Archive of Juan González
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News for All the People hits the best seller lists
Verso authors Juan González and Joseph Torres trump Dick Cheney!
News for All the People debuted on the November 13th New York Times' bestseller list at #30, notably squeezed between Harry Belafonte at #29 and Dick Cheney at #31.
The book also made it onto the the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association bestseller list at #13 on the October 30th hardcover nonfiction list.
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Verso Books at the Occupy Boston Library
Via Stephen Squibb, a photo of Verso titles proudly stacked on the Occupy Boston Library milk crates:
Books in the photograph:
Planet of Slums, by Mike Davis
Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation, by Sujatha Fernandes
I'm with the Bears: Stories from a Damaged Planet, with contributions by Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, T.C. Boyle, Toby Litt, Lydia Millet, David Mitchell, Nathaniel Rich, Kim Stanley Robinson, Helen Simpson, and Wu Ming 1, and with an introduction by Bill McKibbenThe Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad, by Tariq Ali
Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed, by Paul Mason
The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation, and Human Rights, by Robin Blackburn
News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, by Juan González and Joseph Torres
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers, by Frank Bardacke
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News for All the People tour dates
Good news for all the people in New York, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and DC.
Juan González and Joe Torres are embarking on a US tour to promote their new book, News for All the People—beginning with a kickoff event in New York presented by Juan’s Democracy Now! co-host, Amy Goodman.
Here is their schedule. Additional information for each event may be found by clicking on each individual headline: