1968: On the Edge of World Revolution

'With the wildfire of uprisings and grassroots revolutions that shook governments and halted economies, 1968 was a year of se…

A Self-Defence Study Guide for Trans Women

"A Self-Defense Study Guide for Trans Women and Gender Non-Conforming / Nonbinary AMAB Folks offers strategies based in lived…

A Vegan Taste of North Africa

"Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt are the countries whose native cooking inspires the reicpes in this book. You …

Against the Fascist Creep

A terrifying tour of the history and influence of the forces that helped bring Donald Trump to power, Against the Fascist …

Alcohol: How To Give It Up And Be Glad You Did

Summary of author Dr Phil Tate's work in helping problem drinkers - a rational-emotive alternative to the 12-step programm…

An Anarchist FAQ: Volume 1

This exhaustive volume, the first of two, seeks to provide answers for the curious and critical about anarchist theory, hi…

An Anarchist FAQ: Volume 2

The much-anticipated second volume in our two-volume FAQ set. Woohoo! Iain McKay, AK Press, 2012. Double-Item Barg…

An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels

An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels is a compendium of information about political music. Focusing on vinyl records, …

An Herbal Medicine-Making Primer

Introductory-level instructions on how to forage, collect and preserve plants, and the various methods of making them into me…

Anarchic Agreements: A Field Guide to Collective Organizing

Anarchism: A Documentary History of Ideas, Volume 3

Volume Three: The New Anarchism (1974–2012). Documents the new directions and developments in anarchist ideas and practi…

Anarchist FAQ - both volumes as a set

Listing the FAQs together as a set so that the website can cope with discount we offer for buying both at once. £30 plus pos…

Anarchist Voices

Paul Avrich spent years building this vast compendium of interviews with people who were around and active in the heyday of t…

Anarchy, Geography, Modernity: Selected Writings of Elisée Reclus

"Anarchy, Geography, Modernity is the first comprehensive introduction to the thought of Elisée Reclus, the great anarchi…

Animal Ingredients A to Z - Third Edition

Animal Ingredients A to Z is the bible for vegetarians, vegans, the health conscious and caring consumers. More and more w…

Another Dinner is Possible

Hurrah! It's back! Huge tome that covers vegan cooking, the politics of eating local, growing your own, bulk cooking, home…

Archive That, Comrade!

"Archive That, Comrade! explores issues of archival theory and practice that arise for any project aspiring to provide an …

Bang Up & Smash: Women's Prisons, Probation and Bail Hostels 2nd Edition

2nd edition of this comprehensive guide to the UK prison experience - everything you need to know if you are potentially goin…

Basic Politics of Movement Security

A Talk on Security with J. Sakai + G20 Repression & Infiltration in Toronto: An Interview with Mandy Hiscocks Here are two…

British Labour and the Russian Revolution: The Leeds Convention of 1917

Expanded centenary edition. Edited by Janet Douglas and Christian Høgsbjerg, with Ken Coates' original introduction. …

Bumping Back: An Activist's Guide to Getting There, Doing the Business and Getting Away With It

'"There are some things that go bump in the night. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back." Some …

Contradictionary: A Bestiary of Words in Revolt

"A compendium of conundrums, aphorisms, and aperçus. A glossary of capitalist cant and anarchist argot. A lexicon for the la…

Corporate Carve-Up

Recent report from Corporate Watch presenting the first comprehensive listing of British companies involved in Iraq. The r…

Corporate Watch: Corporate Games

Corporate Watch report on the 2012 London Olympic Games.  The shady business of the committee; the urban planning; repres…

Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism

Capitalism is a complex, dynamic, and extraordinarily robust way of organising human life; it is also a system that achiev…

Edible, Medicinal, & Utilitarian Plants

Volume I: "Weeds" & Common Plants A5 pamphlet cataloguing common plants and their uses, including illustrations and a gl…

Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years; Volume 2: Making Speech Free, 1902–1909

"Extends many of the themes introduced in the previous volume, including Goldman's evolving attitudes toward political vio…

Feeding the Masses

A practical guide to cooking for large numbers of hungry vegans, whether in a community centre or in a field, covering logist…

Feeding the Masses: a guide to vegan mass catering

Everything you need to know about cooking for a larger number of people: indoor or out, the kit that is useful, the recipes t…

Fields, Factories and Workshops

Black Rose hardback edition of Peter Kropotkin's Fields, Factories and Workshops, edited with commentary by George Woodcoc…

Finally Got the News: The Printed Legacy of the U.S. Radical Left, 1970–1979

Finally Got the News uncovers the hidden legacy of the radical Left of the 1970s, a decade when vibrant social movements c…

Fireweed

A zine of grassrooots radical herbalism and wild foods connecting with kids and family life. ('Fireweed' is the North America…

Four-Season Harvest - How to Harvest Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

Covering crop-protection and storage, this up-dated edition should keep you in veg all year round.

Freedom 75/02 - February/March 2014

The last regular issue of Freedom newspaper (a special final edition is planned for release at the London bookfair). …

Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Journalism from Around the World

'This groundbreaking new book presents the most important examples of world-changing journalism, spanning one hundred years a…

Green Up! An A-Z of Environmentally Friendly Home Improvements

One of Green Books' handy wee books of practical acts to help you be more environmentally friendly. Auhor Will Anderson, 2…

Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals

Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions of powe…

Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live

Friendly, illustrated how-to guide on gardening, canning and pickling basics, plus recipes. By Robyn Jasko; illustrated by…

Hot Pants!

Wee book, one of Microcosm's zine-to-book titles.  Do It Yourself gynecology and herbal remedies, written by Isabelle Gauthi…

How to Create a New Vegetable Garden (Hardback)

Substantial resource for anyone who wants to grow their own veg, written by Charles Dowding who is an expert in no-dig growin…

How To Create a New Vegetable Garden (paperback)

Paperback editon of a classic for people who want an introdution to growing your own veg, written for a UK climate. Good intr…

How to Grow Your Food

 Subtitled "A Guide for Complete Beginners" this is an illustrated introduction to growing your own veg, written for a UK cl…

How to Make Trouble and Influence People

Pranks, Protests, Graffiti & Political Mischief-Making from across Australia "This collection reveals Australia's radi…

Inequality and the 1%

We love a bit of statistics round here!  Author Danny Dorling illustrates the economics of post-recession Britian (and a bit…

Infiltrators, Informers and Grasses

Pamphlet from the activistsecurity.org group, on 'how, why and what to do if your group is targeted' - to help navigate a …

Investigating Companies: A Do-It-Yourself Handbook

  Want to know more about a company but don’t know where to look? Companies have a huge influence on our lives …

Islands of Anarchy

An annotated bibliography of Simian, Cienfuegos and Refract, 1968-1987

Kettling the Unions

A critical guide to and analysis of the 2016 Trade Union Act. Spokesman Books, 2018.

Labor Law For The Rank And Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law

(This book is concerned with US workplace law and organisation, may still be useful to people elsewhere) Have you ever…

Living on One Acre or Less

Substantial book on all aspects of food self-sufficiency - obviously aiming at people looking at trying to drop out and go al…

Lobster #57

 The last hard copy of Lobster, which is moving to an online-only format as of summer 2009.  William Clark and Tim Pendr…

Make A Zine 4th Edition

New edition of this classic on how to make a zine, the history of zines, the history of Microcosm, the world of zine distros:…

Making Sense of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta's Experiments with Revolution, 1889–1900

Davide Turcato makes the relevance of history dynamically clear. Through a biographical account of Errico Malatesta’s re…

Marx's Capital (Fifth Edition)

"This brilliantly concise book is a classic introduction to Marx’s key work, Capital. In print now for over a quarter of…

One Hundred Red Hot Years

A thrilling ride throught the 20th Century - 100 years of revolution, reaction and resistance. Written by Eduardo Gale…

Organic Gardening - The Natural No-Dig Way

Charles Dowding, who started the first vegetable box scheme in 1983, shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have en…

Outsourced Empire: How Militias, Mercenaries, and Contractors Support US Statecraft

'Andrew Thomson rethinks the history of US imperialism, from the Cold War to today, to reveal how paramilitaries, militias, m…

Police: A Field Guide

'It doesn’t take firsthand experience to learn the meaning of pain compliance or rough ride. Police: A Field Guide is an il…

Profiting from Occupation

UK and international companies complicit in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. A fully referenced, annotated lis…

Project Censored Guide to Independent Media and Activism

Directory of independent media organisations, primarily US and Canadian ones, covering all formats and subjects from paren…

Publishing With Radical Intent

Little directory of folk producing radical material, compiled from the material sent to Hobnail for review. Contact detail…

Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology

Massive collection of material spanning the history of the IWW - history, fiction, songs, art and lore - here republished in …

Recipes For Disaster

Very hefty and beautifully designed compendium of ideas from affinity groups to wheatpasting with a little something for ever…

Representing Capital: A Reading of Volume One

"Representing Capital, Fredric Jameson's first book-length engagement with Marx's magnum opus, is a unique work of scholarshi…

Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control

"With a new prologue by the author, this feminist classic is an important gateway into the controversial topic of populati…

Riding More with Less: A Future for Bike Repair

"Pulling away from the obsolescence and disposability so often implied within consumer economies, the book surveys experience…

Seizing The Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook

The first book to document, and emphasize the myriad voices of the free radio movement, from Black Liberation Radio in Spring…

Selected Readings on Anarchism and Revolution

Kropotkin's selected writings on anarchism and revolution. Edited by Martin A. Miller. 

