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Book SynopsisStudent Revolt in 1968 examines the origins, course and dissolution of student protest at three universities in the 1960s - the Freie Universität Berlin in West Germany, the campus of Nanterre in France, and the Faculty of Sociology at Trento in Italy. It traces how student revolts over space, speech, sociology and cultural democratisation catalysed a dynamic protest movement within universities in the mid-1960s that expanded dramatically beyond the University in 1968. Differing visions of democratisation - mass access to education, the dissolution of high culture, the democratic control of the university - clashed and competed in a radical revaluation of the meaning of university education and democratic culture. The study also evaluates the most ambitious experiments in higher education in the 1960s - the ''Critical Universities'' of West Berlin and Trento - which sought to establish democratic control of higher education before dissolving in the politics of social revolution, and offers a new and clear-sighted perspective on the 1960sTrade Review'Exciting for its transnational approach alongside keen attention to local specifics, Ben Mercer's study explores the widely varied, contradictory, and transforming meanings of democracy and democratization in the student protest in West Berlin, Nanterre, and Trento. Mercer opens up the narrative of '68' as it has been written and rewritten, contemporaneously across weeks and month - and ultimately across decades - challenging simple terms of 'successes' and 'failures'.' Belinda Davis, Rutgers University'An ambitious, original and subtle investigation of the student movement in three European universities - Nanterre, Trento and the Free University of Berlin - which sheds new light on questions of political and cultural democratisation in the 1960s. Just when you thought that there was nothing new to say about 1968, Ben Mercer makes this must-read intervention.' Robert Gildea, University of Oxford'A thoughtful analysis of student protest around 1968 in three major Western European countries. Mercer's comparative study will be a welcome addition to many syllabi on the Global 1960s and essential reading for students and scholars of democratization after 1945.' Anna von der Goltz, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: history, myth and memory of 1968; Part I. Education and Culture: 1. The 'devouring monster': the university in the 1960s; 2. 'New managerial class' or 'social doctor'? The ambiguities of sociology; 3. 'Books for all': the democratisation of high culture; 4. 'Knowledge is over': the intellectual politics of 1968; Part II. The Politics of Revolt: 5. 'The space of autonomy must be created': the politics of democracy; 6. 'We represent nothing': the crisis of representation; 7. 'We began to talk': the seizure of speech; Part III. Crisis of the University: 8. 'Question, doubt and criticise': free speech at the Free University; 9. 'Student power': Vietnam at Trento; 10. 'An asylum for delinquents': the space of revolt at Nanterre; 11. 'A golden ghetto': the Critical University.

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Book SynopsisIn her lyric and honest memoir, Shannon Galpin describes her first forays into fundraising, her deep desire to help women and girls halfway across the world, her love for adventure and sports, and her own inspiration to be so much more than just another rape victim.Trade Review"An inspiring and illuminating window into the lives of Afghan women and their own path to freedom, recognition, and equality." - Khaled Hosseini, New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner

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Book SynopsisUse these spirited protest postcards to write your elected representative or inspire a friend—or just post one above your desk. And feel good about yourself at the same time: All proceeds go to the ACLU, a nonprofit organization that protects civil rights for all Americans.

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Book Synopsis Acclaimed author E. R. Braithwaite (To Sir, With Love) chronicles the brutality, oppression, and courage he witnessed as a black man granted “Honorary White” status during a six-week visit to apartheid South Africa As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E. R. Braithwaite was painfully aware of the multitude of injustices suffered by people of color and he wrote powerfully and poignantly about racial discrimination in his acclaimed novels and nonfiction works. So it came as a complete surprise when, in 1973, the longstanding ban on his books was lifted by the South African government, a ruling body of minority whites that brutally oppressed the black majority through apartheid laws. Applying for a visa—and secretly hoping to be refused—he was granted the official status of “Honorary White” for the length of his stay. As such, Braithwaite would be afforded some of the freedoms that South Africa&rsTrade Review“A valuable, even unique perspective.” —Kirkus ReviewsTable of Contents Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve About the Author

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Trade Review“A kind of social worker’s journal, offering intimate glimpses into troubled lives but without jargon or tortured psychoanalytic interpretations.” —The New York Times Book Review“Paid Servant adds to Mr. Braithwaite’s stature. . . . Absorbing to read and skilfully composed.” —The Times Literary Supplement “Warm but never sentimental.” —Booklist Table of Contents Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven About the Author

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Book SynopsisBased on Stewart Butler’s own personal papers, including hundreds of letters, and dozens of interviews, Political Animal paints an intimate portrait of a legendary figure in gay politics and the times in which he lived.

