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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deborah Stone's Book Tour

July 7 - November 2 | Across the United States
Deborah Stone, a Nation Books author, recently published her fourth book, The Samaritan's Dilemma. Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect calls it "a brilliant and persuasive statement of the case for organized compassion—not out of sentimentality but for the viability of society and our own self regard as a decent people." Listen to her on the radio and get a copy of the book signed at a bookstore on Stone's book tour. Find the schedule here.

August 25 - 28
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Watch or listen to Institute Fellow and Nation Books author Jeremy Scahill grill lawmakers on everything from private contractors in Iraq to Afghanistan policy at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. For more information on what times the show airs and when to hear it on the radio in your city, go to the Democracy Now! website. MORE

September 13
2008 ELECTION: What's Really at Stake?
(Cooper Union Auditorium, 30 Cooper Square, NYC)
Come listen to Institute Fellows Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill (also a Nation Books author of Blackwater) speak at a benefit for The Indypendent newspaper at Cooper Union Auditorium in New York City. Additional panelists to be announced; meet the speakers at a special pre-event reception. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit indypendent.org or call (212)-221-0521. MORE