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Taken together, these powerful essays offer an irresistible invitation to embrace the ‘soul work’ of parenting which is vital collective labor for a liberatory future. By reimagining what parenting can and should be, and by challenging us to see all children as our own, these authors demonstrate that we can build the world we want with love and inspire young people to embrace the freedom we all deserve.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michelle Alexander, author of \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Everyone who raises a child imagines a bright future for that precious being. This beautiful book teaches us how to imagine a bright future for all of us: children, families and communities. Abolition is liberation and love. I recommend this work for every reader.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Imani Perry, author of \u003cem\u003eSouth to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“With too many powerful and thought-provoking pieces to name, this collection will inspire caregivers of all kinds to imagine and work for a more interconnected, interdependent, and caring world.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—ALA Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“The beautiful chorus of voices gathered in \u003cem\u003eWe Grow the World Together\u003c\/em\u003e invite us to take up the work of parenting ourselves and each other toward becoming and bringing into being people who can live the liberation we long for. As we continue to enact and survive intergenerational trauma on a global and genocidal scale, the practice of parenting toward healing and uprooting all forms of violence, policing, and punishment in all our relationships is key to shifting the shape of societies toward the world we want. Whether you are raising children, building families, or creating communities of care and resistance, abolition requires each of us to answer their call.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea J. Ritchie, author of \u003cem\u003ePracticing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eNo More Police: A Case for Abolition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe Grow the World Together\u003c\/em\u003e is an antidote to the death-dealing systems of police, prisons, and war. This poignant and playful collection celebrates abolitionist worldmaking through the everyday interactions between parents, children, and caregivers of all types. Each chapter is a reminder: life is precious, no one is disposable, and with care and intent we will change the world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Dan Berger, author of \u003cem\u003eStayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“This is a book that a lot of people have been waiting for, whether they know it or not. Our movements are always stronger when we take the complex needs of parents and caregivers into account, and \u003cem\u003eWe Grow the World Together\u003c\/em\u003e is a fine example of that principle. This book will enrich our movements and our relationships. Bringing our change-making values into our familial relationships is essential if we truly hope to cultivate new ways of living and being together. Loving relationships are one of the contexts in which prefiguring the world we want makes the most sense, and yet, many of us are still unprepared to do so. We need books like this one that help us contemplate such personal work. To love with an eye toward transformation in a hostile world is a brave pursuit. This book offers some accompaniment in that journey.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kelly Hayes, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eLet This Radicalize You\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“In the home, school, streets, organization and behind the walls, caregiving is an essential part of any abolitionist praxis. 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This beautiful book, page after page, author after author, generously shares ways that we can support and teach our children and grannies to live together, to build transformative communities together that do not rely on carceral logics. This book brings me such joy, to know the world our children and grannies reimagine will be how they will live free from all harm.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Debbie Kilroy, founder, Sisters Inside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“This book is a revelation! Both parenting and organizing for a radically transformed world can be very lonely tasks. But reading this collection of brilliant and insightful offerings is like being welcomed to a long, deep, heart-opening conversation at a kitchen table—with elders you can’t wait to learn from, peers who help you see your own life with fresh compassion, and kids who pry open your imagination. As an anti-Zionist and abolitionist organizer, and likewise as a parent, these essays gave me so many fresh ideas to try on.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stefanie Fox, executive director, Jewish Voice for Peace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“As a co-parent of Black sons,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Grow The World Together\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emoved (indeed, troubled) my soul and ignited my political and moral imagination to rethink and re-practice the deeper everyday meaning, existential vitality, and vulnerability of what abolition looks like in a world held captive by toxic, violent, and death-dealing rhizomatic structures of carceral domination whose raison d'etre is to tear us apart and break the bonds that unite us as caregivers and as human beings. 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It is an accessible, up-to-date resource both for those who have been in the climate fight for decades and those who know they need to do so but haven’t yet figured out how.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ted Glick, longtime climate organizer and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurglar for Peace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sea Is Rising and So Are We\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCynthia Kaufman has provided us with a vital manual for confronting the climate crisis and its root causes. Kaufman offers compelling analysis, a comprehensive mapping of the political landscape, and practical guidance for action—all in a straightforward and accessible manner. Most importantly, she offers hope.”