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2048: Humanity's Agreement to Live Together J. Kirk Boyd
Berrett-Koehler 1605093300 / 9781605093307 Paperback New
"2048 "tells the story of the most important social movement in the 21st century: humanity’s agreement, in writing, to create a social order that will allow people to live together in peace and prosperity based upon human rights and the rule of law. Many of the problems the world faces, such as war, poverty, and environmental ruin are the by-product of a flawed international social order. Fortunately, there is an international agreement, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which all countries signed in 1948, that promises a social order of justice, equality, and freedom. But although the UDHR was agreed to by all countries it is only a declaration and is unenforceable in courts of law. The 2048 Project, launched by the author and his colleagues at the University of California School of Law and from which the book gets it’s name, is a movement to make the fundamental rights in the Declaration enforceable in the courts of all countries by 2048, the 100th anniversary of the Universal Declaration. Through its programs and Web site, the 2048 Project provides education, research materials, and a place for drafters to post documents, as well as hosts international conferences on human rights. "2048 "tells how the UDHR came to be written and the origins of the movement to make it enforceable; lays out the five basic freedoms the UDHR is meant to protect; and gives detailed advice on what everyone can do to make international human rights a reality.
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30 Years of Creative Resistance Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth Book020 Paperback New
'30 years of Creative Resistance' is a compilation of writing and art celebrating the work of Friends of the Earth Australia over the last thirty years. With contributions from leading activists in the organisation over that time, it chronicles the contribution which this incredible grasroots organisation has made to the political landscape of Australia, through campaigns against deforestation, climate change, uranium mining, whilst promoting alternative energy, indigenous rights and trade justice. Visit the websites of Friends of the Earth Australia and Friends of the Earth International for more information on campaigns and how to get involved.
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50 Years Of Recuperation McKenzie War
Princeton Architectural Press 1568987897 / 9781568987897 Hardcover New
From antiglobalist activists and corporate adbusters to online hackers and guerilla street artists the influence of the Situationist International (SI) remains visible writ large across our contemporary cultural landscape. In 50 Years of Recuperation McKenzie Wark the critically acclaimed author of A Hacker Manifesto explores how our contemporary understanding of art politics and even reality itself has been shaped by these original culture jammers. Wark suggests not only what is still vital in the Situationist legacy but also how today’s provocateurs might pick up the thread of those who dared to negate their contemporary world as a whole and imagine it anew.
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A Secret History Of Consciousness Gary Lachman
Lindisfarne Books 1584200111 / 9781584200116 Paperback New
'Sophisticated and impressive. Moving from meditations on prehistoric and Neanderthal consciousness to the 'irruptions of time' wrought on us by the pace of life and the 'simultaneities' of digital media and the Internet Secret History of Consciousness packs a powerful punch. 9 out of 10 -- a white-water ride.' -- Mike Jay Fortean Times 'In this remarkable book Lachman has approached the subject from many different angles [and] offers ideas from many thinkers providing a rich mix. Well worth the effort and a book to go back to again and again.' -- Pamela Allsop Light: A Review of Spiritual and Psychic Knowledge Winter 2004 'What is lucidly and insightfully drawn together in this book is not so much a secret history as a neglected history. It can be read with profit both by those interested in the nature of consciousness and in the history of reflections upon its nature and characteristics. It is well referenced and has a helpful bibliography. This is a book which I would wish to refer to again.' -- Kevin Tingay Christian Parapsychologist March 2004 'There is much of interest in this informative work.' -- The Beacon July 2004 'A useful and thought-provoking book clearly and enthusiastically written and neatly contextualising many ideas. For those who have read deeply but not widely it will be an excellent overview and introduction to Steiner's antecedents and contemporaries.' -- Pat Cheney New View Autumn 2003 'A marvellously exhilarating gallop through every important modern theory of consciousness from Steiner to Maslow from Bucke's cosmic consciousness to Gebser's integral consciousness.' -- Colin Wilson author of The Occult and Mysteries 'Highly readable and interesting.' -- Greenock Telegraph 10 October 2003 'A must read for those seeking an escape from our contemporary culture's cul-de-sac.' -- Daniel Pinchbeck author of Breaking Open The Head 'Lachman challenges many contemporary theories by reinserting a sense of the spiritual back into the discussion ... Profoundly erudite yet easy to read this book is a provocative mind-stretcher.' -- Leonard Schlain author of The Alphabet Versus the Goddess 'This book is itself a cultural correction to the overemphasis on the material aspect of life.'