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Book SynopsisRachel Lee Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, American Identities: An Introductory Textbook, American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Okie from Muskogee. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.Trade ReviewThere is a wonderfully useful group of contemporary thinkers assembled here. I am glad it exists. * Samuel R. Delany, author of Babel-17 (1966) and Dhalgren (1975) *Featuring an extraordinary range of artists and voices, Creative Activism is an indispensable compilation of oral histories—and an often-exhilarating exchange of ideas on the roles of artists on the front lines of activism today. As an instructive and evocative guide, Rachel Lee Rubin allows us to re-envision how we view the world, redefine the limits of change, and reconsider the role of artists in shaping our lives. The great oral historian Studs Terkel often reminded us that reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. As an essential resource, Creative Activism offers one of the most important and raucous conversations of our times. * Jeff Biggers, author of Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition (forthcoming 2018) *Table of ContentsIntroduction SECTION 1: Coal 1. “I'll Throw This Apple Atcha”: The Meaning of Mining According to Billy Edd Wheeler 2. “Visible, Horrible, Ugly”: Toxicity According to John Sabraw 3. “The Baby Needed Milk”: Collectivity According to Diane Gilliam Fisher SECTION 2: War and Peace 4. “It's a Great American Tradition”: War and Industry According to John Sayles 5. “Revolution by Tricks and Clowning”: Trips According to Maxine Hong Kingston 6. “Part of My Being”: Politics and Poetics According to Keorapetse Kgositsile SECTION 3: Borders 7. “I Sing about Cesar Chavez in Gold Lamé Hot Pants”: Revolution and Celebration According to El Vez 8. "I’m Not Some Fucking Gadjo!": Migration According to Eugene Hutz 9. “Gaps We Cross with Technology”: Solidarity and Surveillance According to Cory Doctorow 10. “What It’s Like to Be Stuck”: Interruption According to Julio Salgado SECTION 4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 11. “It’s Like Walt Whitman Gave Me a Blow Job”: Action According to Abe Rybeck 12. “Simultaneity of Actions”: Liberation According to Sarah Schulman 13. “Wigs and Skin”: Colonialism According to Ama Ata Aidoo SECTION 5: Economic Justice 14. “Hey, I See You”: Revolution According to Boots Riley 15. “Power and Powerlessness”: Detecting History According to Sara Paretsky 16. “Sometimes I Get Political, Sometimes I Get Offensive”: Pushing Back According to Dallas Wayne SECTION 6: Prisons 17. “The Anti-Slavery Act of 2002”: Private Prisons and Social Justice According to Si Kahn 18. “Politics through Artistic Eyes, and Art through Political Eyes”: Prison Rebellion According to Raúl Salinas 19. “From My 6 x 9 Cell”: Prison and Painting According to Anthony Papa SECTION 7: Transformations 20. “It’s All Connected”: Service According to Betye Saar 21. “I’m a Bit of a Threat”: Immortality According to Roz Kaveney 22. “Folklore, Fakelore and Fucklore”: Metamorphosis According to Emma Bull and Will Shetterly Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023: POLITICS ‘A riveting blend of memoir and manifesto ... I found myself dog-earing every page’ Elizabeth Day 'Profoundly articulate. Entirely wise. Beautifully real.' Attitude ‘Transitional is a clever, moving book that packs a lot into its 194 pages’ Guardian Transitioning is an alignment of the invisible and the physical. It is truth rising to the surface. It is one of the most fundamental aspects of the human condition – a part of our experience as a conscious being, no matter who we are. As time goes on, we all develop as people. We all transition. It’s what unites us, not what separates us. In this life-affirming, heartfelt and intimate book, activist and model Munroe Bergdorf shares reflections from her own life to illustrate how transitioning is an essential part of all our lives. Through the story of one woman’s extraordinary mission to live with authenticity, Transitional shows us how to heal, how to build a stronger community and how to evolve as a society out of shame and into pride. ------ PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR: ‘Bergdorf is proof that speaking up for what you believe in can provoke real change’ Vogue ‘A phenomenon’ Owen Jones, Guardian ‘A powerful and unstoppable new force . . . The world should take notice’ Teen Vogue ‘One of the UK’s most committed and outspoken transgender activists’ StylistTrade ReviewA powerful rallying cry from an influential voice * Cosmopolitan *This version of Bergdorf offers a glimpse into the human cost of being a Black trans activist in the unrelenting public sphere ... she puts herself on the firing line to make the world more tolerant for us all * TIME *The model and trans activist tells the story of her own search for authenticity and argues that we all transition, one way or another * Guardian *Her much-anticipated manifesto on gender also aims to explore the transitions we all go through in life * iNews *As Bergdorf beautifully points out: we all transition. Whether it’s growing up and coming of age, reacting to the things that happen to us, learning from our mistakes, dealing with trauma or finding love, we all evolve. This is the book that explores the things that bind us together * Stylist *A manifesto on gender and an exploration of transitioning * GQ *By shining a light on the inevitable reality of change, it aims to bring us together and build a more understanding and inclusive world * Dazed *A compelling non-fiction title from the model and activist that discusses fluidity of identity, sexuality and gender through the experience of transition every human faces at some point in their life * Huffington Post *An intimate and life affirming exploration * Luxury London *I am forever in awe of Munroe and all of the incredible things she does * Clara Amfo *The transgender and model is trailblazing a way for the trans community through her activism * Dailymail *A riveting blend of memoir and manifesto . . . so enlightening and quotable, I found myself dog-earing every page -- Elizabeth DayAs you start reading Transitional, it might come as little surprise that every word of this honest and enriching book feels very carefully chosen. Then, as she settles into her story, you come to realise the extraordinary intelligence, insight and power of this tenacious woman. She writes unflinchingly about growing up different; a childhood spent trying to conceal the innate femininity that would distress family members, and the ostracisation she experienced at school. Profoundly articulate. Entirely wise. Beautifully real. * Attitude *It's in this era of the complete dehumanisation of trans people that Munroe Bergdorf’s debut book, Transitional, is needed more than ever. Transitional is a memoir that offers hope. It stretches way beyond Bergdorf’s own gender transition story to explore the many transitions we all go through in our brief time on this earth. Crucially, it reframes the conversation away from the medicalisation of trans people – such a small part of the trans experience – and shifts focus onto the real story, sheer humanity. * Vice *The model and trans activist writes movingly on prejudice, navigating controversy and personal growth * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisDuring the civil rights era, Memphis gained a reputation for having one of the South’s strongest NAACP branches. But that organization, led by the city’s black elite, was hardly the only driving force in the local struggle against racial injustice. In the late sixties, Black Power proponents advocating economic, political, and cultural self-determination effectively mobilized Memphis’s African American youth, using an array of moderate and radical approaches to protest and change conditions on their campuses and in the community.While Black Power activism on the coasts and in the Midwest has attracted considerable scholarly attention, much less has been written about the movement’s impact outside these hotbeds. In Black Power in the Bluff City, Shirletta J. Kinchen helps redress that imbalance by examining how young Memphis activists, like Coby Smith and Charles Cabbage, dissatisfied by the pace of progress in a city emerging from the Jim Crow era, embraced Black Power ideology to confront such challenges as gross disparities in housing, education, and employment as well as police brutality and harassment. Two closely related Black Power organizations, the Black Organizing Project and the Invaders, became central to the local black youth movement in the late 1960s. Kinchen traces these groups’ participation in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike—including the controversy over whether their activities precipitated events that culminated in Martin Luther King’s assassination—and their subsequent involvement in War on Poverty programs. The book also shows how Black Power ideology drove activism at the historically black LeMoyne-Owen College, scene of a 1968 administration-building takeover, and at the predominately white Memphis State University, where African American students transformed the campus by creating parallel institutions that helped strengthen black student camaraderie and consciousness in the face of marginalization.Drawing on interviews with activists, FBI files, newspaper accounts from the period, and many other sources, the author persuasively shows not only how an emerging generation helped define the black freedom struggle in Memphis but also how they applied the tenets of Black Power to shape the broader community.

