Activism

Ida B. Wells was a journalist, activist, and suffragist who committed herself to the needs of those who did not have…

In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off the…

In Praise of Difficult Women is all about those sheroes that refused to shut up, to smile on command, make themselves…

In this timely guide, author Ruchika Tulshyan offers business leaders and managers the tools to create an office…

Quechua is an ancient language, used since the time that the Incan civilization stretched across South America. But it…

Founded in 1973 by activists in Berkeley, California, Inkworks Press was created because "Freedom of the Press belongs…

Racism is deeply ingrained in our society - and in our psyches. This thoughtful, compassionate book offers insight into…

The International Hotel was a low-income residential hotel that became the most dramatic housing-rights battleground in…

Are humans really selfish and greedy, or generous and kind? Does anyone have the right to tell you what "good" and "bad"…

Is biology destiny? Why is the personal political? Is pornography anti-feminist? The term "feminism" came into English…

"We will not kill for your profits. We will not sacrifice for your profits." These words were stenciled in mud by Iraq…

In the ever-growing social climate of activism and feminism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of…

Today Portland, Oregon is often thought of as a haven for progressive thinking and antiracist and antifascist activism,…

This book dives into the response of three antifascist groups in Portland, Oregon after white nationalists murdered an…

In London and in cities around the globe, twelve thousand festive, masked people stormed the city’s financial district…

In the early 1700s, Queen Nanny and the Windward Maroons used guerrilla warfare to defeat the British from the mountains…

Jana Sanskriti (Bengali for “People’s Culture”) mixes Indian folk theater with the political action of Augusto…

Jane was an underground abortion service with 100+ members who performed over 11,000 illegal abortions in Chicago in the…

Jane Jacobs, a writer, activist, and urbanist, and with her Greenwich Village neighbors stopped proposed expressways and…

June Jordan, radical Black poet, activist, and teacher, made an enormous impact on the world of poetry and literature…

In the late 1960s and early 70s, the Black Panther Party was a major political force. The party's Kansas City, Missouri…

Women took to the streets around the US and the world on January 21, 2017, demanding that their voices be heard - and…

Music has historically been an important part of the fights for civil rights. In Keep On Pushing, Denise Sullivan tells…

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State…

In Keywords (1976), Raymond Williams devised a "vocabulary" that reflected the vast social transformations of the…