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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by title | author Colorblind The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity Tim Wise How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today New World of Indigenous Resistance Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South, and Central America Noam Chomsky, Lois Meyer, Benjamín Maldonado Interviews with Chomsky accompanied by commentaries by indigenous organizers on globalization and resistance in the Americas Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself A New Critical Edition by Angela Y. Davis Frederick Douglass, Angela Y. Davis A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis Prison/Culture Sharon E. Bliss, Kevin B. Chen, Steve Dickison, Mark Dean Johnson, Rebeka Rodriguez Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community To Die for the People Huey Newton, Toni Morrison A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America The Coming Insurrection The Invisible Committee The Coming Insurrection works to dismantle the illusions that constitute our current mode of living. This dense and elegant attack destroys in order to make room for possibility. —Recommended by Luke, City Lights Books Jailhouse Lawyers Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A. Mumia Abu-Jamal Stories of prisoners who learn law to represent—and sometimes win freedom for—fellow prisoners Mexico Unconquered Chronicles of Power and Revolt John Gibler A young journalist's chronicles of Mexican social movements and the powers attempting to repress them. Between Barack and a Hard Place Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama Tim Wise How Barack Obama's rise is reshaping the meaning of race in the United States today. The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein At the core of Klein's book is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization, combined withy the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, the "disaster capitalism complex" now exists... Voices of the Chicago Eight A Generation on Trial Tom Hayden, Frank Condon, Ron Sossi Dramatically edited transcripts from the explosive 1969 conspiracy trial are paired with historic contextual writings to provide the essential Chicago Conspiracy handbook Writings For A Democratic Society The Tom Hayden Reader Tom Hayden The best of Tom Hayden's writings from the turbulent 1960s to the Iraq war. Poetry As Insurgent Art Lawrence Ferlinghetti After a lifetime, this (r)evolutionary little book is still a work-in-progress, the poet's ars poetica, to which at 88 he is constantly adding. From the groundbreaking (and bestselling) A Coney Island of the Mind in 1958 to the "personal epic" of... Wall and Piece Banksy The collected works of Britain's most wanted artist. Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it’s squatting in the Tate... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>