[Marxism] Four New Titles from Kersplebedeb

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i only signed up to the Marxism list a couple of months ago, so i am not
sure what the protocol is on announcing new stuff on one's website or
new titles one has published. BUT, assuming it's ok, i'm sending out
this annoncement of changes on the Kersplebedeb site (
http://www.kersplebedeb.com ):

I just recently brought four new titles to the copyshop, and the
pamphlets are now all folded and stapled. All four are historical
documents, which have been difficult or impossible to find in English
for some time now. They are all available in hardcopy pamphlet form, and
wholesale discounts are available to bookstores, activist groups and
infoshops. Review copies are also available for people writing for
either virtual or "real" publications.
So without further ado, here they are:


1) Coming of Age, A New Afrikan Revolutionary
by Safiya Asya Bukhari
A joint Kersplebedeb-Spear and Shield publication
Pages: 17 pages saddle stitched 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
Price: $1.50 US / $2.00 Cdn
ISBN  1-894946-18-9
From the introduction: "Read 'Coming of Age' and become aware of the
path taken by one New Afrikan woman as her youthful search for the
"amerikkan dream" led her to conscious participation in the New Afrikan
Independence Movement: to the Black Panther Party; the Black Liberation
Army; to capture and imprisonment as a New Afrikan Prisoner of War. The
story which describes the coming of age of Comrade-Sister Safiya is but
one page from the book of New Afrikan life. This page describes the
conditions which have led others before Sister Safiya to realize that
decisions must be made, so that We become part of the solution to our
problem."


2) Guns for Hire: How the CIA & US Army Recruit Mercenaries for White
Rhodesia
Original pamphlet published in 1970s; this version with an introduction
written in 2005
40 pages saddle stitched 8 1/2" x 7"
ISBN  1-894946-17-0
Price: $3.25 US / $4.00 Cdn
A collectors item from the anti-colonial struggles of the seventies.
This text details how the US military and CIA colluded with Solider of
Fortune magazine and others to send white mercenaries to fight for the
Ian Smith regime in Rhodesia. While the nitty gritty details are mainly
of historical interest, given the heavy reliance on "contractors" in
Iraq and elsewhere, the broad outlines of this work remain relevant
today. From the introduction by Jon Dough: "Although the CIA's mercenary
operation for Zimbabwe had failed in the end, the machinery remains as a
covert weapon that can be restarted and put to use in new imperialist
interventions and wars in the Global South. That's why this
investigative report still has useful knowledge for everyone tracking
the bloody footprints of the u.s. empire."


3) The Religion of Capital: A Satirical Exposure of Capital's Claims to
Sanctity
by Paul Lafargue
59 pages saddle-stitched 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
ISBN 1-894946-02-2
Price: $3.00 / $3.50 Cdn
Written in mock-biblical style by this early Marxist (actually old
Karl's son-in-law), this viciously funny attack on the bourgeoisie has
been out of print for decades - the text here is based on an old 1918
New York Labor News Company pamphlet i came across. Bitterly funny, a
caustic attack on capitalist "morality". Includes a biography of the
Lafargue by yours truly.his text was a lot of fun to work on, and the
pamphlet includes collages by Christopher Robyn and myself. Lafargue's
piece - written in the 19th century - almost begs to be appropriated by
zinesters and graffiti artists, or perhaps stuffed into fortune cookies
and handed out to people on the street... i have also uploaded the text
of this pamphlet to my site for those of you who don't mind reading long
documents online, at http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/books/lafargue.html


4) The Urban Guerilla Concept
by the Red Army Faction (1971)
translation and introduction by Anthony Murphy (2004)
37 pages saddle stitched 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
ISBN 1-894946-16-2
Price: $2.50 US / $3.00 Cdn
The first major ideological text from West Germany's most famous urban
guerillas. This document merits attention from anyone who wants to
understand the motivation and ideology behind the beginning of a long
and violent confrontation between the Red Army Faction and the German
state. Apart from setting out the justification for armed struggle this
text touches on: the strength of the capitalist system in West Germany;
the weaknesses of the revolutionary Left; the significance of the German
student movement; the meaning and importance of internationalism; the
necessity for taking a revolutionary initiative; the importance of class
analysis and political praxis; the failure of parliamentary democracy
and how this had the inevitable consequence of political violence; the
factionalism of the German Left; and the organization and logistics of
setting up an illegal armed struggle.


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And as luck would have it, when i stopped by the post office today to
see if i had mail i was handed a great big box from Poland! Although it
is not a Kersplebedeb release, nevertheless i think a lot of you will
want to check out this book/cd release:

5) A Spirit Filled Revolution
by New Winds
bilingual (Portuguese/English)
168 page book and 14 track CD
only $15.00 Us / $20 Cdn !!!
Both a book and a CD from this Portuguese anarcho-straight edge band.
The book combines artwork and texts about indigenous struggles from
Palestine to North America, profiles of numerous political prisoners and
prisoners of war held by the United States, an examination of
spirituality as a dimension of revolution and revolution as a dimension
of spirituality, animal rights and more. Plus contributions from
political prisoners Ali Khalid Abdullah, Craig "Critter" Marshall and
Jeff "Free" Luers.
The CD is fourteen hardcore songs, the likes of "Deny Amerika Deny" and
"Who Shot Carlo Giuliani". A real collector's item!


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As well, i have dramatically expanded my stock of books and pamphlets
from AK Press and the Kate Sharpley Library. I won't list all the titles
i have added here, rather i encourage you to check them out on my New
stuff page at http://www.kersplebedeb.com/new/newstuff.html

Other new things on my site you may want to check out, all accessible
from my New Stuff Page:

* New Buttons
* New texts from "8th Route Readers Club" a Mao-zine
* Bring Wendy Maxwell Home! Stop Racist Deportations!
* Ward Churchill Targetted by U.S. Elite
* A Letter From Zolo Agona Azania

OK, so once again you can chck all of this stuff out on my "New Stuff"
page at http://www.kersplebedeb.com/new/newstuff.html




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