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ABC Of Anarchism Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Paul Avrich (Introduction)
Dover 0486433692 / 9780486433691 Paperback New
First published in 1929 this book by one of the most gifted writers for the anarchist movement answers some of the charges made against it and presents the case for communist anarchism clearly and intelligently. Thorough and well stated it is today regarded as a classic statement of the cause's goals and methods.
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Aftershock Philippe Legrain
Little Brownm 1408702231 / 9781408702239 Paperback New
The financial crisis brought the world to the brink of economic breakdown. Now bankers' bonuses are back, house prices are rising again and politicians promise recovery while unemployment rises, frictions with China grow and the planet overheats. Is this really sustainable? In this incisive assessment of the post-crisis world, Philippe looks at what went wrong, and how the world's leaders and financial institutions can learn from their disastrous mistakes. Reporting first-hand from around the world, he explains how the world economy is being reshaped and what it means for jobs and our future prospects. He sets out the huge dangers ahead - and the opportunities to craft a fairer, safer, richer and greener world in this wide-ranging, brilliant and impassioned book.
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Against Civilization John Zerzan (Editor), R. L. Tubbesing (Illustrator)
Feral House 0922915989 / 9780922915989 Paperback New
First published in 1999 Against Civilization quickly became known as the primer of primitivism or green anarchy the most radical form of anarchism to develop in the past decade. An anthology of critical commentary on what editor John Zerzan terms the pathology of civilization the book offers compelling insight from a diverse group of writers and thinkers including Rousseau Fourier William Morris Schiller Bahro Kirkpatrick Sale and Paul Shepard. The 51 selections examine how progress and technology have led to emptiness and alienation why every culture longs for a lost Golden Age and question whether civilization can be saved from itself. Providing profound historical insight into the roots of cultural discontent the book also paints a vision of a world unfettered by oppression and exploitation. This edition features 60 pages of new material.
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Anarchism Emma Goldman
Dover 0486224848 / 9780486224848 Paperback New
Powerful penetrating prophetic essays on direct action role of minorities prison reform puritan hypocrisy violence etc. Anarchist and feminist EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) is one of the towering figures in global radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Lithuania she emigrated to the United States as a teenager was deported in 1919 for her criticism of the U.S. military draft in World War I and died in Toronto after a globetrotting life. An early advocate of birth control women's rights and workers unions she was an important and influential figure in such far-flung geopolitical events as the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Among her many books are My Disillusionment in Russia (1925) and Living My Life (1931).
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Anarchy And Art Allan Antliff
Arsenal Pulp Press 1551522187 / 9781551522180 Paperback New
The coupling of Anarchist political movements and art is not a topic likely to attract broad interest yet the issues dealt with by author and art historian Antliff (Anarchist Modernism) in this collection of essays have greater range than the politics of the extreme left. One typically enlivening chapter is devoted to the personal reminiscences of Susan Simensky Bietila a painter on the scene of the American student movement of the 1960s; among stories of student strikes and absurdist performance art-like protests she relates her struggle with art professors at Brooklyn College who insisted that fine art could not have explicit political content. That debate is central to Antliff's work and the implications he draws in these eight scholarly essays carry resonance beyond the political questions used to frame it. Bookended by an argument between French 19th century leftists Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Emile Zola and the fall of the Berlin wall (overlapped by the first Gulf War) with stops in 1880s Paris New York during WWI post-Revolution Russia and McCarthy-era America among others. Antliff's latest will prove lively and thought-provoking work for art students and scholars. 16 color plates.
