Political Savvy
Sharpen your political thinking, improve your understanding of government, and improve your effective activism and advocacy with these extra wonky books and tools.
How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History, & Change the World
by Joe Biel Author
From Chick-Fil-A to the Boston Tea Party, Nike to Women's Suffrage in the U.S., United Farm Workers to the Woolworth's…
$6.99
Add to CartMake Your Voice Heard: Send a Message to Your Elected Officials
Want to create political change? Make your voice heard with these 30 fill-in postcards! Resistance in the 21st century…
$9.95
Add to CartAmerican Politics: A Graphic History
by Laura Locker Author and Julia Scheele Illustrator
A dynamic, illustrated guido to the complex systems that, together, form the political entity that is United States.…
$17.95
Add to CartOMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work
by Ben Sheehan Author
The entire United States Constitution plus its amendments and Declaration of Independence are printed here, with…
$25.00
Add to CartHow to Read the Constitution and Why
by Kim Wehle Author
A guide to understanding the founding document of the United States that everyone talks so much about, and that…
$17.99
View Details Quick ShopPresidential Misconduct
by James M. Banner, Jr Editor
In the 70s a House Judiciary Committee created a historical account of all of the past misdeeds of previous presidents.…
$29.99
Add to CartHow to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives
by David Priess Author
To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular…
$16.99
Add to CartStreet Journalist: Understand and Report the News in Your Community
by Lisa Loving Author
A corrupt politician. A local business in trouble. A neighbor with a heroic story. An opportunity to work together for…
$14.95 3 comments
View Details Quick ShopIs Democracy Failing?: A Primer for the 21st Century
by Niheer Dasandi Author
What exactly is democracy? Because it seems like each country that defines as such as a very different defintion and…
$18.95
Add to CartWe Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates Author
During President Barack Obama's time in office, there was hope and real progress towards a less racist society. But…
$18.00
View Details Quick ShopHurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy
by Kristian Williams Author
HURT is Portland activist Kristian Williams' collection of articles and interviews on the history, psychology, and…
$6.95 5 comments
View Details Quick ShopHow to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders
by Marcus Tullius Cicero Author and Philip Freeman Translator
Even if you aren't coming into ownership of a country any time soon, the writings of Roman senator Marcus Tullius Cicero…
$12.95
Add to Cart500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
by Gord Hill Author
The history of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is often portrayed as a mutually beneficial process, in…
$12.00
View Details Quick ShopEnabling Acts: The Hidden History of How the American with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest U.S. Minority Its Rights
by Lennard J. Davis Author
Being raised by Deaf parents gave Lennard Davis a close-up look at the discrimination faced by folks with disabilities…
$25.00
View Details Quick ShopPerspectives on Anarchist Theory N.30: Beyond the Crisis
by Justseeds Illustrator, Josh MacPhee Cover, Kristian Williams Editor, Lara Messersmith-Glavin Editor and Roger Peet Illustrator
"We need to carry the fire together, not be consumed by it." The Institute for Anarchist Studies turns up the heat in…
$12.00
Add to CartFascism Today: What It Is and How to End It
by Shane Burley Author
Fascism Today takes a look at the insidious rise of fascism in the United States, how it is fueled by the media and how…
$15.95
Add to CartIntroducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide
by Graphic Guide, A Author, Stuart Hood Author and Litza Jansz Author
A fascinating, illustrated guide to the political movements and philosophical roots of fascism, tracing the origins of…
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Politics Hacks: Shortcuts to 100 Ideas
by Julian Flanders Author
If you want to better understand politics, this book is for you. With chapters on history, ideologies, systems of…
$16.99
Add to CartHow To Be An American: A Field Guide to Citizenship
by Silvia Hidalgo Author
Could you name all the U.S. territories? Do you know the ins and outs of the process to gain citizenship? Inspired by…
$14.99
Add to CartLoaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Author
While we may not like it, Americans have a more committed relationship to their guns than they do to their marriages. If…
$16.95
Add to CartFantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
by Kurt Andersen Author
You'll get the low-down on America's fascination with fake facts and imaginative worlds/narratives from the last 5…
$18.00
Add to CartCall Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
by Rebecca Solnit Author
A collection of powerful, lyrical essays by Rebecca Solnit at her best: Drawing the connections we haven't yet put…
$15.95
View Details Quick ShopHealth Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy—All at the Same Time
by Michael Fine Author and Bernard Lown Author
"We can do better." This is an observation about the American health care system that is obvious to many of us. Our…
$15.95
Add to CartGood Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook
by Christopher Noxon Author
Tired of being cynical about today's political climate? Learn how to approach activism and contemporary social movements…
$19.99
View Details Quick ShopDoughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
by Kate Raworth Author
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy—it dominates our decision-making for the future, guides…
$28.00
View Details Quick ShopHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Author
The Combahee River Collective has been a force for black feminism since the 1970's and is credited with coining the term…
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Against the Fascist Creep
by Alexander Reid Ross Author
What are the origins of fascism’s current rise in the US and around the world?What are its links to Donald Trump,…
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Why Don't the Poor Rise Up?: Organizing the Twenty-first Century Resistance
by Ajamu Nangwaya Editor and Michael Truscello Editor
The question posed by the title is most often asked by people who have no idea what it's like to be poor and who…
$18.95
Add to CartWhen We Fight We Win
by AgitArte Author and Greg Jobin-Leeds Author
Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall…
$17.95
Add to CartLimits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
by Donella Meadows Author, Dennis Meadows Author and Jorgen Randers Author
In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production.…
$22.50
Add to CartPocket Piketty: A Handy Guide to Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Jesper Roine Author
We all know the book: it’s been hailed as one of the most important documents on how the world economy works, or…
$14.95
Add to CartFDR and the New Deal for Beginners
by Paul Buhle Author, For Beginners Author and Sabrina Jones Author
A profusely illustrated, popularly-written volume with original comic art, FDR and the New Deal For Beginners will shed…
$14.99
Add to CartBeautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution
by Andrew Boyd Author
Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best…
$24.95
Add to CartHegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals
by Jonathan Matthew Smucker Author
Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions…
$16.95
Add to CartStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild Author
In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from…
$27.95
Add to CartThe United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
by Jonathan Hennessey Author and Aaron McConnell Author
Why wade through a loathsome history textbook when you can get an equivalent conceptual grasp through a comic book? The…
$17.95
View Details Quick ShopBeer Hiking Pacific Northwest 2nd Edition: The Tastiest Way to Discover Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia
by Rachel Wood Author and Brandon Fralic Author
For lovers of hiking and craft beer, this book is the guide you need to bring these two passions together. With 52 hikes…
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Politics in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant
by In Minutes Author and Marcus Weeks Author
Politics in Minutes reflects on various political ideologies, movements, and the histories behind political changes.…
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Patch #040You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive
by Seth Tobocman Illustrator
You don't have to fuck people over to survive. It’s never been this way and Seth Tobocman, the artist of this patch,…
$5.00 4 comments
Add to CartRuth Bader Pinsburg
by Dissent Pins Author
Sport Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the raddest Supreme Court Justice (may she rest in power) on your lapel with this sweet…
$15.00
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