This Month’s Book Recommendation by Paula McCormack Evicted, Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew DesmondWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2016Crown; Reprint edition (February 28, 2017) 448 pages EVICTED is a wrenching sociological study of the effects of the …
This Month’s Book Recommendations Against Charity, by Julie Wark and Daniel RaventosAK Press (January 9th 2018)Charity is not a gift. Gift-giving implies reciprocity, an ongoing relationship. When requital is impossible, the act of giving remains outside mutual ties and charity …
The Making Of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston Melville House (August 2, 2016)The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, this in-depth report by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at …
What Does It Mean to be White?, by Robin DiAngeloPeter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Revised edition (June 15, 2016)This is an outstanding (and readable) analysis of whiteness, from incisive and wide-ranging critiques of how white folks deflect, deny, and …
Marcia Bookstein’s Bookshelf So, the first book is Lost Connections, by Johann Hari. I heard him on TED radio, and he has a TED talk, worth listening to if only for his adorable British accent. As you read the book you’ll hear …
The Long Honduran NightResistance , Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup by Dana Frank A story of resistance, repression, and US policy in Honduras in the aftermath of a violent military coup.This powerful narrative recounts the …
Marcia Bookstein’s Bookshelf The most important book I’ve read so far is:War Is A Racket, by Brigadier General Smedley D. ButlerYes, his first name is a bit unfortunate, but he is, as far as I know, the most decorated war hero …
America: The Farewell Tour – by Chris Hedges, Simon & Schuster (August 21, 2018)Chris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is “an exceedingly…provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be …
Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future – by Joel Wainwright & Geoff Mann, Verso, (February 13, 2018) How climate change will affect our political theory—for better and worse Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not …
Marcia Bookstein’s Bookshelf Here are three highly recommended books. 1. The first is “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn. Beautifully written, it gives you the history of what’s not written in the history books from high …