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The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Edited by Nick Turse

Leading commentators examine the Afghan debacle and itsparallels with previous British and Soviet occupations.

15 posts
The Making of New World Slavery

by Robin Blackburn

Tracing European doctrines of race and slavery from medieval times to the early modern epoch.

16 posts
Manituana

by Wu Ming
From the authors of Q, a genre-breaking reimagining of the Revolutionary War.
7 posts
On the Town

by Marshall Berman
A pulsating history of Times Square and its iconic role in America's society of the spectacle.
4 posts

Writing in an Age of Silence

by Sara Paretsky

A writer’s search for her voice, by the author of the V. I. Warshawski novels.

2 posts
America's Kingdom

by Robert Vitalis
A groundbreaking account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.
5 posts
Savage Mules

by Dennis Perrin

Renowned satirist with a mordant dissection of the Democrat’s record on war.
US Labor in Trouble and Transition

by Kim Moody

The secrets of the labor movement’s collapse, and how it could revive itself.

11 posts

Youth, Identity, Power

by Carlos Munoz
A unique exploration of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America.
3 posts
Israel-Palestine on Record

by Richard Falk and Howard Friel
A detailed indictment of the New York Times’ coverage of Israel-Palestine.
7 posts
What Happened Here

by Eliot Weinberger
A caustic and hilarious dissection of the Bush years.
3 posts
Lust For Life

Edited by Carla Harryman, Avital Ronell, et al.
Scholars and artists on the transgressive twentieth-century literary icon.
2 posts

The Sorrows of Empire

by Chalmers Johnson
A brilliant and sobering denunciation of American imperialism.
2 posts
Incoherent Empire

by Michael Mann
The noted sociologist argues that America’s “incoherent empire” is increasing world disorder.
3 posts
Afflicted Powers

by Iain A. Boal, T. J. Clark, et al.
Dissenting intellectuals analyze the collision of military neoliberalism with the politics of the spectacle.
3 posts
America

by V. G. Kiernan

A major historical account of the evolution of American imperialism.

Portents of the Real

by Susan Willis
The deeper meanings of popular cultural phenomena in post-9/11 America.
2 posts
Bushwomen

by Laura Flanders
Laura Flanders assesses the central role of women—and sexual politics—in the 2004 Republican victory.
1 post
Wobblies!

Edited by Paul Buhle and Nicole Schulman

A vibrant history in graphic art of the Industrial Workers of the World.

11 posts
Total Insecurity

by Carol Brightman

Why the war against Iraq spells doom for American economic power, and could awaken dissent.

1 post

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