Books for Teaching

co-published by Teaching for Change and PRRAC
 

--A secretive public relations firm working for the Pentagon helped create the "opposition group" the Iraqi National Congress; which became one of the driving forces behind the decision to go to war. (taken from back cover
 

"Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plights has been largely omitted from most histories. Extending its coverage...the book is an excellent antidote to established history. Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough th please specialists it should satisfy any adult reader." Library Journal If your last serious read of American history was in high school - or even in a standard college course - you'll want to read this amazing account of America as seen throuigh the eyes of its working people, women and minorities. Zinn, a widely respected Boston University professor, turns history on its head with his carefully researched and dramatic recounting of America and its people - not just its bankers, landed gentry, industrialists, generals and politicians. Zinn looks at things differently. Your old textbook probably described how Columbus discovered America. Ther way Zinn sees it, there was a "European invasion of the Indian settlements in the Americas." Where your old history teacher devoted a sentence or two, at best, to the huge wave of industrial union organizing in the 1930's and 1940's, Zinn devotes a chapter. [NOTE: Another excellent book we carry is devoted entirely to the history of the U.S. labor movement from the point of view of the workers themselves: "Labor's Untold Story" by Richard Boyer & Herbert Morais. $14] And where your old history book made passing reference to slavery and those who fought it, Zinn describes the real scope and amazing struggle against that loathsome institution. This book will give you a whole new way of looking at and understanding the world around you. "One of the most important books I have ever read in a long life of reading... It's a wonderful, splendid book - a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." - Howard Fast
688 pages • Paperback • Revised & updated (2004)
 

The eloquence, passion, and political insight of the author's political essays have added legions of readers to those already familiar with her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things." Roy's new essay collection, "War Talk," highlights the global rise of militarism and religous and racial violence. Against the backdrop of nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, the horrific massacre of Muslims in Gujarat, and U.S. demands for an ever-expanding war on terror, she calls into question the equation of nation and ethnicity.
 

Essayis and novelist Arundhati Roy won the Book Prize for The God of Small Things, which spent 49 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists and has been published in 33 languages.
 

Essays from the following authors:
Angeles Arrien
Lary Brendtro
Martin Brokenleg
Geoffrey Canada
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Zephyrn Conte
Marcy Jackson
Rick Jackson
Rachael Kessler
Jacob Needleman
Parker J. Palmer
Laura Parker Roerden
David Sluyter
 

With section intros by Gail Sheehy and Nancy Pelosi, an inspiring collection of 50 call-to-action essays from MoveOn members around the country.

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"The No-Nonsense Guide to World History" integrates these hidden histories with the more familiar narrative of imperial dynasties and superpower battles. It stands back from history's great building to look at its outline instead of focusing on one brick. It aims to tell the whole story in the space of one slim volume - and to tease out some of the lessons of history that humanity needs to take into the 21st century. (taken from back cover)
 

How democratic is democracy? We take the pulse of today's body politic and find the patient in an enfeebled state. This book explores how democracy is constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class, from Birmingham to Bangalore. A sterile consensus of technocrats, neo-liberals and spin-doctors worldwide has usurped the hopes for a democratic future. The book is also a guide to the rich diversity of forms of elected government and contains some practical ideas for empowering today's voters around the world. (taken from back cover)
 

The complex entaglement of cultures and economies has been growing since the colonial era and even before. So today commercial culture and the Western consumer model have seeped into every corner of the globe while gapes in wealth, food security and social provision continue to grow. (taken from back cover)
 

The threads of a complex issue are pulled together into a summary of key concepts and factual evidence - a lively, digestible and radical guide for the general reader as well as campaigners and specialists in development, gloabalization and international affairs. (taken from back cover)
 

"Womankind" shows us incredible individuals who are making a difference to others. Some of them are feminists, writers, artists; some of them are businesswomen, midwives or farmers; all of them are activists who are changing others' lives. Whether they are world-renowned or spring from grassroots organizations, all are justly celebratd in their own communities.
 

