Pm Press: 346 books
Ideas for Action
Relevant Theory for Radical Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Exploring a wide range of political traditions—including Marxism, anarchism, anti-imperialism, postmodernism, feminism, critical race theory, and environmentalism—Cynthia Kaufman acknowledges the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of political movements and the ideologies inspired by or generated...
Bicycle!
A Repair & Maintenance Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Providing cyclists the know-how to take bicycle repair into their own hands, this manual covers bike care without technical terms. Written by a bicycle mechanic and laden with photographs and drawings, this guide is a valuable resource for professional bicycle workers and commuters. This updated...
Towards Collective Liberation
Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Organized into four sections, this collection of essays is geared toward activists engaging with the dynamic questions of how to create and support effective movements for visionary systemic change. These essays and interviews present powerful lessons for transformative organizing. It offers a firsthand...
by Franco La Cecla
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
With insight into the human side of architecture, this critical assessment displays the shortcomings of modern urban planning as an acclaimed architect issues a passionate charge against the celebrities of the current architectural world: the archistars.” He argues that architecture has lost its...
The Vegetarian Myth
FOOD, JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
The vegetarian diet is praised for being sustainable and animal-friendly, but after 20 years of being a vegan, Lierre Keith has changed her opinion. Contravening popular opinion, she bravely argues that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet. In service to annual grains, humans have...
Soccer vs. the State
Tackling Football and Radical Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Citing the professionalism and commercialization that dominate the multibillion-dollar soccer industry, this fascinating study also describes the game's rebellious side-from its working-class roots and political protests from fans and players to the current resurgence within radical communities. Documenting...
Cointelshow
A Patriot Act
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Inform yourself! Inform on your neighbor! Follow Special Agent Christian White on a cheerfully creepy tour of declassified government surveillance documents. White probes the redacted (blacked-out) texts of the FBI's notorious Counterintelligence Programs, searching for the words erased in the name...
A Line in the Tar Sands
Struggles for Environmental Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The fight over the tar sands in North America is among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time, and one of the first that has managed to marry quite explicitly concern for frontline communities and immediate local hazards with fear for the future of the entire planet. Tar sands...
Re:Imagining Change
How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
An inspirational inside look at the trailblazing methodology developed by the nonprofit strategy and training organization, smartMeme, this unique exploration provides progressive activists with the tools to get stories into the media, build successful campaigns, and connect with other organizations...
by Colin Ward
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
The argument of this book is that an anarchist society, a society which organizes itself without authority, is always in existence, like a seed beneath the snow, buried under the weight of the state and its bureaucracy, capitalism and its waste, privilege and its injustices, nationalism and its suicidal...
Burn Collector
Collected Stories from One through Nine
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
A compilation of the first nine issues of the author’s sporadically published and widely acclaimed personal zine, this volume reflects the do-it-yourself attitude of the 1990s punk music scene and includes humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and nuanced descriptions of odd locales and curious...
by Gilbert Shelton, Paul Buhle, Jay Kinney
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Radical America, a journal affiliated with Students for a Democratic Society published a memorable 'underground comix' edition in 1969. Its principal artist and editor, Gilbert Shelton, whose Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers would be enjoyed in many editions across the world, brought to the project his...
by Elizabeth Hand
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
The title story, "Fire." written especially for this volume, is a harrowing postapocalyptic adventure in a world threated by global conflagration. Based on Hand's real-life experience as a participant in a governmental climate change think tank, it follows a ragtag cadre of scientists and...
by Peter Kuper
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
It has been said that the flutter of insect wings in the Indian Ocean can send a hurricane crashing against the shores of the American Northeast, and such a premise lies at the core of The System, a wordless graphic novel created and painted by award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper. A sleazy stockbroker...