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Book SynopsisToday, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen as an economic or political problem that can be solved through better policy, and when the idea of moral values has been commandeered by the right, how can we re-imagine the forces used as weapons against community, solidarity, ecology and life itself? In this stirring call to arms, Max Haiven argues that capitalism has colonized how we all imagine and express what is valuable. Looking at the decline of the public sphere, the corporatization of education, the privatization of creativity, and the power of finance capital in opposition to the power of the imagination and the growth of contemporary social movements, Haiven provides a powerful argument for creating an anti-capitalist commons. Capitalism is not in crisis, it is the crisis, and moving beyond it is the only key to survival. Crucial reading for all those questioning the imposition of austerity and hoping for a fairer future beyond it.Trade ReviewHaiven's provocative book does justice to a topic that has been too long neglected. He not only explains the constraints that are everywhere placed on our political imagination, but also makes a strong case for transcending them. * Andrew Ross, author of Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal *The right has taken possession of the field of values with a politics that is inadequate to deal with the crises therein, whereas the left has the concepts needed to deal with the crises but has all but abandoned the field. This is a conundrum that must be explored and solved. Haiven is to be thanked for formulating this problem so precisely. * George Caffentzis, author of In Letters of Blood and Fire *Fatalism and futility beware! We now have a handbook for the invention of a new commons. In Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power, Max Haiven explains how and why we need to struggle to take back creativity, imagination and our sense of collective purpose from those forces that seek to use it to their own ends. With the help of this book, another world really is possible. * Imre Szeman, Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies, University of Alberta *In this inspired and engaged book, Max Haiven provides us with what he calls a series of exercises of the imagination. Readers will emerge from these invigorating sessions, which rework the machineries of finance, labor and activism, equipped with a contemporary radicalism to face the demands of a full immersion in the possibilities and complexities of our moment. * Randy Martin, New York University *Against the bankruptcy of liberal politics, Max Haiven puts forward a renewed called for the elaboration of others values, lives, and ways of being together. This is a radicalism based not upon pie-in-the-sky ideas, but on expanding the commons of a social reproduction not premised on capital's measure but its own, extending and learning from practices already in motion. Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power helps bring us closer to the utopia that is within our grasp. * Stevphen Shukaitis, author of Imaginal Machines: Autonomy and Self-Organization in the Revolutions of Everyday Life *[Haiven's] consideration of the potential cracks in the status quo, and how these might provide spaces for the collective work of imagining alternatives, demonstrates the ways in which global activist networks have already started transforming our world. * TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Crises of the Imagination 1. Reimagining Value 2. Publics, Commons, Occupations 3. The Crisis of the Financialized Imagination 4. Within and Beyond the Edu-factory 5. The Enclosure of History, the Debt of the Past, the Commons of Memory 6. The Enclosure of Creativity 7. What is the Radical Imagination? Conclusion: Fatalism and its Discontents

