On January 1st, 1994, several thousand Mayan peasant soldiers from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) took over half the state of Chiapas and declared war on global corporate power.
30 years ago today, the Zapatistas declared war against the state, military, global corporate power & 500 years of oppression. To this day, the Zapatistas remain self managed and have inspired countless others to take back their communities & organize new ways of running society.
"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." –David Graeber, born on February 12, 1961
"The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses." –Utah Phillips, born May 15, 1935 in Cleveland, OH
Lucy Parsons, Black anarchist and worker's rights activist (described by the Chicago PD as "more dangerous than a thousand rioters") died on March 7th, 1942.
Lucy fought tirelessly for the rights of the poor in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system.
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Heartbroken to learn about the passing of Klee Benally, Indigenous land defender, agitator, warrior, anarchist, artist, and author.
Support
@Indigenous_Act
, get Klee's new book, No Spiritual Surrender, and upend colonialism, capitalism, and the state.
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On January 1st, 1994, several thousand Mayan peasant soldiers from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) took over half the state of Chiapas and declared war on global corporate power.
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” –James Baldwin, born in Harlem on August 2nd, 1924
On November 11th, 1887, four Haymarket martyrs & anarchist labor organizers were executed in Chicago. May Day, the International Workers Day on May 1st every year commemorates the martyrs.
Learn more in Peter Linebaugh's May Day book via
@WrkClassHistory
What New Orleans’ Common Ground Collective can teach us about surviving crisis together by
@shane_burley1
. Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the Common Ground Collective’s uncommon success offers lessons on how to build effective mutual aid projects.
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” –Utah Phillips, born 85 years ago today on May 15th, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio
"Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now...We’ll need writers who can remember freedom — poets, visionaries — realists of a larger reality."
On January 22, 2018, the universe lost Ursula K. Le Guin
Every year, June 11th is an international day of solidarity with Marius Mason and all long-term anarchist prisoners building on the long tradition of the anarchist black cross & prisoner support.
Learn more, support, and get involved at
#FireToThePrisons
"I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly." –Voltairine de Cleyre, born on November 17, 1866
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@WrkClassHistory
at
ALWAYS ANTIFASCIST! It is with heavy hearts that PM Press would like to honor and remember comrade Julien Terzics, from Brigada Flores Magon, who passed away yesterday. Check out some of Julien's work over the years via the link in our bio.
On January 1st, 1994, several thousand Mayan peasant soldiers from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) took over half the state of Chiapas and declared war on global corporate power.
“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism. The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power." –Martin Luther King Jr.
Rest in power Benjamin Zephaniah , novelist, actor, playwright, poet, musician, and lifelong anarchist, who passed away on December 7th. Read his last blog post, "No state, no monarchy. More books, more anarchy."
Happy Birthday to Emma Goldman! Emma was a Lithuanian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. Her passion for justice and unwavering spirit continue to inspire generations. Here's to celebrating your legacy of courage and activism today and every day!
Kuwasi Balagoon, born on Dec 22, 1946, combined anarchism with Black nationalism, broke the rules of sexual conformity & took up arms against the white-supremacist state. Learn more in A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist
We remember Heather Heyer, an anti-racist and legal worker who was killed, with 19 others injured, in a neo-Nazi attack at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. We must continue to confront and stop fascists by any means necessary.
Tomorrow marks 90 years since Nestor Makhno’s passing. As a Ukrainian anarchist, he led the legendary Black Army and envisioned a free society, based on voluntary cooperation. To learn more about Makhno, check out No Harmless Power here:
New from
@NOBonzo
!
Beneath the Pavement the Garden: An Anarchist Coloring Book for All Ages.
Let your imagination soar with this beautiful celebration of the many forms of anarchism.
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One year ago today on January 18, 2023, Tortuguita–Manuel Esteban Paez Terán–was murdered by Atlanta cops.
In honor of Tort and to
#StopCopCity
, support the Atlanta Solidarity Fund
@ATLSolFund
if you can .
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via
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Anarchist, anthropologist, activist, and author David Graeber was born on February 12, 1961.
David Graeber Memorial Lectures by
@ANTHCIIS
Read the Introduction to Kropotkin's Mutual Aid by David Graeber and Andrej Grubačić:
The Spanish Civil War began on July 17th, 1936.
