Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border

Jun 30, 2019 by Janet Maker

Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border paints a damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted.

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Jun 1, 2019 by Janet Maker

MANUFACTURING CONSENT: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Feb 28, 2019 by Janet Maker

In “Manufacturing Consent,” authors Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky argue that Americans have been systematically misled about the substance and morality of US foreign policies.

Light Upon Light: In Search of a Beautiful God

Jan 31, 2019 by Janet Maker

In Light Upon Light: In Search of a Beautiful God, Mickey Weems shares with all of us a deep and personal account of his spiritual journey. He explores Islamic theology, self-reflects on his own experiences, and searches for a greater purpose.

American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism

Nov 30, 2018 by Janet Maker

As white supremacy, ultra-nationalism, rabid misogyny and anti-immigrant fervor coalesce, a new and uniquely American form of fascism...

The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem

Oct 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

The inside story of China’s organ transplant business and its macabre connection with internment camps and killing fields for arrested dissidents, especially the adherents of Falun Gong.

Giants: The Global Power Elite

Aug 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

Former Project Censored director and media monitoring sociologist Peter Phillip unveils the top 300 most powerful players in world capitalism, who are at the controls of our economic future. 

American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family

Jul 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

In this powerful book that combines the best aspects of memoir and political history, the son of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and...

A Nation Unmade by War

Jun 1, 2018 by Janet Maker

As veteran author Tom Engelhardt argues, despite having a more massive, technologically advanced, and better-funded military than any...

American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear

Apr 30, 2018 by Janet Maker

Using his unique lens as a critical race theorist and law professor, Khaled A. Beydoun captures the many ways in which law, policy,...

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Feb 28, 2018 by Janet Maker

In a smart and gripping investigation, historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the...

The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

Jan 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

In The Captured Economy , Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles identify a common factor behind breakdowns in democratic governance that...

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Nov 30, 2017 by Janet Maker

Stamped from the Beginning is the winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction.  The book is unflinching in showing how...

Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

Oct 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

In Sleepwalking to Armageddon, pioneering antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott assembles the world’s leading nuclear scientists and...

The Strip & Flip Selection of 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft

Aug 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

According to authors Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, the outcome of the 2016 election can be explained by (1) the stripping of...

Witnesses of the Unseen: Seven Years in Guantanamo

Jul 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

This searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir’s time inside America’s...

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign

Apr 30, 2017 by Janet Maker

Through deep access to insiders from the top to the bottom of the campaign, political writers Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes have...

Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer

Mar 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

There has been an enormous upward redistribution of income in the United States in the last four decades. In his most recent book,...

Four Futures: Life After Capitalism

Jan 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all...

We’re All Doing Time: A Guide to Getting Free

Jan 1, 2017 by Janet Maker

Often called “The Convict’s Bible,” this book is also relevant and important to any spiritual seeker. Interfaith...

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders

Nov 5, 2016 by Janet Maker

Bernie Sanders had run one of the most consequential campaigns in the modern history of the country. He had received more than 13...

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon By Rosa Brooks

Sep 11, 2016 by Janet Maker

Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America’s wars are everywhere...

John Perkins – The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary Economic hit men (EHMs) “are highly paid professionals who cheat countries out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include...

Yanis Varoufakis – And the Weak Suffer What They Must?

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary The crisis in Europe is not over, it’s getting worse! In this dramatic narrative of Europe’s economic rise and spectacular...

Angela Y. Davis – Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary An analysis of  today’s struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine.   Activist, teacher, author and...

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary The New York Times-bestselling book for kids—and their parents, teachers, and cool grown-up friends—documenting America’s...

When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World Longtime social activist Greg...

The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary Here for the first time in print is revealed the quintessential Aaron Swartz: besides being a technical genius and a...

Naomi Klein – This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary A deeply insightful and unflinching look at the global threats posed by climate change, environmental devastation, and...

Thomas Piketty – The Economics of Inequality

Jun 2, 2016 by Janet Maker

Summary Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty’s The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for...