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valeriesolanas rated Anarchism and the Black Revolution: 4 stars

Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin: Anarchism and the Black Revolution (Paperback, 2021, Pluto Press)

Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

valeriesolanas rated Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit: 4 stars

No cover — Clarice Lispector, Kammal João, Benjamin Moser: Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit (2025, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The)

Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit by Clarice Lispector, Kammal João, Benjamin Moser

valeriesolanas reviewed On the Abolition of All Political Parties by Simone Weil

Simone Weil, Simon Leys, Czeslaw Milosz: On the Abolition of All Political Parties (2014, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The)

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4 stars

I agree with other reviewers about the high quality of Weil’s essay (and its intriguing style and content!) but I do think Milosz’s essay is useful. The translator though could benefit from writing more about Weil. Without his essay I’d give this book 5 stars.

valeriesolanas rated Detroit I Do Mind Dying A Study In Urban Revolution: 5 stars

Marvin Surkin: Detroit I Do Mind Dying A Study In Urban Revolution (2012, Haymarket Books)

Detroit I Do Mind Dying A Study In Urban Revolution by Marvin Surkin

valeriesolanas rated I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: 5 stars

Maryse Condé: I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Hardcover, 1999, Bt Bound)

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé

A fictionalized account of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, and …

valeriesolanas rated Always on Strike: 4 stars

Arnold Stead: Always on Strike (2015, Haymarket Books, Haymarket, Turnaround [distributor)

Always on Strike by Arnold Stead

valeriesolanas rated Against the State: 5 stars

Against the State by James Stout

valeriesolanas rated Days of War, Nights of Love: 3 stars

CrimethInc.: Days of War, Nights of Love (2001, CrimethInc.)

Days of War, Nights of Love by CrimethInc.

From Wikipedia: "A collection of political, social and philosophical essays written and published by anarchist collective CrimethInc. Most essays advocate …