The Indypendent
Books
Building Solidarity: Dean Spade’s New Guide to Mutual Aid Covers Basics & Advanced Tips
At just over 150 pages, this book can easily live in your day bag in order to be consulted regularly.
“We’re In a Race Against Time”: Interview With Hegemony How-To Author Jonathan Smucker
There’s a political realignment taking place amid a system-wide crisis of legitimacy that status quo forces cannot resolve.
Marisel Vera’s new novel chronicles the joys and sorrows of a Puerto Rican family displaced from one U.S. colony to another.
A Union’s Strength Comes from the Power to Strike
How union organizer and theorist Jane McAlevey is mentoring a new generation of union militants.
Black Literature is a Mirror to America
Over the years of teaching, I found some books on their own, or in odd pairs really spoke to students. So, you’ll find here authors who never met, holding hands. Or new ways of reading familiar names.
Fifty Years of a Black Panther Friendship
Former Baltimore Black Panther Eddie Conway did 44 years for a crime he likely did not commit. During that time, he struck up a close friendship with Paul Coates that continues to this day despite their differences.
The Spirit of St. Louis Is Broken
A historian looks at the Gateway City as a microcosm of how the grand Jeffersonian-democratic vision deteriorated into racism and rule by the rich.
If it’s Tuesday afternoon, it’s tea time in the park. And, mind you, that’s High Tea, served from the…
‘Pandemic Solidarity’ Offers Hope Amid COVID Gloom
The global crisis of COVID-19 has lasted long enough for us to see books published on how we responded…
