Political activism / Political engagement Books

Book SynopsisHow should activists use new media tools to expose issues and mobilize grassroots support? When should activists form coalitions, and with whom? How are students - be they Dreamers seeking immigration reform or college activists battling ever-increasing tuition costs - winning major campaigns? This title deals with these questions.Trade Review"It's a remarkable, unsentimental record of modern Bay Area politics and causes, yet hardly belongs to a niche readership." -- Steven Mikulan Capital & MainTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Don't Respond, Strategize 2. Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing 3. Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects 4. Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game 5. The Media: Winning More Than Coverage 6. The Internet and Social Media: How Activists Should Harness the Information Superhighway 7. Direct Action: Acting Up, Sitting In, Taking to the Streets 8. Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change? 9. Student Activists Offer Roadmaps for Social Change Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Names, Transliteration, and Photographs Preface: The Kashmir Dispute and the Conflicts Within Conflict Ethnography Acknowledgments Introduction: The Social Production of Jihad Part One Between Hijarat and Jihad in Azad Kashmir 1 * Between War and Refuge in Jammu and Kashmir: Displacement, Borders, and the Boundaries of Political Belonging 2 Protective Migration and Armed Struggle: Political Violence and the Limits of Victimization in Islam Part Two The Historical Emergence of Kashmiri Refugees as Political Subjects 3 Forging Political Identities, 1947--1988: The South Asian Refugee Regime and Refugee Resettlement Villages 4 Transforming Political Identities, 1989--2001: Refugee Camps in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the International Refugee Regime Part Three Body of Victim, Body of Warrior 5 Human Rights and Jihad: Victimization and the Sovereignty of the Body 6 The Mujahid as Family-Man: Sex, Death, and the Warrior's (Im)pure Body Conclusion: From Muhajir to Mujahid to Jihadi in the Global Order of Things Postscript: And, "Humanitarian Jihad" Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to Chris Dixon. This book examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges.Trade Review"An excellent distillation of what Dixon calls 'another politics,' a shared political orientation that unites grassroots organizers working from similar principles in the United States and Canada across issue, movement, sector, strategy and identity... Like a good organizing mentor, Dixon (and his interviewees) gives us insight without 'right' answers, helping to deepen our understanding of commonalities and remind us of the deep roots of the 'another politics' leftist lineage." -- Andrew Willis Garces Waging Nonviolence "An invaluable snapshot of the North American left today... To understand the state of the left in North America, in all its aspirations and its limitations, Another Politics is an important book." -- Justin Podur teleSUR "With such widespread challenges and injustice facing our society, combined with the shifting energies and momentum of people power, the 'another politics' Chris Dixon documents in Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative Movements offers perhaps the most promising and exciting approaches to collectively addressing these problems while simultaneously moving us into the world in which we wish to live." -- Greg MacDougall Rabble "One of the most engaging books on activism that I've read in a long time ... Another Politics is inspiring and thought provoking without being naive. A must read for anyone into activism and grassroots politics." -- E V E L Y N We Were Raised By Wolves "Gripping and politically productive ... impressive and important ... A compelling work of social and political theory." -- Ted Rutland Race & Class "Chris Dixon exposes the teeth of anti-authoritarian organizing, and captures--with rigor--the emergent possibilities in this new spirit of radicalism ... This book serves as an invitation to activists and organizers to struggle better, more wholly, and more effectively for collective transformative change." Make/Shift "Remarkable... [Another Politics] accomplishes [a] complex task... by strategic inquisitiveness...[a] unique contribution." Labour/Le Travail "Another Politics is a major new work... a vital learning tool... [and] a must have." New Political Science "Dixon is an extremely generous scholar as he weaves his text around interviews with movement participants. The book offers readers a meticulous account of these organizing cultures in addition to the thought processes, decision-making mechanisms, and application of historical reflections and theoretical concepts in a contemporary social movement." -- Kevin Van Meter Cultural GeographiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Angela Y. Davis Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Politics 1. "Fighting against amnesia": Movement Histories of Another Politics 2. "Defining ourselves in opposition": The Four "Anti's" 3. "Organizing now the way you want to see the world later": Prefigurative Politics Part 2. Strategy 4. "Do you want to have a chance at winning something?": Developing Strategy 5. "In the world but not of it": An Emerging Strategic Framework Part 3. Organizing 6. "Bringing people together to build their power": Anti-authoritarian Organizing 7. "Leadership from below": Taking Initiative and Building Capacities 8. "Vehicles for movement-building": Creating Organizations Conclusion: "Imagining ourselves outside of what we know" Resources for Movement-Building Organizations and Projects Mentioned Biographies of Interviewees Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to the author. This book examines the trajectory of efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street and other recent movement upsurges.Trade Review"An excellent distillation of what Dixon calls 'another politics,' a shared political orientation that unites grassroots organizers working from similar principles in the United States and Canada across issue, movement, sector, strategy and identity... Like a good organizing mentor, Dixon (and his interviewees) gives us insight without 'right' answers, helping to deepen our understanding of commonalities and remind us of the deep roots of the 'another politics' leftist lineage." -- Andrew Willis Garces Waging Nonviolence "An invaluable snapshot of the North American left today... To understand the state of the left in North America, in all its aspirations and its limitations, Another Politics is an important book." -- Justin Podur teleSUR "With such widespread challenges and injustice facing our society, combined with the shifting energies and momentum of people power, the 'another politics' Chris Dixon documents in Another Politics: Talking Across Today's Transformative Movements offers perhaps the most promising and exciting approaches to collectively addressing these problems while simultaneously moving us into the world in which we wish to live." -- Greg MacDougall Rabble "Chris Dixon exposes the teeth of anti-authoritarian organizing, and captures--with rigor--the emergent possibilities in this new spirit of radicalism ... This book serves as an invitation to activists and organizers to struggle better, more wholly, and more effectively for collective transformative change." Make/Shift "Gripping and politically productive ... impressive and important ... A compelling work of social and political theory." -- Ted Rutland Race & Class "Remarkable... [Another Politics] accomplishes [a] complex task... by strategic inquisitiveness...[a] unique contribution." Labour/Le Travail "One of the most engaging books on activism that I've read in a long time ... Another Politics is inspiring and thought provoking without being naive. A must read for anyone into activism and grassroots politics." -- E V E L Y N We Were Raised By Wolves "Another Politics is a major new work... a vital learning tool... [and] a must have." New Political Science "Dixon is an extremely generous scholar as he weaves his text around interviews with movement participants. The book offers readers a meticulous account of these organizing cultures in addition to the thought processes, decision-making mechanisms, and application of historical reflections and theoretical concepts in a contemporary social movement." -- Kevin Van Meter Cultural GeographiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Angela Y. Davis Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Politics 1. "Fighting against amnesia": Movement Histories of Another Politics 2. "Defining ourselves in opposition": The Four "Anti's" 3. "Organizing now the way you want to see the world later": Prefigurative Politics Part 2. Strategy 4. "Do you want to have a chance at winning something?": Developing Strategy 5. "In the world but not of it": An Emerging Strategic Framework Part 3. Organizing 6. "Bringing people together to build their power": Anti-authoritarian Organizing 7. "Leadership from below": Taking Initiative and Building Capacities 8. "Vehicles for movement-building": Creating Organizations Conclusion: "Imagining ourselves outside of what we know" Resources for Movement-Building Organizations and Projects Mentioned Biographies of Interviewees Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the problems and possibilities that the subject of political violence presented to American painters working between 1830 and 1890, a turbulent period during which common citizens frequently abandoned orderly forms of democratic expression to riot, strike, and protest violently.Trade Review"Intriguing." -- S. Webster CHOICETable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. How Could a Mob Be Painted? Picturing Political Violence in the Jacksonian Era 2. Painting That "Might Prove Injurious": Cinque and the Representation of African American Political Violence 3. Riot, Rowdyism, and Reform: George Henry Hall and the Picturing of Midcentury Urban Upheaval 4. Trouble on the Home Front: Art, Democracy, and Disorder during the Civil War 5. Painting and Political Violence at Century's End Conclusion Notes List of Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to say that while cutting is ending, the Western discourse surrounding it is on the rise? And what kind of a feminist anthropology is needed in such a moment? This book examines these questions from the vantage point of Ghanaian feminist and reproductive health NGOs that have organized campaigns against cutting over the years.Trade Review"This rich ethnography has much to say about civil society and feminist problems in a 21st century postcolonial nation." * Somatosphere *"This book is a gem for it offers insights into issues of interest to a wide range of scholars such as development specialists, anthropologists, Africanist scholars and feminists." * African Review of Economics *"Hodžić’s ethnography compellingly reveals the ways in which FGM as a discursive concept remains active in the wake of the ending of genital cutting practices." * Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute *"Readers can expect a brilliant feminist critique of the 'problematisation' of female genital cutting." * Journal of Modern African Studies *"A timely contribution to pan-African scholarship." * Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: Coming to Questions Introduction: Governmentality against Itself 1 * Colonial Reason, Sensibility, and the Ethnographic Style 2 * Making Harmful Traditional Practices 3 * When Cutting Did and Did Not End 4 * Mistaken by Design: Biopolitics in Practice 5 * Blood Loss and Slow Harm in Times of Scarcity 6 * Th e Feminist Fetish: Legal Advocacy 7 * Against Sovereign Violence Epilogue Acknowledgments Acronyms Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA mold-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose. Not Yo' Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamotoartist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful west coast during World War II, Miyamotoleads readers into the landscapes that defined the experiences of twentieth-century America and alsoforegrounds the struggles of people of color who reclaimed their histories, identities, and power through activism and art. Miyamoto vividly describes her early life in the racialized atmosphere of Hollywood musicals and then her turn toward activism as an Asian American troubadour with the release of A Grain of Sandconsidered to be the first Asian American folk album. Her narrative intersects with the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs, influential in both Asian and Black liberation movements. She tells how her experience of motherhood with an Afro-Asian son, as well as a marriage that intertwined Black and Japanese families and communities, placed her at the nexus of the 1992 Rodney King riotsand how she used art to create interracial solidarity and conciliation. Through it all, Miyamoto has embraced her identity as an Asian American woman to create an antiracist body of work and a blueprint for empathy and praxis through community art. Her sometimes barbed, often provocative, and always steadfast story is now told.Trade Review"Frank and fierce, her story is bound to inspire." * Ms. Magazine *"Starts with a bang and takes off into a poetic whirlwind. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that, at this point, has been rarely written about, especially by someone who lived it." * Rafu Shimpo *"Playful, provocative, never boring. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that has been rarely written about. It is well worth reading." * Nichi Bei Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Intro First Movement 1 • A Travelin' Girl 2 • Don’t Fence Me In 3 • A Tisket, a Tasket, a Brown and Yellow Basket 4 • From a Broken Past into the Future 5 • Twice as Good 6 • Shall We Dance! 7 • School Daze 8 • Chop Suey 9 • There's a Place for Us 10 • We Shall Overcome Second Movement 11 • Power to the People 12 • A Single Stone, Many Ripples 13 • Something About Me Today 14 • The People's Beat 15 • A Song for Ourselves 16 • Somos Asiáticos 17 • Foster Children of the Pepsi Generation 18 • A Grain of Sand 19 • Free the Land 20 • What Will People Think? 21 • Some Things Live a Moment 22 • How to Mend What's Broken Third Movement 23 • Women Hold Up Half the Sky 24 • Our Own Chop Suey 25 • What Is the Color of Love? 26 • Talk Story 27 • Yuiyo, Just Dance 28 • Float Hands Like Clouds 29 • Deep Is the Chasm 30 • To All Relations 31 • Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Rahim 32 • The Seed of the Dandelion 33 • I Dream a Garden 34 • Mottainai—Waste Nothing 35 • Black Lives Matter 36 • Bambutsu—All Things Connected Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA mold-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose. Not Yo' Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamotoartist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful west coast during World War II, Miyamotoleads readers into the landscapes that defined the experiences of twentieth-century America and alsoforegrounds the struggles of people of color who reclaimed their histories, identities, and power through activism and art. Miyamoto vividly describes her early life in the racialized atmosphere of Hollywood musicals and then her turn toward activism as an Asian American troubadour with the release of A Grain of Sandconsidered to be the first Asian American folk album. Her narrative intersects with the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs, influential in both Asian and Black liberation movements. She tells how her experience of mothTrade Review"Frank and fierce, her story is bound to inspire." * Ms. Magazine *"Starts with a bang and takes off into a poetic whirlwind. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that, at this point, has been rarely written about, especially by someone who lived it." * Rafu Shimpo *"Playful, provocative, never boring. . . . The memoir captures an important part of American history that has been rarely written about. It is well worth reading." * Nichi Bei Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Intro First Movement 1 • A Travelin' Girl 2 • Don’t Fence Me In 3 • A Tisket, a Tasket, a Brown and Yellow Basket 4 • From a Broken Past into the Future 5 • Twice as Good 6 • Shall We Dance! 7 • School Daze 8 • Chop Suey 9 • There's a Place for Us 10 • We Shall Overcome Second Movement 11 • Power to the People 12 • A Single Stone, Many Ripples 13 • Something About Me Today 14 • The People's Beat 15 • A Song for Ourselves 16 • Somos Asiáticos 17 • Foster Children of the Pepsi Generation 18 • A Grain of Sand 19 • Free the Land 20 • What Will People Think? 21 • Some Things Live a Moment 22 • How to Mend What's Broken Third Movement 23 • Women Hold Up Half the Sky 24 • Our Own Chop Suey 25 • What Is the Color of Love? 26 • Talk Story 27 • Yuiyo, Just Dance 28 • Float Hands Like Clouds 29 • Deep Is the Chasm 30 • To All Relations 31 • Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Rahim 32 • The Seed of the Dandelion 33 • I Dream a Garden 34 • Mottainai—Waste Nothing 35 • Black Lives Matter 36 • Bambutsu—All Things Connected Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMusic, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete sTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association "Although some of Roy's theoretical discussions in the early chapters should interest folk music scholars, his book will be more important to students of social movements."--Robert V. Wells, Journal of American History "The importance of this excellent book is that it revisits these two movements and reveals once again the power of culture."--Ron Eyerman, American Journal of Sociology "With these carefully documented and well-argued case studies, Roy makes a considerable contribution to cultural sociology in general and social movement studies in particular, and those with a background in the latter field will gain the most from the work as a whole."--Dana Sawchuk, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter One: Social Movements, Music, and Race 1 Chapter Two: Music and Boundaries: Race and Folk 28 Chapter Three: The Original Folk Project 49 Chapter Four: White and Black Reds: Building an Infrastructure 79 Chapter Five: Movement Entrepreneurs and Activists 100 Chapter Six: Organizing Music: The Fruits of Entrepreneurship 126 Chapter Seven: The Highlander School 155 Chapter Eight: Music at the Heart of the Quintessential Social Movement 181 Chapter Nine: A Movement Splintered 213 Chapter Ten: How Social Movements Do Culture 234 Appendix: Coding of Songbooks and Song Anthologies 251 Notes 253 References 263 Index 277

