In March 1970, Jean Genet, the radical French author, lifelong rebel and supporter of deviant causes, began touring US college…
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How to Kiss Ass for Fun and Profit (Mostly Just Profit)
First some praise: over the past couple of years, PM Press has published revised and expanded editions of my Edgar…
A History of Pan-African Revolt: An Excerpt
New FrameOctober 23rd, 2018 In 1938 C.L.R. James, the great Trinidadian Marxist, published two books. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture…
The Power to Stay: Magical Realism from SF’s Mission
Daily life in San Francisco frequently involves bearing witness to yet another suddenly-shuttered local business, mostly the ones that don’t…
Google Will Never Be a “Good Neighbor”; We Need to Be Our Own Best Hope
Pictured here is some of the dark side of the Star-Wars-themed demonstration, “Google: Don’t Be Evil,” on Wednesday, June 25,…
Organizing Social Spaces as If Social Relations Matter
The Four Rs Throughout the history of resistance, rebellion, and revolution—the three Rs that should be taught alongside the traditional…
What Silence Might Say
On the one hand, we need a certain amount of faith in life in order to keep moving through it…
Anarchism
Note: This piece is a reworked extract from my book Anarchism and Its Aspirations (IAS/AK Press, 2010, http://www.akpress.org/anarchism-and-its-aspirations.html) for the Lexicon…
Homes Not Games
There is this game that landlords play in San Francisco. They write all the rules, of course. And they break…
This Heart of Mine, This Heart of Yours
My heart is torn in too many directions today, not able to keep up with those I love or be…