RESPECT to the strike defenders at UQAM and their allies. It was a full-day battle today (April 8), from early morning till late night. I only observed first-hand the crescendo tonite, after the intervention of what was clearly over 100+ riot police, backed up by bike cops, at the Da …
The following is an update from the AK Press collective, who are coping with the aftermath of a deadly fire on March 21st. If you can, please help AK by donating here. It’s been almost two weeks since the fire at our warehouse and we know some of you have …
At leftwingbooks.net we have received a number of books from AK Press and PM Press over the past few weeks — i thought some of you might be interested: Anarchists Never Surrender: Essays, Polemics, and Correspondence on Anarchism, 1908-1938 Anarchists Never Surrender provides a complete picture of Victor Serge’s relationship to …
Race is all around us, as one of the main structures of capitalist society. Yet, how we talk about it and even how we think about it is tightly policed. Everything about race is artificially distorted as a white/Black paradigm. Instead, we need to understand the imposed racial reality from …
Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to explore …
The journal Socialism and Democracy recently published a special issue on “The Roots of Mass Incarceration: Locking Up Black Dissidents and Punishing the Poor” — this is normally not a journal which is available for free, however given the important nature of this issue, for a limited time all content …
Kersplebedeb has received a letter from Shaka Zulu, Chairman of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party-Prison Chapter, informing us of a hunger strike at South Woods State Prison, where Shaka was transferred earlier this month. The letter was written before the hunger strike, however was only received a week after …
AK Press is currently dealing with the aftermath of a major fire. They need cash to get back on their feet. This is serious. Donate at: http://www.gofundme.com/akpressfire The following is from the AK Press page set up with information about what happened and how to help: AK Press is currently dealing …
On November 30, 2004, a bomb buried under two bags of sand went off, shaking the foundations of a hydroelectric tower near the Quebec-US border. Two years later, a car bomb decimated an oil executive’s car outside of his home, northwest of Montreal. Read the rest of this article on …
Two photos just sent to me by François Couture — thanks!