{"product_id":"red-prepper-building-collective-resilience-in-an-age-of-collapse","title":"Red Prepper: Building Collective Resilience in an Age of Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Eric Shonkwiler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePluto Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10\/20\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9780745352589\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leftist guide to prepping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the political right has monopolized the culture of preparedness, selling a fantasy of rugged individualism, hoarded rations, and fear. But before the rise of big-box stores and just-in-time supply chains, prepping wasn't a political statement---it was just life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his background in emergency services and security, Eric Shonkwiler reclaims prepping from the paranoia of the doomsday industry and reframes it as a vital tool for collective resilience. \u003ci\u003eRed Prepper\u003c\/i\u003e is a survival guide for the modern activist, teaching you how to build a pantry, filter water during infrastructure failures, and organize your neighbors for mutual aid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the looming threats of environmental collapse and rising authoritarianism, Shonkwiler provides the practical skills you need to stop panicking and start building a safer, connected world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant intervention, opening a space that's historically validated and ethical as well as eminently practical. \u003ci\u003eRed Prepper\u003c\/i\u003e argues that making ready to survive the imminent storms while working steadily to save the world must engage the principles of cooperation, solidarity, and community building--and he shows us, step-by-step, how to begin.\"  --Bill Ayers, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/when-freedom-is-the-question-abolition-is-the-answer-reflections-on-collective-liberation\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Freedom is the Question Abolition is the Answer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Shonkwiler\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author, security professional, and creator of the long-running preparedness newsletter When\/If. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAbove All Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cem\u003e8\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003eth Street Power \u0026amp; Light\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eMoon Up, Past Full\u003c\/i\u003e, which earned the Coil Book Award and a Midwest Connections' Pick. After serving as a 911 dispatcher and earning his MFA from UC Riverside, he spent years as a Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness officer in Columbus, Ohio, guiding public health and hospital facilities through the COVID-19 pandemic and large-scale mass-casualty exercises. His work and commentary on emergency preparedness have been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and CNN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54266717045019,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9780745352589.jpg?v=1792519997","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/red-prepper-building-collective-resilience-in-an-age-of-collapse","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}