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Any news on this? Eagerly awaiting my copy but I haven't heard anything.
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Any news on this? Eagerly awaiting my copy but I haven't heard anything.
It is running late, it's the first book they've published so probably teething problems. Hopefully not too long now.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Glad it's not just me
charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
Been at the printers for a day or so, so hopefully you won't have to wait too long now!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not had any emails about this since march, should i have?
Just to let you know Pickmans, charlie mowbray is currently in France and says he has limited internet access where he is. And unfortunately tbh I don't know when he'll be back or have internet access again.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
cheers - i've a few things to be getting on with anyway so that'll be fine
JimW
支那暗杀团
They always told me not to go getting ideas.
Get 'em while they're hot!
JimW
支那暗杀团
Enjoyable read, made me think about the role of travelling peddlers in spreading radical ideas in country districts:
daily.jstor.org
The Radical Street Sellers of London - JSTOR Daily
Many considered street vendors dangerous, not just for their general skirting of the law but because they comprised an outspoken political force.
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hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Dunno how good it is, but there's a new book on Makhno out:
pmpress.org.uk
No Harmless Power
The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno written by Charlie Allison • Illustrated by Kevin Matthews and N.O. Bonzo An exploration of Makhno’s sympathy for the downtrodden, the trap of heroism, his improbable victories, unlikely friendships, and his alarming lack of gun safety...
pmpress.org.uk
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Could've sworn I'd posted about the new book on the FAU somewhere, but can't for the life of me find it now - anyway, there's a new book on the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU), 56-76:
www.akpress.org
And, if you'd like to listen a recording of the launch event, here you go:
itsgoingdown.org
Anarchist Popular Power
<p>Arguably the most impactful anarchist organization globally in the Cold War era, the FAU viewed everyday people as revolutionary protagonists and sought to develop a popular counter-subjectivity through accumulating experiences directly challenging the market and the state. The FAU argued...
Exploring the History of Anarchist Popular Power in Uruguay and its Lessons for Today
Listen and Download HERE On this special episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we feature an audio recording from a presentation in the bay area this summer on July 18th by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation’s Bay Area local and AK Press hosted historian...
itsgoingdown.org
charlie mowbray
The Enforcer
getting that book for festive season.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Started listening to that podcast about the FAU, already had my mind blown by learning that Fray Bentos is in fact named after a town in Uruguay. Did everyone else know this?
Also enjoyed learning about this action from the 1969 banktellers' strike:
(from the description I heard in the podcast it sounded like the group were bank workers themselves, unless I misunderstood or am misremembering. Sadly I suppose most banks have more than one computer nowadays so you'd need a lot of work to have the same effect.)
Also enjoyed learning about this action from the 1969 banktellers' strike:
(from the description I heard in the podcast it sounded like the group were bank workers themselves, unless I misunderstood or am misremembering. Sadly I suppose most banks have more than one computer nowadays so you'd need a lot of work to have the same effect.)
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
No I didn't! Certainly a more appealing name than Liebig's Extract of Meat Company.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Having now listened to almost all of that podcast, there's a great detail in there about when the FAU/OPR kidnapped an unpopular but very rich businessman and received a $10 million ransom, which was apparently the result of a misunderstanding where they'd asked for dos millones de dolares but the person on the other end of the phone heard it as diez millones de dolares.
Less entertainingly, there's also a grimly fascinating bit about how after a military coup in Uruguay they went into exile in Argentina, which is one of those tragic things like Spanish Civil War exiles fleeing to France. Apparently most of the people who survived that period only did so because the dictatorship in Uruguay wanted to present itself as still fighting the leftist threat, so they arranged with the Argentine junta to have some of their captured anarchists sent over to Uruguay so the Uruguayan authorities could stage a triumphant arrest of them. Some of the ones who went through that survived, the ones that were kept in Argentina didn't.
Also, bit of an interesting mismatch between the presenter and audience there, at least judging from the questions, which seem to be disproprotionately coming from extremely drippy post-structuralist anti-organisation types.
