1492 to Present Howard Zinn 1980 768p 6 x 9 In Zinn’s own words, ‘My history… describes the inspiring struggle of those who have fought slavery and racism (Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses), of the labor organizers who have led strikes for the rights … Continue reading A People’s History of the United States
My Life is My Sundance Leonard Peltier 2000 272p 5 x 9 In 1977, Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents. Prison Writings is a wise and unsettling book, both memoir and manifesto, chronicling his life in Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. Invoking the … Continue reading Prison Writings
The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads Dee Brown 1977 305p 6 x 9 An often unknown and under-appreciated social history of the transcontinental railroad. Brown covers so many social tensions: from the barge workers (being displaced by railroads) and the railroad industry, to the hyper-exploitation of immigrant rail … Continue reading Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow
Origins of North American Dropout Culture Ron Sakolski 1994 382p 6 x 9 An absolutely incredible subversive history of america and many of its inhabitants attempts to subvert race and have a healthier relationship with nature. Viewed through cracks in the cartographies of control, including ‘tri-racial isolate’ communities, buccaneers, … Continue reading Gone to Croatan
Memory of Fire Vol. I Eduardo Galeano 1982 336p 5 x 8 Genesis, the first volume in Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy, is both a meditation on the clashes between the Old World and the New and, in the Galeano’s words, an attempt to ‘rescue the kidnapped memory … Continue reading Genesis
Memory of Fire Vol. II Eduardo Galeano 1984 312p 5 x 8 Galeano continues his imaginative history of the Americas. In this second volume of his Memory of Fire trilogy, he gives us crucial moments of the 18th and 19th centuries: the clash between European and native cultures, the … Continue reading Faces and Masks
An Indian History of the American West Dee Brown 1970 481p 6 x 9 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s classic, eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian and their tenancious survival during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, … Continue reading Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Autobiography of Russell Means Russell Means 1996 592p 6 x 9 From one of the most controversial Indian leaders of our time comes this well-detailed, first-hand story of his up unto the mid-90s, in which he has done everything possible to dramatize and justify the Native American aim … Continue reading Where White Men Fear to Tread
Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement Dennis Banks 2004 352p 6 x 9 The autobiography of Dennis Banks and the story of the American Indian Movement (AIM), of which he was a co-founder. The warrior’s story covers ground as vast as the country itself, from … Continue reading Ojibwa Warrior
A Compilation of Works by Rod Coronado Rod Coronado 2007 120p 5 x 8 For over 20 years, Rod Coronado has been at the forefront of the radical ecological and animal rights movements. Flaming Arrows is a compilation of his writing, with most of the chapters coming from the zine Strong Hearts, which Rod wrote while in … Continue reading Flaming Arrows