Comments for Revolution by the Book http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org The AK Press Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Event Reportback: Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair by meg http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/event-reportback-los-angeles-anarchist-bookfair/#comment-231 meg Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:13:11 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=340#comment-231 You know, there are a lot of fans of AK that I'm sure would be thrilled at the chance to help out at a book table during events like this so AK staff could attend some of the programs. You could probably just put out a call for volunteers right here on the blog. You know, there are a lot of fans of AK that I’m sure would be thrilled at the chance to help out at a book table during events like this so AK staff could attend some of the programs. You could probably just put out a call for volunteers right here on the blog.

]]> Comment on Getting to Know AK: Lorna by blackmask36 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/getting-to-know-ak-lorna/#comment-226 blackmask36 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:34:08 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=263#comment-226 winnipeg anarchists love and miss lorna! winnipeg anarchists love and miss lorna!

]]> Comment on AK Press to Publish the Team Colors Collection Uses of a Whirlwind in June 2010! by teamcolors http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/ak-press-to-publish-the-team-colors-collection-uses-of-a-whirlwind-in-june-2010/#comment-213 teamcolors Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:13:28 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=277#comment-213 Andrej Grubacic and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz join the Team Colors Collection Uses of a Whirlwind Friends, Team Colors is pleased to announce that noted activist-scholars Andrej Grubacic and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joining the collection Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States. The volume will be released by AK Press in June 2010 in conjunction with the US Social Forum in Detroit. Grubacic and Dunbar-Ortiz are writing the book’s extensive Preface, which will situate the collection within current radical literature and the last thirty years of political organizing. About the Preface Authors: Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist dissident and historian who has written prolifically on anarchism and the history of the Balkans. Following the collapse of Yugoslavia, Grubacic was based in Belgrade, before leaving his position as assistant lecturer of History at the University of Belgrade (due to tensions relating to his political activism) and relocating to the Fernand Braudel Center at SUNY Binghamton in New York, United States where he taught in the Sociology department. His most recent book Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History with Staughton Lynd has met with great acclaim (PM Press, 2008). Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma where her paternal grandfather had been an organizer for the IWW. She is a writer, historian, teacher, and long-time leftist organizer, beginning in the 1960s. Recently retired as a professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay, she lives in San Francisco. She is the author of numerous books and articles on indigenous peoples, including Indians of the Americas: Human Rights and Self-Determination and Roots of Resistance: History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, as well as a historical memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman; and Blood on the Border. www.reddirtsite.com We look forward to having Grubacic’s and Dunbar-Ortiz’s words in the pages of Uses of a Whirlwind. Wholeheartedly, Craig Hughes, Stevie Peace, Kevin Van Meter, and Benjamin Holtzman | Team Colors Collective # # # Andrej Grubacic and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz join the Team Colors Collection Uses of a Whirlwind

Friends,

Team Colors is pleased to announce that noted activist-scholars Andrej Grubacic and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joining the collection Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States. The volume will be released by AK Press in June 2010 in conjunction with the US Social Forum in Detroit.

Grubacic and Dunbar-Ortiz are writing the book’s extensive Preface, which will situate the collection within current radical literature and the last thirty years of political organizing.

About the Preface Authors:

Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist dissident and historian who has written prolifically on anarchism and the history of the Balkans. Following the collapse of Yugoslavia, Grubacic was based in Belgrade, before leaving his position as assistant lecturer of History at the University of Belgrade (due to tensions relating to his political activism) and relocating to the Fernand Braudel Center at SUNY Binghamton in New York, United States where he taught in the Sociology department. His most recent book Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History with Staughton Lynd has met with great acclaim (PM Press, 2008).

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma where her paternal grandfather had been an organizer for the IWW. She is a writer, historian, teacher, and long-time leftist organizer, beginning in the 1960s. Recently retired as a professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay, she lives in San Francisco. She is the author of numerous books and articles on indigenous peoples, including Indians of the Americas: Human Rights and Self-Determination and Roots of Resistance: History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, as well as a historical memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman; and Blood on the Border. http://www.reddirtsite.com

We look forward to having Grubacic’s and Dunbar-Ortiz’s words in the pages of Uses of a Whirlwind.

Wholeheartedly,

Craig Hughes, Stevie Peace, Kevin Van Meter, and Benjamin Holtzman | Team Colors Collective

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]]> Comment on Come Hell or High Water: Why is collective process so darn difficult?! by Daily Breather http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/come-hell-or-high-water-why-is-collective-process-so-darn-difficult/#comment-206 Daily Breather Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:54:51 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=311#comment-206 This should come in handy and not a moment too soon. It seems, sometimes, that running a collective is what sets one group apart from other "clubs" or "galleries or "space". But when it comes down to the workings of the collective it's business as usual where egos and agendas are similar to for-profit groups. This book won't stop that but it should give me a better understanding of how to sort them out before getting myself entrenched in someone elses pet project. This should come in handy and not a moment too soon. It seems, sometimes, that running a collective is what sets one group apart from other “clubs” or “galleries or “space”. But when it comes down to the workings of the collective it’s business as usual where egos and agendas are similar to for-profit groups.
This book won’t stop that but it should give me a better understanding of how to sort them out before getting myself entrenched in someone elses pet project.

]]> Comment on Getting Friendly by Daily Breather http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/getting-friendly/#comment-205 Daily Breather Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=306#comment-205 Looking forward to receiving Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry. Your Friend Jamie Looking forward to receiving Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry.

Your Friend
Jamie

]]> Comment on New AK Press Book on the Dec. 2008 Greek Uprisings by jgeneric http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/new-ak-press-book-on-the-dec-2008-greek-uprisings/#comment-199 jgeneric Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:31:13 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=307#comment-199 I can't wait to read this one! I can’t wait to read this one!

]]> Comment on New AK Press Book on the Dec. 2008 Greek Uprisings by johm http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/new-ak-press-book-on-the-dec-2008-greek-uprisings/#comment-198 johm Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:01:14 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=307#comment-198 this looks *awesome* this looks *awesome*

]]> Comment on Black Flame launches in Mexico! by Michael Schmidt http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/black-flame-launches-in-mexico/#comment-196 Michael Schmidt Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:27:11 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=296#comment-196 Yes, Charles is correct, that's the song I was referring to. Yes, Charles is correct, that’s the song I was referring to.

]]> Comment on Black Flame launches in Mexico! by AK Press http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/black-flame-launches-in-mexico/#comment-192 AK Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:28 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=296#comment-192 Michael can correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume he's referring to the Mexican revolutionary corrido, "Carabina 30-30." Not sure when it was written, or who wrote it, but it's been covered by a lot of people over the years, including Los Lobos. I'm sure you can find info and lyrics online. --charles Michael can correct me if I’m wrong, but I assume he’s referring to the Mexican revolutionary corrido, “Carabina 30-30.” Not sure when it was written, or who wrote it, but it’s been covered by a lot of people over the years, including Los Lobos. I’m sure you can find info and lyrics online.

–charles

]]> Comment on Black Flame launches in Mexico! by Gomez http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/black-flame-launches-in-mexico/#comment-191 Gomez Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:57:15 +0000 http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/?p=296#comment-191 Pardon my ignorance, but I don't recognize the song referenced in this piece,[as the song has it, “the 30-30 carbine.”]. Pardon my ignorance, but I don’t recognize the song referenced in this piece,[as the song has it, “the 30-30 carbine.”].

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