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John Curl is the author of two novels, a memoir, history, poetry, and translations of ancient Maya, Aztec, and Quechua poets. He grew up in New York City, his family a mix of Irish Catholic, English Protestant, and Romanian Jew. On Thanksgiving they all got together and actually had a good time. He has a degree in literature from New York City College, is a member of PEN Oakland and the San Francisco Revolutionary Poets Brigade, and has been a professional woodworker. He resides in the Bay Area.

John’s books:
NOVELS: The Outlaws of Maroon (2019); The Co-op Conspiracy (2014)
HISTORY: Indigenous Peoples Day (2017); For All The People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America (2009, 2012); H ...more

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	For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America 3.95 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories of Drop City: The first hippie commune of the 1960ýs and the Summer of Love 3.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outlaws of Maroon 3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient American Poets 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yoga Sutras of Fidel Castro it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rainbow Weather: Poems for Environmental Healing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Overthrowing Capitalism: A Symposium of Poets (A Revolutionary Poets Brigade Social Justice Anthology) by John Curl (Goodreads Author), Jack Hirschman (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Work Cooperation in America: Cooperatives, Cooperative Movements, Collectivity and Communalism from Early America to the Present it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Columbus in the Bay of Pigs really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Being an employee was considered a form of bondage, only a step above indentured servitude.”
― John Curl, For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America

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“It has been often said that the winners write history. Cooperatives have been widespread and important in many periods of American history, and more people are members of cooperatives today than ever before. Yet it might almost seem as if they don’t exist and never existed in the US, because cooperatives are almost universally absent from history classes and almost never appear in the American media. An unbalanced emphasis has been placed on the self-reliant, individualistic frontiersman as typical of the Westward movement of American history, while this has only been one element in a much more complex situation.”
― John Curl, For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America

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