An Asian American activist is challenged by his mother to face this question in this powerful—and funny—debut novel of generational change, a mother’s secret, and an activist’s coming-of-age Twenty-one-year-old Reed is fed up.
Tom Geoghegan was at Harvard Law School when he had his first brush with organized labor, as dissident coal miners sought to wrest their union from the grip of a...
We didn't even have any paper , so when I wanted to write “ Which Side Are You On ? ” I just jerked the calendar off the wall and sat down and wrote the words down on the back . ” 15 She scribbled a militant strike call : With pistols ...
A history, with a personal touch, of the American folk music revival is penned by a recording artist, songwriter, and former member of the Journeymen.
This book aims to understand the European political debate about contentious issues, framed in terms of religious values by religious and/or secular actors in 21st century.
In this new paperback edition, Thomas Geoghegan has updated his eloquent plea for the relevance of organized labor in America with an afterword covering the labor movement through the 1990s.
George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence's daughters, a dry-witted, pig-tailed gal whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters.
Which Side Were You On?: The American Communist Party During the Second World War
For the first time in more than twenty years, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing.
Shattering any idea that librarianship is a politically neutral realm, this insider's account of seven debates from the floor of the American Library Association Council illustrates the mechanisms the governing body used to maintain the ...