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Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time
by Paul Rogat Loeb  Publisher Comments Soul of a Citizen awakens within us the desire and the ability to make our voices heard and our actions count. We can lead lives worthy of our convictions.A book of inspiration and integrity, Soul of a Citizen is an antidote to the twin scourges of...
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The Democracy Owners' Manual: A Practical Guide to Changing the World
by Jim Shultz Publisher Comments The Democracy Owners? Manual is a unique, hands-on guide for people who want to change public policy at the local, state, or national level. A combination of policy and advocacy basics, the book offers a clear presentation of the issues and debates...
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Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
by Marisa Handler Publisher Comments Combining captivating personal memoir and astute political reportage, Marisa Handler offers a fascinating inside look at the burgeoning global justice movement through her own compelling coming-of-age story. Born in apartheid South Africa, Handler...
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Corporation Nation: How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives and What We Can Do about It
by Charles Derber Publisher Comments Foreword by Ralph Nader. In Corporation Nation Derber addresses the unchecked power of today’s corporations to shape the way we work, earn, buy, sell, and think—the very way we live. Huge, far-reaching mergers are now commonplace, downsizing...
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The Fire This Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism
by Vivien Labaton Publisher Comments Young feminists today are becoming activists on behalf of many causes beyond the classic--and indispensable--feminist ones of reproductive rights and equal pay for equal work. In The Fire This Time, Dawn Martin, one of four founders of The Third Wave...
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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated
by Gore Vidal Publisher Comments Gore Vidal's commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 was deemed not publishable in the United States. His Italian publisher issued this book a few months ago, which became an instant #1 best seller there. German, French, Spanish, Portugese, and...
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Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World
by Michael Jacoby Brown Publisher Comments Intended for individuals who want to start, strengthen, or revitalize a group to address a community issue, this indispensable guide includes a series of practical steps that help build a successful community orgranization and offers sample cases that...
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
by Peter Ackerman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-533) and index....
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Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know
by Jeremy Bernstein Synopsis Bernstein, former science writer at "The New Yorker," and an observer of two nuclear tests in the Nevada desert, brings a unique first-hand knowledge to the subject of nuclear technology. Along the way, he mixes the science with descriptions of the...
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The Logic of Political Violence
by Craig Rosebraugh Publisher Comments Within Westernized societies, particularly the United States, there has been a near universal acceptance that nonviolent action has been the foundation on which the progress and/or success of political and social justice movements has been built...
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Webs of Power (02 Edition)
by Sky Starhawk 
Publisher Comments Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and trainer in the...
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Letters From Young Activists (05 Edition)
by Dan Berger Publisher Comments Diverse authors challenge the common misconception that today's young people are apathetic, shallow, and materialistic. Aged ten to thirty-one, these atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, pagan, transgender, heterosexual, bisexual, metrosexual Americans...
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Global Values 101 : Short Course (06 Edition)
by Holbrook Publisher Comments 'Global Values 101 grew out of one of the most popular courses ever offered at Harvard University, in which some of the most original thinkers of our day sat down with students and explored how ideas have made them—and can make us—more...
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Gandhi on Non-Violence
by Thomas Merton Publisher Comments An essential compendium for understanding Gandhi's profound legacy. "One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable."—Mahatma Gandhi The basic principles of Gandhi's philosophy of non...
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Ravens in the Storm: A Personal History of the 1960s Antiwar Movement
by Carl Oglesby Publisher Comments In 1964, Carl Oglesby, a young copywriter for a Michigan-based defense contractor, was asked by a local Democratic congressman to draft a campaign paper on the Vietnam War. Oglesby's report argued that the conflict was misplaced and unwinnable. He had...
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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
by David Bornstein Publisher Comments Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship-in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic...
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Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict (Digital Futures)
by Michael Y Dartnell Publisher Comments In Insurgency Online, Michael Dartnell focuses on a new form of conflict made possible by global communications. The Internet. Dartnell argues, is effecting extensive change to the way politics are carried out, by inserting a range of non-state actors...
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Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law
by Francis A Boyle Publisher Comments Book Description In this compelling book, distinguished activist lawyer Francis Boyle sounds an impassioned clarion call to citizen action against Bush administration policies both domestically and overseas. Boyle, who has spent his career defending...
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Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism
by Medea Benjamin
Publisher Comments Violence begets violence - so believes the majority of people around the world who have stood up in protest against war. How to Stop the Next War Now is a reflective look and call to action to end violence, by acclaimed peace activists, experts, and...
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Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
by Frances Fox Piven Publisher Comments Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this...
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