\u003cbr\u003e—Tony Roshan Samara, Program Director of Land Use and Housing at Urban Habitat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pmpress.org\/blog\/authors-artists-comrades\/cynthia-kaufman\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCynthia Kaufman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the director of the Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action at De Anza College, where she runs and teaches in a community organizer training program. She is the author of three books on social change:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChallenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2020);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIdeas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2nd ed. PM Press, 2016); and\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eGetting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Lexington Books, 2012). She has been active in a wide variety of social justice movements including Central American solidarity, union organizing, police accountability, and most recently tenants’ right and climate change. She publishes on social justice in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommon Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel.” His 1989 book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End of Nature\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has appeared in twenty-four languages. He’s gone on to write a dozen more books. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world in every country save North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement. He is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFalter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOil and Honey\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEaarth\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeep Economy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607469506714,"sku":"SeaIsRising-NewBook","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/Screenshot2026-03-13102145.png?v=1773426115"},{"product_id":"the-impossible-community-realizing-communitarian-anarchism-second-edition-by-john-p-clark","title":"The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism, Second Edition by John P. 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Communitarian anarchism unites a universalist concern for social and ecological justice while recognizing the integrity and individuality of the person.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a renewed examination of the anarchist principles of mutual aid and voluntary cooperation and provides convincingly lucid examples in various contexts, from the rebuilding of New Orleans after Katrina to social movements in South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmbitious in scope and compelling in its strength and imagination,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eoffers readers an accessible theoretical framework along with concrete case studies to show how contemporary anarchist practice continues a long tradition of successfully synthesizing personal and communal liberation. This provocatively innovative work will appeal not only to students of anarchism and political theory but also to activists and anyone interested in making the world a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this often insightful and illuminating book John P. Clark sets out his vision for a radically democratic ‘communitarian anarchism.’ . . . Clark’s deep commitment to the anarchist ethics that he advocates, and his work in putting them into effect, lend weight to the distinction between ethics as working ideals and the kind of ‘abstract moralism’ he criticizes. . . . This book is valuable for several important reasons. . . . Clark adeptly deploys Marx, Hegel, Aristotle, Enlightenment philosophers, Žižek, and a host of other modern and ancient thinkers, making this work erudite and rich.”\u003cbr\u003e—Chris Tomlinson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Pepper \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003c\/em\u003e, John Clark proposes something that is sorely lacking in today’s landscape: the prospect of going beyond our obsessions with catastrophe in all its guises—environmental, geopolitical, financial, etc.—to the exploration of new forms of social organization based on voluntary anarchist cooperation. Clark is able to bring to bear his immense erudition and experience with alternative modes of social organization, both historical and geographical, and thus can lead us, like Ariadne with her thread, out of the labyrinth of our present-day paralysis.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ronald Creagh, professor emeritus, Université Montpellier 3, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At a time of growing social and ecological crisis, John Clark is a very welcome voice, bringing hope with his version of communitarian anarchism. He writes very vividly and persuasively, whether it be general theory or particular case studies.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eshould be widely discussed and realized, as it shows brilliantly a way out of our present predicament.”\u003cbr\u003e—Peter Marshall, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a magnificent book, distilled from a lifetime of radical practice. I know of no other work that so successfully integrates rigorous philosophical inquiry with on-the-ground struggle. Generous and compassionate in spirit, fierce in critique, prodigious in learning, and universal in scope, this celebration of the anarchist way is a beacon of hope for our afflicted times.”\u003cbr\u003e—Joel Kovel, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Enemy of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A text that is wide-ranging and challenging in the best sense of the word. It fuses passion, will, and reason. It combines deep theory with practical examples of social transformation. Where there is sustained complex analysis, it is not gratuitous; it is pertinent to the overall argument, demonstrating how anarchism’s account of social solidarity alongside a creative individualism is not idealist, abstract, or contradictory. The intricate arguments are well illustrated in the reflective chapter on the Katrina tragedy and the sections on contemporary communal movements in the Indian subcontinent.