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Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic Of The Animal Movement Professor Peter Singer
Harper Perennial 0061711306 / 9780061711305 Paperback New
Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism"--our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals--inspiring a worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate the cruelty we inflict on them. In "Animal Liberation," author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures--destroying the spurious justifications behind them, and offering alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.
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Apocalypse Culture Adam Parfrey
Feral House 0922915059 / 9780922915057 Paperback New
First published in 1987 this anthology of doomster essays has become a fixture on the bookshelves of every Tom Pierced Dick and Harry. After finally reading it I have to admit that my prejudice against those who think that being cool means reading lots of ReSearch magazines kept me away from what is actually a fascinating volume wherein the most absurd inexcusable positions are defended with calm intelligence and witty rationality. With essays ranging from the sexual liberation of necrophiliacs to strong cases against art and agriculture editor Adam Parfrey's collection is one that Tristan Tzara would enjoy if he were to rise from his mouldy grave in search of good bathroom reading Apocalypse Culture is compulsory reading for all those concerned with the crisis of our times. An extraordinary collection unlike anything I have ever encountered. These are the terminal documents of the twentieth century.-J.G. Ballard
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Archaeology Of Violence Pierre Clastres
Semiotext(e) 0936756950 / 9780936756950 Paperback New
Pierre Clastres broke up with his mentor Claude Levi-Strauss to collaborate with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Gattari on their "Anti-Oedipus." He is the rare breed of political anthropologist--a Nietzschean--and his work presents us with a generalogy of power in a native state. For him, tribal societies are not Rousseauist in essence; to the contrary, they practice systematic violence in order to prevent the rise in their midst of this "cold monster" the state. Only by waging war with other tribes can they maintain the dispersion and autonomy of each group. In the same way, tribal chiefs are not all-powerful; to the contrary, they are rendered weak in order to remain dependent on the community. In a series of groundbreaking essays, Clastres turns around the analysis of power among South American Indians and rehabilitates violence as an affirmative act meant to protect the integrity of their societies. These "savages" are shrewd political minds who resist in advance any attempt at "globalization."
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Assata Assata Shakur
L. Hill 1556520743 / 9781556520747 Paperback New
This presents the life story of African American revolutionary Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard.
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Autobiography Of Abbie Hoffman Abbie Hoffman, Norman Mailer, Howard Zinn
Four Walls Eight Windows 1568581971 / 9781568581972 Paperback New
The Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman tells the story of one of America's most influential and imaginative dissidents a major figure in the 1960s counterculture and anti-war movement who remained a dedicated political organizer right up until his death in 1989. With his unique brand of humor wit and energetic narrative Abbie Hoffman describes the history of his times and provides a first-hand account of such memorable actions as the levitation of the Pentagon the dropping of dollar bills onto the New York Stock Exchange floor and the Chicago 8 Trial which followed the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Convention as well as his friendships with Jerry Rubin Bobby Seale Allen Ginsberg and many others. Originally published in 1980 as Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture this memoir has been out of print for nearly 10 years. This edition includes
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Baader-Meinhof Stefan Aust, Anthea Bell
Oxford University Press 0195372751 / 9780195372755 Hardcover New
The Baader-Meinhof Group--later known as the Red Army Faction (RAF)--was a violent urban guerilla group which terrorized Germany in the 1970s and '80s killing 47 people wounding 93 taking 162 hostages and robbing 35 banks--all in an attempt to bring revolution to the Federal Republic. Stefan Aust's masterful history of the Group presents the definitive account capturing a highly complex story both accurately and colorfully. Much new information has surfaced since the mass suicide of the Groups' leaders in the 1980s. Some RAF members have come forward to testify in new investigations and formerly classified Stasi documents have been made public since the fall of the Berlin Wall all contributing to a fuller picture of the RAF and the events surrounding their demise. Aust presents the complete history of the RAF from the creation in 1970 to the breakup in 1998 incorporating all of the new information. For instance there is growing evidence that the German secret service eavesdropped on Baader Meinhof and the other RAF members imprisoned in Stammheim and that they knew that the terrorists planned a mass suicide but did nothing to prevent it. Also there is new information about the role of the RAF lawyers (among them Otto Schily who later was Minister of the Interior in Gerhard Schroder's cabinet) and the roles of the different RAF members and the rivalry between them. The volume will also contain numerous photos. Terrorism today is never far from most people's thoughts. Baader-Meinhof offers a gripping account of one of the most violent terrorist groups of the late twentieth century in a compelling look at what they did why they did it and how they were brought to justice.
