Books
Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
January 28, 2021Washington Bullets is a short, concise book jam-packed full of information.
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Compelling account of inspirational Black activist Claudia Jones in new booklet
January 8, 2021David Horsley’s focus is on Jones’s life in advancing class, race, and gender resistance to the racist system of imperialism in what George Jackson called “the belly of the beast.”
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No right to read: Profiteering corporations creep into prison libraries
December 22, 2020Exclusive-access contracts are leaving incarcerated persons and their families no choice but to pay exorbitant private company fees to access books and communicate with one another.
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‘Speaker for the God’: Historical fiction about Jeremiah illuminates enduring social issues
December 14, 2020Jeremiah, like other biblical prophets, was a spokesperson for the poor and powerless. He also warned the ruling class of his day to take the Babylonian threat seriously.
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Today’s noir novel in Europe: Popular novelists from France and Iceland
October 13, 2020Dominique Manotti is a Parisian professor of economic history who writes about crime from a historical and global perspective.
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