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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
Rashid Khalidi
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at […]
The Essential Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
The seminal one-volume collection of Noam Chomsky’s thoughts, encompassing his best writings on politics, philosophy, and media theory. “Noam Chomsky is one of the most significant challengers of unjust power and delusions; he goes against every assumption about American altruism and humanitarianism.” —Edward Said For fifty years, Noam Chomsky’s writings on politics and language have […]
Notes on Resistance
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
In this completely original set of interviews between the legendary duo of Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, the two confront topics such as the pandemic, the wealth gap (made worse because of the pandemic), climate destruction, the increasing power of the corporate-owned media, systematic racism, Big Tech, and more. Noam Chomsky is one of the […]
Chronicles of Dissent
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
An Accessible Overview of Noam Chomsky’s Political Thought. Conducted from 1984 to 1996, these interviews first appeared in the books Chronicles of Dissent, Keeping the Rabble in Line, and Class Warfare, all published by the independent publisher Common Courage Press in Monroe, Maine. This omnibus collection includes a new introduction by David Barsamian, looking back on conversations and engagement […]
Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky
A New York Times Bestseller The world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights. In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and […]
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Noam Chomsky
Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands. How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How much of ‘common sense’ is actually driven by the ruling […]
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley
As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States […]
Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea
Thomas Suárez
“A tour de force … Suárez’s diligent archival research that looks boldly at the impact of Zionism on Palestine and its people in the first part of the 20th century … is the first comprehensive and structured analysis of the violence and terror employed by the Zionist movement, and later the state of Israel, against […]
The Greatest Evil is War
Chris Hedges
Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges, this book looks at the hidden costs of war and what it does to individuals, families, communities, and nations. In fifteen short chapters, Hedges astonishes us with his clear and cogent argument against war, not on philosophical grounds or through moral arguments, but in an […]
Hopes and Prospects
Noam Chomsky
“This is a classic Chomsky work: a bonfire of myths and lies, sophistries and delusions. Noam Chomsky is an enduring inspiration all over the world to millions, I suspect, for the simple reason that he is a truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him.” – John Pilger In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky […]
Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva has been described in many ways: the “Gandhi of Grain,” “a rock star” in the battle against GMOs, and “the most powerful voice” for people of the developing world. For over four decades, she has vociferously advocated for diversity, indigenous knowledge, localization, and real democracy; she has been at the forefront of seed […]
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
Arundhati Roy
The chant of “Azadi!”—Urdu for “Freedom!”—is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu Nationalism. Even as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for […]

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