books about: haymarket     books:       History of the Russian Revolution12 reviews Leon Trotsky Haymarket Books, 2008 One of the best books ever written about revolution In spite of its length, I've read this book several times. It isn't just a widely acclaimed historic and literary masterpiece, written by a leading participant in the events he describes. It isn't just vividly written and thoroughly researched. More importantly, it's one of the best books ever written about revolution, as relevant today as ever. The most important conclusion that emerges ...             Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket Series)9 reviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Verso, 1997 The shaping of an activist. This book was my introduction to Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. I read it before I learned more about her and her career as an activist for the past 40 years. She reflects on her life from birth until her move to California. She grew up in rural Oklahoma during some of the worst years ever. These were the years that shaped her, the launching pad of her feminist, anti-family, pro-socialist, anti-war, ...             A Plague on Your Houses: How New York Was Burned Down and National Public Health Crumbled (Haymarket)9 reviews Deborah Wallace, Rodrick Wallace Verso, 2001 How public policies can destroy communities This book gives a thorough analysis on how public policies were the catalysts for the socioeconomic destruction of low-income communities of color in New York City. Necessary reading for those who still do not realize that activism and organizing are important vehicles through which marginalized communities keep in check the forces that seek to further fragment and disenfranchise them.             Building the Party: Lenin, 1893-19144 reviews Tony Cliff Haymarket Books, 2002 Marxism in practice! I think this is an amazing book which displays the application of Marxist theory to the real world. In reading, I found it extremely helpful in clearing up the contradictions ahout Lenin I'd held onto for so long. Tony Cliff's analysis, true to Marxist principles, shows how the revolutionary movement was shaped by the struggle. It shows that Lenin's ideas weren't just bright ideas that popped ...             Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports19 reviews Dave Zirin Haymarket Books, 2007 Thought provoking and electric. Amongst sports writers David Zirin is a man among boys. He hasn't just mastered a single aspect of the genre; he has reinvented it with the complete package, which is showcased in Welcome to the Terrordome. Zirin combines acerbic wit, original insights (which is rare in sports journalism), a higher understanding of 20th century social history and an infallible drive to deliver "untouched" goods ...             A Little Piece of Ground40 reviews Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr Haymarket Books, 2006 A humanizing portrait of Palestinian children This book is an authentic account of the circumstances that prevailed in Ramallah in the year 2000 and how Palestinian children were influenced by them. The main character aspires to be a champion soccer star and all he wants to do is play, play, play with his friends. The ground he lives on keeps shrinking under his feet as he and his teenage friends clear the rubble froma small lot near a ...             The Meaning of Marxism11 reviews Paul D'Amato Haymarket Books, 2006 A Tremendous Book This book truly blew my mind. What did I know about Marxism before reading this? Not a lot. Now I feel ready to take on the world             Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq23 reviews Dahr Jamail Haymarket Books, 2008 Honest and Powerful Thank you Dahr for heeding the call to take you to the places few Americans allow themselves to go. This book is a true testament of the degree of devastation and misinformation we in the US are at times oblivious to. This book is a must read. Thank you for your life and for your calling.             Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War5 reviews David Cortright Haymarket Books, 2005 Behind the Walls Timely new edition of pioneering 1975 study of GI resistance during the Vietnam war. Most younger Americans know about the anti-war movement from first-hand film accounts of the massive marches and sit-ins. Yet far fewer know the extent of resistance within the armed forces themselves. There are no video tapes of widespread clashes between MP's and GI protesters during war's peak period. Nor is ...             Black Liberation and Socialism6 reviews Ahmed Shawki Haymarket Books, 2006 Powerful and too the point Ahmed Shawki's "Black liberation and Socialism" is one of the most powerful and easy to read books that I have read on the subject. His arguments are clear and his examples are powerful. He argues that to end racism ultimately it will take a multiracial working class movement fighting for a society free of poverty, racism, and exploitation i.e. socialism. His historical examples clearly ...             It's Not About a Salary... Rap, Race and Resistance in Los Angeles: Rap, Race, and Resistance in Los Angeles ...4 reviews Brian Cross Verso Books, 1993 Everything You Need To Know About LA Hip Hop Simply put, there is no book like this about rap in Los Angeles. From KDAY to the Watts Prophets to Death Row, this book covers EVERYTHING you know about Hip Hop in LA, a story that is distinctly different from Hip Hop in New York. It features interviews with LA's biggest - Dre, Eazy, Cube, Ice-T, Cypress Hill, etc. - and leaves nothing out. This is a story that's rarely told, which is strange ...             