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Basic Bakunin Robert M. Cutler
Prometheus 0879757450 / 9780879757458 Paperback New
The Basic Bakunin has works that Bakunin did over a short period of time mostly speaking of the International but after reading this I can see why it is called the Basic Bakunin: all you need to know about Bakunin's views of the State education knowledge work equality democracy freedom etc is contained in this 250 page book.Bakunin is the socialist willing to speak for a truly classless society with full political social and economic equality where freedom is maximized only through these conditions. He believes the State only exists in oppressive societies and reforms within the State will only continue class oppression. Hence his many criticisms of Bourgeois Socialists who he believes aren't true socialists at all. I disagree on a few points Bakunin makes but everything he says is essential for anyone who is into political philosophy or socialism to consider. I especially found Bakunin's views of education and equality interesting as I share many insights with him. He goes a bit into psychology and nature vs. nurture arguments in these viewpoints and also in his viewpoints on patriotism. The editor's introduction gives insights into how Bakunin is different than Marx the words the editor adds in Bakunin's writings make things more clear the notes serve the same purpose and the Glossary of terms at the end are a great bonus. Buy this now.
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Best Of Abbie Hoffman Abbie Hoffman; foreword by Norman Mailer; edited by Daniel Simon with the author
Four Walls Eight Windows 0941423425 / 9780941423427 Paperback New
In his foreword Norman Mailer calls this oninium-gatherum the autobiography of a bona fide American revolutionary and indeed it is. The collection includes selections from Hoffman's Revolution for the Hell of It (o.p.) Woodstock Nation ( LJ 12/15/69. o.p.) Steal This Book ( LJ 11/15/71. o.p.) and nine essays originally published in the 1980s all of which provide a unique first-person account of the irrepressible Hoffman and his times. Radiating from every page is Hoffman's determined commitment to radical change in a society constructed on political compromise and cooption. Libraries lacking Hoffman's major writings should buy this book .
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Black Fez Manifesto Hakim Bey
Autonomedia 1570271879 / 9781570271878 Paperback New
Poetry. New poetic rants and prose poems from the pseudonymous author of TAZ and MILLENNIUMand co-editor of ORGIES OF THE HEMP EATERS, among many other influential, incendiary texts. BLACK FEZ MANIFESTO is the emblem of our intransigent disgust with the lukewarm necromantic vacuum of dephlogisticated corpse breath that passes nowadays for Empire and organic death.
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Black Is A Color Elvan Zabunyan
Dis Voir 2914563205 / 9782914563208 Paperback New
In "Black is a Color," contemporary art historian and curator Elvan Zabunyan proposes a new approach to contemporary art and its history through the practice of Black American artists from the Harlem Renaissance to today. Combining a historical study with probing critical analysis, "Black is a Color" depicts an America marked indelibly by its slavery past, out of which Afro-American contemporary artists have been able to build a singular and engaged body of work to protest against the cultural and political consequences of racial discrimination. In chapters covering notions of "Black conscience," the relation of "attitude" to form, and women Afro-American artists, Zabunyan traces the emergence of artistic identity in various forms of representation (painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance). Close readings of the oeuvres of David Hammons, Adrian Piper, and others uncover the place of the body, urban space, and memory in the works of Black artists, who are represented with more than 130 images.
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