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Book SynopsisMothers of Conservatism tells the story of 1950s Southern Californian housewives who shaped the grassroots right in the two decades following World War II. Michelle Nickerson describes how red-hunting homemakers mobilized activist networks, institutions, and political consciousness in local education battles, and she introduces a generation of womeTrade Review"Nickerson has enriched conservative historiography by examining the integral role women played in conservatism's development and implementation and has forced feminist historiography to confront the complications that conservative female activists bring to the literature."--Mary C. Brennan, Journal of American History "Michelle M. Nickerson's carefully crafted study of grassroots conservative activists in Los Angeles County in the 1950s and early 1960s offers an important contribution to the scholarship on twentieth-century conservatism and women's political activism in the pre-Feminine Mystique (1963) 'doldrums.'"--Sylvie Murray, American Historical Review "Mothers of Conservatism provides a useful guide to American grassroots conservatism from before World War I to the present."--Christine Graf, InterLibTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii Abbreviations xxv Chapter I: Patriotic Daughters and Isolationist Mothers Conservative Women in the Early Twentieth Century 1 Chapter II: All Politics Was Local Grassroots Conservatism in Postwar Los Angeles 32 Chapter III: Education or Indoctrination? Conservative Female Activism in the Los Angeles Public Schools 69 Chapter IV: "Siberia, U.S.A." Psychological Experts and the State 103 Chapter V: The "Conservative Sex" Women and the Building of a Movement 136 Conclusion 169 Appendix: Conservative Bookstores Operating in Southern California in the 1960s 175 Notes 179 Index 217

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Book SynopsisThroughout American history, some social movements, such as organized labor and the Christian Right, have forged influential alliances with political parties, while others, such as the antiwar movement, have not. When Movements Anchor Parties provides a bold new interpretation of American electoral history by examining five prominent movements andTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Charles Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association "Many groups make up party coalitions, but few have the influence and endurance to anchor parties. This exceptionally well-written book explains the complex political networking and alliance building activities that can help movements secure permanence within political parties."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Chapter 1 Introduction: The Making of Anchoring Groups 1 Chapter 2 Political Parties and Social Movements 14 Part I Forging Alliance Chapter 3 Labor and the Democrats in the New Deal 49 Chapter 4 "We Are Different from Previous Generations of Conservatives": The New Right and the Mobilization of Evangelicals 77 Chapter 5 The Limits of Influence: Populism and the Antiwar Movement 108 Part II Maintaining Alliance Chapter 6 The Price of Alliance: Labor and the Democrats Meet Postwar Realities 131 Chapter 7 Alliance through Adversity: Labor and the Democrats since the Merger 159 Chapter 8 From the Moral Majority to Karl Rove 198 Chapter 9 The Failure of Abolition-Republicanism 223 Chap ter 10 Conclusion: The Future of Alliance 242 Index 257

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Book SynopsisHow do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of these worldviews on the foreign policy beliefs of American JewsTrade Review"[A]n important book that shows how American Jews struggle with and express their identities on a global scale."--Publishers Weekly "Compelling... An astute study that should provoke productive conversations."--Kirkus "[This book] usefully brings together important episodes in American Jewish history."--Jonathan Neumann, Standpoint "Distressing... [The Star and the Stripes] deserves attention because the issues it raises should not be ignored."--Libby K. White, Jewish Book Council "An astute study that should provoke productive conversations."--Stephen Darori, Israel Book Review "[The Star and Stripes] supplies much-needed coherence to the topic."--Choice "Barnett's useful, original book puts contemporary American Jewish attitudes toward foreign policy in historical context."--Walter Russell Mead, Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter One Heine's Law and Jewish Foreign Policies 19 Chapter Two The Making of a Prophetic People (pre-1914) 51 Chapter Three Prophets Mugged by Reality (1914-1945) 87 Chapter Four The Cosmopolitan and the National (1945-1967) 121 Chapter Five The New Tribalism (1967-1990) 155 Chapter Six Back to the Future? (1990-present) 195 Chapter Seven The Foreign Policies of an Uncertain People 243 Notes 275 Bibliography 303 Index 335

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Book SynopsisWhile environmental advocacy groups have become bigger in recent years, so have the corporate interests that compete with them for the attention of public and politicians. This study looks at environmental advocacy that focuses on contemporary lobbying, electioneering and agenda setting.

