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Resources for Activists

  • Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall — A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (St. Martin's Press, 2000)

  • Greg Anrig - The Conservatives Have No Clothes: Why Right-Wing Ideas Keep Failing (Wiley, 2007)

  • Helen Caldicott — A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography (WW Norton, 1996)
  • Robin Casarjian — Houses of Healing: A Prisoner's Guide to Inner Power and Freedom (Lionheart Press, 1996)

  • Jeff Chester - Digital Destiny:  New Media and the Future of Democracy (The New Press, 2007)

  • Chuck Collins, and Pam Rogers with Joan P. Garner — Robinhood was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change (W.W. Norton, 2001)
  • Common Courage Press
    • Greg Bates — Ralph's Revolt:  Why Nader's Call to Rebellion Makes Sense (2004)
    • Mike Gray — The Death Game: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw (2003)
  • Anne-christine D'Adesky — Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS (Verso 2004)

  • Demos

    •  David Callahan - The Moral Center:  How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die-Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks and Pretend  Patriots (Harcourt, 2006)
  • E. Marla Felcher — It's No Accident: How Corporations Sell Dangerous Baby Products (Common Courage Press, 2000)
  • The Feminist Press
    • Ellen Bravo - Taking on the Big Boys or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Businesses and The Nation (2007)
  • William F Fisher and Thomas Ponniah — Another World is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum (Palgrave-Macmillian, 2003)
  • James Fraser — A History of Hope: When Americans Have Dared to Dream of a Better Future (Palgrave-Macmillian, 2002)
  • Marvin Gettleman and Stuart Schaar — The Middle East and Islamic World Reader (Grove Press, 2003)
  • Amy Goodman with David Goodman — The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (Hyperion, 2004)
  • Roger Gottlieb — Joining Hands: Religion and Politics Together for Social Change (Westview Press, 2002)
  • ____ — Liberating Faith: Religious Voices of Justice, Peace and Ecological Wisdom (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003)
  • James Green — Taking History to Heart: The Power of Past in Building Social Movements (University of Massachusetts Press, 2000)
  • Guilford Press
    • Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons — Right Wing Populism in America (2000)
    • Carl Boggs — The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere (2000)
    • Sara Diamond — Not By Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right (1998)
  • Jean Hardisty — Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers (Beacon Press, 1999)
  • Peter Jan Honisgberg — Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir (University of California Press, 2000)

  • Bernie Horn -  Framing the Future:  How Progressive Values Can Win Elections and Influence People (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007)

  • Si Kahn  - Creative Community Organizing:  A Strategy Manual for Rabble-Rousers, Activists and Quiet Lovers of Justice  (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010)
  • Betsy Leondar-Wright - Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists (New Society Publishers, 2005)

  • John Maher - Learning from the Sixties: Memoir of an Organizer (Charles Street Press, 2011)

  • Liam Mahony and Luis Enrique Eguren — Unarmed Bodyguards: International Accompaniment for the Protection of Human Rights (Kumarian Press, 1997)
  • John McDonough — Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care (University of California Press, 2000)
  • John J. McNeill — Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair: My Spiritual Journey (Westminster John Knox Press, 1999)
  • Media Education Foundation — Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire  (a film, 2003)

  • Mike Miller - A Community Organizer’s Tale:  People and Power in San Francisco (Heyday Books, 2009)

  • Christopher Mogil & Anne Slepian — We Gave Away a Fortune: Stories of People Who Dedicated Themselves and Their Wealth to Peace, Justice, and a Healthy Environment (New Society Publishers, 1992)
  • Monthly Review Press
    • Mimi Abramovitz — Under Attack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States (2001)
    • Robert McChesney — The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century (2004)
    • Daniel Singer — Whose Millennium? Theirs or Ours (1999)
  • Jonathan Mooney — Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution (Fireside, 2001)
  • The Ms. Foundation for Women
  • The New Press
    • Helen Caldicott - Nuclear Power is Not the Answer (2006)
  • New Society Publishers
    • Elizabeth Boardman – Taking a Stand:  A Guide to Peace Teams and Accompaniment Projects (2005)
    • John Gastil — Democracy in Small Groups: Participation, Decision Making & Communication (1993)
    • Tova Green and Peter Woodrow with Fran Peavey — Insight and Action: How to Discover and Support a Life of Integrity and Commitment to Change (1994)
    • Per Hengren — Path of Resistance: The Practice of Civil Disobedience (1993)
    • George Lakey et al — Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations in Changing Times (1996)
    • Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown — Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (1998)
    • Jean McLaren and Heide Brown, eds. — The Raging Grannies Songbook (1993)
    • Bill Moyer and JoAnn McAllister, Mary Lou Finley and Steven Soifer — Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements (2001)
    • Fran Peavey — By Life's Grace: Musings on the Essence of Social Change (1994)
    • Katrina Shields — In the Tiger's Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action (1994)
    • Hugo Slim and Paul Thompson — Listening for a Change: Oral Testimony and Community Development (1995)
  • Pluto Press
    • Richard L. Gage(ed.) — Choose Peace: A Dialogue Between Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda (1995)
  • Murray Polner and Jim O'Grady — Disarmed and Dangerous: The Radical Lives and Times of Daniel and Phillip Berrigan (BasicBooks, 1997)
  • Fred Rose — Coalitions Across the Class Divide: Lessons from Labor, Peace and Environmental Movements (University of California Press, 1999)
  • Routledge
      • Kate Bornstein — Gender Outlaw: on men, women and the rest of us (1994)
      • Bob Powers and Alan Ellis — A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation (1996)
  • Seven Locks Press
    • Robert Creamer - Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win (2008)
  • Randy Shaw — The Activist's Handbook (University of California Press, 2001)
  • ____ — Reclaiming America: Nike, Clean Air, and the New National Activism (University of California Press, 1999)
  • Holly Sklar — Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work (The Ms. Foundation for Women, 2001)
  • Barbara Smith — The Truth that Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom (Rutgers University Press, 1998)

  • Linda Stout  - Collective Visioning: Creating the World We Want to Live In (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2011)

  • Joe Szakos and Kristin Layng Szakos - We Make Change:  Community Organizers Talk About What They Do and Why (Vanderbilt University Press, 2007)

  • Teachers College Press
    • Cynthia Stokes Brown — Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights (2002)
  • Becky Thompson — A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism (University of Minnesota Press, 2001)
  • United for a Fair Economy
    • Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity (The New Press, 2000; 2005
  • Signe Waller — Love and Revolution: A Political Memoir (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002)

  • Mark Warren  - Fire in the Heart:  How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice (Oxford University Press, 2010)

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