal to offer us in terms of showing the link between political theory and political practice. Highly recommended. Saul Newman is one of the pioneers in redeeming the promise of anarchist thought with the resources of contemporary continental philosophy. In this work, at once philosophical and political, Newman engages such thinkers as Foucault, Badiou and Ranciere alongside classical and contemporary anarchist thought as well as struggles such as the anti-globalization movement. The Politics of Postanarchism offers a compelling framework for progressive political thought and intervention.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Euthanasia of Government: classical anarchism reconsidered; 2: Crowned Anarchy: towards a postanarchist ontology; 3: An Infantile Disorder: Anarchism and Marxism; 4: The Horizon of Anarchy: radical politics in the wake of Marx; 5: Debating Postanarchism: ontology, ethics and utopia; 6: Conclusion: Postanarchism and Radical Politics Today; Index.

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Book SynopsisPreviously undocumented testimonies telling stories of love, laughter, adventure and activism from the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.

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