Political Activism

A great read.Whoopi Goldberg, The ViewHow the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminat...

What can contemporary activists and political theorists learn from the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg? Examining her contribution to radical democ...

The first full-length study of Frederick Douglass' visit to Scotland in 1846Frederick Douglass (181895) was not the only fugitive from American sla...

Over the last forty years, the landscape of the United States has been fundamentally transformed. It is partially visible in the ascendance of glit...

In the 1990s a nationwide crime wave overtook Cote d'Ivoire. The Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically m...

A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, realized the error...

The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our own immediate ...

Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of s...

The headlines about Europe''s migration crisis have now subsided, though they continue to influence the political agenda all over the continent. T...

This book argues that no major campaign has ever been successful without Counterpower, defined as the power that the 'have-nots' can use to remove...

What types of threats and conflicts affect the countries of South America? What roles can and should states and regional organisations play in main...

During the civil rights era, Memphis gained a reputation for having one of the Souths strongest NAACP branches. But that organization, led by the c...

Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a new spirit of radicalism is blooming from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. In A...

Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a new spirit of radicalism is blooming from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. In A...

This book examines the policies aimed at promoting integration, combating terrorism, and countering violent extremism in five European countries wi...

In a feat of extraordinary archival research Sheila Rowbotham uncovers six little-known women and men whose lives were both dramatic and startlingl...

In the personal and frank Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer, Rodney A. Smolla offers an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlotte...

The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it is Jihadist terrorism, Putin's imperialism, or t...

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movem...

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movem...

Lady Mary Derby (1824-1900) occupied a pivotal position in Victorian politics, yet her activities have largely been overlooked or ignored. This vol...

Student Revolt in 1968 examines the origins, course and dissolution of student protest at three universities in the 1960s - the Freie Universität B...

WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYSelected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the SPECTATOR, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN and FINANCIAL TIMES ...

The Autonomous Life? is an ethnography of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam written by an anthropologist who lived and worked in a squatters' co...

Founded in the 1970s and today active in more than 40 countries, the Animal Liberation Front has in recent years been considered a domestic terrori...

In 1889, Samuel Winkworth Silver's rubber and electrical factory was the site of a massive worker revolt that upended the London industrial distric...