Social structures of direct democracy

A stirring, grounded, and scholarly case for Direct Democracy as the route to a more just society.

Superpatriotism

How hype, fear, and mindless flag-waving are supplanting informed debate, commitment to democracy, and real patriotism.

Democracy incorporated

Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In Democracy Incorporated, Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where econo...

Extractive imperialism in the americas

In this wide-ranging volume two leading scholars of the region critically examine the new extractive-imperialism bearing down on the Americas

Neoliberalism and national culture

Despite many claims to the contrary, Québec and Canada demonstrate the continued importance of state institutional authority, even under Neoliberalism

Globalize liberation

A post-9/11 look at the new radicalism that has captured the imagination of activists worldwide.

Behind the crisis

Many academics have dismissed Marx's ideas because of his obscure method of inquiry. This book goes firmly against that current.

The breaking of nations

An essential contribution to the dialogue on how civilized countries survive in an uncivilized world, Robert Cooper sets out his radical new interpretation of the new international order that has emerged from the debris of communism.In The Breaking of Nations, Cooper shows that the greatest quest...

The prisms of gramsci

Del Roio argues, against prevailing wisdom, that throughout Gramsci's life there existed a total continuity between political-praxis and philosophical reflection

Marx's capital, method and revolutionary subjectivity

Marx´s Capital, Method and Revolutionary Subjectivity develops a materialist inquiry into the social and historical determinations of revolutionary subjectivity

Our enemies in blue

An incriminating investigation into the domestic army that protects and serves the status quo.

Targeting iran

An invaluable primer on the US-Iran conflict by U.S. and Iranian scholars.

Toward the united front

The proceedings of the last congress of the Communist International in which Lenin participated, now at last available in English

The retreat of western liberalism

From the Financial Times, US commentator, The Retreat of Western Liberalism is an extraordinarily sharp and insightful look at why the values the West has long championed now face mortal danger

Neoliberalism's fractured showcase

Neoliberalism has dominated Chile for 35 consecutive years. In this collection prominent Chilean experts assess its impact and offer alternatives.

Green is the new red

An insider tells how environmentalists and animal rights activists have become “the number one domestic terrorism threat.”

Spying on democracy

Spying on US citizens is rising as corporations make big bucks selling info about our private lives to the government.

Dynamic forest

The boreal forest is always changing: when disaster strikes — be it fire, moose, insects, or other perils — a forest that recovers on its own is forever changed, and often more resilient. Forester Malcolm F. Squires argues that, if we don’t change our views to fit this reality, we may be conditio...

Building an american empire

How American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nationWestward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the fort...

Presidential selection

Oppose and propose

Strategic insights from the past for activists today!

On rumors

Many of us are being misled. Claiming to know dark secrets about public officials, hidden causes of the current economic situation, and nefarious plans and plots, those who spread rumors know precisely what they are doing. And in the era of social media and the Internet, they know a lot about how...

The emerging republican majority

One of the most important and controversial books in modern American politics, The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) explained how Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968—and why the Republicans would go on to dominate presidential politics for the next quarter century. Rightly or wrongly, th...

Whistleblower at the cia

Former CIA analyst tells the inside story of political corruption inside the CIA and what he did to stop it

Confucian perfectionism

Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance that can retain the spirit of the Confucian ideal while tackling problems arising fr...

America at war with itself

A blistering critique of how America's drift toward authoritarian intolerance is dividing the nation and intensifying social and political conflicts.

Breaking through power

A Thomas Paine-style indictment of how wealthy corporations control politics and how average Americans, through democracy, can fight-back and win.

Disposable futures

A dazzling exploration of the seduction of violence and spectacle in politics, culture, entertainment and everyday life

Neo-nationalism in europe and beyond

By the early twenty-first century neo-nationalist forces have established themselves in a number of the world’s large regions and subcontinents. From Australia to South Asia, in Eastern and Western Europe, comparable parties and movements have positioned themselves in national parliaments and g...

Let them not return

The fist edited volume about the Assyrian genocide Focusing specifically on by far under-studied and denied genocide Authors from different disciplines 

Government paternalism

Should governments save people from themselves? Do governments have the right to influence citizens' behavior related to smoking tobacco, eating too much, not saving enough, drinking alcohol, or taking marijuana—or does this create a nanny state, leading to infantilization, demotivation, and brea...

Engineers of jihad

A groundbreaking investigation into why so many Islamic radicals are engineersThe violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego...

The politics of hope and the bitter heritage

The Politics of Hope and The Bitter Heritage brings together two important books that bracket the tempestuous politics of 1960s America. In The Politics of Hope, which historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published in 1963 while serving as a special assistant to President Kennedy, Schlesinger defin...

The unquiet frontier

How America's vulnerable frontier allies—and American power—are being targeted by rival nationsFrom the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America's expense. Hoping that U.S. decline is real, natio...

Government matters

"Good government" is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform. In this book, Lawrence Mead shows in depth what the Badger State did and--just as important--how it was done. Wisconsin's...

Origins of containment

The description for this book, Origins of Containment: A Psychological Explanation, will be forthcoming.

Hopeless

The dissident Left dismantles Obama's failed "progressive" agenda.

Gramsci's political thought

One of the most succinct and theoretically focused introductions to the thought of Antonio Gramsci available internationally.

Capital accumulation and migration

An important and ground breaking work on the importance of migration in the context of development studies

New world of indigenous resistance

Interviews with Chomsky accompanied by commentaries by indigenous organizers on globalization and resistance in the Americas.

Imperialism, crisis and class struggle

An intellectual and political tribute to James Petras

How to do things with international law

A provocative reassessment of the rule of law in world politicsConventionally understood as a set of limits on state behavior, the “rule of law” in world politics is widely assumed to serve as a progressive contribution to a just, stable, and predictable world. In How to Do Things with Internatio...

Because we say so

Concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global crisis, from cyberwar and surveillance to the increasing urgency of climate change.

The earth wants you

A preacher's exhortation, an activist's primer, inspired visions, and a call to arms for a wild, creative, Earth-led cultural revolution.

Writing on the wall

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society.