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Community\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003emakes a valuable contribution to those interested in the growing anarchistic social movements and how they link the local to the global.”\u003cbr\u003e—Benjamin Franks, www.e-ir.info\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn P. Clark is a philosopher, activist, and educator. 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These essays propose a militant strategy of queer survival in an ever-precarious future. Starting from a position of abolition—of prisons, police, the State, identity, and racist cisheteronormative society—this collection refuses the bribes of inclusion in a system built on our expendability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough the mainstream media saturates us with the boring norms of queer representation (with a recent focus on trans visibility), the writers in this book ditch false hope to imagine collective visions of liberation that tell different stories, build alternate worlds, and refuse the legacies of racial capitalism, anti-Blackness, and settler colonialism. The work curated in this book spans Black queer life in the time of COVID-19 and uprising, assimilation and pinkwashing settler colonial projects, subversive and deviant forms of representation, building anarchist trans\/queer infrastructures, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include Che Gossett, Yasmin Nair, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Adrian Shanker, Kitty Stryker, Toshio Meronek, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a testament that otherwise worlds are not only possible, our people are making them right now—and they are queering how we get there through organizing and intellectual work. Now is the perfect time to interrogate how we are with each other and the land we inhabit. This collection gives us ample room to do just that in a moment of mass uprisings led by everyday people demanding safety without policing, prisons and other forms of punishment.\u003cbr\u003e—Charlene A. Carruthers, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not an anthology that simply includes queer and trans minorities in mix of existing abolitionist thought. Rather, it is a transformative collection of queer\/trans methods for living an abolitionist life. Anyone who dreams of dismantling the prison-industrial complex, policing, borders and the surveillance state should read this book. Frankly, everybody who doesn't share that dream should read it, too, and maybe they'll start dreaming differently.”\u003cbr\u003e—Susan Stryker, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an essential text for this moment. This anthology is the toolbox we need right now, filled with contributions that show the conditions and the stakes of the crises we're facing through the lens of queer abolitionist resistance. Reading this book raised urgent questions for me that I had not even thought to ask yet. Surviving the Future is a much-needed resource for our movements , as we simultaneously face worsening crises and grow queer abolitionist resistance.”\u003cbr\u003e—Dean Spade, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a stunning compilation of cutting-edge queer thought. Cross-cutting discipline and genre, this irreverent and powerful collection refuses the poisoned politics of assimilation, demands we remember our radical roots, and offers a compelling but necessarily incomplete map not merely for surviving, but thriving in the future we create that we must insist is abolitionist, Black, Indigenous, trans, anti- capitalist, anti-colonial, anti-ableist, feminist, and unapologetically fucking queer.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karma Chávez, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalestine on the Air\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eQueer Migration Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fierce and fabulous—\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e—is necessary reading for revolutions past, present and future. Incorporating a wide range of contributions—analytics, demands, pleasures, losses, testimonies, campaigns and tools—this polyvocal abolitionist project is already making our world queerer and more free, now.”\u003cbr\u003e—Erica R. Meiners, coauthor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeminist \u0026amp; the Sex Offender: Confronting Harm, Ending State Violence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadds substantial fuel to the fire, stoking the radical queer political imagination at a time when so few dare to imagine that another world is possible. May each chapter be a spark that lights yet another fire as we burn the prison industrial complex to the ground, including the prisons in our own heads.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ryan Conrad, editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.pmpress.org\/authors-artists-comrades\/shuli-branson\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShuli Branson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a queer\/trans anarchist writer, translator, community organizer, and teacher. They were one of the organizers of the two UNC Asheville\/Davidson College queer conferences that inspired this book. They translated Jacques Lesage de la Haye’s \u003ci\u003eThe Abolition of Prison\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press, 2021) and Guy Hocquenghem’s second book of essays addressing the May 1968 uprising in France, \u003ci\u003eGay Liberation after May ’68\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University Press, 2022), for which they also wrote a critical introduction. Shuli is the author of \u003ci\u003ePractical Anarchism: A Daily Guide \u003c\/i\u003e(Pluto Press, 2022) and is currently working on a book on trans-anarcha-feminism. They often contribute to \u003ci\u003eThe Final Straw Radio\u003c\/i\u003e, a weekly anarchist radio show and podcast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaven Hudson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an activist, writer, and researcher with a BA in English and Gender \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies from Davidson College where they cofounded the Asian American Initiative (AAI), coedited the student literary