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Another AK Special!

Posted on February 24th, 2010 in AK Distribution

Hello one and all,

In our infinite wisdom, we here at AK have decided to offer a rotating special on different AK Press published titles each month. It is what I like to think of as the “You should have bought this when it came out, but you put it off, and now you are being rewarded because it is finally on sale” Sale, and other people think of as “A Sale on AK Backlist.” Whose is more appealing? (This is a rhetorical question so please don’t tell me what I don’t want to hear.) Each month we’ll be offering a selection of titles at 50% off the regular list price. (Yes, stores, for you too!). We’ve announced these titles on sale in a couple of emails, but I just realized that, though you should be, some of you may not be signed up for those. There’s still a week for the discount! February’s little beauties are, in alphabetical order (to avoid the appearance of favouritism):

A New World in Our Hearts: 8 Years of Writings from the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, edited by Roy San Filippo

This book keeps alive the many key political contributions Love and Rage made to debates surrounding anarchism and organization, race, white supremacy, and the national question, as well as documenting the rise and fall of an important political movement. Now just $6!

Controlled Flight into Terrain: Stealworks Anthology 3.0, by John Yates

John is a San Francisco Bay Area independent designer, whose work has appeared for years within the underground music and political scenes. Through such work as his “Democracy We Deliver,” “Officer Friendly?” and Mom, We’re Home!”, Yates has gained a somewhat precarious notoriety within both the counter and over-the-counter cultures. Speaking of which, we’ll have some new shirts of his by mid-March! Now just $5.50! May as well get 2!

For Workers’ Power: The Selected Writings of Maurice Brinton, by Maurice Brinton (Christopher Pallis)

The most prolific contributor to the British Solidarity Group (1961¬1992), Maurice Brinton sought to inspire a mass movement based on libertarian socialist politics. Attempting to blow away the bad air of the “Old” and “New” Left alike, Brinton used the past as a guide to his visionary writings. Highly recommended!! Now just $11!

Granny Made Me an Anarchist: General Franco, the Angry Brigade, and Me, by Stuart Christie

Oh, what can we say about this! Love this book. Stuart Christie became Britain’s most famous anarchist in 1964 when he was arrested for smuggling explosives in a plot to assassinate Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco. Charged with “Banditry and Terrorism,” he served three years of his twenty-year sentence before international pressure (from Bertrand Russell and Jean Paul Sartre among many others), as well as a note from his Mum, secured his release. Five years later, he stood trial in London for alleged involvement with Britain’s Angry Brigade. Now just $10!

Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life, by George Katsiaficas

The Subversion of Politics fills in the gaps between the momentous events of 1968 and 1999. Katsiaficas presents the protagonists of social revolt—Italian feminists, squatters, disarmament and anti-nuclear activists, punk rockers, and anti-fascist street fighters—in a compelling and sympathetic light.. At the same time, he offers a work of great critical depth, drawing from these political practices a new theory of freedom and autonomy that redefines the parameters of the political itself. Now just $9!

Suffled How it Gush: A North American Anarchist in the Balkans, by Shon Meckfessel

Shon Meckfessel, AKA “the fourth hiker,” appropriates the peculiar slogan of an Albanian mineral water company as the title for this uniquely intellectual book. Equal parts journalism, history, and personal memoir, Suffled How it Gush records Shon’s travels throughout ex-Yugoslavia and the greater Balkans region, chronicling the beauty of an area too renowned for its ugliness. Now just $8.50!

What is Anarchism, by Alexander Berkman

You thought it was just going to be books by young whippersnappers, didn’t you? A reprint of perhaps the first and best exposition of anarchism by one of its greatest propagandists (by both word and deed) and thinkers. In a clear conversation with the reader, Berkman discusses society as it now exists, the need for anarchism, and the methods for bringing it about. Necessary! Now just $7.00!