What really happened in Russia before, during and after the Bolshevik insurrection of October 1917? How did Bolshevism slide so quickly into Stalinism? Was there ever a difference? What democratic alternatives existed? No Less Than Mystic is a fresh and iconoclastic history of Lenin and the Russian Revolution for a 21st Century left. Covering the period 1903 to 1921, it opens up the past to the present by contrasting the Revolution with contemporary struggles such as those of the British Miners' Strike, the Zapatistas, the Kurds, Argentina's "Recovered Factories", Occupy, Intersectional feminism and Greece's Solidarity Economy. A political and historical deconstruction of Lenin and Leninism, No Less Than Mystic argues the case for defeated radicals like Left Menshevik Julius Martov, anarchist partisan Nestor Makhno, sexual liberator Alexandra Kollontai and the sailors of the Kronstadt rebellion. Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution continue to be mythologised by both left and right. No Less Than Mystic rejects legend and propaganda for the complex and inconvenient truth. Book jacket.

An instant national best seller A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers "One of the world's most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework." --NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest in community resources to create greater safety through a Black feminist lens. Centering survivors of state, interpersonal, and community-based violence, and highlighting uprisings, campaigns, and community-based projects, No More Police makes a compelling case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform violence in all its forms are abundant. Part handbook, part road map, No More Police calls on us to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe, well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule.