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Peace: 50 Years of Protest
by Barry Miles  Synopsis One of the most instantly recognized images in the world--the peace sign--celebrates its 50th anniversary. Miles uses a combination of research and personal recall to recount the evolution of this iconic image. Illustrated....
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Activist's Handbook : a Primer ((Rev)01 Edition)
by Randy Shaw Publisher Comments In showing how people can and must make a difference at both local and national levels, this is an indispensable guide not only for activists, but for everyone interested in the future of progressive politics in America....
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Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement
by Scott Ritter Publisher Comments Scott Ritter, former Marine and UN weapons inspector, argues that there is a growing despondency amongst the anti-war movement. Ritter proposes the anti-war movement seek guidance from sources they normally spurn -- that one must study the "enemy" in...
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The Politics of Everyday Life
by Paul Ginsborg Publisher Comments A passionate defense of local politics in an age dominated by global media empires....
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Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War
by Mary Wynne Ashford Publisher Comments "Enough Blood Shed" confronts the reality of a world awash in weapons and the belief that war is inevitable, with people powerless to change the system. It provides an alternative perspective based on solutions known to be successful because they have...
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An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas
by Diane Wilson Publisher Comments The gripping true story of one woman's fight to save her town and her way of life from deadly industrial chemicals. Diane Wilson, fourth-generation shrimp-boat captain and mother of five, proves that one "ordinary" woman can force a giant chemical...
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Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness (BK Currents)
by Bernard Lown Synopsis In Prescription for Survival, physician Bernard Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history....
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Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence
by Jose Antonio Orosco Synopsis Cesar Chavez has long been heralded for his personal practice of nonviolent resistance in struggles against social, racial, and labor injustices. However, the works of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. have long overshadowed Chavez's contributions to the...
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Insurrection: The Citizen Challenge to Corporate Power
by Kevin Danaher Publisher Comments Half of the worlds 100 largest economies are not nations, they are corporations. A mere 500 companies control 70 percent of world trade. Such concentrations of wealth pose a clear and present danger to the health of our democracy. Corporate campaign cash...
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The Face of War
by Martha Gellhorn Publisher Comments Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a war correspondent for nearly fifty years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America in the mid-eighties, her candid reports reflected her feelings for people no matter what their political...
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From ACT Up to the Wto: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization
by Benjamin Shepard Publisher Comments In March 1987 a radical coalition of queer activists converged on Wall Street--their target, 'Business, Big Business, Business as Usuall!!' It was ACT UP's first demonstration. In November 1999 a radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchist...
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Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip-Hop's Moral Center
by William Upski Wimsatt Publisher Comments Should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bombing the ‘burbs? That’s the question posed by William Upski Wimsatt in his seminal foray into the world of hip-hop, rap, and street art, and the culture and...
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Five Days That Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond
by Jeffrey St. Clair, and Allan Sekula Alexander Cockburn Publisher Comments The authors take to the streets of Seattle with on-the-spot reporting and photos of the October 1999 protests to shut the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting. But this book also looks at the broader issues raised by the protest: the secretive...
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The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
by Advocates Of Peace Publisher Comments A stirring anthology of writings about peace and nonviolence from Buddha to Arundhati Roy As you read this, America is at war. President Bush declared a "war on terrorism" and 90 percent of the American people believed he was doing the right thing. But...
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Contentious Politics
by Charles Tilly Publisher Comments Revolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics. The book presents a set of...
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Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times
by Bill Moyers Publisher Comments Bill Moyers's vision for America in this crucial election year. "Our nation can no more survive as half democracy and half oligarchy than it could survive 'half slave and half free." — from Moyers on America Over the years millions of...
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50 Facts That Should Change the World 2.0
by Jessica Williams Publisher Comments Jessica Williams revisits her classic series of snapshots of life in the twenty-first century. Revised and updated with lots of new material, this book is every bit as vital as the first edition. From the inequalities and absurdities of the so-called...
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The New Nuclear Danger: George W Bush's Military-Industrial Complex
by Helen Caldicott Synopsis Helen Caldicott looks at the links between politicians and the arms industry and warns of the incredible dangers inherent in allowing weapons manufacturers to dictate foreign policy, in a book designed to educate, alert and mobilize concerned citizens....
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Another World Is Possible If...
by Susan George Publisher Comments Participants in the worldwide citizens' movement for social change and global justice like to proclaim that "Another World Is Possible." But is it? To this popular slogan, Susan George adds a cautionary "If," and proposes how we can indeed reach that...
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Trajectory of Change, Volume 1 (02 Edition)
by Michael Albert Publisher Comments The Trajectory of Change charts a course for the growing, international movement against corporate globalization. Michael Albert, a longtime activist and analyst of popular struggles, challenges the movement to reach out to "ordinary people" by...
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