{"product_id":"to-rob-a-bank-is-an-honor-9781849355780","title":"To Rob a Bank Is an Honor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in English, the autobiography of the revolutionary outlaw who brought Citibank to its knees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, Lucio Urtubia received a suitcase full of cash from Citibank executives, handed over the plates he'd used to forge 20 million dollars in traveler's checks, and walked away a free man. This is the true story of the most famous Robin Hood of the twentieth century, a lifelong anarchist who robbed from the rich to give to liberation struggles the world round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a poor family in the Basque Country, Urtubia was conscripted into Franco's army before fleeing to exile in Paris, where he worked as a mason by day and collaborated with Catalonian anarchists by night. Soon, he was planning bank heists to fund the Spanish struggle, stealing weapons, and masterminding the escape of resistance fighters. Following the uprisings of May 1968, Urtubia opened a printshop, producing political pamphlets while secretly counterfeiting passports and workers' paychecks--until he hit on the scheme that would make him infamous. \"He who robs a thief is a thousand times forgiven!\" Urtubia declared. Over decades, he funneled support to such organizations as Italy's Red Brigades, the West German Baader-Meinhof group, the Black Panthers in the US, and the ETA Basque separatists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with Urtubia's free-flowing warmth and humor, \u003ci\u003eTo Rob a Bank Is an Honor\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the life stories and political convictions of a larger-than-life figure at the center of an incendiary era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16794802\"\u003eLucio Urturbia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849355780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849355789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO032000\"\u003eSocial Activists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO024000\"\u003eCriminals \u0026amp; Outlaws\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL042010\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Anarchism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucio Urtubia \u003c\/b\u003e(1931-2020) was a bricklayer, antifascist, forger, bank robber, and anarchist. Born in the Basque Country, he lived most of his life in Paris. He met his wife, Anne Garnier, during the events of May 1968 and together they had one daughter. In 1991, they opened an anarchist social center in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris called L'Espace Louise-Michel, which continues to operate after his death. Urtubia's life has been the subject of the documentary \u003ci\u003eLucio\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and the Netflix film \u003ci\u003eA Man of Action\u003c\/i\u003e (2022).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Sharkey\u003c\/b\u003e has made a vast body of anarchist works available in English, including those of Peter Kropotkin, Errico Malatesta, Nestor Makhno, and many more. He lives in Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ruff\u003c\/b\u003e is an historian and author of \u003ci\u003eA Towering Flame: The Life \u0026amp; Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48112057516269,"sku":"9781849355780","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_dfd92061-4627-4eee-8ff0-f86d89eb9b20.jpg?v=1752083723","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/to-rob-a-bank-is-an-honor-9781849355780","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}