Learn about The Spanish Revolution in select books, available for 50% off with coupon code ASHES until 8/1
Listen to
@WrkClassHistory
podcast, The Spanish Civil War: An Introduction
Solidarity with Crimethinc, It's Going Down, MC Sole, John Brown Gun Club, Redneck Revolt & other other anarchist & antifascist publishing projects censored by Facebook. Find & support their work through other channels! Learn more:
With the recent RICO indictments, those defending the Weelaunee Forest need our support more than ever.
All proceeds from these sliding scale benefit shirts designed by
@NOBonzo
go to
@ATLSolFund
.
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“Öcalan’s works make many intellectuals uncomfortable because they represent a form of thought that is not only inextricable from action, but also directly grapples with the knowledge that it is.” —David Graeber
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Rest in Power Sekou Odinga, founding member of NY Black Panther Party, member of the NY Panther 21, combatant of the Black Liberation Army, former political prisoner of war.
Here's Sekou, dequi kioni-sadiki & Matt Meyer with Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Peter Kropotkin: “In the long run, the practice of solidarity proves much more advantageous to the species than the development of individuals endowed with predatory inclinations.”
@NoBonzo
's illustrated Mutual Aid is 40% off with coupon code "Spectacle":
Check out the
@WrkClassHistory
double podcast about Ben Fletcher, a very important but little-known dock worker & labour organiser in the US with the
@IWW
, with
@ProfPeterCole
, author and editor of Ben Fletcher: The Life And Times Of A Black Wobbly.
The NYC Anarchist Book Fair will be in-person on Saturday, October 2nd at La Plaza Community Garden (9th and Ave C) next to the
@MoRUSNYC
plus the Emma Goldman Film Festival & Art Festival. Virtual workshops on Oct 3rd. Learn more & share: Art by
@NoBonzo
We're heartbroken to hear about the passing of Jen Angel, longtime organiziner, writer, baker, cofounder of Allied Media Conference and Anarchist Agency & PM author of Becoming the Media.
Donate to the fundraiser to support Jen's family & her bakery:
Kuwasi Balagoon, born on Dec 22, 1946, combined anarchism with Black nationalism, broke the rules of sexual conformity & took up arms against the white-supremacist state.
Learn more in A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist
Support
#MutualAid
efforts on the ground in Jackson, MS like
@CooperationJXN
who are leading disaster relief efforts for those most vulnerable. Learn more and donate at
This year is the 30th anniversary of the January 1, 1994 Zapatista uprising.
Join us for "The Zapatistas at 30: Stories for Dreaming An-Other World" with Margaret Cerullo in Oaxaca de Juárez in-person and livestreamed on Weds, Feb 14th.
Learn more at
Happy 93rd birthday to Noam Chomsky!
See 3 new books by Noam Chomsky, A New World in Our Hearts, Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014 & Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime: Why Ideas Matter with James Kelman:
Rest in power Bo Brown, working-class militant, queer revolutionary, former political prisoner & member of the George Jackson Brigade. Watch The Gentleman Bank Robber: The Story of Butch Lesbian Freedom Fighter rita bo brown
Francis Dupuis-Déri: “The primary objective of a Black Bloc is to embody within the demonstration a radical critique of the economic and political system. Metaphorically speaking, it is a huge black flag made up of living bodies, flying in the heart of a demonstration.” 1/2
"The task of teachers, those obscure soldiers of civilization, is to give to the people the intellectual means to revolt." –Louise Michel, French anarchist, educator, and Communard, born on May 29, 1830
Get the Louise Michel anachist education shirt:
Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation, by
@nickwestes
,
@melanie_yazzie
, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia, is the first book to investigate the violent dynamics of bordertowns and the long tradition of Native resistance.
Gustav Landauer: “The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behavior; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another.”
Out now! A new shirt celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin's quote reminding us that the power of capitalism is not inescapable. Sign up as a new Friend of PM Press to get the shirt for free. Learn how:
Used with permission of the Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust
Happy pub day to Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement & Resistance by The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
@antievictionmap
! Save 20% on the hardcover, paperback & e-Book with coupon code AUGUST until 8/31. Learn more at
It's Amazon Crime Day! Fuck that noise and order books from your local bookstores, indie distributors, and radical publishers and go to the library.
