books by Haymarket Books     books:     Haymarket Books      The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs Ray Ginger Haymarket Books, 2007 The authoritative biography of the best American who ever lived Ray Ginger's absolutely authoritative biography of the great man, Eugene Debs, deserves as wide a reading audience as can possibly be achieved. In this marvellous, well-written and well-researched book, the life and times of Eugene Debs are made accessible to the ...             What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States Dave Zirin Haymarket Books, 2005 Much Needed analysis By going deeper than scores and personalities, Zirin takes an unconventional approach to sports analysis by delving deeper into the role the social, political and economic environment plays in the games we all love. Easily one of the best books on sports written as it ...             Road from ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejia: An Iraq War Memoir Camilo Mejía Haymarket Books, 2008 One brave voice in a nation of silent cowards I couldn't put Mejia's book down b/c he takes readers back to the early days of the war when we had to rely on biased governmental claims about what was going on in Iraq. I really appreciated hearing from an eye-witness about what truly went on in the war zone. He ...             War Without End: The Iraq War in Context Michael Schwartz Haymarket Books, 2008 In this razor-sharp analysis, TomDispatch.com commentator Michael Schwartz turns every mainstream conclusion about Iraq on its head. He shows how US occupation is fueling civil war in Iraq and beyond, and how US officials dismantled the Iraqi state and economy, helping to destroy rather than rebuild the country. In a popular style reminiscent of ...             No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border Justin Akers Chacon, Mike Davis Haymarket Books, 2006 Fair trade, working class solidarity, compassion, etc. 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 ...             Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports Dave Zirin Haymarket Books, 2007 Thought provoking and electric. Amongst sports writers David Zirin is a man among boys. He hasn't just mastered a single aspect of the genre; he has reinvented it with the complete package, which is showcased in Welcome to the Terrordome. Zirin combines acerbic wit, original insights (which is rare ...             The Meaning of Marxism Paul D'Amato Haymarket Books, 2006 A Tremendous Book This book truly blew my mind. What did I know about Marxism before reading this? Not a lot. Now I feel ready to take on the world             A Little Piece of Ground Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr Haymarket Books, 2006 A humanizing portrait of Palestinian children This book is an authentic account of the circumstances that prevailed in Ramallah in the year 2000 and how Palestinian children were influenced by them. The main character aspires to be a champion soccer star and all he wants to do is play, play, play with his friends. ...             Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations Iraq Veterans Against the War Haymarket Books, 2008 Well written, important historical book Aaron Glantz, and Iraq Veterans Against the War, have written an extremely important historical document of the Winter Soldier hearings. Here are a few of my comments from a review I did of the book for Inter Press Service (IPS): Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody ...             In Praise of Barbarians: Essays against Empire Mike Davis Haymarket Books, 2007 Passionate, unapologetic, and relentless Historian and socialist activist Mike Davis presents In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire, a caustic collection of radical essays hurling blistering attacks on perceived yearnings for empire and other potentially fatal flaws within modern-day America. ...             The Case for Socialism Alan Maass Haymarket Books, 2005 Excellent traditional pamphlet and introduction This small and easily readable book is a good introduction. Some of the other criticisms are fair but I know of no more straightforward introduction. After this there are many documented books you can read -the author even starts the journey with "further reading " ...             Intervenciones Noam Chomsky Haymarket Books, 2008 Here, for the first time, is the Spanish translation of Noam Chomsky's New York Times bestseller Interventions . Since 2002, Chomsky has written a column for The New York Times Syndicate in which he cogently and critically examines the leading issues of the day. These columns have been published in major newspapers around the globe, including ...             The Dispossessed: Chronicles of the Desterrados of Colombia Alfredo Molano, Aviva Chomsky Haymarket Books, 2005 A tough but necessary book to read In "The Dispossessed", Colombian journalist and sociologist Alfredo Molano, himself a target of political repression, has bravely compiled a frightening collection of powerful testimonies of displaced persons in Colombia, victims of the ongoing resource war and class ...             Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq Dahr Jamail Haymarket Books, 2007 Honest and Powerful Thank you Dahr for heeding the call to take you to the places few Americans allow themselves to go. This book is a true testament of the degree of devastation and misinformation we in the US are at times oblivious to. This book is a must read. Thank you for your ...             History of the Russian Revolution Leon Trotsky Haymarket Books, 2008 One of the best books ever written about revolution In spite of its length, I've read this book several times. It isn't just a widely acclaimed historic and literary masterpiece, written by a leading participant in the events he describes. It isn't just vividly written and thoroughly researched. More importantly, ...          products you might be interested in search for books afghanistan, desterrados, dispossessed, intervenciones, occupations, revolution      toavi.com    web we recommend A humanizing portrait of Palestinian children randomly chosen VHS: The Competition