The folks at Amazon have created an “Election Heat Map” that indicates trends in the purchase of political books. In line with the practice of TV networks on election night, states are labeled “red” or “blue” depending on what sorts of books are selling more. “We classify books as red or blue if they have [...]
Joining a growing body of work on radical movements of the seventies, Michael Staudenmaier’s new book has revived interest in the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO). Small but influential, it is probably most often referenced these days because its members included Noel Ignatiev and Ted Allen, both of whom produced major intellectual contributions to understanding racism [...]
The late Harvey Pekar, most famous for “American Splendor,” returns with “Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me,” a graphic novel autobiographically exploring American Jews’ relationship with Israel. Writing at Electronic Intifada, Joy Ellison explains: “Pekar’s father believed Israel to be the fulfillment of religious prophesy. His non-religious mother believed Israel would fulfill the promise [...]
Jones manages to paint clear and vivid portraits untainted by judgment. The portraits of the times and events are just as clear and stunning.The book also has its weaknesses. While Jones paints a vivid portrait of the historical figures and their setting, he sadly does little work to sketch anything like an analysis. by Pamela [...]
Gore Vidal died on July 31. The “author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist,” in the words of Wikipedia, was an important figure for the American left. Virtually no American author as well respected in the mainstream took such radical stances. Like Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, he did not simply appeal to American’s better [...]
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