reviewed in Antidote #3 by S. Rosedale “For much of the U.S. left, fascism is little more than an epithet – simply another way to say ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’ applied loosely to quite different social movements as well as to various aspects and elements of capitalist reaction. But for …
Ever since Italy’s fasci di combattimento rocketed Benito Mussolini to power in 1919-22, leftists have been grappling with the question of fascism — what it is and how to fight it. Fascism is a complex, contradictory enemy. It murders and vilifies leftists but often calls itself the true force for …
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 …
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 …
i’ve been thinking about what we call “historical knowledge” quite a bit these days, all the while chewing my way through my annual summer treat, the two “years best” annual science fiction anthologies (Gardner Dozois’ and Hartwell & Cramer’s respectively).Historical knowledge is taken as something of a given, and for …
On the left communist Notes from the Undergound blog, Fischer has written a lengthy review of Projectiles for the People. It is reposted here with permission: The 2008 movie Der Baader Meinhof Komplex has sparked interest again in the Red Army Faction. Below is a review, written earlier this summer, …
The question of how things develop, of how the present emerges from the past, may seem abstract enough, but the more i think of it the more it seems central to our entire project. & when you think about it, history/herstory has been a recurrent concern for all our movements …
Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew: a history of the Weather Underground, has reviewed Projectiles for the People, Volume 1 of The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History. You can check it out on the Counterpunch website: http://www.counterpunch.com/jacobs04102009.html “The editors of this work, J. Smith and André …
The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History – Volume 1: Projectiles For the People by André Moncourt and J. Smith, with forewords by Bill Dunne and Russell “Maroon” Shoats $34.95 from left-wing books dot net Paperback book 736 pages Published by Kersplebedeb and PM Press in 2009 ISBN 9781604860290 It …
Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America by Ward Churchill My review rating: 4 of 5 starsi had given this book two stars from memory – what had stuck in my mind was Churchill’s conflation of what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust …