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Freaky Deaky Freaky Deaky Elmore Leonard A pair of former 1960s student activists who learned how to blow things up as part of their political education have teamed up after a prison stint and are on the loose in Detroit, out for a revenge … OL111647W
Paul Robeson Paul Robeson Eloise Greenfield "A biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become a world-famous African American athlete, actor, singer, and civil rights activist"--Provided by publisher. OL116283W
Moving Politics Moving Politics Deborah B. Gould In the late 1980s, after a decade spent engaged in more routine interest-group politics, thousands of lesbians and gay men responded to the AIDS crisis by defiantly and dramatically taking to the str… OL13745210W
The war before The war before Wonda Jones,Safiya Asya Bukhari,Laura Whitehorn >*The War Before* traces Bukhari’s lifelong commitment as an advocate for the rights of the oppressed. Following her journey from middle-class student to Black Panther to political prisoner, these wr… OL13854700W
Political awakenings Political awakenings Harry Kreisler Collects interviews with a diverse group of influential writers and activists and showcases their reflections on the experiences that shaped their political commitments. OL15567992W
Building the green economy Building the green economy Kevin Danaher After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are cri… OL15841899W
David's story David's story Zoë Wicomb "Unfolding in 1991 South Africa, at the moment of Nelson Mandela's release, the novel explores the underground world of activists, spies, and saboteurs in the liberation movement - a world seldom rev… OL16069113W
Blood on the tracks Blood on the tracks S. Brian Willson After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life … OL16175323W
Direct action, deliberation, and diffusion Direct action, deliberation, and diffusion Lesley J. Wood "What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests… OL16509853W
Theodore Boone, The Activist Theodore Boone, The Activist John Grisham "Aspiring lawyer Theodore Boone takes the stand to protect his political and environmental freedoms in the fourth installment of the series"-- As Strattenburg sits divided over a hot political and… OL16957626W
Iron Wolf Iron Wolf Dale Brown In the spring of 2017, the U.S. economy is rebounding under President Stacy Anne Barbeau, the country's first female president. But her leadership is about to be severely tested: Russian president Ge… OL17867601W
My Face Is Black Is True My Face Is Black Is True Mary Frances Berry "My face is black is true but its not my fault but I love my name and my honest in dealing with my fellow man."~Callie House (1899)In her groundbreaking new book, My Face Is Black Is True, historian … OL1956913W
Black boy poems Black boy poems Tyson Amir In the pages of Black Boy Poems, you will experience the fight, struggle, love, anger, frustration, critical analysis, and hope for a better future which is all present in the heart, mind, and soul o… OL19754209W
Rampage (The Singular Menace, 3) Rampage (The Singular Menace, 3) John Sandford,Michele Cook Shay Remby and her band of renegade activists have got the corrupt Singular Corporation on the run. Their expose is finally working. Or is it? Even as revelations about the human experimental subject… OL19792113W
The Next Revolution The Next Revolution Murray Bookchin "Many similarities exist between the new movements against austerity that have emerged since 2011, ranging from Taksim Square in Turkey to the Chilean student protests, and from Greece to NYC. One of… OL19850471W
Once upon a revolution Once upon a revolution Thanassis Cambanis "An award-winning journalist tells the inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution by following two courageous and pivotal leaders--and their imperfect decisions that changed the world. In January 2… OL19994600W
The Burma spring The Burma spring Rena Pederson Drawing on exclusive interviews, a journalist and former State Department speechwriter sheds new light on Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who inspired Burma's first steps towards democracy… OL19996315W
Rules for Revolutionaries Rules for Revolutionaries Becky Bond,Zack Exley **Publisher's description**: "Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the "rules" that govern campaign strategy. It tells the story of a breakthrough experime… OL20042321W
Superheroes of the Constitution Superheroes of the Constitution J. M. Bedell,Bill Greenhead 103 pages : 23 cm OL21317735W
Theodore Boone Theodore Boone John Grisham Clearing his name of false charges of vandalism and theft, thirteen-year-old legal maverick Theodore Boone hopes to return to his life of giving advice to friends and community members when an exciti… OL24208525W
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