Activism

Transform your place in society from plastic polluter to plastic patroller, with Lonely Planet's Plastic Problem: 60…

A history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care…

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

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

As the author of not only the seminal work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, but also the finest book ever…

The story of student protests and organizing from the 1960s through the 2000s is told here in visual format, using…

Marjane Satrapi continues the humorous, heartrending story of her life growing up in Tehran, Iran, in the middle of the…

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

Comics journalism about the The Dene, who, by their account, have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time…

Edward Abbey, famed author of The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, died in 1989. But in this edition editor…

A protest movement spread across Japan in 1918 in response to inflated costs of rice. On top of existing inflation, the…

Longtime activist Denise Collazo offers three keys to help Hispanic women keep their focus, morale, and energy high…

What’s more empowering than owning posters that focus on life changing policies like climate change, racial…

In St. Louis, Missouri in 1933, 500 Black women who worked for the Funsten Nut Company mounted a successful strike…

This book of powerful essays present a wide range of complex and divisive topics from the perspective of a Black man…

In this collection of quotes from activists and important historical figures in the struggle for equality, you'll find…

Where do you get your books from? Is it your indie bookstore, a large chain, or an online megacorp squeezing the life…

The drug war is less about cocaine or marijuana than it is about social, economic, and territorial control. In Drug War…

Five great documentaries on that sadly antiquated format, the Betamax tape. Just kidding—they're all on DVDs. We're so…

A survivor-focused look at childhood sexual abuse, focusing on the voices of Black survivors and advocates. This…

Wherever you are in life, let this book guide you onto the next level. Dawn a lacey collar and learn how to get shit…

An engaging and informative account of the ever growing mass of people choosing to better our world with the power of…

For half a century, criminal defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass defended a who’s who of the twentieth-century left in…

Years after his tragic, shocking murder, Travyon Martin’s name is still evoked every day. He has become a symbol of…

The Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now, when…

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

Resist! Revolt! Rise up! Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game is a groundbreaking, semi-cooperative tabletop game…