Egalitarianism as a Revolt against Nature

Egalitarianism as a Revolt against Nature
Murray N. Rothbard (Author), Roy A. Childs Jr. (Foreword), David Gordon (Introduction)
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All evidence points to the superiority of the libertarian ideal — private property, capitalism, international trade, laissez-faire — but something is keeping the world from embracing it. That something is wrong-headed ideology — some philosophical error grown into a massive system of thought, an agenda that if unleashed would mutilate and crush civilization as we know it.

Murray Rothbard had a nose for such error. And when he smelled it, he wrote it up, exposed its underside, refuted its logic, and obliterated its intellectual foundation. That's why he was so hated — and so loved. He is so relentless that it makes the reader squirm. But he also teaches and inspires.

Consider, for example, "anarchosocialism." Here is an ideology that hates the state. Fine so far. Problem: it is an ideology that hates private property even more. In fact, these people believe that the state is the only reason private property exists.

Rothbard writes, "they totally fail to realize that the State has always been the great enemy and invader of the rights of property. Furthermore, scorning and detesting the free market, the profit-and-loss economy, private property, and material affluence — all of which are corollaries of each other — anarchocommunists wrongly identify anarchism with communal living, with tribal sharing, and with other aspects of our emerging drug-rock 'youth culture'."

Or here's another case: those people who are forever complaining about the "ugliness" and "brutality" of urban commercial life.

Rothbard writes, "My own observation is that most of the bellyachers about the ugliness of our cities and singers of paeans to the unspoiled wilderness stubbornly remain ensconced in these very cities. Why don't they leave? There are, even today, plenty of rural and even wilderness areas for them to live in and enjoy. Why don't they go there and leave those of us who like and enjoy the cities in peace. Furthermore, if they got out, it would help relieve the urban 'overcrowding' which they also complain about."

And we've all heard about oppression of women under marriage. Well, listen to Rothbard's take on it: "The women militants who complain that they are stuck with the task of raising the children should heed the fact that, in a world without marriage, they would also be stuck with the task of earning all the income for their children's support. I suggest that they contemplate this prospect long and hard before they continue to clamor for the abolition of marriage and the family."

So it goes through this wonderful book Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays. It might just be the wildest Rothbard romp ever. Fully armed, he slices and dices crazies of all sorts, from those who would level all incomes to those who would free all peoples of the world through bombings and nuclear war. This is Rothbard providing the reader a strong dose of sanity against the hordes of ideological fanatics who care not a knit for reality or reason.

But Rothbard is not one of those thinkers who, like Russell Kirk, concludes that ideology is itself a bad thing. On the contrary, Rothbard believes that ideology is critical for the defense of liberty: we must organize our ideas to make sense of the world and to have an agenda for the future.

Thus does this book also include outstanding pieces of positive theory, including "Justice and Property Rights," "War, Peace, and the State," and "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty." It concludes with his rallying cry: "Why Be Libertarian?"

With all the political books out there, each with a partisan spin, it's wonderful to read a thinker who doesn't fear exposing the errors of both the Left and the Right, measuring anyone and everyone against the great benchmark of the idea of liberty.

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• Published on: 2010-08-11
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I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels

I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels
Albert Meltzer (Author)
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Albert Meltzer (1920–1996) was involved actively in class struggles since the age of 15; exceptional for his generation in having been a convinced anarchist from the start, without any family background in such activity. A lively, witty account of sixty years in anarchist activism, and a unique recounting of many struggles otherwise distorted or unrecorded, including the history of the contemporary development of anarchism in Britain and other countries where he was involved, notably Spain. His story tells of many struggles, including for the first time, the Anglo-Spanish cooperation in the postwar anti-Franco resistance and provides interesting sidelights on, amongst others, the printers' and miners' strikes, fighting Blackshirts and the battle of Cable Street, the so-called Angry Brigade activities, the Anarchist Black Cross, the Cairo Mutiny and wartime German anti-Nazi resistance, the New Left of the 60s, the rise of squatting—and through individuals as varied as Kenyata, Emma Goldman, George Orwell, Guy Aldred, and Frank Ridley—all of which have crowded out not only his story, but his life too.

