{"product_id":"i-am-action-literary-and-combat-articles-thoughts-and-revolutionary-chronicles-paperback","title":"I Am Action: Literary and Combat Articles, Thoughts, and Revolutionary Chronicles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePraxedis G. Guerrero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJavier Sethness-Castro\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Without vacillation, I can say that Praxedis was the most pure, most intelligent, and most selfless man--the bravest when it came to the cause of the dispos-sessed.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Ricardo Flores Mag n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraxedis G. Guerrero was born into a wealthy family in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1882. While still a young man, he renounced his inheritance, claiming that he would rather earn his meals through manual labor than secure them by exploiting his fellow human beings. Within less than a decade, he was a central figure in the transnational revolutionary network established by the Organizational Council of the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM), which was dedicated to deposing the dictator Porfirio D az and promoting anar-chist revolution throughout Mexico. He was killed in battle at the age of twenty-eight in 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuerrero was also one of the most prolific and talented revolutionary writ-ers of his era, penning numerous articles that were known for both their literary style and their polemical force. In this volume, editor and translator Javier Sethness-Castro has collected a wide range of Guerrero's work for the newspapers \u003cem\u003eRevoluc on\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePunto Rojo\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRegenerac on\u003c\/em\u003e, most of them appear-ing for the first time in English. This edition also includes a biographical introduction and helpful annotations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraxedis G. Guerrero\u003c\/strong\u003e (1882-1910) was a Mexican revolutionary from Guanajuato. He was a poet, essayist, and journalist associated with Flores Magón's Mexican Liberal Party. He lived for many years in the United States before dying in the 1910 Mexican Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJAVIER SETHNESS-CASTRO\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eImperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEros and Revolution: The Critical Philosophy of Herbert Marcuse\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFor a Free Nature: Critical Theory, Social Ecology, and Post-Developmentalism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e Javier Sethness-Castro is a libertarian socialist, the author of \u003ci\u003eImperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFor a Free Nature: Critical Theory, Social Ecology, and Post-Developmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEros and Revolution: The Critical Philosophy of Herbert Marcuse\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays and articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarx and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Anarchist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763667304736,"sku":"9781849353144","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36576404dcdc26bf002d58d7f53798cc.webp?v=1780238611","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-am-action-literary-and-combat-articles-thoughts-and-revolutionary-chronicles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}