magazine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibertas\u003c\/em\u003e, and helped create and host AAI’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoalasian: A Southern Podcast\u003c\/em\u003e. Their recent work centers on wounds and the melancholic subject within contemporary queer, Asian American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBry Reed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a queer black feminist from Baltimore, MD, currently pursuing doctoral study in American Studies at Purdue University. She is committed to prison abolition, pleasure, and care work as tools for black liberation. Beyond her doctoral study, she is a writer, educator, and radical troublemaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMimi Thi Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis associate professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her first book, called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Duke University Press, 2012), focuses on the promise of “giving” freedom concurrent and contingent with waging war. Her following project is called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e. She has published widely, including in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigns\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Performance\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epositions\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadical History Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtForum\u003c\/em\u003e. Her papers have been solicited for the Feminist Theory Archive at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47701663482010,"sku":"Surviving the Future-NewBook","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/detail_1296_9781629639710_FC_c85f445d-5bff-48b5-ac3a-6aec5ec11a7a.jpg?v=1775236699"},{"product_id":"surviving-the-future-abolitionist-queer-strategies-copy","title":"Be Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Queer Resistance and Rebellion","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes it pays to be gay and do crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs communities are boldly rising to challenge capitalism, white supremacy, and authoritarianism,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Queer Resistance and Rebellion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis your ultimate guide to LGBTQ+ resilience and rebellion. Packed with daily snapshots of radical queer history, this book celebrates the bold, the brave, and the beautifully defiant moments that have shaped the fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver wonder why the Stonewall protests became an uprising or what the earliest acts of queer resistance looked like? How about the ways queer communities have organized against oppression across the globe?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edives into these stories and so many more—from fierce acts of resistance to joyful victories—bringing to life the rich, diverse history of LGBTQ+ liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy situating readers within a larger pattern of struggle, these everyday acts counter the erasure of queer people from history and serve as a reminder that our struggles are part of a broader fight against systemic violence and dehumanization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, this isn’t just a history book; it’s a rallying cry. Flip to any page, soak up some inspiration, and join the legacy of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The history of queer people is marked by resistance and resilience against significant hostility and harassment from those in power.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the strategic use of arrests and police violence as tools to suppress individuals who bravely refused to go back into the closet. This almanac highlights incredible acts of defiance in the face of power and shows us all on whose shoulders we stand.”\u003cbr\u003e—Erin Reed, transgender activist and journalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Day by day, the collective vigilance of queer people in the US and around the world has led us on paths toward liberation. This book of days names the names—some renowned and many forgotten—and celebrates quotidian victories, one day at a time. This daybook is a keeper!”\u003cbr\u003e—Rahne Alexander, intermedia artist and writer from Baltimore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Without an understanding of trans\/queer insurgent history it’s hard to Imagine beyond the cage of gay pragmatism. As necessary remedy, this collection invites us all to know collective revolt’s past so that we might also make its future.”\u003cbr\u003e—Eric A. Stanley, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans\/Queer Ungovernable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It takes a multiplicity of tactics and histories to make liberation, and we can only win by struggling persistently together, day by day.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers insight to forge queer and trans revolt and inspires new futures by naming our collective past. Use this book!”\u003cbr\u003e—Emily Hobson, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The short queer histories throughout the book culminate into a larger picture of the dire importance of queer history and activism.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis illuminating, eye-opening, and a much-needed text to understand our past and present. Reading it should reignite anyone’s commitment to social justice.”\u003cbr\u003e—Beck Banks, transgender media studies scholar and activist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a beautiful collection of daily bite-sized lessons in queer history. It serves as an excellent reminder of those who have come before us and what they have endured. As LGBTQ+ people continue to face challenges today, we must return to our roots and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—Allison Chapman, LGBTQ+ activist and legislative researcher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a provocation. What if learning about queer and trans histories was an everyday practice? What if we marked time by honoring the lives of queer and trans activists past and present, instead of the birthdays of saints or presidents? What if queer and trans people had an accessible way to place themselves in the larger story of liberation? Organized like a daily calendar rather than a history textbook, this unique and useful book brings together stories that are usually separated by centuries: the birth of Emma Goldman in Lithuania on June 27, 1869, for example, appears alongside the launch of the first Trans Pride March in Toronto on June 27, 2009. By disrupting our commonplace ideas about chronology and progress,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a way to think about history differently: not as a straight line leading to a single inevitable present but as a queer tangle, spawning multiple possible futures. Help get queer and trans history out of the ivory tower and into the chaotic share houses where it belongs: buy this book for everyone on the Signal chat, have arguments about it, and let it inspire your next wave of mischief.”