Active Agents, Semiotext(e)'s new political arm, is a series of books published quickly in response to urgent issues. Continuing in the vein of prior Semiotext(e) books such as the Black Panther volume, Still Black, Still Strong, which was produced after Dhoruba Bin Wahad's release from prison and also contained material on Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia and Assata Shakur, Active Agents will publish texts that directly address the cause and effect of world events.
Publications 1 - 7 of 7
Art and Revolution Transversal Activism in the Long Twentieth Century Gerald Raunig; Translated by Aileen Derieg
A philosopher and art theorist extends the postructuralist theory of revolution to the nexus of art and activism. Paper / September 2007 Price $17.95 | ADD TO CART
Crisis in the Global Economy Financial Markets, Social Struggles, and New Political Scenarios
Edited by Andrea Fumagalli and Sandro Mezzadra; Translated by Jason Francis Mc Gimsey
Exit strategies from the current financial crisis that may lead us toward a new horizon of constructing the common. Paper / March 2010 Price $17.95 | NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING
The Empire of Disorder Alain Joxe
In The Empire of Disorder, Alain Joxe offers the first truly comprehensive analysis of the new world disorder of the twenty-first century. Paper / June 2002 Price $9.95 | ADD TO CART
The Importance of Being Iceland Travel Essays in Art Eileen Myles
A poet and post-punk hero writes on subjects ranging from Björk to Robert Smithson, from traveling in Iceland to walking in Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod. Paper / July 2009 Price $17.95 | ADD TO CART
Reporting from Ramallah An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land Amira Hass
The writings of an Israeli journalist who has chosen to live in a Palestinian town in order to provide a firsthand description of what daily life is like for the population. Paper / July 2003 Price $14.95 | ADD TO CART
Still Black, Still Strong Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal
an essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI'S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization "by any means possible." Paper / January 1993 OUT OF STOCK
Video Green Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness Chris Kraus Video Green examines the explosion of late 1990s Los Angeles art driven by high-profile graduate programs. Paper / August 2004 Price $14.95 | ADD TO CART
