Books
“The Backlash”: eye-opening field trip to the far right
October 26, 2010"The Backlash" takes us on a trip to the strip-malls, mountain hollows and exurban living rooms where reactionary populism takes root and grows.
Read moreLabor’s history has missing pages
August 10, 2010I asked a number of retired union activists to help clarify a big mystery raised by the 2003 book, "Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions."
Read moreHitch-22: When the left moves right
August 10, 2010In lining up with Bush on the war in Iraq, the former Nation columnist shocked the left, and his militant atheism has inspired animosity on the right. Still, in his memoir Hitchens comes off as a...
Read moreFDR and the New Deal for Beginners
July 20, 2010This collaboration between a progressive historian and an underground comic artist brings the New Deal's politics and radicalism to life in a relevant time.
Read more“The Girl” is tough and mean
July 12, 2010Meet Lisbeth Salander, standing 5 feet tall and 88 pounds, she is the toughest and meanest gangster movie protagonist to date.
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