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HIGHLIGHTS THE FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms
UNCOUNTED The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America GILDA R. DANIELS
A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States
An answer to the assault on voting rights—crucial reading in advance of the 2020 presidential election
$27.95 • 320 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0156-5
$30.00 • 272 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-6235-1
AFTER OBAMA
PERCHANCE TO DREAM
IAN ROSENBERG
African American Politics in a Post-Obama Era Edited by TODD C. SHAW, ROBERT A. BROWN, and JOSEPH P. MCCORMICK II
A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA MICHAEL A. OLIVAS
Examines the complicated political legacy of our first black president
The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
$39.00 • 384 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1803-7
$35.00 • 352 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-7828-4
THE SUSTAINABILITY MYTH
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS
Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice MELISSA CHECKER
Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development $30.00 • 272 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-5527-8
Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice ZAKIYA LUNA
Reveals both the promise and the pitfalls associated with a human rights approach to the Black-focused reproductive rights activism of SisterSong $35.00 • 320 Pages • Paper • 978-1-4798-3129-6
FEAR IN OUR HEARTS What Islamophobia Tells Us about America CALEB IYER ELFENBEIN
Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values $28.00 • 208 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0458-0 In North American Religions
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SUSAN B. ANTHONY A Biography KATHLEEN BARRY
Brings to life one of the most significant figures in the crusade for women’s rights in America $30.00 • 448 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0496-2
ACTIVISM STAY WOKE
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL
A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter
second edition
TEHAMA LOPEZ BUNYASI and CANDIS WATTS SMITH
The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists
How to Be a Fearless Feminist MEGAN SEELY
A blueprint for the next generation of feminist activists $28.00 • 384 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1010-9
$18.95 • 288 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3648-2
THE KIDS ARE IN CHARGE
ORGANIZING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED
Activism and Power in Peru’s Movement of Working Children
Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law
JESSICA K. TAFT
KEVIN ESCUDERO
Details the possibilities and challenges of intergenerational activism and social movements
An inspiring look inside immigrant youth’s political activism in perilous times
$30.00 • 272 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-5450-9 In Critical Perspectives on Youth
$27.00 • 208 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3415-0 In Latina/o Sociology
GENDER & SEXUALITY FIXING PARENTAL LEAVE
PREGNANCY AND POWER
The Six Month Solution
revised edition
GAYLE KAUFMAN
A History of Reproductive Politics in the United States
A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home $27.00 • 256 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-1036-9
RICKIE SOLINGER
A sweeping chronicle of women’s battles for reproductive freedom $27.00 • 336 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-6650-2
THE SEX OBSESSION
LEGALIZING SEX
Perversity and Possibility in American Politics
Sexual Minorities, AIDS, and Citizenship in India
JANET R. JAKOBSEN
CHAITANYA LAKKIMSETTI
Offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion, and power
How the rise of HIV in India resulted in government protections for gay groups, transgender people, and sex workers
$30.00 • 304 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-4608-5 In Sexual Cultures
$30.00 • 208 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-2636-0
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ARAB & MUSLIM AMERICAN STUDIES WOMEN RISING In and Beyond the Arab Spring Edited by RITA STEPHAN and MOUNIRA M. CHARRAD
IRAQI REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES The Enduring Effects of the War on Terror
Groundbreaking essays by female activists and scholars documenting women’s resistance before, during, and after the Arab Spring
How Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in America
$35.00 • 432 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0104-6
$28.00 • 208 pages Paper • 978-1-4798-8690-6
COMING OF AGE IN IRAN
MUSLIM AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE FUTURE OF US DEMOCRACY
Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity MANATA HASHEMI
An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis $30.00 • 256 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-8194-9 In Critical Perspectives on Youth
KEN R. CRANE
EDWARD E. CURTIS IV
Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics $26.00 • 200 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-1144-1
HISTORY A VIEW FROM ABROAD
EVIL DEEDS IN HIGH PLACES
The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe
Christian America’s Moral Struggle with Watergate
JEANNE E. ABRAMS
DAVID E. SETTJE
Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American
Highlights Watergate as a critical turning point in Christian engagement in US politics
$27.95 • 320 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0287-6
$49.00 • 288 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0314-9 Winner, 2019 Anna Julia Cooper and C.L.R. James Award, National Council for Black Studies
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UPENDING THE IVORY TOWER Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Ivy League STEFAN M. BRADLEY
The inspiring story of the black students, faculty, and administrators who forever changed America’s leading educational institutions and paved the way for social justice and racial progress $25.00 • 480 Pages • Paper • 978-1-4798-0602-7
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LAW TAKING DOWN BACKPAGE Fighting the World’s Largest Sex Trafficker MAGGY KRELL
Insider details from the takedown of Backpage, the world’s largest sex trafficker, by the prosecutor who led the charge $22.95 • 192 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0304-0
