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Green is the New Red

politicalmediareview — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:10:55 +0000

Scare tactics are very effective in a culture of fear. And if the United States government has been successful in one aspect of the culture, it’s creating a climate of fear.

Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture

politicalmediareview — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:57:17 +0000

Truths Among Us: Conversations on Building a New Culture is an important collection of in-depth interviews that prolific author Derrick Jensen conducted with a handful of radical thinkers you should become more familiar with if you’re not already.

Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border

politicalmediareview — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:01:01 +0000

Among the villains in the crosshairs of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2012 Fiscal Year budget are coyotes, the “smugglers” migrants often hire to help them enter the United States without authorization.

Mad Bomber Melville

politicalmediareview — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:32:58 +0000

With the publication of Mad Bomber Melville, Leslie James Pickering has done a great service for those who—as he puts it—“can take inspiration from someone who was far from perfect but never gave up the struggle” (133). Pickering’s biography of Sam Melville does not seek to idolize its subject but is an honest effort to preserve an important history which holds challenging lessons for present day readers.

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons and Torture

politicalmediareview — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:37:56 +0000

Angela Davis is an icon of the highest sense, an icon critical of their own iconic status. From her rise as a critical socio-political force in the late 1960’s to her still defiant role as an activist-academic, Davis is a great example of protracted struggle met with theory and praxis.

Bold Native

politicalmediareview — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:19:40 +0000

Bold Native is a full-length fiction feature film depicting the billion-dollar animal exploitation industry and the people who seek to liberate the animals. The film follows the character of Charlie Cranehill (played by Joaquin Pastor), a well-to-do bohemian-esque individual mildly concerned with animal welfare.

We Are Our Own Liberators: Select Writings by Jalil Muntaqim

politicalmediareview — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:26:02 +0000

Jalil Muntaqim (a.k.a. Anthony Bottom) was nineteen when he was sent to prison. He’ll turn 60 this year. He’s serving two concurrent sentences of 25 years to life.