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How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became an Essential Tool for Secur Ing Liberty and Social Justice"A historical demonstration of the indispensability of the First Amendment [and] ... an earnest and timely argument for [its] enduring value." --Kirkus Reviews Great storytelling about the history and importance of the First Amendment, from someone who has spent his life defending -- and...
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Anatomy of the StateThe state is a predatory entity. It does not produce anything but rather steals resources from those engaged in production. In applying this view to American history, Rothbard asks: How can an organization of this type sustain itself? It must engage in propaganda to...
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Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black LivesBlack Panther and Cuban exile Assata Shakur has inspired generations of radical protest, including the contemporary movement for Black lives. Drawing its title from one of America's foremost revolutionaries, this collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Panther scholar Donna Murch explores how social protest...
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A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for DemocracyFrom longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States....
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The Destruction of the European Jews: 1961 First Edition Facsimile2019 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Reprint of the First Edition published in 1961. The Destruction of the European Jews is widely considered the landmark study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961,...
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The Doctrine of Fascism"The Doctrine of Fascism" ("La dottrina del fascismo") is an essay written by Giovanni Gentile, but credit is given to Benito Mussolini. It was first published in the Enciclopedia Italiana of 1932, as the first section of a lengthy entry on "Fascismo" (Fascism). The...
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Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary CapitalismMore than ever, "the body" is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, antiracist, trans, ecological movements--all look at the body in its manifold manifestations as a ground of confrontation with the state and a vehicle for transformative social practices. Concurrently,...
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Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIAThe exposé that reveals "a prostitution ring, heavy CIA involvement, spying on the White House as well as on the Democrats, and plots within plots" (The Washington Post) Ten years after the infamous Watergate scandal that brought down the Nixon presidency, Jim Hougan--then the...
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Escaping Maya's Palace: Decoding an Ancient Myth to Heal the Hidden Madness of Modern Civilization"Mind-blowingly insightful." -Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Development BetrayedAn ancient myth's hidden meaning launches a mind-bending inquiry into the madness of modern civilization.A celebrated saga from ancient India tells of a young king who mysteriously shifts character and gambles...
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The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New NationA riveting, kaleidoscopic account of nine tumultuous days, as the assassination of Nelson Mandela's protégé by a white supremacist threatens to derail South Africa's democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war. Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three...
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Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate ChangeSchool strikes for the climate. A bold campaign for a Green New Deal. Fossil fuel divestment. Over the last few years, these and other youth-driven climate initiatives have grabbed the public's attention and irrevocably altered the dialogue about climate change in the United States....
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The Extractive Zone: Social Ecologies and Decolonial PerspectivesIn The Extractive Zone Macarena Gómez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital. The work of Indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists in spaces Gómez-Barris labels extractive zones-majority indigenous regions in South America noted...
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How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern LeadersTimeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest statesman Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that...
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The RepublicOften ranked as the greatest of Plato's many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner for such other classics of political thought as Cicero's De Republica, St. Augustine's City...
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Fires in the MirrorDerived from interviews with a wide range of people who experienced or observed New York's 1991 Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The Mirror is as distinguished a work of commentary on black-white tensions as it is a work of drama. In August 1991...
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The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected WritingsThis beautiful hardcover volume contains the two documents every American and citizen of the world should read: the complete text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, along with all 27 of its amendments. A full, analytical...
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You Can't Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free SpeechThe freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's calls for speech...
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Stalin's War: A New History of World War II"A provocative, revisionist take on the Second World War" (Financial Times) by a prize-winning historianWe remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler's armies did not fight in...
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Anarchic Agreements: A Field Guide to Collective OrganizingA new world is possible and not just in our hearts. Anarchic Agreements is a quintessential field guide for the revolution, answering the practical questions often left out of works of political theory and philosophy. How do leaderless groups organize? How might they create...
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Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global EconomyThe former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard--breaking the link between gold and the dollar--transforming...
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