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Book SynopsisPresents an alternative perspective on constitutional history. Telling, in a sense, the other side of the story of the Constitution, this book offers key insights into the ideas that helped to form the nation’s founding document and that continue to inform American politics and public life.Table of Contents Preface 1. The Anti-Federalists and the Development of Dissent 2. Three Strands of Anti-Federalism 3. First Impressions and Initial Objections 4. Opposition in Pennsylvania 5. Federalist Momentum 6. The Heart of the National Debate 7. Compromise in Massachusetts 8. Setbacks in the Northeast 9. Summer Convention Elections 10. Missed Opportunities in Maryland 11. Futility in South Carolina 12. the Virginia Convention 13. anti-Federalists of New York 14. The Constitution Ratified 15. Reconciliation and Resistance 16. Elections and Amendments 17. The Last Resistance and the Completion of the Union 18. An Anti-Federalist Constitution 19. The Prospects of an Anti-Federalist Constitution Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA sober and critical reflection of the wave of social movement struggles which have taken place in post-Apartheid South Africa.Trade Review'This must-read collection unromantically, sympathetically, and critically analyses the contested terrain of popular resistance in post-apartheid South Africa' -- Aziz Choudry, Assistant Professor, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, co-editor of Organize! Building From the Local for Global Justice and Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production'In this well-edited volume an impressive range of authors carefully analyse, sector by sector, the reality of failed liberation that has marked post-apartheid South Africa' -- John Saul, Professor Emeritus of Politics, York University (Toronto)Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Transforming Scholarship: Soberly Reflecting on the Politics of Resistance - Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell 2. The Crisis of the Left in Contemporary South Africa - Dale T. McKinley 3. Voice, Political Mobilisation and Repression under Jacob Zuma - Jane Duncan 4. Barricades, Ballots and Experimentation: Making Sense of the 2011 Local Government Elections with a Social Movement Lens - Peter Alexander 5. Insurgent Citizenship, Class Formation and the Dual Nature of a Community Protest: A Case Study of ‘Kungcatsha’ - Malose Langa and Karl von Holdt 6. Unfolding Contradictions in the ‘Zuma Movement’: The Alliance in the Public Sector Strikes of 2007 and 2010 - Claire Ceruti 7. Labour Strikes and Community Protests: Is There a Basis for Unity in Post-Apartheid South Africa? - Trevor Ngwane 8. Agents of Change? Reflecting on the Impact of Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Fiona Anciano 9. Resisting Privatisation: Exploring Contradictory Consciousness and Activism in the Anti-Privatisation Forum - Carin Runciman 10. The Challenge of Ecological Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Re-emergence of an Environmental Justice Movement - Jacklyn Cock 11. ‘Tacticians in the Struggle for Change’? Exploring the Dynamics between Legal Organisations and Social Movements Engaged in Rights-Based Struggles in South Africa - Kate Tissington 12. How the Law Shapes and Structures Post-Apartheid Social Movements: Case Study of the Khulumani Support Group - Tshepo Madlingozi 13. Managing Crisis and Desire in South Africa - Shannon Walsh 14. Transforming Contestation: Some Closing Words - Luke Sinwell and Marcelle C. Dawson Bibliography About the Authors and Editors Index

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Book SynopsisA rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.Trade Review'Readers will be vastly rewarded by this outstanding book and its understanding of the class struggles of social movements' -- Adam David Morton, University of Sydney, Australia'The authors refresh historical materialism and social movement theory in this imaginative, lucid book' -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag'A stunning read, one that every activist - and anyone concerned with the world around us - should read. Beautifully written in many places - with elegant, lucid argument, and with some great turns of phrase that open whole new windows of understanding' -- Jai Sen'A hugely important book, a must-read for those interested in movement-relevant theorising with the goal of engaging in praxis leading towards a future beyond capitalism' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface: About This Book 1. ‘The This-Worldliness of Their Thought’: Social Movements and Theory 2. ‘History Does Nothing’: The Primacy of Praxis in Movement Theorising 3. ‘The Authors and the Actors of Their Own Drama’: A Marxist Theory of Social Movements 4. ‘The Bourgeoisie, Historically, Has Played a Most Revolutionary Part’: Social Movements from Above and Below in Historical Capitalism 5. ‘The Point Is to Change It’: Movements from Below against Neoliberalism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis global volume explores migration, precarious employment, transformation of paid work and the political actions of immigrant and migrant workers.Trade Review'A distinctive and original collection' -- Mark Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, York University'Timely and provocative ... a smart and original contribution ... [a] unique combination of theory and illustrative case studies' -- Samia Botmeh, Assistant Professor in Economics, Birzeit University, Palestine'The combination of academic scholarship and activist authorship in the book provides unique insights, and gives those who are often nameless and voiceless an identity and voice' -- Linda Cooper, Associate Professor, Adult Education, School of Education,University of Cape Town'This collaboration with some of the most creative like-minded thinkers from across the globe is extremely important. As labour migrancy and xenophobia are both amplified during the current stage of capitalist crisis, leaving so many more people vulnerable to super-exploitation, this book is badly needed.' -- Patrick Bond, professor of political economy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg'A fascinating read and a welcome antidote to migration scholarship that continues to disproportionately obsess over the West' -- LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Just Work? Migrant Workers, Capitalist Globalisation and Resistance - Aziz Choudry and Mondli Hlatshwayo Part I: Africa and the Middle East 2. Xenophobia, Resilience and Resistance of Immigrant Workers in South Africa: Collective and Individual Responses - Mondli Hlatshwayo 3. States of Exclusion: Migrant Work in the Gulf Arab States - Adam Hanieh 4. Undocumented Migrant Workers in Nigeria: Labouring in the Shadows of Regional Integration - Baba Ayelabola Part II: Europe 5. Migrant Rights Activism and the Tree Workers Case in the Czech Republic - Marek an k 6. Towards a History of the Latin American Workers Association 2002–12 - Jake Lagnado 7. Lessons from Migrant Workers’ Organisation and Mobilisation in Switzerland - Vasco Pedrina Part III: Asia and the Pacific 8. Migrant Unionism in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Experiences of Foreign Domestic Workers in Union Organising - Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants 9. The Possibilities and Limitations of Organising Immigrant Workers in Japan: The Case of the Local Union of the All-Japan Metal and Information Machinery Workers’ Union - Hiroshi Ueki 10. Disaster Capitalism and Migrant Worker Organising in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Edward Miller and Dennis Maga Part IV: North America 11. Migrante, Abante: Building Filipino Migrant Worker Leadership through Participatory Action Research - Valerie Francisco 12. Temporary Employment Agency Workers in Montreal: Immigrant and Migrant Workers’ Struggles in Canada - Aziz Choudry and Mostafa Henaway Contributor Biographies Index

