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Forthcoming Attractions – December 2007 – Political

Some titles announced by Turnaround as being available from December 2007.

Beckstrom, Rod A. and Brafman, Ori “The Starfish and the Spider. The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations” Portfolio. Pbk. 240pp. £8.99

Boyd, Herb “African History for Beginners” For Beginners. Pbk. 127pp £8.99

The latest issue of the electronic journal Belphégor (Vol. VI, no.2) is now
available at : http://etc.dal.ca/belphegor/.

All articles are freely accessible.

Contents:

Belphégor – Popular Literature and Media Studies
Vol. VI, No. 2, Juin 2007

Anarchism and Mass Literature
Issue edited by Vittorio Frigerio

ARTICLES

Vittorio Frigerio : Présentation

The CNE is an employment law that allows workers in small businesses with fewer than 20 employees to be kept on a two-year probationary period during which they can be fired without reason. It is the sister law of the CPE which triggered waves of strikes, blockades, demonstrations and occupations across France in 2005-6

Forthcoming Attractions – November 2007

Awehali, Brian (ed) “Tipping the Sacred Cow: the best of LiP: Informed revolt 1996-2007”. Pbk. 240pp. £12.00

Becker-Ho, Alice and Debord, Guy “A Game of War”. Atlas Press. Pbk (with boardgame and counters!) 160pp. £20.00

Creswell, David “Chomsky for Beginners” For Beginners. Pbk. 153pp. £8.99

Forthcoming Attractions – October 2007

Baird, Vanessa “The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity”. New Internationalist. 144pp. Pbk. £6.99

Caldicott, Helen “Nuclear Power is not the Answer”. The New Press. 240pp. Pbk. £9.99

Cox, Judy. “A Rebel's Guide to Rosa Luxemburg”. Bookmarks. 64pp. Pbk. £3.00

Short Order Frame Up

by Ron Jacobs

Mainstay Press June 2007
ISBN-0‐9774590‐9‐8
www.mainstaypress.org

spotted via Boing Boing:

Friday, June 08, 2007
A Taste of Lucifer

Turbulence: Ideas for Movement

Issue #1: What would it mean to win?

Important documentaries now showing on ChristieBooks Brightcove site

1) Five Steps to Tyranny

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=958764725

2) The Trap 1/3 (Adam Curtis 2007)

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=958762310

2) The Trap 2/3 (Adam Curtis 2007)

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=958480258

Typically when someone is about to make a contentious statement they want the major media to pick up on, they will release hints of it ahead of time. This gives editors a chance to slot it into their schedules, run previews and generally work their moral muscles up for the debate.

Sarkozy has major plans to reform French universities. Universities will be given "independance" from the state. The first consequence of this will be large rises in fees, at the moment undergraduates pay around 300 euros (£200) a year to enrol.

These are all titles that have been announced by Turnaround Distributions in the UK. Some titles are from the USA and may be available before they are in the UK. Do check with the relevant publishers for more up-to-date information. Details may change between the date of initial announcement and final publication. Imported titles may change price due to exchange rate fluctuations.

These are all titles that have been announced by Turnaround Distributions in the UK. Some titles are from the USA and may be available before they are in the UK. Do check with the relevant publishers for more up-to-date information. Details may change between the date of initial announcement and final publication. Imported titles may change price due to exchange rate fluctuations.

The Anarchist Geographer: An Introduction to the Life of Peter Kropotkin

The Anarchist Geographer: An Introduction to the
Life of Peter Kropotkin

by Brian Morris

Price: £8.00

* Paperback
* Publisher: The Genge Press (June 2007)
* Language English
* ISBN-10: 0954904338

http://www.gengepress.co.uk/kropotkin%20bio.htm

Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations, Collective Theorization

http://www.constituentimagination.net

Edited by Stevphen Shukaitis + David Graeber with Erika Biddle

From the ivory tower to the barricades!
Radical intellectuals explore the relationship between research and resistance.

Editorial

With each new electoral campaign a ray of sunlight seems to break
through. Perhaps there’s finally hope for resolving our social
conflicts. The President-elect, hand on his heart, solemnly pledges
himself to be at the service of all the people.

But the voters never win at this game of poker. Instead, everything goes on

Karen Goaman, formerly associated with the Bulletin of Anarchist Research and more recently the journal "Anarchist Studies" presents her new book:

The Old World Is Behind You: The Situationists and Beyond in Contemporary Anarchism (Paperback)

by Karen Goaman (Author)

US List Price: $15.95
UK Equivalent: £8.08

* Paperback: 192 pages

1930 Jewish Anarchist Memoirs Are Now Online

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 26, 2007

This blog is intended for the reporting of new and forthcoming books, mags, pamphlets, DVDs and anything else that may be of interest to visitors to libcom.org.

Mal is part of the family "Mal" who inhabit various websites and message boards.

This video shows some fighting between police and demonstrators.
The explosions are either teargas grenades or 'flashballs' a flashball fires rubber bullets, I think they're the same as baton rounds in the UK. They are used quite frequently by police and often against the safety guidelines.