{"product_id":"the-shape-of-things-to-j-sakai-9781989701218","title":"The Shape of Things to Come: Selected Writings \u0026 Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. Sakai is one of North America's most insightful and challenging radical intellectuals, best-known for his work \u003cem\u003eSettlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat\u003c\/em\u003e, which remains the essential anti-racist labor history of the united states. Sakai work is grounded in Mao's politics, anti-imperialism, and in a lifetime of hands-on activism; he has consistently focused on the relationship between \"race\" and \"class\" in the american context, from a perspective dedicated to abolishing the united states, capitalism, and white supremacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond \u003cem\u003eSettlers\u003c\/em\u003e, however, Sakai has authored a number of other works, on subjects ranging from movement security, to the nature of the lumpen\/proletariat, to the rise of the far right, and much more. Several of these have been published in book-form by Kersplebedeb, others as zines, while others have only ever appeared on the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere in this book, for the first time, is presented a selection of writings by Sakai spanning a 40 year period, from 1983 to 2022. This includes three articles initially written anonymously for the anti-imperialist journal \u003cem\u003eS1\u003c\/em\u003e, and an extensive interview that took place between 2020 and 2022, appearing here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shape of Things to Come: Selected Writings \u0026amp; Interviews\u003c\/em\u003e is a weapons cache planted for people fighting for liberation in a world that is constantly becoming more dangerous. It provides tools and methodologies, examples both positive and negative, histories and insights, to help us to collectively struggle against a system that \"as its most bottom-line autonomic reflex will rather arrange to kill us all than let us remake our lives communally.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Sakai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1989701213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989701218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kersplebedeb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.75w x 0.80d","brand":"J. Sakai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128759021823,"sku":"9781989701218","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_763cf419-ec01-4402-aa52-746d4b372232.jpg?v=1687460356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shape-of-things-to-j-sakai-9781989701218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}