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Book SynopsisA book on the nature of the new, precarious industrial worker in the Global South - highlighting experimentation, solidarity and struggle.Trade Review'The first book to theorise and examine the present and future shape of global class struggles. Analytically brilliant and empirically sound ... a superb portrait of the trajectory of the independent workers' struggle' -- Sushovan Dhar, New Trade Union Initiative, India.'Offers insights on global labour struggles in an era when familiar unions seem exhausted, or at least too weak to make a concerted effort - with concrete examples of workers forming independent unions in the Global South' -- Paul Buhle, historian and author'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the present form of militant unionism in the Global South' -- Gregory Wilpert, director of TeleSUR English'Seminal and distinctive' -- Arup Kumar Sen, Associate Professor, Serampore College, West Bengal, India.'Richly reports a qualitatively different practice evolving in India, China, and South Africa. It is horizontal rather than vertical. At this living moment all over our globe, workers are reaching out hands, first to their workmates, then to other workers everywhere' -- Staughton Lynd, historian, author, activist'Provides the most crucial case studies of alternative worker organising in the major centres of industrial production in China, India, and South Africa - where workers recognise their power and act to end exploitation' -- May Wong, Globalization Monitor, Hong Kong'Tells us how democratic forms of worker organisation can overcome the limitations of conventional labour unions and challenge global capitalist exploitation' -- Lee Chun Wing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University'Illuminates the most important questions of our time: can the democratic and transformative currents which inspired the movements of the past re-emerge today?' -- Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Graduate Center'Provides dramatic case studies of worker resistance to corporate exploitation and state violence, through the formation of militant organisations in factories and within their communities' -- Bill Fletcher, Jr., Author of Solidarity Divided and syndicated columnist'This book will throw challenges to the conventional economics of collective bargaining' -- Debdas Banerjee, Author: Labour, Globalization and the State, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Central University of BiharTable of ContentsList of Maps, Figures and Tables Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The New International Working Class Part I: Capitalism and Imperialism 2. The Industrial Proletariat of the Global South 3. Migration and the Reserve Army of Labor Part II: Case Studies 4. India: Neoliberal Industrialization, Class Formation and Mobilization 5. China: State Capitalism, Foreign Investment and Worker Insurgency 6. South Africa: Post-Apartheid Labor Militancy in the Mining Sector Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAnalysis of the surveillance state from the perspective of those who have been subjected to its repression.Trade Review'Activists and the Surveillance State is a wide-ranging exploration of collective organising in response to state and corporate surveillance. The book's rich discussion of what movements have learned, and failed to learn, about how surveillance works makes it a crucial reference for scholars and activists alike' -- Arun Kundnani, author of 'The Muslims are Coming''This important collection draws critical attention to the harms of state surveillance and police power, and how this power has been challenged and resisted by ordinary citizens. It is a must read for activists, community organisers and scholars alike' -- Waqas Tufail, Leeds Beckett University'Activists in social movements and others challenging the prevailing socio-economic and political structures will find in this book invaluable lessons and an effective antidote to the harassment, infiltration and 'dirty tricks' of agencies that uphold the interests of the corporate and political elite' -- Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg'By asking us to consider different histories of knowledge production and resistance, this book provides a nuanced and timely intervention in our ongoing reflections on confrontations with state security, and how they can be used for advancing radical political alternatives' -- Dr Lina Dencik, Cardiff University'An important intervention that moves us beyond assessments of the scale and scope of surveillance and securitisation to reflect on lessons learned from multiple global resistance movements. The contributions in this book prompt us to consider possibilities for more hopeful futures' -- Nisha Kapoor, author of 'Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Part I 1. Lessons Learnt, Lessons Lost: Pedagogies of Repression, Thoughtcrime, and the Sharp Edge of State Power - Aziz Choudry 2. The Surveillance State: A Composition in Four Movements - Radha D’Souza 3. Activist Learning and State Dataveillance: Lessons from the UK, Mauritius and South Africa - Jane Duncan Part II 4. Coming of Age Under Surveillance: South Asian, Arab and Afghan American Youth and Post-9/11 Activism - Sunaina Maira 5. ASIO and the Australia–Timor-Leste Solidarity Movement, 1974–79 - Bob Boughton 6. The Plantation-to-Plant-to-Prison Pipeline: David Austin Interviewed by Aziz Choudry 7. Forgetting National Security in ‘Canada’: Towards Pedagogies of Resistance - Gary Kinsman 8. Prevent as Far-Right Trojan Horse: The Creeping Radicalisation of the UK National Security Complex - Nafeez Ahmed 9. Political Policing in the UK: A Personal Perspective - Emily Apple 10. Spies Wide Shut: Responses and Resistance to the National Security State in Aotearoa New Zealand - Valerie Morse Part III 11. Undercover Research: Academics, Activists and Others Investigate Political Policing - Eveline Lubbers Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA vivid collection of texts from the movements and uprisings of the 'long 1968'.Trade Review'This extraordinary collection brings together the great manifestos, political programmes, and other original writings that inspired - and were inspired by - the movements and uprisings of 1968... indispensable for anyone interested in the global upheavals of that annus mirabilis' -- Jeff Goodwin, NYU, editor of The Social Movements Reader and author of No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991'Read Voices of 1968 to understand how, why and where deeply rooted activist currents coalesced into a global uprising that changed the world. Here are the transnational threads of hope and possibility desperately needed in an era of neoliberalism' -- Robyn C. Spencer, CUNY, author of The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party'The many revolts and uprisings of 1968 have frequently been told through narratives which have depoliticised them. This valuable collection of original documents and writings reasserts the diverse forms of radicalism and struggles for radical change in this pivotal year. It's a significant resource for hope and struggle' -- David Featherstone, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, and author of Solidarity: Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism'Here are voices from the marvellous year of 1968, as they spoke then. Some speak to projects we still struggle to realise half a century later. If a few are slightly mad, most are empowering, we know them as our own. We are their inheritor' -- Colin Barker, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Manchester Metropolitan University, editor of Revolutionary Rehearsals and author of Festival of the Oppressed'This is a direly needed document collection of great value. To the best of my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive such publication on global 1968 in any Western language' -- Gerd-Rainer Horn, author of The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-76'These revolutionary texts, many translated into English for the first time, contribute to challenge the whitewashing of this extraordinary year of anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, antiracist, feminist and LGBT struggles' -- Françoise Vergès, Chair Global South(s), Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris'An invaluable collection of original material from this most epic of years ranging right across Europe and the USA for its sources' -- Philosophy FootballTable of ContentsAcknowledgements What Was 1968? by Salar Mohandesi, Bjarke Skærlund Risager, and Laurence Cox 1. United States Paul Potter: The Incredible War (1965) General Gordon Baker, Jr.: Letter to Draft Board 100, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan (1965) The Diggers: Trip Without a Ticket (1967) Tom Hayden: Two, Three, Many Columbias (1968) Redstockings Manifesto (1969) The Black Panther Party and Young Patriots Organization: Right On! (1969) Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform (1970) 2. Canada Front de Libération du Québec: Message of the FLQ to the Nation (1963) Charles Gagnon and Pierre Vallières: Letter to Stokely Carmichael (1968) Keith Byrne, Rosie Douglas, and Elder Thébaud: Black Writers Congress: The Organizers Talk … (1968) Native Alliance for Red Power: Eight-Point Program (1969) Workers’ Unity: Salt of the Earth … Two for the Price of One (1971) Corporation des Enseignants du Québec: Phase One (1971) Vancouver Women’s Caucus: Lesbians Belong in the Women’s Movement (1972) 3. Mexico National Strike Council: List of Demands (1968) National Strike Council: For a Worker/Peasant/Student Alliance (1968) Gilberto Guevara Niebla, Ana Ignacia Rodríguez, and María Alice Martínez Medrano: Eyewitness Accounts (1971) Jaime Sabines: Tlatelolco, 68 (1972) Party of the Poor: First Principles (1972) First Indigenous Congress: Resolutions (1974) La Revuelta: Editorial (1976) 4. Japan Akiyama Katsuyuki: To the Fighting Students and Workers of All Japan and the Whole World (1967) Iwadare Hiroshi: Without Warning, Riot Police Beat Citizens As Well: Dispatch from Our Reporter Inside the Maelstrom (1968)Council on Armed Revolution, Red Army Faction, Communist League: Declaration of War (1969) AMPO Interviews Makoto Oda (1969) Tanaka Mitsu: Liberation from the Toilet (1970) Ui Jun: Pollution and Residents Struggle (1974) 5. West Germany Students’ Trade Union Working Group, SDS Munich, Liberal Students Association Munich, Social Democratic Higher Education Association Munich: Murder (1967) Rudi Dutschke and Hans-Jürgen Krahl: Self-Denial Requires a Guerrilla Mindset (1967) Kommune I: Consumer, Why are you Burning? (1967) H. Heinemann: Observations on the Tactics and Deployment of West Berlin’s Fascistoid Press (1967) Women’s Liberation Action Council/Helke Sander: Speech to the twenty-third SDS Delegate Conference (1968) Wimmin’s Council of the Frankfurt Group: Statement of Accounts (1968) Red Army Faction: Build the Red Army (1970) Walter Mossmann: Watch on the Rhine (1974) 6. Denmark Ole Grünbaum: Emigrate (1968) Erland Kolding Nielsen: Democracy or Student Rule? (1968) Lisbeth Dehn Holgersen, Åse Lading, Ninon Schloss and Marie-Louise Svane: Something is Happening, But You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones? (1970) Jacob Ludvigsen: The Military’s “Forbidden City” on Christianshavn was Quietly Taken by Ordinary Civilians (1971) Aqqaluk Lynge: Will We be Squeezed to Death in Your Bosom, Mother Denmark: The Fourth World and the “Rabid” Greenlanders (1975) 7. France La Jeunesse Communiste Révolutionnaire: February 21: A Tribute to Vietnamese Heroism (1968) Action: Why We Are Fighting (1968) Fredy Perlman: Liberated Censier: A Revolutionary Base (1968) Slogans (1968) Alsthom Workers on Self-Management (1968) Le Groupe d’Information sur les Prisons: Manifesto (1971) Manifesto of the 343 Women (1971) Moktar: “Everytime We Advance the Liberation of the Arab People, We Also Advance the French Revolution” (1971) 8. Italy Occupiers of the Sapienza University: The Sapienza Theses (1967) Movement for a Negative University/Renato Curcio: Manifesto for a Negative University (1967) The Struggle Continues (1968) Potere Operaio: The Lessons of the Revolt in France (1968) Lucio Magri: One Year Later: Prague Stands Alone (1969) Workers’ Committee of Porto Marghera: As We Work, We Workers Produce Capital: How We Reproduce Capital’s Rule Over Ourselves (1970) Red Brigade: Communiqué no. 3 (1970) Padua Women’s Struggle Movement/Mariarosa Dalla Costa: First Document (1971) 9. Britain Why Vietnam Solidarity? Policy Statement by the International Council of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign (1966) Dave Slaney: The Occupation of LSE (1968) J.W.: Network: or How We Beat the Gallery System (1969) International Times: “People Round about Living in Fear” (1970) Black Women’s Action Committee: The Oppressed of the Oppressed (1971) Gay Liberation Front: Manifesto (1971) 10. Northern Ireland Campaign for Social Justice: Londonderry: One Man, No Vote (1965) Derry Housing Action Committee: ’68 DHAC ’69 (1969) Russell Kerr, John Ryan and Anne Kerr: Three Eyewitnesses Report on Londonderry (1968) Bowes Egan and Vincent McCormack: Burntollet (1969) “A Republican in the Civil Rights Movement” (pseudonym): Britain and the Barricade (1969) People’s Democracy/Eilish McDermott: Speech to the National Association for Irish Justice (1969) 11. Yugoslavia Ivica Percl: Honored Professor (1968) Resolution of the Student Demonstration (1968) Letter from Students to Workers (1968) Political Action Program (1968) Proclamation of the Revolutionary Students of the Socialist University “Seven Secretaries of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia” (1968) D. Plamenic: Discussion held by the General Assembly of the Philosophy and Sociology Faculty (1968) 12. Czechoslovakia Action Program of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1968) Milan Hauner: Rudi Dutschke in Recovery (1968) Ludvík Vaculík: Two Thousand Words that Belong to Workers, Farmers, Officials, Scientists, Artists, and Everybody (1968) Extraordinary Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia: Proclamation Adopted at the Opening of the Congress (1968) Information from the Local Councils of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, the Municipality, and the National Front to the Citizens of the Town (1968) Aktual/Milan Knížák: Russians, Go Home! (1968) Workers’ Councils: The Guarantee of Democratic Administration and Managerial Activity (1969) A Letter from Jan Palach addressed to the Union of Czechoslovak Writers (1969)

