YES WE CAN!

 click for a larger version YES WE CAN! alternate title: Obama eats babies

Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties

It’s the second book of Mike Marqusee’s i’ve read, and i think i may have a new fave author… Marqusee excels at impressionistic cultural histories, and here as elsewhere he focuses on his personal heroes to explain their significance in what was clearly the most important era in his life …

Words to the Misguided

A nice appeal to those who find themselves attracted to the patriot movement, care of Phoenix Class War Council: As it now stands, much of the patriot movement demands not an end to fascism, but an exemption from the fascism that it demands for others. To read the whole post, …

Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy

This review by Peter Gelderloos re-posted from infoshop.org – remember to order your copy of  Life Under the Jolly Roger from leftwingbooks.net! Life Under the Jolly Rogerby Peter Gelderloos In Life Under the Jolly Roger (PM Press 2009), Gabriel Kuhn takes on the far flung sources regarding golden age piracy …

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This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USAIncludes writings by: Ramona Africa, Jake Conroy, Bill Dunne, Ronald Kuykendall, Jaan Laaman, Rob Los Ricos, Jeff Luers, Jalil Muntaqim, Jonathan Paul, Leslie Pickering, Craig Rosebraugh, and Peter Young. price: $16.95 (US) Click here to order or for …

Woman Dies in 107-Degree Cage in Prison: SWOP Remembers Marcia Powell

Reposting this important piece from Bound not Gagged: Woman Dies in 107-Degree Cage in Prison: SWOP Remembers Marcia Powell For Immediate ReleaseContacts: SWOP-USA 1-877-7… ext 2Liz Coplen- SWOP-Tucson Peggy Plews- Arizona Prison Watchinfo@swop-tucson.org freemarciapowell@gmail.com On Friday December 18th sex workers from around the country are gathering to remember Marcia Powell, a …

Upping The Anti #9

The latest issue of this volume of theory and action just arrived in my mailbox – which means it’s available to all of you via leftwingbooks.net (just click on the image, or right here). Here’s the table of contents, to whet your appetite: IntroductionLetters to the EditorEditorialInterviews Eli Clare: Resisting …

Undercovers and "Security Experts" re: 2010

Two reports in regarding police infiltration, surveillance and smears in the lead-up to the 2010 olympics in b.c. First, the No2010 blog tells us that Victoria Police Chief Jamie Grahamhas been bragging about undercover penetration of the anti-2010 activist scene, joking (?) at a security conference about how the bus …

Against Anti-Prostitute Violence

From Stella, Montreal’s sex-worker advocacy group: Stella invites you to support our actions in December to denounce violence against sex workers and to fight for our rights and the recognition of our work. The criminalization of our work robs us of the right to security. Security that is much needed: …