Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs

Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs

Author: D. D. Johnston

Publisher: AK Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1849350612

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A rollicking debut novel set in a Scottish fast-food joint. Think Nick Hornby for the anti-globalization generation!


Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs

Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs

Author: D. D. Johnston

Publisher: AK Press

Published: 2011-07-19

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1849350620

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A coming of age story set in a Scottish fast food restaurant: take a group of full time burger flippers and cash starved students, add a likeable geek with a love of political theory, and a passionately angry French anarchist, and you have a recipe for rebellion. Rife with dry British humor and working-class sensibilities.


Anarchy Alive!

Anarchy Alive!

Author: Uri Gordon

Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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Anarchist politics are at the heart of today’s most vibrant and radical social movements. From squatted social centres and community gardens to acts of sabotage and raucous summit blockades, anarchist groups and networks are spreading an ethos of direct action, non-hierarchical organizing and self-liberation that has redefined revolutionary struggle for the 21st century.Anarchy Alive! is a fascinating, in-depth look at the practice and theory of contemporary anarchism. Uri Gordon draws on his activist experience and on interviews, discussions and a vast selection of recent literature to explore the activities, cultures and agendas shaping today’s explosive anti-authoritarian revival. Anarchy Alive! also addresses some of the most tense debates in the contemporary movement, using a theory based on practice to provocatively reshape anarchist discussions of leadership, violence, technology and nationalism. This is the ideal book for anyone looking for a fresh, informed and critical engagement with anarchism, as a mature and dynamic political force in the age of globalisation.


The Only Living Boy

The Only Living Boy

Author: Robert Graham

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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‘When I think of the trouble they’ve got me in, I don’t know why I love Parker pens the way I do…’Robert Graham’s elegantly crafted short stories are heartwarming, quirky and shot through with moments of surprise and delight. The title story’s teenaged protagonist finds his view of life transformed when he meets an attractive girl who announces herself as an absolutist. The narrator of ‘Celebrity Blessings’ finds the affirmation he lacks from the living and dead celebs he meets in his local supermarket. ‘Fruit or Vegetable’ features Joe and Sarah, the central characters from Robert Graham’s acclaimed novel Holy Joe.


The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub

The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub

Author: D. D. Johnston

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780956336460

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Freewill, love, death, revolution - a student has the themes for his creative writing PhD. He pins them to Elsie Stewart and embarks on her biography. Love takes Elsie to the Spanish Civil War while the story hurtles off into the maelstrom of Ukrainian twentieth century history. Can Professor Thrub's post-structural guidance haul the project back on track? Will love and surgery redeem our student's struggles for a good life, significance and a doctorate? This biting comedy of love, desperation and existence offers a thrilling ride into the world of a major new writer.


On Fire

On Fire

Author: Diego Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Written to give an insight into the ideas, thoughts and actions behind the confrontational approach of the anti-G8 militants, this book looks specifically at the protests in Genoa, with eye witness accounts, debates on tactics and analysis of the actions. Profusely illustrated throughout with b/w photos, contributors include Antonio Negri, Michael Hardt, Adam Porter, The Black Block, The Wombles, Starhawk and Massimo de Angelis.


The Secret Baby Room

The Secret Baby Room

Author: D. D. Johnston

Publisher:

Published: 2016-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909954182

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Discover this bravest new British writing talent, taking on themes of poverty and abuse in gritty urban Manchester. The book is a vivid journey into the life of Clare, her own career stalled to follow her husband, longing for a child. She has had a miscarriage. On a high floor of an abandoned tower block she sees a woman feeding a baby. Her investigations take her into childhood trauma, ancient abuse, corruption at the highest level. It's a personal journey in which a woman takes on the world to save it.


Lux the Poet

Lux the Poet

Author: Martin Millar

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1593762313

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There is something about Lux. He’s a thief and a liar; he is selfish and self-absorbed and hopelessly vain. But while he looks like Lana Turner and romances like a true Casanova, Lux is actually more like a bumbling, oblivious Mary Tyler Moore. Amid shouting mobs, police shields, and the hurled bricks of the ’80s Brixton riots, Lux is searching for Pearl—the love of his life. Her home has been burned down by a stray petrol bomb, and she’s searching for sanctuary along with her friend Nicky. Nicky is traumatized after having killed her computer—her best friend—and is herself being followed by Happy Science PLC. It is their plan to breed a superior next generation by implanting the sperm of genius men inside beautiful women. She knows too much about the plan. Lux is helped in his quest by Kalia, a castaway of Heaven attempting to get back in God’s good graces by performing one million good deeds over countless lifetimes. There’s also a thrash metal band, a riot-party, past lives, and KY. Lots of KY.


Why Do I Love These People?

Why Do I Love These People?

Author: Po Bronson

Publisher: Harvill Secker

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13:

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Dealing with the crucial subject of families, this book tells of ordinary people, who have had to recreate a life after hardship. The author has spoken and corresponded with 1000 people to look at the idea of the family, an institution that is central to all our lives.


The Louder I Will Sing

The Louder I Will Sing

Author: Lee Lawrence

Publisher: Sphere

Published: 2020-09-17

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 075158102X

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WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALA What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for? On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence's mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted. But for Lee, it was a spark that lit a flame that would burn for the next 30 years as he fought to get the police to recognise their wrongdoing. His life had changed forever: he was now his mother's carer, he had seen first-hand the prejudice that existed in his country, and he was at the mercy of a society that was working against him. And yet that flame - for justice, for peace, for change - kept him going. The Louder I Will Sing is a powerful, compelling and uplifting memoir about growing up in modern Britain as a young Black man. It's a story both of people and politics, of the underlying racism beneath many of our most important institutions, but also the positive power that hope, faith and love can bring in response.