Political Science - Human Rights

A powerful collection of testimonies from Palestinians facing genocide and displacement in Gaza with hope and resistance. Displaced in Gaza aims to raise global awareness of how violent displacement has impacted the lives of Palestinians--students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, educators, and those who already...

Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain is a gripping memoir by Dora Rodriguez, one of only thirteen survivors of a harrowing 1980 crossing through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona during El Salvador's civil war. At just nineteen, Dora risked everything to...

"These compelling reflections by people who have been entrapped within the tortures of solitary, should rekindle our abolitionist impulses at an especially critical moment in our history" - Angela Y. Davis "Offers an indispensable tool to campaigns for abolition everywhere" - Juan E. Méndez,...

A Millions Most Anticipated 2026 Selection"This is poetry of the highest order, and a stunning reminder of what words can do."--Omar El Akkad"Hold this book, read every word, study every picture, notice the prints you leave behind--a reminder that no one's hands are clean."--Robin...

A comprehensive indictment of what Noam Chomsky calls the "disgraceful and extremely dangerous" policy the US has enacted towards Israel.Author: Noam ChomskyPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 02/17/2015Pages: 776Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.89lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.60dISBN: 9781608463992About the AuthorNoam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department...

Fighting Tyranny combines two of Gene Sharp's books in a single pocket-sized volume - From Dictatorship to Democracy and The Anti-Coup. At a time when governments around the world are becoming increasingly authoritarian and aggressive towards their citizens, this book offers ideas and nonviolent...

For the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the persecution facing his people "I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the...

The highly individualized essays of Gaza Rising: Voices from the Rubble share a basic message that years ago was issued by a respected Palestinian civil society organization, "We Are Not Numbers." While an informative portrayal of Palestinian suffering by reporting casualties as divided among...

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a...

The essential account of the South Korean 1980 pro-democracy rebellion On May 18, 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d'état and the martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A passionate call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation--the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope, two of our most fiercely moral voicesWith Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D....

A lush tapestry of poetry and prose, Here to Stay is an invitation to engage with a new field of contemporary American poetry. "I cannot separate my work from my undocumented identity." --Aline MelloFrom the indomitable writers and activists Janine Joseph, Esther Lin, and...

Now a major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall and Tom Wilkinson. "A compelling book: memoir and courtroom drama, a work of historical and legal import. " -- Jewish WeekDeborah Lipstadt, author of the groundbreaking Denying the Holocaust, chronicles her six-year legal battle...

Which nations are best and worst at protecting human rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms? Are human rights in retreat in nations and regions across the world? How are quality of life measures related to education, nutrition, and political representation integral to understanding human...

Starred review from Booklist: "Readers will likely find this anthology difficult to put down." What does war feel like? Listen to real people on the ground in Iran. War is not a video game. People's lives are shattered. An eye-opening anthology from a collective...

Violence is arrayed against me because I'm Black, or female, or queer, or undocumented. There is no rescue team coming for us. With that knowledge, we need a different operational base to recreate the world. It is not going to be a celebrity savior....

How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture...

On May 1, 2021, the Ebook, the first edition of Ivermectin for the World, was released as a call to action for the use of Ivermectin to end the humanitarian crisis in India with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cases had surged to 414,000 per day,...

Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a powerful contribution to understanding Palestinian experience.Gaza, home to two million people, continues to face suffocating conditions imposed by Israel. This distinctive anthology imagines what the future of...

"Funny, touching, tragic....A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land--and one man's extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents."--Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of OutcastsLittle Princes is the epic story of Conor...