The Poorer Nations

A Possible History of the Global South

Vijay Prashad

A truly global history that examines the prospects of a worldwide power shift from North to South. Since the ’70s, the countries of the Global South have struggled to build political...

Economics Unmasked

From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good

Philip B. Smith

The economic system under which we live not only forces the great majority of humankind to live their lives in indignity and poverty; it also threatens all forms of life—indeed life itself....

Feminism Without Borders

Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Feminism without Borders addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues...

Direct Action

An Ethnography

David Graeber

In the best tradition of participant-observation, anthropologist David Graeber undertakes the first detailed ethnographic study of the global justice movement. Starting from the assumption that,...

Disaster and Resistance

Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century

Seth Tobocman

"For years now Seth Tobocman has been taking on the powers that be for all of us. He's not slowing down either—check out the contents of this volume." —Harvey Pekar, comics guru, music...

Social Murder and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics

Robert Chernomas

Corporate power is one of the strongest forces shaping our world. More than half of the top 100 economic entities today are private corporations. With their immense size comes commensurate...

The Art of Free Cooperation

Geert Lovink

This book takes an inventory of the art of collaborative practice, surveys the landscape of new, cooperation-enhancing technologies, and renders the inner workings of cooperative processes as a new...

At The Cliff's Edge

World Problems And U.S. Power

Douglas Dowd

Perhaps his final work, and certainly, an erudite summing up of much of his work to date. "Almost everyone would agree that there is something terribly wrong with the world today. There is too...

Global Activism, Global Media

Neil Stammers

Radical political activist movements are growing all the time. Activist politics have come to influence 'mainstream' politics over fundamental issues such as trade, gender relations, the...