A few thoughts on the recent, very thoughtful and interesting discourse and debate, between Professors Brookes and Wolff, linked in the video below: To Professor Wolff:Bravo – brilliant crystalization. To Professor Brookes:Great respect for your human decency and moral sentiment of basic justice and compassion, certainly, but are you not
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Kersplebedeb: Revisiting “Antifascism Against Machismo” [D.Z. Shaw, ThreeWayFight]
[This review was originally posted to the Three Way Fight blog on September 30, 2023.] Tammy Kovich, Antifascism Against Machismo With an introduction by El Jones and commentary by Butch Lee and Veronica L. Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2023 153pp.; ISBN: 9781989701232 Review by D. Z. Shaw In 2019, Tammy Kovich published,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Against Orthodoxy and Despotic Rule: A Review of Islam and Anarchism [The Commoner]
[This review was originally posted to The Commoner on January 20th, 2023.] Against Orthodoxy and Despotic Rule: A Review of Islam and Anarchism Javier Sethness The first part in a series on Islam, humanism, and anarchism. Originally written by Javier Sethness, this review includes an alternate perspective
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Living with the Lower Case [Gabriel Kuhn reviews A Brilliant Red Thread]
[Originally posted to Gabriel Kuhn’s blog at LeftTwoThree.org] A review of Don Hamerquist, A Brilliant Red Thread (Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2023). There is much to like about Montreal publisher Kersplebedeb. One thing is the political positioning. Introducing a list of “Texts for leninists with an anti-authoritarian critique of leninism, and for
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Texts for leninists with an anti-authoritarian critique of leninism, and for anarchists with a pro-rev critique of anarchism
The anarchists’ slogan, “Destroy what destroys you,” is aimed at mobilizing the base, young people in prisons and reformatories, in high schools and training centres. It reaches out to all of those in the shittiest situations. It is meant to be spontaneously understood, and is a call for direct resistance.
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Sept. 10, 2022 – NYC Anarchist Bookfair
Kersplebedeb will be tabling at the NYC Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday, September 10. Come check us out! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2022, from 2 PM, La Plaza Cultural Community Garden 16th Annual NYC Anarchist Bookfair https://www.facebook.com/events/587848412514661 https://anarchistbookfair.net/ The NYC Anarchist Book Fair brings hundreds of anarchists, anarchy supporters and curious visitors
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Aug. 6-7, 2022: Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
[Kersplebedeb will be tabling both days, along with lots of other great publishers, distros, and projects!] The bookfair is back with two days of programming! PLEASE WEAR A MASK IN THE BUILDINGS The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair – takes place in two buildings, which are across from each other: i) the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Interview with Akinyele Umoja on Kuwasi Balagoon [Black Agenda Report]
[This interview is mirrored from Black Agenda Report, where it was originally posted on June 8, 2022. Akineyele’s article and other writings by and about Kuwasi can be found in A Soldier’s Story: Writings by a Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist.] BAR Book Forum: Interview with Akinyele Umoja Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The Reality of Denial and the Denial of Reality [Cured Quail Journal]
[This article was originally posted on Cured Quail on December 9, 2021.] Antithesi / cognord Download PDF This text was written and published in Greek in September 2021. It was meant as a polemic intervention in a debate around the questions of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, the measures and tools against
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Human History Gets a Rewrite: A Review of “The Dawn of Everything” [The Atlantic]
[This review originally appeared in the November 2021 issue of the The Atlantic. The Dawn of Everything is now available at LeftWingBooks.net] Many years ago, when I was a junior professor at Yale, I cold-called a colleague in the anthropology department for assistance with a project I was working
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The Radical Promise of Human History: A Review of “The Dawn of Everything” [Boston Review]
[This review originally appeared in the Boston Review, November 3, 2021.] The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber and David Wengrow [Available now at LeftWingBooks.net] The standard history of humanity goes something like this. Roughly 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, Homo sapiens first evolved somewhere on
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow
The Dawn of Everything is now available at LeftWingBooks.net NATIONAL BESTSELLER,NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with professor of comparative archaeology David Wengrow to deliver a trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution–from the development of agriculture
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin’s “Anarchism and the Black Revolution” [Black Agenda Report]
[This post is mirrored from BlackAgendaReport.com] Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor 13 Oct 2021 In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. Ervin is an American writer, activist and black anarchist. He is a
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The Global Co-op Movement: The Better Way – and, The Way Ahead
I used to think that co-ops were a nice idea, very practical, a nice little niche for a few people around the margins and the periphery, with strong ideals, doing practical, valuable things. But I, must admit, in this regard, I was quite ignorant, until just this year. The co-op
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Libertarian Socialism & The Rebirth of Freedom & Democracy
What is libertarian socialism, and why should we be interested? Libertarian socialism is a long term goal, I would say, agreeing with Chomsky, who is the most prominent libertarian socialist alive. That’s point one. Although, history is full of surprises, so it may be closer and more attainable in the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Mending The World As Jewish Anarchists: Book Launch & Discussion [VIDEO]
This is a recording of the April 29, 2021 book launch for There is Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists, available now! The event, revolving around the theme of “mending the world,” will feature reflections from editor Cindy Milstein as well as the
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Anarchism, Political Philosophy & D&D
Yes, I do love to play D&D once a week with my boy of fifteen. It’s great fun for us both, and I feel no need to apologize for it or be embarrassed by it. I love spending time with my kids, and this is one of many ways we
Continue readingKersplebedeb: 14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair 2020, Sept. 25-27
We are happy to say that Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks will be participating in the 14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair later this week — you can check out the full program here, and read the collective’s statement announcing the book fair below: September 25, 26, 27, 2020 The NYC Anarchist
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Who Are The CIA?
Who are the CIA? This will tell you everything you need to know. Here’s where things really started to go wrong: 1947, the National Security Act, which created the National Security Council and the CIA, giving the CIA sweeping, ultra-secretive, unconstitutional powers, and near limitless budget through the legalized, covert
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The Central Challenge Of Our Time
What is the central challenge of our time? It is not what most people think it is. It is not race or gender, or climate change, or the environment broadly, or issues of war and peace, or poverty, or justice, or equality, or fighting terrorism, crime or violence, WMDs and
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