Finished this book and can't recommend it enough. You can read it yourself, help get it in libraries and help get it to prisoners.
25.07.2025 02:24 β π 26 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0@kersplebedeb.bsky.social
Finished this book and can't recommend it enough. You can read it yourself, help get it in libraries and help get it to prisoners.
25.07.2025 02:24 β π 26 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0As people in #Gaza starve, any criticisms of Israel by Western leaders that aren't matched by serious forms of punitive action should be met with contempt and derision.
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Last day of our summer clearance sale!
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10% off everything else
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Lasts through this Friday!
Remembering the Armed Struggle: My Time with the Red Army Faction, by Margrit Schiller
Antifascism Against Machismo, by Tammy Kovich, Butch Lee, Veronica L., & El Jones
The Communist Manifesto (Illustrated and Abridged by Mats Kejonen)
The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism & Resistance, by Torkil Lauesen
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My most recent book, Genealogies of Antifascism, is half off, as part of @kersplebedeb.bsky.social's summer sale: leftwingbooks.net/products/gen...
That's a good price!
July 19, 1936: In the face of the fascist military coup, the people of Barcelona, led by anarchist militias, rose in arms. This began a struggle that kept the city free of Falangists until 1938 & opened space for a great experiment in workers' self-management & horizontal political structures. #OTD
19.07.2025 14:11 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0text reads: "where's sheer spite?" with an image of richard scarrey's lowly worm in his apple car, with the sheer spite logo on the side of the apple. the image also lists the event dates detailed in the post.
MANY opportunities to procure a zine in the next month--
- July 19: @chicagozinefest.bsky.social
- July 26: trading at the zine swap w Dick's Lending Library
- July 26: ALSO vending at the @kersplebedeb.bsky.social popup
- August 1: Sappyfest, Sackville NB
- August 16: Zine Dream, Toronto
Summer clearance! 10%-68% off sitewide!
Steepest discounts: leftwingbooks.net/clearance
On Sat, July 19th, Garrett Felber, Denzel K. Burke, & Destine Phillips will discuss the life & legacy of Martin Sostre, the revolutionary political prisoner, whose lifetime of principled struggle helped lay the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles & Black anarchism. @akpress.org
10.07.2025 17:08 β π 9 π 5 π¬ 1 π 4Information from the post overlaid on a historical photograph of a woman in a military uniform using a megaphone in front of a large stack of books
Our summer clearance as been expanded! Everything is now at least 10% off sitewide. See the most steeply discounted titles at leftwingbooks.net/clearance!
13.07.2025 16:49 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0These and hundreds more are 37%+ off through July 25! LeftWingBooks.net/clearance
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09.07.2025 20:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our next pop up book sale in Montreal, will be July 26, noon to 5pm, at l'Achoppe (1800 av Letourneux) with us and other rad lit publishers and distributors. See you there!
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Save 37%+ off more than 600 different titles, now through July 25!
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Scrolling through the news, I feel like thereβs a lot we could learn from Sakai, Butch Lee, and Dhoruba bin Wahad (not that I think they would even be in agreement). Just a thought off the top of my head.
03.07.2025 19:56 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Red book cover, background a typewritten letter with marginalia.
(NEW!) Ingrid Schubert: Letters from Prison, 1970β1977
One of the first RAF prisoners, showing her efforts to maintain her integrity, political identity & at the same time a meaningful exchange with her family.
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The Workersβ Council Redeemed?
On Jasper Bernesβs The Future of Revolution
by Julian Francis Park
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The book can be ordered at leftwingbooks.net/products/the-future-of-revolution
Ottawa small press book fair, saturday, june 21, noon to 5pm, Tom Brown Arena
Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair, Saturday June 28, 10amβ4pm, Jack Purcell Community Centre
Are we going to two Ottawa bookfairs this month? You better believe we are.
15.06.2025 15:13 β π 16 π 6 π¬ 0 π 2Red, white, and blue book cover with a design of many eyes.
The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent
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The first complete history of the American surveillance state, from J. Edgar Hoover to Obama
Book cover featuring an illustration suggesting both flowing water and beadwork.
(NEW!) Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead
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A genre-bending exploration of that most elemental forceβwaterβthrough Indigenous storytelling, personal memory, and the work of influential artists and writers.
Red book cover with a stylized drawing of a moose against a backdrop of oil wells
The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada
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The end of this worldβbuilt on land theft, resource extraction & colonial genocideβis on the horizon. In a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty & climate justice go hand in hand
A yellow and purple book cover showing comics panels with scenes of slave rebellions, anti-cop riots, and efforts to tear down confederate monuments.
Anarchy in the Big Easy: A History of Revolt, Rebellion & Resurgence
An anarchist graphic history of the quest for freedom in radical and revolutionary New Orleans.
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Book cover, showing an illustration of a brawl between strikers and company goons against the backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains
Black Coal & Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
From the dictatorial rule of the coal companies, to the dramatic Battle of Blair Mountain, 10 000 armed strikers against a paid army of gun thugs.
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Pink book cover showing an image of a black-clad, demonstrator wearing a gas mask in the middle of throwing something
(NEW!) Another War Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era
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Tomas recounts the lessons he learned from veterans of the Spanish CNT, adventures slipping across borders to participate in epoch-making riots, & more
Book cover illustrated by NO Bonzo showing an old man reading an anarchist book in cemetery, surrounded by three cats.
(NEW!) Shadows in the Struggle for Equality: The History of the Anarchist Red Cross
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A firsthand account of anarchist solidarity during the Russian revolutionary movement from 1905β1917, & the subsequent Leninist/Stalinist repression.
Book cover showing an outline of a woman's body, filled with illustrations of women working.
Bent Out of Shape: Shame, Solidarity, & Womenβs Bodies at Work
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Karen Messing finds a workforce in harmβs way, choked into silence, whose physical & mental health invariably comes in second place: underestimated, underrepresented, understudied, underpaid
Purple book cover with yellow text.
The Impossibility of Muslim Boyhood
leftwingbooks.net/products/the-impossibility-of-muslim-boyhood
How the construction of Muslim boys as proto-terrorists is integral to the story of American racial capitalism