Books

David Gilbert
A candid, uncompromising, yet ultimately humane autobiography by arguably one of the most celebrated political prisoners in the world.

Marge Piercy
Originally published in 1979, Vida is Marge Piercy's classic bookend to the '60s. Vida is full of the pleasures and pains, the experiments, disasters, and victories of an extraordinary band of people.

Sean Stewart
In four short years (1965–1969), the U.S. underground press grew from five small newspapers to over 500 newspapers. Completely circumventing (and subverting) the establishment media.

David Goodway
Moving seamlessly from Aldous Huxley and Colin Ward to the war in Iraq, this challenging volume will energize leftist movements throughout the world.

James Kilgore
White ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn’t swim and Cal concludes she didn’t go in the water willingly.

Editor: David Alan Corbin
The dramatic stories of union battles as seen by the leaders, rank-and-file participants, and the journalists who came to West Virginia to cover them.

Cynthia Chin-Lee • Illustrator: Lea Lyon
This picture book shows the heartwarming and humorous actions of Alex and her younger brother, Nicky, to convince their parents to get married before the passage of Prop 8.

Cory Doctorow
The high-velocity adventures of a transhuman teenager in a toxic post-Disney dystopia, battling wireheads and wumpuses until he meets the girl of his dreams. Plus Cory's historic 2010 World SF Convention address.

Editors: Jeremy Adam Smith and Tomas Moniz
The best pieces from the award-winning zine Rad Dad and from the blog Daddy Dialectic, two kindred publications that have tried to explore parenting as political territory.

G.W. Sok
With a foreword by John Robb, this book showcases the lyrics of G.W. Sok from The Ex.

Editor: Joyce L. Kornbluh
This new edition of a classic is by far the biggest and best source on IWW history, fiction, songs, art, and lore.

Editors: Buff Whitman-Bradley, Sarah Lazare, and Cynthia Whitman-Bradley
The long tradition of refusing to fight in unjust wars continues today within the American military. Today's resisters speak out in this powerful book.

Martin Bull and Banksy
Following up on Volume 1, this book rounds up the rest of Banksy's UK graffiti from the last five years.

Joshua Kahn Russell and Hilary Moore
A pamphlet for anyone who wants to build a movement with the resiliency to navigate one of the most rapid transitions in human history.

L.M. Bogad
A cheerfully creepy tour of declassified government surveillance documents!

S. Brian Willson
A guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect, and empathy.

Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
A guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy.

Paul Buhle • Illustrators: Chris Hutchinson, Gary Dumm, and Sharon Rudahl
Paul Buhle brings a new dimension to Robin Hood, helping to explain why an outlaw from the 14th Century is still a left wing hero today.

Nick Mamatas
Love, Politics, Parasitic Manipulation. An underworld of radical political gestures and Internet organizing looking to overthrow a a ruling class it knows nothing about.

Ursula K. Le Guin
Two children are determined to enter "that possible even when unattainable space in which there is room for justice," leading to a violent and loving end. Plus a scorching essay on corporate publishing, and more.

Terry Bisson
These short stories cover all the territory—from his droll faux-FAQ’s done for Britain’s Science magazine, to the most seductive of his fantasies, to an eerie dreamlike evocation of the 9/11 that might have been.

The Free Association
Weaves lucid descriptions of the intensity of collective action into a more sober reflection on the developing problematics of the "movement of movements."

Summer Brenner
Blend a spoonful of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, a dash of Maupin's Tales of the City, and a few pinches of the Adventures of Lassie and you get a powerful, fast-moving novel for young and old alike.

Editors: Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn
A unique and irreplaceable full-color resource for activist artists and academic researchers, as well as an active forum for critique of the role of art in revolution.

Allen Ruff
The history of the most significant translator, publisher, and distributor of left-wing literature in the United States.