• Insights and findings from experts in psychology, sociology, and health car
• Tips from people in national GLBTQ organizations
• Strategies and advice you can try (or share) about coming out, responding to homophobia, dating, staying healthy and safe, exercising your rights, life at school, building community, dealing with religion and culture, and planning for the future
• Books, organizations, and Web sites you can go to when you want to know more
• True stories of teens and young adults who've experienced or witnessed the prejudice, discrimination, harassment, and violence that are part of everyday life for many GLBTQ teens
• First-person comments from GLBTQ teens who are happy, well-adjusted, and loved and supported for who they are, the way they are
 

Each chapter includes quotes from the Teen Labels Survey, so you can learn what other teens think and feel. You'll also read personal essays by teens about labels, cliques, and the social pressures they've faced. you'll find activities to try and resources (organizations, Websites, books, and videos) to explore. And you'll discover (if you don't know this already) that you're much more than a label. Other people don't define you. Labels don't define you. YOU define you.
 

"When I began work ...[on this book]... I wanted the voices of struggle, mostly absent from our history books, to be given the place they desere. I wanted labor history, which has been the battleground, decade after decade, century after century, of an ongoing fight for human dignity, to come to the fore. And I wanted my readers to experience how at key moments in our history some of the bravest and most effective political acts were the sounds of the human voice itself..." --Howard Zinn, from the introduction.
 

Whether you're a customer fed up with Wal-Mart's false claims, a vendor squeezed by strong-arm tactics, a worker pushed to increase the Waltons' bottom line, or a concerned citizen fighting to save your town, this book will show you how to get Wal-Mart off your back and out of your backyard.
 

What keeps us going when times get tough? In this book, political leaders and heroic activists show us the way. Paul Rogat Loeb, the acclaimed author of Soul of a Citizen, brings together an inspiring collection of essays and stories that range across nations, eras, and political movements. From international legends Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel, to American icons Cornel West and Alice Walker, to the untiring, unheralded activists working for peace, justice, and the health of our planet, these writers explore a path of heartfelt community involvement that leads beyond despair to compassion and hope.
 

"The citations are rich and complex, plumbing both our failures and successes and dealing frankly with the ambiguities created by our best intentions in affirmative action and political and moral movements. Beneath the issues, however, the book brings us into conversation with the people, the actors and the witnesses of our ongoing racial tragicomedy. It's real. It's current. It startles. It has teeth. And it's a book of unlimited uses--many ways to keep the dream alive." --Dr. George Simons
 

This book describes what is missing from school textbooks and in classrooms--and how we can move beyond these deficiencies to improve student education. Critical skills of citizenship are insufficiently developed in schools, according to Zinn. Textbooks and curricula must be changed to go beyond merely reciting received wisdom, which is too common today in our schools. In these respects, recent Bush Administration education policies and those of most previous presidents have been on the wrong track in meeting educational needs.
This book seeks to redefine national goals at a time when public debates over deucation have never been more polaraized--nor higher in public visibility and contentiousness.
 

"Long before the Democrats and progressives started thinking about the electoral importance of getting right with God--that is to say, on or about November 3, 2004--Jim Wallis was trying to remind liberals of the contributions people of faith have made to the struggles for social justice, civil rights, and peace. Perhaps more importantly, he was insisting to his fellow believers that Jesus spoke a great deal about lifting up the poor and not at all about cutting the capital gains tax. God's Politics is Jim at his usual passionate and brilliant self: he's eloquent and intellectually honest, and he will move you to examine your conscience and search your soul." --E.J. Dionne Junior, author of Stand Up, Fight Back and Why Americans Hate Politics
 

Yes, Michael Moore is the scourge of Stupid White Men everywhere. He's taken on fat cats, gun nuts, lying politicians. "The Guardian" describes him as "a wake-up call, a kick in the mental backside." Now he's back -- daring to ask the most urgent question of these perilous times: Dude, Where's My Country? A quick read. Donate a copy to your local library, doctor's office waiting room.
 

In 1952 three blacklisted Hollywood filmmakers set out to make a movie which would turn out to be a "crime to fit the punishment." One of the great union stories of all time, it was nevertheless smothered by corrupt Hollywood unions. Herbert Biberman and his partners Paul Jarrico and Academy-Award-winner Michael Wilson then struggled for more than 15 years to get their film seen. Years later, after two of the three partners had died, it would be one of the first films chosen to be listed in the National Film Registry - films to be preserved for all time. Only now, after fifty years, is it receiving its proper due. (taken from the back cover)
 

484 pages, South End Press.
 

We also carry another book with the same title, by Todd Parr. It is an illustrated children's book and it is not related to this book. To avoid confusion, we've titled his book, "Todd Parr's The Peace Book."