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• Published on: 2001-07-01
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 386 pages

The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future

The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future
The Unabomber (Author)
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In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and executives to express his disdain for modern society, and to work on his magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future, forever known to the world as the Unabomber Manifesto. Responsible for three deaths and more than twenty casualties over two decades, he was finally identifed and apprehended when his brother recognized his writing style while reading the 'Unabomber Manifesto.' The piece, written under the pseudonym FC (Freedom Club) was published in the New York Times after his promise to cease the bombing if a major publication printed it in its entirety.

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• Published on: 2008-11-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.39" h x 5.39" w x .24" l, .30 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 100 pages

O Anarquismo no Seculo XXI e outros Ensaios (Portuguese Edition)

O Anarquismo no Seculo XXI e outros Ensaios (Portuguese Edition)
David Graeber (Author), Heitor Correa (Translator)

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Há algumas razões evidentes para o apelo das ideias anarquistas no início do século XXI: a mais óbvia, os fracassos e as catástrofes resultantes de tantos esforços para suplantar o capitalismo assumindo o controle do aparato governamental nos cem anos anteriores. Um crescente número de revolucionários começou a reconhecer que “a revolução” não virá na forma de um grande momento apocalíptico, a tomada de um equivalente global ao Palácio de Inverno, mas na de um processo muito longo que vem ocorrendo durante a maior parte da história humana (ainda que, como a maioria das coisas, venha se acelerando ultimamente), repleto de estratégias de fuga e evasão tanto quanto de confrontos dramáticos, que jamais irá – aliás, jamais deverá, sente a maioria dos anarquistas – chegar a uma conclusão definitiva. Brochura com 105 páginas, no formato 14X21cm;

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• Published on: 2013-05-27
• Released on: 2013-05-27
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Work

Work
CrimethInc. Ex-
Workers' Collective (Author)
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By itself, this is a book about work, but it s also more than that. It complements a diagram of the different positions and dynamics that make up the economy that necessitates work. Together, the book and diagram outline an analysis of capitalism: what it is, how it works, how we might dis- mantle it. And the book, the diagram, and the analysis are all outgrowths of something more a movement of people determined to fight it. So this book isn t just an attempt to describe reality but also a tool with which to change it. If any of the words or illustrations resonate with you, don t leave them trapped on these pages write them on the wall, shout them over the intercom at your former workplace, change them as you see fit and release them into the world. You can find poster versions of many of the illustrations at crimethinc.com/work for this purpose. This project is the combined effort of a group of people who have already spent many years in pitched struggle against capitalism. What qualifies us to write this? Some of us used to be students or pizza deliverers or dishwashers; others still are construction workers or graphic designers or civic-minded criminals. But all of us have lived under capitalism since we were born, and that makes us experts on it. The same goes for you. No one has to have a degree in economics to understand what s happening: it s enough to get a paycheck or a pink slip and pay attention. We re suspicious of the experts who get their credentials from on high, who have incentives to minimize things that are obvious to everyone else. Like every attempt to construct a scale model of the world, this one is bound to be partial in both senses of the word. To present the whole story, it would have to be as vast as history. There s no way to be unbiased, either: our positions and values inevitably influence what we include and what we leave out. What we offer here is simply one perspective from our side of the counter and our side of the barricades. If it lines up with yours, let s do something about it. better ashes than dust
CrimethInc. Workers Collective

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• Published on: 2011-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .89" h x 4.81" w x 7.48" l, .84 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 376 pages

Manifesto

Manifesto
Peter Cowlam (Author)

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Anarchism

Manifesto is a sequence of haikuesque poems. It is aimed as a counter-blast at the political and financial institutions complicit in the deceptions of our master-slave society, wage slaves exhorted to fund a debt economy, and by that heavy price remain obedient citizens. As a narrative it charts, in its own fragmented way, a programme of resistance drawn up by a group of cyberspace guerrillas, whose agenda is the reversal of institutional propaganda put out as a daily drip-feed by press and other media.

