Fields, Factories and Workshops
Peter Kropotkin
An anarchist study of the possibilities of reorganizing industry along nonhierarchical, nonexploitative lines, with new material by Colin Ward.
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 202 pages
Fugitive Writings
Peter Kropotkin
Serves as a good introduction to Kropotkin’s writings, with his ideas presented in the context of his political and social essays. Much of this material has long been out of print or untranslated. SC
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 202 pages
In Russian and French Prisons
Peter Kropotkin
This is Kropotkin’s critique of prisons from the inside out, perhaps the first book to cover penology from the standpoint of a participant-observer. Far from reforming the offender, he writes, even in the 19th century prisons were already better suited as schools for crime. SC
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 316 pages
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
Peter Kropotkin
“Kropotkin applies his exploration of Eastern Asia and his study of wild-animal behavior to a critical examination of evolution. Also provides an argument for anarchism by showing historically how people tend to cooperate spontaneously and how the State destroys this natural inclination toward mutual aid by strangling initiative with the dead hand of regulation.”
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 362 pages
Nationalism and Culture
Rudolf Rocker
His magnum opus—dissects the State in all its manifestations and shows why and how throughout the course of human history, the State has been the principal enemy of social life and cultural development. AK
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback
Words of a Rebel
Peter Kropotkin
This is the first complete English translation of a seminal Kropotkin book, which includes his earliest articles. These pieces present his skills as a political agitator in their full glory, as he rouses the rabble to overthrow corrupt, centralized wealth and power. SC
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 232 pages
Language and Politics
Noam Chomsky
“In this series of interviews, Chomsky confronts the often-asked question: What is the connection between his linguistic studies and his political analysis? The coverage in these interviews, which span the 20-year period from 1968 to 1988, extends from Chomsky’s personal background and intellectual development to the latest political events.”
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 779 pages
Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World
Noam Chomsky
Illuminates the meaning of the concept of international terrorism in contemporary Western usage, and reaches to the heart of the frenzy over selected incidents of terrorism currently being orchestrated as a cover for Western violence.
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 215 pages
Zodiac
Robert Graysmith
“This is the Zodiac speaking… I would like to see some nice Zodiac butons [sic] wandering about town. Everyone else has these buttons like, [peace sign), black power, melvin eats bluber [sic), etc. Well it would cheer me up considerably if I saw a lot of people wearing my buton [sic].” Sic is right! This chilling account of one man’s sexual sadism, by a San Francisco Chronicle staffer, reads like a horror novel that’s got it all: Paramilitary geek! Torture and murder! Ciphers! Serial-killer humor! Arcane symbols! Mocking letters to Herb Caen! Gilbert and Sullivan! Medieval black hood with symbol! San Francisco! Bomb threats! Children in jeopardy! No wonder Zodiac became a star. Contains the complete text of the killer’s letters and the author’s own theory on Zodiac’s identity. GR
Publisher: Black Rose
Paperback: 337 pages