\u003cbr\u003e—Cassius Adair, assistant professor of media studies, the New School\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This clever book shifts the way many understand what kind of queer history deserves to be recorded, and it is an important reminder that state violence has always been central to queer experience. I learned so much from reading it and can’t wait to share it with others.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karma R. Chávez, member of Against Equality, and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Packed full of radical queer history for each day of the year,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the book you’ve been waiting for. The love, compassion, empathy, and rage of the queer community in the face of white supremacist violence and ignorance shows us the way forward. Learning and sharing this history of radical resistance is as urgent now as it has ever been. Do yourself a favor—steal this book and learn our history that has been hidden for far too long.”\u003cbr\u003e—Josh Davidson, coeditor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Certain Days calendar collective member\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This book brought me to tears. The historical repression of the Gay community runs so deep, and the resistance to that repression rises so high. This book reminded me of so many things I had forgotten and taught me so many things I had never had the privilege to learn. I am emboldened by the historical and continued refusal to quietly go into the closet or shadows, to love and exist openly and freely. It is an honor to read this history and stand with the gay community as the struggle against bigotry continues to this day. Reading this book is essential to understand how far we’ve come and how much danger still exists. Up the Queers!”\u003cbr\u003e—Eric King, coeditor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“When conventional gender and sex behaviours become enshrined in law, queers must become law breakers. This book reminds us that we are bound across time and space with others who challenged and continue to challenge the criminalization of difference. Ours is a collective struggle over what is possible. Let’s be gay, do crime, and build queer worlds—together.”\u003cbr\u003e—Craig Jennex, coauthor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZane McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eY’all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(PM Press, 2022) and coeditor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeviant Hollers Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(University Press of Kentucky, 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiley Clare Valentine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eholds a PhD in political science from Louisiana State University. 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Undercover agents infiltrate BlackLivesMatter protests. Police routinely command bystanders to stop filming them by falsely claiming it is a crime. Agricultural states such as Iowa, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming enact laws that criminalize the filming of factory farm cruelty while allowing other-than-human animal suffering to continue unabated. Dissent and poverty are increasingly criminalized by the state as precarity grows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers the first in-depth study of how various communities and activist organizations are resisting such efforts by integrating digital media activism into their actions against state surveillance and repression and for a better world. The book focuses on a wide array of movements within the United States such as Latinx copwatching groups in New York City, Muslim and Arab American communities in Minneapolis, undercover animal rights activists, and countersummit protesters to explore the ways in which government surveillance and repression impacts them and, more importantly, their different but related online and offline tactics and strategies employed for self-determination and liberation. Digital media production becomes a core element in such organizing as cell phones and other forms of handheld technology become more ubiquitous. Yet such uses of technology can only be successfully employed when built upon strong grassroots organizing that has always been essential for social movements to take root. Neither idealizing nor disparaging the digital media activism explored within its pages,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanalyzes the successes and failures that accompany each case study. The book explores the historically shifting terrain since the 1980s to the present of how historically disenfranchised communities, activist organizations, and repressive state institutions battle over the uses of digital technology and media-making practices as civil liberties, community autonomy, and the very lives of people and other-than-human animals hang in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A much-needed text in a world of unbridled state surveillance, Robé’s follow-up to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking the Spell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes a deep dive into the dangerous world of cop-watching in working-class communities of color, Muslim American countersurveillance collectives, the investigative work of animal rights activists, and the independent media produced by countersummit protesters. Once again Robé’s work is informed by interviews with the grassroots media activists taking the risks necessary to protect and further their movements. But\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoes not shy away from offering constructive critiques of the groups showcased and gives us insight to the way forward and on how to survive life under Big Brother now and for years to come.”