History and Politics
Race Revolt Issue 1
Recently published, excellent set of articles that aim to start dialogue on issues of race within alternative and activist communities and beyond, with a queer, feminist and diy focus. (A4 Z £1.50)
Race Revolt Issue 2
(A4 Z £2)
Revolutionary Women Stencil Book - Tui
Whilst recognising that the most worthwhile women's struggles come from leaderless anarchist collectives, Tui has compiled these biographies to 'give a stiff kick to the groin of deep-rooted patriarchal history and to provide pure enjoyment of staunch women and the ardour of revolution'. (Z £1)
Women, Race and Class - Angela Y Davis
A historical study of black and white women from times of slavery through to the present day. This incredible book shows how racism and sexism are rooted in class oppression and how their end must be fought for through the destruction of the patriarchal capitalist economic system. (B £7)
Women in prison: how we are - Assata Shakur
Personal account of a Black woman in prison on Riker Island. Describes situations black and ethnic minority women have to deal with in prison and their relationship with sexism, the Black liberation struggle, white feminism, lesbianism and capitalism. (Z 50p)
The RAG issue #1 - Rag
The Rag is produced by the revolutionary anarcha-feminist group based in Dublin. It is a zine which covers many aspects of feminism within anarchism, starting from the standpoint that although anarchism should in theory be inherently feminist, in reality it often isn't. Covering a wide variety of topics in areas such as health, sexual violence, and sex work, and drawing on personal experience, The RAG is an inspirational and vital addition to anarchism and feminism. (A4 Z, £2.50)
The RAG #2 - Rag
Printed in autumn 2007 a year after RAG #1, RAG #2 reflects on the year's activism, hopes to take on board the responses they got from the first edition and has articles on among others, mental health, abortion, class, writing and community education. (A4 Z, £2.50)
Feminism and anarchism - The Raven
No 21 of the Anarchist Quarterly. Collection of critical essays about anarchism and feminism and biographies of women involved in political struggle. (Z £3)
Angry women, Re/Search13 - Andrea Juno and V.Vale Eds.
Brilliant interviews with performance artists, writers, musicians and sex workers Kathy Acker, Susie Bright, Wanda Coleman, Valie Export, Karen Finley, Diamanda Galas, Bell Hooks, Holly Hughes, Lydia Lunch, Kerr and Malley, Linda Montano, Avita Ronell, Sapphire, Carolee Schneemann and Annie Sprinkle. Discussions on among other things, masturbation, menstruation, S/M, feminism, racism, death, art and activism. (B £10)
Ain't I a woman? - bell hooks
This is an incredible book. Bell Hooks rewrites the last 200 years with black women included. She reveals and examines their experiences with regards to, among other things, slavery, black men, and the white women's movement. We really recommend this book. (B £15)
Witches, midwives and nurses, a history of women healers - Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
This is a fascinating study of the European history of women as healers from the Middle Ages through to the Twentieth century. The authors show how women's roles in health are inextricably linked to our oppression as women, to the deep-rooted institutionalised class system and to monopolies of knowledge. (Z £2)
Complaints and disorders, the sexual politics of sickness - Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
Focuses on the increasing consolidation of medicine as a male dominated profession in conjunction with the increasing medicalisation of women's bodies from the early 20th century to the 1970's in the U.S. It is a sharp analysis that demonstrates that the medical system is a powerful instrument of social control. (B £5)
Feminists Against Borders: Why immigration is a feminist issue
Specific ways in which women are affected by UK immigration policies; immigration laws and trafficking; facts on asylum in Britain and successful campaigns. (Z £1)
Women and the spectacle - Carol Ehrlich
This is a call to disrupt the 'manufactured spectacle' within which we live whilst rightly highlighting that much rebellion is itself part of the very spectacle it is fighting. Great little pamphlet that is part of The Spectacular Times series, explains Situationism and The Spectacle and its relevance to feminism. (Z 50p)
The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation - Emma Goldman
This is an essay from Emma Goldman's 'Anarchism and Other Essays' (1911). It is amazing how much of this brilliant writer and activist's work is still relevant, insightful and necessary today. (Z 50p)
Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Services 1968-73 - firestarter press
A compilation of personal accounts from women who were involved in the underground abortion service known as 'Jane'. There is a really interesting article by a former 'jane' written in 1999, placing the original Jane service in the context of today's abortion debate. (Z £2)
Abortion without apology: a radical history for the 1990s - Ninia Baehr
Great historical documentation of the underground abortion movement in the U.S. prior to the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973. It talks about the evolution of menstrual extraction and key issues involved in the fight to repeal the abortion law. (B £4)
Gender in the Czech anarchist movement - Marta Kolarova
A study of the Czech anarchist movement, gender, feminism and anarcha-feminism. Written by a friend from Prague. (Z £1, 1)
I begin to feel - Short Back And Sides Press
A collection of some brilliant poems, lyrics, essays and spoken word from mainly independent authors, revolutionaries and punks. (Z £1)
Off their backs and on our own two feet
3 articles written by men about men's responsibility in female oppression, gender stereotyping, learned behaviours for men and women. (Z £1)
