The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution1 review Tom Hayden PublicAffairs, 2005 Editorial and Egotistical Distortions Notwithstanding The editorial blurb provided here at Amazon states that the PHS was intended to "reform" the Democratic Party. That is false; no such agenda is to be found in the Statement. Equally false is Mr. Hayden's grandiose presentation of the PHS as "launching" the "revolution" (there was none, by the ...             What's Class Got to Do With It?: American Society in the Twenty-First Century1 review ILR Press, 2004 Class is power not money This collection of essays addresses an often overlooked aspect of American culture: class. The introduction makes a good case that class is really more about power than money, but the other essays do not always pick up on this theme. The essays do cover a lot of ground, so consider it an ...             The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret (ILR Press Book)8 reviews Michael Zweig ILR Press, 2001 Best book on US Social Classes in the last Decade + We're all working class....mostly. + Taking the power back! Zweig's book is an empirical and analytical tour de force. In rigorous fashion he outlines the current class structure of the US in terms of power and control in the workplace. He proves the continuing relevance of class analysis in an era when most Americans consider themselves middle class, and ...             Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches Eugene V. Debs University Press of the Pacific, 2002 Eugene Debs was one of the fore-fathers of the American Socialist movements and this book shows why he was so influential.             The United States Constitution: Two Hundred Years of Anti-Federalist, Abolitionist, Feminist, Muckraking, ... Bertell Ollman, Jonathan Birnbaum NYU Press, 1990 "How can anyone claim to really understand our Constitution without knowing what these critical traditions had to say?" —Michael Wallace, Professor of History, John Jay College. "A real contribution to the subject of democracy and liberalism." —John Ehrenberg. "Does a marvelous job of returning the Constitution to its proper sphere, the product of the rough and tumble of politics." ...             No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border9 reviews Justin Akers Chacn, Mike Davis Haymarket Books, 2006 Fair trade, working class solidarity, compassion, etc. + Great Book + A scholarly, heavily researched yet harsh wake-up call to American immigration policy injustice. This book dismantles the narratives we hear from the establishment media regarding undocumented workers. It covers the history of oppression migrant workers have faced, including beatings from the KKK and the Order of Caucasians, among other vigilantes organized by agribusiness interests. It also ...             The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs6 reviews Ray Ginger Haymarket Books, 2007 The authoritative biography of the best American who ever lived + An Amazing Life Story + An amazing, in-depth portrait of one of the most eloquent speakers of the socialist movement. + Obsessive honesty             Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism1 review New Press, 2004 Freeing Our Press This book collects some stunning examples of U.S. media criticism from 1906 through 2003. The introduction is in many ways a wonderful work of analysis. The primary purpose it lays out for the book is establishing that radical criticism of for-profit media is not new or rare in this country, ...             The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)581 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 My favorite book of all time! + A reunion with old friends + A moving story... + Try it again if you hated it in high school. + Audio Grapes of Wrath             In Dubious Battle (Penguin Classics)42 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 2006 "Man hates himself" + Top Class Steinbeck + Great Steinbeck + Steinbeck's finest work             Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)1098 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin, 2002 Must read book + Reliable Steinbeck + "Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'... Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land." + Dark side of the American Dream             Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare5 reviews Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward Vintage, 1993 A revealing examination of an insidious system + A genuine classic on public welfare and its functions + No Flies On Frank + Welfare as a Government Tool of Control + For anyone who is not afraid of the REAL TRUTH about Welfare             Black Liberation and Socialism5 reviews Ahmed Shawki Haymarket Books, 2006 Powerful and too the point + More Than a History, More Than a Study + Could not have come out at a better time + History as a guide to action + An Amazing Book             American Labor: A Documentary History Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 This comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labor history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history. It charts changes in trade union and managerial practices and integrates the economics and politics of labor history. An impressive array of documents details household as well as industrial relations; women as domestic workers, unpaid ...             Voices of A People's History of the United States13 reviews Seven Stories Press, 2004 A strong intellectual perturbation + Howard Zinn's quest + You'll learn a few things + Incredible Resource + Simply terrific             Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq105 reviews Stephen Kinzer Times Books, 2007 It Didn't Start With Iraq + Remote Control + Stephen Kinzer. Overthrow.America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. Reviewed by: Kristy + Inspires more research + Little Known American History             Labor's Story in the United States2 reviews Philip Yale Nicholson Temple University Press, 2004 Great book I'm confused by the previous reviewer's comments. This book is perfectly well-written. In fact, I'm reading it for personal interest--not because it was assigned to me for a class--and I still look forward to picking it up. It's actually exciting, to anyone who's interested in the topic. ...             Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States3 reviews Sharon Smith Haymarket Books, 2006 Don't Just read, Organize! + Highly recommended + A critical history of the U.S. labor movement and workers' resistance from the nineteenth century to the present day There are stories in this book that should be part of every textbook in the United States. The attacks on the miners in the Appalachians, the Ludlow massacre of women and children in Colorado, the police and military attacks on striking textile workers in Gastonia, NC, the remarks of various ...             California Politics: The Fault Lines of Power, Wealth, and Diversity Edgar Kaskla CQ Press, 2007 California is full of myths and legends, but its political system shouldn't be. In this refreshingly critical take, Edgar Kaskla brings an analysis of power--how it is distributed, how it is used, and to what end--to bear on California's political system and the many troubling issues it currently faces. Starting from the premise that California is in deep crisis politically, economically, ...             Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail2 reviews Frances Fox Piven, Richard Cloward Vintage, 1978 Relevant and instructive + A timeless classic that all activists should buy As both a heady intellectual and a pragmatic field organizer, I have throughly enjoyed this book. Don't be thrown off by the dry (yet incisive) introduction on the cycles of social movements. The chapters that follow provide journalistic historical narrative on the civil rights, labor, welfare ...