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Two important new books on anarchism...
by v/a
Just in at the store are two excellent new books from our friends at the 20-year old collectively run publisher AK Press - Cindy Milstein's Anarchism and its Aspirations and We are an image from the future: The Greek Revolts of December 2008, edited by A.G. Schwarz, Tasos Sagris & the Void Network.
Cindy Milstein's Anarchism and its Aspirations is exciting not just because it's an extremely readable, highly relevant, pocket-sized primer of contemporary anarchist ethics and principles of organization, but because it's the first book in the long-awaited Institute for Anarchist Studies series. We've been looking for a book like this for a while - an introductory text on anarchism that speaks from and to our own era, and that doesn't assume any kind of subcultural identification or predilection for insurgent style, the kind of book you can give to a curious teenager or a confused relative, but will also help the experienced anarchist clarify their own positions and practice. Check out an excerpt from the book over on the AK Press blog...
We are an image from the future, on the other hand, is much more concerned with what happens when anarchism explodes onto the streets and into history - it's (we think) the best and most comprehensive collection of documents and reflections on the Greek revolts of December 2008, which brough business as usual to a screeching, burning halt in the wake of the police murder of fifteen-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos in Athens. While there's of course plenty of material here about the street fights, burning barricades, torched christmas trees, and generalized rioting, the book provides a much needed glimpse into the social composition and organizing processes which have, over the long haul, made possible the Greek insurrection. This is a very important and relevant book for people who are inspired by the amazing capacity of the Greek movements to collectively resist State and Capital by any means necessary, especially in light of the current struggles being waged on Greek streets against the wave of global austerity.
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