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The Fragility of Whiteness
Robin DiAngelo
The great African American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois in his 1903 classic book, The Souls of Black Folk, wrote, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” Well, here we are in the 21st century and the color line and racial injustice remain front and center. Some white […]
Stephen Bezruchka 4-pack
Stephen Bezruchka
Includes:
- The Human Cancer in the Covid-19 Era
- Consequences of COVID-19
- COVID-19 & Capitalism
- The Coronavirus Pandemic
The Human Cancer in the Covid-19 Era
Stephen Bezruchka
A famous Russian revolutionary once said, “’There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” The pandemic certainly feels that way. We are in limbo. The uncertainty is bewildering. What can we expect? What must we do? There are no clear answers. Dr. Stephen Bezruchka presents a novel view of the novel virus. What if we are a […]
Drugs & War
Peter Andreas
The drugs and war nexus is an old story involving not just criminal gangs but states. Just go back to the U.S. wars in Vietnam and Laos in the 1960s and 70s or in Central America in the 1980s or more recently in Afghanistan to see the connections. Alliances with drug dealers and cartels were […]
The Pandemic Wake-up Call
Vandana Shiva, David Suzuki
The news about the pandemic goes from bad to worse. The term another grim milestone in the number of infections and deaths has become almost commonplace. But at some point, hopefully not too far away, the crisis will pass. Where will we be? The world will surely be different. There is so much uncertainty. Kim […]
Racism & Health
Camara Phyllis Jones
For more than a year the public was complaining about the drinking water in Flint, Michigan. The water was so pungent and foamy that one priest had stopped using it for baptisms. The state’s Department of Environmental Quality, confidently announced, “Anyone who is concerned about lead in the drinking water in Flint can relax.” Flint […]
White Privilege
Michael Eric Dyson
White privilege. What’s that? White people have choices and advantages simply because of the color of their skin. Many whites are unaware of it. Peggy McIntosh, a noted women’s studies scholar in her classic essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack,” wrote: “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not […]
MOVEMENT BUILDING – 3 Pack
William Barber, Jim Hightower, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Includes:
- Why Iowa Matters
- It’s Up To You
- The Power of Social Movements
COMMUNITY RIGHTS 3-Pack
Paul Cienfuegos, Richard Grossman, Thomas Linzey
Includes:
- Local Governance
- Revoking Corporate Charters
- Local Community Self-Government
CIA-DRUG CONNECTION 3-Pack
Peter Andreas, Stephen Kinzer, Peter Dale Scott
Includes:
- Drugs & War
- The CIA Search for Mind Control
- Drug Trafficking, Drug Wars & the CIA
Dismantling the System
Marc Lamont Hill, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Is it starry-eyed to think about not just regime change but something much larger: system change? The systemic failures of the current crisis and the calamitous fissures it has exposed has raised the question of the efficacy of reform, half-measures and tinkering around the edges. When under duress, the system is agile enough to make […]
CANADA 3-Pack
Yves Engler, Robert Hackett, Andrew Nikiforuk
Includes:
- What’s Going on in Canada?
- Canada: Pipelines, Politics & the Press
- Tar Sands: Canada’s Mordor

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