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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by title | author Because We Say So Noam Chomsky Concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global crises, from cyberwar and surveillance to the increasing urgency of climate change. To Protect and Serve Who? Organizing a Movement to Abolish Police Violence Mumia Abu-Jamal Direct from City Lights: An essay-pamphlet by Mumia Abu-Jamal on ending police violence, a companion to the book Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writing of Mumia Abu-Jamal Disposable Futures The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle Brad Evans, Henry A. Giroux A dazzling exploration of the seduction of violence and spectacle in politics, culture, entertainment and everyday life. Writing on the Wall Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal, Johanna Fernández Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society. With a foreword by Cornel West. In Search of the Movement The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now Benjamin Hedin Available Now: Published on the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama marches, Ben Hedin analyzes the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, and illuminates the work that continues to be done today. Waging Peace Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist David Hartsough knows how to get in the way. He has used his body to block Navy ships headed for Vietnam and trains loaded with munitions on their way to El Salvador and Nicaragua. He has crossed borders to meet "the enemy" in East Berlin, Castro's Cuba, and present-day Iran. He has marched with mothers confronting a violent regime in Guatemala. Capital in the 21st Century Thomas Piketty What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories... Border Patrol Nation Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security Todd Miller Fast-paced frontline reporting and analysis on the militaristic spread of the U.S. Border Patrol. "What Jeremy Scahill was to Blackwater, Todd Miller is to the U.S. Border Patrol!"--Tom Miller, author, On the Border Subversives The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power Seth Rosenfeld Subversives traces the FBI's secret involvement with three iconic figures at Berkeley during the 1960s: the ambitious neophyte politician Ronald Reagan, the fierce but fragile radical Mario Savio, and the liberal university president Clark Kerr... Spying on Democracy Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance Heidi Boghosian "Everyone of us is under the omniscent magnifying glass of the government and corporate spies. How do we respond to this smog of surveillance? Start by reading Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance by Heidi Boghosian."—Bill Moyers National Insecurity The Cost of American Militarism Melvin A. Goodman Former CIA analyst Mel Goodman reveals why pumping more money into US military spending destabilizes both the economy and long-term national security. The Meaning of Freedom And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis Angela Davis' first book in nearly a decade, and her only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the United States. The Historic Unfulfilled Promise Howard Zinn First-ever collection of Howard Zinn's articles from The Progressive (1980–2009) offer timeless analysis and advocacy for freedom, democracy, and social change in the United States. Occupy the Economy Challenging Capitalism David Barsamian, Richard Wolff From prominent economist Richard Wolff and David Barsamian, a hot-button primer on the taboo subject impacting most Americans today: the failure of capitalism to deliver public good. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>