This book is freely available to download as an open access publication thanks to the generous support by the University of California Davis Library.

If you do download a free digital copy, please consider donating the list price ($30) or more to the Maya grassroots organizations in Guatemala who are defending their food sovereignty against continued attempts by Bayer/Monsanto and other transnational corporations to legalize GM corn.  Any contribution — small or large—will be valued.  These funds will help support seed fairs, mobilization to prevent passage of another “Monsanto Law,” research into the health harms of pesticides, legal defense of Maya leaders, and agroecology education for Q’eqchi’ Maya youth.

For those who do not care about making their donation tax deductible, you can give through this GoFundMe.  The complete proceeds of this campaign will be divided equally among REDSAG (the Guatemalan Food Sovereignty Network), the Bufete para Pueblos Mayas (Maya Peoples’ Legal Office), and ACDIP (the Indigenous Peasant Association for the Integrated Development of Petén).  

For those making a donation of $250 or more who want to write a check via a 501c3 organization (from which a 7% administrative fee will be subtracted), please contact me at: kernelsofresistance@yahoo.com.

 

For paper copies, you can purchase from:

    1. Direct from the publisher, University of Washington Press.  From November 18 to January 4, they will be having 40% off sale plus free shipping.
    2. From your local bookstore via Bookshop.  Bookshop is an innovative collaboration among independent bookstores.  The book will ship from the closest supplier, but you can designate that the profits go to support your local bookstore even if it doesn’t have it in stock.
    3. Better World Books donates profits to support libraries around the world.
    4. If you must enrich Jeff Bezos :), you can buy from Amazon here.

 

Professors, you can request exam and desk copies from the publisher following the instructions on this page.

  • Or you may contact the UW Press Marketing Manager, Benny Sisson, at bsisson@uw.edu with the following information to request your exam copy.Book title
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Stay tuned!  A Spanish translation will be released in early 2025.  It will be available Open Access for download, in Guatemalan and some Mexican bookshops, and on Amazon.