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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by title | author 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. Great Political Theories V.2 A Comprehensive Selection of the Crucial Ideas in Political Philosophy from the French Revolution to Modern Times Michael Curtis This carefully selected compilation of the significant writings of the great political philosophers, scientists, and thinkers has long been an invaluable guide to the general reader as well as to the serious student of history, political science... Great Political Theories V.1 A Comprehensive Selection of the Crucial Ideas in Political Philosophy from the Greeks to the Enlightenment Michael Curtis As an introduction to political theory and science, this collection of writings by the great philosophers will be of close interest to general readers. It also serves as a basic textbook for students of government and political theory. Such... 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... Situationist International Anthology Ken Knabb In 1957, a few experimental European groups came together to form the Situationist International. The name came from their aim of liberating everyday life through the creation of open-ended, participatory "situations" (as opposed to fixed works of... A Brief History of Neoliberalism David Harvey Neoliberalism--the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action--has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Writing for a wide audience... A Power Governments Cannot Suppress Howard Zinn A Power Governments Cannot Suppress is Howard Zinn's major new collection of essays on American history, class, immigration, justice, and ordinary citizens who have made a difference. The Political Edge Chris Carlsson In the wake of the astonishing popular mobilization on behalf of an underdog campaign to elect Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez mayor of San Francisco, The Political Edge analyzes emergent political energies, where they came from and where they're... Globalize Liberation How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World David Solnit The attacks of 9/11 have renewed a hunger for ideas about how to effect change. The strategies and hard-won victories of dedicated activists from global justice and community struggles can provide vision and hope, and in this collection of 33... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>