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and transforming the universities' colonial foundations.Trade Review'A very well-researched and highly readable book that I feel compelled to highly recommend' -- Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching'A fine collection of knowledgeable yet readable essays which address a host of vital issues for our times: Eurocentrism, whiteness, power, free speech, inclusion and exclusion, and public higher education... A must-read for anyone interested in enhancing a historical understanding of our present through a consideration of what it means to decolonise' -- Priyamvada Gopal, Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures, University of Cambridge'As Robbie Shilliam notes astutely in this timely volume, criticism of decolonising the university often overshadows the project itself. These collected reflections provide a much-needed analysis of the global movement to unsettle the Eurocentric white academy' -- Alana Lentin, Western Sydney UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Decolonising the University? - Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem Nişancıoğlu PART I - CONTEXTS: HISTORICAL AND DISCIPLINARY 2. Rhodes Must Fall: Oxford and Movements for Change - Dalia Gebrial 3. Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons from the Public University - John Holmwood 4. Black/Academia - Robbie Shilliam 5. Decolonising Philosophy - Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Rafael Vizcaíno, Jasmine Wallace and Jeong Eun Annabel We PART II - INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES 6. Asylum University: Re-situating Knowledge-exchange along Cross-border Positionalities - Kolar Aparna and Olivier Kramsch 7. Diversity or Decolonisation? Researching Diversity at the University of Amsterdam - Rosalba Icaza and Rolando Vázquez 8. The Challenge for Black Studies in the Neoliberal University - Kehinde Andrews 9. Open Initiatives for Decolonising the Curriculum - Pat Lockley PART III - DECOLONIAL REFLECTIONS 10. Meschachakanis, a Coyote Narrative: Decolonising Higher Education - Shauneen Pete 11. Decolonising Education: A Pedagogic Intervention - Carol Azumah Dennis 12. Internationalisation and Interdisciplinarity: Sharing acrossBoundaries? - Angela Last 13. Understanding Eurocentrism as a Structural Problem of Undone Science - William Jamal Richardson Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe classic walking guide for the intrepid radical in London.Trade Review'David has brought the streets and buildings of London alive to the real history of the city and the struggles of ordinary people. Anyone reading this will walk the streets of our city with a different view of the world, and what people can do when they act together' -- Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party'Informative and well-judged ... There is so much that is inspirational in this book' -- Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Paperback of the Week'A book of detail and passion' -- Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education'You haven't walked the streets of London unless you've understood the secret history of revolt, rebellion and poverty hidden all around you in its bricks and alleyways. Rosenberg takes you there as no other writer has done' -- Paul Mason'By offering us a guide to our radical past, Rosenberg reminds us of the strong tradition of dissent that has shaped our history and made us who we are' -- Billy Bragg'Stirs my heart's old sympathies with the idealism of the radical Left. I still urge you to let Rosenberg take you on his London journey' -- Dave Hill, GuardianThis brilliant book brings London's long tradition of radicalism and rebellion to life. Using walks to show how dissent led to democracy, it is a fitting testimonial to the collective struggles of Londoners of every colour and creed. I for one will be dusting down my walking shoes and taking to the streets to find out more -- Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUCTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Ash Sarkar Introduction: Rebellious City 1. Writers and Rioters in the Fleet Street Precinct 2. Trailblazers for Democracy in Clerkenwell Green 3. The Spark of Rebellion in Bow 4. Coming in from the Cold: Immigrant Agitators and Radicals in Spitalfields 5. No Gods, No Masters: Radical Bloomsbury 6. Life on the Boundary: Fighting for Housing in Bethnal Green and Shoreditch 7. Stirrings from the South: The Battersea Four 8. Speaking Truth to Power: Suffragettes and Westminster 9. Not Afraid of the Prison Walls: Rebel Women and Men of Poplar 10. People's Power in Bermondsey 11. No Pasaran! Cable Street and Long Lane Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat do we do when housing, mental health, disability, prisons and immigration policy become synonymous with state violence?Trade Review'At a time when organising resistance and protest is crucially necessary, the collected authors marshal a virtuous trinity of activism, critically engaged scholarship and theory. Activists may not need academics, and nor should they be in the vanguard, but this text highlights welcome intellectual and practical solidarity' -- Mick McKeown, Professor of Democratic Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire'In this excellent book, the editors bring together an impressive range of chapters covering resistance to punitivism in social welfare and criminal justice. The book's radical agendas are crystal clear and critical at a time of brutal state action. It deserves a wide readership' -- Chris Grover, co-editor of 'Disabled People, Work and Welfare: Is Employment Really the Answer?'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction - Rich Moth, Emily Luise Hart and Joe Greener PART I: CHALLENGING STATE–CORPORATE POWER: THEORIES AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE 1. Resisting the Punitive State–Corporate Nexus: Activist Strategy and the Integrative Transitional Approach - Joe Greener, Emily Luise Hart and Rich Moth 2. Prefigurative Politics as Resistance to State–Corporate Harm: Fighting Gentrification in Post-Occupy New York City - Laura Naegler 3. Struggles Inside and Outside the University - Steve Tombs and David Whyte PART II: RESISTING THE PUNITIVE WELFARE STATE: HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY AND IMMIGRATION 4. Class, Politics and Locality in the London Housing Movement - Lisa Mckenzie 5. Mad Studies: Campaigning Against the Psychiatric System and Welfare ‘Reform’ and for Something Better - Peter Beresford 6. Challenging Neoliberal Housing in the Shadow of Grenfell - Glyn Robbins 7. The Disabled People’s Movement in the Age of Austerity: Rights, Resistance and Reclamation - Bob Williams-Findlay 8. The ‘Hostile Environment’ for Immigrants: The Windrush Scandal and Resistance - Ken Olende PART III: SUBVERSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND RESISTANCE: RECONCEPTUALISING CRIMINALISATION, PENALITY AND VIOLENCE 9. Resisting the Surveillance State: Deviant Knowledge and Undercover Policing - Raphael Schlembach 10. Ordinary Rebels, Everyone: Abolitionist Activist Scholars and the Mega Prisons - David Scott 11. Re-Imagining an End to Gendered Violence: Prefiguring the Worlds We Want - Julia Downes 12. Challenging Prevent: Building Resistance to Institutional Islamophobia and the Attack on Civil Liberties - Robert Ferguson Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisActivists, academics and artists deliver a myriad of views on the fire for which there has been no justiceTrade Review'No other account names those to blame so clearly, or so convincingly uncovers the slow violence, the racist attitudes, and the legacy of empire that led to this disaster' -- Danny Dorling, author of 'Inequality and the 1%'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface – Phil Scraton Introduction – Dan Bulley, Jenny Edkins and Nadine El-Enany Grenfell Tower, June, 2017 – Ben Okri 1. Everyday Life and Death in the Global City – Dan Bulley 2. Organising on Mute – Daniel Renwick Photo Essay – Sam Boal 3. Before Grenfell: British Immigration Law and the Production of Colonial Spaces – Nadine El-Enany 4. Struggles for Social Housing Justice – Radical Housing Network, Becka Hudson and Pilgrim Tucker Ghosts of Grenfell – Lowkey 5. A Border in Every Street: Grenfell and the Hostile Environment – Sarah Keenan Photo Essay – Parveen Ali 6. Grenfell on Screen – Anna Viola Sborgi 7. Law, Justice and the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire – Patricia Tuitt The Interloper – Jenny Edkins 8. From Grenfell to Windrush – Gracie Mae Bradley 9. Housing Policy in the Shadow of Grenfell – Nigel de Noronha Photo Essay – Yolanthe Fawehinmi 10. ComeUnity and Community in the Face of Impunity – Monique Charles Equity – Tony Walsh Afterword: The Fire and the Academy – Robbie Shilliam Notes on the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the terrifying ways the police are used to control 'surplus' populations worldwide.Trade Review'Every socialist should read this book' -- Neil Faulkner, historian and archaeologist'A field guide to repression in the 21st century, with its state control and new forms of surveillance and technological manipulation.' -- Christopher McMichael, New Frame'Robinson gives powerful theoretical coherence to everyone's fear that the fascism is being reborn, but adds the important twist that repression itself has grown into an essential engine of accumulation' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' and co-author of 'Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties''For the last twenty years, William Robinson has been one of the most important analysts of global capitalism and the dynamics of globalization. In this new work, Robinson turns his attention to the emergence of a 21st century "global police state" that has developed as a corollary to growing inequality, climate collapse, and intensifying migration movements of the dispossessed. As Robinson warns, with great deprivation comes great repression, policing and potentially war. Robinson writes pointedly and with urgency for a broad audience with an interest in mobilizing for a just world' -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of 'From #BlackLives Matter to Black Liberation''Karl Marx aspired to a world in which our animal needs would be satisfied and our human needs could be addressed. It is a realistic possibility now, as William Robinson outlines – or the alternative that is taking shape before our eyes: a 'global police state' controlled by narrowly concentrated capital with 'surplus humanity' left to survive somehow on its own. The choice is in our hands. There could hardly be a more compelling one' -- Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and author of 'Who Rules the World?'‘A crucial reflection on power, capitalism and war globally … The Global Police State provides an accessible and compact overview of repression and corporate expansion into policing and surveillance.’ -- ‘ROAR’Table of ContentsA Brief Acknowledgment of Collective Authorship List of Acronyms Introduction: “George Orwell Got It Wrong” 1. Global Capitalism and its Crisis 2. Savage Inequalities: The Imperative of Social Control 3. Militarized Accumulation and Accumulation by Repression 4. The Battle for the Future Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn urgent demand for a People's Green New Deal, foregrounding global agricultural transformation and climate justice for the Global SouthTrade Review'Hands-down the best book yet on the Green New Deal. Courageous, bold, refreshing - Ajl pushes the horizons of progressive thought and envisions an ecosocialist transition that is rooted in principles of global justice' -- Jason Hickel, author of 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World''An amazing text, truly inspirational. There are few books in which nearly every sentence is urgent and quotable, but this is one. Lucid and profound, it assembles the elements that are necessary for an actual political program of survival and renewal' -- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of 'An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States' (Beacon Press, 2014)'You cannot purchase your way out of climate change the same way you cannot pick a 'Green New Deal' brand that suits your personal preferences. Anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism are not by-gone projects, they're very much alive in the Global South. Left climate movements in the North would be better served by following their example as well as reading this critical work' -- Nick Estes, author of 'Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance' (Verso, 2019)‘Ajl guides us with an authority steeped in scholarship but also with panache. If you really want to learn what'll be necessary for our species to survive climate apocalypse, read this book. You'll then know the ways by which humanity's very fate can be won’ -- Rob Wallace, author of 'Dead Epidemiologists: On the Origins of COVID-19' (Monthly Review Press, 2020)'Anyone wanting to understand the limitations of the Green New Deal, and how it is being employed as a tool to rationalize Green Capitalism, and sanitize its advance within the capitalist system must read this critical work' -- Kali Akuno, Executive Director of Cooperation Jackson"In this urgent book, Max Ajl poses the question “What would visions for sustainability in Global North look like if they were anti-imperial, reparative, socialist and agroecological?” The answer, he argues, looks radically different from – and more liberating than - the Green New Deals on the table today" -- Raj Patel, co-author of 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet' (Verso, 2020)'An exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices' -- Judith Deutsch, ‘Counterpunch’‘A bracing and thought-provoking call for those of us in the Global North to reconsider how we fight for social and climate justice’ -- ‘ROAR’‘A refreshing and rich scholarly alternative to how an ideal green new deal should be imagined … an exquisite sketch of ideal avenues towards eco-socialism’ -- ‘Developing Economics’‘Provides a comprehensive survey of the nuanced issues a red-green alliance must confront and resolve’ -- ‘System Change not Climate Change’'An exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices'. -- ‘Socialist Project’‘A magnificent work that should be at the top of reading lists for anyone remotely concerned about the climate crisis' -- ‘Canadian Dimension’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Capitalist Green Transitions 1. Green Transition - or Fortress Eco-Nationalism? 2. Change Without Change: Eco-Modernism 3. Energy Use, Degrowth, and the Green New Deal 4. Green Social Democracy or Eco-Socialism? Part II: A People's Green New Deal 5. The World We Wish to See 6. A Planet of Fields 7. Green Anti-Imperialism and the National Question Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challengeTrade Review'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' (Verso, 2007)'John Feffer brings [...] a rich store of experiences and a wise perspective' -- Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold’s Ghost' (Picador, 2019)'An important book [...] the Trump world is part of a transnational story that won't go away. Feffer knows this international ground well and covers it skillfully' -- Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies'Clearly lays out the challenges societies are facing from an increasingly mobilized transnational far right movement. Unique, because he also provides solutions' -- Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism'An urgent warning to progressives that while they may consider themselves to be the true internationalists, the nationalist right has stolen a march on them and now threatens to overrun their values of global justice and solidarity' -- Walden Bello, International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton‘Exposes the origins of the new right, and in discussing the left response, emphasizes the importance of transnational progressive organizing’ -- ‘Truthout’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins of the new right 2. Transnational organizing of the new right 3. The new right’s pandemic pivot 4. Responding to the new right 5. Transnational progressive organizing 6. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challengeTrade Review'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' (Verso, 2007)'John Feffer brings [...] a rich store of experiences and a wise perspective' -- Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold’s Ghost' (Picador, 2019)'An important book [...] the Trump world is part of a transnational story that won't go away. Feffer knows this international ground well and covers it skillfully' -- Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies'Clearly lays out the challenges societies are facing from an increasingly mobilized transnational far right movement. Unique, because he also provides solutions' -- Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism'An urgent warning to progressives that while they may consider themselves to be the true internationalists, the nationalist right has stolen a march on them and now threatens to overrun their values of global justice and solidarity' -- Walden Bello, International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton‘Exposes the origins of the new right, and in discussing the left response, emphasizes the importance of transnational progressive organizing’ -- ‘Truthout’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins of the new right 2. Transnational organizing of the new right 3. The new right’s pandemic pivot 4. Responding to the new right 5. Transnational progressive organizing 6. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA transformative approach to public health and social care in the wake of Covid-19Trade Review‘A brilliant exposé of how the political left in Britain is unaware of, and can start to begin to address, the effects of ever-increasing opting-out from public health and care services by those who can’ -- Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford'The boldest blueprint for public health since Bevan' -- Sonia Adesara, NHS Doctor and Campaigner'The ideas in this book are as significant and radical as the birth of the NHS, it shows a new, fairer vision for improving the health of the nation and a comprehensive plan for how to do it' -- Shirley Cramer, former CEO of the Royal Society for Public Health'A vital book that shows just how broken the health status quo truly is. Thomas' work will arm campaigners to demand a better, more just public health system - and to defend human life against corporate exploitation' -- Dr Aseem Malhotra, author of 'A Statin-Free Life' and Founder of Public Health Collaboration'A well-argued plan to bring together health, social and economic justice' -- Andy McDonald MP'A fantastically well written book that shows just how much public health has been neglected in the UK and the actions we need now' -- Dr Jyotsna Vohra, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the Royal Society for Public HealthTable of ContentsAbbreviations List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The NHS Frontier 2. The Social Justice Frontier 3. The Economic Frontier 4. The Social Care Frontier 5. The Sustainability Frontier 6. The Public Health New Deal Epilogue: Labour’s Medicine Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA revolutionary classic written by a living legend of Black LiberationTrade Review'A powerful – even startling – monograph that challenges many of the shibboleths of 'white' anarchism, the received wisdom of Black Marxist thought, and the pieties of liberalism, white, Black or otherwise. It is also stunningly prescient. Its analysis and critiques of police violence and the threat of fascism are as important now as they were at the end of the 1970s. Perhaps more so' -- Peter James Hudson, Black Agenda ReportTable of ContentsForeword by William C. Anderson Catalyst by Joy James Introduction 1. Anarchism Defined: A Tutorial on Anarchist Theory and Practice 2. Capitalism and Racism: An Analysis of White Supremacy and the Oppression of Peoples of Color 3. Anarchism and the Black Revolution 4. Pan-Africanism or Intercommunalism? Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin Index

