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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by title | author 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. 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. Crusade 2.0 The West's Resurgent War on Islam John Feffer Why anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in the U.S. and Europe, and what can be done to stop it. Making the Future Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance Noam Chomsky Short, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics, from the economic crisis to Obama's strategies in Afghanistan and around the world. Redefining Black Power Reflections on the State of Black America Joanne Griffith Conversations with black leaders and activists exploring current African American political and cultural life. Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton n this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism—that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic... 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ha-Joon Chang If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>