• Rank: #275033 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-06-18
• Released on: 2013-06-18
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The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International History, 1878-1934

The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International History, 1878-1934
Richard Bach Jensen (Author)

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Anarchism

This is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as the 1930s. Ranging from Europe and the Americas to the Middle East and Asia, Richard Bach Jensen explores how anarchist terrorism emerged as a global phenomenon during the first great era of economic and social globalization at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries and reveals why some nations were so much more successful in combating this new threat than others. He shows how the challenge of dealing with this new form of terrorism led to the fundamental modernization of policing in many countries and also discusses its impact on criminology and international law.

• Rank: #786940 in Books
• Published on: 2013-12-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 440 pages

An Anarchist FAQ: Volume 2

An Anarchist FAQ: Volume 2
Iain McKay (Editor)

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Anarchism

Aimed at the curious and, as yet, unconverted, and covering topics from "Why do anarchists oppose State Socialism?" to "What would an anarchist society look like?" the two-volume An Anarchist FAQ stands as the go-to reference for what anarchists believe, what they want, and how they intend to go about it. Find out what all the fuss is about.

Iain McKay is the editor of Property is Theft! A Pierre Joseph Proudhon Anthology. He lives in London, England.

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• Published on: 2012-11-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.83" h x 1.69" w x 8.35" l, 3.26 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 550 pages

Order Without Power: An Introduction to Anarchism, History and Current Challenges

Order Without Power: An Introduction to Anarchism, History and Current Challenges
Normand Baillargeon (Author)

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Anarchism

With the rise of the global protestor—from Arab Spring to the Occupy movement—the term "anarchist" has been littered throughout mainstream media as never before. But just as frequently, its definition is skewed or left wanting: anarchists are painted as nihilists, supporters of chaos, or even terrorists.

In Order without Power, an informative primer, Normand Baillargeon thoroughly defines anarchism and recounts its long history. In outlining the forerunners of this movement, he illuminates the differences between collectivists, federalists, communists, syndicalists, and further strains such as anarcho-feminism, pacifist anarchism, and religious anarchism. With sharp examples and concise, lively language, Baillargeon describes the contributions from early anarchists like William Godwin, Max Stirner, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, Mikhail Bakunin, and Pierre Kropotkin, through Noam Chomsky, as well as the uprisings, struggles, revolts, and revolutions that tested or expanded the theories. From the International Workingmen’s Association to Haymarket, from the Russian Revolution to May 1968, Baillargeon unpacks anarchism’s position on various issues and reveals this political theory’s vibrant heart: anti authoritarianism, or the rational and conscious refusal of any form of illegitimate authority and power.

• Rank: #790949 in Books
• Published on: 2013-08-us.html
• Released on: 2013-08-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer (Real World)

Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer (Real World)
Sascha Altman DuBrul (Author)
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Anarchism

Part mad manifesto, part revolutionary love letter, part freight train adventure story—Maps to the Other Side is a self-reflective shattered mirror, a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches for authenticity and connection in the lives of strangers and the solidarity and limitations of underground community. Beginning at the edge of the internet age, a time when radical zine culture prefigured social networking sites, these timely writings paint an illuminated trail through a complex labyrinth of undocumented migrants, anarchist community organizers, brilliant visionary artists, revolutionary seed savers, punk rock historians, social justice farmers, radical mental health activists, and iconoclastic bridge builders. This book is a document of one person’s odyssey to transform his experiences navigating the psychiatric system by building community in the face of adversity; a set of maps for how rebels and dreamers can survive and thrive in a crazy world.

• Rank: #71475 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.99" h x .47" w x 5.00" l, .52 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism

Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism
Ralph Darlington (Author)

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Anarchism

During the first two decades of the twentieth century the ideas of revolutionary syndicalism developed into a major influence within the trade union movement. Committed to destroying capitalism through direct industrial action and revolutionary trade union struggle, the movement raised fundamental questions for activists across the world.

Radical Unionism provides an analysis of the dynamics and trajectory of the syndicalist movement in six specific countries: France, Spain, Italy, America, Britain and Ireland, and provides a systematic examination of the relationship between syndicalism and communism.