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Book SynopsisReveals the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and rightTrade Review'A masterful volume, intellectually provocative ... it challenges the basic assumptions of the Islamophobia scholarship field ... A must read for any person concerned with the current period and the rising tide of bigotry and racism' -- Hatem Bazian, founder of the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, University of California at Berkeley'A remarkably courageous and painstakingly evidence-based book… This unique and much needed framework for understanding Islamophobia is a must read for social scientists, policy makers and human rights activists alike!' -- Salma Yaqoob, Political Activist and Head of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition'The best study I have ever seen of this scourge that now plagues the world' -- Joel Kovel, author of Overcoming Zionism (2007) and The Lost Traveller's Dream (2017)'This important, thoughtful and disturbing book could not be more timely. The authors compel us to examine our institutions, face unwelcome facts, and revise some of our culturally entrenched positions and assumptions' -- Karen Armstrong, author of A History of GodTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction: What is Islamophobia? 1. Islamophobia, Social Movements and the State: For a Movement-centred Approach - Narzanin Massoumi, David Miller and Tom Mills Part II: Islamophobia, Counter-terrorism and the State 2. Islamophobia as Ideology of U.S. Empire - Arun Kundnani 3. Islamophobia and Empire: An Intermestic Approach to the Study of Anti-Muslim Racism - Deepa Kumar 4. The U.K. Counter-terrorism Matrix: Structural Racism and the Case of Mahdi Hashi - Asim Qureshi 5. The ‘War on Terror’ and the Attack on Muslim Civil Society - Shenaz Bunglawala Part III: Social Movements From Above 6. Mainstreaming Anti-Muslim Prejudice: The Rise of the Islamophobia Industry in American Electoral Politics - Nathan C. Lean 7. Terror Incognito: Black Flags, Plastic Swords and Other Weapons of Mass Disruption in Australia - Scott Poynting and Linda Briskman 8. Islamophobia, Counter-extremism and the Counterjihad Movement - Hilary Aked 9. The Transatlantic Network: Funding Islamophobia and Israeli Settlements - Sarah Marusek 10. The Neoconservative Movement: Think Tanks as Elite Elements of Social Movements from Above - Tom Griffin, David Miller and Tom Mills 11. Liberal and Left Movements and the Rise of Islamophobia - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller Part IV: Fighting Back 12. Fighting Back: Challenging the State and Social Movements from Above - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsisn Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller. Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova.Trade Review"At once a narration of philosophy, politics and personal memoir. The experience of the oppressed political prisoner divests the courts of their own web of rationality, exposing the system which upholds the semblance of justice." Irish Left Review "No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri. He remains one of Europe's few truly public intellectuals." Katharine Ainger, The New Statesman (The New Statesman list of 12 great thinkers of our time) "A guru of the post-modern left." Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important thinkers of our time." Fredric JamesonTable of ContentsIntroduction by the author Chapter 1. The Trial (24 February to 24 May 1983) 1-37 Chapter 2: Self Defence in Court (25 May to 8 July 1983) 38-57 Chapter 3: In Parliament (9 July to 18 September 1983) 58-98 Chapter 4: Freedom (19 September to 30 November 1983) 99-135

