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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Already exists, I think: https://www.radical-guide.com
celebratedrecluse wrote
also, slingshot has a list
shanc wrote (edited )
56a is the big UK one
Edit: C*****-gang: every one of your downvotes is a delicious salty tear for me to drink up. Keep them coming, comrades.
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
I'm interested in this question too!
I think the answer will depend on what the immediate issues and context of the place are.
But also the best books you could get are the books the infoshop collective asks for.
ziq OP wrote
But also the best books you could get are the books the infoshop collective asks for.
I suspect people would be more willing to support an infoshop if it lets them get their personal fave books in front of eyeballs instead of the generic dead-white-man workerist stuff most infoshops promote.
If an infoshop asked me for a box of Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin, I wouldn't be very motivated to create more Bookchinites, but if I could send them a box of Desert by anonymous, I'd feel like I was actually doing something worthwhile.
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Desert
I might have a way to get copies of Desert printed here cheaper than if I got them direct from any supplier, so I'm gonna have a look into that for my own purposes.
I might want to try to find a way to print it together with critiques.
shanc wrote
cheaper than if I got them direct from any supplier
Active have a new edition that's printed as cheaply as possible and even with postage comes out at a good price
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Sounds interesting!
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
I guess then the ideal middle ground would be if the infoshop sent a substantial list of books they wanted and you could pick from the list.
I wouldn't want to support an infoshop that was Bookchinite :)
ziq OP wrote
Yeah that would work and if the list is shit just impove it for them with some bonus books.
I'd support bookchinites if they agreed to stock anticiv stuff. It's not about the politics of the people running the shop, it's just an opportunity to get propaganda in front of eyeballs. And counter the bookchinite propaganda.
Bezotcovschina wrote
I like design of the book.
shanc wrote
Howl of Dynamite , a 'best of' of Novatore's writing, beautifully put together by, uh-oh, Little Black Cart, could really blow minds. I remember first reading his stuff back when I was red and I just couldn't believe what I was reading. I'm not exaggerating when I say I've never been the same since.
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Howl of Dynamite is a great name.
I haven't enjoyed what I've read of Novatore's stuff though.
shanc wrote
He really needed an editor. A century later, he found one :)
ziq OP wrote
Also - mailing books to infoshops is something I'm surprised isn't more common. It's a great way to support
destroying civilizationanarchism even if you don't live anywhere near an infoshop.Anyone want to compile a list of international infoshop contact details so people can send them books? We can add it to the wiki.