Political Activism

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...