The Indypendent
Books
In his critically acclaimed new novel, Omar El Akkad imagines battle lines drawn over fossil fuels.
Finding Seeds of the Future in the Present
Peter Frase’s “Four Futures” is an ambitious attempt to grapple with what climate change and automation mean for left politics.
The Rise and Fall of American Growth By Robert J. Gordon Princeton University Press 2016 Darkness defined the American…
Two authors explore different ways race and class have shaped U.S. history
The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan By Eric Laursen AK Press, 2012 In the…
Getting Beneath the Tricorner Hat
The Rise of the Tea Party By Anthony DiMaggio Monthly Review Press, 2011 At the beginning of Occupy Wall…
Affirming the Outsider’s Eye: Adrienne Rich’s Legacy
The 1960s found Adrienne Rich, like many women of her generation, plagued by disillusion. Born in Baltimore in 1929,…
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence By Christian Parenti Nation Books, 2011 Bird on…