Pm Press: 346 books
How to Make Trouble and Influence People
Pranks, Protests, Graffiti & Political Mischief-Making from Across Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Exploring Australia’s radical past through more than 300 images and 500 stories of social activism, this book reveals a hidden inspirational history through Indigenous resistance, convict revolts, student occupations, and more. Twelve key Australian activists and pranksters are interviewed regarding...
On The Fly!
Hobo Literature and Songs, 1879-1941
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
From the 1870s until the Second World War, millions of Americans left their homes to board freight trains that would carry them vast distances, sometimes to waiting work, often to points unknown. Congregating in skid rows, socialising around campfires, and bringing in the nation's crops, these drifters...
Teaching Rebellion
Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico came alive with a broad and diverse movement that captivated the nation and earned the admiration of communities organizing for social justice around the world. The show of international solidarity for the people of Oaxaca was the most extensive since the Zapatista uprising...
Unfree Labour?
Struggles of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Over the past decade, Canada has experienced considerable growth in labour migration. Moreover, temporary labour migration has replaced permanent immigration as the primary means by which people enter Canada. Utilizing the rhetoric of maintaining competitiveness, Canadian employers and the state have...
Setting Sights
Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
This wide-ranging anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defence, exploring how it has been used by marginalised and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals within significant social movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Far from...
by Ken MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Winner of a Prometheus and Sidewise Award, this science fiction novella is a comedic and biting commentary on capitalism and an exploration of technological singularity in a posthuman civilization. As a world war rages on without an emerging victor, the story follows John Matheson, an idealistic teenage...
Sober Living for the Revolution
Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the political-punk straight edge movement-which has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore subculture for more than 25 years-traces its history from 1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not necessarily...
Truths Among Us
Conversations on Building a New Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
From acclaimed author Derrick Jensen comes a prescient, thought-provoking collection of interviews with 10 leading writers, philosophers, teachers, and activists who argue against society's belief that corporations and governments know what is best for the future, instead choosing to help acknowledge...
by C. L. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Originally published in England in 1938 and expanded in 1969, this work remains the classic account of global Black resistance. This concise, accessible history of revolts by African peoples worldwide explores the wide range of methods used by Africans to resist oppression and the negative effects...
The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History
Volume 2: Dancing with Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The long-awaited second volume of the first-ever English-language study of the Red Army Faction (RAF)—West Germany’s most notorious urban guerillas—covers the period immediately following the organization’s near total decimation in 1977. During this period, the RAF was in a state of regrouping...
Generation V
The Complete Guide to Going, Being, and Staying Vegan as a Teenager
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Covering the ins and outs of becoming a vegan during the teen years, this reference shows young people how to make smart decisions about changing their diet and lifestyle while dealing with varying reactions from family, friends, and people at school. Curious teens will find answers for issues such...
by Gord Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
An alternative and unorthodox view of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is offered in this concise history. Eurocentric studies of the conquest of the Americas present colonization as a civilizing force for good, and the native populations as primitive or worse. Colonization is seen...
Re:Imagining Change
How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Providing resources, theory, hands-on tools, and illuminating case studies for the next generation of innovative change-makers, this unique book explores how culture, media, memes, and narrative intertwine with social change strategies. Re:Imagining Change is an inspirational inside look at the trailblazing...
A Living Spirit of Revolt
The Infrapolitics of Anarchism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Dissecting anarchist history from classic examples through contemporary occurrences, and even tying it to everyday life, this exploration collects many disparate movements into a cohesive whole to better understand anarchy in theory and praxis. The book posits modern anarchy as not only the most revolutionary,...