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Monday, December 25, 2017

Anarchism - Anarcho-Primitivism - Banksy - Beats - Black Lives Matter - Black Power - Direct Action - Grunge - Patti Smith - Post-Situationist - Punk - Pussy Riot - Radical Left - Organized Labor - Subaltern Nationalism - Utopia

Anarchism: Book: 2017: Crimethinc Ex Worker’s Collective: From Democracy to Freedom: The Difference
Between Government and Self-Determination, Crimethinc

Anarchism: Podcast: 2017- : B(A)D News: Angry Voices from Around the World, Anarchist Radio

Anarchism: Radio: 2011- : Subversion #1312, 4zzz, Brisbane 102.1FM

Anarchism: Zines: 2017- : Azadi: Journal of Anarchism and Freedom
  • Anarchist zine from India

Anarcho-Primitivism: 2013- : Return Fire

Banksy: Book: 2001: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall, Banksy

Beats: Book: 1998: The Unbearables: The Crimes of the Beats, Autonomedia

Black Lives Matter: Radio: 2017.11.20: Big Ideas: Black Lives Matter, Radio National

Black Power: Pamphlet: 1933: Equality Land and Freedom: A Program for Negro Liberation, League of
Struggle for Negro Rights

Direct Action: Book: 2017: Crimethinc Workers Collective: No Wall They Can Build: A Guide to Borders &
Migration Across North America, Crimethinc
  • Excellent critique of border politics written from the perspective of someone who assists migrants through the desert
  • Written from an anarchist perspective that states an opposition to national borders


Grunge: Book: 2017: Patty Schemel: Hit So Hard: A Memoir, Da Capo Press
  • Book memoir that shares a name with a 2010 documentary film about Schemel (and with  a Hole song title)
  • No surprises, only more detail, for anyone who had first seen the documentary

Patti Smith: Books: 2017: Patti Smith: Devotion, Yale University Press

Post-Situationist: Pamphlet: 2017: Ian Alan Paul: Antisocial Media

Punk: Magazine: 1982: Maximumrocknroll

Punk: Podcast: 2017: Do You Remember?: The Life and Legacy of Husker Du, NPR: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/550140934/do-you-remember-the-life-and-legacy-of-husker-du

Pussy Riot: Books: 2017: Maria Alyokhina: Riot Days, Metropolitan Books

Radical Left: Books: 2014: Bini Adamczak: Communism for Kids, MIT Press
  • I got this because the provocative title was generating one-star Amazon reviews by outraged squares

  • Essentially an overview of Marxist thought with some easy-to-read scenarios describing revolutionary outcomes


Organized Labor: Book: 2017: Terry Tapp: A Serf’s Journal: The Story of the United States’ Longest Wildcat Strike, Zero Books
  • In 2017 Zero Books became my favorite book publisher and A Serf’s Journal is one of the reasons why.

  • A great memoir of a wildcat strike I didn’t realize happened, and the loss of memory of this event is addressed by the author at the end.

  • Close to the end of reading this I realized that I’ve heard Terry Tapp twice as a guest on the Zero Books podcast and he’s been one of my favourite subjects


Subaltern Nationalism: Radio: 2017.10.09: Against the Grain: Frantz Franon: Philosopher of the Barricades, KPFA

Utopia: Book: 1983: PM: Bolo’Bolo, Autonomedia
  • A theory for a global utopian system

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Anarchism, Antifa, Black Metal, Che Guevara, Chicano Movement, Environmentalism, Hip-Hop, Irish Republican Army, John Coltrane, Martin Luther King Jr, Metal, Prisoner Uprising, Punk, Student Uprising, Underground Railroad, Vagabondia, Westboro Baptist Church

Anarchism: 2017: Margaret Killjoy: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion, TOR
  • Excellent and short novel about a drifter who visits a town in Idaho in search of answers about her best friend’s death.
  • Members of the town had previously summoned a demon, a red three antlered deer, that violently kills anyone who seeks power over others, thereby maintaining the anarchist order.

Antifa: 2017: Mark Bray: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, Melville House
  • An excellent overview of 20th century anti-fascism and current/recent events in North America and Europe
  • Also provides a set of arguments in favour of contemporary Antifa contingents, and of their tactics.

Black Metal: Book: 2014: Scott Wilson (ed): Melancology: Black Metal Theory and Ecology, Zero Books

Black Metal: 2016: Jorn “Necrobutcher” Stubberud: The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94, Ecstatic Peace Library
  • Excellent memoir of the earlier years of the Black Metal band Mayhem. From their inception to the time of Euronymous’ murder.
  • The book is primarily photographs accompanied by text of stories related to those photos.
  • Stubberud’s memoirs of Mayhem’s late singer, Dead, are the book’s most interesting parts. Dead is responsible for much of the look and ideas of Black Metal. Stubberud credits Dead with having written most of the lyrics for their classic album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, and describes Dead as making connections with death that exceed the theatrical.

Che Guevara: Book: 2017: Juan Martin Guevara: Che, My Brother, Polity Press

Chicano Movement: Pamphlet: 1975: Revolutionary Communist Party USA: The Chicano Struggle and the Struggle for Socialism, Revolutionary Union

Environmentalism: Pamphlet: 2017: Junexit: Another End of the World is Possible

Hip-Hop: Book: 2017: Chuck D: This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Irish Republican Army: Film: 2016: Brendan Byrne: Bobby Sands: 66 Days,

John Coltrane: Film: 2016: John Scheinfeld: Chasing Trane, Meteor 17

Martin Luther King Jr: Books: 1963: Martin Luther King Jr: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings, Beacon Press

Martin Luther King Jr: Pamphlet: 1984: David W Pitre: To Martin Luther King with Love: A Southern Quaker’s Tribute, Pendle Hill Publications

Metal: Film: 2015: Sean Byrne: The Devil’s Candy, Snoot Entertainment

Prisoner Uprising: Pamphlet: 2017: Rustbelt Abolition Research Collective: Containing the Crisis: A History of Mass Incarceration and Rebellion in the Rustbelt, MAPS

Punk: Book: 2016: John Doe with Tom DeSavia and Friends: Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of LA Punk, Da Capo Press

Punk: Websites: 2017.10.15: Hardcore Show Flyers, http://hardcoreshowflyers.net/

Spontaneous Uprisings: Book: 2017: Paul Routledge: Space Invaders: Radical Geographies of Protest, Pluto Press

Student Uprisings: Book: 2017: Roderick A Ferguson: We Demand: The University and Student Protests, University of California Press

Underground Railroad: Book: 2017: Jane Simon Ammeson: Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest, Indiana University Press

Vagabondia: Book: 1959: Herman Hesse: Narziss and Goldmund, Penguin

Westboro Baptist Church: Book: 2017: Libby Phelps: Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church, Skyhorse Publishing