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From personal reflections to do-it-yourself guides, zines remain one of the most accessible ways of breaking into the world of publishing. Got a zine to sell or trade? Come by the Zine Bazaar and set up shop.
From ecological sustainability to undoing corporate globalization, Chris O'Brien's Fermenting Revolution unpacks the politics of your pint. Followed by a free organic microbrew mixer! More info...
For the veterans and active duty soldiers involved in the movement to end the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, testifying about their often very troubling experiences serving overseas and how these experiences led them to stand up in opposition to war is an important part of coming to terms with what they've witnessed and the difficult decisions they've made. Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan collects in book form many of such testimonies, drawn from the historic Winter Soldier hearings held in the Spring of 2008. The Warrior Writers Project was started as a way for IVAW members to express themselves and communicate their experiences in a more personal manner through artistic production, and has produced two books of poetry, essays, and artwork to date. More info...
Co-authored by Amy Goodman, the host of the award-winning, nationally syndicated Democracy Now! and journalist David Goodman, Standing Up to the Madness brings together inspiring stories grassroots activism across the country, tracing the contours of resistance and hope in everyday life that are all too often ignored by the sensationalized version of American politics presented by the mass media. More info...
There has always been a close relationship between aesthetics and politics in anti-authoritarian social movements. And those movements have in turn influenced many of the last century's most important art movements, including cubism, Dada, post-impressionism, abstract expressionism, surrealism, Fluxus, Situationism, and punk. Erik Ruin, author, artist, and member of the JustSeeds collective discusses the relationship between aesthetics and politics, with examples drawn from France, Indonesia, Chicago, Denmark, and even Baltimore! More info...
Legendary radical graphic artist Seth Tobocman (War in the Neighborhood, You Don't Have the Fuck People Over to Survive, World War III Illustrated) presents his latest effort, Disaster and Resistance, a collection of art and letters that outlines the pressing social and political struggles at the dawn of the 21st century. Tobocman's art chronicles events as they happen, musing not on the chaos of instability and fear, but on the struggle against it. More info...
There's certainly a lot of great critiques available of the failed policies of the "War on Drugs", but Cop in the Hood, by sociologist Peter Moskos, is a unique look at the same material from the other side of the thin blue line. Serving as a police officer in Baltimore's Eastern District for two years, Moskos' account offers powerful testimony about the effects of the drug war both on urban neighborhoods and the patrolmen on the frontlines. More info...
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer, co-authored by Industrial Workers of the World member and Starbucks organizer Daniel Gross and veteran labor activist Staughton Lynd, is a guerrilla legal handbook for workers in a precarious global economy. Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic social change from below, the book is a practical guide for making work better while re-invigorating the labor movement. More info...
$pread Magazine has been "Illuminating the Sex Industry" since 2005, publishing work written by current and former sex workers, both for sex workers and for anyone interested in learning about the industry from the perspectives of insiders. $pread believes that all sex workers have a right to self-determination; to choose how they make a living and what they do with our bodies. $pread staff will be speaking about the magazine, sex worker issues, and how to support sex workers. More info...
The Indypendent Reader, now preparing its 10th issue, has consistently offered a high-quality, in depth look at the politics of social justice at the community level, in its 100% free newspaper. Join members of the edirorial collective for a discussion about the project, and find out how you can contribute. More info...
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop is a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured hip hop and is building a movement that will not only change the face of pop culture, but of the world. M.K. Asante, Jr., a passionate young poet, professor, filmmaker and activist (and a Morgan State Professor) who represents this new movement, uses hip hop as a springboard for a larger discussion about the urgent social and political issues affecting the post hip hop generation; a new wave of youth searching for an understanding of themselves outside of the self-destructive corporate hip hop monopoly. Through insightful anecdotes, scholarship, personal encounters, and conversations with youth across the globe as well as with icons such as Chuck D and Maya Angelou, Asante illuminates a shift that can be felt in the crowded spoken-word joints in post-Katrina New Orleans, seen in the rise of youth-led organizations committed to social justice, and heard around the world. More info...
Dave Zirin, author of the weekly sports column "Edge of Sports", presents his latest and most comprehensive attempt to reclaim the hidden history of athletics in the United States. Standing unabashedly with the tradition of rebel athletes, sports writers, and fans, and uncompromisingly critiquing the way sports have been used by people in power to stoke the fires of war, corporate control, racism, sexism, and homophobia, Zirin's book promises to do for the history of sports what Howard Zinn's classic People's History of the United States did for our understanding of American history. More info...
Social justice movements often challenge us to create personal and social change but often provide no support for parents, mothers especially, who try to do so. Let's learn how to work together in new ways. By valuing the involvement/work of parents and caretakers; and including the voices/needs of children we form a more vibrant culture of resistance as we work towards a more equitable future. Jessica Mills and China Martens read from their latest books, and facilitate a discussion on social justice and community support for families. Parents, non-parents, and children are all welcome, and encouraged to attend! Coloring book zines and crayons will be handed out! More info: My Mother Wears Combat Boots | The Future Generation
Expect Resistance is a field manual for a field on which all manuals are useless, a meditation on individual transformation and collective resistance in disastrous times, and a masterpiece that raises the bar for radical publishing. The CrimethInc Ex-Workers Collective is a decentralized anarchist collective composed of many cells that act independently in pursuit of a freer and more joyous world. More info...
In the grand tradition of American road memoirs, Blue-Eyed Devil tracks Knight's "American Muslim road odyssey," in which he traveled over 20,000 miles by Greyhound bus in 60 days, trying to reconcile his unlikely personal convictions at the crossroads of punk and Islam with the multiple traditions of Islamic culture across the United States. The Five Percenters is a history of the enigmatic African-American religion, also know as the "Nations of Gods and Earths," which arose out of the Nation of Islam in the 1960's and which has had a deep and lasting impact on the development of hip-hop. More info...
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