BANNED Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump SHOBA SIVAPRASAD WADHIA
Examines immigration enforcement and discretion during the first eighteen months of the Trump administration $30.00 • 216 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-5746-3
REORGANIZING GOVERNMENT
MULTIRACIALS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
A Functional and Dimensional Framework
Mixed-Race Stories of Discrimination
ALEJANDRO E. CAMACHO and ROBERT L. GLICKSMAN
A pioneering model for constructing and assessing government authority and achieving policy goals more effectively $45.00 • 356 Pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-2967-5
TANYA KATERÍ HERNÁNDEZ
Narratives of mixed-race people bringing claims of racial discrimination in court, illuminating traditional understandings of civil rights law $26.00 • 224 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0606-5
NOMOS SERIES DEMOCRATIC FAILURE
POLITICAL LEGITIMACY
NOMOS LXIII
NOMOS LXI
Edited by MELISSA SCHWARTZBERG and DANIEL VIEHOFF
Edited by JACK KNIGHT and MELISSA SCHWARTZBERG
Explores the challenges facing democracies in the twenty-first century $65.00 • 272 pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0478-8 In NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Essays on the political, legal, and philosophical dimensions of political legitimacy $65.00 • 400 pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-8869-6 In NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
LAW THE ANTONIO GRAMSCI READER Selected Writings 1916-1935 Edited by DAVID FORGACS
The most complete volume of writings by one of the most fascinating thinkers in the history of Marxism $29.00 • 447 Pages Paper • 978-0-8147-2701-0
THE FIERCE LIFE OF GRACE HOLMES CARLSON Catholic, Socialist, Feminist DONNA T. HAVERTY-STACKE
Shares the story of the revolutionary Marxist and Catholic Grace Holmes Carlson and her life-long dedication to challenging social and economic inequality $50.00 • 304 pages Cloth • 978-1-4798-0218-0
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M O N T H LY R E V I E W P R E S S THE DAWNING OF THE APOCALYPSE The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century GERALD HORNE
Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne reveals the reality of settler colonialism underlying the myth of the creation of the United States of America $27.00 • 304 Pages • Paper • 978-1-5836-7872-5 Published by Monthly Review Press
CUBAN HEALTH CARE The Ongoing Revolution DON FITZ
An inside look at the health care offerings in Cuba $26.00 • 296 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7860-2 Published by Monthly Review Press
VENEZUELA, THE PRESENT AS STRUGGLE Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution CIRA PASCUAL MARQUINA and CHRIS GILBERT
Reveals the revolutionary power of the Chavista grassroots movement $29.00 • 352 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7864-0 Published by Monthly Review Press
RADICAL SEATTLE The General Strike of 1919 CAL WINSLOW
A historical analysis of the General Strike of 1919 in Seattle $26.00 • 288 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7852-7 Published by Monthly Review Press
HOW THE WORLD WORKS
TELL THE BOSSES WE’RE COMING
The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day
A New Action Plan for Workers in the Twenty-First Century
PAUL COCKSHOTT
SHAUN RICHMAN
A sweeping history of the full range of human labor
A timely plan to bring unions back to full strength and help workers stand up for their rights
$32.00 • 440 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7777-3 Published by Monthly Review Press
BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND COMMUNITY MICHAEL A. LEBOWITZ
Connects the Marxist construct of capitalism to systems of community $24.00 • 192 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7886-2 Published by Monthly Review Press
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$26.00 • 256 Pages Cloth • 978-1-5836-7856-5 Published by Monthly Review Press
CAPITAL AND IMPERIALISM Theory, History, and the Present UTSA PATNAIK and PRABHAT PATNAIK
A comprehensive survey of capitalism’s colonialist roots and uncertain future $27.00 • 424 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7890-9 Published by Monthly Review Press
M O N T H LY R E V I E W P R E S S ( c o n t . ) MARX, DEAD AND ALIVE Reading “Capital” in Precarious Times ANDY MERRIFIELD
A contemporary interrogation of Marx’s masterwork $23.00 • 192 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7879-4 Published by Monthly Review Press
VALUE AND CRISIS Essays on Marxian Economics in Japan, second edition MAKOTO ITOH
Analyzes Japanese contributions to Marxist theory $29.00 • 296 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7898-5 Published by Monthly Review Press
BIG FARMS MAKE BIG FLU
TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Dispatches on Influenza, Agribusiness, and the Nature of Science
Tragedy and Farce
ROB WALLACE
The first book to to connect big agriculture to pandemics and outbreaks $24.00 • 400 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7589-2 Published by Monthly Review Press
JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER
Places the president and his administration in full historical contex $14.95 • 144 pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7680-6 Published by Monthly Review Press
THE RETURN OF NATURE
THE ROBBERY OF NATURE
Socialism and Ecology
Capitalism and the Ecological Rift
JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER
JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER and BRETT CLARK
A fascinating reinterpretation of the radical and socialist origins of ecology $35.00 • 688 pages Cloth • 978-1-5836-7836-7 Published by Monthly Review Press
SHAMROCKS AND OIL SLICKS A People’s Uprising Against Shell Oil in County Mayo, Ireland FRED A. WILCOX
The inspiring story of a successful struggle to preserve what’s left of the natural world $22.00 • 160 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7846-6 Published by Monthly Review Press
Bridges the gap between social and environmental critiques of capitalism $28.00 • 416 Pages Paper • 978-1-5836-7839-8 Published by Monthly Review Press
Month Review Press’ mission is to educate readers in critical analyses of capitalism and to provide a responsible platform for neglected and emerging scholarship on a wide range of progressive issues.
