For anyone who can't easily obtain books, but would enjoy something more in-depth than tweets and blogposts, I'm a moderator at AnarchismPDFs: http://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchismPDFs/
For example, recently there was a 46-page guide explaining why Seattle Solidarity Network [1] is so successful (it mentions winning 22 out of 25 fights with bosses/landlords), and how you can reproduce its success: http://zinelibrary.info/files/seasol-pamphlet-expanded-US.pdf
And here's a charming fairytale which many leftists can be comfortable reading to their children: http://zinelibrary.info/files/afterwinter-intospring.pdf
All the best,
Tj
[1] http://seasol.net/ BTW, some PDFs, like the pamphlet earlier, are designed to be printed out, so others can easily read it too. If you read it on your monitor, note the page numbers — you may have to go down the pages in a sort of zig-zagging manner.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:07 AM, michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote:
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> First, I edited Michael Heinrich's book, skillfully translated by Alex Locascio. It is a good book, concise, lucid, and it clears up a lot of misunderstandings about Marx. Second, I want Monthly Review Press to survive, and it cannot unless most readers buy our books. We keep our prices pretty low, and we do a decent job of making attractive books, especially given that we have so few people working at the Press. Three to be exact, plus contracted out work, mainly copyediting. We pay royalties to our writers unless they agree to forego them, which many do but by no means all. Professional writers have to get paid to live too. I would never have taught for free, so why should any worker labor for nothing? Third, if you really want a book and can't afford it, write me and I will do my best to get you a copy. When you have some extra funds, you can make a contribution to the Press. Fourth, I am always interested to learn of ways for left writing to survive outside of someone !
> transferring money in one way or another to writers, publishers, etc. We are not subsidized by any group or organization. So what should we do to survive if everyone steals our books? Fifth, translations are a particularly vexing problem. They are expensive, and invariably they require extra editing unless we are lucky enough to get an exceptional and committed radical translator like Alex. Michael Yates