• Rank: #797030 in Books
• Published on: 2013-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 338 pages

Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle (Anarchist Interventions)

Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle (Anarchist Interventions)
Uri Gordon (Editor), Ohal Grietzer (Editor)

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Anarchism

Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and generalized violence against occupied Palestine. The reflections herein offer a window into some of the most dynamic direct action activism today.

Uri Gordon is an Israeli activist and writer and the author of Anarchy Alive! Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (Pluto Press, 2008).

Ohal Grietzer is a visual artist and composer, currently residing in New York. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths at the University of London, where she researched the use of irony in politics and obtained a master’s degree in anthropology. She has been an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall and Boycott! supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from within

• Rank: #815385 in Books
• Published on: 2013-07-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 150 pages

Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History (PM Press)

Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History (PM Press)
Staughton Lynd (Author), Andrej Grubacic (Author)
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Anarchism

Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from the Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist, influenced by Marxism. They meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing of history by those who make it, and to remind us of the idea that "my country is the world." Encompassing a Left libertarian perspective and an emphatically activist standpoint, these conversations are meant to be read in the clubs and affinity groups of the new Movement.

The authors accompany us on a journey through modern revolutions, direct actions, anti-globalist counter summits, Freedom Schools, Zapatista cooperatives, Haymarket and Petrograd, Hanoi and Belgrade,  "intentional" communities, wildcat strikes, early Protestant communities, Native American democratic practices, the Workers' Solidarity Club of Youngstown, occupied factories, self-organized councils and soviets, the lives of forgotten revolutionaries, Quaker meetings, antiwar movements, and prison rebellions. Neglected and forgotten moments of interracial self-activity are brought to light. The book invites the attention of readers who believe that a better world, on the other side of capitalism and state bureaucracy, may indeed be possible.

• Rank: #689614 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .80" h x 5.00" w x 7.90" l, .70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Works of Voltairine de Cleyre

Works of Voltairine de Cleyre
Voltairine de Cleyre (Author)

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Anarchism

12 works of Voltairine de Cleyre
American anarchist writer and feminist (1866-1912)

This ebook presents a collection of 12 works of Voltairine de Cleyre. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.

Table of Contents:
Anarchism and American Traditions
And Thou Too
Bastard Born
Direct Action
Francisco Ferrer
In Defense of Emma Goldman
Sex Slavery
The Dominant Idea
The Economic Tendency of Freethought
The Gods and the People
The Hurricane
Written-In-Red

• Rank: #179483 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-05-27
• Released on: 2013-05-27
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• Number of items: 1

Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory

Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory
Crispin Sartwell (Author)
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Anarchism

Irreverent and incisive critique of liberal theories of the state.

• Rank: #1051913 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-22
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .31" w x 5.98" l, .42 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 138 pages

Post-Anarchism: A Reader

Post-Anarchism: A Reader
Duane Rousselle (Editor), Sureyyya Evren (Editor)

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Post-anarchism has been of considerable importance in the discussions of radical intellectuals across the globe in the last decade. In its most popular form, it demonstrates a desire to blend the most promising aspects of traditional anarchist theory with developments in post-structuralist and post-modernist thought. Post-Anarchism: A Reader includes the most comprehensive collection of essays about this emergent body of thought, making it an essential and accessible resource for academics, intellectuals, activists and anarchists interested in radical philosophy. Many of the chapters have been formative to the development of a distinctly "post-anarchist" approach to politics, aesthetics, and philosophy. Others respond to the so-called "post-anarchist turn" with caution and skepticism. The book also includes original contributions from several of today's "post-anarchists," inviting further debate and new ways of conceiving post-anarchism across a number of disciplines.

