Via University of Chicago Press Books.  The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence By: LAURENCE RALPH Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and … Read More

Via Amazon.  Keywords for Radicals: The Contested Vocabulary of Late-Capitalist Struggle by Kelly Fritsch (Editor), Clare O’Connor (Editor), A. K. Thompson (Editor), Joy James (Contributor), Silvia Federici (Contributor)  “An extraordinary volume that provides nothing less than a detailed cognitive mapping of the terrain for everyone who wants to engage in radical politics.”—Slavoj Žižek, author of Living in the End Times “Keywords for Radicals recognizes that language is … Read More

Via AK Press.  Care Work Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Author) Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Format: Book Binding: pb Pages: 262 Released: October 30, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781551527383 In this collection of essays, longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled … Read More

Via GoodReads.  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates “This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.”   In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns … Read More

Via GoodReads.  “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping … Read More