Less entertainingly, there's also a grimly fascinating bit about how after a military coup in Uruguay they went into exile in Argentina, which is one of those tragic things like Spanish Civil War exiles fleeing to France. Apparently most of the people who survived that period only did so because the dictatorship in Uruguay wanted to present itself as still fighting the leftist threat, so they arranged with the Argentine junta to have some of their captured anarchists sent over to Uruguay so the Uruguayan authorities could stage a triumphant arrest of them. Some of the ones who went through that survived, the ones that were kept in Argentina didn't.
Also, bit of an interesting mismatch between the presenter and audience there, at least judging from the questions, which seem to be disproprotionately coming from extremely drippy post-structuralist anti-organisation types.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Thanks to your post I bought this for the OH. I'll let you know what he thinks.Dunno how good it is, but there's a new book on Makhno out:
No Harmless Power
The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno written by Charlie Allison • Illustrated by Kevin Matthews and N.O. Bonzo An exploration of Makhno’s sympathy for the downtrodden, the trap of heroism, his improbable victories, unlikely friendships, and his alarming lack of gun safety...
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Cheers, will be interested to hear.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
I'm getting that for my birthday tomorrow. I'll report back.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Just finished No Harmless Power. A good quick easy read. It put Makhno in his historical context and personal context within that history. I hadn't come across that before in my reading (which doesn't necessarily say much). The book didn't really explain anarchism, which would be a problem for the uninitiated, but not for others. Its conversational tone is different to your averages historical tome. It works to an extent. Whether any of my Marxist friends would react well to his slagging off of the Bolsheviks I'm not so sure. I mean, they deserve a good slagging off, but that's more for a conversation in the pub with your mates than in a book. Better maybe to explain with some examples why the likes of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin were all of the same murderous ilk. Enjoyed it nonetheless.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Yet another one to add to the massive list of "anarchist history books that sound interesting but I've not got around to acquiring, let alone reading, yet":
www.akpress.org
Means and Ends
Cutting through misperceptions and historical inaccuracies, Zoe Baker shows how the reasons anarchists gave for supporting or opposing particular strategies were grounded in a specific theoretical framework—a theory of practice. The consistent and coherent heart of anarchism, Baker shows, is the...
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Starry Wisdom
I thought fray bentos was in Argentina.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
He says it was an interesting book. The author thinks he's very funny.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
I was there last year, it’s a bit off the beaten track but is pretty cool. They have turned the old meat processing plant into a museum which was fab.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
On the same trip I randomly walked past an alley named after anarchist Antonio Soto.
libcom.org
Pasaje Antonio Soto
El Calafate is a small city in Patagonia, Argentina - mainly known as a tourist destination because of its proximity to Los Glaciares National Park. There is a small alley off the main street of El Calafate named after anarchist Antonio Soto. A wooden sign indicating the alley reads: "A la...
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Cutting!
Kate Sharpley
Well-Known Member
We think this one is good
Blind Spot : Manuel Huet and the libertarian underground in France by Imanol (translated by Paul Sharkey)
"Manuel ‘Manolo’ Huet Piera was part of the anarcho-syndicalist action groups in the years before the Spanish Revolution, fought in the Spanish Civil War and worked in the Ponzán network smuggling escapers and refugees out of Vichy France during the Second World War. After the war, Huet continued to aid the resistance to Francoism where, until now, his contribution was necessarily unacknowledged."
Blind Spot : Manuel Huet and the libertarian underground in France
Blind Spot : Manuel Huet and the libertarian underground in France by Imanol (translated by Paul Sharkey)
"Manuel ‘Manolo’ Huet Piera was part of the anarcho-syndicalist action groups in the years before the Spanish Revolution, fought in the Spanish Civil War and worked in the Ponzán network smuggling escapers and refugees out of Vichy France during the Second World War. After the war, Huet continued to aid the resistance to Francoism where, until now, his contribution was necessarily unacknowledged."
Blind Spot : Manuel Huet and the libertarian underground in France