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Book SynopsisThe evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the recent period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s, Leo Zeilig discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe. He provides an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of Africa, leading and organising nationalist movements and outlines the development of grass-root activism. Zeilig demonstrates how students shape and are shaped by national processes of political change and popular protest and reveals both the continuities and transformations in student activism in an era of austerity, crisis and poverty.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: Politics, students and protest Chapter 2: Student activism, structural adjustment and the ‘democratic transition’ Chapter 3: Researching students Chapter 4: Reform, revolt and student activism in Zimbabwe Chapter 5: Political Change and student resistance in Senegal Chapter 6: The meaning of student protest in the democratic transition Conclusion: The return of the student-intelligentsia

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Book SynopsisA Threat from Within presents a history of Jewish opposition to Zionism, and challenges the myths that lie at the very root of contemporary or 'new' anti-Semitism. A principled and enduring opposition to Zionism has come from spiritual leaders of Judaism and has not died away despite the State of Israel existence as an imposing military power. The violence in Israel/Palestine acquires a different meaning when seen in the context of internal opposition to Zionism. Dire warnings voiced at the birth of Zionism now sound prophetic. The anti-Zionists have claimed all along that far from 'solving the Jewish question' and offering Jews a safe haven, Zionism would only fan hatred of the Jews. A Threat from Within and its seemingly paradoxical theme - Jews opposing Zionism in the name of Judaism - will fascinate a wide range of readers from different political and religious orientations. Yakov Rabkin‘s book has been translated into several languages and has been nominated for the 2006 Governor General‘s Literary Awards, Canada‘s most prestigious literary prize.Trade Review'An extremely interesting and valuable book.' Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'Timely, well researched and thorough treatment of probably the most controversial issue in today’s Jewish world. Fascinating contemporary material. The author deserves our thanks for presenting our case so eloquently.' Jewish Telegraph 'Yakov Rabkin argues that Jewish rejection of the Zionist state should be taken seriously.' Jewish Chronicle 'This book sheds light on religious anti-Zionism, which, demographically and ideologically, represents the most serious threat to Israel as a State and as a collective identity. In fact, it is a more grievous and dangerous challenge than Arab and Palestinian hostility. The State, by increasing its achievements, leads the country straight into an abyss. To paraphrase Marx, one could say that Israel, by virtue of its spectacular development, is digging its own tomb.' Joseph Hodara, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 'I can only welcome the publication of this unconventional book based on often ignored historical facts. It is up to us to draw lessons from it.' Rabbi Moshe Gérard Ackermann, Director of the Nerlitz Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem 'Yakov Rabkin has produced an altogether remarkable book that tells the story and analyses the ideas of the Orthodox Jewish movement opposed to Zionism and the State of Israel. I am enormously impressed by the author‘s historical scholarship, by his brilliant analysis of a complex literature and by the lucidity of his prose. This is an extraordinary book.' Gregory Baum, McGill University 'This book is fascinating. it presents a range of anti-Zionist arguments developed in Jewish religious circles that are practically unknown to the public. It is a solid contribution to scholarship.' Alain Bouchard, Laval University 'This is a capital book that comes at the very time that "the eternal Middle East question" demands new approaches that may defuse the crisis. This is why this book must be read without delay that the greatest number of people possible.' Charles Rhéaume, historian, Department of National Defense, Ottawa 'As an Israeli patriot and as a philosopher, I consider it essential to integrate the discourse of Judaic anti-Zionism into the badly needed public debate about our past, present and future.' Joseph Agassi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Tel-Aviv University and York University, Toronto '...mastery of detail and succinct referencing...[the book] is rich and deserves serious attention and respect.' Journal of the Middle East in London 'This is an excellent and an urgent book at a time when criticism is confronted by an iron wall.' Yerah Gover, Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of Contents Preface - Joseph Agassi Prologue 1. Historical Signposts 2. A New Identity 3. Land of Israel between Exile and Return 4. Use of Force 5. Collaboration with the Zionists: Limits and Opportunities 6. Zionism, the Shoah and Israel 7. Prophecies of Destruction and Strategies of Survival Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis original study examines women's activism against war in areas as far apart as Sierra Leone, India, Colombia and Palestine. It shows women on different sides of conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Israel addressing racism and refusing enmity and describes international networks of women opposing US and Western European militarism and the so-called 'war on terror'. These movements, though diverse, are generating an antimilitarist feminism that challenges how war and militarism are understood, both in academic studies and the mainstream anti-war movement. Gender, particularly the form taken by masculinity in a violent sex/gender system, is inseparably linked to economic and ethno-national factors in the perpetuation of war.Trade Review'Cynthia Cockburn is one of the most valuable and innovative thinkers/activists/writers helping us all to make sense of women's myriad forms of resistance to war and militarism. She shows how it is they who are crafting fresh thinking about how nationalism, masculinity, imperialism, racism, classism and misogyny each and together fuel militarism and its deadly outcomes. This is a book to open our eyes and move us to action.' Cynthia Enloe 'Cynthia Cockburn is one of the best gender researchers in the world. In this very important book she opens global perspectives on women's politics and the struggle for peace, linking activist experience with up-to-date gender analysis.' Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney '..the book is welcome in that it highlights the positive role of worldwide women-only groups in opposing war, racism and violence against women and children.' Jean Turner, Morning Star 'A vivid, comprehensive, and compelling account of the day-to-day efforts of women peacebuilders and leaves the reader enlightened and enriched.' Gender and DevelopmentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Different wars, women's responses 2. Against imperialist wars: three transnational networks 3. Disloyal to nation and state: antimilitarist women in Serbia 4. A refusal of othering: Palestinian and Israeli women 5. Achievements and contradictions: WILPF and the UN 6. Methodology of women's protest 7. Towards coherence: pacifism, nationalism, racism 8. Choosing to be 'women': what war says to feminism 9. Gender and war: what feminism says to war studies Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhat do 'Abu Sindi', 'Timothy Sean McCormack', 'Saro', and 'Commander Avo' all have in common? They were all aliases for Monte Melkonian. But who was Monte Melkonian? In his native California he was once a kid in cut-off jeans, playing baseball and eating snow cones. Europe denounced him as an international terrorist. His adopted homeland of Armenia decorated him as a national hero who led a force of 4000 men to victory in the Armenian enclave of Mountainous Karabagh in Azerbaijan. Why Armenia? Why adopt the cause of a remote corner of the Caucasus whose peoples had scattered throughout the world after the early twentieth century Ottoman genocides? Markar Melkonian spent seven years unravelling the mystery of his brother's road: a journey which began in his ancestors' town in Turkey and leading to a blood-splattered square in Tehran, the Kurdish mountains, the bomb-pocked streets of Beirut, and finally, to the windswept heights of Mountainous Karabagh. Monte's life embodied the agony and the follies bedevelling the end of the Cold War and the unravelling of the Soviet Union. Yet, who really was this man? A terrorist or a hero? "My Brother's Road" is not just the story of a long journey and a short life, it is an attempt to understand what happens when one man decides that terrible actions speak louder than words.

