Dude, Where's My Black Studies Department?
The Disappearance of Black Americans from U.S. Universities
Written by Cecil Brown
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
Blacks have been vanishing from college campuses in the United States and reappearing in prisons, videos, and movies. Cecil Brown tackles this unwitting "disappearing act" head on, paying special attention to the situation at UC Berkeley and the University of California system generally. Brown contends that educators have ignored the importance...
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Science Sold Out
Does HIV Really Cause AIDS?
Written by Rebecca Culshaw, Foreword by Harvey Bialy
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
There are many well-established scientific reasons that the HIV/AIDS hypothesis is highly doubtful. In Science Sold Out, Rebecca Culshaw describes her slow uncovering of these reasons over her years researching HIV for her work constructing mathematical models of its interaction with the immune system. It is rare that a researcher who...
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Abu Ghraib
The Politics of Torture
Contribution by David Levi Strauss, Barbara Ehrenreich and Mark Danner, Compiled by North Atlantic Books
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
Abu Ghraib unveiled a lengthy list of disastrous actions and cover-ups by the Bush administration and the American military. Abu Ghraib examines the problem from many different perspectives, gathering together timely essays on the prison scandal from prominent progressive writers. Barbara Ehrenreich looks at the story through the lens of feminism...
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What Does Al Qaeda Want?
Unedited Communiques
Commentaries by Robert Marlin
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, al-Qaeda has become the most infamous terrorist organization in history. While their actions are deplorable, it remains a populist and idealist movement—and one that continues to spread. Despite heavy media coverage, most people are unaware of the group's ultimate goals. Sampling from actual...
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People's Democratic Platform, 2004
For the Restoration of a Democratic Republic
Edited by Alan Kay
Price: $10.95
North Atlantic Books
Just in time for the 2004 election, politically minded contributors offer in this small, accessible volume a populist Democratic platform, just in case the Democratic Party doesn't offer a compelling alternative to current Republican policies. Covering a wide range of issues—from foreign policy to internal security to taxes and the economy—contributors...
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The Geneva Accord
And Other Strategies for Healing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Written by Michael Lerner
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
Using the Geneva Accord as a springboard for a discussion of the issues surrounding the supposedly unsolvable problem of Isreali-Palestinian peace, one of America's most respected Jewish peace activists, Michael Lerner, looks at the arguments against the Accord from both the Israeli right and the Palestinian left. He examines Ariel Sharon's...
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Empire 2.0
A Modest Proposal for a United States of the West by Xavier de C***
Written by Xavier De C., Prologue by Regis Debray, Translated by Joseph Rowe
Price: $11.95
North Atlantic Books
Written by fictional character "Xavier de C***" as a plea to an American president, Empire 2.0 is a scorching satire of totalitarianism. In it, the hero, a Frenchman, renounces his citizenship to become an American. This breezy book argues that resistance to America's overwhelming power is futile and that to survive...
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Seven Pillars of Jewish Denial
Shekinah, Wagner, and the Politics of the Small
Written by Kim Chernin
Price: $11.95
North Atlantic Books
Raised by an activist mother, Kim Chernin was taught that the politics of religion are just that: politics. As her beliefs evolved, she came to understand the necessity of embracing her Jewish heritage while questioning the notion of taking on Jewishness as a role, religion, and qualifying trait, particularly with respect...
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