\u003cbr\u003e—Franklin López, anarchist filmmaker, founder of sub.Media\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egifts us with incredible insight into digital media as a constellation of struggle but also a channel of surveillance that functions as a toehold for state and capital to deactivate social movements. Through these rarely documented histories of repression against environmental activists, independent media makers, grassroots organizers, and working-class communities of color, Robé skillfully brings a constellation of practices together to draw an alarming portrait of the surveillance architecture in the United States. This essential history of compliance and control in the context of our contemporary democracy is essential reading for our unprecedented times.”\u003cbr\u003e—Angela J. Aguayo, associate professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDocumentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With his signature verve, commitments to media and activism, and close attention and connection to communities of practice and protest, Chris Robé details American mediated and embodied struggles against decades (eons?) of surveillance and policing. Connecting four social movement’s media and grassroots resistance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edraws on the histories and distinct struggles of animal rights activists, anarchists, cop-watchers, and Muslim and Arab Americans to contribute to autonomy and mutual awareness. From undercover video in the 80s, to algorithms and ‘social’ media today, Robé tracks linked legacies of anti-racist violence and racial capitalism and our movements’ resistance and solidarity. To read him is to learn, engage, and keep strong.”\u003cbr\u003e—Alexanra Juhasz, distinguished professor of film, Brooklyn College, CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAbolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereads like an epic novel of revolution and resistance. It pulses with the excitement of community groups fighting back through any media necessary, from activist videos, sous-surveillance, YouTube postings, secret underground exposes, social media, websites, VR, police countersurveillance, and protests over commercial media representations. This exceptionally well-written, compelling book explains the intensification of state sponsored surveillance and infiltrations of the last fifty years in the entangled context of the rise of neoliberalism, racialized capitalism, policing, and the carceral state. But it also explodes with optimism as dynamic, innovative strategies of grassroots community media and organizing critique, intervene in, and dismantle these technologies of power by reinventing how digital media can be deployed and circulated to change power relations. A riveting read, this eye-opening book demands that digital media in all its forms and platforms be seen as essential tools entwined with on-the-ground organizing, remaking and reimagining oppositional media.”\u003cbr\u003e—Patricia R. Zimmermann, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDocumentary Across Platforms: Reverse Engineering Media, Place, and Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.pmpress.org\/authors-artists-comrades\/chris-robe\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Robé\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a professor of film and media studies in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He primarily writes about how various communities and social movements employ media making in their activism. He has written several books including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeft of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2010) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2017). He coedited the collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInsurgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2020) with Stephen Charbonneau. He has long been involved with his faculty union in pursuit of creating an accessible and quality public higher education for all who desire it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47701688811674,"sku":"AbolishingSurveillance-NewBook","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/detail_1466_9781629633619_FC.jpg?v=1775236992"},{"product_id":"abolishing-surveillance-digital-media-activism-and-state-repression-copy","title":"It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People's History","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortland, Oregon, 1988: the brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked the city. 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This oral history focuses on participants in three core groups: the Portland chapters of Anti-Racist Action and Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, and the Coalition for Human Dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a diversity of tactics—from out-and-out brawls on the streets and at punk shows, to behind-the-scenes intelligence gathering—brave antiracists unified on their home ground over and over, directly attacking right-wing fascists and exposing white nationalist organizations and neo-Nazi skinheads. Embattled by police and unsupported by the city, these citizen activists eventually drove the boneheads out of the music scene and off the streets of Portland. This book shares their stories about what worked, what didn’t, and ideas on how to continue the fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“By the time I moved my queer little family to Portland at the turn of the millennium, the city had a reputation as a homo-friendly bastion of progressive politics, so we were somewhat taken aback when my daughter’s racially diverse sports team was met with a burning cross at a suburban game. So much progress had been made yet, at times, it felt like the past hadn’t gone anywhere. If only we’d had It Did Happen Here. This documentary project tells the forgotten history of Portland’s roots as a haven for white supremacists and recounts the ways anti-racists formed coalitions across subcultures to protect the vulnerable and fight the good fight against Nazi boneheads and the bigoted right. Through the voices of lived experience,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eilluminates community dynamics and lays out ideas and inspiration for long-term and nonpolice solutions to poverty and hatred.