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Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America by Eugene Puryear
Reform of America’s criminal justice system is a major talking point on the left. This is for a good reason: public confidence in the criminal justice system, pollsters say, has been on the decline for decades. Differences in how police, courts and the system are looked at have been most significant when looking at black […]
Continue reading...The Meaning of Freedom
11. November 2011
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Angela Davis has written and lectured extensively on a variety of historical, social, political, and economic issues.
Continue reading...Targeting the Sex Buyer. The Swedish Example: Stopping Prostitution and Trafficking Where It All Begins
4. September 2011
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“He could be your neighbor, even your best friend. Or perhaps he is a colleague at work, or someone you talked to at a party last weekend.
Continue reading...The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
17. August 2010
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Investigative journalist Naomi Klein speaking on “The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” is a PM Press DVD produced by Bonobo Films. It consists of a brilliant 65-minute talk Naomi gave on May 19, 2008
Continue reading...The Cove
17. June 2010
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Underwater cameras capture the peaceful sway of sea plants beneath the surface in Taiji, Japan. As the scene progresses, the plants become obscured by creeping wafts of dolphin blood. Rapidly, the entire screen turns crimson, the ocean water thick with the grisly evidence of slaughtered dolphins. The Cove, a 2009 Oceanic Preservation Society film, follows a team of activists
Continue reading...You Don’t Play With Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of C. L. R. James
8. June 2010
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Renowned as an anti-colonial theorist, intellectual and political activist, C. L. R. James has written books that represent some of the most daring anti-capitalist works of the 20th century. He is best appreciated for pushing readings of Marx beyond what even Marx himself may have originally envisioned.
Continue reading...The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale
1. February 2010
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Karen Davis’ The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale is a heretical book in the very best of senses. Davis challenges the firmly held beliefs of a society that systematically devalues the lives of nonhuman animals as a means of justifying their exploitation
Continue reading...The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement
27. December 2009
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This richly illustrated and designed volume, featuring indigenous art and photographs on nearly every page and unprecedented interviews with members of the early villages, is a result of the seven years Mexican journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez’ spent with the Zapatistas in Southern Chiapas.
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26. August 2013
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