Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
10 best books like Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (Robert W. McChesney): A People's History of the United States, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution, iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, Wilson, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America, How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir, The Chomsky Reader
A People's History of the United States
| Author | Howard Zinn |
| ISBN | 0060838655 |
Library Journal calls Howard Zinn’s iconic A People's History of the United States “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those…whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.” Packed with vivid details and telling quotations, Zinn’s...
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
| Author | Francis Fukuyama |
| ISBN | 0374227349 |
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents....
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
| Author | Saul D. Alinsky |
| ISBN | 0679721134 |
First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose...
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
| Author | China Miéville |
| ISBN | 1784782777 |
In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked...
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
| Author | Steve Wozniak |
| ISBN | 0393330435 |
"iWoz traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted... individual whose contributions to the scientific, business and cultural realms are extensive."—Bookpage
Before slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange, alien vending machines. But in "the most...
| Author | A. Scott Berg |
| ISBN | 0399159215 |
From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitive—and revelatory—biography of one of the great American figures of modern times.
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential...
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
| Author | Bernie Sanders |
| ISBN | 1427287643 |
Throughout the Presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders galvanized voters with his progressive platform and vision for America. In the book, Sanders shares experiences from the campaign trail and outlines his ideas for continuing a political revolution to fight for a progressive economic, environmental,...
| Author | Philip Dray |
| ISBN | 0385526296 |
From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day.
From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and...
How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir
| Author | Amber Dawn |
| ISBN | 1551525003 |
As raw and fiery as its author, How Poetry Saved My Life is a powerful account of survival and the transformative power of literature.
Amber Dawn's acclaimed first novel Sub Rosa, a darkly intoxicating fantasy about a group of magical prostitutes who band together to fend off bad johns in a fantastical...
| Author | Noam Chomsky |
| ISBN | 1852421177 |
At the centre of pratically every major debate over America?s role in the world, one finds Noam Chomsky?s ideas - sometimes attacked, sometimes studiously ignored, but always a powerful presence. Drawing from his published and unpublished work, The Chomsky Reader reveals the awesome range of this...
Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
| Author | Ken Segall |
| ISBN | 1591844835 |
To Steve Jobs, Simplicity was a religion. It was also a weapon.
Simplicity isn’t just a design principle at Apple—it’s a value that permeates every level of the organization. The obsession with Simplicity is what separates Apple from other technology companies. It’s what helped...
The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs
Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.—Eugene Debs in 1918
Orator, organizer, self-taught scholar, presidential candidate, and prisoner, Eugene Debs’ lifelong commitment to the fight...
Wobbly: Rough and Tumble Story of an American Radical (American Autobiography)
| Author | Ralph Chaplin |
| ISBN | 0781284767 |
Life story of a commercial artist turned poet, cartoonist and journalist, tracing his early life and labor radicalism which leads him to a high position in the IWW and eventually hard time at Leavenworth for opposing US involvement in WW1. After release he becomes increasingly disenchanted with growing...
| Author | Eugene V. Debs |
| ISBN | 0873481321 |
Eugene Victor Debs was an American union leader, a founding member of the International Labor Union & the Industrial Workers of the World, as well as candidate for President as a member of the Social Democratic Party in 1900.
In 1855, labor leader, reformer and socialist Eugene V. Debs...
The Political Philosophy of Bakunin
| Author | G.P. Maximoff |
| ISBN | 0029012104 |
Pretty good for an all-in-one collection from someone with like 80 pamphlets and one unfinished book to his name. A lot of good explanations are given of the ideas in his many writings. It is broken into sections about his philosophy & outlook (I), critique of existing society (II), alternatives...
Historia mínima del futbol en América Latina
¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos del futbol latinoamericano? ¿Se trata, apenas, de una coincidencia geográfica? El futbol latinoamericano no existe ni como un relato único, ni como un desarrollo homogéneo, ni como un modo colectivo de jugarlo o de mirarlo, ni siquiera como un origen común...
