Kristine's Picks for Troublemakers
Expanding on Microcosm's popular TROUBLE line of books (okay, that's not technically one of our subject categories, but it could be)...
Direct Action Handbook: A Guide to Organizing & Protesting Safely
Have you ever wondered how to protest safely and effectively? It's not just about showing up, chanting, and holding…
Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution
One hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist…
Get Your Laws Off My Uterus
Ever since reproductive choice was legalized in the US in 1973, factions have been trying to strip the right to safe,…
MARCH: Book 3
Congressman Lewis' firsthand account of the civil rights era concludes with images of steely-eyed police, motion, and…
Make Trouble
John Waters' gleefully subversive Rhode Island School of Design commencement speech, zanily illustrated with line…
Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution
Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best…
A Rule is to Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy
As you might imagine, we get a lot of requests for books for kids. Celebrating the fun, independence, and…
Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia
First published in 1976, this innovative, highly intellectual novel by Samuel Delaney—one of science fiction's first…
Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Autism
The history of Microcosm Publishing, from its origins as a record label and zine distro in Joe Biel's bedroom closet in…
Act Up Philadelphia poster
ACT UP FIGHT BACK FIGHT AIDS: Act Up Philadelphia Since 1987, ACT UP Philadelphia has been fighting for justice for…
Jane: The Legendary Story of the Underground Abortion Service, 1968-1973
Before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973, the Abortion Counseling Services of Women’s Liberation was…
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets
This book is an illustrated recount of one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the LGBTQA+ movement in…
Earth First! Direct Action Manual: Third Edition
This manual is almost 300 pages of diagrams, descriptions of techniques, and a comprehensive overview of the role direct…
Think! Eat! Act!: A Sea Shepherd Chef's Vegan Recipes
Think! Eat! Act! is a cookbook featuring the vegan food prepared on the Sea Shepherd ships' anti-whaling campaigns.…
How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World
From Chick-Fil-A to the Boston Tea Party, Nike to Women's Suffrage in the U.S., United Farm Workers to the Woolworth's…
Firebrands: Activists You Didn't Learn About in School
This illustrated history celebrates American changemakers and revolutionaries that are often left out of public…
Biff Boff Bam Sock Issue 9: Know Your Vote - A Workbook to Get to Know Your Elected Officials
Do you get overwhelmed by your choices at election time? Learn how to get your vote out there—this nicely designed…
How to Plan for Action: A Protest Prep Zine
After lacing up your boots to go kick injustice's ass with your pickets and peaceful resistance- take a few minutes to…
Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance
Lisa Fithian shares stories and wisdom from years of work as an advocate for social justice movements. Her experience…
ILWU (Injury to one is an injury to all) poster
In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off the…
Long Live Mutiny: Pirate Tactics
A short, easy to read booklet drawing on ways in which pirates of old organized. Their history offers suggestions for…
Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook
Tired of being cynical about today's political climate? Learn how to approach activism and contemporary social movements…
What is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good For Nothing Artist and her Pussy
A graphic memoir of a good-for-nothing Japanese artist who has been jailed twice for so-called acts of obscenity and the…
Advertising Shits in Your Head
Advertisements are a manipulative tool used with and without our permission, to control us. We know this. Let's do…