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Book Synopsisn Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller. Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova.Trade Review"At once a narration of philosophy, politics and personal memoir. The experience of the oppressed political prisoner divests the courts of their own web of rationality, exposing the system which upholds the semblance of justice." Irish Left Review "No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri. He remains one of Europe's few truly public intellectuals." Katharine Ainger, The New Statesman (The New Statesman list of 12 great thinkers of our time) "A guru of the post-modern left." Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important thinkers of our time." Fredric JamesonTable of ContentsIntroduction by the author Chapter 1. The Trial (24 February to 24 May 1983) 1-37 Chapter 2: Self Defence in Court (25 May to 8 July 1983) 38-57 Chapter 3: In Parliament (9 July to 18 September 1983) 58-98 Chapter 4: Freedom (19 September to 30 November 1983) 99-135

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Book SynopsisSince the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the state have evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways. This title shows how the modern national state developed in tandem with social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand the state fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.Trade Review"A thoughtful, concise and engaging account that will serve as an admirable introduction to the field." Choice "States & Social Movements is not only timely, but also timeless, as it presents a blueprint of political protest that is equally relevant for the 18th century Western states, as for the globalised world of today." London School of Economics and Political Science blog "Globalization has not reduced the importance of the state for social movements as actors of a politics by other means. In this clearly written and well-researched volume, Hank Johnston builds upon the best scholarship on social movements, adding an innovative perspective in particular on the dynamics of protest in non-democratic regimes and democratizing polities." Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute "Movements shape states, and states shape movements. Hank Johnston adds depth and nuance to this insight by examining a wide range of state forms and political protest - including revolutionary movements and transnational activism. Along the way, he provides a lucid overview of different theoretical perspectives on movements. The result is an excellent short introduction to social movement studies." Jeff Goodwin, New York University "This book is an outstanding synthesis of a diverse and difficult body of work. It is unique among surveys of social movements in balancing coverage of protests in both democratic and authoritarian societies, in its even-handed treatment of the relations between globalization and protest, and in giving substantial and well thought out space to revolutions." Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: The State, Protest, and Social MovementsChapter 2: Protest in Contemporary DemocraciesChapter 3: The Social Movement SocietyChapter 4: Repressive States and ProtestChapter 5: Revolutions and StatesChapter 6: Globalization, Protest, and the StateReferences

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Book SynopsisSince the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the state have evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways. This title shows how the modern national state developed in tandem with social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand the state fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.Trade Review"A thoughtful, concise and engaging account that will serve as an admirable introduction to the field." Choice "States & Social Movements is not only timely, but also timeless, as it presents a blueprint of political protest that is equally relevant for the 18th century Western states, as for the globalised world of today." London School of Economics and Political Science blog "Globalization has not reduced the importance of the state for social movements as actors of a politics by other means. In this clearly written and well-researched volume, Hank Johnston builds upon the best scholarship on social movements, adding an innovative perspective in particular on the dynamics of protest in non-democratic regimes and democratizing polities." Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute "Movements shape states, and states shape movements. Hank Johnston adds depth and nuance to this insight by examining a wide range of state forms and political protest - including revolutionary movements and transnational activism. Along the way, he provides a lucid overview of different theoretical perspectives on movements. The result is an excellent short introduction to social movement studies." Jeff Goodwin, New York University "This book is an outstanding synthesis of a diverse and difficult body of work. It is unique among surveys of social movements in balancing coverage of protests in both democratic and authoritarian societies, in its even-handed treatment of the relations between globalization and protest, and in giving substantial and well thought out space to revolutions." Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: The State, Protest, and Social MovementsChapter 2: Protest in Contemporary DemocraciesChapter 3: The Social Movement SocietyChapter 4: Repressive States and ProtestChapter 5: Revolutions and StatesChapter 6: Globalization, Protest, and the StateReferences

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a dignity-affirming life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga''s intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga''s concerns with the liberation narratives and mythic realities of African people are rooted in the best interests of a collective humanity. The book shows Karenga to be an intellectual giant willing to practice his theories in order to manifest his intense emotional attachment to culture, truth and justice. Asante''s enlightening presentation and riveting critique of Karenga''s works reveal a compelling account of a thinker whose contributioTrade Review"Asante provides an informative background reading on a scholar for whom the Kwanzaa celebration represents the tip of the iceberg in his activist and academic achievements."Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies"To have the seminal thinker Molefi Asante writing on the legendary Maulana Karenga is a grand treat! This work is an historic encounter of great significance and contemporary relevance."Cornel West, Princeton University "Asante has given us the first in-depth study of the thought of Maulana Karenga. A major cultural influence in the sixties, Karenga's Kawaida Philosophy serves as a primary source of Afrocentric thinking today."Charles Henry, University of California, Berkeley "In this remarkable study, Professor Asante not only provides an intellectual biography of Karenga, undertaken with rare devotion and deep understanding, but also renders homage to an outstanding scholar whose work, spanning some four decades, has been fundamental in the development of African American cultural awareness in our time."F. Abiola Irele, Harvard University Table of ContentsForeword by Ama Mazama, Temple University vi Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 Karenga and the Drawing of Cultural Grounds 1 2 The Cultural Narrative 30 3 Controlling Intellectual Territory 57 4 Creating Historical Possibilities 94 5 Implementing the Lessons 164 Notes 183 Bibliography of Key Writings 187 References 191 Index 201

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a dignity-affirming life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga''s intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga''s concerns with the liberation narratives and mythic realities of African people are rooted in the best interests of a collective humanity. The book shows Karenga to be an intellectual giant willing to practice his theories in order to manifest his intense emotional attachment to culture, truth and justice. Asante''s enlightening presentation and riveting critique of Karenga''s works reveal a compelling account of a thinker whose contributioTrade Review"Asante provides an informative background reading on a scholar for whom the Kwanzaa celebration represents the tip of the iceberg in his activist and academic achievements."Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies"To have the seminal thinker Molefi Asante writing on the legendary Maulana Karenga is a grand treat! This work is an historic encounter of great significance and contemporary relevance."Cornel West, Princeton University "Asante has given us the first in-depth study of the thought of Maulana Karenga. A major cultural influence in the sixties, Karenga's Kawaida Philosophy serves as a primary source of Afrocentric thinking today."Charles Henry, University of California, Berkeley "In this remarkable study, Professor Asante not only provides an intellectual biography of Karenga, undertaken with rare devotion and deep understanding, but also renders homage to an outstanding scholar whose work, spanning some four decades, has been fundamental in the development of African American cultural awareness in our time."F. Abiola Irele, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by Ama Mazama, Temple University vi Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 Karenga and the Drawing of Cultural Grounds 1 2 The Cultural Narrative 30 3 Controlling Intellectual Territory 57 4 Creating Historical Possibilities 94 5 Implementing the Lessons 164 Notes 183 Bibliography of Key Writings 187 References 191 Index 201

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Book SynopsisMany of us may have participated in grassroots groups, changing the world in small and big ways, from building playgrounds and feeding the homeless, to protesting wars and ending legal segregation.Trade Review"A useful book for students on all sorts of courses ... the book is written in a scholarly, informing and engaging style ... The key thing about this book is that it reminds us that volunteering is political."—Journal of Social Policy "Amid the sea of muddled thinking about civil society and social policy, Nina Eliasoph's work shines like a beacon of clarity and rigor. This honest and nuanced account of the politics of volunteering marks a landmark contribution to the field."—Michael Edwards, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos "With unerring aim, Nina Eliasoph punctures some of the most cherished myths about volunteerism. Yet, with sensitivity and compassion, she shows volunteers struggling to do good while coping with contradictions not of their own making. The result is a remarkable book that brings the concept of civil society to life in all its moral messiness."—Francesca Polletta, University of California, Irvine "The Politics of Volunteering is a pleasure to read. Nina Eliasoph helps us to understand how civic associations based on volunteering are different from but overlap with civic associations devoted to political activism, and how each may be led to cross the boundary between them. In clarifying the landscape of our public life she helps us to see how a deeper look at the total picture can help us to be more effective in our public engagement. This is a valuable book for students but also for the many thousands of volunteers and activists in our midst."—Robert Bellah, University of California, Berkeley "The Politics of Volunteering represents the kind of sociological literature that is written with both academics and a larger audience in mind. Eliasoph manages to examine challenging and complex questions with admirable clarity." (Sosiologia 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Are Civic Associations?Chapter 1: Why Do Theorists Say Associations Are Crucial for Democracy?Chapter 2: Volunteering and Political Activism Chapter 3: Civic Association, the Market and Government: How Do Different Societies Balance Them Differently?Chapter 4: Neoliberalism and Grassroots OrganizationsChapter 5: What Happens to Civic Participation in Conditions of Vast Social Inequality?Chapter 6: Opening Up Civic ParticipationConclusion: Is Democracy in Our Future?Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been substantial progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights in the United States. We are now, though, in a time of incredible political uncertainty for queer people. LGBTQ Social Movements provides an accessible introduction to mainstream LGBTQ movements in the U.S.Trade Review"Adeptly synthesizing decades of research and writing, charting both major events and central dynamics, Lisa Stulberg offers a foundation for understanding LGBTQ movements that is at once accessible and complex, informative and lively." Joshua Gamson, University of San Francisco "This is the book we have been waiting for - a comprehensive, concise, and engaging overview of the LGBT movement that is accessible not only to students and general readers, but scholars. Stulberg has managed to condense a vast amount of literature to provide the clearest, best organized, and most up-to-date review of the LGBT movement available." Verta Taylor, University of California Santa Barbara “Lisa Stulberg provides a concise, accessible, and engaging introduction to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) activism… [T]he material that Stulberg presents will appeal to many audiences, including undergraduate and graduate students, emerging scholars, and established scholars.”Amin Ghaziani, Contemporary Sociology "Stulberg provides an accessible, well-researched overview of LGBTQ activism, suitable for a wide-ranging audience."SexualitiesTable of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Before and After Stonewall Chapter 3. Activism in the Early Days of AIDS Chapter 4. Marriage Politics Chapter 5. LGBTQ Youth and Social Change Chapter 6. The “B” and the “T” Chapter 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSocial movements play a vital and increasingly visible role in modern politics. Headline-grabbing demonstrations against authoritarian governments, police brutality, economic inequality, and other grievances suggest that, around the world, social movements are seen as powerful catalysts of change.Trade Review"From its opening discussion of protests in North Charleston, Sana'a (Yemen), Cape Town, and Madrid on April 10, 2015 to its analysis of the Women's March on January 22, 2017, Protest Politics Today is a compelling synthesis of theory and practice that will be taught in a wide range of social science courses. I look forward to using it in my own course, Contesting Injustice."—Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University "How do deeply invested participants come together in public displays of commitment and passion - in social movements? This is the subject of Devashree Gupta's riveting new book. The book ranges from how modern movements developed to the approaches scholars have used to study them, to how movements organize and strive to influence social and political change. Immensely readable and deeply informative, Protest Politics Today provides a succinct yet rich introduction to the field of social movements and contentious politics."—Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University and author of Power in MovementTable of Contents1. The Politics of Protest 2. The Activist 3. The Organization 4. The Target 5. The Message 6. The Tactic 7. The Response 8. The Aftermath 9. The Future Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater shares of real-world power. Corporate battles and guerrilla wars are fought on Twitter. Facebook is the new Berlin, home to tinkers, tailors, spies ? and terrorist recruiters. We recognize the power shift instinctively but, in our attempts to understand it, we keep using conceptual and theoretical models that are not changing fast, that are barely changing at all, that are laid over from the past. Journalism remains one of the main sites of communication power, an expanded space where citizens, protesters, PR professionals, tech developers and hackers can directly shape the news. Adrienne Russell reports on media power from one of the most vibrant corners of the journalism field, the corner where journalists and activists from countries around the world cross digital streams and end up updating media practices and strategies. Russell demonstrates the way the relationship between digitaTrade Review"Journalism has always overlapped with activism, and certainly does so today. In Journalism as Activism, Adrienne Russell focuses on this overlap and shows how small groups of progressives around causes like Occupy Wall Street are trying to connect activism, technology, and journalism to develop new forms of media aimed not at covering the world, but at changing it." Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, University of Oxford �Journalists have traditionally been cast as storytellers, but emerging technologies embed them into stories in ways that radicalize the affective nature of their involvement with events in the making. In Journalism as Activism, Adrienne Russell reconsiders the place of journalists in developing stories, and challenges the traditional dogma of objectivity, thus helping us reimagine the meaning of journalism in contemporary and future societies. Compellingly presented, elegantly written, and deeply original, this is a credo for enlightenment through journalism.� Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of Contents Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Networks Chapter 3: Tools Chapter 4: Practice Chapter 5: Power Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe first systematic account of party activists at the provincial level in Canada.Trade ReviewGrassroots Politicians is highly readable. And it is a book that provides terrific background for anyone who salivates at the prospect of following the intricate power plays so integral to the pageantry of a British Columbia election.This timely book convincingly demonstrates that party activists have shaped the contours of BC's distinctively oddball politics. And Grassroots Politicians provides a unique perspective from which to view the political battle lines that have so decisively shaped the province and that will help determine the outcome of the electoral warfare on the near horizon. -- David Mitchell * The Vancouver Sun *A first-class scholarly study, by three accomplished political scientists, of party activists and activism in British Columbia. The first effort of its kind, this work is based on surveys, personal interviews with the politicians themselves, direct observation, and soundly rooted background analysis. -- P. Regenstreif * Choice *Table of ContentsTables and Figures Preface 1. The Polarization of BC Politics 2. Party Activists in British Columbia 3. Continuity and Change: Party Activists, 1973-87 4. Social Credit: Pragmatic Coalition or Ideological Right? 5. The New Democrats: What Kind of Left? 6. The Liberals: Centre or Fringe? 7. Leadership Selection in the BC Parties 8. The Social Credit Grassroots Recapture Their Party 9. Resisting Polarization: The Survival of the Liberals 10. Towards the Centre?: The Dynamics of Two-Party Competition Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis comparative study examines feminist engagement with a broad range of political institutions in Australia and Canada.Trade ReviewAn important contribution to feminist political science and will be of interest to the discipline generally ... I especially admire its clear, jargon-free style of writing, a pleasure to read. -- Jill Vickers * Canadian Journal of Political Science *She offers analysis of the formation of late twentieth century feminist politics, or electoral politics, bureaucracies, courts, federal institutions, and NGOs. Her claim that this is the first work to offer this level of analysis is a strong one: she considers a range of institutions and time frames for both countries. It is a rich and full picture. -- Catherine Dauvergne * Canadian Literature, Issue 186, Autumn 2005 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Acronyms 1 Gender and Political Institutions in Australia and Canada 2 Feminists in Australia and Canada: Identities, Ideas, Strategies,and Structures 3 The Feminist Electoral Project: Working against the Grain 4 The Femocrat Strategy: Challenging Bureaucratic Norms andStructures 5 Feminists and the Constitutional and Legal Realms: Creating NewSpaces 6 Feminists and Federalism: Playing the Multilevel Game 7 Feminists and Institutions: A Two-Way Street References Index

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Book SynopsisIn its careful account of eco/feminist activism in Clayoquot Sound in the early 1990s, The Changing Nature of Eco/Feminism confounds prevailing stories about eco/feminism, feminism, and Clayoquot itself.Table of ContentsPreface: “She Goes On and On and On”1 Rethinking Eco/Feminism through Clayoquot Sound2 Eco/Feminist Genealogies: Essentialism, Universalism, and Telling (Trans)national Histories3 Eco/Feminism and the Question of Nature4 Clayoquot Histories: Our Home and Native Land?5 “It was like a war zone”: The Clayoquot Peace Camp and the Gendered Politics of (Non)Violence6 Mothers, Grandmothers, and Other Queers in Eco/Feminist Activism7 Romanticizing the (Gendered) Nature of Childhood?8 Unnatural Histories: Mother Nature, Family Trees, and Other Human-Nature Relationships9 Eco/Feminism and the Changing Nature of FeminismAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

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