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Keep abortion safe and legal...fuck SCOTUS, we're doing it anyway!
Abortion pills are in our hands.They are safe, effective & available online. Learn more:
#AbortionPillsForever
Join
@ShoutYrAbortion
's series of actions today:
If you haven't heard, PM Press bought a bookstore!
We're thrilled to join forces with Autumn Leaves in Ithaca, NY to expand and improve on what's worked for the past thirty years. We have BIG plans so stay tuned.
Read all about it in The
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“Öcalan’s works make many intellectuals uncomfortable because they represent a form of thought that is not only inextricable from action but also directly grapples with the knowledge that it is.” —David Graeber
Learn more & save 20% w/ coupon code OCTOBER
Elisée Reclus, anarchist geographer, ecologist and political theorist, was born in France on March 15th, 1830.
Reclus was a radical feminist, anti-racist, animal rights advocate, nudist, and vegetarian–a revolutionary thinker ahead of his time.
On November 1st, 1910, anarchist & syndicalist workers met in Barcelona to found the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), a leading force in Spanish working class politics. Learn more inThe CNT in the Spanish Revolution Volume 1, 2, and 3
On August 21, 1971, San Quentin prison guards murdered George Jackson. He was 29 years old, a bestselling author, and a Black revolutionary.
Learn more from Dan Berger's piece on The Death of George Jackson and the Birth of the Prison-Industrial Complex
The riot is one night, but metadata lasts forever.
There are many resources and tips on how to protect yourself and each other. This is Surveillance Self-Defense from the Electronic Frontier Foundation /
@EFF
:
Happy pub day to Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin, Illustrated by
@NOBonzo
with an Introduction by David Graeber & Andrej Grubacic, a Foreword by Ruth Kinna, a Postscript by GATS & an Afterword by Allan Antliff. Learn more:
Born on March 15, 1830, Elisée Reclus was a renowned French geographer, anarchist, feminist, anti-racist, ecologist, animal rights advocate, nudist, and vegetarian.
Learn about his life and work in Anarchy, Geography, Modernity:
New Afrikan anarchist, Black Panther, and queer revolutionary, Kuwasi Balagoon was born on December 22, 1946.
Learn about his life and times in A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist by Balagoon:
“The most brilliant theoretician of libertarian communism.” —Mike Davis
Help bring to life The Workers’ Way to Freedom and Other Council Communist Writings by Anton Pannekoek, edited by Robyn K. Winters, and copublished with
@WrkClassHistory
.
Learn more
It's been two years since David Graeber's sudden passing.
Revisit some thoughts on our friend, comrade, and mentor by Andrej Grubačić & read the Introduction to Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution, likely the last essay that David ever wrote
Coming soon! Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement & Resistance, a 320+ page, full-color atlas by the
@antievictionmap
that tells the story of the forces transforming the Bay Area today in a radical new way. Preorder and support:
On January 1st, 1804, Haiti gained independence and abolished slavery and French colonial rule after 13 years of revolution begun by enslaved Africans in 1791.
Learn histories of global black resistance in CLR James's A History of Pan-African Revolt
On the 3rd anniversary of David Graeber's sudden passing, revisit Andrej Grubačić's thoughts on our friend, comrade, and mentor and watch the
@AnthCIIS
3rd Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture with David Wengrow
We're sending books on ending white supremacy to Florida high school students to support actions around the banning of CRT related materials, organized by Dream Defenders, DSA, and more along with publishing partners Verso, Haymarket, and others. More details to come, stay tuned.
"This book calls for Native defiance, not just one Standing Rock, but many. It calls for solidarity with others in similar struggles. It’s is not a history or anthropology. It is a call to action." –Eve Ottenberg, Counterpunch
@The_Red_Nation
@nickwestes
Abolitionist John Brown was born on May 9, 1800.
What might have happened if Brown's raid on Harper’s Ferry had succeeded—and the Civil War had been started not by the slave owners but the abolitionists?
Read Terry Bisson's classic, Fire on the Mountain