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Book SynopsisDespite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone helps redress this imbalance through an innovative combination of archival research, activist testimonies and first-hand involvement with political movements. Presenting a variety of case studies, from anti-slavery and anti-fascist organizing to climate change activism and the boycotts of Coca-Cola, Featherstone unearths international forms of solidarity that are all too often marginalized by nation-centred histories of the left and social movements. Timely and wide-ranging, this is a fascinating investigation of an increasingly vital subject.Trade ReviewBreaks new ground through Featherstone's critical, rigorous and highly engaging exploration of the forging of solidarity between disparate actors struggling to transform their lifeworlds. Through powerful and productive case studies, Featherstone illuminates solidarity as an ongoing - and potentially transformative - political relationship rather than merely a thing to be achieved. Well-written, knowledgeable, and provocative, this original work is a vital contribution to contemporary attempts not only to map and describe the fabric of social justice struggle but to explore what it means and why it matters. * Alex Khasnabish, assistant professor, Mount Saint Vincent University *Dave Featherstone evokes the restless energy of international solidarity actions as they repeatedly emerge in unexpected spaces, and are constantly reinvented in struggles against oppression. With impressive historical range, he shows us this has been going on for much longer than is often thought. * Jeremy Anderson, head of strategic research, International Transport Workers' Federation *This book does much more than recover precious negated histories of solidarities built in the course of struggles against oppression. Solidarity is a timely, significant contribution to the theorizing of subaltern cosmopolitanisms that, without negating different histories and positioning, find common ground in strivings for equality, redistribution, and justice. * Nina Glick Schiller, director of the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures and professor of social anthropology, University of Manchester *This book is alive with ideas, politics and possibilities. It traces solidarities to oppression and grievance, but also to curiosity, imagination and sociability, and in all this it finds and communicates inspiration and hope. * Richard Phillips, professor of human geography, University of Sheffield *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking solidarity politically Part I: Theorizing solidarity 1 Solidarity: theorizing a transformative political relation 2 Rethinking internationalism Part II: Colonial and anti-colonial internationalisms 3 'Labour with a white skin will never emancipate itself while labour with a black skin is in bondage': maritime labour and the uses of solidarity 4 'Your liberty and ours': black internationalism and anti-fascism Part III: Solidarity and Cold War geopolitics 5 'No trade with the junta': political exile and solidarity after the Chilean coup 6 'Beyond the barbed wire': European nuclear disarmament and non-aligned internationalism Part IV: Solidarity in the shadow of neoliberalism 7 'Our resistance is as transnational as capital': the counter-globalization movement and prefigurative solidarity 8 'If the climate were a bank it would be bailed out': solidarity and the making of climate justice Conclusion: Solidarity without guarantees Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone helps redress this imbalance through an innovative combination of archival research, activist testimonies and first-hand involvement with political movements. Presenting a variety of case studies, from anti-slavery and anti-fascist organizing to climate change activism and the boycotts of Coca-Cola, Featherstone unearths international forms of solidarity that are all too often marginalized by nation-centred histories of the left and social movements. Timely and wide-ranging, this is a fascinating investigation of an increasingly vital subject.Trade ReviewBreaks new ground through Featherstone's critical, rigorous and highly engaging exploration of the forging of solidarity between disparate actors struggling to transform their lifeworlds. Through powerful and productive case studies, Featherstone illuminates solidarity as an ongoing - and potentially transformative - political relationship rather than merely a thing to be achieved. Well-written, knowledgeable, and provocative, this original work is a vital contribution to contemporary attempts not only to map and describe the fabric of