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ariel Gore, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Were Witches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I literally couldn’t stop myself from raving about the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epodcast to anyone who would listen, so they in turn would listen to it. Now, with unabashed enthusiasm, I recommend the book too! It’s not merely that an inspirational moment in antiracist\/antifascist history comes alive through the brave, self-reflective voices of the people who made it. Or that the lessons gleaned—such as the imperative to concurrently battle anti-Blackness, antisemitism, xenophobia, and homophobia—can aid in us not letting history repeat itself today, including us not making the same mistakes. Crucially,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a detailed playbook of success premised on inventive strategies and tactics, and most compellingly, social relations of solidarity that cut beautifully across identities, making accomplices of punks, community organizers, queers, people of color, Jews, immigrants, working-class folks, and indeed anyone down for community self-defense.”\u003cbr\u003e—Cindy Milstein, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnarchism and Its Aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a necessary read for this moment. The need for effective antifascist organizing is as urgent as it has been in decades, yet far too many of us don’t know the history of groups who successfully pushed back against neo- Nazis in cities like Portland in the ’90s, even though a number of those organizers are still active today. Utilizing extensive interviews,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIDHH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econnects the dots by providing context for this current wave of white supremacist organizing, highlighting the rich history of Portland antiracist organizations in the ’90s and exploring how they navigated many of the same struggles, both external and internal, that we’re dealing with in real time today.”\u003cbr\u003e—Bruce Poinsette, writer, organizer, educator, and host of The Blacktastic Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At a time when antifascist activity has garnered a renewed but too often misunderstood focus, this rich history of firsthand recollections and documents constitutes a crucial and beautiful resource. These stories of powerful multiracial, queer struggle in the streets against violent fascist groups must not be forgotten. They offer vital lessons in the necessity of both community care and confrontational intolerance for fascist constellations that gain traction in our midst.”\u003cbr\u003e—Natasha Lennard, contributing writer for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a masterpiece. This is one of the most vibrant and essential histories of antifascism ever put together and draws together a range of voices speaking to what it takes to keep us safe and transform our communities. This is essential reading.”\u003cbr\u003e—Shane Burley, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a front-row seat to what really happened on the streets of the Pacific Northwest, when working-class people confronted fascism, white supremacy, and the Far Right head on. At a time when calls for combating ‘violent extremism’ often are synonymous with draconian surveillance and State repression, this book shines a light on the ability and courage of everyday people to defend their streets and communities. We would be wise to learn from this history.”\u003cbr\u003e—It’s Going Down\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a cross between a thorough oral history and a well-crafted narrative. We can all benefit from such an amazing project, not just because the threat of an organized white supremacist movement is real, but even more importantly, that we have the ability to create and maintain effective resistance.”\u003cbr\u003e—Claude Marks, cofounder and codirector of the Freedom Archives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a daring recitation of a late-twentieth-century book of disquiet inscribed on the streets of Portland in blood, fury, and hope, and illuminated by the diverse voices who actively lived the antiracist violence this work documents. We have not encountered many podcasts or publications examining cultural action that produces a minor popular front that through the use of street violence vastly diminishes localized racist activities. Well, it’s about time we did. This podcast makes no assumptions about the role of non-institutionalized violence in the struggle against authoritarianism. It unflinchingly explores what motivates violence, pushes it, confuses it, and eventually stops it. No new adaptation of ‘We Are the World’ will be found here; this is one generation’s version of ‘Which Side Are You On?’ asking to know what you are prepared to do when hard power racists stalk the streets of your town.”\u003cbr\u003e—Critical Art Ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Decades before Donald Trump and the ‘alt-right’ brought antifascism into the popular lexicon, everyday people fought back against the rampant violence of white-power skinheads in their communities. It Did Happen Here brings to life these largely unknown struggles by giving voice to the brave organizers who waged them. By understanding the detailed context and the successes and failures of past anti-fascist struggles, readers will find themselves far better equipped to resist a new generation of fascists fighting to ‘make America great again.’”\u003cbr\u003e—Mark Bray, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Weaving together riveting war stories and hard-won lessons from urgent campaigns,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides a gripping oral history of Portland's antifascist scene. At once scrappy and introspective, the book should be required reading for everyone who recognizes that the fight's not yet over—and that coalitions and courage might yet win the day.”