The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document3 reviews Karl Marx, Frederick Engels Haymarket Books, 2005 It's such a good version...I would even recommend it to a skeptic Overall, this version is practical and 'user friendly.' Here is a little personal story: ----------------------------------------------------------------- I have read three other versions of the Communist Manifesto. All of these had their own special characteristic that distinguished them from each other. For example, one version has a good introduction and a good afterward , another version ...             Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Haymarket Series)3 reviews Michele Wallace Verso Books, 1990 For Wallace, the civil rights movement meant, "A white woman in every bed and a black woman under every heel" This is an account of Michele Wallace's experiences with the civil rights movement and growing up in the late 60's. Judith Wilson, who reviewed this for Ebony Magazine, has since said, "it was a pioneer work. Angela Davis's book 'Women, Race and Class' wasn't published until 2 years later. Ntozake Shange's play 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide' had moved to Broadway but it's ...             Father Mac: The Life and Times of Ignatius D. McDermott, Co-Founder of Chicago's Famed Haymarket Center3 reviews Thomas F. Roeser McDermott Foundation, 2002 A great book about Father Mac and Chicago, for a good cause! Monsignor Ignatius McDermott, or 'Father Mac' as he is affectionately known, was born in Chicago in 1909, and grew up immersed in Democratic Party politics and the Roman Catholic religion on Chicago's predominantly Irish south side. He was the youngest of eight children, the son of a devout Catholic businessman. Monsignor McDermott's older brother, James, was also a devout Catholic and an ...             Der Rothe Doktor Von Chicago - Ein Deutsch-amerikanisches Auswandererschicksal: Biographie Des Dr. Ernst ...3 reviews Axel W. O. Schmidt Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 German-American History Book is available at amazon.de It is an interesting book with many pictures of the famous Dr. Ernst Schmidt Family of Chicago.             The Haymarket Tragedy3 reviews Paul Avrich Princeton University Press, 1986 Avrich is the premier historian of Anarchism This history of the Haymarket affair traces the lives and development of the principles in the drama from their earliest exposure to the labor movement, socialism, and anarchism and up to the tragic bombing in which they were falsly accused and ultimately executed. What makes Avrich special is in the way he does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth while strill retaining the idealistic ...             Haymarket4 reviews Martin Duberman Seven Stories Press, 2005 Extremely Well Researched. High Praise for Martin Duberman. A short review from a big fan of this book: For a great many years I have been troubled by what I feel is the shameful public neglect and lack of knowledge of the Haymarket Martyrs, especially with regards to the courageous and inspiring lives Lucy and Albert Parsons. As a Texan Socialist from the Galveston area where Albert Parsons had worked prior to the Civil War, I had independently ...             The Dispossessed: Chronicles of the Desterrados of Colombia3 reviews Alfredo Molano, Aviva Chomsky Haymarket Books, 2005 A tough but necessary book to read In "The Dispossessed", Colombian journalist and sociologist Alfredo Molano, himself a target of political repression, has bravely compiled a frightening collection of powerful testimonies of displaced persons in Colombia, victims of the ongoing resource war and class war ravaging this strategic Latin American nation connecting South America with Central America. Rather than engaging in abstract ...             Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory4 reviews Kevin Murphy Haymarket Books, 2007 Fantastic New Book--Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory I read "Revolution and Counterrevolution--Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory" by Kevin Murphy (published by Haymarket Books) and found it to be one of the most interesting and useful books I've read in a long time. My understanding of the process of the degeneration of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism was profoundly altered by reading it.The interpretation ...             The Struggle for Palestine3 reviews Haymarket Books, 2002 Great Reference Guide for Anti-Zionists This book really holds it down for anti-Zionists. It is aimed at strengthening and sharpening our skills as pro-Palestinian activists. It has over a dozen contributors who approach the subject from several different left-wing perspectives. Especially useful for activists is Phil Gasper's chapter, Mostafa Omar's chapter, and the interviews with Tivka Honig-Parnass, Toufic Haddad and Edward ...              search for books 1830-1900, 1893-1914, amerikanisches, auswandererschicksal, biographie, building, chronicles, co-founder, communist, counterrevolution, desterrados, deutsch-amerikanisches, dispatches, dispossessed, haymarket, important, journalist, liberation, manifesto, mcdermott, palestine, political, resistance, revolution, socialism, soldiers, sozialrevolutionar, superwoman, terrordome, unembedded books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen pc & video games: Playzone! Kid Games (Windows) leave a comment home  impressum - about us