History

How can we decolonize the world when colonialist attitudes of self and other are so deeply embedded in our psyches? Open…

From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…

From the subway to the skyscraper, from Manhattan’s financial district to the Long Island suburbs, every inch of New…

In this dark and comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down…

What anarchists demand from art is what they demand from all aspects of their political lives: that it should, as much…

In 1984 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to unload South African cargo off the…

One Thousand Mustaches is both a lighthearted cultural history and an earnest style manual. It's the story of the…

We agree, these are frustrating times and it feels like there is yet a lot of work to do towards social justice. So…

Stealing All Transmissions is, above all, a love story. It’s the story of how The Clash fell in love with America, and…

Matilde Landa (1904-1942) was a famous militant of the PCE (Spanish Communist Party) who fought in the Spanish Civil War…

The Luddite insurrections (roughly 1811-1813 or later) are often represented as a misguided, reactionary backlash by…

The Spanish Maquis were guerrillas who fought against the Franco regime. They carried out sabotage in Spain, as well as…

This is a fun graphic novel that takes on conspiracy theories and talks about the science behind them. Evolution, moon…

No, you’re not losing your mind. And no, you’re definitely not alone. There’s Jimmy Carter, forgetting nuclear…

The pamphlets reprinted here were first published in the 1910s amid great controversy. Even then, the tactics of direct…

Now in paperback, this is the new, illustrated, and updated single-volume young adult edition of Howard Zinn's classic…

Many new social movements have started peacefully, only to adopt a diversity of tactics as they grew—from the Arab…

In 1957 a few experimental European groups stemming from the radical tradition of Dadaism and Surrealism came together…

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than…

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A fascinating and sometimes humorous glimpse into the lives of 150 19th-century American women who refused to whittle…

"And when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid so…