New Compass Press

We publish new books and pamphlets on social ecology and radical activism. We hope you will read our material and help us spread the ideas. Contact us for bulk orders.

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Ecofascism Revisited

Janet Biehl, Peter Staudenmaier
This republication of Janet Biehl and Peter Staudenmaier's classic book—Ecofascism: Lessons from the German Experience—has been greatly expanded. This new edition comes with a new epilogue that provides an updated assessment of this historical legacy.
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Art as Politics

Adam Krause
Art has become disconnected from life. Today artistic activities are reduced to commodities rather than integral elements in the fabric of our everyday life. What are the ways in which we can reverse this process? How can we make the arts a powerful force in healthy and vibrant communities?
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The Emergence of Eco-Decentralism

Janet Biehl
Janet Biehl currently writes Bookchin's intellectual and political biography. This pamphlet traces the early development of his ideas; how his increasingly social-ecological outlook evolved from the decentralist perspectives developed in the work of earlier thinkers, particularly Mumford and Gutkind.
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Toward Climate Justice

Brian Tokar
Toward Climate Justice explains the case for Climate Justice, challenges the myths underlying carbon markets and other false solutions, including the emergence of new nuclear and biofuel technologies, and dissects the events that shaped the diplomatic failure of the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit.
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The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo

Eirik Eiglad
On a weekend in January 2009, Oslo was shaken: Massive protests against the war in Gaza degenerated into the most violent riots Norway had seen for three decades. Despite massive media attention, few seem to have grasped the real significance of the events. What were their political messages?
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Social Ecology and Communalism

Murray Bookchin
These four essays, written between 1989 and 2002 and collected here for the first time in this volume, provide an excellent overview of Murray Bookchin's political philosophy, and his ideas about the formation of a new citizenry, its empowerment through new political institutions, and a new political culture.