Role of printers, pressers in the anarchist movement spotlighted in new book

From University of Hawai'i News

Anarchist letterpress printers and presses from the late 1800s through the 1940s is the focus of a new book by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Political Science and Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty member.

Video from book launch in Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh

From Anarchism and Punk

For anyone who missed it, you can check out this video taken at our book launch event on 29th December in Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh. Jim gives an overview of the book and the genesis of the project, and our comrade from the CrimethInc. ex-Workers’ Collective rattles through a political economy of punk, post-Fordism and the death of social media, with Q&A thereafter.

Ponx Not Dead Book Project

We finally managed to independently published the Ponx Not Dead Book project. This is a commemorative, cause-driven and honoring initiatives for our late comrade Gutson Heyres aka Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo. A dedicated anarchist activist and artist who passed away last August 2020.

The content of the book is a collection of his art work, murals, photo collages, coloring book section and testimonial articles including the writings of Keith McHenry the co-founder of Food Not Bombs.

First volume of the Anarchism and Punk Book Project published

November 29, 2022
by Rich Cross
https://thehippiesnowwearblack.org.uk/2022/11/29/first-volume-of-the-an…

‘SMASH THE SYSTEM’, the first volume of writings to be produced by the Anarchism and Punk Book Project, is back from the printers and will be sent out to Crowdfunder supporters shortly.

Review: Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Everyday Life

From Freedom News by Uri Gordon

OMG it’s an anarchist self-help book! No, not an ironic one for burnt-out activists. This is a guide to rethinking everyday life for readers with no priors. Each chapter in Practical Anarchism starts with a few bullet points (‘you aren’t your job’; ‘study can take place anywhere’; ‘rethink the arrangement of our lives’) and ends with FAQ (‘do I have to be polyamorous?’; ‘can I have my own toothbrush’?)

Eco-Utopia from Below

From New Politics By Daniel Fischer

At a time when much climate literature emphasizes inadequate “deals” with capitalism or catastrophe-prone nuclear and geoengineering technologies, it’s refreshing to read two uncompromising proposals for ecological revolution. Despite coming from different political traditions, anarchist and Marxist, they reach overlapping conclusions regarding the necessity to reject elites’ false solutions, reduce global production, support participatory planning, and establish healthier relations with nonhuman beings. With solutions at hand, and the dead-ends increasingly obvious, the ways forward appear to be getting clearer.

Presentation of The Prisoner’s Herbal Book in Oakland

From It's Going Down

The Prisoner’s Herbal book is written for people in prison who want to learn about the medicinal properties of plants commonly found in prison courtyards. It contains ten detailed plant profiles, as well as instructions on how to prepare plant medicines in prison and more. It is based on my experience of using herbs through my 3.5 year prison sentence.

An Anthology of Puerto Rican Anarchist Texts from the Start of the 20th Century

From 80grados.net English translation by Anarchist News

[Free Pages: A Brief Anthology of Anarchist Thought in Puerto Rico (1900-1919)], edited by Dr. Jorell Meléndez Badillo and published by [Emergent Education Editions] in 2021, compiles a sample of texts from anticlerical and secular Puerto Rican anarchism from the first two decades of the 20th Century, one of the least studied periods of that century.

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