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Imaginary Weapons

A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld

By Sharon Weinberger


This wild ride through the bizarre underworld of official fringe science in America--exemplified by the military's ill-advised scheme to develop an isomer bomb--reveals the perverse incompetence of a partisan industry.

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The Ten Minute Activist

Easy Ways to Take Back the Planet

By The Mission Collective


What if making a difference only required ten minutes of our time every day?

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The Motherhood Manifesto

What America's Moms Want--And What to Do About It

By Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner


The Motherhood Manifesto is a call to arms for working moms and a blueprint for radical change in the attitudes and policies that define parenting and work in the United States.

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Nothing but an Unfinished Song

Bobby Sands, the Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation

By Denis O'Hearn


The life, resistance, and death of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands inspired millions around the world. This is his story.

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Letters from Young Activists

Today's Rebels Speak Out

By Dan Berger, Chesa Boudin , Kenyon Farrow and Bernardine Dohrn


In letters addressed to their parents, to past generations, to each other, to the youth of tomorrow and to their future selves, a bold new generation of activists--aged 10 to 31--articulate their vision for the world.

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Taking Back the Corporation

A Mad as Hell Guide

By Ralph Estes and Ralph Nader


Ralph Estes reveals what's wrong with big corporations, the harm they do to us all, and how this perversion of corporate purpose came to be. He then lays out a concrete program to take back the corporation and restore it to its original social and public purpose.

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Come Out Fighting

A Century of Essential Writing on Gay & Lesbian Liberation

By Chris Bull


This definitive anthology brings together the groundbreaking writings that provoked and promoted the gay movement's social and political breakthroughs.

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Waging Peace

The Art of War for the Anti-War Movement

By Scott Ritter


From the author of Iraq Confidentialand Target Irancomes a bold new handbook for the anti-war movement, inspired by the very philosophies of those who peace activists would usually spurn: the masters of the art of conflict.
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Grassroots Gardening

Rituals for Sustaining Activism

By Donna Schaper


This illuminating collection of essays shows how the rituals of gardening--dirt touching, seeding, harvesting--can nurture and sustain an activist life, whether you are a radical, urban, nomad, or just someone who wants to stay sufficiently angry, humble, and hopeful.

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Calling All Radicals

How Grassroots Organizers Can Save Our Democracy

By Gabriel Thompson


American democracy seems to be in retreat. Voting rates are at an all-time low, citizens are disillusioned, and inequality continues to soar. But there is also a belief among regular citizens that change is possible and that it can be achieved the old fashioned way: through grassroots organizing.
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Antiwar Soldier

How to Dissent Within the Ranks of the Military

By Jonathan W. Hutto


Navy Petty Officer Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr. outlines the rights those serving in the U.S. military have when taking political action and protesting the Iraq War.

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Marfa Dialogues/Diálogos en Marfa: Politics and Culture of the Border

undef 0 | Marfa, Texas

See acclaimed Nation Books authors Charles Bowden and Mark Danner speak at Marfa Dialogues: Politics and Culture of the Border, three days of art, film, music, and literature. Presented by Ballroom Marfa and The Washington Spectator, in collaboration with The Big Bend Sentinel, Marfa Public Radio and Marfa Book Company.

September 9 - October 22
Robert Scheer: Author Tour
(West Coast, United States)
Please join Nation Books author Robert Scheer as he travels to Washington, California and Oregon on an author tour to discuss his latest book, The Great American Stickup. MORE

September 16 | 5:30 pm
Investigating Impunity After Katrina
(New York University, New York City)
Please join us for "Investigating Impunity After Katrina," the launch event for The Backstory, a new monthly series of public conversations with investigative reporters and nonfiction authors affiliated with The Nation Institute. Investigative Fund reporter A.C. Thompson will discuss his award-winning reporting in New Orleans. (See Katrina's Hidden Race War and Body of Evidence, published in The Nation in January 2009.) MORE

September 18 | 1 pm
Author Talk: Wayne Karlin
(Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.)
Please join Nation Books author Wayne Karlin as he discusses his book, Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Viet Nam at Washington, D.C.'s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on September 18 at 1 p.m. MORE

September 24 - October 5
Fatima Bhutto: Author Tour
(Across the United States)
Please join Fatima Bhutto as she travels from New York to Massachusetts, Oregon and California on an author tour to discuss her new memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword. MORE

October 5 | 7 pm
Herding Donkeys: Howard Dean and Ari Berman on the Future of the Democratic Party
(92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York City)
Nation Institute Fellow Ari Berman talks about his new book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, with former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean. MORE

October 23 - January 16
Eugene Richards: Photo Exhibit
(Exhibition around the world)
Institute Fellow and award-winning photographer is the winner of the 2010 World Press Photo of the Year contest. Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on tour. The exhibition is officially opened in Amsterdam as part of the award ceremony in April and can be seen at venues around the globe until the next year. The tour program takes in approximately 100 cities in 45 countries and is still expanding. MORE