The Dire Consequences of Politics Driving the Murray-Darling Basin
Caught in the Current is an essential and timely read for the farm sector, policymakers, water authorities and students of environmental and agricultural science.
In a current era marked by carceral logics, authoritarianism, and white supremacy, there has never been a greater need for the tools and inspiration that radical feminism provides. In Insurgent Visions, Chandra Talpade Mohanty explores methods of anticapitalist resistance to radically transform everyday life. She presents insurgent feminism - a ......
Antiracism and Anti-Imperialism from the Americas to the Globe
In A Wide Net of Solidarity, Anne Garland Mahler traces the impact of the Anti-Imperialist League of the Americas (LADLA,Liga Antimperialista de las AmEricas) on racial justice and anti-extractive struggles from the early twentieth century to the present. Founded in 1925 in Mexico City by a group of multinational activists, LADLA brought together ......
The reason why protests have caused maximum pain for minimum gain is that they have done everything right. Well-developed consensus practices from activists have been put into practice in highly coordinated fashion internationally: keep messaging simple, restrict communications to a few media-trained representatives, maximize social media spread, ......
In A Thousand Paper Cuts, Anjali Nath considers the paper worlds made and destroyed by US imperialism. From the slogans of anti-Communist Cold Warriors against a spectral "Paper Curtain" to the scuttled efforts of activists who sought to document America's surveillance regime amidst the US war on Vietnam, Nath offers a pre-history of the redacted ......
Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explores how political campaigns, social movements, and legislators leveraged the show's popularity for their own agendas. From Archie Bunker's reactionary bigotry, to Edith Bunker's symbolic role in ......
In Becoming Trustworthy White Allies, long-time antiracist facilitator Melanie S. Morrison outlines the actions white people must undertake to become partners in the work of racial justice. In this collection of essays, lectures, and real-life stories, Morrison addresses how white people can navigate the obstacles to becoming an ally so that they ......
The True Story of the Mirabal Sisters and Their Fight for Freedom
The lives and legacy of the iconic Mirabal sisters, as told in an intimate memoir by the sister who survived In 1960, the three sisters Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal, code-named "Las Mariposas" (The Butterflies) by a Dominican underground resistance movement, were assassinated by order of dictator Rafael Trujillo. Alive in Their ......
Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America
Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contributions of high school students have often been overlooked. Only recently have scholars begun to recognize the transformative role teenagers played in reshaping American education. High School ......