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UNIVERSITY OF REGINA PRESS UNTIL WE ARE FREE Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada Edited by RODNEY DIVERLUS, SANDY HUDSON, and SYRUS MARCUS WARE
An anthology of African-Canadian writing addressing the most urgent issues facing the Black community $27.95 • 344 Pages Paper • 978-0-8897-7694-4 Published by University of Regina Press
ORGANIZED VIOLENCE Capitalist Warfare in Latin America Edited by DAWN PALEY and SIMON GRANOVSKY-LARSEN
Official stories say that violence in Latin America is a product of criminal activity and the drug trade $29.95 • 304 Pages Paper • 978-0-8897-7610-4
FRENEMY NATIONS Love and Hate Between Neighbo(u)ring States MARY SODERSTROM
Shows how tiny differences—in geographic features, colonial histories, resource competition, education, women’s roles, language, and migration—can have outsized effects on how polities develop $24.95 • 276 Pages • Paper • 978-0-8897-7672-2 Published by University of Regina Press
BACK TO BLAKENEY The Revitalization of the Democratic State Edited by DAVID MCGRANE, JOHN WHYTE, ROY ROMANOW, and RUSSELL ISINGER
A diverse set of scholars reflects on Allan Blakeney’s achievements $29.95 • 368 Pages Paper • 978-0-8897-7641-8 Published by University of Regina Press
Published by University of Regina Press
WITS UNIVERSITY PRESS BEING-BLACK-INTHE-WORLD N. CHABANI MANGANYI
An annotated edition of a classic text by South Africa’s first black psychologist, a collection of essays reflecting on what it meant to be black during the apartheid years $30.00 • 152 Pages Paper • 978-1-7761-4368-9
PRECARIOUS POWER Compliance and discontent under Ramaphosa’s ANC SUSAN BOOYSEN
An incisive analysis of South Africa’s ANC power-as party, as government, as state $30.00 • 328 Pages Paper • 978-1-7761-4645-1 Published by Wits University Press
Published by Wits University Press
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT OF ARCHIE MAFEJE BONGANI NYOKA
This comprehensive treatment of Archie Mafeje as a thinker and researcher analyses his overall scholarship and his role as a theoretician of liberation and revolutionary theory $30.00 • 288 Pages • Paper • 978-1-7761-4594-2 Published by Wits University Press GET 30% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING* WITH COUPON POLI20-FM
BRICS AND THE NEW AMERICAN IMPERIALISM Global rivalry and resistance Edited by VISHWAS SATGAR
Challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism $35.00 • 256 Pages Paper • 978-1-7761-4528-7 Published by Wits University Press
G R E AT F O R C O U R S E S IMAGINING QUEER METHODS Edited by AMIN GHAZIANI and MATT BRIM
Reimagines the field of queer studies by asking “How do we do queer theory?” $30.00 • 336 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-2948-4
ANTIRACISM An Introduction ALEX ZAMALIN
An introduction to antiracism, a powerful tradition crucial for energizing American democracy $19.95 • 224 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-2263-8
WARFARE AND CULTURE IN WORLD HISTORY
THE PRESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
second edition
volume one
WAYNE E. LEE
From the Founding Fathers to the Progressive Era
An expanded edition of the leading text on military history and the role of culture on the battlefield $25.00 • 368 Pages Paper • 978-1-4798-6243-6
Edited by KEN GORMLEY
Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive Era $22.00 • 416 pages Paper • 978-1-4798-0212-8
FEMINIST MANIFESTOS
FROM THE GROUND UP
A Global Documentary Reader
Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
PENNY A. WEISS
A wide-reaching collection of groundbreaking feminist documents from around the world $45.00 • 704 pages Paper • 978-1-4798-3730-4
OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent EDUARDO GALEANO
The classic survey of Latin America’s social and cultural history, with a new introduction by Isabel Allende $22.00 • 360 Pages Paper • 978-0-8534-5991-0 Published by Monthly Review Press
LUKE W. COLE and SHEILA R. FOSTER
A critical look at the movement for environmental justice $28.00 • 256 Pages Paper • 978-0-8147-1537-6 In Critical America
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