Books
Class struggle in first-century Galilee produced the ‘Jesus movement’
March 27, 2023The Jesus movement was part of a pattern of millenarian groups reacting to the inequality around them in first-century Galilee, write the authors of a new study.
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The too-large-for-life longshore leader Harry Bridges
March 21, 2023Who else in labor, apart from outright gangsters and the more numerous corrupt bigshots, had successfully evaded prosecution by U.S. administrations and the FBI for generations?
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Detroit celebrates Red Books Day, marks Communist Manifesto anniversary
February 21, 2023The event was a public reading, book exchange, and organizers’ get-together all in one.
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Ruling class still trembling as ‘Communist Manifesto’ turns 175
February 21, 2023On #RedBooksDay2023, why not read the reddest book of them all?
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Albert Maltz’s ‘A Tale of One January’ finally published in the U.S.
February 10, 2023To celebrate the rediscovery of Albert Maltz and the republication of A Tale of One January, Alma Books caught up with literature professor Patrick Chura.
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