Lara Messersmith-Glavin – författare

"Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich."— Publishers Weekly

What happens when the techniques of counterinsurgency, developed to squash small skirmishes and guerrilla wars on the border of Empire, blend into the state''s apparatus for domestic policing? In Life During Wartime, fifteen authors and activists reflect on the American domestic security apparatus, detailing the increasing militarization of the police force and the re-emergence of infiltration and counter-intelligence as surveillance strategies, highlighting the ways that the techniques and the technologies of counterinsurgency have been applied on the home front, and offering strategies for resistance.

Includes contributions Kristian Williams, Will Munger, Walidah Imarisha, George Ciccariello-Maher, Beriah Empie, Elaine Brown, Geoffrey Boyce, Conor Cash, Vicente L. Rafael, Alexander Reid Ross, Evan Tucker, Layne Mullett, Sarah Small, and Luce Guillen-Givins.

Three decades of critical anarchist thought on major historical moments and social issues.Visions and Interventions covers major movements in world history over the past three decades, as well as small moments of insight and reflection. Readers will find examinations of the potential for anarchist dreams and practices, dispatches from uprisings and campaigns, notes on ways in which anarchism shapes and is shaped by daily life, examples of anarchist thought and organizing around the world, and historical elements that help us understand and better shape the future. The collection, organized into five sections, includes works by movement luminaries, grassroots organizers, philosophers, artists and comrades from around the globe.This collection is a retrospective ofPerspectives on Anarchist Theory, the long-running journal of the Institute for Anarchist Studies, an organization that supports the development of anarchism, and acts as a grant-giving organization for radical writers and translators.Includes essays by: Joel Olsen, Cindy Crabb, Victoria Law, and Colectivo Situaciones, among others. Interviewees include Barbara Epstein, Cedric Robinson, Howard Zinn, Arif Dirlik, and Walidah Imarisha.

A political fantasy where storytelling is combat magic and disparate forces unite against exploitation and environmental destruction.War and physical violence are obsolete. Now tellers compete with stories, both for glory and survival. But a story lost in combat is lost forever, and with it, a piece of the teller.Kell is a ritual lorist, trained to navigate the desert by way of the ancient pulsar stones. When the imperial city of Soogway begins mining these sacred relics, she must act as an envoy of her clan to win them backand engage in story combat, should negotiations fail.Shade is a scrappy pit fighter and survivor of Soogways underworld. When a shadowy patron offers to train them in unorthodox techniques, they must decide whether winning an illustrious prize fight is worth the cost.Ruiner is a grand search for justice that wrestles with trauma and the nature of violence, a tale of strategy and sacrifice that offers us strength for the times ahead.