Self-Management

The history of the idea, its various interpretations and a brief look at the social-economic conditions in which self-mana…

Set the People Free - Opposing ID cards in North London 1950/2006

During the Second World War the government introduced ID cards as part of their emergency measures. It was not until seven…

Sex Tips - From Women who Ride the Sexual Frontier

Many of the sexual rights we take for granted were fought for by the women profiled in this book. A remarkable collection …

Simple Steps to a Life Less Shitty

Spined booklet that continues the writing in his Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad, this is a series…

Some of Us Scream, Some of Us Shout: Myths, Folklore, and Epic Tales of the Anarcho

Hefty A4 paperback full of reprinted fliers, photos, and lots of stories and reminiscences of UK anarcho punk from the 1980s …

Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-Petrol World

 As the world's energy system faces a period of unprecedented change, a global struggle over who controls the sector, and…

Squatters Handbook – 14 + 1/2th Edition

Hefty pamphlet filled with practical advice on squatting, dealing with both the legal and physical aspects. I have an update …

Stay Solid! A Radical Handbook for Youth

It ain't easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, today's teens have worse prospects ahead of them …

Stolen Sharpie Revolution - 6th Edition

Everything you ever needed to know about making your own zine - all the way from making your own paper to printing to mail ar…

Talking the Walk: A Communications Guide For Racial Justice

Talking the Walk is an incomparable resource for learning to discuss and present issues of race and racial justice. Hunter…

The American Heretic's Dictionary

Humorous definitions written by Charles Bufe, illustrated by J.R. Swanson. See Sharp Press, 1992.

The Anarchist Encyclopedia Abridged

"Mitch Abidor is to be commended for presenting the first English translation of selections from Sébastien Faure’s incom…

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean

What it says in the subtitle – a thoroughly researched exploration of Europe's seventeenth-century settler colonialism a…

The Blast

Complete Collection of the Incendiary San Francisco Bi-monthly Anarchist Newspaper from 1916-1917 that Gave Voice to the W…

The Clitoral Truth 2nd edition

New edition of this classic book on the female body: very accessible, down-to-earth and informed writing on sex from Rebec…

The Complete Works of Malatesta, Vol. III A Long and Patient Work: The Anarchist Socialism of L’Agitazione, 1897–1898

ERRICO MALATESTA (1853–1932) is a principal figure of Italian and international anarchism. His sixty-year militancy, muc…

The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I: Economic Writings 1

'This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most import…

The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume II: Economic Writings 2

'Ths second volume of Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works contains one of her most important works, The Accumulation of Capital, …

The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights

"Much more than a simple 'guide to global human rights', this book is an urgently needed and sophisticated reflection on t…

The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad

What it says on the cover, really. Small-format book of encouragement and advice for you or the anarcho-depressives in your l…

The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority

Challenging the religious, philosophical and political constraints on personal freedom, Stirner criticizes all doctrines a…

The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism

by David Lester, with a preface by Jean Smith. Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2006. A collection of bite-size (gruesome) fa…

The Herbal Year Book

A guide through the calendar year which will deepen your connection to the medicinal herbs that grow around you, both in the …

The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move?

'Our world today is not only a world in crisis but also a world in profound movement, with increasingly large numbers of peop…

The New Poverty

"Right now in the UK, 13 million people live in poverty; one in five children subsist below the poverty line. Figures such as…

The Origins of Collective Decision Making

'Building on his highly original and always insightful earlier works on collective activity, in The Origins of Collective Dec…

The Outdoor Skillshare

 A collection of thoughts, experiences, stories and skills from an outdoor DIY event in Scotland.

The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers

Systemic analysis of immigration in the United States. Second edition, substantially expanded from the first (2007) editio…

The Realization and Suppression of the Situationist International: An Annotated Bibiolography 1972–1992

The Situationist International (1957-1972) had a very productive afterlife. This annotated bibliography contains over 600 …

The Role of the Revolutionary Organisaton

2003 Edition. From the introduction: "Anarchist Communists have a vision of a revolutionary organisation very differe…

The Vegan Guide

Neat new book from Alex Bourke and Ronny Worsey, both of whom have many years of experience in living vegan.  It covers ever…

The Yeast of Your Worries: A Yeast Infection Survival Handbook

Title says it all really! Cheap and cheerful pamphlet writen by Erica Zelfand, 2006.

Thoughts on Liberation. A Personal Anarchist Dictionary

This is an excellent little annotated (a couple of paragraphs for each entry) dictionary - from art, animal rights, anti-f…

Tricks 2: Another 125 Ways to Make Good Sex Better

Volume two of the best seller guide to improving your sex life by Jay Wiseman. Published by Greenery Press, 1998

Unfuck Your Anxiety

"Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain" Written by Faith G Harper, published by Microcosm Publishing, 2021 (3rd editi…

Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis

"After the financial crash and the Great Recession, the media rediscovered Karl Marx, socialist theory, and the very idea …

Visions of Freedom: Critical Writings on Ecology and Anarchism

Collection of Brian Morris' writings, from 1989 to the present. 'Covering a wide variety of topics - including the ant…

Voices from Tiananmen Square: Beijing Spring and the Democracy Movement

"During May and June 1989, just a few months short of the 40th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China, a desperate …

What Is Libertarian History?

10 Page pamphlet essay written by Liz Willis, author of work on women in the Spanish Revolution, bringing together two art…

William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary

'William Godwin has long been known for his literary connections as the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, the father of Mary…

Yiddish Anarchist Bibliography

From the shtetl of Tsarist Russia to the workshops of Whitechapel and beyond; here is a record of the publishing activities o…

Yugoslavia: Peace, War, and Dissolution

'The Balkans, in particular the turbulent ex-Yugoslav territory, have been among the most important world regions in Noam Cho…