Now at The Comics Journal, a new review of an old volume, recently reprinted: an underground comix take on the American Revolution, Give Me Liberty!
Police Out of the Labor Movement! (March 2025)
KBOO’s Labor Radio interviewed me about the history of police unions, and the Portland Police Association in particular. In the background is a bid by the PPA to join the Central Labor Council. You can see why they would want in: The labor movement is more popular than it has been in half a century, while the PPA is widely reviled. In 2020, their headquarters were set on fire so often it eventually forced them to relocate to the suburbs.
Orwell and Moore, Justice and Magic (March 2025)
Two new items in print:
I have a review in the longstanding anarchist magazine Fifth Estate, considering Alan Moore and Steve Moore’s Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic.
I also have an essay on Orwell and justice in The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell.
Neither are available online, unfortunately, but I’m sure you can find them wherever fine books are stolen.(The Orwell costs more than $200!)
Audiobook Sale (Feb. 2025)
The audiobook of my Gang Politics is now 50% off.
Given the pardoning of the January 6 participants, the book’s discussion of the Proud Boys may sadly take on a renewed relevance. Go, listen!