• Rank: #888380 in Books
• Published on: 2011-02-15
• Released on: 2011-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.09" h x 5.98" w x .59" l, .57 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

An Agorist Primer

An Agorist Primer
Samuel Edward Konkin III (Author)
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In the new paperback edition of AN AGORIST PRIMER, Samuel Edward Konkin III -- the creator and premier activist and theoretician of Agorism -- introduces the most powerful means to free yourself, protect and increase your wealth, and liberate the whole of human society in the process! Agorism is applied Counter-Economics -- the philosophy of engaging in free-market activities in defiance of government control. An evolution of libertarianism, Agorism embraces all non-coercive human action and opposes all force- or fraud-based attempts to stifle innovation, trade, thought, and wealth. If you have ever suspected that government, academia, and other entities are trying to pull the wool over your eyes in order to control your money, your morality, and your life, you'll find answers and remedies in AN AGORIST PRIMER. In one concise volume, Samuel Edward Konkin III explains the theory, principles, and -- most important of all -- the practice of Agorism. If you think that consistency between means and ends matters, this is the book for you! From the preface: "Agorism is a way of thinking about the world around you, a method of understanding why things work the way they do, how they do, and how they can be dealt with -- how you can deal with them." Samuel Edward Konkin III is the author of the seminal work on libertarianism and Agorism: New Libertarian Manifesto. Over the course of thirty years, he wrote, edited, and published newsletters and magazines such as Laissez Faire, New Libertarian Notes, and 101 issues of the longest-running publication of its kind, New Libertarian Weekly. Known to his friends as SEK3, Mr. Konkin graduated cum laude from the University of Alberta, serving as head of the Young Social Credit League there. He received his Masters in Theoretical Chemistry at New York University, but left NYU without submitting his Ph.D. dissertation in Quantum Mechanics to pursue his lifelong efforts to promote Counter-Economics and Agorism. He founded the New Libertarian Alliance, the Movement of the Libertarian Left, and the outreach organization The Agorist Institute. His body of work is available from KoPubCo. PRAISE FOR AN AGORIST PRIMER: "A lot of us have waited two decades for the release of this slender tome... Clocking in at just over 100 pages, An Agorist Primer offers not only a simple-but-thorough explanation of what agorism is, it also builds a rock-solid case for it... But trust me, Konkin's well-structured argument for a free society of the open marketplace ("as near to untainted by theft, assault, and fraud as can be humanly attained") is compelling. And he shows convincingly that such a society is absolutely achievable and sustainable. Sam's book truly is a primer; he strips down heavy-duty economic theory and libertarian philosophy without diminishing either of them. An Agorist Primer may be a quick walk through the basics, but it never shortchanges the reader. And best of all, it's awfully entertaining." --Wally Conger, Out of Step

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• Published on: 2009-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.51" h x .24" w x 8.50" l, .34 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

The Coming Insurrection

The Coming Insurrection
by The Invisible Committee (Author), Jason McCoy (Narrator)
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Anarchism

The Super-Happy Anarcho Fun Book

The Super-Happy Anarcho Fun Book
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness (Author)

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Anarchism

Sixteen issues of The Super-Happy Anarcho Fun Pages, plus the special issue Rolling Dumpster and a collection of Doomsday Mountain Earth First! comics all under one cover at long last.

• Rank: #913518 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherfucker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group

Black Mask & Up Against the Wall Motherfucker: The Incomplete Works of Ron Hahne, Ben Morea, and the Black Mask Group
Ron Hahne (Author), Ben Morea (Author)

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Chronicling the history of two New York City provocateur groups—Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker—this account complies the complete 10 issues of the newspaper Black Mask; numerous leaflets, articles, and flyers generated by Black Mask; the Up Against the Wall Motherfucker Magazine; and Free Press and Rolling Stone reports on Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker. Founded in the mid-1960s, the Black Mask group melded the ideas and inspiration of Dada with the anarchism of the Spanish Revolution, and this volume demonstrates how they heavily influenced the art, politics, and culture of the decade as they briefly shut down the Museum of Modern Art, protested Wall Street, battled at Students for a Democratic Society conferences, and defended the shooting of Andy Warhol. This history then details how in 1968 Black Mask reorganized as Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker, which combined the confrontational theater and tactics of Black Mask with a much more aggressive approach in dealing with the police and authorities. A lengthy interview with founder Ben Morea provides context and color to this fascinating documentary legacy.

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• Published on: 2011-01-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .39" w x 5.51" l, .57 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Portraits of Anarchists

Portraits of Anarchists
Casey Orr (Author), Chumbawamba (Composer)

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Anarchism

• Rank: #3370712 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 60 pages