social justice struggle but to explore what it means and why it matters. * Alex Khasnabish, assistant professor, Mount Saint Vincent University *Dave Featherstone evokes the restless energy of international solidarity actions as they repeatedly emerge in unexpected spaces, and are constantly reinvented in struggles against oppression. With impressive historical range, he shows us this has been going on for much longer than is often thought. * Jeremy Anderson, head of strategic research, International Transport Workers' Federation *This book does much more than recover precious negated histories of solidarities built in the course of struggles against oppression. Solidarity is a timely, significant contribution to the theorizing of subaltern cosmopolitanisms that, without negating different histories and positioning, find common ground in strivings for equality, redistribution, and justice. * Nina Glick Schiller, director of the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures and professor of social anthropology, University of Manchester *This book is alive with ideas, politics and possibilities. It traces solidarities to oppression and grievance, but also to curiosity, imagination and sociability, and in all this it finds and communicates inspiration and hope. * Richard Phillips, professor of human geography, University of Sheffield *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking solidarity politically Part I: Theorizing solidarity 1 Solidarity: theorizing a transformative political relation 2 Rethinking internationalism Part II: Colonial and anti-colonial internationalisms 3 'Labour with a white skin will never emancipate itself while labour with a black skin is in bondage': maritime labour and the uses of solidarity 4 'Your liberty and ours': black internationalism and anti-fascism Part III: Solidarity and Cold War geopolitics 5 'No trade with the junta': political exile and solidarity after the Chilean coup 6 'Beyond the barbed wire': European nuclear disarmament and non-aligned internationalism Part IV: Solidarity in the shadow of neoliberalism 7 'Our resistance is as transnational as capital': the counter-globalization movement and prefigurative solidarity 8 'If the climate were a bank it would be bailed out': solidarity and the making of climate justice Conclusion: Solidarity without guarantees Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA new movement of 'anti-globalists', in Time Magazine's words (24 April 2000), now 'oppose corporate dominion over the planet's poor and disfranchised'. Naming the Enemy is the first systematic documentation of this international resistance to transnational corporations and globalization which has so recently burst into the public gaze with the street protests in Seattle, Washington, London and Prague. A wide and heterogeneous range of social movements now oppose the very fundamentals of market capitalism. Their challenge is beginning, Amory Starr shows, to amount to a sweeping critique of its purposes and practice. She explains how these movements understand their enemies and what sort of future they envision. There are, she suggests, three basic types: Movements trying to constrain corporate power through democratic institutions and direct action; Movements attempting a completely different kind of 'globalization from below' in which corporations will be reshaped in the service of new international democratic structures that will be populist, participatory and just; Movements seeking to delink their localities and communities from the global economy and rebuild instead small-scale socieites in which large corporations have no role at all. This new phenomenon has received scant media or scholarly attention. But it is likely to become much more important politically as the globalized economy dominated by giant corporations and institutions like the World Bank and IMF fails to deliver on jobs, social justice, Third World development and the environment. The course of this new kind of political struggle will have huge implications for human welfare and civil liberties. This unique and important book is relevant to activists as well as students and scholars of globalization, new social movements and political economy.Trade Review'A bold, encyclopaedic survey and analysis of international anti-corporate movements... Written succinctly and with flair.' Gordon Laxer, University of AlbertaTable of Contents Introduction 1. Structure and Anti-Structure in the Face of Globalization 2. Contestation and Reform 3. Globalization from Below 4. Delinking, Relocalization and Sovereignty 5. PopCulture versus AgriCulture & Other Reflections on the Anti-Corporate Movement A Partial List of Organizations Sources Index

