Books

Book Excerpt

The Doors Unhinged and Jim Morrison’s Legacy

John Densmore / Akashic Books Nov 3, 2023 We were seduced by the allure of corporate money and Jim wanted to smash a Buick to smithereens. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Book Review

How Our Roads Disconnect Us From Everything

M.R. O’Connor / Undark Oct 21, 2023 In “Crossings,” Ben Goldfarb explores the science of road ecology, or how roadways affect plants and animal life. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Book Review

Living in a “Technofeudalist” Hell

Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic Oct 6, 2023 In "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism," former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis argues capitalism died a decade ago when rent replaced profit as the most important form of income. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Column

Book Banning Reaches Historic, Ominous Levels in the US

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Oct 5, 2023 More than 3,300 cases were recorded in public schools and libraries during the last academic year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

The Baltimore Sun’s Reckoning on Freddie Gray

Justine Barron / FAIR Sep 29, 2023 By assuming the shifting police narrative to be fact, and not seeking independent corroboration, the Sun failed the public in their coverage of the death of Freddie Gray. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

The ‘War on Terror’ and the Hell It Wrought After 9/11

Norman Solomon / The New Press Sep 11, 2023 Remembering the day that a war designed never to end began. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

How Farmer Brown Went Green

John J. Berger / Seven Stories Press Sep 8, 2023 A North Dakota farmer saved his farm and his livelihood with carbon farming, a proven method of green agriculture. He’s now out to convert other farmers and rescue our environment. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Book Review

The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW

Alina R. Méndez / NACLA Aug 25, 2023 Paiz’s book provides a balanced history of the United Farm Workers movement, without losing sight of the myriad ways it brought people together to demand, conceive, and build better worlds. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

The Scourge of Corporate Financialization

William Lazonick / Cambridge University Press Aug 25, 2023 A new book argues that stock buybacks and other hallmarks of financialization drive income inequity, employment instability, and productive fragility. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

What Does Anchorman Have to Do With Democracy?

Saul Austerlitz / Dutton Books Aug 18, 2023 Could there be a connection between laughing at Ron Burgundy and the noxious politics of Jan. 6? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Books

Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

Matthew Broomfield / The Markaz Review Aug 9, 2023 Matthew Broomfield has reported from Kurdish-led North and East Syria. He reviews Dilar Dirik’s study on the Kurdish Women’s Movement. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Author Interview

How the Solidarity of Black Workers Advanced Labor Rights for All

Kelly Candaele / Capital & Main Jul 28, 2023 A conversation with scholar Blair LM Kelley, about her new book, "Black Folk — The Roots of the Black Working Class."  Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )