The Next American Revolution
Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

by Grace Lee Boggs

A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis—political, economical, and environmental—and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities.

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, is widely credited as one of the principal initiators of the Arab Spring. His 1993 book, “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” which promotes the principle of nonviolent struggle, is created with inspiring the revolution in Egypt, as well as in other countries all over the world. Available as a free PDF download or a free audiobook

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein

Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world- — through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.

The Death of the Liberal Class
by Chris Hedges

In this tsunami of terrifying revelations, juxtaposed truths, and demonstrated facts, Hedges argues that the traditional beacons of the liberal class—the universities, media, church, labor unions, and arts–have sacrificed themselves completely to the dominance of corporate greed and unbounded capitalism. We are all to blame and everything moral about our democracy stands to be lost—is indeed already vanishing, in Hedges’s view—and those who draw attention to it are banished and booed. Hedges is at his best when he unpacks the density of his polemic and embraces the power of his narrative (from Publisher’s Weekly review). Read an excerpt.