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message 1: by Tinea (new)

Tinea (pist) I recently read & reviewed the newly released Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege by Will Potter, and my pile of want-to-read new radical books is growing (especially the explosion of feminist critiques of various kinds of community in N America... Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets, The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities, Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism).

I was wondering, has anyone else read/reviewed any newly released (in the last few years) anarchist or radical books? What's super essential and what is best left alone?


message 2: by Tinea (new)

Tinea (pist) I'm still interested in hearing about reviews of new rad literature. A lot of great books have come out recently! What have you reviewed? What did you love? What did you hate? Why?

A few good 2010/2011 books I've finished recently included:
- The Revolution Starts at Home
- Tropic of Chaos
- Food Rebellions
- Oppose and Propose!
- Green is the New Red


message 3: by abclaret, facilitator (last edited Nov 22, 2011 03:21PM) (new)

abclaret | 93 comments Mod
The links for two don't work Millie.

I try and sporadically put stuff in theFreedom newspaper, based here in the UK. Its the longest running English language paper of its type.

Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights
Iran, The Green Movement and the USA
Common Ground In A Liquid City
Come Hell Or High Water
Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance


message 4: by abclaret, facilitator (new)

abclaret | 93 comments Mod
In terms of new stuff due to come out, that sounds promising;

All power to the councils! about the German Revolutionary upheaval after WWI.

Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1 which will uncover South Koreas radical 20th century history.

Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle which hopefully does what it says on the tin.

Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader, Colin Ward was a very influential British anarchist whose politics were very practical and had alot of appeal. Should hopefully be a good read.


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