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Book SynopsisThis text looks at the process by which the Arab community of Haifa was transformed during a crucial period in the history of modern Palestine by British mandatory rule, the advent of Zionism and internal dynamics. The author considers the social and economic structure of Haifa before 1918 and examines the process of change which took place. She looks at the attempts by the Arab community to cope with increasingly unfavourable economic and political conditions, showing how the impotence of the leadership and hardship caused popular grievances and culminated in the revolt of 1936-1939 which had its breeding ground in Haifa.

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Book SynopsisAdam Habib, vice-chancellor of Wits University and the most prominent and outspoken university official during the recent student protests, takes a characteristically frank view of the past three years on South Africa's university campuses in this new book. He focuses on the student protests at Wits, drawing on his own intimate involvement and negotiations with the students, and records university management and government responses to the events. He critically examines the student movement and individual student leaders who emerged under the banner #FeesMustFall, dicusses how to achieve truly progressive social change in South Africa, on our campuses and off, and reimagines the future of South African higher education. Rebels and Rage is both a historical account of a tempestuous time and a thoughtful reflection on the issues the protests kicked up from Habib's perspective not only as a high-ranking member of university management, but also as a political scientist and intellectual.

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Book SynopsisExplore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this “masterfully written” (Sophia A. Nelson, bestselling author of The Woman Code and Black Woman Redefined), meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women’s health crisis in America—and what we can do about it.When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women’s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn’t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped into the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain’s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section. Giving birth in the richest country on earth, Hossain never imagined she could die in labor. But she almost did. The experience put her on a journey to explore, understand, and share how women—especially women of color—are dismissed to death by systemic sexism in American healthcare. Following in the footsteps of feminist manifestos such as The Feminine Mystique and Rage Becomes Her, The Pain Gap is an “eye-opening” (Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts) and stirring call to arms that encourages women to flip their “hysteria complex” on its head and use it to revolutionize women’s healthcare. This book tells the story of Hossain’s experiences—from growing up in South Asia surrounded by staggering maternal mortality rates to lobbying for global health legislation on Capitol Hill to nearly becoming a statistic herself. Along the way, she realized that a little fury might be just what the doctor ordered. Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this “must-read” (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) book explores real women’s traumatic experiences with America’s healthcare system—and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.

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Book SynopsisRichard Hart’s constant quest for political autonomy, decolonisation and regional unity has earned him a space in the annals of history as one of Jamaica’s leading nationalist figures and as a vital contributor to the Caribbean integration movement. As a key proponent of social, political and economic transformations in the region, Hart fought arduously for trade unionism, political sovereignty and mass-based democratic political parties among other important issues which advanced the lives of Caribbean nationals. Hart’s upper middle class upbringing and his status as a lawyer was never a deterrent to his championing the cause of the ordinary man; for his subversive political beliefs and radical stance against colonial powers, he was imprisoned by the British colonial government in the 1940s, expelled by the Peoples’ National Party in 1952 and branded a radical by those who deemed his beliefs rogue and detrimental to their interests in the Caribbean. Caribbean Reasonings – Caribbean Political Activism: Essays in Honour of Richard Hart offers some of the best assessment of the work of one of Jamaica’s best politicians, activists and historians. Along with a critical reflection of his work, Caribbean Political Activism: Essays in Honour of Richard Hart also shows the struggles the Jamaican and Grenadian societies faced in the post-independence years of the 1970s and 1980s.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Richard Hart's Evaluation of Early Modern Jamaican Politics - Rupert Lewis 1. Preserving the Record: The Role of the Political Activist/Historian - John A. Aarons 2. The Logic of Richard Hart's Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Black Abolition and the Agency of Emancipated Nationhood - Clinton Hutton 3. Richard Hart and the 'Resurrection' of Marcus Garvey - Robert A. Hall 4. Insights from the 1938 (All Jamaica) Economic and Industrial Conference - Mark Figueroa 5. The Present in the Past: Caribbean Economic Development Since Independence: The 1960s to 2000s 6. Alexander Bustamante and the Constitutional Government in Jamaica, 1944 - 47 - Robert Buddan 7. Seaforth in the Eye of the Storm: The Role of the Rastafari in Major 1938 Events - Louis E. A. Moyston 8. The 1930s Labour Rebellions in Barbados and Jamaica: Considering Violence and Leadership in Decolonisation - Maziki Thame 9. The Early Political History of Wilfred A. Domingo, 1919 - 39 - Margaret Sevens 10. Black Marxist: Champion of the Negro Toilers - Rodney Worrell 11. Self-Liberation: The Cases of Occupied Haiti and the Anglophone Caribbean's Labour Rebellions - Myrtha Desulme 12. Imagining Freedom: Afro-Jamaican Yearnings and the Politics of the Worker's Party of Jamaica - Obika Gray 13. Grenada, Once Again: Revisiting the 1983 Crisis and the Collapse of the Grenada Revolution - Brian Meeks 14. Grenada, Education, and Revolution, 1979 - 83 - Anne Hickling-Hudson 15. Foreign Policy and Economic Development in Small States: A Case Study of Grenada - Patsy Lewis

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