\u003cbr\u003e—AK Thompson, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt Did Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the engaging, true story of how a community stood up to fascism and racism. Not with sensitivity trainings run by professional consultants, but through on-the-ground actions of antiracist skinheads and street punks, commies and college students, doing the raw, messy, and sometimes dangerous work of community and cultural organizing. This is how change happens!”\u003cbr\u003e—Stephen Duncombe, coeditor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand cofounder of the Center for Artistic Activism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I lived in Portland from ’86 to ’92, and this book transported me back there but revealed much more than I already knew about the antiracist activism that coalesced around the murder of Mulegeta Seraw. This recovers an incredibly important peoples’ history—you won't find these oral histories in the news of the time. It's a great resource and a great read!”\u003cbr\u003e—Igor Vamos, Yes Men\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoe Bowstern\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an @-zone alum, writer, laborer, Fisher Poet, and DIY social practice artist. 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In remembering, we resist; in forgetting, we risk erasing our future.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Franklin Lopez, anarchist filmmaker, founder of subMedia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A much-needed intervention in this time of profound loss and erasure, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey Will Beat the Memory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an impassioned counterattack against forgetting. An inspiring, intergenerational invitation to dig deep for a “memory of our roots” of resistance. Woven together from street-smart rebel voices, Gelderloos’s book is a powerful read from start to finish.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Cindy Milstein, editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Once again, Peter Gelderloos offers us an important book coming from the frontlines of numerous struggles. A must read for all aspiring trouble makers and those wanting to free themselves from the grips of exploitation and state terrorism. While the authorities try to terrorize people into forgetting who they are, and what really matters, Gelderloos offers us memory, discussion and care to transform the world, but also ourselves and our neighborhoods which is where it all begins.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Xander Dunlap, Research Fellow at Boston University and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis System is Killing Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A bold, eloquent, and timely account of the powerful role collective memory plays in toppling the lies that uphold structures of injustice and inequality. Gelderloos also shows how the forces of counterinsurgency erase or manipulate collective memory as a form of social control. They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us brings into sharp relief the urgency of building social movements that have continuity and intergenerational memory. The social movement novice and the seasoned veteran alike will find this book a useful tool to think with.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Tariq D. 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This fast-paced read is well-written, well-researched, often personal and insightful, and is a must for anyone concerned about immigration and connections to struggles for economic and racial justice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Todd Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eBuild Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“This book is an extraordinary call to action that urges anyone who cares about immigrant justice to embrace abolition. 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Fascists are winning elections, economic inequality is rampant, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadical Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow shows how we can build a fundamentally different future with our own hands. We all have our own spheres of influence, and each of us can be the revolution.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking inspiration from the deep well of anti-racist and social activist writers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis, each chapter offers tips on how to learn, reflect and act in a society where we are told we are powerless. Including advice on strategic litigation, reclaiming our digital rights, reparations demands, climate activism and much more, the information in these pages is indispensable to the struggle for radical justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNani Jansen Reventlow\u003c\/strong\u003e is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice, which advocates for marginalized communities through strategic litigation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitico\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. 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Whether you’re an activist, organizer, or simply someone aspiring for a fairer world, this book will ignite your passion and clarify the path toward creating the essential change we all seek’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Dunja Mijatović, former Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A bold, unflinching examination of some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time. Drawing on a diverse range of thinkers and movements, this book challenges readers to think critically about power, privilege, and strategies for transformative change. Anyone interested in building a more just and equitable world should read this thought-provoking and inspiring work’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Kumi Naidoo, former Executive Director of Greenpeace International and Secretary-General of Amnesty International\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Historically, English law has played a firm role in enabling some of the most heinous human rights atrocities across the world – which many are still experiencing the ramifications of. \u003cem\u003eRadical Justice\u003c\/em\u003e couldn’t be more timely. Nani Jansen Reventlow is a force in human rights law, but most importantly, she cares. 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